Phil Spencer and the Battle for Xbox's Soul | Asmongold Reacts

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  • @bumblebeebat-te5xv
    @bumblebeebat-te5xv 23 дні тому +1996

    Microsoft put all their eggs in the Bethesda basket, but the eggs clipped through the basket and broke.

    • @legionofanon
      @legionofanon 23 дні тому +60

      Arrow dupe and the eggs lagged their income until it crashed

    • @saturnalien_5291
      @saturnalien_5291 22 дні тому +52

      It's a Bethesda's bug again 😭

    • @FireJach
      @FireJach 22 дні тому +30

      😂😂😂
      Bethesda is very specific. The company has never started being good. Already New Vegas in 2011 was outdated. Very specific fans make the company alive. If Fallout is made by a different company under Microsoft vision, people will forget Bugthesda exists

    • @charleswaggoner9467
      @charleswaggoner9467 22 дні тому +15

      But the basket was 16x the detail.

    • @aVerySillyBilly
      @aVerySillyBilly 22 дні тому +7

      starfield was a disaster. The way the `console wars` has set up the Them or Us mentality, i.e if you don`t have people who don`t have your system wanting that game, it failed. Those of us not involved in it, saw that the hype was not delivered in any way. Also, my Tsushima is cancelled, and hearing it`s not going to be available in the countries Helldiver`s wasn`t? tf are s0ny doing, too?

  • @Cryptic0013
    @Cryptic0013 23 дні тому +621

    At this point, Xbox is getting into that "Disney Star Wars" territory where it doesn't even matter if the next product is good. The majority of their dwindling fanbase has gone through all the stages of grief and moved on to accept that their brand is cooked.

    • @aVerySillyBilly
      @aVerySillyBilly 22 дні тому +11

      and the Brand Fans remain. sad to see

    • @mycitysucks8096
      @mycitysucks8096 22 дні тому +20

      ​@@aVerySillyBillywhat are Xbox owners supposed to do, not use the $500 systems we bought?

    • @Dad_Noir
      @Dad_Noir 22 дні тому +31

      ​@mycitysucks8096 PCs exist. Xbox is obsolete unfortunately. An if yall want to get what you paid for, protest gamepass, an go back to buying games so studios can can afford to make something that isn't complete trash.

    • @bigde131
      @bigde131 22 дні тому +4

      Not anywhere close compared to the Star Wars IP. It’s a billion dollar generating product. There is just a disconnect between the old viewers and newer viewers.

    • @bryanm498
      @bryanm498 22 дні тому +4

      ​@@Dad_NoirThe crazy is that Xbox tech os really good, even comparing what we have on PC, but there's no game dev using it.
      On the other side first-party studios are swiming on "Playstation" SmartAcess Memory to port SSD heavy games to run on the PS4 HDD, just as an example.

  • @CHKDG8
    @CHKDG8 22 дні тому +201

    Xbox 360 was peak Xbox.

  • @Qwillo749
    @Qwillo749 22 дні тому +38

    The Cortana comment was 100% on point. This is a major reason why AAA games are falling short by having to water down characters to fulfil the illusion you would get a wider market appeal

    • @crystalwings4520
      @crystalwings4520 19 днів тому +1

      There's no such thing as 'modern audiences'.

    • @Qwillo749
      @Qwillo749 11 днів тому

      @@crystalwings4520 I don't know what your comment is referencing sorry

    • @crystalwings4520
      @crystalwings4520 11 днів тому

      @@Qwillo749 It's your comment, about 'wider market appeal'.

    • @Qwillo749
      @Qwillo749 11 днів тому

      @@crystalwings4520 ok sure, you're comment references 'modern audiences' so, I guess thats why i didn't translate it the way you meant it

  • @SENSO_X
    @SENSO_X 23 дні тому +355

    360 was there Golden Age.

    • @HRM.H
      @HRM.H 22 дні тому +42

      Their

    • @thenomad2311
      @thenomad2311 22 дні тому +9

      ​@@HRM.HYou forgot the period.
      Goofy af.

    • @Shadowwalker1717
      @Shadowwalker1717 22 дні тому +21

      360 and PS3 Era was overall the peak in gaming history.

    • @JustSomeChatter
      @JustSomeChatter 22 дні тому +3

      Griefer at their own best. 360 is the start of their dooms path. If only there would be great leader that lead to the right path. With how Sony keep blocking people from their own game, Xbox should've triumph at this moment.

    • @SENSO_X
      @SENSO_X 22 дні тому +4

      @@HRM.H Thanks for the correction ^^ Asian Here 😅

  • @zerocool5238
    @zerocool5238 23 дні тому +817

    You know things are bad when IGN actually has a good take

    • @himanshupandey8771
      @himanshupandey8771 23 дні тому

      My guy😢

    • @HRM.H
      @HRM.H 22 дні тому +33

      You know things are bad when you care about what happens to multi billion dollar companies

    • @JustSomeChatter
      @JustSomeChatter 22 дні тому +1

      True

    • @JustSomeChatter
      @JustSomeChatter 22 дні тому +3

      About how Redfall even got publish without QC first have shown us how they didn't care about the product at all.. it's just all about the money than quality. Glad that these cause them huge money instead.

    • @thelightsilent
      @thelightsilent 22 дні тому +12

      Playstation 5: exclusives??? you mean spider man? oh you mean remasters? remakes? Players: Playstation 5 doesnt have any good games lol they're all PS4 games remastered or remade we are paying for the same games we own.

  • @GrAdeAjAmAicAn
    @GrAdeAjAmAicAn 22 дні тому +22

    Not everybody wants to be sitting at a desk with headphones, 3ft from a monitor pixel counting and sweating their @$$ off. Some people like relaxing in a lazyboy, controller in hand leisurely gaming on their 65" TV with what little time they have to do so, that is the general console gamer.

    • @DR-fc1ey
      @DR-fc1ey 21 день тому

      Actually you can do that with a computer lmao, hook it up to a tv, its easy

    • @Tangelo539
      @Tangelo539 20 днів тому +1

      This isn’t about PC gaming it’s about how Xbox sucks compared to PlayStation and Nintendo lol

    • @GrAdeAjAmAicAn
      @GrAdeAjAmAicAn 20 днів тому +5

      @@Tangelo539 Correct but Asmongold touches on a point that only Xbox enthusiasts will buy Xbox which is why I made my point that majority of console players are not hardcore and just want to enjoy games.

    • @alexterrieur5800
      @alexterrieur5800 12 днів тому

      So plug the tv and the controller in the pc. Really simple concept

    • @matthewjudge3763
      @matthewjudge3763 6 днів тому

      ​​@@DR-fc1eyYou can do that, but it's not that simple, you have to deal with windows, steam, epic, logitech G app, discord etc.

  • @deividristovski3726
    @deividristovski3726 20 днів тому +4

    >No games
    >Buy studios
    >no games
    >close studios
    >Still no games
    What is this strategy called?

  • @fumirokugen576
    @fumirokugen576 23 дні тому +1045

    xbox had lost their soul after 360 era.

    • @ignidrakkos7546
      @ignidrakkos7546 23 дні тому +57

      I agree, my last xbox console was a 360.
      After that, I stayed with Nintendo and PC.

    • @Timic83tc
      @Timic83tc 23 дні тому +41

      Bro, it was during. The Kinect.

    • @KitsuneShapeShifter
      @KitsuneShapeShifter 23 дні тому

      @@ignidrakkos7546i switched to ps4 after xbox

    • @servare2599
      @servare2599 23 дні тому +34

      I left xbox at the end of the 360 era. I was given a PC slapped a 650Ti Boost in there and that began a whole new world of gaming.

    • @RantKid
      @RantKid 23 дні тому +11

      Just like how Nintendo did when Iwata died

  • @kurostern2527
    @kurostern2527 23 дні тому +645

    Xbox is on their Sega arc. From making console to being a third party developer.

  • @erikhendrickson59
    @erikhendrickson59 22 дні тому +15

    Asmongold suggesting that corporate leadership is known for taking responsibility for their failures is a truly comical take.

    • @DR-fc1ey
      @DR-fc1ey 21 день тому +2

      No, not that they "take responsibility" its the fact that in the eyes of everyone whether the CEO wants it or not all the failures and successes are put on them

  • @joanhernandezciriza3797
    @joanhernandezciriza3797 22 дні тому +7

    Listen guys it’s pretty simple. Game pass has done to games what Netflix/HBO/Disney/prime vídeo has done to movies. You pay a subscription and you get lots of mediocre games and movies. This is the age of quantity over quality, it’s just that it is more noticeable in the gaming industry because it is still comprised of people that LOVE (mostly millennials) their hobby with true passion. You just can’t make memorable content on a subscription based platform. I can assure you that Netflix will never make a gem like The Gladiator just as game pass will never produce an OG halo CE quality game EVER again.

    • @TheSnakehunter
      @TheSnakehunter 22 дні тому +2

      Everyone keeps talking about how great gamepass is but everytime I try to find a game that interests me on gamepass, I'm disappointed. PS+ has a better library

  • @Gaijin_TV
    @Gaijin_TV 22 дні тому +258

    It's really not that complicated: if they released awesome exclusives none of this would be happening. If starfield, halo and redfall were amazing we simply wouldnt be having this conversation.

    • @Merica1776o
      @Merica1776o 22 дні тому +4

      Microsoft also had supply chain issues, so they didn’t get off to a great start. Even though they had a console with better specs, plus game pass.

    • @joejoe2658
      @joejoe2658 22 дні тому +9

      adorably no vr, no gyro, no adaptive triggers, no haptics. TWO machines every dev hates. fk xbox.

