GREED is Killing the Video Game Industry

[@TheMacroShow]

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[@buttmuncher-cm5tl]

Ironic

[@SheerAntAttack]

Bruh, that was uncalled-for 😂

[@ThaBotmon]

3:25 to skip the ad

[@buttmuncher-cm5tl]

​@@ThaBotmonyou are a real g

[@nukevisitor4576]

Macro you should try Once Human I want to know your opinion on it, thanks.

[@ducksruleflorida4882]

What astounds me is when companies release a game (or movie) that no one asked for and they’re so shocked that people don’t like it. They will go as far to call fans names and tell them it’s their fault their video game failed.

[@dr.downvote]

Sounds like something Disney filmmakers would say, never heard this from any game devs or game companies. Are ya sure you're not under acolyte comments section?

[@user-nd1nm6mq9f]

@@dr.downvote probably means diablo mobile

[@harmoen]

This is what causes companies to never be original and never take risks. It's why we have call of duty #22 and not something new.

[@baker1253]

like what

[@user-lq7nq1dg8u]

So you would rather them release the exact same game in a franchise for the 44th time in a row? Why not try something new

[@SneakyMango]

Passion is absent from most games now. This is why Indie games are so successful right now

[@eddieg4858]

Ye honestly New Blood and Devolver basically carrying that side of the industry

[@Anonymous-73]

They always have been the best part of the industry, let’s not forget that most of the biggest games we grew up with were indie titles

[@docileyoke]

​@@Anonymous-73 Nah I don't think so, the biggest indie people grew up with was undertale, other than that people grew up with minecraft, cod, mk, etc. Which aren't indie titles.Edit: Okay minecraft IS an indie title (or was) but my point still stands on the other two games I mentioned.

[@johnmarkson1998]

the most successful games are still the whale farmers tbf. the latest ea game eafc made more money then every indie title combined.

[@abounded_j5557]

@@Anonymous-73 every indie game i owned was boring af after 2 days

[@ajcorpus5155]

And game devs usually hate making a game they know sucks but the biggest issue came along when the rich people found out how popular gaming was

[@rodtack8420]

i've said this for years.. but rich people and corporations have ruined basically everything they have ever touched due to their greed, desire for endless profits at any cost, and just due to the nature of how corporations are organized and exist to begin with being part of the problem itself. It isn't gaming, it is literally everything in society that has been ruined that was once great. But at least corporations have profits? I guess that is all that matters right? a minority of rich greedy people who are geniuses at exploiting people, manipulating people and making profit, but incompetent at everything else.... that rule us

[@lord_toaster]

One of my main issues, especially as a tank player is that despite being basically a "kaiju fight" like Macro said, it doesn't feel GOOD to play tank. It's mostly spraying rounds into the general direction of the supports, or getting immediately hit with 4 different CC's (that were supposed to be cut down on) the second you commit to a target other than the enemy tank.

[@reesyloko5741]

You didn't even mention how if you do your job or be atleast half competent the enemy team just counter swaps you so now you either have to suffer or switch

[@ydrib6086]

"you can now buy this common skin reskin for JUST 19.99$!"

[@MichaelYT22]

$ on left not right

[@ItsHelle.]

@@MichaelYT22 ☝🤓

[@user-km3re4ng7o]

did u know that a skin which is just a very very very slight recolor of the base skin in ow2, is now like 5$?

[@Jademulic]

Sounds like brawl stars

[@bigbosses4686]

I can buy Lego Jurassic World with that money.

[@Eli-cr1eh]

It’s very sad on how game companies have just become revenue over Quality……

[@IamAmygdala]

Not all. I will always speak for the chads over at FromSoft. They keep making absolute peak quality games since demon souls (except ds2 but we dont take bout it)

[@TheMacroShow]

@@IamAmygdalaman you’re gonna love the end of this video

[@its_saber1525]

​@@IamAmygdalaDs2 is still a fantastic game, it's just a lot worse than other FromSoft games. That just shows how great their games all are

[@FreezingNick]

Something called inflation

[@fabiocorrales5390]

I support square mostly because kh

[@christianedwards9025]

My gamepass expires in 12 days, after 15 years, no more.

