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The problem Valve has is that Steam makes them so much money, they don’t need to make any more games, which makes Half-Life Alyx’s mere existence a miracle.
It's like they have the ability to make some of the most interesting, charismatic, and fun games of all gaming but just don't because they dont want to. I mean Half Life Alyx had an amazing story just so they can show HDTF how to make a game
"Valve Time" is an unfortunate consequence of how Valve is organized as a company, which basically boils down to people being able to freely work on whatever project they want almost whenever they want. Great for employee morale and innovation, horrendous for maintaining games for long-term, especially if they aren't big money makers like CS:GO or DOTA 2. In addition, Valve is also the kind of company that does something if they believe that it could radically change gaming, hence Half-Life: Alyx and why they're pushing VR.
This is pretty much the reason why I would rather NOT work at Valve, Sony, and Microsoft at all (For Nintendo I can make an exception), etc. I would rather take my time to become an indie game developer for my own products to be fair. And I would rather delay my stuff to further polish things and fix bugs than release it as a broken glitchy mess.
I have the sins! *Square Enix - Vanity - Putting out games and making decisions, statements and remarks comprehensible only to them. *Activison - Gluttony -Eating up other companies like candy and having so much money that even if they lose some via lawsuit, they're still fine because they have a constantly high revenue of profit income. *Konami - Wrath -Ruthless and uncaring to their employees and in recent memory, ruining their most beloved franchises. With Metal Gear Survive and Contra: Rogue Corps being the worst offenders. *Rockstar - Lust -They love to flirt with controversy and adult content. But that isn't necessarily a bad thing as long as the game is good. And Rockstar usually has a strong track record with the quality of their games. And I respect that. They continue to play by their own rules and go all the way with whatever they did no matter how much trouble it got them in. With the exception of Bully and LA Noire as those were more toned down in terms of violence and adult content. (For the record, I also considered Koei Techmo for fanservice. But as I said, that isn't necessarily a bad thing. Just take a look at Dead or Alive) *EA - Greed -Hellbent on extorting players via pay-to-win/get anything done. Dungeon Keeper Mobile, anyone? At least they fixed Battlefront 2 (2017) and IT'S pay-to-win mechanics. *Sega - Envy -Chasing trends to try to be the next big thing and overseas fighting with themselves. *Sony - Pride - I think these arrogant claims sum up their ego best. "Microsoft is not a technology company." "Nothing good has ever come from the internet." Wake up and be ready to hold everyones beer! *Blizzard - Hollow - Nothing more than a shell of its former self. No emotion, no care, no effort. They've essentially become a zombie or a lifeless drone with no will or emotion of it's own. Especially in recent memory what with tone-deaf (if not taste or heart-deaf) responses to negative backlash. And *Valve - Sloth -Neglecting franchises, poor customer service, and no 3rd installments.
Andrew Haase well considering Nintendo recently announced that they will have UNCENSORED games on switch, and that recently they seem to have an obsession with taking the shirts off of male characters like Mario and link (throw eggman in I guess) and making characters really buff like dedede, they fit in right into lust surprisingly well oh yeah and apparently one of the things they did before game development was “taxi service and love hotels”
Hey buddy we need to add more clothes to some of Bayonettas costumes. No no her skin must be shown more, change it. Also let's have Bowser punch angels.
Nintendo is definitely Pride, and you could argue that their desire to cling to cartridges for the N64 and the Wii-U in general was a lusting after the old instead of embracing the new.
Steam's customer service SUCKS. I lost my Steam account in a power outage, and it was in this weird limbo of being logged in and not logged in. When I tried to log in, it said I should set up an account, but when I tried to set it up, it would tell me to use the account that I couldn't log in to. After that, I gave up.
Did you try another computer? Their account hashes corrupt too easily, it seems. I once had a problem with my Gmod subscriptions and had to unsubscribe from everything.
As for me, Steam stopped working entirely after a power outage. If I hadn't bought my Ipad a few days before my laptops battery died I wouldn't have been able to play AQ3D again, and all our worlds on minecraft were gone. Thank goodness we have the Switch version now.
So does that mean you can't access games you paid for anymore? Because if so that is complete bullshit and Valve is robbing you by not fixing the problem.
*Number 2.5* *Josh:* "...Get it?!" *Me:* "...No, I don't." *Number 2* *Josh:* "Hey, remember when Valve used to make games?" *Me:* _"Ooooooh._ Okay, now I get it."
Fail predictions. Number 3? Never heard of it Artifact Broke: Actually remember that half life, portal, team fortress, left 4 dead ect exist. Woke: Print all the money from steam.
