The Western Gaming Crash Is Real

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@HeavenlyPalace-Y2K 2 ай бұрын

Many Japan devs are letting their western offices create their games too. They need to pull the game developments back to Japan before it's too late.

@SamM_Scot 2 ай бұрын

I feel they are sadly being forced to do it. Look what's happening with biggest major western credit card companies refusing to do business unless they change :-)

@esense9602 2 ай бұрын

At this point, the only Asian games that might sell are from China.

@MurakamiTenshi 2 ай бұрын

Like Capcom and Square Enix. They're falling in line with the western pearl-clutches. It needs to stop!

@ots8238 2 ай бұрын

And korea

@philgamer9499 2 ай бұрын

@@MurakamiTenshi don't forget bamco.

@MrHidePatten 2 ай бұрын

Doesn’t CONSUME product. Internet activists: “is this hate speech?”

@toby2581 2 ай бұрын

@@MrHidePatten I don't even bother pirating modern games anymore. They're so bad I wouldn't play them for free.

@PowerfulRift 2 ай бұрын

This is why we are headed towards the video game industry crash: •Oversaturation of the Market: The industry has stretched itself too thin, releasing too many games, particularly live-service titles, which has led to divided player bases and unsustainable player counts. •Unnecessary Hardware Releases: Companies like Sony (and to a lesser extent, Microsoft) are pushing new hardware (mid-gen refreshes, slim models, etc.) that offer minimal graphical improvements and are often unnecessary, overwhelming developers and consumers alike. •Fragmented Player Bases: Constant releases of new games and hardware divide communities, making it harder to maintain a strong player base for any single game or console. •Poor Timing and Price Points: Releasing high-priced hardware like the PS5 Pro during a time of economic hardship, combined with currency conversion rates and inflation, alienates consumers who are already struggling. •Lack of Game Quality: Despite releasing new consoles, there are no standout, high-quality games that truly justify the purchase of these consoles, leading to a decline in consumer trust and satisfaction. •Sunk Cost Fallacy in Gamers: Players are sticking to familiar games due to the time and money they’ve already invested, making them less likely to adopt new games or hardware. •Industry Disconnect: The industry is failing to listen to its consumers and seems unaware of the problems it’s creating for itself, such as releasing “woke” content that misses the mark and leads to financial losses, as seen with Sony’s failed AAA shooter. Based on these projections, the video game industry is hurting itself with its business practices. By continuing to oversaturate the market, push unnecessary hardware, and ignore consumer needs, it’s setting itself up for a potential downturn, if not an outright crash.

@thenerdbird5596 2 ай бұрын

K @@PowerfulRift

@user-zu5do6ri6r 2 ай бұрын

@PowerfulRift That's the goal. If you have energy to play games. You have the energy to make money for our masters.

@DarkFactory 2 ай бұрын

@@PowerfulRift unaware? they are very well aware, they just push their agenda because they are funded by ESG and not afraid of low sales. meanwhile indie devs work their ass off to make actually interesting games because for them low sales means no rent, no food.

@llynellyn 2 ай бұрын

For the record, yes Space Marine 2 was made by a Russian dev team, it's just the overall company is headquartered in Florida to avoid sanctions.

@eastbow6053 2 ай бұрын

You should go and play this game in german hahahaha

@Burlybigfoot 2 ай бұрын

That should of been no 2 under black myth wukong

@Burlybigfoot 2 ай бұрын

@@eastbow6053joker and your not even funny 😂

@Smootier 2 ай бұрын

Saber Interactive was founded in the US. That makes it an American studio.

@JackSmith-ky8uo 2 ай бұрын

@@Smootier hahahaha

@sol-hunter2332 2 ай бұрын

I hate the argument that "Games are for everyone." No, they are not. Games are for ANYONE. Anyone can enjoy a game, but a game is shouldn't be made for everyone, because not everyone agrees, has the same tastes, or likes the same genres of games.

@assaraan9407 2 ай бұрын

yeah most women dont have any interest in action war games you can try making a action war game for everyone but by doing that you ar actualy just redusing your audience because a game like that is worce to the average action shooter fan because it dose not spesificaly apeal to them. and most women have no real interest to begin with

@phyxion123 2 ай бұрын

Absolutely. AND THATS OKAY. The problem is they are trying to remove the games for specific audiences and force all games that are for everyone. In actuality, by doing this they are spitting in the face of the 99% audience and catering to the 1% while pretending that number is higher. Which just makes me not buy the game.

@jaroslavdzurilla5103 2 ай бұрын

I am coining term "Ratatouille principle " for: Anyone can but everyone can't. Watch the Pixar movie for clarity.

@cabalpt5489 2 ай бұрын

Game for everyone means game for woke infected but there is a big problem for woke crowd, wokness prevents from enjoying entertainment so they aren't customers but product made for them.l and financial disaster follows.

@1queijocas 2 ай бұрын

I studied in a design school in product design and one thing we were told multiple times: If a product is designed for everyone then nobody will like it. The product should have a very specific demographic in mind. The same applies for games and entertainment

@bradfh85 2 ай бұрын

My sister was a tomboy in high school, but that didn’t mean she wanted to be a boy. It’s frustrating how TV, movies, and video games push this pressure, making people feel like they need to take hormones or get surgery to fix their gender.

@BlackPirate3112 2 ай бұрын

Your sis is a tomboy ? Is she single ?😂

@styled322 2 ай бұрын

where are hormones being pushed?? on who??

@neworldfool9625 2 ай бұрын

It’s wild because the vast majority of people don’t need gender reassignment. The small percentage that have that as a viable option get dragged into people degenerate behavior.

@Sachock 2 ай бұрын

@@styled322 dude , you wake up from coma or something?

@local6440 2 ай бұрын

@@BlackPirate3112 the word is was not used once

@TheMrNomadus 2 ай бұрын

I liked when Space Marine was created by American dev company where 100% of staff is Russian and it’s based in St. Petersburg Russia

@giorgaras1851 2 ай бұрын

The funny thing is they probably did to pay them less but they work 10× better from the average American developer.

@gaijinkuri684 2 ай бұрын

Wtf you on about?! St. Petersburg is in the US! Hence American dev! Edit: really didn’t think this needed to be added, but /s

@pierskenway2199 2 ай бұрын

@@gaijinkuri684 are you one of those who thinks Chocolate milk comes from Brown cows?

@Oakeybloke 2 ай бұрын

They did good, in the cold version of St Pete's 🙂

@fidmid 2 ай бұрын

@@pierskenway2199 Wait, it doesn't??

@kaanpai4319 2 ай бұрын

He is totally downplaying the influence that the "woke shit" has. It isn't only just the trans/gay/ethnic characters being shoehorned in that is woke, but the whole apparatus behind it that's responsible for it and also for why these games feel safe, boring, flacid, preachy, ect. It's the hiring practices, the work environment, the industry culture. All facets have been hijacked by woke actors. Even if they are only a small group, they hold too much power, so much that your average sane developer can't speak against it.

@Joshua-pr9vg 2 ай бұрын

That all began when they forced women to take mens roles in society. Now we are experiencing the gravity of those policies. And yea Asmon tip toes around the truth...

@marcoscunha511 2 ай бұрын

Exactly.

@iq_the_prophet7081 2 ай бұрын

It’s okay. I just play old games with replay value. Haven’t bought a new game besides Elden ring

@The_loathsome_Dung_Eater1 2 ай бұрын

USA devs and every AA or AAA is cooked to burnt crisp. US made games are bad, excluding indie games. Indie games are generally based but there might be cringe woke exceptions. Bottom line: DEI destroyed the western gaming industry.

@sirebellum0 2 ай бұрын

As someone that is fortunate to know the rare game dev that's not a part of the hive mind and shares stories about things that happen, I can assure you this is 100% true.

@kato093 2 ай бұрын

Space marine 2: Game Director Dmitriy Grigorenko Gameplay Director Anatolii Koruka Project Director Dmitry Kholodov (as Dmitrii Kholodov) Studio Production Director Dmitry Kholodov (as Dmitrii Kholodov) Environment Art Director Petr Kudryashov Creative Director Oliver Hollis-Leick Directors of Engineering Ruslan Vizgalin, Evgeny Cimbalyuk (as Evgeniy Tsyimbalyuk) Graphics R&D Technical Director Denis Sladkov Etc... . Clearly, the most florida sounding names

@gorrvaskr5963 2 ай бұрын

Bro writing down names like he knows any of them 😂

@Daezmond 2 ай бұрын

But it's sounds good that ukranian and russian can still work together. Some of this family names sounds southish-ukranian, and other like standard russian. I hope games and collective projects can unite people for better future.

@Neuvari 2 ай бұрын

@@gorrvaskr5963 if you google it really well, they were first founded in st peterburg, russia, maybe later they move to the us

@ELSuperJake Ай бұрын

Sounds like a Russian made game

@ДобрыйКот-э8ж Ай бұрын

@@gorrvaskr5963I can cofirm that all of them, exept 1, are Russian names.

