Game Scoop! 613: Expect More F2P Games-as-a-Service from Ubisoft

I love Justin Davis sayin "hey listeners"

[@TheHypersonic55]

Its the best. 😁

[@cygnusx-1256]

0:00 Introduction, No count in haha 1:15 But First! Ubisoft financial report, F2P games and Back catalogue 7:10 Enter Cat! 10:05 Month of May looks huge for Game releases 10:40 May 7th, releases 13:07 Following week we get , May 14th 13:12 Following week (May 21) 13:15 Few days later we get May 25 13:18 June 11th 14:00 Include June 22nd in May Launch Window, 14:24 Apr 30th 16:16 What we're looking for in the back half of the Year: Horizons Forbidden West, Hopefully GOW Ragnarok, BOTW 2, Halo Infinite, Call of Duty 17:45 New Batman games coming this year 18:56 : "What the crap are these new Nintendo Switch Online Games" 26:00 Game discussion from Game Scoop #118, "Six days in Fallujah" 32:10 "Hey Listeners!" [e-mail] 47:40 Video Game, "20 Questions!"

[@skygoing82]

Justin's comment about "there a last time you will pick up your kid, but you won't know it's the last time".... 😢😢😢😢😭

[@nvc.]

Ubisof: expect more games as a service! People: dont expect us to suport you on that!

[@ivanm-ch]

Whats up with all the ads?

[@sugarj3sus]

Hey, Sam. Witcher 2 is backwards compatible on xbox. It's also enhanced to 4k. Looks and plays great on one x or series x.

[@nathanlake78]

Ha! I was working on my Game Scoop backlog and I just listened to the episode where you said you didn’t expect to hear about Six Days in Fallujah again.

[@mO-gy8ee]

1:16 But 1st Ubisoft 10:01 May June games 18:55 what the crap are these Nintendo switch online games 24:14 Nintendo not so family friendly 25:59 cancelled 11 year old game 32:10 gaming habits 41:23 what games to blend into one 47:40 20 questions

[@mattj2692]

I agree with Justin. I'm the exact opposite of Christian, as I've gotten older I've moved further and further away from multiplayer and now pretty much only play single player games. I just don't enjoy the mindlessness and sometimes outright ignorance/stupidity that accompanies most multiplayer experiences.

[@nyrisj]

I once purchased a used copy of Final Fantasy X on PS2 way back in the day from my local Gamestop that had in game glitches because of physical damage to the disc. For those who don't know, early 3D Final Fantasy games had different character models of varying quality for in battle, in cutscene, and during exploration. In my particular case, what ever segment of the disc that contained the in-cutscene models was damaged so overworld Tidus would load in every scene T-posing and just sliding around where his character would normally walk. Another time, my copy of Left 4 Dead 2 on Xbox 360 had a big ol' crack in it that caused certain wall textures to not load and instead where replaced with the textures of the Tank zombies skin. It was gross and awesome. I kinda miss when the janky days of scratched game discs.

[@mcduff0]

The ratio gap between people watching and liking this is pretty big, come guys I know we all love watching Daemon and the scoop gang, so spread more likes!! 👍🏻👍🏻

[@aaronjones6798]

It occurs to me for Ratchet & Clank Rift Apart we still don't have a proper trailer for the game, they showed 2 vertical slices of the game, but not a proper storyline trailer - Insomniac also did the same thing for Miles Morales, where a storyline trailer for the game wasn't released until close to the game's release. On games being combined, I thought of Sonic Mania, while this wasn't a combination of the original Sonics it was an amalgamation of them.

[@amjadsalem8414]

I have two game scoops unwatched which means I can binge two episodes today. Let's goooo.

[@sithslayer91-v9z]

When you get off spotify to check out the cat

[@o0Brick0o]

I literally did the same thing. I had the audio running in the background but I had to see the aforementioned kitty

[@diallo1347]

My dirty gaming secret is that I personally like Mass Effect 3, probably because I've never played Mass Effect 1 or 2 😪

[@whitesox054ever]

Best podcast ever right here

[@PhinneusPrune]

Wrong about the music licenses for Rock Band. The bands donate the music as a form as advertising. They are given the licences.

[@VAULT-TEC_INC.]

Around 18:00. Is it too much to ask the video roll of games match up as he’s talking about them?

[@Steven_Olson]

Loved the Perfect outro music! A bit Dark though 👍.

[@snurly8020]

Is a turtle shell a hat? This is philosophy at its finest.

[@arijan-itanmuratovic7495]

Do you wear you hats on you back

[@snurly8020]

@@arijan-itanmuratovic7495 Of course. Any hat with a string (Tilley, Slouch, Boonie) all get worn on the back at some point.

