WEBVTT 1 00:00:21.079 --> 00:00:25.039 Hey, everybody, welcome to Game Breaking News with me Jeff Grub, 2 00:00:25.079 --> 00:00:27.679 your host from giant bomb dot com. Thank you for 3 00:00:27.719 --> 00:00:30.000 tuning in. In this episode, we're gonna be talking about 4 00:00:30.000 --> 00:00:33.520 two new massive RPGs and switch To pre orders starting 5 00:00:33.640 --> 00:00:35.759 up tonight. It's gonna be a good one because we 6 00:00:35.759 --> 00:00:38.439 have Jake Randall on the episode. Jake, how are you doing? 7 00:00:39.000 --> 00:00:39.799 Hey, I'm doing great. 8 00:00:39.799 --> 00:00:42.520 How are you doing, Jeff, I'm doing excellence. Yeah, kind 9 00:00:42.520 --> 00:00:44.479 of stood up stay stayed up late to catch the 10 00:00:44.520 --> 00:00:47.280 new episodes of and Or and they were very good, 11 00:00:47.280 --> 00:00:48.359 so I was very happy with that. 12 00:00:49.320 --> 00:00:50.880 He staying up late again tonight. 13 00:00:51.439 --> 00:00:53.840 I'm gonna be staying up late again tonight. Yes, we're 14 00:00:53.840 --> 00:00:56.039 gonna be trying to get those pre orders for the 15 00:00:56.079 --> 00:00:58.479 switch To, and I'm gonna be relying on you. We'll 16 00:00:58.520 --> 00:01:00.640 definitely talk about that here in a second, but I 17 00:01:00.719 --> 00:01:02.039 know you've been doing a lot of prep on that. 18 00:01:02.079 --> 00:01:04.359 I guess how are you feeling about this lead up 19 00:01:04.400 --> 00:01:06.920 to us here in this country finally getting the chance 20 00:01:06.959 --> 00:01:08.840 to uh a pre order a switch To. 21 00:01:09.640 --> 00:01:11.120 Well, we were just talking about this on the pre 22 00:01:11.159 --> 00:01:12.879 show a little bit, but we're getting a lot of 23 00:01:12.920 --> 00:01:16.799 mixed messages because there's certain parts of the world where 24 00:01:16.840 --> 00:01:19.280 it seems like the stock has been great, pre orders 25 00:01:19.319 --> 00:01:22.799 aren't too challenging, definitely not PS five level. And then 26 00:01:22.840 --> 00:01:25.560 there's news, you know, like what came out today about 27 00:01:25.560 --> 00:01:29.200 how much demand there is for the sign ups in 28 00:01:29.280 --> 00:01:33.599 Japan and Nintendo. It's pretty bizarre for Nintendo to actually 29 00:01:33.599 --> 00:01:37.359 make a statement saying they can't meet the demand. Yes, 30 00:01:38.480 --> 00:01:40.879 so it's it goes both ways. But to be honest, 31 00:01:40.959 --> 00:01:43.239 I think this is definitely going to be easier than 32 00:01:43.239 --> 00:01:47.640 the PS five Series X launch seems that way because 33 00:01:47.680 --> 00:01:50.799 it's Nintendo and it's a new product. It is probably 34 00:01:50.840 --> 00:01:53.560 going to sell out here. But I think if you're 35 00:01:53.560 --> 00:01:55.280 on top of it, I think if you get on 36 00:01:55.319 --> 00:01:58.120 preorders right away, you should be okay. And I do 37 00:01:58.200 --> 00:02:01.879 think there'll be multiple pre orders before launch date. So 38 00:02:01.959 --> 00:02:04.439 if you don't necessarily get it to don't freak out. 39 00:02:04.519 --> 00:02:06.840 This is, you know, the big hype. Everyone's going to 40 00:02:06.879 --> 00:02:10.560 be going for it. Just don't freak out. It'll be 41 00:02:10.599 --> 00:02:12.680 okay everyone. You know, if you preorder it now or 42 00:02:12.719 --> 00:02:14.879 pre order it in a few weeks, we'll all get 43 00:02:14.919 --> 00:02:15.560 it the same day. 44 00:02:16.199 --> 00:02:18.520 And for those that don't know that this is Jake's 45 00:02:18.560 --> 00:02:22.800 specially speciality, like this is where your butty or bread 46 00:02:22.879 --> 00:02:25.719 right where you help people figure this stuff out. Show 47 00:02:25.719 --> 00:02:27.759 people the notes you were showing me a little bit 48 00:02:27.759 --> 00:02:30.840 ago you got. He's got pages of notes about understanding 49 00:02:30.879 --> 00:02:32.560 the best way to get these preorders. 