@Coldsilfur4 2 ай бұрын

Anyone remembering the conference where a western developer answered a japanese reporter in a very rude manner: "Your japanese games are trash, renew your graphics engines and gameplay mechanisms" .. It was extremely impolite.. and the irony now ;)

@oompalumpus699 2 ай бұрын

_The turns have tabled._ _Japan had a main character moment where a flashback of everyone who believed in them made Japan super OP._

@toby2581 2 ай бұрын

@@Coldsilfur4 They were totally right to criticize the Japanese industry and it forced them to get better.

@jprice_ 2 ай бұрын

@@toby2581 What was the state of games at that point? Usually (western) devs care about the things customers don't care about, they live in their own little world.

@thientran4772 2 ай бұрын

@@toby2581 what are you talking about japan didnt change much its the same and still make money. Are you sure you play alot of japanese game? nintendo game are prime example!!! graphic engines and gameplay are you for real

@uselesscommodity9634 2 ай бұрын

yeah that's Phil Fish I think.

@MaxAntsiferov 2 ай бұрын

7:47 ah yes SM2 the American dev, where every credit name is Ivans and Dmitrys

@DJLizardon 2 ай бұрын

Yeah, it was made in st Petersburg 😂

@andrews.5212 2 ай бұрын

There was no way SM2 was american xD Not enough trans space marines for that!

@theend2574 2 ай бұрын

shows how stupid some people in chat can be. Its like saying Capcom is a American dev because they have an American branch.

@justinleonard6183 2 ай бұрын

We don’t call Ubisoft games Canadian

@MaxAntsiferov 2 ай бұрын

@@theend2574 I mean I can see why because russian game from PR stand point is a big no-no right now, but come on, one look at credits is enough

@Booma4142 2 ай бұрын

Woke crap in a game indicates woke hiring and woke management practices, atop woke development decisions, in the studio.

@CyrusIsnt 2 ай бұрын

You trying to police the staff??

@Joshua-pr9vg 2 ай бұрын

@@CyrusIsnt He is pointing out the problem. Is that ok with you?

@CyrusIsnt 2 ай бұрын

@@Joshua-pr9vg Thats not our place, we are customers not owners. I am tired of people talking like they work in these places. Whats next? We gonna walking in Restaurants complain in the cashier is mexican or if the chef is gay?

@Joshua-pr9vg 2 ай бұрын

@@CyrusIsnt Now you sound woke.

@CyrusIsnt 2 ай бұрын

@@Joshua-pr9vg I sound woke because i dont care who is hired at a company i do not own or work at? You people sound like Karins.. You either like the game and play it, or you dont and leave it alone. All this crying about games is unnecessary just plqy something else. And let alone they game we crying about the staff the made the game 🤣🤣

@Dust_Thou_Art 2 ай бұрын

Asmond is CONSTANTLY saying that wokism and DEI only drive away a small percentage of players. No, everyone I know avoids it like the plague. As a veteran, I know people from all over, from different walks of life, and with different outlooks on things. It seems to be a unanimous decision across the board for sane people to reject it.

@christianalanwilson434 2 ай бұрын

He might be right if we were still living in 2015, but now I think the actual majority of gamers are much better at recognizing this crap now. Its not even about being "anti" anything... when there's obvious signs of meddling then its a indication that the product will be bad and serves as a clear sign to stay away.

@samgraffen9212 2 ай бұрын

Yeah, reality is that a very small minority are actually part of the woke ideology, pretty much everyone else actively despises it, or are indifferent. But those who are indifferent will still be turned off by generic gameplay or bad publicity.

@JD2jr. 2 ай бұрын

He tries to steelman his arguments, but he does it just a little too much.

@markpalmerton6625 2 ай бұрын

I'm thinking this woke shit will phase out in the next decade, because of its financial destructiveness.... you can only lose so much money for so long....

@nooneeey 2 ай бұрын

May I ask how old you are? I am 23 and ALL my friends and basically my whole school and now college supports the shit out of this stuff. It’s even worse in the younger generations like my brothers. I noticed it’s like 25+ where the common sense seems to be common again

@PooeyWindz 2 ай бұрын

Magga - Make American Games Great Again.

@desdearb 2 ай бұрын

Baldy is the candidate

@ReveredWizardBob 2 ай бұрын

America isn't the world, we can do just fine without another Fallout 76 or Concord thank you very much. You guys can take a break for a bit.

@enclaveofdoom 2 ай бұрын

@@ReveredWizardBobimprovement is always welcomed.

@l4bitz 2 ай бұрын

Make America Gay Game More 😂

@illuminamiYT 2 ай бұрын

Montreal Canada is a BIG industry of gaming

@keggerous 2 ай бұрын

People don't understand what's happening. Wokeness is like vegan chicken. Everyone wants chicken in their chicken chow mein but the restaurant that we all go to wants to please the 5% of people who don't like meat. So, they sneak in vegan chicken thinking that will please everyone. But, unfortunately nobody really likes it. The vegans barely like it, and everyone else can't even stomach it. Also, the restaurant's head chef sucks at cooking vegan food! The industry needs to put actual fucking meat in their food. Offer a few dishes with a vegan option (and get people who know how to cook vegan food), but the vast majority of their dishes should contain real meat because that's what tastes best and that's what people want.

@AspienWaifu 2 ай бұрын

This is actually a really good analogy for what’s going on lol

@yoozernaim 2 ай бұрын

I Iike this analogy. Trust and believe though, that this agenda being pushed goes a lot deeper than trying to please or cater to a small group of people.

@pizzajeanz4410 2 ай бұрын

Solid analogy amigo

@off6848 2 ай бұрын

Can’t agree with that analogy. The reason woke games are trash is because the fundamental premise of their entire philosophy is trash and starts with the assumption that all narrative is out dated patriarchal white supremacy that means they do not read or borrow from the classics in literature, mythology, religion or culture of the past. By believing this whole heartedly they are incapable of writing good things because they have no solid grounds and as a result you get Reddit speak and pop culture tropes every single time

@burnhart 2 ай бұрын

i wouldnt say they try to sneak it in as much as they try to push it on people and tell them they should feel bad or are wrong for not wanting to eat from the vegan menu and then they wonder why nobody wants to come to their restaurant anymore

@Chadw1cKed 2 ай бұрын

There is no such thing as "anti-woke". There is "woke" & then there is "normal." That's all there is to it.

@pc14thenumber9 2 ай бұрын

This.

@Albertrossus 2 ай бұрын

if only normal people were able to find common ground on what "woke" precisely is. These days it becomes more and more often a point of "I dont like this, it must be woke" than anything else. Actually looking through the list, youd find imo too many examples of this, where games get labeled "woke" because of arbitrary reasons "Dev is against nazis = woke" aka the garys mod listing.

@LilPale 2 ай бұрын

@@Albertrossus There are people who have tried to spell it out, like how "woke" is "forced", but there will be people who just hate and there will be poeple who doesn't listen.

@zozozozozizizizi 2 ай бұрын

@@Albertrossus Everyone knows what a woke is.

@sakatababa 2 ай бұрын

@@zozozozozizizizi but when will awaking to the term woke be woke? or, did the meaning of words left the reality altogether and flurgish namsma lavfu?

@battfinkz 2 ай бұрын

Space marine 2 wasn't made in the US studio, it was specifically and primarily made by saber St Petersberg, in Russia

@billmelater6470 2 ай бұрын

Being "transphobic" for knowing there are only two genders is like being called "flat-earth-phobic" for knowing the Earth is a sphere.

@AspienWaifu 2 ай бұрын

Based

@Eonsgu 2 ай бұрын

Based.

@JohnDBlue 2 ай бұрын

Honest question: why do you care? Assuming that we get rid of the woke bullshit that is trying to make it everyone's business, what problem would the existence of nonbinary, trans, etc people create? Is the existence of gay/lesbian/bi people also a problem? Because I can't figure out a circumstance where there's a difference.

@off6848 2 ай бұрын

No FE has arguments that stump most people

@Roge9 2 ай бұрын

@@off6848 lol we got one

@N-Xrd 2 ай бұрын

Dude says "So safe and So boring" not realizing the safe a boring stuff is a byproduct of woke and ID politics

@midastheunwise2423 2 ай бұрын

That is partially it, but also with regards to the unwillingness to take risks. Ubisoft for example were doing the Far Cry 3 formula for over a decade and people tired of it, which is why their devs got so salty when Elden Ring was a mega hit with its extremely minimalistic interface for an open world game. They rested on their laurels too much, even before the underwhelming reception to Outlaws and the impending disaster of AC Shadows. Same for other companies like Bethesda with Starfield. Western AAA games are far too expensive to make for the execs to want to take risks, so we just get recycled slop over and over until the formula stops working, which is where we're at now. Wokeness in games is just accelerating the process.

@erikasl.7050 2 ай бұрын

Exactly, it's like Asmon intentionally ignores that.

@dantevic 2 ай бұрын

@@midastheunwise2423 you see the problem to take risk is a gamble. Look how much assassin creed as changed from its formula and how some people hate it and want it to go back. People only like risk\change if they likr it. Even elden ring have people who dont like new style of huge open maps and hardly anything to do.

@rl9148 2 ай бұрын

Corpo and woke both lead to safe. You are right. @@midastheunwise2423

@DeadNoob451 2 ай бұрын

Its peak irony that his very opinion and videos about things ruined by wokeness are made safe and boring because he fears backlash from the woke zombies.