[@RandomNamedHBK]

Actually nuts how much these games push the limits. Im fine with cosmetics being a little pricier because yes companies have to make money and if they’re doing well at fixing the game, im fine supporting a company. But when a val bundle costs $100, an apex collection event $180 & as of recently a $360 event, and overwatch & apex charging recolors full price WHILE servers are deteriorating, balancing is always somehow getting worse, and the anticheats are awful, the greed really becomes apparent.

[@shadowtitan8545]

Can't defend apex that's just massive EA levels if greed.

[@Jai_dinn]

1 skin being 20 dollars is the craziest thing ever

[@ExzaktVid]

By these prices, 3 skins are worth one tears of the kingdom. That really puts into perspective just how overpriced these skins are. How do they expect us to pay $20 for a skin when that one skin is the same price as thousands of great indie games?

[@masterace9543]

​@@ExzaktVid Can't get over how a mobile game try to sell $10 skin for a common rarity character and add no special effects to it 😅

[@Grind4Real]

It’s normalized nowadays that’s the craziest part. It should be 3 rare , 5 epic , 7 legendary skins. They would make much more money with reasonable price

[@KingKuchyt]

You think 20$ is bad? how bout a $500 Ahri skin in League of Legends

[@Grind4Real]

@@KingKuchyt Riot went out of line since a long time ago, they’re gone no need to talk about them. I’m scarred for project L skin future price tho

[@michellerahe4853]

"Get the full game right there" Game companies: "The best i can offer you is $80"

[@xenongamer7810]

Don't mention persona 3 reload, which had a 70 dollar price for a remake, and now they are selling a DLC with the true ending of the Game for another 35. And obviously they did not include It in the Deluxe bundel ofc

[@plvto1]

​@@xenongamer7810 this. the game is amazing but it is not a 70 dollar game and it is not a game that deserves a $35 DLC. AND PEOPLE WERE DEFENDING IT TOO

[@xenongamer7810]

@@plvto1 i know right? I have been playing It and It definitely is good, but all that money is just too much for It...

[@DAGIEBOB]

​@@xenongamer7810WHAT

[@xenongamer7810]

@@DAGIEBOB yep, atlus being atlus and their prices

[@Mlikaw]

*Greed is Killing the AAA Video Game Industry

[@SleepzyV]

This is why emulation and indies are the best

[@boxlions2073]

Well to me it really depends on the genre nowadays. Paradox although they are notorious for their dlcs the base games they release are fleshed out. And majority of the dlcs are a lot of fun

[@swifthexx4587]

Its killing the whole gaming industry. AAA companies are the main pillar of gaming industry because they have larger budget and bigger teams. Indie games are cool but they are no where near an AAA game in quality.

[@babypluto636]

⁠@@swifthexx4587what are you talking about bruh just because a game is aaa doesn’t mean you’re gonna get top notch quality guaranteed look at mk1 forspoken saints row reboot anthem cyberpunk the list goes on. Is there a place for aaa games?absolutely but the gaming landscape is definitely moving towards retro/indie games you also have to factor in not everyone wants to spend 70$ on one aaa game that’s not even guaranteed to be good plus having to spend another 80 JUST to play online

[@CJRaelion]

​@@babypluto636 I'm getting my PS2 back out tbh and primarily play single player games without any or barely any DLC. I haven't regretted my choice yet. Only games I play online are SF6 and Tekken 8...on PC cause I'm not paying for online play lmao

[@nkosiezikalala5267]

A part of the problem is that "Voting with your wallet" will never work. We need to redirect our time. Even if you never buy anything from these companies Playing their game keeps it alive and stops them from seeing our frustrations. People need to Stop Playing.