50 00:02:32.599 --> 00:02:37.840 Making a pre ordered guide video on YouTube to answer 51 00:02:37.840 --> 00:02:40.680 everyone's questions. So I wrote down every question I've gotten, 52 00:02:40.800 --> 00:02:43.400 my YouTube comments and on Twitter, I put them all 53 00:02:43.439 --> 00:02:45.120 in there, and I put a little guide for each 54 00:02:45.159 --> 00:02:50.280 retailer too. But I take it really seriously because as 55 00:02:50.319 --> 00:02:53.400 soon as I accept, Okay, I'm going to help people 56 00:02:53.400 --> 00:02:55.800 try to pre order this thing, then all of a sudden, 57 00:02:55.840 --> 00:02:58.240 I have a responsibility. I don't feel responsible to do it, 58 00:02:58.400 --> 00:03:00.919 you know, just every time, But as soon as I 59 00:03:00.960 --> 00:03:05.039 say yes, I'll help you, I feel pressure to give 60 00:03:05.120 --> 00:03:07.800 people accurate information and to help as much as I can. 61 00:03:08.439 --> 00:03:10.639 Well, you know what, let's actually let's get into it. 62 00:03:10.639 --> 00:03:12.439 So let's explain what we do here most weekdays, I, 63 00:03:12.599 --> 00:03:15.000 Jeff Grebb, will help piece your gaming life back together. 64 00:03:15.360 --> 00:03:17.719 That includes breaking news and maybe even some of our 65 00:03:17.759 --> 00:03:20.719 own original reporting. For all these topics, I'll get the 66 00:03:20.719 --> 00:03:22.879 input of a bona fide expert who will make me 67 00:03:22.919 --> 00:03:26.400 look smart. If you were watching live on twitch welcome. 68 00:03:26.439 --> 00:03:28.439 You can always listen to the show later on podcast 69 00:03:28.479 --> 00:03:31.479 feeds by searching for game breaking news, or find the 70 00:03:31.680 --> 00:03:34.800 RSS feed on giant bomb dot com. You can also 71 00:03:34.879 --> 00:03:38.919 catch the show later on YouTube. Hello YouTube. All right, 72 00:03:38.960 --> 00:03:40.840 we have a lot to get into, so let's start 73 00:03:40.879 --> 00:03:44.919 the show with those switch to preorders begin tonight. So 74 00:03:45.199 --> 00:03:48.120 if you if you're Eastern time, it's midnight. If you're 75 00:03:48.199 --> 00:03:51.639 on the West coast, it will actually be nine pm. 76 00:03:52.199 --> 00:03:55.400 It's all gonna line up that way. I can't help 77 00:03:55.439 --> 00:03:56.879 you right now with Minecraft Kit. I'll help you in 78 00:03:56.879 --> 00:04:04.039 a little bit, okay. And then so with the pre 79 00:04:04.159 --> 00:04:09.159 orders tonight, it is going to be all major retailers, 80 00:04:09.479 --> 00:04:11.719 but not like the Nintendo store, right that's going to 81 00:04:11.800 --> 00:04:14.520 be later. So do you have like a preference, Jake, 82 00:04:14.680 --> 00:04:18.079 for where people should try to focus their energy or 83 00:04:18.120 --> 00:04:19.839 is it kind of like a like a shotgun approach 84 00:04:19.959 --> 00:04:20.399 just kind. 85 00:04:20.240 --> 00:04:22.360 Of go Yeah, that was one of the biggest questions 86 00:04:22.399 --> 00:04:23.279 I had. 87 00:04:23.360 --> 00:04:27.480 So the only exception is game Stop is not going 88 00:04:27.519 --> 00:04:32.560 live at midnight. Their online orders will be tomorrow morning 89 00:04:32.759 --> 00:04:37.800 at eleven am Eastern eight am Pacific. And then when 90 00:04:37.839 --> 00:04:40.639 their store is open, which is typically noon whenever your 91 00:04:40.680 --> 00:04:43.920 local store opens. They have a separate allotment to pre 92 00:04:44.120 --> 00:04:46.879 order in person in the store. But yeah, they're the 93 00:04:46.879 --> 00:04:49.120 only one that their online pre orders are not going 94 00:04:49.160 --> 00:04:52.720 live at midnight. So it's kind of nice because game 95 00:04:52.720 --> 00:04:55.600 Stop is automatically your backup plan, right if you don't 96 00:04:55.720 --> 00:04:59.600 get one at Target, Best buyer, Walmart, or the three 97 00:04:59.600 --> 00:05:02.240 that will go at midnight, then at least you have 98 00:05:02.360 --> 00:05:05.519 one other to try, in addition to possibly the my 99 00:05:05.639 --> 00:05:11.519 Nintendo store. But Amazon's not doing them. 100 00:05:11.560 --> 00:05:15.399 And they broke up again. Yeah, Nintendo and Amazon broke 101 00:05:15.480 --> 00:05:18.000 up again. They're on again, off again all the time exactly. 