@hunterc-ow5rt 2 ай бұрын

I love how they went from “don’t like it don’t buy it” to “just shut up and enjoy playing”.

@donut_42 2 ай бұрын

Remember, it was never about being accepted. It was about having power over you.

@michaelgarrett139 2 ай бұрын

That's the American way now. "You will have nothing, own nothing, be nothing, and work yourself to death so others can have everything, while saying nothing, AND you will enjoy it." Modern america...

@denkerbosu3551 2 ай бұрын

@@michaelgarrett139 oh god, this is all coming from euro ideologies, sorry that Murica's the most influential country and ofc will carry that virus harder after getting infected.

@LousyNine 2 ай бұрын

I'm a game dev, and this crash is real. As a gamer, I am so happy that it's finally happening since it might bring back gaming like it used to be, but the game dev part of me can't find a job, so it also sucks. If anyone needs has or wants to form an indie game dev group to make a game that has no western woke garbage in it, I'm down. We can all get a share of the profits or smthing if it works out.

@Omi8528 29 күн бұрын

Lol u can't make sht

@LousyNine 29 күн бұрын

@omi8528 hope your day gets better man 👍

@Omi8528 10 күн бұрын

@@LousyNine keep crying about "woke" haha

@Thelos90 5 күн бұрын

@@Omi8528 kid, go play Dustbin or Failguard

@siaolang 2 ай бұрын

10-20% because of woke stuff? If more like 60-70% because of woke stuff or even higher. Woke stuff is not just in gaming contents. It's how these companies are run as well.

@kinhahaha7161 2 ай бұрын

good point. from HR to 3d artists to story writers to concept artists... hiring process to working environment, radical woke ideology everywhere.

@ott1186 2 ай бұрын

Bingo

@GiblixStudio 2 ай бұрын

agreed. bully away the people with decades of experience and developed skill just to replace them with newbies that are either inexperienced are outright useless. bad management overall in all layers leading to horrible self destructive decision making. leading to products that are devolving instead of evolving. even within established franchises you can clearly see how mechanics, stories, characters are worse than they were 15-20 years ago. most of the budget gets dumped into graphics while that isn't even the most important of what makes a game...a game.

@ott1186 2 ай бұрын

It's also communism in action. Everything is designed by committee.

@Schnaubau 2 ай бұрын

tbh the main problem is that the games are really terrible and generic. If they were great but had leftist themes it would be much less disastrous. But because they hired only political hacks with no talent developers are now at a point where they aren't even able anymore to create good gameplay or a good story even if they tried.

@pilotmanpaul 2 ай бұрын

Asmon keeps saying Woke and DEI is only 10-20% of the problem yet these are the reasons why Bad Writers and Bad Activisit Game Devs are being hired and put in control of million dollar games.

@MeeseManyMoose 2 ай бұрын

I would say the woke stuff is about 50% of the problem. With the other 50% being the business suits who push insanely bloated budgets leading to endless predatory monetization schemes, rising costs and a play safe attitude which sucks the creativity out of the studios affected.

@MrMagnaniman 2 ай бұрын

His point is that the wokeness itself isn't the problem, but, rather, that it is indicative of other factors, such as poor story and shallow characters.

@henkew70 2 ай бұрын

Amen

@erikasl.7050 2 ай бұрын

Indeed

@akhileshp6419 2 ай бұрын

@@MeeseManyMoose This. 50% of the problem is woke, the other 50% are the soul-less corpos.

@zerg6001 2 ай бұрын

Woke, DEI, and Safe are more closely tied than Asmon wants to admit.

@PowerfulRift 2 ай бұрын

@Fisthammet 2 ай бұрын

To be fair to him, it's hard to measure just how much language has actually been subverted by the schreibtischtäter. "Diversity; *ethnic proportionality, ethnic rebalancing, equitable exchange of surpluses and the sharing of privilege."* All language historically synonymous with *genocide.* Yet some people still insist there's no culture war. _"Is the Public Safety Committee in the room with us now?"_

@GigglingStoners 2 ай бұрын

Correct.

@SenKima-kd6yx 2 ай бұрын

⁠⁠⁠@@PowerfulRiftConcord are AAA? Bruh,Concord already died bcs their bs gameplay mechanic,even without woke that game will die like 3 weeks

@PowerfulRift 2 ай бұрын

@@SenKima-kd6yx It’s AAA at being Dogshit is what I was referring to.

@Cloud43001 2 ай бұрын

7:55 actually from the research i did like half of the entire studios big wigs is made up of russians, and Saber interactive originated from St. Petersburg/Russia so they have their roots there but most likely moved to the US in order to get closer to other big companies. US citizens might not know this but many companies from poorer countries like to move to the US due to the fewer restraining laws, prestige, and connections. Anyway, with Saber I don't think you can fully count it as a US dev.

@kpsk8031 2 ай бұрын

Eastern entertainment developers: Don't let Blackrock, Vanguard and State Street in. Get rid of them before they ruin your business.

@Entropy67 2 ай бұрын

This is a real warning. I hope they see it coming.

@aliceyingshan2725 2 ай бұрын

Corporate hegemonic leaders from globalist corporations like Blackrock over in Asia are often not the same people as those who run things from out of Western countries. Internal rivalries and showdowns can often be quite fierce. No human organization no matter how harmonious on the surface is free of factional divides. The Blackrock people overseas often look down on the people who work in/out of US, Europe, Canada...etc. And it's not for no reason. Uncompetitiveness and lack of performance over time ruins the reputation and when it comes to capitalism, this can have real and dramatic effects on lives of everyday people.

@kaka09876543210 2 ай бұрын

the problem is the shareholders, not just that corporation. never let shareholder control your games studio except when you want out and sell it.

@guisousa7139 Ай бұрын

Too late

@jase276 Ай бұрын

Too late.

@simpleecasual7138 2 ай бұрын

When people are obsessed with identity and trying to spread it around, this is the result

@The_loathsome_Dung_Eater1 2 ай бұрын

More like obsessed with spreading LGBT activist propaganda. Result: I and many like-minded individuals refuse to buy any games made in USA, and this has been going for many years now. Japanese games know how to tell a story with atractive characters with entertaining gameplay.

@jensenraylight8011 2 ай бұрын

we gave fools a throne to reign, what would people expect to happen? utopia? no, it turned into mad max

@AlterRizz 2 ай бұрын

youre wrong man! no one is obsessed with identity, they just found a new way to milk money from corpos doing close to nothing and it worked for years. Its a business, not a policy

@lorecow88 2 ай бұрын

It's mostly down to money. If you don't play by BlackRock's rules, your opportunities for credit and loans start to dry up real quick.

@PowerfulRift 2 ай бұрын

@ZoddGuts 2 ай бұрын

Sabers has several studios around the world. Space Marines 2 was made by their Russian dev branch.

@davletshine 2 ай бұрын

Its a russian company. People are so easy to trick. All company's story easily googlable. Damn you can even read names in credits

@СерафимТоманов 2 ай бұрын

@@davletshine Better read developers' pets names after credit scene in the game, it's brilliant

@r_dva3301 2 ай бұрын

when western developers outsource development to indians or chinese, for example the story with blizzard, why then are the games not considered developed by indians or chinese, but considered developed by america? and why if the game was outsourced to ruzians, is it now ruzian?

@rotonek2887 2 ай бұрын

@@r_dva3301 ukrainean spotted

@sabnock31 2 ай бұрын

@@r_dva3301 because it wasn't "outsourced". Saver Interactive is a Russian company.

@plushquasar653 2 ай бұрын

It’s interesting because 10-15 years ago western devs were killing it. Mass effect, fallout 3, Dragon Age Origins, Skyrim, GTA V, Last of Us, Arkham Asylum, Uncharted, Gears of War, Assasins Creed, Rayman… Around this time Japanese devs looked like they were stuck in the past. Funny how things go in cycles, hopefully western devs stop this forced ideological stuff.

@jairekambui7738 2 ай бұрын

Japan was always better, the problem with the PS3/360 gen was they didn’t really adapt properly to HD game development. During that time they were killing it in the portable gaming market with DS and PSP games. Now that they figured it out in the last 7 years, we see they’re back on top. The west only took over for a generation because Japan faltered and took longer figuring out the technology.

@jase276 Ай бұрын

Let's not get carried away. Western devs were killing it, but Japanese devs were right there beside them.

@alexmin4752 29 күн бұрын

If private equity firms keep investing the slop machine will work as usual. You need those woke devs to hit the road for any positive change. And it only happens when there's no money.

@周生生-f1f 16 күн бұрын

See The Last of Us is actually woke as shit (Ellie is lesbian, Bill is gay, Henry and Sam are black), but the way these characters are constructed (as a proper character with their own personality and reasonable thoughts first, their diversity being only partial and non-major to their core personality) makes it acceptable and a good way to include the diversity concept. Actually hell this really just points to the fact that diversity and genderism is always a minus that can only have their effects softened, instead of actually strengthening their character. The Last of Us displayed how can you do this and soften their impact.

