Weird how our legal system is starting to crack down on patent trolling, but copyright trolling is alive and well. "You can't give that away, we own it." "Are you trying to suppress it because it hurts your brand image?" "No, we're still proud of it." "OK, please let people pay you money for it." "No." "..." Fortunately a lot of companies are _finally_ wising up. I wish Nintendo cracked down on emulation a little sooner than _fifteen years_ before they started selling their back catalogue.
@@Sky_Blaze Almost all of my favorite games and other media have been made in the last 20 years. And most of them wouldn't be possible without modern technology and culture.
Dunkey has a great point about constantly wanting new games, there’s literally thousands of old games available to play if you have a pc, so why do you need to wait for something new to drop? I think our caveman like brains just gravitate towards stuff that’s shiny and new.
Part of it's FOMO, or wanting to be caught up with the hot new thing everyone's talking about. Case in point, the number of people who tried jumping into Elden Ring without any prior knowledge of FromSoftware titles and got their shit rocked by everything in the game, just because they saw long-time fans loving the game and wanted to be part of the hype train.
@@Irisverse I got it, I dont play I already have other games on my hand but when I do get to play it I expect to get my shit kicked in beacuse its my first software game
@@Irisverse the sad part is that in the current world of gaming, that FOMO is real when it comes to multiplayer games. Nothing is worse than loving a game only for the online multiplayer to be devoid of players.
@@Irisverse Elden was a great game to jump into at the beginning though. There was a definite valid fomo there: it's an amazing experience, and something I've never personally experienced when the wiki is empty and no-one knows how to do 90% of the quest lines. It was awesome seeing the community and knowledge develop as I swapped tips with mates.
As someone who actually played old games during the time they were out and new, I play new games now because they're new and I've already played the old games I wanted to play.
Yep, inflation doesn't account for cost of living. $900 was a lot for an Atari, but people also didn't have $100k in student debt back then. A $60 game is a pretty good price as long as you don't have to pay off a house or student debt.
It's a bit of a weird video to comment this on but you are a master of your craft dunkey. In an atmosphere of fake ass youtubers and mindless shorts your content shines through. You take me back to a time when youtube wasn't all about pandering to guidelines or pushing out 200 videos a day. The videos you put out are master class and your effort really shows. I think when you stop making videos youtube will really be dead. You've provided me with hours of entertainment and I haven't had to pay a dime. I just hope you take pride in your work because you deserve it. You're the sole voice of reason on the platform. Keep it up
I'm a 90s kid, i used to buy games with 5 of my friends, so we pay 1/6th the price, there wasn't any hype about new games back then so we just bought what was available in stores and we played eachother's games and we were always entertained .. good times.
I recently discovered Emulation and my friend told me that I'm like Christopher Columbus-- All excited about discovering something everyone already knew was there.
After emulating Metroid zero mission and Metroid Fusion it felt like Christmas Day except that the presents were already there but I hadn’t opened them yet
Yeah, I honestly stopped listening to this guy after he said plaque attack was bad. Then again, I have not played plaque attack because it is $5,000 dollars on ebay.
Because individual guy decides sent to WATA grading (a cuestionable authority) por put some acrylic box and a paper with random number doesn't mean that's the real value, actually a lot of them they are sold by less than 30 dollars in good condition.
My local library has been offering physical video game discs for almost a decade, and you can borrow these games for up to three weeks. I've personally bought only four games in the last five years because of it. I will never take my public library for granted. :)
There was a local rent store that sold games for a really good price compared to how expensive games are here in Brazil. It was pretty good, I played and finished a rented Portal 2. I never appreciated it much until I read this comment and realized how good it was. Sadly, the store closed a few years ago
I've really been taking the "You don't need the latest stuff" at heart. I have a crapton of backlog game I never played because I just kept buying new stuff. It's like I'm buying three of them and finishing 1/2 per bulk before biying the next one. I just stopped with the frenzy and took the time to look back to my library and go "Ok, for now I just need these"
@@arandominternetuser455 Or he's a free-to-player. I consider myself an avid video game player even though I basically just play SRB2, TTCC, TF2, and a bunch of roms. (Ok maybe we are pirates technically) Not necessarily because im poor but because im too young to be able to buy my own games and it's pretty hard to get digital games like this. It's honestly a video topic of it's own. Most people think "Oh they're not playing the latest games most likely because they're poor lmao" When most of the time the people they're talking about don't have access to them for non-money reasons.
