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@SkillUp 2 месяца назад

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@vargrhelsing8042 2 месяца назад

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@aspacelex 2 месяца назад

Sorry mate, shaved my balls with a generic razor like an hour before you dropped this ep. Work on your timing, better luck next time!

@hisokacranel7268 2 месяца назад

Shillup my GOATTTTTT (jk I love u Ralph my sweet eloquently spoken pookie bear)

@joejoe2658 2 месяца назад

IT WILL BE FINE, THEY'RE MAKING A PHONE GAME STORE AND AT LEAST XBOX OWNERS PHONES HAVE GYRO, HAPTICS AND VR!

@My-T1 2 месяца назад

Keepin it family friendly with dick razor ads, I see.

@bigcrazewolf 2 месяца назад

Wish we could normalize just answering a question directly.

@icantthinkofagoodusername4464 2 месяца назад

To be fair, saying “executives above Xbox wanted drastic cuts and Tango not being in deep development on a project meant there’d be less sunk investment upon their closure” wouldn’t make players or executives happy.

@bradhaines3142 2 месяца назад

theres no way they could honestly answer the question without sounding like the evil megacorp they are.

@Why_It 2 месяца назад

As long as your business relies on 3rd party investors, there will never be a direct answer to the masses.

@Ziggyvu 2 месяца назад

They don’t want liability or to be sued lol

@RisseK1 2 месяца назад

You can.

@nedo4749 2 месяца назад

That camera operator KNEW what they were doing

@Ziggyvu 2 месяца назад

Goat cameraman

@njsteere 2 месяца назад

Realistically the control room deciding to cut to the that angle, but yes pure poetry without saying a word

@darthsader7089 2 месяца назад

Reminds me of the camera man that did something similar at an airport press conference

@lexmen1089 2 месяца назад

I swear they must be the same camera operator of the airport situation where the director spewing lies about how there arent any delays just for the camera to pan at the departure signs all saying 'Delayed' right behind them.

@lexmen1089 2 месяца назад

@@darthsader7089 aint no way we say the same thing at the same time💀

@Stunbunny 2 месяца назад

Sarah Bond was clearly the last person in the C Suite to yell, “NOT IT!”

@oldcoldsnakemusic 2 месяца назад

She didn't notice everyone touching their nose 😅

@Mediados 2 месяца назад

"Shouldn't success ensure a studio's future?" "Well just because we win doesn't mean we want our employees to win."

@osidiusemphatic3505 2 месяца назад

"Recognition of creative talent don't mean shit if our shareholders don't make any more money as a result of it."

@DangerBay 2 месяца назад

When a Hifi Rush Dev posted a picture of all their awards and said "Not Enough?" it broke me.

@easygoingdude9990 2 месяца назад

For real. Two words worth a thousand

@DV-ou1yu 2 месяца назад

Damn...

@Chopzi11a 2 месяца назад

If one good game, and a niche one at that, could keep you operating, then Visceral games would still be around.

@brogoyle 2 месяца назад

@@Chopzi11a bruh xbox literally said it was a smash hit on every regard, i'm not tolerating this hi-fi rush slander so that we can further bask in the grey sludge that is modern non-indie game variety

@cyd_hunter99 2 месяца назад

@@Chopzi11a niche? are you brain-damaged or something?

@Rah1w637 2 месяца назад

That expanded shot while the interview was going is just so satisfying

@Chopzi11a 2 месяца назад

Cameramen knew what they were doing

@PXAbstraction 2 месяца назад

That director knew exactly what they were doing and they nailed it.

@Aurora-313 2 месяца назад

It reminds me of the airline representative claiming 'Our flights are all running on time' while the camera man pans out to demonstrate the flights her company runs were cancelled.

@StayFractalesque 2 месяца назад

Shes, like, crying.. ..get these whiny babies outta here, its pathetic.. we need real leaders, not these token placeholder DEI pretenders..

@FurtiveCutless 2 месяца назад

@@Aurora-313 The funny thing is, many (public) transportation companies simply ignore cancelled flights/trains/busses in their calculations when it comes to reporting how punctual they are. The argument usually boils down to "you can't put a exact number to a cancelled vehicle". I've seen some numbers where a bus company managed to be on time in 86% of cases. Not included was the 11% cancellation rate.

@ionian525 2 месяца назад

Animal Well being only 40mb and every update so far being 2mb or less is absolutely insane. This game could fit on a Nintendo 64 catridge with room to spare.

