WARNER BROS LOSES MILLIONS ON SUICIDE SQUAD, EA ADDING IN-GAME ADS & MORE

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    Helldivers 2 update
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    Switch 2 announcement coming (for real)
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    Little Kitty, Big City
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    Multiversus returns May 28th
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  • @gameranxTV
    @gameranxTV  12 днів тому +304

    happy friday! thanks for watching. as usual, let us know what you're playing in this comment thread if you have a spare moment.

  • @purevessel4506
    @purevessel4506 12 днів тому +1673

    Warner Bros is shocked a game the fans never wanted or asked for is flopping? How ignorant must they be

    • @spacerschoice6451
      @spacerschoice6451 12 днів тому +57

      All new games(outside of sequels and franchises)are games nobody asked for 👍

    • @estfatul744
      @estfatul744 12 днів тому +136

      @@spacerschoice6451 thats not true at all if you want to be a smart ass

    • @shabriri_
      @shabriri_ 12 днів тому +43

      ​@@spacerschoice6451 It is technically a sequel from an already existing franchise tho

    • @schwubmexx
      @schwubmexx 12 днів тому +15

      And as an answer they make more of that crap 😂

    • @thetrashcanman7537
      @thetrashcanman7537 12 днів тому

      @@spacerschoice6451thanks for this restarted comment 🤡

  • @kaijionline
    @kaijionline 12 днів тому +955

    It’s like every major game company is competing for who can make the absolute worst decisions.

    • @thesilentassassin1167
      @thesilentassassin1167 12 днів тому +11

      So true lmfao

    • @WetWattz
      @WetWattz 12 днів тому +16

      At least PlayStation walked their decision back

    • @omarhanan1
      @omarhanan1 12 днів тому +35

      ​@@WetWattzit was only because of the immense backlash from the community and the review going down on steam

    • @WetWattz
      @WetWattz 12 днів тому +22

      @@omarhanan1 Yea but still. They didn't have to. They could have been real dickheads and just kept it that way. But yea it shouldn't have happened in the first place.

    • @itsmr.rainbow3861
      @itsmr.rainbow3861 12 днів тому +29

      ​@@WetWattz I can't believe this is the standard we're thrusted upon by these corporations. We shouldn't be complacent to their greed.

  • @RenIsBack20
    @RenIsBack20 11 днів тому +57

    Here is the pattern :
    1- Buy any numbers of studios
    2-Instruct them to make a game, hopefully a licenced one
    3-Gave them a (very) low budget and impossible deadlines
    4- Watch them fail
    5- Then shut them down

    • @solarka2128
      @solarka2128 10 днів тому +15

      4 - They somehow make a good game
      5 - Shut them down anyway

    • @kidskinny6636
      @kidskinny6636 10 днів тому

      @@solarka2128*see hi-fi rush*

  • @chrispoici666
    @chrispoici666 11 днів тому +31

    I will never understand this mentality of "we would rather lose customers and create a bad reputation on us rather than sacrifice our shitty business ideas" Aren't they supposed to be the ones who should study the video game sector and choose the best according to the consumers choices? That's why nobody cares about the opinion of these rich executives

    • @thesponge836
      @thesponge836 9 днів тому

      The way this guy talks is annoying, the fake 'ah'' and 'umm's

  • @famoussession7426
    @famoussession7426 12 днів тому +1036

    Suicide Squad losing millions while Warner Bros talked about still wanting to push for live-service? Guess that turned out well for them?

    • @gameranxTV
      @gameranxTV  12 днів тому +189

      hopefully lesson learned

    • @JohnClarkW
      @JohnClarkW 12 днів тому +71

      @@gameranxTV the WB execs still have paying jobs, so that seems like the lessons weren't learned.

    • @BoyBlunder66
      @BoyBlunder66 12 днів тому +19

      @@gameranxTV Bit late for that. Even if the studio survives this I doubt any of Rocksteady's real talent has stuck around.

    • @lakonoki9189
      @lakonoki9189 12 днів тому +8

      @@gameranxTV WB never learn. They always Wanted to Lose

    • @Bman32x
      @Bman32x 12 днів тому +2

      @@gameranxTVthey haven’t. Multiversus is doubling down on paid seasonal content & they’re more games coming following the Fortnite season pass model.

  • @dannyosorio3976
    @dannyosorio3976 12 днів тому +437

    In game ads should be a criminal offense if its not a free to play. Imagine spending $60-70 on a product just to get ads

    • @duckisduckcluck2258
      @duckisduckcluck2258 11 днів тому +6

      I am okay with ad in video game. Ad, not ads. Just one. They get one slot for the lifetime of the game and that’s it. 😂

    • @ixinor
      @ixinor 11 днів тому +46

      ​@@duckisduckcluck2258Why would you allow ads?

    • @Dante1920
      @Dante1920 11 днів тому +3

      Look at streaming services, you can pay a subscription fee yet still have to watch ads on some things.

    • @ixinor
      @ixinor 11 днів тому +28

      @@Dante1920 Which is a terrible practice introduced that's ages old.

    • @hyperturbotechnomike
      @hyperturbotechnomike 11 днів тому

      @@Dante1920 My streaming service subscription costs 0€ and has all regions and languages unlocked. It's called torrent.

  • @ivanrosati2055
    @ivanrosati2055 12 днів тому +81

    "I know we, the dark elves, are in mid war against the dragons, and we're trying to gather the medieval forces and reforge the sacred sword of Ancalon, but this is a great time to stop at that mcdonalds and eat a juicy big mac and drink a refreshing pepsi. Don't you agree, Galaren, prince of the broken line?"