[@Groppstopper]

I've always wanted to go straight into Red Dead 1 from Red Dead 2.

[@dugakrunoslav]

Wow, Prehistorik's being re-released... I rememer playing P1 and P2 on our crummy 286 (386) PCs during Computer Classes in 1994/1995. Never completed it but it looked awesome to us, the 12-13 year old kids from Croatia with extremely low access to hardware/software at the time... I really don't like 9-10-$, but now I'm really contemplating buying a Switch for myself and my nieces...

[@patrickwarner7818]

The OG scoop crew!!!

[@swizard0922]

Another great episode

[@SaltyStU2]

Rock Band 4 still getting Weekly DLC updates, but you can't buy new instruments anywhere to play it 😔

[@jermelpurse3018]

On the topic of single player versus the multiplayer experience I’ve noticed I don’t finish many of the great single player games out there just because as I’ve gotten older life has gotten more complex and gets in the way. I was playing out of work loving it grad school classes got in the way. I started the final fantasy seven remake loved it I mean it was like walking back down memory lane and seeing all the great sites again just knew I was going to finish it. Life got in the way again. I started horizon zero Don not once twice got justice for both times roughly 50% through both times stopped because life got in the way. This is happened again and again and again for a great video game tiles. I still love that I bought them I cherish the money I spent on them and I would gladly buy them again or sequels but life just gets in the way. Then when I think about returning to those titles I don’t remember what was going on with the combat mechanisms things that are important to the game I can’t easily get back into it so I say well I guess I’ll leave that along. Perhaps even worse there are games I want to start that are on my game pass subscription right now I won’t start them because I know I don’t have enough time to finish them I want to start control this weekend and I’ve said that for the past several weekends I haven’t just because life gets in the way.

[@AusTheBassBoss]

Nice guitar in the background.

[@SilverSpectre266]

Seems like every big gaming company that's existed since the 2000s has gone this route now

[@jasonhowland2903]

Why is it a bad idea the 6 days in Falluja game?

[@rtswift]

We need to see a goose camp halo 1 tournament

[@AcornElectron]

Scoop! Keep up the good work peeps and stay safe.

[@goombathegrey2664]

40:24 Arrested Development quote for this weeks Scope Bingo! Lol

[@USMCbrantley]

I just need Ubisoft to make another Mario and Rabbids Kingdom Battles. Awesome awesome awesome game. Even the DK DLC could had been a solo game on its own.

[@ScuzzyBeta]

I totally have Justin's same problem of game completion anxiety. I dropped my favourite game of last year just because I didn't want it to end 😅 oops

[@MasterCleife]

Games moulded into one? It would have to be Elder Scrolls 3 4 and 5. The maps would actually be connected if they were laid out geographically.

[@bradcuster]

Yes!!! After the week I’ve had, which included having more PS5’s stolen from my cart at checkout, the Goose Camp crew arrives to spread cheer, laughs, knowledge and all out fun for the next hour. As always, thanks for all you do. Best way to start my weekend!

[@Enikeev14]

Doesn't cloud wear a tiara in ff7 when you dress him up for corneo?

[@Will_RodU]

I think the Six Days in Fallujah guys are geniuses... regardless of how we may feel about the topic of the game, they appear to have a pretty solid defense for it, in that they interviewed the people who lived through it, and apparently both soldiers and residents at that. If they paid those people for those interviews, which I imagine they did, then even better, because then they can simply say "this game supported the veterans and the families that lived through this horror, and they are vouching for it's autheticity and value, what have the critics done for those people and what do they know about the event?". And the controversy is just free publicity. Not saying I like the fact that this game is coming out. Just saying that whatever happens with it, it may have put some good into the world either way. Now, if they did not pay the people they interviewed... then, imho, horrible...

[@mickael486]

🤣 Game Scoop keeping Arrested Development relevant! 👏 👏 👏 👏 Bravo.

[@TheKindredblades]

There are dozens of us. Dozens!!!

[@mickael486]

@@TheKindredblades 🤣🤣

[@mO-gy8ee]

All mega man games in 1 game would be awesome one of the reasons I really like mega man 3 is because you have to fight the bosses from 2 👍

[@gregcord3886]

Just what the doctor ordered ;)

[@mickael486]

Wait... Can I STILL buy new songs on Rock Band 3 ?? I still have all those plastic instruments in my closet. Like EVERYTHING.

[@SaltyStU2]

The rock band 3 store is still up, but you can only but newly released weekly dlc in Rock Band 4

[@mattgrundy27]

Have a great weekend OmegaCops! Get on the DOGE rocket and join me on the moon.

[@deeejaaay8518]

Hey Justin a picture leaning against the wall is not a decoration.

[@Manac0r3]

It's called schrodinger syndrome..you don't finish a game as it stays in a flux state where it enda but doesn't end. Both the prefect and imperfect.