@pogtuber5146 2 месяца назад

When she says "long term commitment" and "delivering on promises" she's talking about the commitment and promises made to the SHAREHOLDERS

@Buff_Cupcake 2 месяца назад

Christ almighty, that Sarah Bond interview was hard to watch

@paulszki 2 месяца назад

top nodge second hand embarassment there. Her eyes were fluttering so hard, her head was about to fly away. Like, that's how you spot that someone is lying/making up stuff so hard, because they know they got NOTHING. And it's like... who told you to do this? It's actively bad. If YOU made the decision to close these studios, then why are you having so much trouble with putting forward a coherrent line of reasoning?

@effortlessfury 2 месяца назад

@@paulszki I mean, regardless of whatever culpability she has in the closures, the sheer stupidity of the decision only makes sense if it was directed from a position so far removed from the context that they'd be unable to comprehend that stupidity (meaning, the top).

@jumpsuitCD 2 месяца назад

@paulszki if you ever worked high up in corporate, you'll understand the amount of scapegoating and unfair situations you're put in due to the ceo. Sh*t sucks

@ShermTank7272 2 месяца назад

The hardest part of the interview was that the Bloomberg correspondent didn't respond with "okay but can you _actually_ answer my question?"

@paulszki 2 месяца назад

@@jumpsuitCD My man, she's not the community manager or whatever. She is the literal "President" and "Business Executive" of Microsoft Xbox. What that latter role means, can vary from company to company but hey let me pull up her linkedin profile description: "Sarah Bond is the President of Xbox, managing Microsoft’s multi-billion-dollar global gaming platform. In this role, she oversees strategy, product development and business for Xbox. " I really don't think, she "got put" in an unfair situation. Even if some shadowy figure even higher up somehow in the MS food chain ordered this, her response (never mind the delivery) was entirely devoid of anything approaching an understable reason. Sarah Bond was unprepared and I don't think she earns minimum wage.

@mygetawayart 2 месяца назад

slow zoom on Sarah's face while the Curb Your Enthusiasm theme plays

@tacothunder2298 2 месяца назад

legend says XBOX wants to hire that cameraman just so they can fire him.

@Dan016 2 месяца назад

Oof. Wouldn’t put it past them though.

@KeyboardSavant 2 месяца назад

9,100 people worked on Diablo IV prior to its initial launch. If the team working on Battlefield is the "largest to ever work on the franchise," I wouldn't expect a quality product.

@LieutenantAlaki 2 месяца назад

I remember all sorts of horror stories about how game dev would break down as more and more people get added to the team, because there's just too much to manage. Too many cooks, as they say.

@Dan016 2 месяца назад

9.1k? Are you shitting me? Currently experiencing random crashes and frozen screens (even see a message on the launcher stating something wrong with Nvidia DLSS Frame Generation) 9.1k people couldn’t spot that game crashing bug? Jfc, some towns don’t even have that many people in it. Wtf 😮‍💨

@markopusic8258 2 месяца назад

@@Dan016 Honestly, it's no that surprising, having 9,1k people on a game means the developement cycle is in absolute shambles and nobody knows what's even happening anymore, what code is getting added in, to work with what and so on. To make a comparison, imagine you have an entreprise that typically works with about 200 people, there's an established chain of command and clear channels of communication. Bump that to 9,1k in the span of a few months/years. Chaos is what ensues and quality suffers immensely for it.

@oliverdavis4642 2 месяца назад

9.1k worked on it doesnt mean 9.1k worked on it at the same time, there's a reason halo infinites credits take half an hour, so many contracters who probably weren't employed for more than 12 months

@xRPRx 2 месяца назад

anyone else get flashbacks to "my dog stepped on a bee" when she pulled that face at the start of her irrelevant answer and said "yknow"

@Hugop_arts 2 месяца назад

Lmao can’t unsee

@makasete30 2 месяца назад

I have a flash back of a turd on a bed.

@mechanicalmonk2020 2 месяца назад

No, because most of us aren't raging misogynists and don't have Amber Heard on the brain always

@neztradamus 2 месяца назад

No bc some of us are normal and don’t regularly call back to abuse trials as a funny 🙄

@cwj2733 2 месяца назад

@@neztradamusshe abused him, if that’s what you’re referring to. but she’s hilarious to laugh at because she’s such a bitch and fucked over Johnny.

@PXAbstraction 2 месяца назад

With how they're completely failing to promote Hellblade 2, I'm quite certain that Ninja Theory will be closed by Microsoft after it ships. I so hope I'm wrong.

@Chopzi11a 2 месяца назад

I think they are on the chopping block too. What have they done lately that has performed well?

@StayFractalesque 2 месяца назад

Not me.. stop working with MS and Xbox people! ..you get what you deserve choosing to go with them..