    • @stephenlonon4605
      @stephenlonon4605 11 днів тому +4

      This should be pinned

    • @naplzt4k
      @naplzt4k 11 днів тому +1

      so spot on it hurts lol

    • @Contribute_TakeCare_Learn_Play
      @Contribute_TakeCare_Learn_Play 11 днів тому +1

      Or. If this becomes a trend it's the end for those types of games.
      Corporate assholes: "medieval game, can we do ads there?
      Decent human being: no
      Corporate asshole: well then no medieval game

  • @OVRxNxOUT
    @OVRxNxOUT 12 днів тому +63

    Current: EA places ads in all purchased games & it’s not just mobile, also for consoles & PC.
    1 Hour ago: Modders release free download, bypassing EA in game ads.

    • @ronnydarko9046
      @ronnydarko9046 9 днів тому +1

      Big shout out to the modding community. You guys are the unsung heroes of today's "modern" gaming. ❤

  • @LlamaLung
    @LlamaLung 12 днів тому +939

    WB lost 200 mill on Suicide Squad? Good.

    • @FTChomp9980
      @FTChomp9980 12 днів тому +53

      Nothing but good news.

    • @dannyrpt
      @dannyrpt 12 днів тому +45

      Very good... Was hoping for more though. Damnit!

    • @18mvo
      @18mvo 12 днів тому +20

      Yep. It could've easily been a good game, but they went a different route.

    • @businessgamerprb5398
      @businessgamerprb5398 12 днів тому +16

      Yeah the funny thing is they would just blame the developer after that bad management and just shut down the studio

    • @princegroove
      @princegroove 12 днів тому +2

      Bye!

  • @williamyoung9401
    @williamyoung9401 12 днів тому +490

    Forget EVERY EA game if they release ads in their games. That's it. I'm done.

    • @derwolf9670
      @derwolf9670 12 днів тому +55

      I've been done for years

    • @DontDoubtOurServers
      @DontDoubtOurServers 12 днів тому +20

      Is there not ads in every sports game already?

    • @atomicfatman5000
      @atomicfatman5000 12 днів тому +24

      Luckly I don't think I play any EA games currently so I'm good. But I've got a feeling the FIFA playerbase is not going to care if they add ads.

    • @derwolf9670
      @derwolf9670 12 днів тому +6

      @@atomicfatman5000 I would have to agree

    • @dreamsickle955
      @dreamsickle955 12 днів тому +2

      Changing nothing over the last 10 years because they make billions from Ultimate team didn't do it for you?

  • @holstorrsceadus1990
    @holstorrsceadus1990 12 днів тому +18

    The bit about ads followed directly by an ad deserves a chef's kiss

  • @SteamGeezerUK
    @SteamGeezerUK 12 днів тому +5

    In game ads... Jeez that brought back some memories... Battlefield 2142 - a company literally called IGA, In Game Advertising, partnered with EA to place ads in 2142. It was a PR disaster and never made it to the live game once it launched. You may remember seeing billboards with Jeeps on them in the game - those were the "placeholders" that became permanent once the whole thing was thankfully abandoned. It absolutely grinds my gears that the fools who have failed upwards in these studios cannot even see their own past failures...

  • @shiftymcgee9359
    @shiftymcgee9359 12 днів тому +333

    Ads, games as service, DLC, loot boxes… I’ll just start reading physical books again.

    • @ericm5315
      @ericm5315 12 днів тому +7

      Check out the Shanara series. The 1st one, even though it's a NYTS, is bad. It's rough and not great. It was written in the 70s and it shows. But By GOD does the author improve in the 2000s. To an insane degree.

    • @Wakeupgrandowl
      @Wakeupgrandowl 11 днів тому +13

      Right. Games and streaming have gone to shit.

    • @triadwarfare
      @triadwarfare 11 днів тому +1

      Nah, books are filled with YA Novels that someone had written in like 3 weeks with incoherent story. Next books gonna be written by AI

    • @LuvLie999
      @LuvLie999 11 днів тому +8

      Ps2 emulator has been my savior... rebeat every tony hawk but proving ground... was a blast

    • @mischarowe
      @mischarowe 11 днів тому

      Never should've stopped.

  • @thesilentassassin1167
    @thesilentassassin1167 12 днів тому +173

    ADs inside of games that buyers pay $70+ for is new low, even by EA standards

    • @hotloleyn
      @hotloleyn 12 днів тому

      Ea always hit records with new lows, but they have too much brainless people stil that still spend in they garbage

    • @BewareTheLilyOfTheValley
      @BewareTheLilyOfTheValley 12 днів тому +4

      FF XV did it, but the in-gamr ad was pretty much foretold by the game having comical commercials with Cup Noodle before release. Then, the mission related to Cup Noodle is played up for jokes and laughs. And depending on which route you choose within that mission, you can net yourself one of the legendary weapons in the game (the mission itself doesn't directly give it to you, but it puts you in its vicinity). The game also has a lot of real-world brands, like Coleman for the camping gear the characters use. I wouldn't want the Cup Noodle ad to be a common kind of thing in games, but it was an interesting way to go about it.

    • @dr2d2
      @dr2d2 12 днів тому

      Yeah but it could add immersion in battlefield. As in if it takes place in modern era. They could have guns and optics with brand names. so it would show up as Sig Sauer mcx spear with sig tango 6t

    • @ooommm4024
      @ooommm4024 12 днів тому +4

      Don't forget that some games may have a physical disc available, but as they require an internet subscription, the game companies can shut them down on a whim and leave their customers with $70+ drink coasters. That was why I am glad I immediately returned my copy of Overwatch. No matter how much bread you add to that excellent game, in the end, Overwatch was still a poop sandwich for one day becoming unplayable. 💩💩🤬

    • @RedPilledDaddy
      @RedPilledDaddy 11 днів тому +1

      Not a new low...criminal. Stop downplaying this Shit

  • @rangersnut
    @rangersnut 12 днів тому +4

    If any games company interupts my game time with ads, I will not play their game. To hell with that.