I personally haven´t bought a single game in 2 years, only 1$ 1/3 month gamepass trials and f2p battle royales, also if you are on xbox Microsoft literally gift you 5+$ dollar a month for quest that take you mere minutes each week. The ultimate free to play experience lol.
The Book of Truth When things were at their very worst: 2 Suns, Cross in the sky, 2 comets will collide = don`t be afraid - repent, accept Lord`s Hand of Mercy. Scientists will say it was a global illusion. Beaware - Jesus will never walk in flesh again. After WW3 - rise of the “ man of peace“ from the East = Antichrist - the most powerful, popular, charismatic and influential leader of all time. Many miracles will be attributed to him. He will imitate Jesus in every conceivable way. Don`t trust „pope“ Francis = the False Prophet - will seem to rise from the dead - will unite all Christian Churches and all Religions as one. One World Religion = the seat of the Antichrist. Benedict XVI is the last true pope - will be accused of a crime of which he is totally innocent. "Many events, including ecological upheavals, wars, the schism in My Church on Earth, the dictatorships in each of your nations - bound as one, at its very core - will all take place at the same time."
Tbf, the best part of the game has been available for 3 years. The full release that came out this year’s content was far weaker so honestly not sure how I feel about it winning GOTY and early access games in general
the "family video" in my small-ass rural town just closed up this year. RIP. edit: actually after googling i think it closed up at the end of last year. regardless, an absolute travesty.
I genuinelly think that in these kinds of videos dunkey really shines as a content creator. For real you can make these 10 minute videos just as good and convincing as many 25 minute long video essays out there.
Dunkey, it''s been a while since I watched your videos and you my man are a gentleman and a scholar! Also the relest gamer of all time! Thank you for your work!
Also, emulation has allowed many multiplayer games that used to require you to gather three other friends in front of a TV to be played online. That could be an easy way of updating and monetizing classic titles for the developers, but if they don't want to take that opportunity, then I'm sure the community is more than happy to oblige.
Playing smash ultimate online through Yuzu+parsec is fucking nuts. And also any other split screen game that can be emulated or played on PC, parsec is awesome.
Nothing Dunkey does is ”informative”, he just shits on games to get reactions with the biggest Nintendo bias that has ever existed Do people watch dunkeys videos thinking they will get ”informed”? Yikes
What I love about donkey’s videos is that he makes really good points about the topic in question while still sounding like you’re just shooting the shit with your buddy. We’ve got enough phd-video essay bros as it is.
There have been two new Doom engines in the 26 years since Doom / Doom2 / Chex Quest and Chex has still not released a Chex Quest 2 with updated technology.
Hey, did you know that in terms of male human and female Pokémon breeding, Vaporeon is actually not the most compatible Pokémon for humans? This is a common and understandable misconception, however Vaporeon has it's human on Pokémon breedability outclassed by it's cousin evolution, Umbreon. Umbreon weights approximately 60 pounds, or around 27 kilograms, and is 3'3" tall (About a meter), making it not only large enough to appropriately handle human genitalia, but also light enough to easily be lifted, and promptly set back down repeatedly. It's relatively small size would also prove a tight entry, which is always a good thing. Umbreon also boasts an extremely impressive defensive stat spread. With it's combination of very high HP, Defense, and Special Defense stats, it can take a great pounding and come back for more! It's ability, Inner Focus, allows it to keep slamming attentively, without getting fatigued. Umbreon also has access to the ability Synchronize, which allows it to share it's current status with you, meaning you will receive all of the pleasure it feels COMBINED with all the pleasure you're getting from pounding this perfect breedable Pokémon. Umbreon also has the capability of seeing perfectly in pitch-black darkness, allowing it to effectively attend a midnight fornication session. Even if you do manage to drain Umbreon's energy with all the furious thrusts, it can recover very quickly with its access to the move Moonlight. Its black fur is also a giant positive attribute, allowing all the excretions you make to be easily seen all over its body. A great fun fact, Umbreon can excrete toxins in its sweat, which would in turn soak into your member and swell it up, making it even more sizable and sensitive. This would not only enhance the experience for you, but for your Umbreon as well (Which with Synchronize, ends up pleasing you exponentially