@PXAbstraction 2 месяца назад

@@Chopzi11a Hellblade 1 was the last game they released and it was successful. But Microsoft seems to be barely acknowledging the existence of the sequel.

@jamesclarkson156 2 месяца назад

And even then it's on gamepass so it will perform worse. Because Gamepass will take some of the acclaim and since they are ignoring it, do you think they will give it what it's due?

@nebulastar3087 2 месяца назад

Devs don't really get a say in the business side of things 99 times out of 100. Executives are to blame for that. If you really got what you deserved then only a handful of people would be out of work.

@JustS0meK1dd 2 месяца назад

That Bloomberg camera operator is my new hero

@moodysandwich3147 2 месяца назад

As a camera guy myself, I can promise you that the camera push on the growth chart was 100% intentional. And good on them!

@Brannen666 2 месяца назад

Check in on that camera operator... that kind of good work often costs you your job.

@JIKI2005 2 месяца назад

When you do a great job in the industry and still get fired...

@danielring8060 2 месяца назад

Pretty sure it is up to the production director to switch and choose one of the camera feeds.

@MidnightGear1 2 месяца назад

Bloomberg has been vocal about games industry tomfuckery thanks to Schreier, so let's hope he's okay. Wouldn't put past any corp though

@haruhirogrimgar6047 2 месяца назад

@@MidnightGear1 NPR has also been quite critical as of late. With other platforms being very pro-gaming unionization in their coverage. Mainstream media is not aiming to be allies to game companies atm. In the past it was moral outrage, lately it is pretty business-oriented. Reaching over 10,000 jobs cut during a time of record profits is gonna make you an easy target.

@omerpockard7212 2 месяца назад

9:20 Austin did it too this week. Right when adding Sony to the topic of the drawbacks to GamePass and games doing just fine on PC without consoles, video switches to Animal Well - a day 1 Playstation Plus Extra release.

@SteveEricJordan 2 месяца назад

"at a time when everybody is reporting that the console market is dead" "the sales are on pc nowadays" surreal to hear, as a pc gamer who remembers the "pc is dead" times just too well.

@kunimitsune177 2 месяца назад

Yeah it's not really true though.

@Eltener123 2 месяца назад

I don't remember that and I've been playing since 2009

@hihihi1q23 2 месяца назад

Interestingly, we're starting to see PC's getting more console like. Platform exclusives, handheld console style PCs like the Steam Deck, and so on.

@wayn3h 2 месяца назад

I've been playing since 1993 and I do remember it being spouted ad nauseum over the years. @@Eltener123

@bozzwick 2 месяца назад

Huh? Sony just sold 21 million consoles in the past year, switches lifetime sales are huge. That’s not true at all 😂. The only one struggling with console is Xbox, but they put themselves on a lot of different platforms (probably because their struggling).

@foregone_roulette 2 месяца назад

I think that anyone with basic pattern recognition and critical thinking could have told CEOs/shareholders that investing in game companies based on pandemic era statistics was an incredibly shortsighted move. But then again, I don't have an MBA and sacrifice my firstborn at the altar of quarterly growth so what do I know

@toptiertech7291 2 месяца назад

Ok. First thing. What pattern recognition information would you have about a pandemic that shutters the entire world? 😂 secondly. You see how the companies keep making money? You buy up studios. Take their best workers. Lay off everyone else who is redundant. That’s how mergers and takeovers work. You don’t need an MBA to understand basic business

@ORiOh4582 2 месяца назад

@toptiertech7291 sorry about your firstborn, but I'm sure the business savvy is worth

@foregone_roulette 2 месяца назад

@@toptiertech7291 That we wouldn't be locked indoors forever with temporary disposable income from stimulus checks, in addition to the fact that low interest rates don't last forever and eventually you can't keep borrowing money with the expectation that you will make it back based on extremely temporary and unusual economic conditions. Are you a Microsoft executive, because you certainly display their level of understanding

@foregone_roulette 2 месяца назад

@@toptiertech7291 I'll break it down for you so you can understand. Pandemic give people stimulus checks. People spend stimulus checks on games. Gaming executives happy, think spending happen forever. Pandemic end, recession begins. Line no longer go up, executives with six figure salaries somehow surprised. Is that too much for you?

@foregone_roulette 2 месяца назад

That we wouldn't be locked indoors forever with temporary disposable income from stimulus checks, in addition to the fact that low interest rates don't last forever and eventually you can't keep borrowing money with the expectation that you will make it back based on rare economic conditions. Are you a Microsoft executive? Based on your ability to think critically they should snatch you up right away

@r.k.5031 2 месяца назад

A shooter featuring _all the factions from Ubisoft's games!!_ *cue teams of identical tacticool commando guys running from doorways* Gotta love it

@popepisspot1675 2 месяца назад

MS & Sony : We need to keep shooting ourselves in the foot for temporary gain to make shareholders happy Valve: We will do nothing and you will be happy about it.