[@bradcuster]

Ubisoft hasn’t been making the best decisions in the last few years. This was evident with how badly Ghost Recon Breakpoint was received and Watch Dogs: Legion was so forgettable. Assassin’s Creed is still one of my favorite franchises to date so I’m not excited about a games as a service version of it. They need to stop trying to come up with gimmicks to please investors and just continue to make incredible games that sell. Consumers spending money should make them happy.

[@telmogomes9012]

Your one world across all games - you do know your basically discussion games as a service (Destiny)

[@DarkElfPaladin]

Now I want to start calling games that wear on too long bilbo games.

[@ninja226]

Justin is tired that games are long. Two minutes later, wants the Mass Effect Trilogy to be a single game. Confused.....

[@face76]

Come on sam no where in that Ubisoft call did they say no more single player games. To me it means Ubisoft will support games like the Division 2 and Hyperscape much longer then just a year or 2. It makes sense. I mean let’s look at this year for Ubisoft. As of right now there is one big AAA release, FC6. AC will get dlc and will be supported for most of the year. I’m sure WD Legion too. Maybe even Immortal gets extended dlc. But right there is 2 of Ubisoft’s biggest franchises without a release for at least a year. Probably longer for WD. AC has went to a 2 year release window. Ubisoft backing their f2p and on going games makes sense. I mean Ubisoft has already jump into the f2p on mobile. I take this as Ubisoft expanding and going into other game genres. Nowhere does it say Ubisoft will stop making single player games. Especially since single player games is their bread and butter.

[@fran117]

How about making original games ubisoft and not just chasing trends and coming out with ripoffs of critically acclaimed games

[@atomicddt]

CO-OP MAGES!!!

[@jeffmoscaritolo6426]

Is a bangle a hat?

[@AJ72281]

A bangle is a bracelet..... Or if you have multiple (Bangles) it’s an 80’s girl rock band.....

[@DavidChooses]

Tina has a cute cat.

[@greenraven22]

All those "Hentai Vs" games are just cheap asset flips with clickbait titles. There's nothing sexual in them at all.

[@thargro13]

SCOOP!

[@jermelpurse3018]

That is the problem actually. Read to play games are the gold standard if you can hit one out of the park everyone looks at the numbers and the numbers tell you the best game out there the most popular the most moneymaking game out there is Fortnite. Hands-down nobody comes close. Now if you dig into a Ubisoft catalog can you look at your games and you look at which games are making them not only money but doing it at the least amount of cost. It’s ratio how much money do you make me how much money does this game cost me to make. Why would you have to put on a new game every five years in the series typically that can get expensive and you compare that to making one game let’s say rainbow six siege and allowing it to be free to play. Look at how the long tail of that game has worked out. Yes they had to develop the game that cost lots of money but over time it’s become cheaper and cheaper to develop for meanwhile it’s making more money than ever. So as it becomes cheaper to develop for and you make even the same amount of money your profit actually go up. Meanwhile you can go make this new game and you have to hope it’s a hit. That’s the dilemma they are facing. Now of course you have another problem when you go free to play now everybody wants to play that type of game some of us myself included love the single player experience and we will go for those and if you don’t have one we just won’t buy your stuff

[@USMCbrantley]

Nintendo built a dam to stop the flood. In the end they blew the dam up.

[@remidee7276]

Yeah cause hyper space did so well smh

[@lags7164]

Rock and stone!

[@ASKP007]

Hey justin🖐

[@talalahsan6824]

As long as these F2P games don't affect the existing amount of games devs do , i don't think its that bad.

[@rulerOFman1984]

Hey ok

[@effincasuals8877]

I dont understand this im an adult and don't have time to play shit WHAT? 🙃

[@luciddre4m]

Not sure I understand the mentality of playing a game 75-90% the way through and putting it down

[@GeeEmm81]

Pretty simple for me. If it’s f2p, then I won’t play it.

[@iulixMAXgames]

F Ubisoft and microtransaction 👎😡!!!

[@abcvideoyoutuization]

Wow, I am watching Infoumus Game Scoop only a minute after it was posted.

[@boardvision11]

🍔🍟🥤🤡💄😷

[@Leadbullproductions]

Hentai means pervert

[@nopnapnarp8047]

Not everyone loves Ubisoft right now Sam. They protected abusers and undermined victims. Also; they're games are so painfully mediocre and average.

[@TheFlash-rh2el]

Perfect to compliment the unjustified price hike from $60 to $70 for AAA games

[@spazco8669]

$61usd to $95 usd in Australia ($79 to $124 aud)

[@caseclosed8189]

For honor battle royale f2p

[@ValentinaMoretti]

Catscoop 💕