@Get5ome 2 ай бұрын

Saber’s branch that made Space Marine 2 was Russian, 80-90% of credits consists Russian names. It is a studio that was founded in St. Petersburg and was bought by Sabre from Embracer group few years ago. If it was made by US devs, I’m pretty sure it would look like new dragon age. This shit reminded me how US claims victory over Third Reich and conveniently forget that 80% of german divisions was destroyed on Eastern front.

@CoyotePark 2 ай бұрын

💯💯💯

@HNedel 2 ай бұрын

And 100% of bombs on german territory were dropped by British and US bombers. And a lot of russians seem to ignore the fact that the US supplied russia with arms and trucks through Lend Lease.

@dondahighhh12 2 ай бұрын

wow Russians took Gears of War and slapped on the 40k IP, so innovative

@TKanal3 2 ай бұрын

@@dondahighhh12oh no they made a good game! 😂

@r_dva3301 2 ай бұрын

@dylanberry7822 2 ай бұрын

I'd argue DEI contributes more like 50% to the reason a game fails. Because on the face of it the soap box shit isn't the biggest factor. But what is and doesn't get enough attention is the DEI that goes on behind the scenes in regards to hiring practices. All of these C tier "safe" games could have been high B to low A territory if the studios hired competent staff that were the most qualified person for the job instead of a person that checks X, Y & Z diversity boxes.

@matjakobs8612 2 ай бұрын

DEI is a no buy for me. No matter what.

@2pacboy2 2 ай бұрын

Agreed and so true DEI game is also a no buy for me.

@Nick-ht5yi 2 ай бұрын

DEI is literally just modern day racism/sexism

@JAmitch-qi7jz 2 ай бұрын

Discrimination is discrimination. They just don't see it, sadly

@MrMagnaniman 2 ай бұрын

DEI, insomuch as it simply means the game contains alphabet characters or ethnic minorities or whatever else, isn't the problem in and of itself. Rather, it's generally indicative of: -Poor narrative -Shallow, inconsistent characters -Uninspired gameplay mechanics -Flagrant disregard for the previous lore of a franchise -Widespread bugs and other inevitabilities pertaining to incompetency Because of this, people have begun associating these things with DEI, even though they're not necessarily linked. BG3, for instance, was ultra-woke, and it was wildly successful. It was successful, despite a massive hate campaign from journos and other devs, because making a good game was the primary goal of the dev team. It also didn't force DEI subjects on people, but included it as an *option* for those that wanted it. THAT is Asmon's point. And I agree with it. It seems pretty self-evident. The real irony of it all is that these DEI initiatives have exacerbated all of the problems that they are meant to address.

@ArrowValley 2 ай бұрын

Outside of indie I rarely buy Western made games. They are always overpriced, over bloated, copy and paste games that survive by wearing the skin of established franchises to trick people.

@aeinyuki8415 2 ай бұрын

I started comparing every game I bought after 2017 to Hollow Knight in terms of enjoyment/$. Suffice to say, I bought very few games in 7 years.

@The_loathsome_Dung_Eater1 2 ай бұрын

And now they are filled with this DEI garbage LGBT activist propaganda. I refuse to buy any game made in USA. I play Japanese games only, they know how to make a good game.

@aardwolf6668 2 ай бұрын

I don't even buy indie anymore. You have to do homework just to discover if they're like mainstream devs or not. And even then you might miss something. Last indie game I bought was a waste of $20 and it was on Switch so I couldn't refund it. Woke af.

@jaydunna2645 2 ай бұрын

"over bloated" .....my cute friend, JRPGS(Their major exports in games) are usually 80+ hrs and known for mindless grinds. You should criticize what deserves criticism, otherwise you lose credibility.

@Thegamefinder5 2 ай бұрын

@@jaydunna2645 Fair criticism, tho, western games can be over bloated in other ways. Such as agressive monitization or having it exist at all in a single player game. (Assassin's Creed letting you buy 2x exp)

@JohnDoe-on6ru 2 ай бұрын

He's joking about a vegan going into a steakhouse but it sounds like the kind of thing that would really happen so they could complain about it

@kylemenos 2 ай бұрын

HR killed work and now it killed video games.

@release_the_Diddy_list 2 ай бұрын

Maybe humans are a bit more than just resources

@PowerfulRift 2 ай бұрын

@VoiceOvaGuy 2 ай бұрын

@@PowerfulRift Really hoping for that crash soon! After this corrupted and greedy industry falls into the ocean, the current indies and AA devs can slowly rise up and give us another golden age of gaming, with real soul and passion put into the games, instead of rushed, cut and paste, unoptimized messes along with a host of anti-consumer practices and toxic ideologies. It deserves to go under.

@Ruddline 2 ай бұрын

HR women you will get this crap HR ran by the extremely rare man its like looking at the workplace there you hear a dubstep version of the A Team theme song when they work.

@keeferChiefer 2 ай бұрын

Woke blue haired HR women killed work, HR workers aren’t inherently bad, and they can be useful in certain circumstances.

@Perrove 2 ай бұрын

For low-income person like me buying a game is a huge deal, 70 bucks is a lot to just toss around, the 1st thing I do when I buy a game is look for gameplay videos and read comments.

@Sovek86 2 ай бұрын

I may be able to afford a $70 game bit I sure as hell ain't spending that kind of money on it.

@direhit3042 2 ай бұрын

Wait for a sale. There are plenty of better games which cost less.

@gorrvaskr5963 2 ай бұрын

Even then 80% of the videos made on new releases games are unbiased due to them being sponsored

@ApX0HTzzz767 2 ай бұрын

Money is the least of problems, if you like the game you will spend like 50+ hours to play it, low income person would rather spend them working, unless the game really worth it.

@beasthaven1571 2 ай бұрын

I recommend highly monster hunter series, wilds in February and Path of exile/ path of exile two games that will go the distance

@Bhethar 2 ай бұрын

Remember when games had diverse characters and no one noticed because they were well written? Now western games are like having an HR lesson on why your a horrible person because of stuff that has nothing to do with you?

@therandomcommenter6629 2 ай бұрын

And now the idea of a diverse cast is ruined whenever I look at a video game and it has a black person or a gay person or a woman I'm going to have to sit there and be like "is this a woke DEI stand in?" And I hate that

@denkerbosu3551 2 ай бұрын

@@therandomcommenter6629 Nowadays, we've seen this forced pattern so often that even Ghost of Yotei is put in doubt. Their kind literally made their fears come true. We now keep an eye on any diversity as a sign of _possible FORCED_ diversity. Congrats, you played yourself, wokies.

@jase276 Ай бұрын

@@denkerbosu3551 I was excited for Ghost of Yotei... and then I saw the actress for the MC with all her baggage and all of my excitement died. Then, I heard that the OG devs left the studio. That game is out of mind, now.

@icntsywhtiwnt2 2 ай бұрын

Asmon underestimates the damage DEI has done. When you change how you think to stop thinking, I need the very best people for this job, and start thinking "I need a XXXX person because they're under-represented" you are throwing your company off the cliff one bad decision at a time. Now places like ubisoft and bioware are full of DEI hires and they are on fire as they fall into the pit. DEI has been absolutely devastating for western gaming.

@nuD0P 2 ай бұрын

Space marine 2 was made in russia, 97℅ of names in the credits are russian And yes Saber is a 'murican company

@Ezmiez99 2 ай бұрын

I think baldy is wrong here Woke and DEI is not just 20 %. They are not just forced skin color in games but also experienced writers and programmers or game designers replaced with DEI to fill out the company quotas. It is also moving people to director positions just because of a political agenda and they will double down on those witihn the company and within the games as well... So yeah DEI and WOKE is much more important because it is why pretty much every western dev company is rotting from inside.

@blitzball4lyfe823 2 ай бұрын

At least Japanese devs are on top of the world. If America wants to screw their ways to make money, at least ours can go towards what we deem is an actual good product.

@PowerfulRift 2 ай бұрын

@MisterGreis 2 ай бұрын

@@blitzball4lyfe823 What do you mean? Japan is going woke right now because the UN and financial institutions are bullying their corporations. Bamco, Capcom, Squeenix... hell even Nintendo has various programs. Manga and anime are also being punished by Kadokawa and similar.

@Wolta 2 ай бұрын

This isn't just exclusive to game developers either. I got rejected from a course I applied to last week because I'm not a woman, because they already have enough men doing the course. First time I experienced that in real life.

@DoggyP00 2 ай бұрын

Yeah its like 5% max

@mr.a8036 2 ай бұрын

Don’t let American woke culture infect Japan (Edit)

@npcimknot958 2 ай бұрын

It is tho.. but asmon and people don’t see it because they’re looking at the international stuff.. not the stuff happening in japan. But it’s there.. woke dei esg is all in japan.. but its done “ well”

@mr.a8036 2 ай бұрын

@ the problem is they (dei esg ecc.) want censorship the other things they cannot control. Anime, manga, video game. All these things if they have the dei stuff. Good If not Censoring. Cultural appropriation

@zozozozozizizizi 2 ай бұрын

@@npcimknot958 It's not being done “well”. Japan's biggest game companies have let themselves be infected and are delivering mediocre games full of woke stuff.