@tipidpn3559 2 месяца назад

Gaben keep winning by doing nothing (beside making a very consumer friendly policy)

@Tuxedo512 2 месяца назад

Lord Gaben from his solid gold office: Look at that they need to just mimic a fraction of my power

@WickedRibbon 2 месяца назад

I hope Valve remain a private, non-traded company for the rest of time. Keep them away from the disgusting gluttony of Wall Street.

@stanislavkimov2779 2 месяца назад

If Valve became publicly traded, it would go down the evil corp path fast.

@onesadlittleboy 2 месяца назад

Don’t compare Sony to Microsoft. PlayStation is doing alright.

@soulechelon2643 2 месяца назад

1:41 Whenever someone starts off their answer with "Y'know...." you know it's gonna be a trainwreck.

@Kacper42PL 2 месяца назад

Phil unlocking nukes in F76 the very next day his base got goof'd was such a great cherry on top of the situation lmao

@Fragga123 2 месяца назад

Executives are ruining our world…

@plop0r 2 месяца назад

Executives are just slaves to investors. Its consolidation of capital and a culture that celebrates infinite growth that is ruining our world.

@user-zp8kj2cl9g 2 месяца назад

You just realized?

@googleisevil8958 2 месяца назад

This is why I hate Corporate America and the Coroprate World. They'll sooner sell your soul then make a product worth buying.

@chrimbus3442 2 месяца назад

Late stage capitalism

@kredonystus7768 2 месяца назад

@@chrimbus3442crony capitalism.

@kpsk8031 2 месяца назад

Even "my dog ate my homework" sounds more credible than anything the Bond girl waffled.

@StayFractalesque 2 месяца назад

She was crying like a little brioche.. ..pathetic.

@eileen1020 2 месяца назад

She's a grown woman, why are you calling her a girl?

@BloodRedFox2008 2 месяца назад

@@eileen1020to be fair “Bond girl” as a term among James Bond fans has been around for decades, and it just so happens her literal last name is “Bond.”

@GraysPeakBand 2 месяца назад

@@eileen1020 Somebody should tell her that

@BasementMinions 2 месяца назад

Really appreciated how you guys reached out to developers to get their thoughts on putting their games on Xbox! It's one of those things that I definitely wonder about but having reporting that actually explores that is incredibly valuable.

@christianklement 2 месяца назад

Gotta say, the understanding of us silksong folk, really keeps me going

@DannyThePatton 2 месяца назад

the “more thoughtful implementations” thing about ads is kind of haunting. if you hate when the game is interrupted by a 10 second banner ad of Grimace giving you a thumbs up, you’ll love when one of the game’s three endings lets you marry Grimace at mcdonald’s and give him a big kiss (good ending)

@aspacelex 2 месяца назад

If Microsoft wants to focus on the big IPs in its portfolio, and since Bethesda's gonna be busy with Starfield and TES6 for at least the next 5 years, maybe they should force Todd to let Obsidian, people who understand Fallout, make a proper 4th installment?

@Sypitz 2 месяца назад

Like that’s ever gonna happen

@thelaughingrouge 2 месяца назад

Most of the people at obsidian that made Fallout are gone.

@LogicalError007 2 месяца назад

Tod Howard did talk about this in kindafunny.

@kamurotetsu4860 2 месяца назад

The last time Obsidian worked on Fallout, they were denied a bonus because New Vegas didn't get 85 on Meta critic. It got 84. Fuck Bethesda for that.

@mechanicalmonk2020 2 месяца назад

@@kamurotetsu4860 Obsidian willingly entered into that deal and doesn't hold Bethesda in contempt due to how it shaken out.

@dragonuv65 2 месяца назад

Man, I remember when SXSW was literally just a week of local bands playing music in dive bars and bars on 6th street in Austin. It has completely changed into something entirely different, which it's been pretty cool seeing its evolution over the years.

@jase276 2 месяца назад

Last time i watched it was like a decade ago and it was just that. Do bands even play there anymore?

@dragonuv65 2 месяца назад

@@jase276 yes they do, but in my opinion, the games/films/tech stuff is marketed more and is more popular. There are still bands in bars, but they’re basically pushed to the side now.

@dragonuv65 2 месяца назад

@@jase276 the bands still have a really good turn out, though. However, I guess my point is they’re not the focus of SXSW anymore.

@MrSubejio 2 месяца назад

As someone who listens during his evening commute, I appreciate the play-by-play of what I wasn't able to see while I was driving. Rewatching, the slow zoom on the graph is incredible.