    • @RenanMendes-zd8hj
      @RenanMendes-zd8hj 22 дні тому +10

      Their games are so bad that Sea of Thieves are among the top ten most played games on Playstation LOL
      There is a long time Playstation is not releasing exclusives, and specially good exclusives, (Rise of Ronin for instance) and the argument that you can only play playstation games on playstation is long gone as well, recently they announced Ghost of Tsushima for PC
      The fact that matters is, a lot of things you guys are complaining about Xbox, is also happening on the other side
      One of the reasons Xbox is firing so many people now, is that they bought, Bethesda, Activision, and so on, some of the people who work there are doing the jobs that other Microsoft employees are already doing LOL
      Not defending Xbox, but this console war nonsense is quite boring

    • @reapersasmr5483
      @reapersasmr5483 22 дні тому +6

      ​@RenanMendes-zd8hj very well said .. we have to hear the fan girl crys .. in the real world with real gamers we know ALL OF GAMING SUCKS .. it's not just xbox .. they both are dropping the ball

    • @naboume466
      @naboume466 22 дні тому +16

      @@RenanMendes-zd8hj This has nothing to do with console wars, it's simple logic, Xbox doesn't have good games, playstation does. Sure PlayStation started releasing some of their games on pc, but that's the thing it's only "some" and even then they only do it long after the games initial release (ghost of Tsushima is 4 years old at this point), so fans still get something out of buying a PlayStation console, unlike Xbox.

  • @peterromfeld4091
    @peterromfeld4091 23 дні тому +139

    i would buy a console if i would not have to pay yet another subscription to use my already payed for internet for most games online features

    • @user-ec3rm9wr1n
      @user-ec3rm9wr1n 23 дні тому +1

      🥰🥰🥰🥰🤪

    • @gamer597-rx7rc
      @gamer597-rx7rc 22 дні тому +8

      Fair point but I do feel that most pc gamers when mentioning this don't bring up how you have to buy parts for your pc especially if you want to play new games at 60 fps then you'll be getting a upgrade quite often but ig depending on the price of these parts and how often you have to buy them could still be more affordable in the long run maybe.

    • @GamingLovesJohn
      @GamingLovesJohn 22 дні тому

      @@gamer597-rx7rc That isn’t really true. There are PC gamers that can’t afford to upgrade too much. I have a friend that still is on Pascal. A GPU from 7 years ago and can still run games fine at 1080p (they don’t plan on upgrading resolution)
      Also depends on the game. If you’re talking about extremely unoptimized games nowadays, then yes the most cost inefficient way is to upgrade. But with Ryzen staying with the platform vs the people that bought into a Xbox One X and then a Series S and X comes out + paying for Xbox Live every month usually adds up or even Gamepass. Whilst, you buy your parts new or used, assemble the PC and you are able to swap parts to improve performance instead of a full system upgrade or increase storage without paying a huge price premium.
      While on PC, we can still mod games like FNV, Mass Effect, Witcher, Fallout 3/4, EA’s Battlefront 2. Starfield even has mods to try and make it better. Cyberpunk 2077 mods also are really solid.
      Most hardware on the PC market is just selling a GTX 1080 TI. Don’t believe me? RTX 2070 Super/RX 5700XT, RTX 3060 TI/RX 6600 and the RTX 4060. These GPUs are too emulate one of the best GPUs in gaming. And the funny part is this, PC allows you to upgrade with the existing platform easier. While those that bought into the PS4 Pro and Xbox One X got caught with their pants down.

    • @pffboahkeineahnung
      @pffboahkeineahnung 22 дні тому

      @@gamer597-rx7rc there are enough people who constantly have to upgrade their pc because they have enough money or are "freaks" but it's far from necessary - it depends on your requirements and if you don't want more than 60fps for example you won't have to spend anywhere near 1000€ - then you dont have a monthly subscription and get all those steam sales + you are not "trapped" in the playstation/xbox universe

    • @erxan4163
      @erxan4163 22 дні тому

      If you have good parts you probably can play any game in history of human kind , so it kind of overwrites everything ​@@gamer597-rx7rc

  • @aleksandar5323
    @aleksandar5323 22 дні тому +17

    That BetterHelp video just got pulled while I was watching it, lol.

  • @mikeoakeshart3823
    @mikeoakeshart3823 22 дні тому +89

    Sony: Censorship and shitty rules
    Xbox: Killing studious
    Nintendo: Copyright abuse
    Steam: Chillin' n Winnin'

    • @rareosts5752
      @rareosts5752 21 день тому +8

      Nintendo doesn't abuse copyright, you're just parroting what you've heard and don't know about. Nintendo sending a cease and desist (which people always pretend happens constantly, when it doesn't) has never resulted in anyone going to court, and is done because of a history Nintendo has with almost being horribly hurt by weird western copyright laws. It should also be noted that Nintendo is the one non-American group you mentioned, and copyright laws are very different in Japan. Steam is not comparable to those others, it's not a game dev, it's not even a console dev excluding the Switch ripoff, but that's Valve, not Steam. But if we're saying one is the other, Valve pulled one of the most terrible embarrassing fumbles in all of gaming history, by fucking up Half Life with ever changing plans about how to continue it and then...not.... You said it yourself, funnily enough, you basically said the big criticism about Valve, "chillin", that's right, they're doing nothing. It's been so long that people only think of them as a game market, and sure, a game market that is hands off is a good thing, but Valve just chillin is not good, it's actually very sad and embarrassing. If you're going to compare Valve as game and console devs, they lose hands down to every other company you mentioned, and many more.

    • @scrubsscrubs694
      @scrubsscrubs694 21 день тому +6

      More like
      Sony: no games
      Nintendo: no games
      Xbox: shit tonne of games
      Steam: chilling and winning

    • @maxedout199
      @maxedout199 21 день тому +25

      ​@@scrubsscrubs694oh got a fan boy with no taste

    • @BKDBut
      @BKDBut 21 день тому +1

      How's Sony being listed for censorship here when Activision, part of Microsoft-Activision, which is probably related to Microsoft Xbox....... is implementing AI voice recognition in COD to listen to what you say, even just to friends, and send you warnings and potentially even suspend you if you say "naughty words" ......

    • @scrubsscrubs694
      @scrubsscrubs694 21 день тому +1

      @@maxedout199 proud fanboy of video games 😀

  • @afcansf5996
    @afcansf5996 22 дні тому +155

    To my my opinion the biggest mistake they made was not wanting to be the "dude bro console" anymore, heck former 342 studio head Bonnie Ross stated to the Washington Post in an interview and reaction on the bad reception of the Halo series. That for more than a decade they tried to replace the o. fans with a new modern fanbase, and perceived the o.g. fandom to be a threat to Halo. I never understood why this interview wasnt picked up by the gaming community. Or Matt Booty his words years ago, that Perfect Dark & Fable remakes would be as authentic as possible; but that it would be remakes for a "modern global audience". And that The Coalition would go further with the path they went on (which most fans didnt liked) Gears. I think they already messed up way before the Activision take over.

    • @bigmac22ify
      @bigmac22ify 22 дні тому +5

      That would of only took them so far. Can’t survive off that alone

    • @Cryptic0013
      @Cryptic0013 22 дні тому

      As Chris Gore put it about Hollywood, so much of what ails modern entertainment comes from trying to make line go up forever by turning boy brands into girl brands.
      There is a tiny little niche of boys who want to play with Barbies and girls who want GI Joes, and those kids are already happy with those toys as they are. Trying to make everything for everyone just means nobody wants it anymore.

    • @disistheway2010
      @disistheway2010 22 дні тому +9

      MODERN AUDIENCES

    • @berthein5476
      @berthein5476 22 дні тому +2

      Gears 5 was a huge success. Pretty sure everyone, including old fans, were pretty happy with that game. Gears 4 sucked. But gears 5 was brilliant

    • @samfire3067
      @samfire3067 22 дні тому +4

      ​ The story was bad in gears 5. And horde mode on launch (in My opinion) because your skin was looked into a class. And The free battle pass not being able to play old versions. Outside that It was Fun.

  • @Pienimusta
    @Pienimusta 22 дні тому +154

    That moment when you pulled new Xbox and HALO:CE out of a box on Christmas. I can still remember that smell that the packaging had.
    Peak console gaming.

    • @calebd7371
      @calebd7371 22 дні тому +9

      Man Halo 3 on the 360 for me when my parents got me a 360 and Halo for Christmas lol

    • @turismofoegaming8806
      @turismofoegaming8806 22 дні тому +3

      We've never had another release like the original halo....
      God, it was so amazing and such a great time! I'll never forget all of the enjoyment, all of the struggles carry on around a suitcase that weighed 100 pounds!! for those LAN battles

    • @rareosts5752
      @rareosts5752 21 день тому +3

      Not even close to peak console gaming, beaten by endless other moments on other systems over the years, before and after. Super Mario 64, Ocarina of Time, Goldeneye 007, Resident Evils 1, 2, and 4, Sonic and Knuckles, F-Zero, Metroid Prime, Chrono Trigger, Final Fantasy 7, Pokemon Gen 2, The Orange Box, just to name a small handful

    • @turismofoegaming8806
      @turismofoegaming8806 21 день тому +2

      @@rareosts5752 while there were many other consoles that I would give this award to Also, he's got a point because nothing new has happened since then-
      It was the "peak "
      You might possibly be failing to understand what people mean when they say "peak console gaming?"