  • @Teknikah
    @Teknikah 7 днів тому +1

    Sims 4 already has ads galore in it.
    When you're on the title screen there's at least 4 boxes telling you to buy expansions.
    There's then a tab to view all the expansions you can buy.
    NOW they've added a button in-game adding a shopping trolley next to your buttons to switch game mode so you can see more expansions you can buy. And before people kicked up a stink about it, it used to pulse. It would continuously grow and shrink to bring your attention to it.
    Sims 4 has:
    15 Expansion packs
    12 Game packs
    20 Stuff packs
    29 Kits
    That's 76 DLCs.
    And they've just announced MORE

  • @KeanuChrist
    @KeanuChrist 12 днів тому +224

    Imagine playing the sequel to Jedi Survivor in Corusant, and suddenly you see "HEINZ KETCHUP" on a flying vehicle.

    • @anthonyfernandez82
      @anthonyfernandez82 11 днів тому +4

      Very immersion breaking, but at least it doesn't take control away from me

    • @KeanuChrist
      @KeanuChrist 11 днів тому +11

      @@anthonyfernandez82 Good point. Now the camera control is taken away from you and the camera then directs your attention to the Hein Ketchup mobile as it passes you before returning the camera back to your control.

    • @C-S.
      @C-S. 11 днів тому +9

      ​@@KeanuChristif it's done right (depending on the game) it could actually add to the immersion. Imagine playing an open-world game set in a real-world location that actually has real-world products and billboard advertising. No more fake made-up cola drinks and restaurants.

    • @mischarowe
      @mischarowe 11 днів тому

      Eeww.

    • @chiquita683
      @chiquita683 11 днів тому +3

      Worse than a trans flag?

  • @sirhenrysimmerson9385
    @sirhenrysimmerson9385 12 днів тому +138

    boycotting is gonna have to become a norm for things to change for the better

    • @Marta1Buck
      @Marta1Buck 12 днів тому +7

      Yep, layoffs will happen one way or another. Microsoft proved that.

    • @NetBattler
      @NetBattler 12 днів тому +7

      Unfortunately some people still feel bad for employees losing their job,I mean yeah I get it but we have no choice because these companies are run by complete idiots.

    • @rhtz23
      @rhtz23 12 днів тому +11

      I'm down who are we boycotting first?

    •  12 днів тому

      Yep. But there are too many corporate bootlickers and simps who will by everything from these companies. Until they don't join a big, global boycott, nothing will change.
      Look, it's all possible to bully them until they broke or change their minds. Helldivers fans, even others who aren't fans of the game united and made Sony reverse their dumb decision.
      These companies are nothing without customers.

    • @NetBattler
      @NetBattler 12 днів тому +2

      @@rhtz23 Capcom

  • @Cadavu2
    @Cadavu2 11 днів тому +1

    I honestly love this series. I am not much of a gamer anymore but these videos somehow bring back nostalgic memories of my younger years. I love the casual and genuine tone of these vids of yours. Thank you very much 😮

  • @Rehaa1337
    @Rehaa1337 10 днів тому +4

    You can’t spell diarrhea without EA

  • @illWillienumber31
    @illWillienumber31 12 днів тому +60

    I thought the only way these companies would learn their lesson is to have big failures like this, but they somehow still don't get it.

    • @MrSpartan993
      @MrSpartan993 12 днів тому +7

      Because Advertising Specialists are ACTUALLY the ones in charge, NOT game developers! Money men and people who create adds for a living are deciding what happens when making a videogame at the big AAA companies.
      They’ll only “learn” when they’re out of business because nobody buys their shit.

  • @RealOGfikey
    @RealOGfikey 12 днів тому +298

    I'll be boycotting any studios that put ads in games they expect me to pay for. Amazon tried pulling this crap with Prime. Who are any of these to decide for me on my behalf if they're "tasteful" or "thoughtful"?

    • @lostpockets2227
      @lostpockets2227 12 днів тому +31

      i personally wouldnt mind real world ads on ingame billboards but then i can imagine that getting out of hand when a game like God of War has a McDonalds ad on the side of a mountain

    • @mtnman8783
      @mtnman8783 12 днів тому +18

      It won't make a difference. It's just like with micro transactions and loot boxes. There will still be enough people buying them to make them successful

    • @mtnman8783
      @mtnman8783 12 днів тому +13

      ​@@lostpockets2227"BOOOOYYYY!!! Fetch me a McChicken"

    • @RealOGfikey
      @RealOGfikey 12 днів тому +12

      @@mtnman8783 It makes a difference to me. I don't care what others choose to do with their money.

    • @Soultaker_For_Hire
      @Soultaker_For_Hire 12 днів тому

      ​@@mtnman8783 correct. The majority of customers who buy games don't care about that or any online "controversies" they see or read about a game and buy it if looks fun to them.

  • @Taijifufu
    @Taijifufu 12 днів тому +1

    Glad you ended with some positive notes after all the obscene closures. Hope everyone at gameranx has a great weekend.

  • @Anomaloid
    @Anomaloid 11 днів тому

    First time watching one of your vids, and I just have to say, what a great outro! : )

  • @IanICee
    @IanICee 12 днів тому +62

    The Ramen ads in FFXV were sooooo incredibly invasive, literally was made into a quest and everything. Money people are ruining entertainment.

    • @Taijifufu
      @Taijifufu 12 днів тому +13

      At least it was funny though.

    • @DanielMartinez-bf2xg
      @DanielMartinez-bf2xg 11 днів тому +1

      What was that? I finished the game last year but I do not remember any ramen ads. The only thing I recall is the aggressive Coleman product placement during the camping scenes. I did finish several side quests but not recall any ramen ads.

    • @IanICee
      @IanICee 11 днів тому

      @@DanielMartinez-bf2xg i forgot about the Coleman ads! That game really did a lot. The ramen spots were all over billboards and then there was a whole mission about going to this branded truck and everything

  • @biscuitkrueger3321
    @biscuitkrueger3321 12 днів тому +250

    Now i need the premium EA pack to remove the ads

    • @gameranxTV
      @gameranxTV  12 днів тому +46

      lol

    • @williamyoung9401
      @williamyoung9401 12 днів тому +37

      If EA rolls this out, especially for their old titles, I'm done. Seriously done.