more). Umbreon's wide movepool also supports the hypothesis that Umbreon is the best Pokémon to breed with. It can learn Payback, which doubles in power after the Pokémon is hit, meaning Umbreon with throw it back twice as hard as normally if you're hitting it good. Umbreon can also learn Guard Swap; it could give YOU its insane durability, and go crazy on you all night with your now massive endurance. Speaking of endurance, Umbreon also has access to Endure, making it practically immune to fatigue, it will always have energy left over. Charm is also within Umbreon's movepool, letting it be extremely seductive towards you, easily getting you in the mood. Umbreon can also use Taunt, in turn making you ONLY able to to attacking moves such as Slam, Pound, etc; none of that foreplay shit, right into the action. It also has access to Sleep Talk, giving it the ability to not only give consent in its sleep, allowing access to any of its ports and any time, but also move in it's sleep, making it an effective 24/7 fuckmate. Umbreon still has even more great moves that good to have while smashing, such as Quick Attack, allowing swift slams and bounces, which can have even greater power if Umbreon uses Curse beforehand. Curse would also raise Umbreon's defense, making it able to take powerful thrusting for almost any duration. Looking back, Umbreon's slightly small size ensures a gorilla grip cavity and easy physical manipulation. Its ungodly bulk allows it to take poundings for hours on end and resume after recovering with moonlight (Which works even better when it's sunny). It's access to the abilities Inner Focus and Synchronize allow it to unwaveringly throw it back and add all of its pleasure onto yours, effectively making it twice as amazing as any other Pokémon, or even FOUR TIMES, factoring in the doubled power of payback of course. All of this information in combination with its extremely useful movepool in the world of intercourse makes Umbreon the Pokémon most qualified to breed with humans; able to take dick of any shape, any size, in any position easily for extensive periods of time, while having the ability to return for even more mere seconds later.
this video has inspired me to go back and start playing some great games i havent experienced yet, currently making my way through the silent hill series, thank you donkey
Dunkey's probably one of the few, if not only channels I might be able to think of that can successfully fill a videos with sarcasm and jokes while also keeping the topic serious and giving insightful observations about today's society in video games.
@@shevrett2658 Yahtzee is a game critic whose run a series called Zero Punctuation for over a decade now, quality jokes mixed in with (primarily negative) criticism of games and the industry as a whole. Ross I believe runs a series called Ross' Game Dungeon, much in the same vain as the other two although he's typically very genuine, whether that be positive or negative.
Dunkey, ur experience with game classics is invaluable. A series on ur favorite classics would be a treasure to the gaming community for ever. If u already do this im sorry. Somebody link me one of them
Dunkey at 3:00 talking about playing older games is exactly how I've always felt. My friends will sometimes give me a hard time for going back go play older games I never played instead of new ones, but I'm just trying to catch up on the games I know are good before I try something I've never heard of
A lot of my friends can't stand old graphics. I'm like who gives a shit? If the gameplay holds up its still a good game. That's why I'm not interested in remasters. I couldn't care less about graphics.
This is my mentality going into the Metroid series. If I wanna play Dread, I'd like to get through the main titles before it first. Even if I'll be playing them on emulators 😳
In an alternate timeline, Dunkey's video starts thus: "At the beginning, videogames were going to cost five dollars... But Reggie was PISSED, so he said $120 for Plaque Attack after adjusting for inflation."
this video has accomplished: -Microsoft tripling gamepass's price -Nintendo cracking down harder on all listed emulators -Being funni and pleasing me for 8 minutes and 12 seconds
Luckily there is nothing they can do about the emulators. Emulators themselves are totally 100% legal, and don't violate Nintendo's copyright or anything. That's why Nintendo has to go after websites that host ROMs of games, since those actually are illegal to distribute.
@@chickennugget6684 Yeah, I would say Xbox game Pass totally worth it for the price. I've had it for a while (did the 3 month trial and now I'm borrowing off a school friend with an xbox and got game pass after he used mine cause Microsoft have shitty system that allows as many people to use your game pass as long as they have your account details) It's even better on pc cause it's cheaper and you don't have to pay the bullshit "pay to play online".