    • @RadicalRickEntertainment
      @RadicalRickEntertainment 21 день тому

      Lol pokemon "peak console gaming"​@@rareosts5752

  • @jasonkeely7269
    @jasonkeely7269 22 дні тому +5

    Guys this is happening in every consumer based industry. Housing prices are tanking everyone's bank accounts and consumers aren't spending. Retail and the fast food industry is having the same problem, people are just broke

    • @kokocaptainqc
      @kokocaptainqc 22 дні тому

      the ones who will survive are the ones who still say ''customer'' as it should be

    • @jasonkeely7269
      @jasonkeely7269 22 дні тому +1

      @kokocaptainqc it's a symptom of cost of living increasing 40% on top of inflation and the luxury and entertainment industry is suffering the worst. People can't afford to spend money, corporations in a capitalist economy by law have to show growth each year and when people stop buying they have to cut costs. There have always been bad games but people aren't buying anything right now

    • @anshuman6923
      @anshuman6923 21 день тому

      It's a mixed bag; you're right about the insane cost of living crisis right now globally, but that alone doesn't absolve Microsoft/Xbox from their share of the blame. For example, take Starfield, which was mediocre at best, but cost an absurd amount of money to make. One could very easily argue that had Starfield simply been a "better" game, and had avoided Game Pass, its sales would've been substantially better. No one would really disagree with this notion, because it's true. Similarly, had they also tapered their budget, the impact of their failure would've also been substantially less painful.
      Take Persona 3 Reload for example. They cleverly resused assets from Persona 5, and are also reusing assets for their upcoming game Metaphor Refantazio, to heavily save on unnecessary expenses. They also put out an excellent game, that was loved by critics and fans alike, and despite signing a limited time deal on Game Pass, sold over 1 million copies in a few weeks, across all platforms, all at $60. People still spend money on "good" games. And those "good" games still make money, while paying their employees. Xbox just have nothing to write home about. Nintendo also proves this annually.

    • @jasonkeely7269
      @jasonkeely7269 21 день тому

      @anshuman6923 you're absolutely not wrong. A huge problem in the executive world is that they sit in these board meetings and all it takes is for some majority shareholder to come up with some off the wall idea and the board chair turns to the CEO's and tells them to make it happen. These CEO's are just figureheads that have almost zero control over bug decisions. In a Capatlist economy this is how things are done. I run a business and I have to deal with the same thing.

  • @lightrenegade1440
    @lightrenegade1440 22 дні тому +6

    3:45 Exclusivity used to be games that would be a risky investment for 3rd party publisher and Sony/Microsoft/Nintendo would take the financial risk for a different "out of the box" game franchise.
    A recent exemple would be Helldivers & Helldivers 2 or if we go back in time, Naughty Dogs and Insomniac are a good example of that with Jak and Daxter & Ratchet and Clank. And much of Nintendo portfolio.
    Now it's a thug of war about who can snatch the most 3rd party publishers / developers. That is a shitty situation.

  • @gcelite36
    @gcelite36 23 дні тому +123

    When Xbox one dropped, it was the beginning of the end. That’s when I switched to PC

    • @vonnblagaming984
      @vonnblagaming984 23 дні тому +14

      Best decision

    • @Palaquack59
      @Palaquack59 22 дні тому +5

      That shitbox is the last console I'll ever buy. In process of getting a pc

    • @aVerySillyBilly
      @aVerySillyBilly 22 дні тому +5

      xb1 was pretty good for the enhanced back compatibility. but not a serious competitor in that current day

    • @Urboyyycarlos
      @Urboyyycarlos 22 дні тому +2

      Sir please,no more..
      The 360 Kinect and Xbox one Kinect never spied on anyone,recorded..
      The forced xbox live gold for free2play games,that never existed..
      The rrod and xb1 data corrupt bug didn't exist,it's impossible
      -Sarcasm aside,the amount of problems was a huge issue
      Even if people lie to themselves that it was perfect,it wasn't.
      The games where the thing that mostly held up even with their issues,but the hardware 🥶

    • @droyal18able
      @droyal18able 22 дні тому

      Your still paying Microsoft.

  • @stronensycharte64
    @stronensycharte64 23 дні тому +332

    XBOX Is the gaming equal to Disney, buying everything up and doing nothing with the beloved properties

    • @Shinyolo
      @Shinyolo 22 дні тому +25

      Nothing good.

    • @Urboyyycarlos
      @Urboyyycarlos 22 дні тому +6

      I'll add on to your point like a micro dlc is to the main game: To this day,Disney has had BlueSky wasting away in the background ever since they bought them before or after the release of Spies in Disguise. (They have not made any other full-length movie since 2019)
      The most depressing part is how they defunct the studio/brand in 2021,essentially "Fate:Closed"
      Now, apparently, the successor brand is just 20th Century Animation but that's always been an active main studio,not even a new brand.

    • @aVerySillyBilly
      @aVerySillyBilly 22 дні тому +2

      it`s vile how they`ve done it

    • @DarkXessZ
      @DarkXessZ 22 дні тому +4

      it's not like they did nothing, they did something by making the IPs bad. A lot of these companies forget customer experience trumps all, this is basics of business 101. A lot of these big companies only look at what gets them the biggest short term benefit at the risk of long term benefits.

    • @JustSomeChatter
      @JustSomeChatter 22 дні тому +3

      Game-pass at the top of that is just overkill for them.

  • @bringiton2752
    @bringiton2752 22 дні тому +36

    Exclusive games DRIVES competition which is extremely consumer friendly because then you just buy from the winning side and the consumers win for example: when EA got exclusive rights to madden the madden brand dropped hard because they didn’t have to compete with 2k anymore
    Edit: you yourself gave an example of Sony pushing Xbox to improve to try to be competitive

    • @Ithoughtthiswasamerica
      @Ithoughtthiswasamerica 22 дні тому +3

      Exactly, these people who cry “no exclusives” really are just pushing a future where everybody games on STEAM and there’s zero competition in the industry… that’s how you get another video-game crash, folks.

    • @bonkgameing
      @bonkgameing 22 дні тому +3

      The fuck? EA and sports games… good… this is satire right

    • @bringiton2752
      @bringiton2752 22 дні тому +2

      @@Ithoughtthiswasamerica not wrong, as a pc gamer i like no exclusives but as a consumer i understand that in order for xbox to make ANY changes it has to be because sony and nintendo made the change 1st, i like good games and god forbid if xbox quits the console wars sony will get lazy and will be xbox all over again

    • @bringiton2752
      @bringiton2752 22 дні тому

      @@bonkgameing madden is EA you realize that right,

    • @ComradeSulomon
      @ComradeSulomon 22 дні тому +4

      If I can't buy something it's not consumer friendly to me so I'll side with asmongold on this one.

  • @n1lknarf
    @n1lknarf 22 дні тому +4

    14:50 for that to work, high speed internet would have to be free and unlimited. The tech is there, but the consumer cannot afford the collaterals.

  • @SlaveToTheSystem
    @SlaveToTheSystem 22 дні тому +52

    Phil took a gamble on attempting to get Redfall ready and it didn't work.
    It was obvious Phil Spencer was desperate to get a game out since at the time there was nothing released for months and especially after failing to deliver the twelve games for that year and only managed to release three of them.
    This push from Phil Spencer caused Arkane Austin to release earlier than projected.
    Phil has openly admitted and taken full responsibility for Redfall and the contradiction is Arkane Austin took the hit instead.

    • @TheMasterblah
      @TheMasterblah 22 дні тому +5

      Did Phil hasten the deadline? My understanding was that Arkane wanted to axe the game because it was so bad, but instead Phil "forced" them to keep making it.

    • @electroeel148
      @electroeel148 22 дні тому +1

      If he took actual responsibility, he would have resigned and left his bonuses to the studio in their place.

    • @minkyb
      @minkyb 22 дні тому

      ​@@TheMasterblah​this is what i heard as well. Xbox let the studio be themselves and they were forced to do redfall by Bethesda without inspiration. They wanted xbox scrap the project but xbox let Bethesda manage themselves. Not xboxs fault fully since it started before the merger but they also left them fully independent. So its xboxs failure. No studio is releasing 12 games a year as well its physically impossible. A good game takes 2-10 years to make aaa.
      Bethesda just got ripped to shreds caught because xboxs expected profits are low overall. Why fix and finish Redfall when they have cod $$$ and elderscrolls $$$. Basically xbox could of fixed it all and released crossplatform like they wanted but greed killed them while they didnt have a future project started. I do think dlc and crossplatform launches should of been acounted for first like its still a playable game like hifi.

  • @lloyd9819
    @lloyd9819 23 дні тому +161

    I miss Fable.

    • @fdnfdnasd7714
      @fdnfdnasd7714 23 дні тому +10

      Don't worry, you soon get fable 4)
      Jk.

    • @godslayer2797
      @godslayer2797 23 дні тому +65

      I miss hot female characters.

    • @Sven989
      @Sven989 23 дні тому +19

      I miss Peter Molyneux and Lionhead Studios.

    • @digitalnomad5728
      @digitalnomad5728 23 дні тому +48

      New fable gonna flop so hard
      From the teasers you can see it's a woke fest

    • @NostraDavid2
      @NostraDavid2 23 дні тому +4

      Created by Big Blue Box studios, not Lionhead, BTW. Lionhead did a share, but the core was BBB.