@RacoonCitySlayer-cb6mo 2 месяца назад

That camera operator knew what they were doing, lol.

@asawarai 2 месяца назад

Armored Core VI being viewed as a success by Bamco is the biggest news in this whole video

@valletas 2 месяца назад

Is it really? I cant see a fromsoft game failing now unless its literall dog water

@takeyourheart3030 2 месяца назад

“It is only worth porting your title over to Xbox if they cut you a Game Pass deal” I HAVE BEEN SAYING THIS FOR SO LONG. Smaller devs are going to start ONLY porting to Xbox if they can get a Game Pass deal and I don’t blame them.

@samf.s.7731 2 месяца назад

And Microsoft should give them that instead of buying Activision Blizzard and Bethesda to have "exclusives". I f+-king hate exclusives.

@krucible9369 2 месяца назад

I’ve been telling people how takeyourheart3030 called this but nobody believes me

@heksen800 2 месяца назад

A Serbian friend of mine Pre-ordered Ghost of Tsushima, but got refunded because of the dumb policy. I guess Sony doesn't want money. So he is going to pirate it now. Such a dumb move from Sony...

@Dan016 2 месяца назад

Piracy is morally fine when said company doesn’t want to give a F about giving access to those that **want** the customer’s money 🏴‍☠️🫡

@fourmoyle 2 месяца назад

Arrr.

@OBJACKTION 2 месяца назад

i genuinely think sarah bond was just thrown to the wolves with no prep or advise, they needed someone other than phil to take all the heat

@darinherrick9224 2 месяца назад

Remind anyone of “Fun with Dick and Jane” interview before the company folds?

@justins9886 2 месяца назад

For reference, there are 193 Sovereign Countries in the World, according to the UN. Helldivers is banned in 177 of them.

@teecee1827 2 месяца назад

Inaccurate, the 177 are not countries, but territories, such as French Guyana or the American Virgin Islands. Still a lot tho.

@tylerward7068 2 месяца назад

Get me the total population in all of those countries against the population of the world. Let’s see how relevant that stat really is.

@teecee1827 2 месяца назад

@@tylerward7068 the population of these countries is more than half the world's because it includes China, India, the Philippines and all of Africa

@tomjack1000000 2 месяца назад

In the span of a week ive gone from "the video game market will never crash again" to "oh god the crash is imminent"

@TheFanatic33 2 месяца назад

Hey maybe a crash wouldn’t be the worst thing at this point, AAA games are way too expensive to produce, are taking too long to make, and carry way too unrealistic expectations that put jobs at risk. We need some sort of shift in the industry if we want things to go back towards smaller scale projects and less greed.

@evanwestendorf9667 2 месяца назад

I wouldn't call these Layoffs and closures a "crash" considering how many people are still playing games and how profitable the industry still is despite them. The industry is definitely changing, but I wouldn't equate these changes to the crash of the 80s.

@themangastand8475 2 месяца назад

There is more good games than ever, there will be no crash. Y'all just need to stop buying the bad games

@Timey254 2 месяца назад

And again, like last time, it looks like Nintendo will be the ones stepping out of the ashes. Ironic considering the internet has been prophesying the death of Nintendo since 1989. But for example: Playstation has 2.5x the operating income of Nintendo (1672 billion yen to 4268 billion yen)... yet Nintendo has twice the net profits (530 billion yen to 290 billion yen). Or: Nintendo has a 31.6% profitability rate, while Sony's is only at around 6.8%. 5 times as productive. All the AAA games with runaway budgets, all the exclusivity deals and all the marketing just drains the profit pot dry.

@TheFanatic33 2 месяца назад

@@themangastand8475 Agree with your first point, but as the Xbox closures prove, just cause good games are being made doesn’t mean good business decisions are being made

@Yumi_Yomi 2 месяца назад

Watching this while in the hospital after surgery, thanks for the great video

@FlameForgedSoul 2 месяца назад

Gabe is having none of Sony's bullshit, and We are here for it.

@Nuck-Fo0bZz 2 месяца назад

If I were ever an interviewer and my question was blatantly not answered, I would ask again.

@thaddeusgenhelm8979 2 месяца назад

It's very funny when like, actual news interviewers do that. There's a long history in British news in particular (at least, as I've seen) of them going like "I'm sorry if this is going to seem rude, but that didn't answer my question so I'm going to ask again" sometimes like, five plus times in a row.