    • @jordanbomb32
      @jordanbomb32 12 днів тому

      ​@@williamyoung9401a quick 150 second ad break in the middle of a gun fight is in the best interest of all parties involved. Trust EA. Ea loves you and wants the best for you

    • @HShango
      @HShango 12 днів тому +1

      Hard knock life

    • @Lord_Itachi8758
      @Lord_Itachi8758 12 днів тому +15

      ​@@williamyoung9401yup ea would be officially dead to me and any other games that do it

  • @CybershamanX
    @CybershamanX 10 днів тому

    I remember the ill-fated Hellgate London in the late 2000s was going to have in-game ads in the subway sections. The sort of started implementing it right before the game shut down, but it it was only a few announcements or something.

  • @tomkrase119
    @tomkrase119 12 днів тому +1

    Love the ad insertion immediately after the discussion of ad insertions. Very tasteful.

    • @AquamentusLives
      @AquamentusLives 11 днів тому +1

      You aren’t paying anything to watch this video.

  • @jobaki
    @jobaki 12 днів тому +114

    Xbox : Let's buy all the studios!!!
    * A few months later*
    Xbox: Let's shutdown a few studios!!

    • @gameranxTV
      @gameranxTV  12 днів тому +34

      makes no sense

    • @KnightSlayerg89
      @KnightSlayerg89 12 днів тому +1

      ​@@gameranxTVMust make business for them somehow 😅

    • @lochlannach7
      @lochlannach7 12 днів тому +4

      No, Xbox, that's not how you eliminate the competition.

    • @fleetadmiralj
      @fleetadmiralj 12 днів тому +3

      I wonder how much of it is wanting the IPs without wanting the studios (and of course the studios likely aren't just going to sell them the IPs)

    • @poodlemuffin
      @poodlemuffin 12 днів тому +3

      If it’s anything like other industries, the licences have value to their investors. A lot of it is about owning a portfolio of titles, even if they aren’t actively producing anything based off them.

  • @DarshUK1
    @DarshUK1 12 днів тому +133

    Imagine if they made another good single player game. They'll somehow blame players for Suicide Squad's failures instead of upper management forcing the devs to make it.

    • @imnotmike
      @imnotmike 12 днів тому +3

      Yeah, but the problem is that at the same time Suicide Squad was bombing, all anybody could talk about was how great Helldivers 2 was, which just tells them that the problem is that they spent too much money on Suicide Squad, because Helldivers 2 was also a live service game, but it was cheap to make. So in the future they'll just try to pump out more of this crap, but they'll put less work into it. We'll get a bunch of live service crap games that are worse than Suicide Squad before we get another good Arkham game.

    • @Yusa25
      @Yusa25 11 днів тому +1

      Live Service is a crime in a singleplayer game world. A seperate game thst has nothing to do with anything is okay but not batman and especially not Arkham Batman..

    • @richizzle39
      @richizzle39 11 годин тому

      It’s like there was a smear campaign against Suicide Squad for being open about the fact that offline wasn’t ready at launch 🤣🤣

  • @giddeo
    @giddeo 11 днів тому

    Games used always used have Ads. Penguin bars used to appear in Robocod, you had to collect Chuppa Chups in Zool, Cool spot was Coca-Cola, Superfrog was Vimto I think, Crazy Taxi was KFC, Fila and Tower Records? They were massive features. I also loved the Anti-advert in games rant in this video before rolling straight into the sponsor plug.

  • @RLarson3000
    @RLarson3000 12 днів тому

    Great video! Have a good weekend, Gameranx!
    Playing Indika and Tales of Kenzera

  • @Astral_tha_God
    @Astral_tha_God 12 днів тому +43

    Something else that sucks about Tango’s shutdown is that those devs were on vacation. It was Golden Week in Japan and that’s a huge holiday there. That’s almost the equivalent of getting fired over the Fourth of July break here in the states. They wanted Japanese devs, but fired them for no reason. They say they need another Hi-Fi Rush, but shut them down. It’s *your* fault you shadow dropped it and released it on game pass so people can pay it for almost free. No one told you to spend $70 BILLION on stupid purchases, Microsoft. You were spread thin? Hire people, you’re worth THREE TRILLION
    Never had an Xbox and now this would definitely never make me want to support that garbage company. Sony ain’t perfect at all, but Microsoft still managed to one up them in assholery

    • @perisemiotics3204
      @perisemiotics3204 12 днів тому

      just my opinion but I think this is a case of pure corporate cannibalism - on one hand they squash smaller studios who actually develop good games to "retire" some of the competition, and on the other they suck and siphon their talent into their mega AAA projects. ofc they'll say bullshit like they can't afford to run these smaller studios [cackles] but saying bullshit as press releases is what they do best.

  • @Spawn256
    @Spawn256 12 днів тому +29

    Seriously, are there no laws for these big companies against what they're doing, buying out their competition and then closing them? It kind of sounds like a monopoly

    • @MrSpartan993
      @MrSpartan993 12 днів тому +2

      They are getting some mild scrutiny actually in certain countries and it has passed the attention of higher ups SOMEWHAT but it’s just not ENOUGH of a true monopoly…YET.
      It might be getting there soon though.

    • @JustAroadcone
      @JustAroadcone 11 днів тому

      There's like one person in the Us govt. trying todo anything about this stuff and she's the most unanamously disliked person in the government.

    • @daksans6764
      @daksans6764 10 днів тому

      ​@@JustAroadconeLina Khan??

    • @richizzle39
      @richizzle39 11 годин тому

      Ronald Reagan got rid of regulations for corporation, trump only perpetuated the problem, you can thank the republicans.

  • @gogeterdone
    @gogeterdone 12 днів тому +1

    I actually remember the subway restaurants in Infamous. At the time, I thought they were kind of cool honestly. If it's like product placements like in movies and not actual commercials, I could live with that.

