The problem with ubisoft - they forced every IP into ' open world' and it feels all too similar, the last far cry was so mid, star wars was mid crap, skull forced live service, AC peaked best at black flag which we want a remake or sequel. If the reports are true, they keep firing/letting go all their best experience staff , replaced with unexperienced cheaper people, hence why everything recent games are all a mess buggy/unfinished.

I lean more right and really don't understand all the hate for him in these coments, this was a fair and interesting convo

Let the stock price get low enough that the executives can no longer justify giving themselves DEI bonuses.

QBs? It’s Josh Allen Jaffe. Kamala is Mahomes, not playing like they/them should.

That was 100% AI, I just did the same thing and got almost the exact same image

You don’t have to compare everything to politics Gene.

In high school, I marginally followed Colin through the KF years and Rogan appearances, have since become politically active and it's illuminating to see his takes from 2016/17 vs his takes now about Trump and the modern conservative movement. Always thought Colin was very well-spoken and thoughtful in his beliefs even if I disagreed, it was refreshing to have a very informed and respectful moderate conservative voice to diversify my feed and ensure I wasn't in a bubble. His convos w David Pakman were fantastic. Now, it seems like his major reasoning for voting for a historically divisive and toxic candidate in Trump is to own the establishment libs or something. Juxtaposed with lefties like Jaffe who legitimately fear for marginalized people and the structure of our democracy, it just seems callous and farcical. I understand Colin has other reasons for voting Trump, but it just seems we're all living in entirely different realities. If you're going to bring up Trump's classified documents case, maybe dissect the differences of how Biden and Pence handled it vs Trump. If you're going to advocate for mass deportation, maybe spend five minutes on the US foreign interference that intentionally creates or exacerbates these countries' instability. At least give a sentence of acknowledgement to our broken legal immigration system. If you're going to invoke Imane Khelif in a trans sports example, maybe make sure you're informed and accurately representing her actual genetic situation (you aren't, by the way). These little things that slip by just make it feel like it's Colin himself who's been echo-chambered in the span of the last 8 years. Just my perspective. I respect what Colin's built and his politically inclusive space here at LSM, but man these convos can feel unproductive when they cover so much ground without really biting into any of them fully. Anyway, the democratic party sucks and I'm interested to hear what everyone has to say about Trump's cabinet picks in the next political episode. Cheers!

Horrifying? I thought it was funny...

Atlas Intel got it bullseye here in Brazil too. The point is: Trump tried to destroy your democracy and you guys (Collin) are willing to welcome him into office again. That sounds very crazy to me. Jair Bolsonaro, our former president tried the same here and he is (rightfully so) INELEGIBLE. Seems like world biggest democracy is dying and Brazilian Supreme Court is showing USA how it’s done when Bolsonaro is in jail. Trump even running is crazy. Not even his GOP colegues gave a pass to him. But América chose him either way. And what surprises me the most. HE CANNOT DELIVER the great America he promisses. And Collin, knows that. That ship has sailed…the world is changed. Most americans dont have a clue. But Collin knows. So giving him that vote….is weird to me. Dark 4 years ahead. We’ll see what happens

I don’t think Jaffe is a bad guy, but he needs act on the way he talks to people. Saying “well I know reality and I agree with some of what you said,” it gives off a holier than thou attitude that I personally find distasteful and condescending. Also, I’m sure if he’s intentionally gaslighting or is unaware, but activist circles no longer believe you need gender dysphoria to be transgender. That simple self identification is the bar for entry under the so called trans umbrella. Meaning if you identify as something that goes against your sex, you’re trans. This includes “queer” or “gender fluid” people. It’s not black and white. And I get it, it’s a personal thing to him. But he’s seemingly unaware of the change of paradigm.

Okay the real question though: did you get Brian from PS Trophies to help out with the trophies as a consultant like you promised? Will he be in the credits? Trailer was fantastic, congrats guys!