@Nikkska 2 месяца назад

Gotta treat these executives like politicians with how much they dance around with their answers…

@BasilAbdef 2 месяца назад

And then next time there is news coming out or interviews to do your outlet will not be the one picked. Or perhaps even more directly backroom pressure will be applied to your outlet to have you directly fired and blacklisted from the industry.

@thaddeusgenhelm8979 2 месяца назад

@@BasilAbdef Yeah, that is the problem with the games news industry, most of them aren't sufficiently, uh, emplaced institutions like the nightly news stuff at least *used* to be, so they need game companies to give them access to have stuff to report on, generally, so they have to play kind of nicer or else they can't do their jobs at all. It's kind of an unfortunate state of affairs.

@esbenm6544 2 месяца назад

You can do that twice before it turns into a combative interview. This is not that kind of setting. There's a difference in tone between hosting a talkshow or conducting an interview for the 8 o'clock news. You can ask largely the same questions but on a talkshow, if they dont answer the 2nd time, no answer is the answer.

@milkmanchannel1 2 месяца назад

Holy moly. Thank you so much for the classic marathon shout-out. I've been dying to play those, but I want my save data to carry over between my PC and My Lenovo Legion Go, something emulators can't do. Now that it's on Steam, that can finally happen. Thanks Ralph! Love the show!

@fizzplease6742 2 месяца назад

"Long term commitment to the games we create" WOW. The GDC channel also just put up a video talk about Hi Fi Rush, too. Last I checked 99% of the comments were all condolence/sadness about this who thing. The sheer bitterness I felt when the GDC video popped up was astonishing.

@ricardirickydorante5894 2 месяца назад

These days I only go to you for my gaming News. Keep it up man. Fire show as always!

@huzi990 2 месяца назад

Was Sarah Bond blinking morse code for "get me the fuck out of here" ? lmao the second the question registered in her brain she started looking like she was having a stroke.

@SilverSurfer17 2 месяца назад

LOL you know that’s what she was thinking. Even if she did the whole corpo thing, I don’t envy her in that situation. I hope they get their games in shape before it gets too late & they mess up more studios.

@perfessorclown5543 2 месяца назад

People tend to blink a lot when they know that they are being deceptive.

@xtalpax902 2 месяца назад

Jeez i didn't saw the graphics, that's a pro move from the cameraman

@macmccormick5983 2 месяца назад

Can always count on SkillUp to update me on how the games industry is doing in hospice care ❤

@rainsong7773 2 месяца назад

That camera man at the Bloomberg interview is a gamer lol

@cheddulous 2 месяца назад

6:19 you really missed the opportunity to use the Nintendon’t joke.

@jay3517 2 месяца назад

It's been a rough week...been waiting for this to drop!

@Saccade_HS 2 месяца назад

If Ghost of Tsushima's PSN requirement will be the norm for Sony releases going forward, the multiplayer portion should be a separate free "DLC" listing on Steam that players can add akin to how other publishers have released optional free content on the platform.

@potatodadave 2 месяца назад

I just wanted to say I appreciate you took the effort to interview developers yourself about xbox. I may not always agree with the reviews but I surely know the team has love for gaming as a whole and that is why I'm subscribed.

@JudgementNutter 2 месяца назад

I feel like an old man for remembering the 5 Gum ad in Web of Shadows back in 2008, the Doritos ads in the Ghostbusters game back in 2009, Energizer & Verizon in Alan Wake back in 2010.

@completelytransparent6320 2 месяца назад

Not examples of ads but product placement

@dhoyft411 2 месяца назад

@@completelytransparent6320 Product placements are advertisements. What?

@C64Mat 2 месяца назад

Airwaves and Ax in Splinter Cell Chaos Theory in 2005

@TheOldest 2 месяца назад

Ha, I remember the Pizza Hut parlors scattered around Need For Speed Underground 2, let alone the Nos promotions.

@C64Mat 2 месяца назад

McDonald's had a full game on the C64 called McDonaldLand. Also, remember the real world locations like Burger King in Crazy Taxi?

@TMV420 2 месяца назад

skillup always 2 news stories behind but 10 steps ahead of everyone else

@tochukwuudu7763 2 месяца назад

videos are highly edited, not complaining tho.

@Eltener123 2 месяца назад

you mean like his "suicide squad is bad but i still hope loads of people get scammed into buying it to help out the devs" take?

@kunimitsune177 2 месяца назад

@tochukwuudu7763 *Though

@Duke6598 2 месяца назад

@@tochukwuudu7763 wdym by "highly edited"?