  • @axllaw427
    @axllaw427 12 днів тому +4

    I'm actually glad that the Helldivers 2 community fought Sony back and actually succeeded. I hope it inspires more gaming communities to fight these faceless corporations

    • @richizzle39
      @richizzle39 11 годин тому

      Can you imagine if the Minecraft community got as upset with Microsoft for the same exact thing 😂😂 the smearing of Helldivers/Sony was just people crying like babies because Steam fucked up and sold it in regions it shouldn’t have.

  • @SplitSniper7
    @SplitSniper7 12 днів тому +26

    EA trying to add ads into their games is the most EA thing that's ever EA'd

  • @Metamarble
    @Metamarble 12 днів тому +56

    My concern is that AAA publishers start to insist on an ads tier at the normal price ($70) or offer a premium no ads version of the game ($90). For all the controversy this would generate we all know it only would take one GTA size game doing it to make it industry standard. If they make it shiny enough we will eat it right up.

    • @starjadiancloneinvestigato1772
      @starjadiancloneinvestigato1772 12 днів тому +16

      and the worst part about it is that there are enough schmucks with poor self control who will pay that extra $20 to make this profitable for the publishers

    • @stageiiwappie950
      @stageiiwappie950 12 днів тому +4

      Piratebay exist i dont pay for steam archievements and a soulles industry

    • @mmo5366
      @mmo5366 12 днів тому +2

      Speak for yourself mate, I’ll never eat that shit- have some personal standards!

    • @Gizzor
      @Gizzor 12 днів тому +2

      yeah i just wont be buying games, thats a step to far but gta sucks up all the casuals so they'd get away with it because they wouldn't care

    • @Bob_Smith19
      @Bob_Smith19 12 днів тому +4

      I’ve been sailing on the high seas for decades. Zero chance I put up w/ ads in game. There are to many great old games that I haven’t played.

  • @nickjohngordon1
    @nickjohngordon1 11 днів тому +1

    I appreciated the irony of the sponsored section coming immediately after the bit about EA thinking about in-game adverts.

  • @TheWayloski
    @TheWayloski 12 днів тому

    I remember splinter cell double agent on 360 had ads in the multiplayer mode. You’d see a random ad on the billboards on the maps.

  • @logan_sunday
    @logan_sunday 12 днів тому +63

    Fifa and Madden players would absolutely sit through ads in game. Or more likely pay to skip them.

    • @seand7042
      @seand7042 12 днів тому +5

      I would say no WE won't but I haven't bought a Madden since 2005

    • @thelaughingrouge
      @thelaughingrouge 12 днів тому +6

      They pay 60 or 70 bucks for the exact same game year after year, why wouldn't they put up with ads?!

    • @youngmerc7717
      @youngmerc7717 12 днів тому +1

      I don’t even play sports games but you people are ridiculous lmfao, complaining for other players is about as Karen as it gets for video games holy shit

    • @wearyolive76
      @wearyolive76 12 днів тому

      @@youngmerc7717 i think its cause we love video games.. i want fifa to improve but since people keep buying it the game wont improve.. so yah we care if other people buy it or not cause it is affecting us and not being karens.
      Maybe use atleast a cell of your brain to think why people are complaining about stuff instead of just being a moron.

    • @hotloleyn
      @hotloleyn 12 днів тому

      @@youngmerc7717 because those brainless "players" still throw money to ea bullshits

  • @FTChomp9980
    @FTChomp9980 12 днів тому +53

    EA getting worse isn't suprising but adding advertisement to videogames is just dumb.

    • @patrickgoulet8170
      @patrickgoulet8170 12 днів тому +3

      It should be in some shitty free to play version not the full game

    • @furyrust
      @furyrust 11 днів тому

      What worse is other company might follow them afterwards 💀

  • @TheTraveler980
    @TheTraveler980 10 днів тому +1

    Warner Bros: Am I out of touch? No, it's the customers who are wrong.

  • @Newport123
    @Newport123 12 днів тому

    Complaining about Ads... right before going into a Vessi Ad is honestly hilarious😂😂

  • @Steel-101
    @Steel-101 12 днів тому +64

    If they just made a great Superman game(we’ve been asking for that for over a decade!!) or remaster Arkham origins, there would be no drama. Easy money with these ideas.

    • @scorpion40k
      @scorpion40k 12 днів тому +8

      They won't do it, they actually REJECTED a Superman game proposal

    • @gameranxTV
      @gameranxTV  12 днів тому +17

      would love a good superman game

    • @scoso1313
      @scoso1313 12 днів тому +11

      It’s just like Star Wars, it would be so easy to make endless profits if they’d just make what their customers wanted but these people seem intent on destroying every IP they have access to

    • @Brandon-tn4zl
      @Brandon-tn4zl 12 днів тому +2

      except rocksteady didn't make arkham origins

    • @flyingplantwhale545
      @flyingplantwhale545 12 днів тому +6

      Could have done Batman Beyond.

  • @josephloris7928
    @josephloris7928 12 днів тому +77

    Love the fact that you rolled into an ad right after talking about EA including ads in games 😂

    • @gameranxTV
      @gameranxTV  12 днів тому +32

      lol WHOOPS

    • @williamyoung9401
      @williamyoung9401 12 днів тому

      Use Brave (browser). No more ads.

    • @rekarpnevik
      @rekarpnevik 12 днів тому +7

      @@gameranxTVdon’t pretend it wasn’t intentional 😂

    • @omen7168
      @omen7168 12 днів тому +3

      I felt that too literal 🙄

    • @princegroove
      @princegroove 12 днів тому +4

      Yep, everyone has a price. 😂

  • @baconback3260
    @baconback3260 6 днів тому

    Jake: Ads are received very poorly.
    Also Jake: HERES OUR SPONSOR
    Jk, I generally love all of your sponsors tbh.