[@LordSiravant]

And they can't because games are an addiction, like everything else in capitalism. They're designed to be addicting.

[@loren6102]

Nintendo: “Microtransactions. what are those? Collabs? Sir That’s Only for Our Smash Bros games. Wait You created a fangame? *PERISH*

[@mariustan9275]

Yeah. As terrible as they are for their fangame views, they aren't really that greedy. Definitely much less than everyone else.

[@mguymario]

​@@mariustan9275Mario Kart tour

[@mariustan9275]

​@mguymario oh yeah a mobile game. I' gonna be honest I never played it myself I'm gonna guess it has tons of microtransactions

[@loren6102]

@@mguymario That Was Only One Game. It doesn’t Count. plus WHO STILL CARES ABOUT THAT GAME.

[@Otter-Njoyer]

@@loren6102, well said; it is probably the only major game maker and console builder that does not condone, and dip their toes in to this level of crap in the game industry

[@czms922]

It's honestly getting depressing with how much money influences games now, from over priced Skins, to the excessive amount of dlc's, to the Recycled "Sequels"

[@CasualCat64]

I have to go outside now :(

[@g1g4_ch4d7]

That’s Capitalism baby

[@volt4960]

I think overwatch 1 lootbox system was the less predatory one

[@Galaxy-jy9wl]

You could get alot of them for free, I never bought a box and I still managed to get tons and tons of cosmetics for free

[@aerickmon3350]

Blazingly so And in the late game they made it so you could get one just from playing a single game, and depending on game mode, several a loot box, and dupes would amount to extra currency and it quickly mounted enough to buy anything

[@stepb2788]