@PowerfulRift 2 ай бұрын

@Tiasung 2 ай бұрын

Its much too late for that. Sony is in CA and is controlled by the 'woke' religion now. They also have a significant control over the manga and anime industry.

@solidsnake9924 2 ай бұрын

It’s because Western developers are woke to their core, which affects much more than the story/writing. Bad developers get promoted, good ones get pushed out, immense bureaucracy, sterile PC corporate culture. All of these make the games more expensive and worse at the same time. You are starting to see this creed into the Japanese studios too.

@Kaikuuuuu 2 ай бұрын

Space Marine 2 is made by russian devs, Saber Interactive HQ happen to be in the U.S.

@DzinkyDzink 2 ай бұрын

Wouldn't be an American if he didn't steal from Europe would he?

@PowerfulRift 2 ай бұрын

@DRedGuia 2 ай бұрын

Its like saying atomic haert was developed in kipr

@arionell 2 ай бұрын

@@DRedGuia Its not like saying anything. Its literally the fact that SM2 is a Russian game. Saber Interactive is a Russian studio moved to US because of the conflict. Pretty much their entire developer and leadership positions are STILL filled by Russians. Its not rocket science dude.

@alexandergrushevsky4528 2 ай бұрын

@@arionell same goes for Owlcat that made Pathfinder and WH40k Rogue Trader. Studio was founded in Moscow. Now they are located in Cyprus for political reasons.

@thepongopete 2 ай бұрын

"totally represents me as a gamer" and there lies the issue. I don't want a game to represent anything other than a good game that's fun to play...

@TommasoFirmini 2 ай бұрын

For real. Ive never ever gone into a game thinking or hoping to be able to find myself in the main😂 I just want to play a fun game that can help me forget about work and bills for a hour or two

@thepongopete 2 ай бұрын

@TommasoFirmini amen brother

@ProudAmerican4536 2 ай бұрын

Being gay doesn't mean you are woke. Wearing rainbows on every outfit and telling people you are gay every 5 seconds is woke.

@christianalanwilson434 2 ай бұрын

"We just want to be left alone!" **constantly reminds everyone of their sexuality thus making it everyone's business**

@rlowethewitch8417 Ай бұрын

If someone finally feels good enough to flaunt it despite potentially years of being treated like shit for it, more power to them

@pandemix69 20 күн бұрын

"don't be hateful" says the guy calling people cunts for not agreeing with him. Oh the irony.

@aragorntheking8787 15 күн бұрын

Yes but the woke detector site is hateful and stupid they put Disney•Pixar WALL-E on woke avoid "Contains overtly pro-climate action messaging. Takes place on a version of Earth covered in garbage. The player character is a trash-compacting robot."

@1ProAssassin 2 ай бұрын

I think what they don't realize is that when hard times hit, it means both companies and consumers are more selective on where their resources go. Excess and wastefulness goes down. It isn't an own to say people don't have money to buy your games anymore. It means the consumer has decided that your games aren't worth the value. The fact that other games are succeeding means that they're voting with their money and you're not providing enough value to the consumer.

@aBadWizard 2 ай бұрын

This comment deserves more likes

@aerickmon3350 2 ай бұрын

17:33

@vonfaustien3957 2 ай бұрын

Hollywood and theaters thrived in the depression. Hard times mean people will pay for ways to escape from there sad reality even for a few hours regardless of what they have for resources. A good entertainment industry can be basically depression proof and even benefit. The key part that's missing now is the good

@Elavationproductions 2 ай бұрын

Capitalism baby! Let's make the most of it

@Koyuki_Yukihime 2 ай бұрын

Good , western studio need to either adapt or closing down . Funny how Western Dev never really include Asia in their target audience , while Asian dev trying to market to the whole world .

@AntiRiku 2 ай бұрын

Keep rejecting their slop fellas. Do not give in.

@fortheloveofnoise 2 ай бұрын

I have had a PS5 for a long while, still have not bought a next gen only game yet 😅

@Level_Eleven 2 ай бұрын

@@fortheloveofnoise Astro Bot is pretty good

@maksbielec3117 2 ай бұрын

Man its already hard to look at their games.

@Acuas 2 ай бұрын

Unless something changes, we won't have any alternatives soon enough, with MasterCard and other payment processor companies starting to literally block companies from making transactions unless they bend the knee.

@valeriebasta7983 2 ай бұрын

Pretty easy not to 😂.

@bryanbarton8610 21 күн бұрын

Instead of all these companies hiring all these consultants, why not just, for free, ask the gamers?

@EminNSU 2 ай бұрын

Saber is not an American studio. Officially they are an international studio with the main office in America, but, you know, it's just not profitable nowadays to openly declare their Russian origin. Because of open Russophobia and racism towards us, our studios are officially registered anywhere but in Russia (if they want to sell in other regions). This does not change the fact that the co-founders and many employees, including those who live abroad, are Russian. P.S. I have a lot of friends, Russians, who worked just on Spice Marines 2. For example, remember how much fanaticism there was about Atomic Heart, simply because everyone realized that it was a game created by Russians about the Soviet legacy.

@lred1383 2 ай бұрын

"Spice marines" это угар конечно. Жгучие

@eastbow6053 2 ай бұрын

FINALLY SOMEONE SAYS IT yes there is open Russophobia for years now, as a greek i noticed it when i was very little for 20 years now it hasnt stop

@HNedel 2 ай бұрын

Yes, you poor victims, so undeservedly hated by eveyone except north korea 😢

@sirebellum0 2 ай бұрын

Sorry, your government is kinda raging an imperialist coup for all the world to see. That is legitimately scary to 80% of the world. Hence the "phobia". Maybe try NOT raging an unjust war and see how that works for you guys' perception. And I get that you, an individual, can't do much to change the situation. But don't try to act like people & other countries are just doing it for no reason. You're definitely not more of a victim than the Ukrainians . . .

@lred1383 2 ай бұрын

@@HNedel 2 questions for you to answer, in order: what is it that makes you hate Russia, and what part do Russian game devs, writers, musicians, movie directors, etc. play in it?

@nicholasfujinaka8291 2 ай бұрын

19:14 Sweet Baby inc isn't a reason. It's an indicator. Hiring a company to tell you how to muddy your story with identity politics isn't a good sign for your company's core ideas.

@harambe4267 2 ай бұрын

The DEI features inside the games themselves are least of the problems, since many of those ideas could be entertaining if implemented well. The problem is that if DEI gets ahold of the reins in the company it fundamentally poisons the workplace culture and basically chokes out any and all creativity, since new ideas can _also_ be offensive and disruptive when they bump against norms. When you start throwing away veteran workforce because they might be a bit arrogant and rude to the incompetent gay black diversity hire then you have bigger problems.

@Pico_Senpai 2 ай бұрын

As a French person I can confirm the revolution has ended last year, my great grand-parents that fought in the revolution would be so proud of what we achieved

@elliot8069 25 күн бұрын

this list is 100% accurate. woke game doesn't = bad game. its just a signifier that its probably going to be bad.

@aragorntheking8787 15 күн бұрын

the woke detector accurate? Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 woke "Contains overtly pro-DEI messaging. The ultramarines seen in-game are improbably diverse. Features front-line female combatants, including an improbable female authority figure"

@elliot8069 15 күн бұрын

@@aragorntheking8787 female Custodians are 100% against the lore and insterted solely for the puropse of DEI. doesnt mean its a bad game just that it has woke aspects. i hear its a great game actually.

@DagothUr_HAL 2 ай бұрын

If you look at any Vidocs or behind the scenes in the Golden Era of Western Gaming, you'll see nothing but a bunch of dorks and nerds just geeking out and having fun making a game that they want to be good. There's no political pandering, a DEI checklist, or any of that. It's a team of close friends, perhaps even in a way a family making a world not that they only enjoy, but would bring new stories and adventures for us to enjoy. Halo, Gears of War, Fable, Mass Effect, KoTor, Fallout, Fallout NV, Fallout 3, Oblivion, Skyrim (when it first released), Call of Duty MW2, and more. Games back then weren't a political statement or a cash grab. They were an art, a endless entertainment and a world for us to explore and learn.

@Nightdare 2 ай бұрын

And then, the girls demanded access to the treehouse the boys built,... ...and we all knew what was gonna happen

@derisgaming9773 2 ай бұрын

When People say Woke stuff in games doesn't affect Games as much. They tend to forget that it's not just the games but also the Environment and Dev Teams that are part of making the games that cause them to be shit. If you made a Woke game but from actual competent Devs, People could probably look past it a bit more than Games made by Companies filled with shit-tier diversity hires and consulting firms.

@soulblade3291 2 ай бұрын

Prime example of this would be BG3. Its quite woke yet people don't shit on it for being woke because it actually is really well made and doesn't force things down your throat unlike most games these days.

@Vandassar 2 ай бұрын

@@soulblade3291 people really need to start separating the distinction between woke and inclusiveness. They are technically 2 separate things. One is tokenism while the other adds character and depth.

@Joshua-pr9vg 2 ай бұрын

Yea and woke is political, intrusive and communist by nature. So that becomes the environment they have to be productive within.