Eh, with TF2 it doesn't exactly matter as the cheaters can just spin up a new Steam (thus TF2) account within minutes (and not even need to spin up new email addresses if using a trick with Gmail and periods before the at symbol) and boom they're back in TF2 with their cheats without needing to redownload or rebuy the game because it's the low-low cost of Free. Plus if a cheater is smart enough to know how to spin up spare accounts for TF2 cheating, they're likely not gonna be cheating on their main Steam account anyway, so Valve don't give a damn sadly.
And an automated ban hammer. One little bug in the code; One little bug! Fix that bug, Compile it again-- Another little bug in the code! One little bug in the code; One little bug! Fix that bug, Compile it again-- Two little bugs in the code! Two little bugs in the code; Two little bugs! Fix one bug, Compile it again-- Three little bugs in the code! Three little bugs in the code; Three little bugs! Fix one bug, Compile it again-- Five little bugs in the code! (Continue until you reach zero)
@@KororaPenguin Vac simply doesn't work on linux, the bots are therefore hosted on linux and it's impossible for vac to even detect the hacks in the first place.
10: Don’t try to out console the big dogs if you can’t deliver. 9: The Black market of Csgo skins 8: Come on valve, you can do better than this 7: I WANT YOUR HAT 6: Hey guys, want to play a DOTA game that’s like the other card games but you pay for cards? 5: Ah yes, customer service. My favorite 4: Hey there paid mods. Long time no see 3: How much garbage is on Steam? 2: Please Valve, give us more content. At least give us half life 3 and more tf2 updates 1: Valve time. Dear god why is this a thing?
+The Devil’s Apprentice I know I might sound like an annoying Persona fanboy for saying this, but Atlus really is a good company with not much fails. Although I must admit it may be because they’re relatively small and aim for a safe niche fandom rather than engage in the chaos of the video game economy... ....if I must pick a fail, it would be their love for milking
When the video for "Artifact" was revealed and you hear the crowd collectively groan together........I felt that. I've never played the series, but to hear everyone's response to the trailer kinda made me feel bad for them
I kinda feel like Valve's refusal to adopt even basic good business practices until being sued into doing so should be it's own entry but since it was at least mentioned I'm still relatively happy.
I already know some of the fails. Nintendo Playstation: Created their biggest rival, all over disks. Virtual Boy: Worst selling Nintendo console, around for less than 1 year, gave people headaches and strain. E3 2008: The most embarrassing from Nintendo, especially with the Wii Music segment. Nintendo Switch Online: Poorly handled, only NES & SNES games, 4 games every few months, can all be bad.
@@dylansmith5206 "No unlockable content." No unlockable content... Okay, dumbass, explain to me how only starting out with eight playable characters in Ultimate and having to unlock the rest through Classic Mode or World of Light means that it has no unlockable content. I dare you to explain that to me, because a simple Wiki search can tell anyone that you're lying through your ass. I don't care what gripes you have with Ultimate, but if you're going to be a contrarian and complain about one of the best games ever made, then at least be honest and sincere instead of making up shit that's untrue. It just makes you look stupid. (Also, why is the Piranha Plant named Rebecca?)
As is tradition (I no longer have to put Nintendo as well): 1. Bandai Namco 2. Take Two 3. Warner 4. Epic 5. Atari 6. Marvelous 7. Koei-Tecmo 8. THQ Nordic [Edit] Maybe: 9. CD Projekt Red.
frankly im hoping for take 2 to get taken down a peg because of the borderlands 3 fiasco. and frankly i'm kinda glad valve didnt put BL3 on steam when take two pulled that private investigator stunt. yes im still salty from an event thats over a year or 2 old but i used to respect borderlands now i wanna liquefy the HANDSOME JACK-ass who thought harassment would be ok.
@@silverflight01fun fact there actually was plans for halfway three developed by company named Junction point. The problem is that Junction point was bought by Disney to work on Epic Mickey. Now Junction Point has shutdown😞.
I swear the next Ultimate charactervis going to be another Fire Emblem character. Hell at this point they should drop all pretense and just outright make Smash a Fire Emblem mainline title.
I'm kind of scared about it because I *KNOW* a bunch of people is going to screencap the title and thumbnail, take it completely out of context and scream at Josh until the end of time.
This is what happens to a company that doesn't really have any true competition. They can get away with this. It also doesnt help valve has a dedicated fan base that will literally take a bullet for them.