@asdf that's the point. Microsoft doesn't give two shits if you play it on Xbox or on windows. Windows is a Microsoft platform. They make money on every pc you buy. And office and all the other shit they can sell you on that platform. It's just about getting people into the ecosystem. If that's Xbox or androidor windows. Doesn't matter.
To this date the best deal I ever got in gaming was the complete edition of The Witcher 3 Wild Hunt for 12.95 on sale on the PlayStation market. The second expansion pack “Blood and Wine” that came included in this 12.95 copy was better than most entire games I’ve ever played, and would be worth 30-40 bucks by itself. What’s crazy is the main story and the first expansion pack took me well over 150 hours to get through (completely enthralled the entire time)
All of the best deals I've gotten have been games that were given away for free. Vanguard Princess is straight up my favorite video game of all time and you can just download it from a freeware website. However you may feel about Square Enix and Konami, the fact that they will just straight up give away full length games without taking your money at any point is seriously impressive. Grimms Echoes and Tokimeki Idol in particular are both in the top class of their respective genres, both now freeware. Alicesoft went and rereleased every game they ever made fron the year 2000 back as freeware. Yeah, I'll take fifty full length RPGs for free, including some of the best of all time, thanks. Yet nobody seems to know or care that any of these games exist. It's insane. Why would you ever spend hundreds of dollars on a console when you can play better games for free on a $40 smartphone or beat up old laptop?
Game sales are absurd. Seeing something like Yakuza 0 or Hades below 20 dollars is borderline robbery for the amount of time/enjoyment you can get out of it
@@awkwardcultism you talk about all these free games, but where the hell do I download them from that’s not a sketchy website that will probably give me a virus? Also, doesn’t Alicesoft make nsfw games?
As someone who's recently been spending most of their gaming time playing Galaxy 2 and Ocarina of Time (both for the first time) that section of the video felt validating ☺️
"When your enemy expects you to be weak, run away so they follow you into the pit full of bamboo spikes that you shit on before they fell into it, so that in thousands of years all will know you were the Alpha, and they the Beta" Sun Tzu "The Art of War"
I feel like Nintendo is the dumbest company, they could print money just by porting old games to switch and mobile. And they don't like free advertisement on youtube
Game pricing and development costs have always been so weird. A lot of modern triple A games are more about being a graphical arm's race than games, so most of the development goes into presentation / first impressions and advertising with a bloated scope. Hence it's not uncommon for something to look pretty and be riddled with bugs. People try to suggest that graphics don't matter and they shouldn't prioritize them as much. Which, while not wrong, you also gotta remember the casual consumer and fratboy-gamer types who are buying up those yearly Call of Battlefields and Fifas and don't participate in these kinda discussions, and many people who say that probably do still value graphics more than they imply. And it's not like Triple-A games don't have a place, I just wish they didn't set the standards for everything that isn't an indie title.
You're forgetting one of the major factors; Dev team size. These big AAA studios, instead of hiring GOOD programmers, they just throw lots of shitty programmers at the problem until the game compiles. That's why the games are so buggy. That's also why they suck; good game design can't be brute forced. World of Warcraft was developed with a team of 50 people. Modern AAA games can have team sizes of 150, or even 300, and that's NOT for an MMO! These are huge, bloated teams. The number of directors, producers, and project leaders who can actually coordinate that many people is EXTREMELY LOW, and most of them are either in big business (not video games), or the movie industry. Not games. As for game designers; well there's plenty of good game designers out there; that's where indie gems come from. But they're not being hired by AAA are they?
"Graphics don't matter" - Gamers "THIS FREAKING GAME LOOKS LIKE IT'S 12 YEARS OLD" - Also gamers, whenever a CoD game launches or any other punching bag enters the room
@@aleksanderolbrych9157 lol COD is an exception cause the game style hasn’t changed besides guns and maps. Graphics matter but the main reason play COD is just for the run and gun combat and graphics are secondary. Hell we saw a perfect example with the last two Games. Cold War and MW. MW looks a hell of a lot better and sounds way more realistic aswell. But Cold War has superior combat in my opinion. Cold War graphics were no doubt a down grade but people didn’t mind as much because the actually gameplay was superior even though inferior in the graphics department. But if red dead redemptions graphics didn’t look as nice. I wouldn’t play the game. Lots of open world games draw people in simple for the beauty of the world.