@moonum4567 2 ай бұрын

@@soulblade3291 No. The reason why BG3 is so lauded is that you can choose to be woke. You can then maul your wokest companions while keeping/converting them straight. It gives you a choice, it is extremely open.

@mothbreeder641 2 ай бұрын

@@soulblade3291 It does force it down your throat instalty in the char creator. Women and men exist, not "BODY TYPES". Stop defending it.

@AverageJoe483 2 ай бұрын

It’s because horrible consultants, like Sweet baby Inc , have infected the gaming industry . They have prioritized certain “messaging “ over quality games. Not to mention creativity has been destroyed by micro-transactions and maximized profit and exploitation.

@toby2581 2 ай бұрын

The consultants only got in because the devs and publishers already support the ideology.

@AverageJoe483 2 ай бұрын

@ very true .

@rosseesokol5559 2 ай бұрын

These conslutants were hired by managers who agree with them. Problem Is managment.

@gokux75 2 ай бұрын

@@toby2581Exactly. These publishers and developers believed Twitter and the lies on line about the modern audience.

@rungunninja1289 2 ай бұрын

It’s actually more of a trickle effect. Esg money, California being a big game hub, management being replaced with more diversity hires who push more diversity, and the fact they literally have been allowed to blacklist people for basically being conservative(in their delusional definition of everyone being a Nazi if they disagree with them). Up side is that they are moving away from it but yeah we are talking two real world years at minimum and even then I am assuming rewriting to hide the woke stuff. Game development takes time.

@Senator-Wary 2 ай бұрын

What's funny is in Bully if you kiss a guy the main character will spit and wipe his mouth in disgust every time

@SKizzleAXE 2 ай бұрын

Imagine Concord wins game of the year 😂😂😂😂

@darkreaper2528 2 ай бұрын

They'll need to hire a necromancer to revive that dead game😂

@Morfe02 2 ай бұрын

Dont worry the Game of the year is going to be S.Squad or what ever Game that isnt Wukong because they hate China 😂

@LegaRoSS 2 ай бұрын

now way, valeguard will be

@italoviturino6386 2 ай бұрын

It is probably the game that will be remembered the most out of the others i would say.

@PowerfulRift 2 ай бұрын

@@SKizzleAXE This is why we are headed towards the video game industry crash: •Oversaturation of the Market: The industry has stretched itself too thin, releasing too many games, particularly live-service titles, which has led to divided player bases and unsustainable player counts. •Unnecessary Hardware Releases: Companies like Sony (and to a lesser extent, Microsoft) are pushing new hardware (mid-gen refreshes, slim models, etc.) that offer minimal graphical improvements and are often unnecessary, overwhelming developers and consumers alike. •Fragmented Player Bases: Constant releases of new games and hardware divide communities, making it harder to maintain a strong player base for any single game or console. •Poor Timing and Price Points: Releasing high-priced hardware like the PS5 Pro during a time of economic hardship, combined with currency conversion rates and inflation, alienates consumers who are already struggling. •Lack of Game Quality: Despite releasing new consoles, there are no standout, high-quality games that truly justify the purchase of these consoles, leading to a decline in consumer trust and satisfaction. •Sunk Cost Fallacy in Gamers: Players are sticking to familiar games due to the time and money they’ve already invested, making them less likely to adopt new games or hardware. •Industry Disconnect: The industry is failing to listen to its consumers and seems unaware of the problems it’s creating for itself, such as releasing “woke” content that misses the mark and leads to financial losses, as seen with Sony’s failed AAA shooter. Based on these projections, the video game industry is hurting itself with its business practices. By continuing to oversaturate the market, push unnecessary hardware, and ignore consumer needs, it’s setting itself up for a potential downturn, if not an outright crash.

@nathanmays7926 2 ай бұрын

Meanwhile First Descendant and Stellar Blade are inexplicably popular.

@Mmachine88 2 ай бұрын

Bro wtf are you talking about ?? Stellar blade literally sold disasterbly in terms of how many Playstation consoles are out in the wild and the marketing for it. Only sold a million units last they mentioned. That's why it's currently getting ported to PC

@DetectiveAme 2 ай бұрын

@@Mmachine88Still sold better than Concord plus Shift UP has enough money from their other fan dervice gacha game that they can maintain Stellar Blade easily.

@AlanSmithee-r3t 2 ай бұрын

@@Mmachine88 It's worth noting that 'last they mentioned' was back in June.

@T1l1lllj1ljlJ 2 ай бұрын

@@Mmachine88still profitable than DAFailguard

@jaydunna2645 2 ай бұрын

@@DetectiveAme how is this a valid point? him - "This pizza tastes bad" You - "Yeah, but it still tastes better than poop"

@sakatababa 2 ай бұрын

but, if hq is in us and developers are in russia, isn't that russian dev?

@mauriceanderson5413 2 ай бұрын

It is. Same shit for dudes who made Atomic Heart - their studio and hq in Cyprus, all da ruskies tho in credits Ppl were right - its exactly developers themselves that decide to add woke shit into their games. The suits above em dont care, the juniors cant care cuz they follow orders. Fire developers.

@Evan-i4e 2 ай бұрын

I mean as a gun guy I know it depends on context, Zastava Serbian Kazakov pattern rifles and Kazakov Concern Russian Kazakov pattern rifles are both banned in the US due to tariffs, but because they have independent companies in Zastava US and Kazakov US that operate as an independent twin you can still buy stuff from them, it's like blaming android 17 for the actions of 18 who is thousands of miles apart. I see a lot of top comments mad about calling Saber a US company, but the fact of the matter is several federal agencies with a confirmed bias against Saber has determined Saber to be an American company with full staff overseas in multiple meetings and inspections. It's an extreme case of state of origin but a true fact of state of origin people have confidently fallen for a case of mistaken identity on an innocent company thinking there trying to trick people like a botched Scooby Doo mystery.

@sakatababa 2 ай бұрын

@@Evan-i4e zastava m70 is not 1:1 with russian ak. it is more divergent then other copies because the yugoslavia was not part of soviet union like other producers of ak. good example is zastava m76. at first glance, it looks like dragunov. but it is not built like one at all. i literally live in serbia and have extensive experience with those. also, a political figure in serbia was judged as an illegal arms trafficker by eu and usa because he sold direct zastava products to a usa company that sold them in ukraine. it was used as political pressure that omitted the last fact and muddied it with "the destination being ruso-ukranian conflict", insinuating that they supplied russia by referring to serbia as an "ally of russia". there are no standards. politics turned to open abuse that is in no way different then medieval open autocracy and feudalism.

@Entropy67 2 ай бұрын

@@mauriceanderson5413they simply do not hire us unless its that kind of person. And they dont pay for shit so... My skills are way more valued anywhere other then game development. Thats why I'm making a game engine, maybe one day I'll have my own studio lol

@zzz66688 2 ай бұрын

@@mauriceanderson5413 Someone finally gets it, every time the whole 'blame the higher-ups in the company' gets brought up, I urge people to take a look at the Github branch renaming situation back in 2020. That was a prime example of why the developers, especially programmers themselves are usually all radically left wing charged folks. I highly suggest people read up about the recent changes in the Unreal Engine coding standards to be more 'inclusive'. Developers are rotten from the inside out, with that being said, far left wing programmers are in fact incredible intelligent nonetheless, that's how they were able to even get those jobs in the first place. In short, we need right wing developers to outsmart the far left developers in the tech field to have a better chance of getting employed by these studios.

@GrandMasterNutBusterYoda 2 ай бұрын

People play games to escape reality, not be reminded of it. Especially when it's thrown in their face and makes up most of the gameplay/Story.

@lkl3210 2 ай бұрын

yeah main dev team for space marines 2 was in st petersburg russia

@MikeKing001 2 ай бұрын

And who paid them? Apple makes phones in China, but they are an American company

@sosomadman 2 ай бұрын

C̶o̶m̶r̶a̶d̶e̶ brother!

@lkl3210 2 ай бұрын

@@MikeKing001the difference being they are designed in america and built in china, here design and production were both outside america

@sabnock31 2 ай бұрын

@@MikeKing001 even by your logic you're wrong. Saber Interactive is an international company.

@MikeKing001 2 ай бұрын

@sabnock31 that's not how it works you have to be headquartered somewhere. Saber is headquartered in the US. Apple has branches all over the world yet everyone agrees that they are an American company. Why is that? Maybe because they are headquartered in the US.

@seth.remar.supreme 2 ай бұрын

Spacemarine 2 was made by russian office of Saber interactive (and yeah it was a main office before the war).

@DzinkyDzink 2 ай бұрын

And just like that Asmon appropriated Space Marine 2. Look up the credits - almost all the names are Russian. Most devs are physically located in Russia or offshore office that is not in america.

@nicejungle 2 ай бұрын

Yeah. Russia, Sweden, Spain, France... Definitely a european game. Only the front office moved to USA recently

@3ndeavor 2 ай бұрын

You saw him ask where it is right? You saw him be unsure? He took chats word for it, why are you blaming him?? But hell yea, let's go Russian devs. Can't wait for stalker 2.