102 00:05:18.199 --> 00:05:19.959 So Amazon's doing it in the rest of the world, 103 00:05:20.079 --> 00:05:23.399 just not the United States. So between Target, Walmart, and 104 00:05:23.439 --> 00:05:27.720 best Buy, they all have pros and cons. Best Buy 105 00:05:27.800 --> 00:05:31.160 and Walmart use a qu system which helps against the box. 106 00:05:32.879 --> 00:05:37.160 Target does not, so they might go faster. But between 107 00:05:37.240 --> 00:05:40.079 Walmart and best Buy, I would go with Walmart because 108 00:05:40.240 --> 00:05:42.839 they're you know, obviously, the size of Walmart as a 109 00:05:42.879 --> 00:05:46.240 company is much bigger than best Buy, and their servers 110 00:05:46.560 --> 00:05:50.879 and their website handles these kind of things a lot better, 111 00:05:51.560 --> 00:05:53.759 and most people are going to probably go for best 112 00:05:53.759 --> 00:05:57.800 Buy because they're doing that midnight launch. So if you 113 00:05:57.920 --> 00:05:59.800 go for Best Buy, I would go for one of 114 00:05:59.839 --> 00:06:03.199 their bundles. The more expensive the bundle, the easier will 115 00:06:03.199 --> 00:06:05.959 be to get because scalpers only want the Mario Kart 116 00:06:05.959 --> 00:06:08.040 bundle and in the base. 117 00:06:07.879 --> 00:06:09.920 Car the bundle would eat into their profit margins of 118 00:06:09.959 --> 00:06:10.879 them trying to scalp it. 119 00:06:10.920 --> 00:06:13.839 Okay, yeah, exactly. So they have some crazy bundles. Some 120 00:06:13.879 --> 00:06:15.639 of them are up to seven hundred dollars. I don't 121 00:06:15.639 --> 00:06:19.240 think you need to go that crazy, but those ones 122 00:06:19.240 --> 00:06:22.160 will last the longest. And then but I would I 123 00:06:22.160 --> 00:06:25.439 would go with Walmart because they guarantee delivery by nine 124 00:06:25.439 --> 00:06:30.600 am on launch day and they used to be pretty bad, 125 00:06:30.720 --> 00:06:33.319 but so they have a bad reputation, which is also 126 00:06:33.319 --> 00:06:37.199 why people might not choose them first, right, but for them, 127 00:06:38.079 --> 00:06:41.519 definitely try for all three. But I would keep in 128 00:06:41.519 --> 00:06:44.120 mind that Walmart's probably going to be people's best chance. 129 00:06:44.560 --> 00:06:47.600 The Best Buy app is terrible, So if you're going 130 00:06:47.600 --> 00:06:49.879 for all three and you're also trying to do it 131 00:06:49.879 --> 00:06:52.199 on your phone, don't go for Best Buy on your phone. 132 00:06:52.199 --> 00:06:55.319 I would say, okay for either Target or Walmart, but 133 00:06:55.519 --> 00:06:57.480 that's that's kind of where I'd rank them. 134 00:06:57.800 --> 00:07:03.839 Okay, So as people are making these decisions, is there 135 00:07:03.959 --> 00:07:07.879 like a best practices for like splitting up like multiple devices. 136 00:07:08.040 --> 00:07:11.920 Should they have like like the Target app and like 137 00:07:11.959 --> 00:07:14.120 all their stuff preloaded on their phone? Like? Is that 138 00:07:14.199 --> 00:07:16.000 just basics at this point? Make sure you have your 139 00:07:16.040 --> 00:07:18.560 account on Walmart and Target and best Buy and all 140 00:07:18.560 --> 00:07:21.319 the payment info already and they're ready to go. Should 141 00:07:21.319 --> 00:07:23.560 people be doing that right now? Yeah? 142 00:07:23.879 --> 00:07:25.360 Obviously you want to do your prep work. 143 00:07:25.480 --> 00:07:28.120 You want to make sure you have accounts for all 144 00:07:28.120 --> 00:07:29.720 these places ready to go. You want to make sure 145 00:07:29.759 --> 00:07:33.120 you have your shipping info and your payment info. And 146 00:07:33.639 --> 00:07:38.120 a tip that works really well is during like restocks 147 00:07:38.199 --> 00:07:43.000 or pre orders. Obviously, these retailers are servers are getting throttled. 148 00:07:43.480 --> 00:07:47.279 So if you use PayPal or Apple Pay or red 149 00:07:47.319 --> 00:07:50.360 Card or Google Pay instead of a credit or debit card, 150 00:07:51.120 --> 00:07:54.920 it increases your chances exponentially because it processes your payment 151 00:07:54.959 --> 00:07:58.879 on those company servers instead of the retailers servers. 