@thataintfalco7106 2 месяца назад

@@Eltener123I don’t remember seeing that one, lol. He said he hoped that they’d give them a chance

@KayWhyEllie1 2 месяца назад

Gotta love the horror music that plays during the bad news

@Dowgle 2 месяца назад

Thank God Moon Studios stayed independent. Really, really sucks for all those affected. I'll be amazed if by the end of 2024 at least one of Ninja Theory, Double Fine, 343 or The Initiative haven't been shuttered. Can't imagine morale is very high at any of those studios right now.

@fourmoyle 2 месяца назад

The CEO of Moon gave probably the most tone deaf response to M$ closing those studios, so let's hope he keeps his opinions to those concerning games from now on.

@RKNGL 2 месяца назад

343 has to have had dirt on someone to stay open as long as it. We'll see how well the blackmail treats them.

@InfernalWheel 2 месяца назад

Still holding out for Squaresoft to give us that Vagrant Story PC port.....

@skarmory93 2 месяца назад

I love these videos, best way to get all the news 🙌

@tylerward7068 2 месяца назад

Bond was blinking like an absolute maniac. What on earth was that?

@Celphied13 2 месяца назад

BondBot.exe was having trouble processing...

@FlameForgedSoul 2 месяца назад

Anxiety? Thoughts of murder for being put in an untenable position?

@dandylionwine 2 месяца назад

That's what a person looks like when they deliberately shut their brain off to avoid thinking about something they might have to take responsibility for.

@01BSBH 2 месяца назад

That camera switch was an intentional move by a smart producer cueing up the shot.

@goodtaste2185 2 месяца назад

Skill Up previewing the new AC

@ebubeugochukwu846 2 месяца назад

It's gta 6

@Dan016 2 месяца назад

Both? 🤷🏻‍♂️

@GeremyG 2 месяца назад

Who could have foreseen only putting your games on 1/4 of the available platforms would result in your company making less money?

@DV-ou1yu 2 месяца назад

Wild right lol

@StayFractalesque 2 месяца назад

So dumb.. they get what they deserve selling their soul to Xbox

@michaelp.3485 2 месяца назад

People like you act like it has always been like this. Revisionist history always appeals to those doing the revising.

@toptiertech7291 2 месяца назад

I mean clearly that’s shocking to people. God of War Ragnarok was only available on PlayStation me platform at release. They made $900,000,000 in sales from that game alone 😂

@joed5150 2 месяца назад

People also like to act like Square hasn't been putting most of their games on Switch and PC already

@orryzane 2 месяца назад

How could you put ads in most game, you can't just put Coca-Cola in star wars jedi survivor, that would just ruin the whole experience

@athleticgeek1 2 месяца назад

1:42 all that blinking before she says a word says it all

@saschaberger3212 2 месяца назад

Well Valve confirmed that Sony decided delisting Ghost of Sushi

@grifini27 2 месяца назад

Fuck me there was like 5 ad breaks during this, now I remember why I stopped using the RU-vid app!

@axelstuart2707 2 месяца назад

Go get revanced extended (not in the playstore). That app even skips sponsor-sections.

@grifini27 2 месяца назад

For those wondering I now use a browser called Brave and watch YT on there as it somehow blocks the ads!

@saschaberger3212 2 месяца назад

ReVanced or it's your own fault son

@sven_bender 2 месяца назад

ReVanced is your saviour

@selectionn 2 месяца назад

theres also "newpipe" if you dont want to use revanced for whatever reason. I use newpipe personally, works fine and lets me watch videos without 10 preroll ads and whatever garbage borderline pornography ads youtube likes to run.

@Moosiachi 2 месяца назад

Love the in-house interviews spearheaded by Edmund!

@heidisparklebottom 2 месяца назад

I didnt know that I needed Ralph saying MASTAPIECE, but that made my day😂

@SerpC 2 месяца назад

Great episode as usual!

@maybeisuckatlife 2 месяца назад

Just a thought I would like small section or video dedicated to the best game sales currently on each platform.

@toptiertech7291 2 месяца назад

“Best games” is subjective. And almost every game is always on “sale”. He would just be saying the same kind of games every week

@maybeisuckatlife 2 месяца назад

@toptiertech7291 I mean, I come here for his subjective take.

@jlb4685 2 месяца назад

Secret mission translation: Final Shape testing lol. Say hi to Aztecross for me!

@Paladinbaroque 2 месяца назад

Cheers for another video bub, Much love and take care folks x

@Paladinbaroque 2 месяца назад

WoW are doing a mists leveling / time limited rewards event that starts tommorow ( MoP Remix) Loot looks more like diablo and the power level seems through the roof, very excited to give it a go ^^

@timcall279 2 месяца назад

The camera back pan is 👨‍🍳😘

@njsteere 2 месяца назад

Said it all without saying a word

@tres4dayz 2 месяца назад

24:56 Exoprimal slaps and ill die on this hill Ausie boi Keep up the good work regardless brotha 💪

@TheOnlyTaps 2 месяца назад

Thanks for the coverage

@lalitendudas9401 2 месяца назад

The manscape segment was the best part of this show followed by Phil Spencer's nuclear armageddon

@TheTraveler980 2 месяца назад

I'm so glad I became Steam Deck player. I just hope I remain glad for at least 20 years.