My predictions: Steam's piss-poor quality control is gonna be the no. 1. TF2: neglected (few other franchises as well), Meet Your Match, being the first western game to introduce lootboxes Maybe just the economy of Valve titles in general Artifact Lots of scammers and hackers
It’s understandable. As I mentioned before, it’s important to acknowledge that even the best gaming companies have had their fair share of hiccups: - Failed consoles like the WiiU and the Virtual Boy. - Ignoring certain IPs that fans have begged to make a comeback for years (Earthbound, F-Zero, Star Fox, etc.) - Cease-and-desisting fanmade projects of their franchises (Pokémon Uranium and the Super Metroid remake). - Questionable decisions when handling their mobile games. - The embarrassing Wii Music E3 conference. - Wii and DS shovelware.
I'd personally like to see him do other company fails in other mediums, like TV, Music or Movies... I'd like to see him do a 10 Superbowl Fails list...
Portal 2 is probably the last major game Valve has released so far. It was a damn good game, really stepped things up from the original. I’d love to see that kind of creative spark again.
That Artifact: DOTA card game reveal is absolutely priceless in how funny it is; the realisation in the fans' "awwwwwww!" interrupting one reading the subtitle out-loud, is some of the best directing I've ever seen, that didn't actually have any direction. XD!
every time I look at TF2's state i just feel more and more sad what started out as one of the Kings of PC FPS games, has been slowly left to rot by a company that doesn't care, despite the fact that now more than ever should be the time to throw their full support behind it, what with industry competition and esport prevalence
I left after the horrible introduction of matchmaking for official game modes, leaving players to either suffer long wait times for servers to fill up or try their luck on fan servers. Apparently that was the beginning of the end for it, I left before the bottom *REALLY* dropped out.
I wish Valve gave TF2 more love, but they instead focus on CSGO. I don't even care about that game. It's a boring and generic FPS multiplayer. TF2 has personality, iconic characters, and a great art style.
TF2 and CSGO could've and should've been given the same love. TF2's massive success didn't mean it had to be shoved aside when Valve wanted another property to shine.
For hats and other cosmetics in TF2: it doesn't matter what anybody said about them that's positive, they were ALWAYS worthless, and they always will. The only optional thing to buy in TF2 that's worth anything are the assortment of weapons
Pokémon's fails are really tough to attribute to a single company. You can pin everything on The Pokémon Company but we don't know how much their influence causes the actual developers to mess up. Is Dexit Game Freak's fault? Is Gates to Infinity Spike Chunsoft's? What about the Americanized censorship in their early dubs, does that count as a "Pokémon Fail"?
@@BurningAzure That's my point, Pokémon is such a massive franchise with so many companies involved that doing a video on just one would... kind of be impossible. He'd probably have to branch out from company fails to straight up brand fails.
Honestly, Dexit wasn't a fail, but a controversy. Millions of people liked the idea of Dexit and just as many hated it. Sure, it split the fans, but the games were still great and the Pokémon not in Gen 8 are still going to be leased in future generations. But you are right, Dexit was not caused by Nintendo. I believe that Game Freak was the culprit because the director for SWSH admitted that this was an idea that Game Freak tossed around during the early development for Sun and Moon. That's my take on the situation, though.
To be fair with 5 that is a really hard problem to solve that will create backlash no matter what you do. I mean they can't just take away the hats since not everyone was trying to exploit the bug. Making the hats worthless (as in taking away their status) is also a no and potentially a breach of contract with the people that made them. Creating a new tier of hats could ruin the games economy even more.
How's this for a real epic fail on Valve's end? Valve: We have introduced a chat update to Steam. Also Valve: *Forgets to add in the ability to edit and correct mistakes.*
Might as well throw my hat into the ring on what could appear on the next fails list: Wii U Virtual Boy Nintendo’s handling of all aspects of online Replacing Club Nintendo with My Nintendo Mario Party 1 control stick minigames Releasing FE Fates as 3 separate games while at the same time releasing all 3 games on a single card in the special edition Smash 4’s DLC (as much as I hate to admit it) Mobile game subscription passes Various E3 moments (Wii Vitality Sensor, Wii Music, Nintendo Land fireworks, etc.) CD-i games Nintendo 3DS launch E-Reader Lack of 3rd Party Support Underpowered Consoles Neglecting certain IPs Joycon Drift Letting Microsoft buy Rare Nintendo PlayStation N64 DD Ending the Wii Shop Channel Nintendo Creator Program Copyright claims (mainly from the use of music from strictly 1st party games in videos) These are the ones I can think of at the top of my head. There’s probably more I’m missing.