152 00:07:59.040 --> 00:08:01.879 Oh interesting, So I would do. 153 00:08:01.839 --> 00:08:05.040 That, And also I would recommend if you can only 154 00:08:05.040 --> 00:08:07.720 go for one on your phone of the three, I 155 00:08:07.759 --> 00:08:11.120 would recommend Walmart because if you have Walmart up on 156 00:08:11.160 --> 00:08:15.600 your computer and also on your phone in their que system, 157 00:08:15.680 --> 00:08:18.040 it'll give you a separate place in line on each 158 00:08:18.079 --> 00:08:21.240 of them. Oh okay, it's kind of like getting two chances. 159 00:08:21.279 --> 00:08:24.399 And then while you're waiting in the queue on Walmart 160 00:08:24.399 --> 00:08:26.680 and best Buy on your computer and also waiting in 161 00:08:26.720 --> 00:08:29.000 the queue and Walmart, then you can focus on the 162 00:08:29.040 --> 00:08:32.000 target website in terms of refreshing, since that's the only 163 00:08:32.039 --> 00:08:35.240 one of these that doesn't have a que system. 164 00:08:35.240 --> 00:08:39.600 Okay, all right, interesting, Okay, So if you if you 165 00:08:39.679 --> 00:08:41.600 were trying to get a switch to tonight, you had, 166 00:08:42.000 --> 00:08:44.759 you know, just enough money to get get one, Like 167 00:08:44.840 --> 00:08:47.759 what is your like your go to Like what is 168 00:08:47.799 --> 00:08:50.399 the one thing that you recommend everybody do and like 169 00:08:50.440 --> 00:08:53.360 the best path forward? Like what would you say to 170 00:08:53.360 --> 00:08:54.519 that person in that situation. 171 00:08:56.080 --> 00:09:00.480 So honestly shameless self plug here, but I think it 172 00:09:00.519 --> 00:09:02.480 is really helpful, not just because of me, but I 173 00:09:02.519 --> 00:09:07.080 will be live streaming the pre orders, and the actual 174 00:09:07.120 --> 00:09:09.720 benefit to the live stream is it will let us 175 00:09:10.240 --> 00:09:14.639 adjust on the fly. So if certain websites aren't working 176 00:09:15.840 --> 00:09:17.879 on your end, if you're not on the stream, you 177 00:09:18.000 --> 00:09:19.000 just have no idea. 178 00:09:18.720 --> 00:09:19.320 What's going on. 179 00:09:20.279 --> 00:09:23.080 You don't know, you don't realize. Oh this website's the 180 00:09:23.159 --> 00:09:25.519 servers are just down, so I shouldn't be focusing on 181 00:09:25.559 --> 00:09:27.679 this right now. But in the live stream I can 182 00:09:27.720 --> 00:09:30.519 tell you that. And I have a lot of experts 183 00:09:30.559 --> 00:09:32.879 that are smarter than me in a lot of ways 184 00:09:32.879 --> 00:09:35.919 in my chat that can also tell us that. So 185 00:09:36.039 --> 00:09:39.120 as a community, it's not really even my thing. It's 186 00:09:39.159 --> 00:09:43.240 the community working together. And in the past we've gotten 187 00:09:43.240 --> 00:09:45.720 employees to give us backdoor links and stuff like that 188 00:09:45.759 --> 00:09:48.919 in the chat, so it can at least instead of 189 00:09:49.000 --> 00:09:51.559 you panicking, and it can at least paint you a 190 00:09:51.600 --> 00:09:53.679 picture of Okay, is everyone having this problem? 191 00:09:54.440 --> 00:09:56.879 Have the website sold out? Should I give up yet? 192 00:09:57.759 --> 00:10:00.440 So if you can only do it for one place, 193 00:10:00.519 --> 00:10:03.639 I would be prepared for all three. Obviously, wherever you 194 00:10:03.639 --> 00:10:07.559 get in your order is good, but using the live 195 00:10:07.559 --> 00:10:10.799 stream can really help to figure out what. 196 00:10:10.679 --> 00:10:12.279 You should be focusing on in the moment. 197 00:10:13.440 --> 00:10:17.960 Yep, okay, very good. I'm gonna be watching tonight for sure. 198 00:10:18.440 --> 00:10:21.080 I'll be hanging out in chat looking for all the 199 00:10:21.080 --> 00:10:24.559 tips we can get. And I think the thing that 200 00:10:24.600 --> 00:10:27.519 you open with with the don't panic, don't if you 201 00:10:27.519 --> 00:10:30.320 don't get it right away, just there's gonna be other 202 00:10:30.360 --> 00:10:33.679 opportunities even before this thing comes out, Right, there's gonna 203 00:10:33.679 --> 00:10:37.720 be another probably like drop from retailers. Like, so people 204 00:10:37.759 --> 00:10:40.759 shouldn't have that immediate feeling of fomo like maybe they 205 00:10:40.840 --> 00:10:42.799 might have felt with the PS five, which was a 206 00:10:42.840 --> 00:10:44.080 really extreme situation. 