@lred1383 2 ай бұрын

@@3ndeavor Stalker is from a Ukrainian studio. A lot of people i know are big fans of the original games, but are worried about Stalker 2 being too deformed by the current situation in Ukraine. You can't lose one of your lead developers in a war and not have the product be affected by it

@Sparksparky1 2 ай бұрын

The devs are Russian but their mostly based in Europe and America thank god I never bought spac3 marines 2 im not saying it's bad I just don't want to support anything Russian right now

@hunger4wonder 2 ай бұрын

@@3ndeavor Man, Stalker isn't russian...

@r1lovin Ай бұрын

The effect of dei go much further than people talk about. It's not just the dei characters or pronouns, it starts with the dei devs being hired instead of the best dev for the job. So of course the games will be sub par and a buggy disaster. There is a direct correlation between dei company's and the quality of the product they put out.

@BD-or5yh 2 ай бұрын

Helldivers 2 was a $40 release. Super credits needed to buy DLC skins, weapons, and booster can be earned in game. I and many others put hundreds of hours into this non full price release.

@maximusowo 2 ай бұрын

it was very good, the time i played i managed to earn all the battle pass cosmetics by simply playing, more companies should have the cosmetics being earn able ingame.

@gorrvaskr5963 2 ай бұрын

And yet they lost many players based off that model. They stole Deep Rock’s model while simultaneously not adding any real content just different drip, weapons and strats. All of which should be earn-able in game without spending a dime. Why are people supporting the battle pass model when it just enables the devs to lock all new content behind passes?

@samgraffen9212 2 ай бұрын

@@gorrvaskr5963 Cause you can earn the "passes" for free just by playing the game. And regardless of play numbers, Helldivers 2 is still one of the best selling games of the year, and way larger than Arrowhead ever thought the game would be, hitting over 100x the daily players of the original.

@Very_Questionable 2 ай бұрын

@@gorrvaskr5963 Correct me if I'm wrong, but I remember that they pulled support for many countries mainly due them wanting to add their third party login, and when people spoke out against it they rescinded that decision but still blocked those countries regardless. If that's the case then I don't think it's their model...

@denkerbosu3551 2 ай бұрын

@@Very_Questionable this, bro's here trying to rewrite history. It's SOYNY trying to push PSN that's killing it.

@delanuma5 2 ай бұрын

Maybe if we stopped focusing on gay bs, wallet mining, supreme ultimate Battlepass over 9000 editions, and got back to hardcore gaming, just maybe it would actually sell and resonate with *REAL GAMERS*

@krhml3092 2 ай бұрын

Space marine was made by Russian studio only, so that's Russian dev

@JeyVGaming Ай бұрын

It's funny how there are still other people that are defending this and saying that the complainers are just a bunch of crybabies but in reality, you NEED those people to save their games, especially their own company. If DEI supporters are the only audience they got, that means shit these days. It's DOA.

@milkweedeus 2 ай бұрын

80s gamer here. If western devs can roll out a game that players can ONLY earn unlocks and isn’t riddled with issues upon roll out, that’d be a start. Players want to have the accolade of earning something in the game rather than micro transaction for weak shit like skins or emotes. It’s like you get robbed of the need to play the game. At that point, why bother grinding? Add ons are a great way to make money on this concept as well. Roll out the game then take notes from what the community wants, roll it out on the next add on with improvements. Take good ideas from your player base and make them great. Lmao put me in charge, I’ll have a AAA GAME OF THE YEAR AWARD in a realistic time frame.

@bentinbama1 2 ай бұрын

Hard disagree. Woke shite in games is 60 to 70 % of the crash

@Morfe02 2 ай бұрын

Economy to with online pay to win shit Plus i think one of the causes of this is COVID, people playing more Games are tired of the same mechanics copypaste AND companies wanted to sell more copy-shit because of the BOOM of staying in the house

@fortheloveofnoise 2 ай бұрын

It is more like 20%. 75% is because pay to win and/or samey slop material games...5% is other reasons

@AlexZebol 2 ай бұрын

7:40 Saber Interactive has originally been founded back in 2001 in St. Petersburg, Russia (by both Russian and American individuals). Currently, though it's HQ is located in Florida, it is an international studio. So, in part it's fair to say that Space Marine 2 was developed by mostly Russian devs. Just look at the credits, you'll notice how many Russian names there are.

@christopherfortineux6937 2 ай бұрын

People keep bringing up Sabers origins but not mention all the devs are in europe now.

@alexandergrushevsky4528 2 ай бұрын

@@christopherfortineux6937 sure. They won't be able to pay to them if they were in Russia. Same goes for Pathfinder and WH40k RogueTrader by Owlcat. They had to register in Cyprus. But still considered to be Russian dev team.

@Spr1ggan87 2 ай бұрын

@@christopherfortineux6937 Over 70% of Russians are European and the part of Russia that 90% of it's people live in is also in Europe.

@AlexZebol 2 ай бұрын

@@christopherfortineux6937 They still have a studio in St. Petersburg. What are you on to about?

@Arukorstza Ай бұрын

They need to make a woke tier list called "Woke & Broke" and give each game a woke power rating between 0 and 10, with anything over a five being "not recommended" that would be great. I feel like the people who get mad about lists like this are the same people who believe in height of consent... (which is where if you don't meet a minimum height requirement you're not an adult to them and they will not treat you as an adult. It's exactly as petty and insulting as it sounds and utterly disgusting behaviour.)

@stansb37 2 ай бұрын

now the people better stop buying sports game like FIFA, MADDEN and NBA 2K every year

@Irishman8778 2 ай бұрын

Nah man. Let them keep throwing their money away. Eventually all that funding will finally go towards a good game. Maybe... One day... Surely....

@Jormunguandr 2 ай бұрын

😂

@TriggeredMonkey 2 ай бұрын

lol that will never happen

@powwowken2760 2 ай бұрын

Just buy the previous years version, it costs like $10 and is the exact same game anyway.

@iphatbass 2 ай бұрын

but but but my favorite player is in different team 😭😭😭 i must buy new version

@dvmien420 2 ай бұрын

the studio who makes space marine 2 was from russia but because of war their studio move to armenia

@Get5ome 2 ай бұрын

They didn’t move anywhere. They still work in St Petersburg. They actually don’t need to, because Sabre Int. US company and did all the frontman work

@sidthekid7043 2 ай бұрын

It didn't move anywhere, the "technical" part is still in St.Petersburg. There are some branches in Armenia Hungary etc. Though, let's say, "decision-making" part, despite not being very big is and always was in the US.

@Get5ome 2 ай бұрын

@@sidthekid7043 to be fair we all should call it Russo-American game. The good example how we can make great things if we work together

@ls200076 2 ай бұрын

@@Get5omeNO, REEEEEE. YOUR DEMOCRAT WAY OF MIXING RACES WONT WORK HERE!

@Get5ome 2 ай бұрын

@@ls200076 it’s not democratic it’s reasonable

@Weonlyknewoneway 2 ай бұрын

0:17 🏆 Asmon not the hero i expected but im grateful regardless 💪🇺🇸

@hollow8194 2 ай бұрын

Yeah I expected him to just say "woke bad" but he actually had a good take there, props to him

@bud389 16 күн бұрын

It's not a "Western" gaming crash, it's an "American" gaming crash.

@baryony 4 күн бұрын

Ubisoft

@DrBreezeAir 2 ай бұрын

Did you even look at the credits of Space Marine 2? US Dev. Riiiiight.

@3xperienced 2 ай бұрын

Actually even looked it up, the team is from Russia but their studio is located in Florida. So while they have Russian origin their team is by technicality a US dev team.

@nicejungle 2 ай бұрын

On August 1, 2016, Saber Interactive opened its first internal studio outside of Russia in Madrid.[14] This was the beginning of a major international expansion, with Saber opening studios in Sundsvall, Sweden (by buying porting studio Binary Motion),[15] and Minsk, Belarus. Definitely European game. They move to USA only recently, about 2020 according to wikipedia

@tweek9243 2 ай бұрын

@@3xperienced I wonder why a Russian developer would hide the country of origin

@void_empty 2 ай бұрын

@@3xperienced It's located in St. Petersburg, and they tried to hire me in 2023. I worked at many companies that are "US officially", but in fact are located in Russia (to avoid many problems). Here in Russia everyone knew that SM2 is Russian game made by Russians based on American IP. It's actually very surprising, that having all the evidence on hands, Americans can't google and find this out, just searching LinkedIn profiles of developers would be enough. Confirmation bias is too strong with you, but it's good I guess... Less problems for our devs.

@lred1383 2 ай бұрын

@@3xperienced the devs all worked from Russia anyway, the US part was just the business side of things - publishing, PR, etc.

@Ezcendant 2 ай бұрын

Video gaming is for everyone, specific video games are not.

@umbranocturna6342 2 ай бұрын

Indie and Double A is thriving. Tripple A is where games are shit.

@quantum5661 2 ай бұрын

double A is great in general. big enough to aim for the stars but not so big the devs get sloppy. space marine 2, metro exodus, armored core 6, helldivers 2, these are what AA games should aspire to. meanwhile AAA game attempts just keep on losing.

@blenky5516 2 ай бұрын

Fr man, i just watched my friend play mouthwashing and it was amazing

@lukaskubinec9608 2 ай бұрын

Just discovered Northern Journey game and I am having an absolute blast, despite that it is very indie and graphically outdated - the atmosphere it manages to create is unlike 99% of games I played so far.