311 version of love song is quality, but the original is the best.

Ubislop is the worst they’ve ever been and Gene and Hogue spend the entire time how good each individual failure has been lmao

Feels bad for Jaffe, imagine having a trans kid and having to pretend to agree with all this bullshit for the rest of your life!

Jaffe is such a moron. He is the exact type of person that makes the left lose

You can tell Jaffe got bullied when he was a kid. So happy Trump won. Jaffe doesn't know shit about politics.

It's so funny to watch a calm normal person... very softly speak to crazy people... Like..we all see this right?

Democrats brainwash college kids jaffe

Jaffe is completely uninformed and sounds like a crazy person. This dude thinks trump is dr. doom.

How are you talking about beeing underwhelmed but not having used your pro?

Mass-deportation is about keeping America white: plain and simple. Should we have a border and legal immigration? Of course... but lets not pretend that their race has nothing to do with it. THE ONLY people who say it isn't are racists themselves. JD's ad asked it's viewers "Do you hate Mexicans?" Like let's stop BS'ing about what America really is. If Mexico was a white country and the illegals were white, America would be singing a different tune....Need proof? Look at Ellis Island.

Seriously, pretty much no PS5 Pro impressions a week after launch... so unprofessional lol.

Jaffe lol that’s all

for what it’s worth as a black man i’ve never played assassin’s creed and the only reason im checking out shadows is because there’s a black main character

The reason the deep state threw everything they could at Trump to get him removed from the ballot and thrown in prison is because much like Bernie Sanders, he can't be fully controlled by them. They love Biden and Kamala because they follow orders. I find it bizarre that Jaffe thinks it's America's responsibility to protect these foreign nations with our civilian lives, how about he send his son over there to fight for Ukraine's freedom? Trump overwhelmingly won because the proletariat is sick of being lied to while our wages are being garnished by the state, and when we show concern we're told we're uneducated, racist, or bigoted.

Love Jaffe, love Colin. This comment section is unbelievably immature.

Colin is way more educated on politics than anyone on this panel and it shows. Great show boys.

Lol Colin with the PS5 Pro, what a fucking cringe edgelord... and I like him and the LSM content, but good lord, I do get why some people loath him.

Portugal mentioned.

The logo font work is a bit rough

The cod Update section was insane these people are absolutely crazy blinded by marketing all for a dead subscription services the real numbers are going to be how many of the people that subbed stick around subbing for 1,2,or even 3 months to play some cod aint going to cut it for gamepass its a ticking timebomb like my bro said "free games" lmfao conditioning ur audience to think is free this why Xbox is dying and are turning into a multi plat publisher its not sustainable 😂😂😂 free games i cant seek help.

Im actually impressed to see what seems to be consensus in the comments. Ive felt for a long while that the show was too long because it wastes my time with poop stories and vague american politics for 2 hours before it gets to the genuinly insightful final hour of Playstation coverage. Playstation has had a slew of great diverse releases this year and a brand new console model. Fans are noticing the lack of entusiasm and thoroghness reviewing these products. Dustin is the most consistent playing and describing games. Colin plays the retro inspired JRPGs but waxes nostalgic comparing them to the glory days. Chris plays the shooters but, if its not Bungie, barely has an opinion beyond a brief gameplay/physics overview. Its time for a shift. The show needs to be refocused. More dedication to games discussion. When Colin does put his journo hat on and make some calls its riveting. Still love the show. I just find myself skipping the first half. My assumption is everybody across every show spreads the field too thin. Hope to see a return to form.

For the love of children timestamps I’m poor and tired

I can understand that people in the USA are desperate. I would probably also do really idiotic things like vote for Trump if I lived in the USA. Only to change things little bit. I still believe that things will be worse now for everyone that isn't not rich.

I love Dustin

Yes when I really thought about it. I think that it is really really hard for a black woman to become president(because of the USA). She did a good job for a black woman I think. But people will not care about what you do mostly what you are.