  • @invaderjoshua6280
    @invaderjoshua6280 22 дні тому +4

    The entire gaming industry lost its soul when Xbox live market place became a thing and they sold the first dlc. They realized they could gut games in development and sell you the other parts and on top of that put them behind a paywall to even be allowed to purchase. It’s a giant scheme.
    PS3, Xbox 360, and the Wii in the early part of that cycle was the last good times to own a game console. I’ve been PC gaming since the end of that generation and haven’t looked back.

  • @nicholascazmay2126
    @nicholascazmay2126 22 дні тому +3

    The problem with Starfield is that it was chasing a trend that had already been proven faulty years ago during No Man’s Sky initial release. Procedurally generated worlds in a vacuum are boring AF. And after the debacle that was Fallout 76, that was not the comeback Bethesda needed.

    • @chaddubois8164
      @chaddubois8164 21 день тому

      But there's a thousand planets with nothing to do!

  • @altaafsheik5725
    @altaafsheik5725 23 дні тому +40

    And remember 343 is still open 😂

  • @hopelives7469
    @hopelives7469 22 дні тому +28

    Winning the console wars needs a definition. If you're selling the box at a loss or very small profit, it's about selling games and subscriptions to make profit.

    • @joejoe2658
      @joejoe2658 22 дні тому +1

      adorably no vr, no gyro, no adaptive triggers, no haptics. TWO machines every dev hates. fk xbox.

    • @roncrudup2110
      @roncrudup2110 22 дні тому +1

      The box is a gateway to your ecosystem. There is a reason why Microsoft and Epic is trying to break up Apple and Google’ duopoly. Both can make their own phones but it would be very difficult to take their market share. This is why they are trying to break their closed platform to make more money. It is about the consumer! It is about making more money! Xbox wouldn’t be doing day and date with PC if they sold 100 million consoles.

    • @x0Fang0x
      @x0Fang0x 22 дні тому +2

      Playstation player base is twice if not more than xbox.

    • @phantombigboss8429
      @phantombigboss8429 22 дні тому +1

      Sony won enough said. Xbots and nintenboys cry harder.

    • @Socherbal
      @Socherbal 21 день тому +2

      You don’t make a profit on the console, you capture the customer base with it, keep them hooked with the exclusives and make money on all the 3rd party games they buy because they are bought into your platform. Currently, Microsoft is failing to retain any customers because they lack the exclusives to keep them hooked to the platform. It has been like this for about 10 years now. You can afford a few years without exclusives. Not 10

  • @1990erre
    @1990erre 22 дні тому +5

    If they can't even make good Halo's, how can you trust them in the slightest.

  • @aldawgd
    @aldawgd 21 день тому +2

    As a physician I can confirm this is a battle

  • @einrealist
    @einrealist 22 дні тому +15

    The big companies don't produce games anymore. They produce assets to sell. That's one reason for why "AAA games" feel more and more bland. The need to be profitable is only increasing the larger those companies become. Its not enough to be profitable for the sake of making good games. The pressure is up to please investors and parent companies.

  • @Dante43cz
    @Dante43cz 23 дні тому +70

    30000 people used to work here. Now it's a ghost town.

  • @Boss_Fight_Wiki_muki_twitch
    @Boss_Fight_Wiki_muki_twitch 22 дні тому +46

    Gamepass: 35 million subscribers
    PS+: 47 million subscribers
    Source: MS, Statista

    • @agent_mc
      @agent_mc 22 дні тому +3

      And PlayStation is still beating Xbox lol

    • @joeydirt420
      @joeydirt420 22 дні тому +16

      @@agent_mcthats what he just said lol. Did you not read the numbers?

    • @SIPEROTH
      @SIPEROTH 22 дні тому +8

      Holy! I know Playstation sells more consoles but i thought with so much Game Pass promotion and every one praising it, it will be at least be equal to Playstation subscription because a lot more Xbox guys will pay for it than PlayStation owners will pay for PS plus.
      I didn't expect that PS+ will be beating them.
      This proves that selling consoles matters and that putting all your games on PC and destroying the incentive to sell consoles can ruin your business.

    • @agent_mc
      @agent_mc 22 дні тому +1

      @@SIPEROTH It also doesn't help that the seris x was marketed as the most powerful console and most of their next generation games are locked at 30fps. There should have been at least a next generation gears of war game at this point.

    • @wolfwing1
      @wolfwing1 22 дні тому

      @@SIPEROTH i bet the problem is that while gamepass probably has more people that have at one time subscribe to gamepass , it's not that many at any single time. Like me I'm almost always subbed to playstation plus, but gamepass I've only subed 3 times over last year, 2 were free promotions. I buy a month for starfield, play it and lies of P and havn't resubbed.

  • @BloodfelX
    @BloodfelX 22 дні тому +2

    (1:39) "This is our precious baby."
    *punt*
    "I never said how precious."

  • @akatsukimi
    @akatsukimi 23 дні тому +35

    4:36 Not at all.
    That's why Microsft is in a huge pile of shit: they invested everything on gamepass but the numbers are not good enough.

    • @Liza-lm8vq
      @Liza-lm8vq 22 дні тому +2

      microsoft at one point made 230 million with gamepass in a month when sony was averaging 45. not the 10x he was saying, but it was a lot more than sony.

    • @user-fr5hs4vj4d
      @user-fr5hs4vj4d 22 дні тому +5

      If that’s true then great for Microsoft. But what about all the game developers whose games are being given away on game pass. Why spend money and time into making great games when it’s just given away on game pass.

    • @Cryptic0013
      @Cryptic0013 22 дні тому +1

      @@Liza-lm8vq The trouble is that they have to *spend* so much on the content. It's the same problem as Netflix and Spotify. Neither of them turns a profit most of the time, and they often run thin losses, because buying and licensing the content eats up insane amounts of money and they need a *constant* churn of novelty to keep subscribers from shutting it off month-to-month.

    • @SIPEROTH
      @SIPEROTH 22 дні тому +4

      @@Liza-lm8vq They made 230million in revenue but it doesn't mean it is profitable.
      Sony may have made 45 million on their PS Plus that month but they probably pay dozens of millions less to developers as well since They didn't try to put every new release on it and let the developers sell their game.
      That means Sony also made more millions in games sales percentages when Microsoft made just a fraction.
      Things aren't cut and try.

    • @akatsukimi
      @akatsukimi 22 дні тому

      @@Liza-lm8vq Yeah that was a single month, but they don't release full numbers. So we don't know how much money Microsft spent on D1 releases and exclusive deals. Maybe that month was a full gain because they dind't close any deal.
      ​ @Liza-lm8vq Anyways, Playstation puls almost doubles the Gamepass subscribers, that's what I mean.

  • @Random_qubit
    @Random_qubit 22 дні тому +124

    Gamepass has 34 million subs , PlayStation Plus had 47.4 million subscribers across three tiers, Essential: 33.3 million , Extra: 6.1 million and Premium: 8 million . Also keep in mind gamepass has 1st party day 1 releases , which is proving unsustainable for the model as MS themselves have NOW admitted it cannibalizes sales , which they said the opposite for when it initially launched ....

    • @mikaelpage88
      @mikaelpage88 22 дні тому

      Indeed 👍🏽

    • @SamDavies94
      @SamDavies94 22 дні тому +18

      As someone who has tried both services, I prefer the PS+ Extra over Game Pass, once I dabbled with Gears and Halo there's not a lot else there.

    • @Syldarin
      @Syldarin 22 дні тому +8

      @@SamDavies94i know right? All the “best deal in gaming” bullshit is solely based on opinion by people who havent tried anything Else.

    • @deltasca
      @deltasca 22 дні тому +1

      @@SamDavies94 also all the 360 games that i already own . i only got a series x to play with friends(that are fanboys and dont play anything else) and my old 360 games.

    • @AndyCarrington-cf3ib
      @AndyCarrington-cf3ib 22 дні тому

      Microsoft have finally realised that even they can only burn through so much burn money

  • @BigManEvil
    @BigManEvil 22 дні тому +3

    I think exclusivity is fine. The company wants to compete for customers, you offer exclusive games. If that wasn’t the case, then consoles wouldn’t be a thing.

  • @Nazraq04
    @Nazraq04 22 дні тому +1

    Funny example about the Gameboy. I literally just ordered the Analogue Pocket.

  • @pixels_per_minute
    @pixels_per_minute 22 дні тому +57

    That last comment about Microsoft merging with Valve made me laugh. Even with all the money in the world, Microsoft wouldn't get hold of Valve. Not with the FTC around and with Valve's hard stead anti-Microsoft mindset.

    • @scottnelson2049
      @scottnelson2049 22 дні тому +4

      I remember people saying this about Activision Blizzard when it was mentioned hyperbolically as a joke when MS bought Zenimax.
      Microsoft is a 3 TRILLION dollar company.

    • @robertwolf9546
      @robertwolf9546 22 дні тому +7

      the Activision acquisition was a great way for Kottick to leave the shitshow to Microsoft and walk away with a huge bag. Valve's portfolio is more diverse as well and what they do they're great at - they don't need Microsoft at all, no matter how much money they have

    • @m4nt1c0r3s
      @m4nt1c0r3s 22 дні тому +19

      @@scottnelson2049 Yeah but Valve isn't publicly owned and isnt lead by a Bobby Kotick type of suit, if Newell doesnt want to sell, no amount of money can make him sell it.