207 00:10:44.240 --> 00:10:48.200 Right, Yeah, there's gonna be canceled orders, orders that get 208 00:10:48.240 --> 00:10:52.159 declined because of payment methods, and the retailers wait till 209 00:10:52.240 --> 00:10:54.879 a significant amount of those to pile up, and then 210 00:10:54.879 --> 00:10:57.320 they will also get allocated more stock that they're not 211 00:10:57.480 --> 00:11:00.240 counting for, and then they'll drop them all together in 212 00:11:00.360 --> 00:11:05.759 random segments. And so when those drops happen, they're potentially 213 00:11:05.799 --> 00:11:10.120 easier because there's not this one week build up of 214 00:11:10.159 --> 00:11:13.039 everyone knowing that they're going to happen. And the other 215 00:11:13.039 --> 00:11:15.399 thing is, at the end of the day, Mario Kart 216 00:11:15.480 --> 00:11:16.919 is going to be a launch title. But even if 217 00:11:16.960 --> 00:11:19.879 you don't get it at launch, but the next big 218 00:11:19.879 --> 00:11:23.240 game doesn't come out till July, like Donkey Kong, it's 219 00:11:23.279 --> 00:11:25.200 not like you're missing out on too much. 220 00:11:25.799 --> 00:11:26.519 At the end of the day. 221 00:11:26.519 --> 00:11:28.480 If you don't get it right at launch day, you're 222 00:11:28.519 --> 00:11:30.720 just gonna have more stuff to play when you do 223 00:11:30.759 --> 00:11:34.120 get it, which will be probably an even better experience, yep. 224 00:11:34.639 --> 00:11:37.000 And then as far as getting these switch twos into 225 00:11:37.080 --> 00:11:41.000 the country, there is beginning talks of the country backing 226 00:11:41.039 --> 00:11:43.840 off on some of the tariffs, even on China. So 227 00:11:44.879 --> 00:11:47.200 you know, this initial batch that they rushed into the country, 228 00:11:47.200 --> 00:11:50.039 maybe after this stuff settles down a little bit, which 229 00:11:50.039 --> 00:11:52.840 who knows if they actually will. You know, Trump's gone 230 00:11:52.879 --> 00:11:55.240 back on his word a number of times now, but 231 00:11:55.320 --> 00:11:58.120 if he does, then they might rush another batch into 232 00:11:58.159 --> 00:12:01.440 the country like immediately because they want to. They won't 233 00:12:01.480 --> 00:12:04.559 necessarily believe it will last either, So I think there's 234 00:12:04.559 --> 00:12:07.279 some maybe good news on the horizon here for these 235 00:12:07.279 --> 00:12:11.639 consumer electronics products. All right, Jake, excellent, that's very helpful. 236 00:12:11.840 --> 00:12:13.840 Any any other things that you want to mention before 237 00:12:13.840 --> 00:12:15.480 we move on from this, like anything else that's like 238 00:12:15.559 --> 00:12:16.879 rattle around in your head. You're like, oh, man, I 239 00:12:16.879 --> 00:12:18.120 wish more people knew about. 240 00:12:17.879 --> 00:12:22.240 This, honestly, not off the top, but you know, after 241 00:12:22.360 --> 00:12:24.559 the podcast, you know you have plenty of time. I 242 00:12:24.600 --> 00:12:27.799 would in the description of my life treatment also just 243 00:12:27.840 --> 00:12:30.440 on my channel, the most recent video is that guide 244 00:12:30.879 --> 00:12:33.200 that will cover everything we kind of just talked about, 245 00:12:33.279 --> 00:12:35.639 plus a lot more too, So I would just recommend 246 00:12:35.720 --> 00:12:38.039 just going over that put it on the background. It's 247 00:12:38.039 --> 00:12:40.200 like twenty minutes. You saw my notes. It was very 248 00:12:40.240 --> 00:12:43.240 hard to condense. But that's my last thing. 249 00:12:43.960 --> 00:12:46.519 Excellent, Thank you so much. What was the like, where 250 00:12:46.519 --> 00:12:48.200 should people find the YouTube channel? Should they just go 251 00:12:48.320 --> 00:12:50.480 sert of Google, Jake Randall on YouTube. 