  • @ArisenSquirrel
    @ArisenSquirrel 12 днів тому +1

    So glad you mentioned Animal Well, I hear it's like Halo 2 meets Halo 3!!

  • @loganlightning7403
    @loganlightning7403 12 днів тому +21

    Imagine playing the newest fifa and at the end of the match being offered an ad to get double rewards

    • @gameranxTV
      @gameranxTV  12 днів тому +6

      wow

    • @itekku2986
      @itekku2986 12 днів тому +1

      Didnt EA already add Netflix etc. ads into their sports games some years ago? Edit: it was Take2 not EA, my bad.

    • @rangersnut
      @rangersnut 12 днів тому

      Truly disgusting. EA games turning into Mistplay

  • @mukundkaul1037
    @mukundkaul1037 12 днів тому +68

    I'm shocked why rocksteady even made it , it could easily made a mediocre Batman game and earned millions. No question asked

    • @omen7168
      @omen7168 12 днів тому +3

      Greed

    • @seynpurrp
      @seynpurrp 12 днів тому +12

      Sweet baby inc

    • @mirrsavv
      @mirrsavv 12 днів тому +8

      @@seynpurrp it has nothing to do with them, WB is just greedy trying to capitalize on the multiplayer live service trend without realizing you actually have to make a good game if you want people to spend money/time on it

    • @TheFreshSoundsFlorida
      @TheFreshSoundsFlorida 12 днів тому +5

      ​​@@mirrsavvActually it has EVERYTHING to do with them since they wrote the crappy story, with the crappy dialogue and oh yeah, inserting their crappy ideology. They played a huge part in it.

    • @TheFreshSoundsFlorida
      @TheFreshSoundsFlorida 12 днів тому +2

      ​@@seynpurrpexactly. They destroyed the game

  • @Laughy-Flaaffy
    @Laughy-Flaaffy 12 днів тому +1

    I’m not surprised that Microsoft botched all these companies considering how they grossly mishandled Rare and did dirty my boy Banjo Kazooie.

  • @jonboy2950
    @jonboy2950 12 днів тому +1

    Games like dirt rally have adds in them which are cool, such as banners with your favourite SIM retailers on them.

  • @Lol_Pig
    @Lol_Pig 12 днів тому +10

    Regarding ads in games, there's a few ways they can go about it; 1) The least intrusive way would be product placement, but they'll likely opt for 2) unavoidable commercials in the middle of gameplay

    • @ForestRaptor
      @ForestRaptor 12 днів тому +2

      Both should be non starters. You are paying hard cash for temp access to a game, that now would serve IRL adds? Fucken as if we don't have enough of those ecery waking moment

    • @kingdomh2lover
      @kingdomh2lover 12 днів тому +1

      Ads when you fast travel or have loading screens

  • @tonytable1537
    @tonytable1537 12 днів тому +12

    Distracting ad: Norman Reedus chugging cans of Monster to be a better mailman post-stranding

    • @gameranxTV
      @gameranxTV  12 днів тому +8

      i like to pretend that Kojima paid Monster to have it in his weird random game lol

    • @someone-wo5nu
      @someone-wo5nu 12 днів тому

      ​@@gameranxTV same lol.

  • @joshuaash3149
    @joshuaash3149 11 днів тому

    I love how he talks about how much people don't like it when ads interrupt a game and then he interrupts his news to talk about a sponsor.

  • @NuclearWinter69
    @NuclearWinter69 11 днів тому +1

    The big deal is that companies wont want their in game ad shown as we are exploding heads off. Which means the badass games wont get made and everything will be sanatized like social media and movies.

  • @johnnydarling8021
    @johnnydarling8021 12 днів тому +12

    0:35 **Suicide Squad Loses Millions**
    I'm shocked, SHOCKED I tell you!
    Well, actually not that shocked...

  • @Summonergeek
    @Summonergeek 12 днів тому +8

    Man Blood Money was a good game. The last level had such bad graphical glitches on XBOX that I'm surprised I was able to beat it. Time to revisit. Thanks Jake!

  • @averagezen
    @averagezen 10 днів тому

    Loved the segway from talking about how annoying ads are into Vessi ad xD

  • @baxterwilson368
    @baxterwilson368 11 днів тому

    I remember playing Crackdown in 2008 or so and seeing billboard ads for “One Missed Call” and other movies that came out around that time. I thought it was cool.

  • @kriminellerbusfahrer5991
    @kriminellerbusfahrer5991 12 днів тому +17

    EA is adding ingame ads?
    My opinion is still the same about them lol.

  • @docdaytona108
    @docdaytona108 12 днів тому +4

    You’re absolutely right about the situational practicality of ads in games. In racing / sports arena / real city games, we generally WANT 1:1 environmental accuracy. The cruel irony is that they can’t always get that and only have a couple companies paying for in-game advertising each title, so we get stuff like Same Two Billboards for Hours and NYC as Specific Energy Drink Hellscape.

  • @SpaceCoast_
    @SpaceCoast_ 11 днів тому

    They should do the ads like they did in The Truman Show. Mid dialog and we get a "would you like a hot streaming bowl of Bush Beans, new low sodium"
    Horrible if that would be the future of AAA gaming

  • @cris-vo2ho
    @cris-vo2ho 9 днів тому

    I can do product placement in video games but a stop your momentum hit pause for the next 30 seconds ad is crazy for 70$ games

  • @Noba33
    @Noba33 12 днів тому +15

    These Companies somehow manage to make things worse than they already are :)

  • @dagooons
    @dagooons 12 днів тому +7

    YESSS RELEASED BEFORE NOON PST, I can enjoy this during my lunch again :,) thank you

  • @cosmicalsounds
    @cosmicalsounds 10 днів тому

    I find it interesting how Jake mentioned the way games would contain ads but never talked about Cyberpunk 2077, the game that was overloaded with ads....

  • @georgegreenhalgh9936
    @georgegreenhalgh9936 8 днів тому

    Jet moto on ps1 had mountain dew adds on everything. The bikes, ramps, and billboards. Everywhere except the mountains?