    • @scottnelson2049
      @scottnelson2049 22 дні тому

      @@robertwolf9546 I don't think it would happen, either but never say never. When you're in a position like that it's a double edged sword. You may not need to sell out to Microsoft, but who are you going to sell to if you decided you wanted to sell?
      The salt would be epic tho lol

    • @spawn9129
      @spawn9129 22 дні тому +9

      ​@@m4nt1c0r3salso Gabe is an OG Microsoft millionaire, he probably doesn't want anything to do with them anymore since he already knows what they're like

  • @henrydikeman2692
    @henrydikeman2692 22 дні тому +16

    I genuinely can not fathom how many decisions Microsoft has put in place to make quality of game development irrelevant. I imagine it must be terrible working under Xbox and knowing that no matter how good or popular your game is, it is completely out of your hands if the studio stays around.

  • @demo_AAA
    @demo_AAA 22 дні тому

    What happened to the Betterhelp video?

  • @stbernardy7
    @stbernardy7 22 дні тому +3

    did the betterhelp video just get privated or removed?

    • @alvaroluffy1
      @alvaroluffy1 22 дні тому

      privated, i have the link and it says private

  • @justanotherdave.
    @justanotherdave. 23 дні тому +135

    PlayStation Plus actually has more subscribers than Game Pass. 48 million on plus to around 34 million on game pass.

    • @TheRealTopGunZ
      @TheRealTopGunZ 22 дні тому +35

      Yeah, I was like "wtf is he talking about" at that point.

    • @Mendicant_Bias
      @Mendicant_Bias 22 дні тому +15

      Uhuh sure, after Pony juiced their numbers with the whole psn debacle, sure they are kiddo

    • @CanYouHandleTheTruth_
      @CanYouHandleTheTruth_ 22 дні тому +75

      @@Mendicant_Bias why are you so emotional about this? 😂

    • @Zero_Steel
      @Zero_Steel 22 дні тому +21

      not to mention that MSFT merged Gamepass and XBL Gold to somewhat increase the subs count, but even with that its still kinda low

    • @gearoidoconnell5729
      @gearoidoconnell5729 22 дні тому +8

      Mable he was talk about PS++ the one you get 200 free game. It think less then game pass.

  • @guyinapandasuit2691
    @guyinapandasuit2691 22 дні тому +86

    To be honest. Gamepass killed the Xbox console. There is no way Microsoft is paying developers enough to makeup for individual sales. Sure maybe a couple games but overall no way. They should have followed Sony's strategy by investing in the companies they bought, and put out quality exclusives for their console, and then PC release atleast 6 months to a year later. That would have kept Xbox relevant and possibly the best place to game while making Microsoft the money they want.

    • @Dad_Noir
      @Dad_Noir 22 дні тому +12

      All the poorly developed games xbox keeps regurgitating is direct proof of how horrible gamepass is for studios. Why spend the money and effort when your hard work will be given away for free lol.

    • @alexanderg1935
      @alexanderg1935 22 дні тому +2

      Whilst that's not untrue, I think the lack of exclusives and the fact that the console has very little innovation (Sony provides haptics, adjustable triggers, VR etc) has made the platform rather redundant. Many, including myself feel that they just don't care about console gamers anymore. I'm selling mine next week.

    • @joejoe2658
      @joejoe2658 22 дні тому +1

      adorably no vr, no gyro, no adaptive triggers, no haptics. TWO machines every dev hates. fk xbox.

    • @Cryptic0013
      @Cryptic0013 22 дні тому +4

      @@joejoe2658 People sleep on that last part. The only thing the XBox has that Sony doesn't is a second SKU with low specs that you have to optimise for, just to get onto a platform where they trained their players not to buy things.

    • @are3287
      @are3287 22 дні тому +2

      >possibly the best place to game
      No, that's objectively PC now that we just get everyone elses exclusives anyway

  • @fridaysatjons1097
    @fridaysatjons1097 22 дні тому +3

    In all honesty, they’ve been done since the 360 days. There’s zero point in owning one anymore, most people jumped ship during the Xbox one days. Ever since I switched to pc I never looked back

    • @Hoodawg
      @Hoodawg 20 днів тому

      PC titles are always released with bugs then need to patch over and over. Consoles had to have it 99% correct prior to release. The only patching my 360 does to my hard copies is remove the racism from GTAV and makes it more woke. You know..like everybody who lives in Austin Texas.

  • @Zoliqa
    @Zoliqa 22 дні тому +2

    Funny how sony is not even in full force mode and MS still struggling

  • @toldwin5194
    @toldwin5194 23 дні тому +85

    So strange they did absolutly no communication on Hellblade 2. It's not a good sign for the quality of the game if they are ashamed of it...

    • @KitsuneShapeShifter
      @KitsuneShapeShifter 23 дні тому +10

      Actually, if They are ashamed of it, its probably actually good

    • @SloRush
      @SloRush 23 дні тому +6

      0 marketing

    • @toldwin5194
      @toldwin5194 22 дні тому +4

      @@KitsuneShapeShifter I hope so but your argument don't make much sense :)

    • @thierryfaquet7405
      @thierryfaquet7405 22 дні тому +7

      It’s just classic xbox horrible marketing strategy.
      The game will be great and will undersell. Pretty much like the first one.

    • @KitsuneShapeShifter
      @KitsuneShapeShifter 22 дні тому +2

      @@toldwin5194 Actually, if It doesn’t, it might make a lot of sense

  • @SKizzleAXE
    @SKizzleAXE 22 дні тому +75

    Matt Booty: We need more games like Hi-Fi Rush
    Xbox: "keep your booty out of this, we don't need it" 😂💀

    • @JustSomeChatter
      @JustSomeChatter 22 дні тому +4

      Yea. it's dumb actually ngl.

    • @DLxxx
      @DLxxx 22 дні тому +5

      Phil Spencer after the success of Hi-Fi Rush: "We're going to reinvest in Tango Gameworks so they can keep making more breakout hits like Hi-Fi!"
      ***Shuts them down a year later while they're pitching Hi-Fi Rush 2***
      Tango celebrates their 14th anniversary in March
      Sarah Bond: "Happy 14th! Here's to many more 🥳"
      ***Shuts them down 2 months later***

    • @spazco8669
      @spazco8669 22 дні тому

      The gaming market "We don't want to buy the games Tango makes"
      also the Gaming market "shutting down tango make me angy!"

  • @lilmuc
    @lilmuc 22 дні тому +5

    Lol what happened to the better help video?

  • @fantastic_3414
    @fantastic_3414 21 день тому +1

    Thing is technology has gone so far that we are now able to game on handheld devices while still being playable

  • @slamjamtime202
    @slamjamtime202 22 дні тому +38

    Completely wrong about gamepass versus PS Plus. PS Plus outsells it almost two to one. (PS+ is roughly 50 mil and gamepass is roughly 30 mil). I only recently got a PS5 and was absolutely staggered how much PS+ has been stepped up from years ago. You can be completely satisfied with many exclusives and amazing games for literal years with the line up on PS Plus. And I formed this decision after thinking Gamepass was incredible, and it is great. But PS Plus is even better for me

    • @Syldarin
      @Syldarin 22 дні тому +6

      You just dont hear so much about ps plus. Reason is, its just one of many things us ps players have that add value. Gamepass is literally the ONLY Selling point Xbox fans come up with regarding their console, so its more in the conversation, whereas ps plus is just a Nice thing for us.

    • @spidermonkey2903
      @spidermonkey2903 22 дні тому

      also would like to mention that the standard sub for PS+ comes with a monthly rotation of free games that you keep forever. a lot of the time, there are amazing titles offered too; they don’t just give throwaway games. it gives PS+ far more value then it just being a sub for access to online play. plus the deals :)

    • @topsurgeon
      @topsurgeon 22 дні тому +1

      First of all those game pass numbers are not official and doesn't include the game pass core subscription, secondly the beauty of the game pass , is that it turns evey device you own into an xbox by cloud , me my self i don't even have an xbox , but yet with game pass subscription i can play over 400 games(which include many great games , first day releases, AAA games) on my phone , my tablet , my smart tv , and my old laptop . It basically turns any device that can connect to the Internet into an xbox device . Also if you have a pc with good specs, you can download the games on it and play them natively.

    • @AlwaysVotingMAGA
      @AlwaysVotingMAGA 22 дні тому +1

      ​@@topsurgeon
      You're wrong, it does include the game pass core one also. They actually lost 3 million subscribers from where they used to be but I forgot at what time.
      Also I want to play Xbox without buying one so how do I stream on my smart TV? I have no clue how to do that. I heard they might release an Xbox dongle. I just want access to their games even though they're going to PlayStation now.

    • @topsurgeon
      @topsurgeon 21 день тому +1

      @@AlwaysVotingMAGA are you getting my comments ? They keep being deleted over and over for no reason

  • @Manuel_B.
    @Manuel_B. 22 дні тому +29

    There isn’t enough gamepass revenue to keep the lights on. PS has exclusives but they don’t go on PS+ on day one. Everyone has paid 70 bucks for Stellar Blade. How many people actually bought an Xbox exclusive? Xbox needs the revenue outside of gamepass. gamepass is the problem.

    • @ContrastCopy
      @ContrastCopy 22 дні тому

      But it’s also the only thing keeping them alive at this point

    • @EL_-APACHE-_8407
      @EL_-APACHE-_8407 22 дні тому +9

      ​@@ContrastCopy no, microsoft is the reason there still here if xbox had to run on there own weight they be bankrupt

    • @DeshaunXD
      @DeshaunXD 22 дні тому +5

      You sir are correct. The Gamepass model flat out isn't sustainable.

    • @zacharynyberg7007
      @zacharynyberg7007 22 дні тому +2

      Ya.. while I liked the original idea: it never made much fucking sense cause how the hell would you put all of acti blizz games on gamepass lol. It’ll destroy the company

  • @TheCanuckCanadain
    @TheCanuckCanadain 21 день тому +1

    That's sad. The Xbox 360 was such a legendary system. The peek and I would say the console was one of the best.