252 00:12:50.559 --> 00:12:54.039 Yep, Jake Randall on YouTube or Twitter x it'll I'll. 253 00:12:53.799 --> 00:12:58.080 Come right up well. Speaking on this topic, and Nintendo 254 00:12:58.279 --> 00:13:01.080 is already apologizing for not having enough switch tos. This 255 00:13:01.120 --> 00:13:04.240 comes from Ethan Gatcha at Kotaku. Switch to pre orders 256 00:13:04.279 --> 00:13:07.399 don't begin in the United States until late tonight around midnight, 257 00:13:07.440 --> 00:13:10.039 but they've already been underway in other parts of the world, 258 00:13:10.240 --> 00:13:12.799 and even Nintendo has been shocked by the level of 259 00:13:12.799 --> 00:13:15.440 demand so far. The company said that with over two 260 00:13:15.440 --> 00:13:17.840 point two million fans seeking to pre order a switch 261 00:13:17.879 --> 00:13:21.480 to directly from my Nintendo in Japan alone, the demand 262 00:13:21.519 --> 00:13:25.360 already far exceeds its ability to fulfill shipments to that country. 263 00:13:25.399 --> 00:13:28.840 At launch, we received an extremely large number of applications, 264 00:13:28.879 --> 00:13:32.120 approximately two point two million people in Japan alone, Nintendo 265 00:13:32.159 --> 00:13:36.399 president Shuntaro for Okawa posted directly on Twitter today. However, 266 00:13:36.440 --> 00:13:39.679 this number far exceeds our expectations and far exceeds the 267 00:13:39.759 --> 00:13:42.440 number of switch to consoles that can be delivered from 268 00:13:42.440 --> 00:13:45.600 the Mind Nintendo store on June fifth. Therefore, unfortunately, we 269 00:13:45.679 --> 00:13:48.480 expect that a significant number of customers will not be 270 00:13:48.559 --> 00:13:52.639 selected when the winners are announced tomorrow April twenty April 271 00:13:52.720 --> 00:13:55.440 twenty fourth. So they're doing a lottery in Japan. They 272 00:13:55.440 --> 00:13:57.679 don't do that in a lot of territories. I think, 273 00:13:57.960 --> 00:13:59.720 you know a lot of I think they think a 274 00:13:59.720 --> 00:14:02.279 lot of other territories don't like the idea of a lottery, 275 00:14:02.320 --> 00:14:04.519 And maybe maybe they're right about that. Japan is more 276 00:14:04.759 --> 00:14:09.320 accustomed to that sort of thing. Two point two million 277 00:14:09.399 --> 00:14:11.159 trying to get in there, obviously a lot of that. 278 00:14:11.200 --> 00:14:13.360 Jake is going to be like, if you are, you're 279 00:14:13.360 --> 00:14:14.879 going to be spreading out your chances. A lot of 280 00:14:14.879 --> 00:14:16.440 people are going to try to go to the retailers. 281 00:14:16.440 --> 00:14:18.919 They're going to try to go to you know, online stores, 282 00:14:19.200 --> 00:14:21.080 and then if this is an opportunity, they're going to 283 00:14:21.159 --> 00:14:23.120 go do that as well. But two point two million 284 00:14:23.200 --> 00:14:26.159 right there at launch for the Mi Nintendo option, that 285 00:14:26.480 --> 00:14:30.000 is a pretty big demand for launch. Like if they 286 00:14:30.080 --> 00:14:33.320 sold two point two million switch tos just in Japan, 287 00:14:33.399 --> 00:14:37.360 in the first month. That would be really really good. So, uh, 288 00:14:37.960 --> 00:14:40.799 it does sound like you're right where we talked about earlier. 289 00:14:41.399 --> 00:14:44.320 The mixed messaging on the availability of this thing is 290 00:14:44.440 --> 00:14:47.320 kind of a little confusing, but I think you know 291 00:14:47.360 --> 00:14:49.679 the bottom line, right is this thing is going to 292 00:14:49.759 --> 00:14:51.879 sell out at some point here pretty quickly after it 293 00:14:51.919 --> 00:14:54.039 goes up for sale, right. Yeah. 294 00:14:54.399 --> 00:14:58.080 The other thing that's a little tricky here is well, 295 00:14:58.080 --> 00:15:01.159 it's been fairly easy in par the world to pre 296 00:15:01.360 --> 00:15:04.840 order once this comes out, once the game start coming out, 297 00:15:05.240 --> 00:15:08.120 you can actually expect it to get harder to get 298 00:15:08.159 --> 00:15:11.519 the longer it's out, because even the Switch one has 299 00:15:11.759 --> 00:15:15.720 historically sold out every holiday season. There's been other factors 300 00:15:15.960 --> 00:15:18.200 into that, there's been chip shortages and things like that, 301 00:15:18.240 --> 00:15:20.320 