  • @naotohex
    @naotohex 12 днів тому +8

    I think EA gets away with so much shit because the people who play their games are people not in the gaming space. They can make their sports games just absolute dogshit but those consuming it will still eat it up.

  • @TheAngryRubberDuck
    @TheAngryRubberDuck 12 днів тому +19

    I'm glad Jake wears such unique shirts. It makes scrubbing past adds waaaaaaaay easier

  • @Shane_Bozelie
    @Shane_Bozelie 11 днів тому

    The dynamic add, I think that Trackmania 2020 already has this. A lot of the tracks have Billboards, with both adds for other tracks but in competitions also for other things. I get it, when most players are free players.

  • @matthew-005
    @matthew-005 9 днів тому

    I played a game set in Akihabara and it had real world AD'S on the advert screen and it made sense as that is exactly what happens in Akihabara however they were only ones appropriate for Akihabara and not say advertising coke, Nike or something that would not be on screens in Akihabara.

  • @Fit_and_Found
    @Fit_and_Found 12 днів тому +9

    I love bit where Jake followed the complaint about ads in a game with an ad in a video.
    That’s just where we’re headed, folks. Companies make less money on initial purchases, so they seek income in other places, in EVERY place. That means, “Can we sell ads here?”
    We as gamers aren’t customers, we’re the product.
    The advertisers are the customers.

    • @Nova3482
      @Nova3482 12 днів тому +4

      Are you paying to watch this video?

    • @Fit_and_Found
      @Fit_and_Found 12 днів тому +5

      @@Nova3482 Fair enough point. No I am not, and I get that adding space for an advertiser in a free video is WILDLY different than adding an ad within a fully priced game, I was only pointing out something that I found funny.

    • @imnotmike
      @imnotmike 12 днів тому

      @@Fit_and_Found But seriously think about this. Put yourself in their shoes. Let's say you own a business. Maybe you own a gas station. And you're doing okay. You're making enough money to get by. Some months can be a little tight. And then some company comes in and offers to pay you $1000 a month if they can put an ad for their product on your front door. Do you tell them no? What's the downside? Why not take that extra money for basically nothing? You have something valuable, in that you have an area that a lot of people frequent, and people are willing to pay money for access to that resource. You personally have no use for that space. Anybody who sees it is already coming to your store, so it does nothing for you to advertise there. It's only valuable to others. Should you waste that resource and refuse because... well, I can't really even think of a justification for it. Just because. Because a bunch of anonymous keyboard warriors would claim to be so offended by the idea of ads that they will never shop at your store again, when in reality they probable would never even notice, and probably aren't even your customers in the first place.

    • @HanuNL
      @HanuNL 11 днів тому +3

      Jake always wears different clothing when doing the advertising stuff which makes it really easy to skip forward. And the show isn't 70 dollars

    • @TayR0C
      @TayR0C 11 днів тому

      ​@Nova3482 yes, internet service is expensive, especially where I live.

  • @Judas_Krimson
    @Judas_Krimson 12 днів тому +8

    I remember Shadowman’s protagonist Michael LeRoi was wearing Diesel jeans, and I always liked that. But that was one of the few times I felt product placement was well fitted in a videogame

    • @gameranxTV
      @gameranxTV  12 днів тому +6

      Diesel jeans in Devil May Cry 2 as well lol

    • @Judas_Krimson
      @Judas_Krimson 11 днів тому

      @@gameranxTV Right, I didn’t remember that!😆🙌🏽

  • @princeprateek2645
    @princeprateek2645 11 днів тому +1

    Lol hitman on ur T looks hilarious from this angle 😂😂

  • @eduardofernandes273
    @eduardofernandes273 12 днів тому

    That's exacly what I was thinking when you said it, the NFS Underground ads. Those weren't too bad

  • @mmo5366
    @mmo5366 12 днів тому +6

    WB post $200M loss from GaaS crap, while doubling down on MOAR GaaS crap? Exec madness, making perfect sense!

  • @elricedge8116
    @elricedge8116 12 днів тому +16

    I feel like these major companies are trying to recreate the success of Larian with BG3 and their only thought process is “we are a bigger studio with more money so obviously we should be able to do it every single time”.

    • @ShadeGuitarist1
      @ShadeGuitarist1 11 днів тому +6

      The only issue is that they try recreating that success without the love that Larian poured into BG3.

  • @HorusDeathtouch
    @HorusDeathtouch 12 днів тому +1

    I'm going to call it right now.
    With the ultrafast storage we have today, load screens are virtually non-existant. I see greedy publishers putting artificial loading screens back into games with ads on them.

  • @2014wolfy
    @2014wolfy 11 днів тому

    There were Subway [Sandwich Shops] in Infamous 2. Only distracting bc I don't remember literally any other real brands being around in the city besides that.

  • @Danny___Riot
    @Danny___Riot 12 днів тому +10

    Boy oh boy has the industry been eating itself lately.

  • @7dwyerm
    @7dwyerm 12 днів тому

    I remember EA patching some faulty advertising signs in f1 while me and my friend couldn't finish a co-op season because of the bugs.

  • @brandongrey9240
    @brandongrey9240 11 днів тому

    I just got let go yesterday as a 3D artist for a marketing agency. I’ve been making my own games for years and landed a job utilizing the 3D skills gained from game dev. The company I worked for has cut 10% of their staff and I was unfortunately in the minority.
    And yep, was due to budget cuts and a need for year over year financial growth.

  • @diptorajchakraborty5456
    @diptorajchakraborty5456 12 днів тому +6

    Tango games shutting down is so much pain to me . We'll never get evil within 3.

  • @synapse7274
    @synapse7274 12 днів тому +9

    Depends on what kinds of ads we're talking about. Ads dont have to be bad. People think of intrusive pop-ups when think of ads, but it could be a lot more benign, like the billboard saying Coca-Cola instead of some made up soda. I wouldnt really care about that, and if it gives them money then alright, fine by me.