  • @LoadedClipse1
    @LoadedClipse1 22 дні тому +4

    they got rid of that better help ad video quick

  • @JJJ_67
    @JJJ_67 22 дні тому +6

    4:27 Ps+ latest numbers were at 47 million and game pass are at 34 million and that was after they changend xbox live gold to gamepass core to boost the numbers. Neither has substantial growth going on and have probably reached a saturation point which is why both either have done or consider price hikes to make the line go up.

  • @neondystopian
    @neondystopian 23 дні тому +106

    Sony did to Microsoft exactly what the United States did to the Soviet Union during the cold war.

    • @randybobandy9828
      @randybobandy9828 23 дні тому +72

      Outlasted them until they imploded under their own weight?

    • @neondystopian
      @neondystopian 23 дні тому +25

      ​@@randybobandy9828close enough.

    • @googleisevil8958
      @googleisevil8958 23 дні тому +44

      Even still, Sony seems to be making many, many, MANY mistakes that might hurt them in the long run. Look at Helldivers and Stellar Blade.

    • @thenomad2311
      @thenomad2311 23 дні тому +23

      Only if the Soviet Russia in question dwarf Sony's America 10 times over.
      Sony is the little fish.
      Microsoft killed Microsoft not Sony.

    • @neondystopian
      @neondystopian 23 дні тому +11

      @@googleisevil8958 oh, I never said Sony was smart, or even self-aware. They totally could have even done that to Microsoft by accident, LOL

  • @joecartwright5105
    @joecartwright5105 22 дні тому +1

    My guess is that xbox is trying to hone in their focus and resources on fewer key studios rather than being spread thin. Their biggest titles and franchises are taking too long to release. It's possible it could be a refocus with the success of fallout. It would be stupid not to grow this IP even more.

  • @chaz21b
    @chaz21b 20 днів тому +1

    Game Pass is really great cant deny that. Just switched from console to PC gaming and I was utterly shocked at how many of my games AND progress transferred to PC.

  • @StMargorach
    @StMargorach 23 дні тому +35

    3:38 xbox has always tried to be a full media set for your TV. They never tried to battle purely as a game console

    • @akatsukimi
      @akatsukimi 23 дні тому +2

      Yeah, the problem is that the numbers aren't growing anyways.

    • @StMargorach
      @StMargorach 23 дні тому +3

      @@akatsukimi ow yeah, their whole media set thing was a bad thing to begin with XD
      Just saying that they never tried to battle on the same field as Sony. They just had some overlap

    • @colelewis9940
      @colelewis9940 23 дні тому

      Mine wont even run any of my DVD or Blu Rays. No idea why. Not exactly feeling full media lol

    • @HRM.H
      @HRM.H 22 дні тому +2

      ​@@colelewis9940seems like a YOU issue lil bro

    • @colelewis9940
      @colelewis9940 22 дні тому +4

      @@HRM.H Is that why when I take the rotting PS3 in my room cabinet, thats a 16 year old one. That 16 year old PS3 will run every disc fine? Must be the xbox not liking the smell of my farts

  • @0Heeroyuy01
    @0Heeroyuy01 22 дні тому +7

    i know for me personally i dont play many games on PC if they dont have controller support b/c afte about 20 min my wrist start to hurt pretty bad and then i have to quit for a few days before i can play again, and that sucks when part of my job requires me to use a PC off and on all day thus making that pain last longer.

    • @shinpai_uwu
      @shinpai_uwu 22 дні тому

      just go get a vertical mouse, it helps alot.

    • @0Heeroyuy01
      @0Heeroyuy01 21 день тому

      @@shinpai_uwu my mouse hand is fin its my wasd wrist that hurts even when i have it elevated

    • @shinpai_uwu
      @shinpai_uwu 21 день тому

      @@0Heeroyuy01 Have you tried any split ergonomic keyboards before? like KINESIS Advantage360, that design works for me.

  • @gatz900
    @gatz900 22 дні тому +1

    Nintendo made a mistake with the WII U but were able to course correct with the amazing Switch and great exclusives. Microsoft should have given more love to their exclusive franchises, including the ones they acquired

  • @bloboblobo
    @bloboblobo 22 дні тому

    I would like to say that "they have failed in basically everything this year" is a great quote from someone that got so hooked to palworld (the 25 million user one) :D nah just kiding

  • @ryanbaran8765
    @ryanbaran8765 23 дні тому +30

    xbox exclusives are hurt by requiring to support Series S. devs can't push tech of a game to the limit

    • @aVerySillyBilly
      @aVerySillyBilly 22 дні тому +3

      yes this is a disastrous decision. 0 clue what they are doing.

    • @Dad_Noir
      @Dad_Noir 22 дні тому +1

      Ah yes.. last generation consoles are the problem. Not the fact xbox exclusives are all given away for free for no profit. Gotta wake up (not saying it in a mean way). Gamepass is the true problem.

    • @bryanm498
      @bryanm498 22 дні тому +2

      Years ago I think the same, but Sony is porting games to PS4 using software solutions where the Series S architeture is superior.
      Remember One X/Scorpio? Xbox didn't developed anything for the "most powerful console ever" back on the day either and killed the product in just one year.
      The problem is the company wanting to sell cheap service.

    • @TheAkustikus
      @TheAkustikus 22 дні тому +3

      That's BS, on PC it's called Quality Settings. Why is this possible on PC but not on Xbox? Why doesn't the series X has per default 1440p/120FPS and the Series S 1080p/60? With FSR and Scaling it should but no MS Studios fumble on every play.

    • @SIPEROTH
      @SIPEROTH 22 дні тому

      @@aVerySillyBilly Is not disastrous. That is not even close to be an issue for them. There issues is that Game Pass where they put their full weight behind isn't the success they hoped it will be and hurts the developers financially.

  • @pj9694
    @pj9694 23 дні тому +10

    did the gamepass conversion thing on pc and barely use it. garbage value even when it's $4 a month or whatever it ended up being.

  • @ohi441
    @ohi441 22 дні тому

    I think you're forgetting about the virtual boy the first VR headset, if I'm not mistaken before Sony.

  • @dcd3lt4
    @dcd3lt4 22 дні тому +2

    What happened to the Better help Video that just got uploaded??

    • @aquaculture_383
      @aquaculture_383 22 дні тому +1

      I was wondering the same thing. I ended up rediscovering pewdiepies' video on it from 5 years ago though, I guess Better help hasn't gotten any better.

  • @fishyperil2153
    @fishyperil2153 22 дні тому +23

    exclusivity is the best thing about the AAA games industry. it's what makes a very dedicated and talented set of developers try their hardest to produce amazing games that will actually sell consoles and push the industry forward.
    the only alternative that could ever achieve a similar effect would be if there was somehow just a single gaming platform, but at the same time this single gaming platform wasn't governed by any entitety that has an interest in selling the games that some of these developers make over selling others - so everyone would again be in the same situation of trying their hardest to actually make good products.

    • @joeydirt420
      @joeydirt420 22 дні тому +4

      This right here seems so obvious yet baldy us so dumb to it. . It also gives us much more games. Less consoles and competition means less games.

    • @jaahman0098
      @jaahman0098 22 дні тому

      @@joeydirt420people really overlook this fact. Consoles are so important for players and consumers.

    • @BioMatic2
      @BioMatic2 22 дні тому +3

      Totally correct
      * looks over at Witcher 3, Hollow Knight, Nier Automata, Pyre, Hades, Elden Ring, Sekiro, Armored Core VI , Disco Elysium, Darkest Dungeon, Baldur's Gate 3, Doom and Doom Eterna, Undertale, Batman Arkham Cityl*
      Withouth exclusivity we wouldnt have amazing games.
      I mean could you imagine people creating fantastic games withouth the support and incentive of a console maker?
      I could never think of such thing ever happening.

    • @jaahman0098
      @jaahman0098 22 дні тому +1

      @@BioMatic2 exclusive are very important and the op is not entirely wrong. Look at the games from Sony and Nintendo in particular.

    • @fishyperil2153
      @fishyperil2153 22 дні тому +1

      ​@@BioMatic2among the games you listed there's literally 2 studios that have been able to deliver great AAA games with consistency - Fromsoftware and ID software. Larian is consistent too but I don't think their games pre Baldur's Gate 3 really had the same scope, there were more like double A. The rest are either indies or not consistent at all.
      As good as a game like Hollow Knight is, the resources needed to create it aren't comparable to what is needed to create something like Elden Ring. And even though there's a few cases like FrostSoftware, I believe most studios creating big games like these would soon devolve into Ubisoft/EA like business models if it weren't for the expectations of quality and financial backing that exist because of platform exclusivity.

  • @xtremegamer78
    @xtremegamer78 22 дні тому +30

    Exclusively benefits the console it's released on. How hard is it to understand. Asmon isn't that smart 😂

    • @np153Garlix
      @np153Garlix 22 дні тому +1

      No, Asmongold is extremely smart.

    • @PBNIP
      @PBNIP 22 дні тому +3

      ​@@np153Garlix is this bait? He's fairly average and has decent common sense

    • @np153Garlix
      @np153Garlix 22 дні тому +1

      @@PBNIP Nah, he's genuinely smart, and a quick thinker to boot. He may lack knowledge in many things, and his "solutions" to larger societal problems are often bad or incorrect... But the guy really is smart and has strong critical thinking skills.