but even like five six years into its life cycle, 302 00:15:20.320 --> 00:15:25.360 to Switch one sells out for the holidays. So factor 303 00:15:25.399 --> 00:15:27.720 in like the demand for this, the fact that the 304 00:15:27.720 --> 00:15:32.159 one hundred and fifty million Switch one user base doesn't 305 00:15:32.159 --> 00:15:34.600 have it yet and will be a lot of those 306 00:15:34.600 --> 00:15:38.120 players will be wanting one, and I expect it to 307 00:15:38.159 --> 00:15:43.720 be probably hard for pre orders then possibly like a 308 00:15:43.720 --> 00:15:46.080 little after lunch a couple a couple of months into 309 00:15:46.120 --> 00:15:49.279 it to get a little easier, but then like comes 310 00:15:49.279 --> 00:15:52.240 September in October, it might be harder than preorder time. 311 00:15:52.639 --> 00:15:54.360 The other thing is they have the most amount of 312 00:15:54.399 --> 00:15:57.919 stock during pre orders. They've been building up stock for 313 00:15:58.000 --> 00:16:00.480 months and months. Now it's going to come down to 314 00:16:00.519 --> 00:16:02.639 how many they can produce each month, so they'll never 315 00:16:02.679 --> 00:16:05.840 be able to stockpile units again. So that's gonna make 316 00:16:05.879 --> 00:16:09.000 it harder to get as well. So your best chance 317 00:16:09.080 --> 00:16:13.120 is probably like the pre order phase then maybe a 318 00:16:13.159 --> 00:16:15.399 couple months in, but then it's gonna get really hard 319 00:16:15.399 --> 00:16:19.759 to get. And then first quarter next year it might 320 00:16:19.799 --> 00:16:20.600 start to get easier. 321 00:16:20.639 --> 00:16:23.039 Yet right the slack might come back, like they won't 322 00:16:23.080 --> 00:16:25.639 begin stockpiling again, but the demand will sort of calm 323 00:16:25.639 --> 00:16:29.480 down a little bit. So okay, yeah, and I think 324 00:16:30.080 --> 00:16:33.679 Nintendo recognizes that to a certain extent, which is why 325 00:16:33.679 --> 00:16:36.399 they're out there kind of explaining this. But uh yeah, 326 00:16:36.519 --> 00:16:39.399 we will have to kind of see. But I'm i'm 327 00:16:39.519 --> 00:16:41.679 i'm imagine it's gonna go a lot like what you said, 328 00:16:41.799 --> 00:16:44.600 where it's you know, people who really want to run 329 00:16:44.679 --> 00:16:46.159 right right now, if they kind of put their head down, 330 00:16:46.200 --> 00:16:49.279 they'll have a good chance of snatching one. And then 331 00:16:49.399 --> 00:16:52.679 if you do. Wait, that period closer to the holiday 332 00:16:52.720 --> 00:16:56.320 is going to be more difficult. All right, Let's get 333 00:16:56.360 --> 00:16:58.759 on to some of the other news. C Obscure Expedition 334 00:16:58.840 --> 00:17:01.039 thirty three is a Game of the Year contender. I 335 00:17:01.080 --> 00:17:03.679 wrote down here just based on its early reviews. And 336 00:17:03.720 --> 00:17:05.960 it's not like this is a handful of reviews. There 337 00:17:06.000 --> 00:17:08.119 were more than eighty on Open Critic, where it has 338 00:17:08.160 --> 00:17:12.680 a ninety two ed Nightingale at Eurogamer gave it four stars, 339 00:17:12.720 --> 00:17:16.640 said that the French take on a GRPG is out 340 00:17:16.680 --> 00:17:20.759 has outstanding artwork and glorious combat that bring Claire Obscure 341 00:17:20.799 --> 00:17:25.400 Expedition thirty three's bold, painterly world to life. Richard Wakeling 342 00:17:25.799 --> 00:17:27.799 at GameSpot gave it a nine out of ten said 343 00:17:27.799 --> 00:17:31.960 Claire Obscure Expedition thirty three is a phenomenal RPG or 344 00:17:32.119 --> 00:17:35.079 RPE as we call it around here, telling a heartbreaking 345 00:17:35.160 --> 00:17:39.160 tale well incorporating thrilling action into its tactical turn based combat. 346 00:17:39.759 --> 00:17:42.640 Dom Pepiot at VG twenty four to seven gave it 347 00:17:42.680 --> 00:17:46.119 five stars and said they say art is all about 348 00:17:46.160 --> 00:17:48.880 eliciting an emotional reaction. If you could do that, all 349 00:17:48.920 --> 00:17:51.680 the effort expended in creating it was worth it. I 350 00:17:51.680 --> 00:17:54.960 think Claire Obscure does that with Uplum. If you have 351 00:17:55.119 --> 00:17:58.400 ever loved role playing games ever, you owe it to 352 00:17:58.440 --> 00:18:00.960 yourself to play this. It has the to touch you 353 00:18:01.240 --> 00:18:04.960 on your heart, all that good stuff. Yeah, Lexi and 354 00:18:05.039 --> 00:18:07.000 Chats gave it a ninety eight out of one hundred. 