  • @smokeyjoe6814
    @smokeyjoe6814 11 днів тому

    “Thoughtful ways of insertion” is a phrase I never thought I would hear

  • @EpicToastie
    @EpicToastie 10 днів тому

    Rainbow six Vegas 1 or 2 (can’t remember which one) had billboard ads. (Only on I remember was in the casino map) the ad was Axe/Lynx

  • @DudeStone
    @DudeStone 12 днів тому +4

    People need to not buy ANY EA game if that's the case in order to protest ads on a game!! Now that's ridiculous I might end up putting my controller down if it takes off

  • @crazyvikingboy2856
    @crazyvikingboy2856 12 днів тому +10

    Ads in paid games? Seems like a slippery slope that’ll lead to paying $70 to just see Star Wars themed Manscaped ads… or worse yet, paying MORE money to not see them, yikes.

  • @tubebammy
    @tubebammy 11 днів тому

    Kratos: What do you want, Boy?
    Atreus: Can I get a big mac meal with a root beer?

  • @marlonabbas8171
    @marlonabbas8171 10 днів тому

    Dude, with the success of game series, specially animated ones and the cool satturday morning cartoon style of hi-fi rush they could've done an animated series and then a followup game, would've been awesome, sadly we'll probably never see that happening now

  • @graemehomer6535
    @graemehomer6535 12 днів тому +4

    Don’t EA already have ads in their sports game? Depending on where you are the ads on boards are different

  • @JScotty4Reel
    @JScotty4Reel 12 днів тому +19

    Was an XBox gamer til a year ago when I got a PS5. Possibility of Dishonored 3 as an Xbox exclusive made me question my decision, but my choice just continues to be reaffirmed. Kinda sad.

    • @Skateandcreate9
      @Skateandcreate9 12 днів тому +5

      PS5 is the place the be for consoles bar none

    • @lochlannach7
      @lochlannach7 12 днів тому +4

      ​@@Skateandcreate9 Unfortunately, Sony isn't that good of a company, it's probably the least shittier at the moment, but with the things they've been doing lately, and how they also have worked with SBI recently, I don't see a very bright future for then either.

    • @Verchiel_
      @Verchiel_ 12 днів тому

      not trynna be elitist or anything of the sort
      but i'm glad i grew up with PCs. Never owned a console (closest to that is the steam deck i got just a couple months ago)
      At this point in time the only console exclusive game i crave to play is god of war ragnarok, because the previous game was an absolute blast.
      And i'm happy to see sony bringing more exclusives to pc for that reason.
      Looking towards the future the only other console exclusive that'll probably suck to miss out on is GTA6, because rockstar hates PC players.

    • @tonecapone8021
      @tonecapone8021 12 днів тому

      I've been in the Xbox eco system since the 360 days.
      I bought a GPU for my computer and signed up for Steam a couple of months ago. I'll keep playing my XBSX, but when it's time for it to be replaced, I'll transition completely over to PC. If I bought a game on my Xbox, and it's available in the Windows store, I can download & play the PC version. So, that's a big plus for going PC -vs- another console.

    • @cenciende9401
      @cenciende9401 12 днів тому +1

      That is the most illogical thing I've ever seen commented. Xbox is by far the better console and best value console particularly with a Gamepass subscription. Not having much in the way of first party titles isn't a big deal in these crossplatform times, even PS exclusives are on PC which is why I haven't touched my PS5 in a year and it's not like there are many of those, an entire console purchase isn't worth like 4 games

  • @cornelljohnson8224
    @cornelljohnson8224 11 днів тому

    I remember Mark Hamill saying, quite clearly, that he wouldn't play Joker anymore since Kevin Conroy was no longer with us.

  • @TheTattorack
    @TheTattorack 11 днів тому

    Videogames are about having fun, but lately... the past 3 years lately... they've been making me incredibly jaded.
    Especially now that other sectors, such as car companies, coming with things like subscription services, day 1 DLC, microtransactions, something that was started in the gaming industry.

  • @saibakookami
    @saibakookami 12 днів тому +10

    At this rate the future for games is gonna suck

    • @JohnClarkW
      @JohnClarkW 12 днів тому +5

      "At this rate the future is gonna suck"
      Here I fixed it for you

    • @saibakookami
      @saibakookami 12 днів тому

      @@JohnClarkW i know what I said another punctuation police I'm so of sick you people you have no reason to have a problem with how I type so go away why can't you people just leave me tf along

    • @BoyBlunder66
      @BoyBlunder66 12 днів тому

      Why? Sure, a lot of the major studios are crumbling under their own stupidity, but more and more non-AAA titles are making it big in light of that, and some studios like fromsoft and Capcom are on top of the world right now, even if Capcom has their own issues. Studios will either shape up or crumble, and there will always be up-and-comers more than ready to take their place and fill their niche.

    • @scuderia9215
      @scuderia9215 12 днів тому +3

      100% we are literally seeing the downfall of so many things in real time

    • @saibakookami
      @saibakookami 12 днів тому

      @@BoyBlunder66 we don't need more ads there so annoying

  • @bloodbeats
    @bloodbeats 12 днів тому +5

    IRL advertisements in-game is nothing new to EA. EA already attempted this in 2006 with Battlefield 2142.

    • @Ryan61121
      @Ryan61121 11 днів тому

      Yeah I remember adds on billboard’s in Bad Company.

  • @qskii2365
    @qskii2365 11 днів тому

    As usual Grape Mandingo back with another one!!! Keep it up buster

  • @C-S.
    @C-S. 11 днів тому

    The original crazy-taxi had real-world locations, KFC, Pizza Hut etc. They had to remove those locations from the game for legal reasons. Ads in games (if done right) could be a way to add real world locations back into games. I wouldn't mind seeing a Popeye's instead of a Cluckin' Bell in a GTA game 😂