-The power glove -Nintendo switch online management -E3 2008 as a whole -Alphadream going bankrupt -The paper mario controversy Some of them could be considered minor issues, but that's what can be added to the fails list
Well no employees getting unfair treatment... instead it's the opposite problem. Also excited yet nervous for next week (Sticker star/Color splash and mobile game passes may be on the list)
Nintendo Fails predictions: * Betraying Sony, and making them their biggest rival. * Letting Miyamoto push third parties like Rare and Rockstar away. * The Wii U. * The Virtual Boy. * Using cartridges for the N64. * ALL of the franchises they've left high and dry. * Pokemon Sword and Shield. * Injuries from the N64 and Wii controllers. * Friend Codes * Suing EVERYONE!
Sword and shield is getting better to be fair. but he could add in some of their old sins like he did with Konami, like the Over Censorship of some games back in the day such as several NES titles, and Mortal Kombat and Doom
Calling some of the Nintendo fails now -Nintendo Mobile with their mobile game passes -Switch Online -Wii U -Third Party Nonexistent till switch -PlayStation creation/Nintendo CDI -Virtual Boy -Backlash for Byleth is smash as a dishonorable mention
.... Let's be fair here. Backlash wouldn't be something that could be blamed to Nintendo. If you want to consider backlash as a 'fail' point, then you should blame the fandom that began the backlash because they can't stand Nintendo not doing as they desired. If you insist blaming Nintendo, then blame them for adding Byleth at all, not the backlash that happened because of it.
Ah, Nintendo. The good boy of the gaming industry. You can always count on them for giving a damn, but even the best of boys will screw something up. Even THEY haven't forgotten the Virtual Boy.
Their screws ups tend to come from being needlessly stubborn or just plain tone deaf when it comes to decisions. Paper Mario Sticker squad and Color splash are perfect examples of that.
You know what I love more than the title card? How you chose to reveal that next month will be Nintendo: by spoofing the reveal of Smash Ultimate (and by indirection the Inkling as a fighter). That was just genius! You actually had me going "Wait, is this Nintendo? Is he doing Nintendo next? HE'S DOING NINTENDO!!!" Congratulations for that alone!
As a big Nintendo fan... I can't wait for the next video. I can think of *plenty* of screw-ups over the years. From poor-selling platforms (Gamecube, Wii U, VIRTUAL BOY), to their handling of their mobile games and subscription services, pricing habits for virtual console, re-releases, etc, to falling flat on their faces during several E3 presentations. Very curious what you're gonna pick out.
Are you gonna include in the next company fails countdown the times in which Shigeru Miyamoto acted like a jerk? Because as beloved as he is by me, you and everybody, he has made less-than-stellar acts.
I actually really like my Steam Controller. It's flexibility as a controller and the ability to fine-tune every aspect of it was really useful. I got it to the point where I would play LoL on it quite well while lounging on my bed. It's trackpads and concave design took a little getting used to but if you stick with it, it actually could do a lot of things better other controllers
@@dylansmith5206 Not gonna happen. Nintendo has plenty of fails to choose from. (And this is coming from a die-hard fan of the company.) Smash Ultimate is not one of them. I've seen you do nothing but rant about the game for really subjective reasons and it's getting annoying. I can't wait until the video comes out just to see you throw a fit when Ultimate's not on the list.
You know things are bad when some of the newer employees at Valve are so disconnected from the market they work for they think Valve time referees to the fact that most of them don't work particularly long hours (apparently it's normal for most of their office to be empty by 4). I have to wonder where they're getting their newer staff given it's not anywhere remotely relevant to what they do as a company.
16:56 I swear that’s one heck of a story. I’m sure that if the Devs just stayed quiet and didn’t go after Jim because of a review, they’d likely still be in business. But they didn’t and took it a step further by trying to sue up to 100 Steam users for “hate and harassment,” when they were taking Jim’s side. Their biggest mistake was going to Valve and asking them for the personal information of all these users to send the suits. Valve basically laughed in their face and shut down their entire store, killing their business almost immediately. Their whole lawsuit was also laughable as they didn’t even have a lawyer. They tried to crowdfund one as if they thought that would work.
Yeah man even I am victim of the faulty VAC system that Valve implemented, and to this day I still only have a single game listed that I've ever been banned from simply because of how broken it is, the game I was playing, MORDHAU, I had no problem playing at all until all of a sudden during some early morning matches I got VAC-banned for literally nothing despite me being in a series of 6 matches where I primarily did bad. :/
To be honest it's just like installing anything. The store itself works, but it definitely doesn't have the same features as Steam, but hey if you want free games every week and only care about launching games, then there's no real problem. Note it also depend on your PC.