"Modern triple A games are more about being a graphical arm's race than games" And I'm so, so sick of it, especially in an era when a graphics card costs more than two consoles. Pushing the graphics envelop is officially now gatekeeping in a crypto world.
Until recently I never realized I had amassed a decently valuable cache of rare games. Being a little horror weirdo I have a damn near mint condition Rule of Rose and multiple versions of the original Silent Hill games including a valuable special edition of the first one. And working PS2-4
Love it when Dunkey makes videos about stuff surrounding games as a form of media. It really gives us insight into his mindset as a critic, as well as being enjoyable to watch due to his energy.
It's nice to see a genuine comment here. Nowadays I feel stupid for scrolling through the comments section because sometimes I can't tell if half of these are a joke.
When I was in college, on my last presentation, we had to market our own game for our teachers. I was honest with them telling my game wasn't finished. They gave me a very negative response because of that. Though, come to think of it now, me, as a consumer, I would hate if a company wasn't being honest with me trying to sell their low quality unfinished game. Even though their response was negative, I felt good that day, knowing that I was honest with myself and them. I wish more companies were like that.
That is like when I was trying to start my first business and I wanted to sell my art. I told my parents I wanted to show my art around and make money selling it, but they told me not to because I would be doing it for free, I should just make a website and put up my art and get paid. At the time it sounded like they knew a lot more about business than I did and I really wish I could have listened to their advice...
@@kamalindsey I believe that they were just being parents and telling me their piece of advice, but I think it was also an indication of their experience. My parents were always trying to be more successful than them. I remember growing up that my dad always wanted us to have a better car than him, because he drove a shitty car and didn't like it. He was very much into making sure we knew that we were better off financially than him. Even though I think he loved us, I also think he was afraid of our success and wanted to be like us later on, that's why he didn't have a high paying job and had to get a job that he hated, which he did for years. Now I'm married with children of my own and I do the same thing. That's why I think of Brian Chambers, that guy in Dancing with the Stars when he said: "What was the point of my life? I just fell down and hurt myself again." I think of that a lot when I'm working on my own stuff. When you don't know what you want out of life, there's no point. And there's no point in your life. It's always the best time to do what you want to do because if you do what you think other people want you to do, there's no point in doing that, but it's better to do what you want to do because then you know you're happy doing it. I just wish he had shown us a little more compassion and acceptance instead of teaching us how to be successful. I know it was hard for them and I'm sure they thought they were doing the best for us
@@LetsGoGetThem I still don't think your parents made any mistakes, but as your children, I know you feel the way they did. In today's world, it is so hard to be successful at something. Your parents tried to do the best for you, and in their mind, they were successful. At the same time, though, they were teaching you to follow their dreams, but not your own. I know you wish they had been more accepting and said: "You're not going to be good at this, and you are better off doing something else." At least you had your own dream and you were doing something different, but you were still following their dreams and not yours. It is always the least that does the most. Remember that.
This is one of the reasons I love indie games because they are priced based on what the devs think they are worth. I’ve played a lot of 15 dollar games that I’ve loved way more than Triple A games
It's more like they're priced at the max amount they think they can get away with. Imagine if an indie dev tried to price their game at $60. Would probably be the only game they ever release.
Sony: “Remember when games were $60? Yeah, well now they’re $70 or you can wait a year and pick it up for $10.” Xbox: “Hey just give us $15 a month and you can have all the games!” Nintendo: “I don’t care if this game is 9 years old! $60. Take it or leave it.”
The best thing about games costing so much back in the day is your parents would actually encourage you to play. Like "I didn't pay no $80 for NBA Hangtime for you to let it sit there."
I do really appreciate Dunkey’s more serious videos. I feel that you can really see how talented he is at video planning, diction, and clever comedy he is in these videos more than the rest of his catalogue
2:58 I love that you included Burnout 3 in that list of classics. My brother and i put well over a hundred hours in that game just laughing our asses off as we took each other out in races or caused massive pileups in the mode where you're SUPPOSED to crash into people, explode, and (though they conveniently never mention it) kill a ton of people in the process all to amass property damage points. Ridiculous game and I loved every second of it.
No kidding. I knew Burnout 3 as a demo from Need for Speed Most Wanted, and immediately bought that game. Played multiplayer with my brother for like hours, even till midnight when we're on holidays. Best car racing game in my book.