@proxywolfx 2 ай бұрын

@@quantum5661ac 6 isn't double A if your listing double A games

@COHOFSohamSengupta 2 ай бұрын

@@quantum5661 I doubt space marine, AC6 or Metro exodus is AA Armored core 6 had like huge influencer events at multiple locations in LA & Japan. They hired The Boys actor of Billy butcher to market the game

@teac117 Ай бұрын

"People hate me because I'm a " "No, people hate you because you're an a-hole." Pretty much sums up the life history of the activist crowd.

@prickly10000 2 ай бұрын

The reason KZbin Trailers are hurting games so much is that they are almost all the information we get now a days. The Game industry abandoned shows like E3 that built up Hype. I remember 2013 E3. I bought 10 games that were shown off that year. Now I could careless to by one game. They try to make the gaming awards that and its so cringe and horrible that it doesn't work

@youtubasoarus 2 ай бұрын

Not to mention I think releasing a DEMO went out the window ages ago too. How the hell else are people going to gauge whether the game is good? The trailer is all they have to go by. These companies are staffed by idiots.

@scottydu81 2 ай бұрын

If you could care less, then you do care.

@iwannadie9031 2 ай бұрын

E3 fell off because Western games fell off. If the games were still going as hard as they did back then they would still be doing it.

@alexalexander1772 2 ай бұрын

During 360 days I was renting different games every weekend and usually buying at least one of the a month. I feel like I’ve spent more on remasters like the Arkham collection and bio shock hd than I’ve spent on new ip’s.

@Sandrock313 2 ай бұрын

@@iwannadie9031 I disagree with this, it was more that the big three (Nintendo, Sony, and Microsoft) started to do their own presentations away from the main E3 hub so to speak, before they eventually switched over to an online streaming event instead. Then the other major studios (both western and eastern) did the same thing, either by doing their own show, or by giving the big three stuff to show off exclusively. Basically, online streaming killed E3

@Falcons8455 2 ай бұрын

why are they safe and boring? Because woke politics. Asmon always tries to lessen how bad woke politics actually is

@spacejunk2186 2 ай бұрын

They are also safe and boring because public inestors pump insane amounts of cash into these developers. It removes all willingness to take any risk whatsoever.

@Falcons8455 2 ай бұрын

@@spacejunk2186 and those investors are scared of woke politics also

@lukewarmape603 2 ай бұрын

@@pedropedro1 The normal gamer is nowhere near here. They're playing COD/EAFC and checking their Clash of Clans for 10min every day. They're not here talking about woke DEI Sweet Baby Inc. They're not even aware of any of this. You're completely in the minority, probably 0.01%.

@answerer-mo8by 2 ай бұрын

⁠⁠@@lukewarmape603That's like saying an iPhone user is the average technology enthusiast. The games you mention are at the top of the mainstream (and even then, the anti-woke position is becoming mainstream), but they don't reflect the attitudes of people that would buy a Dragon Age, or a Space Marine, or something with a more niche audience.

@lukewarmape603 2 ай бұрын

@@answerer-mo8by You've just perfectly made my argument. This is like if Xiaomi had woke marketing and had a massive drop in sales and you're equating that to iPhone users being outraged about it. They don't know or give a fuck bud, it's not even in the equation.

@shophet125 2 ай бұрын

26:31 "IT'S MA'AM!"

@sledge068 2 ай бұрын

There is a huge difference between having a diverse game (having a lesbian relationship in BG3) and having a woke game. (Lecturing in DAV). Gamers do not give a shit about having a diverse game. They totally care about having a woke game.

@CatsLilaSalem 2 ай бұрын

With Western Gaming there are alteast plenty of good indie options now, and you can replay older games of course. Like half life 2 gets an 20 year anniversary update, and is free to claim now

@-Blue-_ 2 ай бұрын

But the half life series is not on the playstation

@hanchiman 2 ай бұрын

It always go into a circle, during Late 90's to early 2000, Japanese gaming become a shadow over itself when alot of European and US game studios made alot of fresh and new games. Now in the end of 2024, instead of Japan, now we got China and South Korea producing games that basically what early 2000 US and European studios become successful while US and European studios are now in a rut due to "Identity politics" being inserted

@toby2581 2 ай бұрын

Late 90s to early 2000s? It was a decade later than that.

@hanchiman 2 ай бұрын

@@toby2581 I always feel like Nintendo after N64 was basically the last time Japan become the "Powerhouse" as Nintendo use alot of Japanese studios. I mean yeah, Sony Playstation was Japanese with Tekken, but Playstation also gave alot of European and US studios a "chance" to put their game on that console. Also at the same time in end of 90's, PC gaming was starting to become a powerhouse as well, Alot of PC games also came from US and Europe as well. While Japanese studios don't focus too much on PC gaming

@toby2581 2 ай бұрын

@@hanchiman What the hell are you talking about?

@purpleey 2 ай бұрын

@@hanchimanWhat the hell are you talking about?

@MorgorDre 2 ай бұрын

@@hanchimantrue

@davidrowntree8250 2 ай бұрын

Asmongolds eyebrows should get a credit. They were working overtime during the biggest games of the year list

@mitchellstanding5358 2 ай бұрын

They conflate "disagree" with "hate."

@Sapphire_Jack 2 ай бұрын

The people who say "Video games are for everyone" are the same who say "this game wasn´t made for YOU"

@youtubasoarus 2 ай бұрын

Good catch. Then they complain people didn't buy it lol.

@MuMeiNameless21 2 ай бұрын

How does anything "crash" when it can't even leave the ground. "Failure to launch" seems more apt for Western titles nowadays.

@bruh-bn3ni 2 ай бұрын

Soft power is rising in the hands of East Asian countries now regarding video games

@Handler217 2 ай бұрын

It's truly is sad, even music soft power is going to asia. Comes to show how far America has fallen as a country

@Kevin-mx4vm 2 ай бұрын

@@Handler217I read "how fat America has fallen"

@MisterGreis 2 ай бұрын

@@Kevin-mx4vm Gravity is not our greatest ally.

@MisterGreis 2 ай бұрын

Well, China and Korea anyways.

@BlissfitMisfit 2 ай бұрын

A majority of Western games nowadays are open world, Souls like, MTX, DEI slop. Nowadays, I'm mostly playing games on PS3 or below.

@Ralgul21 2 ай бұрын

Everything costs £50+ And that's for a game which tells you you're wrong the whole time you're playing it

@Niterayde 2 ай бұрын

I’ve stockpiled so many retro games and other recent indie titles over the last few years I’ll be at if i ONLY play those til my death XD so that’s kinda what I do

@captives6479 2 ай бұрын

2024 Transgender Age: Veiledgaylords

@aceathor 2 ай бұрын

Is funny how Americans talk about gender when they don't even use it. I'm French and I can tell you that " a table " has a different gender than " a desk ". " A thought " has a different gender than " a dream ". Every thing has a gender, but people have sexes. Sexes (male female) have gender, but gender have no sexe.

@getoffendedwokeleftieweako 2 ай бұрын

@@aceathor dont try to switch focus from the topic. Everyone knows what all of this is about. Keep your BS for yourself.

@Groove_Gamer 2 ай бұрын

How can you be creative when at these western studios everyone is walking on eggshells trying to not offend anyone, reason why indies can still hit and make something original even spawn a new genre is because it's usually a small team even one person at times that answer to no one but themselves.

@CollectedG 2 ай бұрын

Nobody is calling games with political themes like Metal Gear Solid or Final Fantasy X woke because they are well written. People are calling games like Dustborn and Concord woke because it shoves in modern divisive political issues in a one sided way that most of the world disagrees with. Woke does not equal political writing, it equals bad or one sided political writing.

@bud389 16 күн бұрын

Metal Gear Solid is not well written.

@CollectedG 15 күн бұрын

@bud389 No they are well written, especially the first 3. The later games in the series are a little hokey, but they aren't trying to shove "the message" down your throat compared to a lot of games being made today.

@Rjeffe 2 ай бұрын

7:04 is not fair bro. You know who else is a euro dev? Ubisoft

@Mmachine88 2 ай бұрын

Ehhh well not exactly lol. Ubisoft is based in Canada actually, and also have studios basically all around the globe.

@Rägarded 2 ай бұрын

@@Mmachine88 Ubisoft headquarters is in France, tf you on about? Did you seriously confuse Quebec with France?

@Morfe02 2 ай бұрын

I mean they are DAMN French and that is an insult so . . .

@fajaradi1223 2 ай бұрын

@@Morfe02 Wasn't their HQ in Montreal?

@Rjeffe 2 ай бұрын

@@Mmachine88 actually☝️🤓 you’re wrong

@Diddelicious 2 ай бұрын

Body type 1 and 2 makes no sense. Body type should be tall, short, fat, skinny etc

@VespasianJudea 2 ай бұрын

Imagine that, people hate being told how to feel and think.

@elliot8069 25 күн бұрын

the actual problem is that game journos aren't gamers. they hate gamers, and they don't like games. what they actually want to write about is politics.