355 00:18:07.160 --> 00:18:09.279 Everyone I've been talking to Jake who's been playing this 356 00:18:09.720 --> 00:18:11.759 has really been liking it. I have it. I haven't 357 00:18:11.759 --> 00:18:14.359 had much time to play it myself, but I will be. 358 00:18:15.119 --> 00:18:17.799 I played it in the there was an early preview 359 00:18:17.799 --> 00:18:19.359 phase where I played quite a bit of it, and 360 00:18:19.359 --> 00:18:22.359 I just think it's got the juice. It has got 361 00:18:22.480 --> 00:18:25.000 the stuff that people come to these games for, and 362 00:18:25.039 --> 00:18:27.240 then it doesn't try to do too much outside of that, 363 00:18:27.279 --> 00:18:30.440 and I think that's pretty wise. It focuses on delivering 364 00:18:30.559 --> 00:18:34.559 like a really well done acting and storytelling and then 365 00:18:34.599 --> 00:18:37.240 a really good combat system. So I think this one's 366 00:18:37.359 --> 00:18:39.200 really going to catch on with a lot of people. 367 00:18:39.240 --> 00:18:40.680 Is this one that's been on your radar, Jake? 368 00:18:42.039 --> 00:18:44.599 It? I mean it hasn't just because I've my backlog's 369 00:18:44.640 --> 00:18:47.400 been a little crazy. But I'm a huge RPG guy 370 00:18:47.880 --> 00:18:52.720 and I'm actually really interested because I'm addicted to turn 371 00:18:52.759 --> 00:19:00.880 based comment tactical RPGs srpgs. But one thing that when 372 00:19:00.920 --> 00:19:02.480 there's so many things to play in these games take 373 00:19:02.480 --> 00:19:04.559 a lot of time. One thing that kind of steers 374 00:19:04.559 --> 00:19:08.279 me away is if the story isn't compelling, if that 375 00:19:08.359 --> 00:19:11.599 part doesn't pull me in, it's you know, it makes 376 00:19:11.640 --> 00:19:13.759 it really hard for me to put all my time 377 00:19:13.799 --> 00:19:14.240 into that. 378 00:19:14.359 --> 00:19:16.640 But this game sounds like it has that. 379 00:19:17.319 --> 00:19:20.640 It's so definitely after hearing that, now it's it's kind 380 00:19:20.640 --> 00:19:21.839 of jumping up on my list. 381 00:19:22.400 --> 00:19:25.519 Yeah, it's I think it's exactly that that this is. 382 00:19:25.920 --> 00:19:28.319 You know that that's not always something that that captures me, 383 00:19:28.640 --> 00:19:31.720 but in this case, what I have played of it 384 00:19:31.799 --> 00:19:33.920 and have seen of it, it did like the story 385 00:19:34.160 --> 00:19:36.000 was something that won me over, and it's like, well, 386 00:19:36.000 --> 00:19:38.519 I don't necessarily need that personally, so when it does, 387 00:19:38.680 --> 00:19:41.400 it's always like this nice bonus. And then when that happens, 388 00:19:41.400 --> 00:19:43.200 I can usually tell it's like, if it's getting me 389 00:19:43.599 --> 00:19:46.079 in that way, the people that like you that do 390 00:19:46.119 --> 00:19:49.039 come to these games for that kind of of strong 391 00:19:49.400 --> 00:19:52.799 compelling storytelling storytelling are really going to have something to 392 00:19:52.839 --> 00:19:55.319 fall in love with here. So that's kind of been 393 00:19:55.359 --> 00:19:57.599 what everyone's saying and then on top of that that, 394 00:19:57.799 --> 00:20:00.799 really I just find it a super engaging combat system 395 00:20:01.000 --> 00:20:03.079 where all the characters have a little bit something different 396 00:20:03.119 --> 00:20:05.079 going on, and they all have their own sort of 397 00:20:05.119 --> 00:20:07.880 gameplay loop of how one action that you do feeds 398 00:20:07.880 --> 00:20:10.240 into the next action, and then that feeds into the 399 00:20:10.279 --> 00:20:12.920 next action that's even bigger and more impressive, and then 400 00:20:12.960 --> 00:20:14.880 it sort of flips over and starts all over again, 401 00:20:14.960 --> 00:20:17.279