@JR7757 2 месяца назад

Short 40 minutes, the mark of a very good video!

@Kekoapono 2 месяца назад

lol at the random footage of Pentiment at the end.

@sushiifoxx 2 месяца назад

animal well, hades 2, stellar blade, remnant 2 - what a time to be alive; I'm juggling classics.

@Zerotan 2 месяца назад

growing less quickly = still growth

@ChannelKit 2 месяца назад

that shadowdrop joke really did make my heart skip a beat, you bastard

@JamesLebowski 2 месяца назад

Marathon available, yeah... up ya mate! ;b

@iiGAMExx 2 месяца назад

"I hope you're sitting down for this because you're not going to believe it, IT TOTALLY FLOPPED" 🤣

@stradify1 2 месяца назад

the industry is on fire but at least we got Animal Well :')

@LogicalError007 2 месяца назад

It's good but not as great as internet is making it out to be.

@Chopzi11a 2 месяца назад

Y’all guys need to calm down. Right now the industry is over saturated with games. A fair amount of them are good. Play those. Be thankful not everything is as bad as you think they are.

@kiamehrgh3081 2 месяца назад

Oh I heard it's like halo 2 meets halo 3

@kingkuroai5387 2 месяца назад

Thanks for the news!

@quino711 2 месяца назад

The develops "Evil Twin" haha that could have been a great name for Evil Empire's departure from working for/with Motion Twin.

@1987Onslaught 2 месяца назад

Thanks Skillup, Austin and Edmond for your great work. I forgot the editors name but huge thanks to him too

@kanishknishar 2 месяца назад

Stu

@1987Onslaught 2 месяца назад

@@kanishknishar thanks mate 🙏

@dudeguybro 2 месяца назад

Not sure if anyone noticed this, but Sarah immediately started nervously shaking her foot when she started talking after the initial question. I mean, fucking *on-queue* it started shaking. Lol

@Eclipse897 2 месяца назад

I feel like not calling this the TWIG ("This Week In Gaming") is a real missed opportunity... Great stuff as always @SkillUp!

@youngkhronic2243 2 месяца назад

Ahhh skill up, my favorite Australian that never fails to make ‘june’ ’dune’ and ‘doom’ sound like the same words

@paddy1505 2 месяца назад

The Sarah Bond interview is more cringe and painful than the most awkward Curb Your Enthusiasm skit ...

@shadowwarrior1178 2 месяца назад

I’m dropping a like solely for you calling Octopath II a banger. My personal game of last year! (But the rest of the video is good too!)

@FoggyTrain 2 месяца назад

lmao i hadn’t even noticed the irony of the camerawork until you pointed that out

@imanuelthiele6935 2 месяца назад

That Sarah Bond interview wasn't the camera operator's work, it was (live) editing

@jjsavior 2 месяца назад

Wasn't Sarah Bond only made president like 3 or 4 months ago? Looks like a scapegoat to me.

@JacobPaul-ix7oc 2 месяца назад

She was promoted to president of Xbox eight months ago in October, 2023. Her background is in management consultation and worked at T-Mobile before being hired at Microsoft in 2017 as a corporate vice president. Hiring Bond to be President of Xbox is about as dumb as making a McDonald's manager the COO of Tesla. If you have read through the comments, there are a number of people claiming she is a diversity hire (hired for being a black female, not based on merit, skill or qualifications related to the gaming industry). True or not, this is just one more thing Conservatives will use against Liberals, pointing to them as the reason society, politics, corporations and the economy are all suffering. I actually feel bad for Sarah. Most likely she is a scapegoat and will be disposed of after her usefulness has come to an end.

@jjsavior 2 месяца назад

So she was indeed only made president a few months ago. Hate to tell you, xbox has been on the decline for years and their demise was obvious well at least to me, from the start of this gen. So I'm not gonna sit there and throw someone under the bus after only being there for a few months.

@yanstein8464 2 месяца назад

glass cliff

@jjsavior 2 месяца назад

@JacobPaul-ix7oc also, if she is as inexperienced as you say. Then that just further my beliefs that they sre scapegoating her. Like I said xbox has been on the decline for some time, long before they hired her. Just like Jim Ryan announcing his retirement just before we find out just how much he has been screwing up at Sony.