The sci fi slop bit gave me the first genuine belly laugh I've had in a long time, thanks guys.

I think it's unfair to assume Ubisoft put a black person in the game just for virtue signaling given their recent output. I think what's more likely is they realized they were way too late to giving us a Japanese AC game and felt like they had to do something unique to stand out, post-Ghost of Tsushima.

1:19:35 umm no this was never confirmed to be correct. We need stop spreading misinformation.

Good conversation. I’m more moderate than Jaffe, but in no way would I have voted for Trump. From the way Colin speaks about Kamala - it feels like he views her similarly to how I view Vance. And I share Jaffe’s belief that Trump is very old, and (frankly) has lost more than a step. If something were to happen to him, Vance would be next in line. Which was something I wasn’t keen on. That coupled with Trump’s “weave” and obvious ethical issues were why I couldn’t go that way. Hopefully, next time around there’s better candidates from both parties. Cause as CM pointed out, these were weak candidates.

I absolutely ADORE Xenosaga! I still feel it was well ahead of its time in terms of overall scope (world building, character depth and dialogue, massive intriguing environments, hours of cutscenes, etc.) for a game released in early 2002! It still impresses me going back to play it. A huge budget, modernized remake would be INSANE!

liberals just cant help themselves. Come on Jaffe you made some good points!!! but you look ridiculous!

What a time to be alive

I don't fully disagree with Colin's take about there being too many modern games when you compare it to like the NES for example, BUT, one huge thing you overlook is that the gaming audience has grown as well. When you remove the cultural touchstone games that defined their generation and sold insane copies (like Mario Bros on the NES selling 40 million copies) what is considered a huge success has gotten bigger every generation until basically the PS4/XB1 era where it seems like we've finally hit the cap (due to the fact all ages of people play games, the only growth now is with third world countries.) Back in the day a NES game was considered a massive success if it sold 1 million copies, there was just less people playing games. But these days a game selling a million copies is considered relatively niche. Like no one is going to call Metaphor a mainstream game for example even though it's sold better than like the vast majority of NES titles. Simply put, more people than ever are playing games and the market is so crowded because we all have different tastes. Like yes, 10+ million of us might gather to play the new Resident Evil or whatever, but when that's done we scatter in all different directions like roaches, heading back to our own little niches. Even as a fellow "insane" person who spends $1000+ a year on games, I would bet money that I have very little overlap in what I bought this year when compared to the $1300 or whatever Colin spent. Basically I don't think it's fair to link the failures of a company like Ubisoft to the simple fact that the market is crowded. The issue, frankly, is that most of their games are just kinda shit when you consider how much they cost and the competition. Or even if you disagree that they suck, the market does not. Let me put it this way: if we magically went back to where only like 100 games came out each year I would not just start buying Ubisoft games because that is all I had access to. I would simply just find something else to do with my time. Because you know what? We already went through all this. When the AA market collapsed during the 360/PS3 gen I didn't just start buying a bunch of Ubisoft (or other equally boring AAA games.) I kinda just stopped participating with modern mainstream gaming. I spent more time playing my DS, PSP, and PS2 than I did playing anything new. And then around 2010ish when the indie scene started to explode like crazy I basically became a Steam only gamer. I did not get back into console gaming until the PS4 Slim came out and 2017 rolled around and revived the AA market and indies started to become more normalized on consoles. If Ubisoft wants out of the hole they're in, they need to make games people actually want to play. And a big part of that is actually giving your games realistic budgets/sales expectations. PoP Lost Crown is awesome but expecting a metroidvania based on a dead franchise to sell multiple millions of copies is just bad budgeting/management. Because that game did not sell bad, it's one of the best selling metroidvanias of all time. Ubisoft just had dumb expectations.

Poor dagan and jaffe look so defeated. Keep your heads up!

Dude methaphor is only locked 60fps on the ps5pro!