  • @HonzoNebro
    @HonzoNebro 22 дні тому +2

    That stema-windows commentary it's just nuts... Valve released the steam deck so more games work under proton, just so they don't depend on windows

  • @KeytarArgonian
    @KeytarArgonian 20 днів тому

    You need to remember, they inherited Redfall in the final 5% of completion. I predicted it would get instantly dropped because it’s an out of fashion game, and Xbox did NOT want to waste resources on something that was doomed to fail because it’s inception was implemented so late in the ‘hot zone’ of looter shooters that it was always going to be doa. They knew it, most gamers knew it. It was always a ‘dump it asap, regardless of its state and shut it down asap’ situation. Nobody asked for it, nobody wanted it, including Xbox.

  • @SilverWolvesScarletForestSnow
    @SilverWolvesScarletForestSnow 22 дні тому +9

    I just remember no one wanting to buy an Xbox because the console and controller was too big and the fat American jokes went hard.

    • @Dad_Noir
      @Dad_Noir 22 дні тому +3

      An now they're making "fridges" the jokes write themselves with Microsoft lol

    • @decoyfox
      @decoyfox 22 дні тому

      That Duke controller was so morbidly obese it hurt my hands

    • @kokocaptainqc
      @kokocaptainqc 22 дні тому +1

      also back then it was : ''like swords? PS...like guns? x-box''

    • @SilverWolvesScarletForestSnow
      @SilverWolvesScarletForestSnow 22 дні тому +1

      @@kokocaptainqc I chose PC

  • @sandisrekis9878
    @sandisrekis9878 23 дні тому +5

    Lord Gaben did it again.

  • @haruhidaso
    @haruhidaso 20 днів тому

    One thing Asmongold got wrong is, PS plus has larger subscription number than gamepass. PS plus essential is 33 million and PS plus extra and premium combined makes 14 million. GamePass is 25 million (number given in April 2023).

  • @wck
    @wck 22 дні тому +1

    I have been hearing for multiple generations that "this will be the last console generation." It's never true, because console sell well. As long as it continues to be profitable, they will keep doing it. And contrary to what Asmongold says, the userbase is actually getting larger not smaller. People want the simplicity and ease of access that a console provides. It reduces friction, gets more people playing video games. This will always be true.

  • @BrianCroweAcolyte
    @BrianCroweAcolyte 22 дні тому +17

    Cloud gaming is never going to be a console or PC level competitor. It's not economical to put thousands of PS5's worth of hardware in every city to get latency to a playable level (and it'll still be awful for competitive games). Bandwidth is expensive too, it's much more economical for them to just have you download the game once to a box that you're paying the power bill for instead of continuously encoding 1080p to 4K video at 60-120 fps at a decent quality level and uploading it to you.
    For reference, a 1080p Netflix stream uses about 3-4GB per hour, most of their content is only 24-30FPS, and I personally consider the quality bad. Keep in mind that with HDMI 2.1, the cable connecting your console to your TV can send up to 48Gbps with no latency.
    So yeah, I personally think cloud gaming will only ever be a serious threat to smartphone gaming.

    • @scottnelson2049
      @scottnelson2049 22 дні тому

      Never say never. It's coming.

    • @BrianCroweAcolyte
      @BrianCroweAcolyte 22 дні тому +4

      @@scottnelson2049 Did you even read my comment? Maybe it'll take over if they solve every point I brought up + everyone becomes okay with input lag and owning nothing lol. Again, I really only see it as a threat to the smartphone gaming market.

    • @scottnelson2049
      @scottnelson2049 22 дні тому +1

      @@BrianCroweAcolyte Yes, and you are citing current problems and why something isn't feasible now for why it will never happen.
      A US Patent Office official declared in the late 1800s that they were concerned with job security because everything that could be invented already has been.
      "Never" is a very long time.

    • @BrianCroweAcolyte
      @BrianCroweAcolyte 22 дні тому +9

      @@scottnelson2049 I don't think they'll ever solve the speed of light lol. Even if you had the cloud gaming data center up the street from you, you're still going to have a minimum of 30-50ms of input latency added on.
      Yes, everything else could be solved. They could run fiber internet to everyone's house, they could build thousands and thousands more data centers, they could charge you ~100$ a month to offset the cost of maintenance, electricity, and bandwidth.... but is that really more economical and practical than just selling everyone a new $500 box/handheld every 5-8 years?
      So yeah I guess I'll change "never" to "at least not in my lifetime" lol

    • @blazewardog
      @blazewardog 22 дні тому +3

      ​@@BrianCroweAcolyte I swear the number of people that don't understand that the speed of light is the primary problem with cloud gaming is too damn high. The only way they could solve it is putting a data center in every customers house... Oh wait we have that it's called a home computer.

  • @NvrBst
    @NvrBst 22 дні тому +10

    Game boy isn't dead, it's just called switch now... saying game boy is dead is like saying "playstation" is dead because no one plays a ps1 anymore.... game boy is as similar to switch as ps1 is to ps5. Basically there is the the companies console lineup and then portable lineup. Just because a company changes the name doesn't mean it's previous gen is "dead", it just evolves with the new generation release, just like ps1 evolved into ps5, and the Sony PSP to the Sony Vita. The only ones that really died are labeled "DEAD" below:
    ### Company Console Line ###
    Nintendo: NES > SNES > N64 > NGC > Wii > Switch/Lite/OLED > Switch 2 (TBA)
    Sega: SMS > Genesis/SegaCD/32X > Saturn > Dreamcast > DEAD
    Sony: PS1 > PS2 > PS3 > PS4 > PS5
    Atari: 2600 > 7800 > Jaguar > DEAD
    Microsoft: Xbox > Xbox 360 > Xbox One > Xbox Series X/S
    ### Company Portable Lines ###
    Atari: Lynx > Lynx II > DEAD
    Sega: Game Gear > Nomad > DEAD
    Sony : PSP/Go > Vita > DEAD (for now...)
    Nintendo: GB/Pocket/Light > GBC > GBA/SP/Micro > NDS/Lite/DSi > N3DS/N2DS> Switch/Lite/OLED > Switch 2 (TBA)
    The only console that might confuse people I'd say would be the switch, which is basically a console and portable... I classified it as both, some might classify it as one (and consider the other lineup "dead for now"), to each their own there.

  • @dannybruce4513
    @dannybruce4513 22 дні тому +32

    Exclusivity is necessary for a platform like Sony and Nintendo to be successful

    • @ORDlNANCE
      @ORDlNANCE 22 дні тому +7

      Exactly, and the vast majority of first party games on each platform would not exist without Nintendo/Sony anyway.

    • @quentinb734
      @quentinb734 22 дні тому +3

      agree exclusivity is both positive and negative i want to have a reason to get a nintendo or ps

    • @spazco8669
      @spazco8669 22 дні тому +3

      console market share has dropped every year for a decade. Nintendo 2022 earnings 12 billion. Sony was 36 billion. Tencent 2022 earnings 80 billion. Exclusives are irrelevent to console growth. That why the console install numbers havent grown since ps2/ds days.

    • @smaniz
      @smaniz 21 день тому +1

      I hate exclusivity. Game Pass Ultimate is actually what made me buy both Xbox S and X. Cuz I was now able to play on these consoles and my PC. PC is where I played all of my games in the past. These days I play on both platforms for various reasons. That is very important to me.

    • @BKDBut
      @BKDBut 21 день тому +1

      Disagree. You're not considering that there are gamers more casual than you.

  • @Rad_Wizrrd
    @Rad_Wizrrd 22 дні тому +1

    Based on the Xbox quote about Hi-Fi Rush's success, I think they may have planned on closing the studio even before the game dropped. Listen to it again with this in mind. 1:38 The fact that the game was shadow dropped could also point in this direction. Why spend marketing budget on a game from a studio you're planning to axe? I wonder what great game Tango wanted to make next that Xbox also didn't believe in.

  • @PixelleHearts
    @PixelleHearts 22 дні тому +24

    So exclusivity isn't just simply a fuck you to consumers. It actually does help developers ship out a game faster, like Asmon said, by allowing the devs to optimize a game for a singular platform first, gauging the sucess on the limited install base to check if they can feasibly launch on other platforms, and allows for less crunch while minimizing budget expenditure.
    For instance: Imagine the even more disastrous turn of events for Microsoft if Arkane Houston made Redfall multiplatform instead of just on Xbox/Gamepass. They would have:
    1. Spent too many work hours on a game that takes away from other projects
    2. Spent money on a game that didn't sell well on its only platform and would have been a bigger money sink if it was other platforms
    3. Have to follow up with optimizations for other platforms on an already dying game.
    In the end it didn't matter cause even on the single ecosystem it still failed, and Arkane Houston got axed
    A positive example is FF7 Rebirth. The FF7 Remake Trilogy team was able to crank out a sequel to Remake in just 3 years from start to finish DURING Covid because:
    !. They kept the exact same team of devs who knew the project already
    2. Only had to develop for the PS5 initially (and were able to put out two demos that got updates as well as quick post-launch fixes).
    Even with how much people hate on Square and Sony for only making the games PS5 timed exclusive, they saw how popular the last installment was and instead made the game a 3 month exclusivity this time around because they knew from the word of mouth about how good the game is.

    • @aVerySillyBilly
      @aVerySillyBilly 22 дні тому

      well if it`s not timed, i`d argue it definitely is. then again, the thing is a company doesn`t have to make a product for anyone else. tldr i want Bloodborne on pc.🤐

    • @piotrjeske4599
      @piotrjeske4599 22 дні тому +5

      True. Cyberpunk had a disaster start mostly because the company couldn't properly do a PC and consol version. And Microsoft didn't allow them to release the PC version a year before the the consol one.

    • @Lariv_
      @Lariv_ 22 дні тому +11

      Yeah, even the director of FF16 said that if they had to focus on more platforms, the game wouldn't even release in 2023. That's also for example, why GTA6 is releasing only on consoles first and then they are optimizing it for PC. Triple-A games are taking more and more time to develop these days.

    • @nathandrake9737
      @nathandrake9737 22 дні тому +1

      That's why it's more mind boggling that they're trying to get away from the xbox platform and get into multiplatform. We're gonna be waiting even longer for shittier games.

    • @joeydirt420
      @joeydirt420 22 дні тому +3

      Also gives us more competition giving us more games. Like who wants less games, coming at a slower rate. Looking at you baldy.

  • @Soccerloumike
    @Soccerloumike 22 дні тому +2

    I also think Xbox will fade into a handheld device before it disappears forever.

  • @TacticalBeard
    @TacticalBeard 22 дні тому

    Closed gaming can’t happen until high speed internet is actually available. Internet infrastructure in the US is still really really bad or just non existent if you get out of a city. I had to get starlink because the copper lines out by me don’t work

  • @dereka5017
    @dereka5017 22 дні тому +1

    It's simple. After making all those acquisitions, they NEEDED Starfield, RedFall and other exclusives to be smashing financial successes, and they simply weren't. The problem with letting the studios do their own creative thing without proper oversight is that failure will smack them in the face. I don't think they anticipated Starfield and RedFall being failures at all, because they were being hands-off with the studios. Keep in mind, being hands-off is what people say they want from publishers, but then it results in this. Now Spencer and the team are scrambling to save Xbox financially, as I suspect that after all that acquisition spending and subsequent exclusive failures there's talk about discontinuing hardware development. And while they do try to save Xbox, the games media is eviscerating them for closing studios and letting people go. So they're definitely in a dicey position right now.

  • @KingOfHeartsTANK
    @KingOfHeartsTANK 22 дні тому +10

    I hate exclusives, but they're the only thing keeping this big studios in check for quality of a AAA game. 80% of people favorite games have been Sony for a while now like God of war 1 and 2, Spiderman 1 and 2, last of us, ghost of sushi-man, timed exclusives.
    Having an exclusive is the only incentive of quality standards for these company's. Microsoft thought they could just throw money out of house and call it a day.

    • @schikey2076
      @schikey2076 22 дні тому +2

      "the only thing of keeping big studios in check for quality"
      except hogwarts legacy and elden ring exists ... which both of them are multiplatform game ...
      this "exclusives is important because of muh quality" argument is stupid

    • @RandomYoutubeCommenter00
      @RandomYoutubeCommenter00 22 дні тому +6

      @@schikey2076 Elden Ring exists only because because Sony wanted a medieval fantasy game for the ps3 when they saw how well the Elder Scrolls games did on the xbox and xbox 360. Sony asked Fromsoftware games to create a medieval fantasy game that was Demon's Souls which was exclusive to the ps3. After the succes of the game they created a whole genre that we call "souls like" and the whole thing snowballed into Elden Ring. Exclusives and competition are important in my humble opinion. No competition is bad for the customers.

    • @jimjones9900
      @jimjones9900 22 дні тому +1

      @@schikey2076hogwarts was a horrible open world game for anyone who isn’t a HP fan. The same 3 puzzle types, same 5 enemy types. That example did the opposite of what you thought. Elden Ring is also not great, but I’m glad so many people enjoy them.

    • @uxsenebeli
      @uxsenebeli 22 дні тому

      ​@@jimjones9900ahahahaaha god of war is trash😊

    • @schikey2076
      @schikey2076 22 дні тому

      @@jimjones9900 i do not give a damn about your opinion on the game... they both sold well without the need to lock themselves into one platform....
      again the argument here is "without exclusives, quality game would not exists" which is the dumbest statement console boomers love to make, because every year i seen good multiplatform games are being made and sold well.

  • @connor7o7
    @connor7o7 22 дні тому +3

    I don’t understand why so many pc gamers have such a hateboner for consoles. I’m a pc players but also have all the console. I actually perfer sitting on my couch and playing rather then kbm but not everybody can afford a steam controller that isn’t made anymore. The value of the series s with gamepass is insane. Especially for casual gamers. That’s what being overlooked. They don’t have the exclusives sure but a casual gamer doesn’t drop 70 on every new release. For 30 a month for a year or 2 you get series s, Xbox live and gamepass and can play tooonnns of games. Cheaper for me to buy friends and family that rather then like 4 steam keys for a pc they don’t own lol

  • @m.a6416
    @m.a6416 18 днів тому

    Death by a thousand cuts. Each cut was unique and everyone knows them from one disappointment to the next of flagship IPs

  • @wolfindragonsclothing
    @wolfindragonsclothing 22 дні тому +2

    What happen to the better help video?

  • @izakmysteryo
    @izakmysteryo 22 дні тому +7

    They took down the betterHelp is a scam video :C

    • @peace8061.
      @peace8061. 22 дні тому +1

      why tho?

    • @kornishpasty
      @kornishpasty 22 дні тому

      Id imagine there was either a claim on the video straight away .. bad editing or music that was copyright

  • @cedricol
    @cedricol 22 дні тому +11

    Xbox took a big risk when they innovated with Kinect, that's the kind of daredevil spirit they need.

    • @joed5150
      @joed5150 22 дні тому +1

      Innovated with kinect?! They just copied the Wii after seeing it's meteoric success not noticing that people were already over motion controls by the time kinect released

    • @cedricol
      @cedricol 22 дні тому +1

      @@joed5150 Kinect and Wii aren't the same thing. I'll use the double-bias (pro-Nintendo and anti-Microsoft) shown by your comment history to inform how seriously I should take you ;) We're dealing with a fanboy type here.

  • @ericdekker5768
    @ericdekker5768 22 дні тому

    What did the commenter mean with 'the tech isnt there yet'? Isnt Gforce now litteraly there? Or is he talking about other tech?

  • @soulwalker7688
    @soulwalker7688 22 дні тому

    (SPOILERS) To note on that Cortana note joke or not, in the story she's not actually Cortana she's a mimicry of Cortana. They made her different so if she were to meet cortana in some shape or form that she would have a hard time putting two and two together. Only Chief and the now dead team that created her knows this. It's a whole plot point. (SPOILER)

  • @SlCKNESS_
    @SlCKNESS_ 22 дні тому +3

    Game Pass has always been a shitty deal. Cancelled that garbage after my 1st month. Still think I overpaid with my $1.

  • @user85937
    @user85937 23 дні тому +31

    The last few console generations, the Xbox was not even a consideration. PlayStation and PC is all you need.

    • @googleisevil8958
      @googleisevil8958 22 дні тому +7

      I'd argue at this point, PlayStation isn't worth it either. PC all the way.

    • @aVerySillyBilly
      @aVerySillyBilly 22 дні тому +4

      Bloodborne is still unmatched to any xbox or nintendo game i would want on pc. I still have my ps4 pro next to my pc to play once in a while, along with Tsushima which i won`t be getting on pc until a sale, and depending on any further online psn shenanigans

    • @gamer597-rx7rc
      @gamer597-rx7rc 22 дні тому +7

      ​​​​​​​@@googleisevil8958I'm sure your one of those pc gamers who complain abt having to pay to play online but we don't bring up having to upgrade and buy parts for those pcs do we yall act and encourage ppl to make the switch to pc bc it's more affordable when in truth that's debatable most of you pc gamers are wealthy or rich not all but many yall don't consider that not everyone can afford pc gaming js come talk to me when you can play alienation.😂

    • @ImViruxx
      @ImViruxx 22 дні тому

      @@googleisevil8958As long as Sony doesn’t do PC day 1 I would say PlayStation is still very much worth it, I mean their future live service games will go to PC day one but not when it comes to their AAA single player games.

    • @user85937
      @user85937 22 дні тому +4

      @@gamer597-rx7rc Making assumptions about people you don't know is dumb.

  • @KathrynTestBot
    @KathrynTestBot 22 дні тому

    Ah, finally learned the name of that game with the cyborg guy.... Saving that for later.

  • @jamesplitter14
    @jamesplitter14 22 дні тому +1

    Xbox needs to get some PS Exclusives on its playlist. Imagine being able to play titles such as Ghost of Tsushima. Uncharted and even Spiderman on the Box.

  • @robbay8610
    @robbay8610 22 дні тому +4

    Havent paid for Windows license ever in my life and never going to

  • @rhys5958
    @rhys5958 22 дні тому +7

    I’m fine with people losing their jobs if their jobs don’t result in a better product for the consumer, and if the money being saved is being put towards said better product

    • @Walkinfaaaast
      @Walkinfaaaast 22 дні тому +1

      The money being saved is going to make the balance sheet look good to help increase the stock price.

    • @rhys5958
      @rhys5958 22 дні тому

      @@Walkinfaaaast probably but in an ideal world it would be invested back into the companies projects. I’m a firm believer that irrelevant job roles shouldn’t exist, and that money should be spent on the people doing good work. The company I work for has quite literally employed a “director of smiles” which boils my piss to evaporation

  • @forest_gamingredux8156
    @forest_gamingredux8156 22 дні тому

    Asmond keeping it real. Good video on your thoughts on the subject as well as the video reaction.

  • @travismcnasty4239
    @travismcnasty4239 22 дні тому +1

    24:00 Valve is a privately held company. They can't just be bought out.