Economic essay inbound. Macro sort of proves himself as wrong. Capitalism is a system, not an ideology. It requires variables and inputs from consumers and producers both. An ideology says what you see is reality and there's nothing that can be done. A system says parties involved have choices and freedoms, and based on the inputs, outputs, and variables in the system, consumers can get what they want. If you're a day 1 apex player (Feb 2019) , you saw the writing on the wall when collection events started and were ridiculously priced. Right away people complained, yet idiocally continued to pay for overpriced pixels. So respawn, seeing the upset in their audience, but continuing to sell product, did not let up. It got so bad, there was a "boycott" in the summer of 2022 or 2023 (already years too late). However, this boycott consisted of players merely not logging on apex for a month. Players continued to buy expensive skins and collection events. How dumb right? Let's get one thing clear: Not playing a game yet continuing to buy cosmetics is not a boycott. Respawn does not care if the player base stops playing but continues to buy skins. There's no incentive or stimulus to require change if players continuously meet a company's bottom line. So there's no surprise that we're here 5 years later facing the same problem. You say voting with your wallets is now ineffective as companies rely on a small percentage of the market to buy all their product and sustain them. Even if that's true, it wasn't the case the last 4 years. Apex players had ample warning and opportunity to not buy cosmetics, and failed constantly. People tend to blame capitalism for failing them, while continually feeding the inputs that sustain companies on the other side of capitalism. This mindset is akin to writing incorrectly and blaming a pencil, or driving a car improperly and then crashing it and blaming the manufacturer. Especially when you see the manufacturer clearly build an overpriced, low quality product that you continuously buy while complaining about it. It is a system that requires contribution and financial feedback from consumers, not a concrete reality where corporations always swindle you. Yes corporate greed is obviously damaging games and has been for a while. But greed and capitalism, while often appearing near each other, are not the same thing. They aren't even in the same subject. To continuously buy a non-essential product, even in the face of obscene pricing, and then mislabel capitalism as an ideology and blame it, while constantly contributing to your own problem, shows the lack of economic education and responsible financial skills missing from so many consumers in gaming. Frankly, it's misleading and manipulative to strawman a system as an ideology and not have the introspection to see your own contributions. Players had years of warning and never stopped once. There's plenty of clips of emotionally led college students blaming capitalism for their problems, while at the same time holding the most expensive coffee and wearing the most expensive clothing available, the irony completely lost on them. Capitalism does not force you to buy something. Once again, Capitalism does not force you to buy something, an idea gaming consumers often forget. Capitalism also results in a variety of products and qualities to choose from. Games and digital cosmetics are non-essential items. Your money is better spent elsewhere. Don't buy cosmetics you don't like. Don't buy games you don't like. Don't buy something just because it's available in a game you like. Save your money until a game respects your time as a player and gives you a fair price. And for the love of everything please please please stop baiting and switching the definition of capitalism, and then blaming the false definition for results you don't like, when your contribution as a consumer is what encourages companies to promote prices you don't like, not the system. I agree that if some games are beyond the point of no return, where even boycotting, (true boycotting where no money is exchanged) is pointless, then games that respect you should be given your attention and money instead. But to say "voting with your wallet is ineffective", when the only voting that's been done has been for the very greed you dislike in the industry, is an oblivious statement. Voting goes both ways. Voting with your wallet, at least in Apex's case, has been extremely effective. The problem is that everyone was voting for more and more expensive skins. No one voted against by, guess what, saving their money! It sucks that some companies don't adjust monetary strategies based on their communities' verbal feedback. Money talks more than internet comments a lot of the time. But the trade-off is they will have no choice but to adjust if their communities' feedback is in the form of withdrawing total financial support. If they dont adjust, they end up failing. Money talks both ways, and when companies run out, they have no choice but to listen. (Side note: companies getting bailed out for making poor financial decisions by your government with your tax dollars is not capitalism. In free-market capitalism, a company suffers the result of poor decision making and is responsible for the consequences. Governments bailing out giant corporations for ignoring consumers is cronyism and excessive government involvement, which dangerously hurts the consumer. I highly recommend reading/watching some Adam Smith, Milton Friedman, and Hayek to learn more on this subject. True free-market capitalism is near impossible to implement and does not really exist anywhere, and cronyism/ government hand-holding with corporations is everywhere, and is not in any way capitalism.) Voting with your wallet definitely matters. The instant you see a policy or standard you don't like, stop giving that game and company your hard earned money. That's voting with your wallet. That's why some games crash and burn before or right after launch. Communities see the game sucks and stop buying it. It happens all the time. Take Macro's "Dead Games" series for example (ironic. Buddy proved his own point as wrong). It's living proof that your monetary input on a game matters. Sometimes companies experience such a deserved backlash financially that they end up making their game 10 times better and worthy of your money, reviving said "dead" game! That is voting with your wallet, and it is extremely effective. If you got to the end of this essay, thanks for your time! Hopefully you realize you have more power than you think as a consumer in gaming. Just make sure you actually spend (or save) your money for games that respect you. Stop paying for a game that disrespects you with aggregious prices for cosmetics. The earlier, the better. Capitalism is a consumer's friend in the gaming market. Take advantage of it, even if that means not buying something. (Crazy suggestion right?) Would love to hear your thoughts if you're one of the few people who read through this mess :)

[@him3241]

the oblivion horse armor was the first splitting of the atom for gaming

[@aerickmon3350]

And it was 2.00 Now it’s multiplied to 10 ten times that on avg

[@CashKris]

Microtransactions are ruining the gaming experience

[@AdrisArcade]

Seriously though

[@elongatedman345]

you mean massively friggin LARGE transactions ?

[@docileyoke]

Not really

[@REDACTED__007]

I love microtransactions

[@saschaberger3212]

People buying it ruined gaming for everyone

[@Wb61racing]

Even ea’s rally sim,a SIMULATOR that costs 30 bucks,has 3 tiers of battle pass. In a racing game where having BOTH of ea play(you don’t get the game with it)AND the battle pass you then get all of the items💀💀💀

[@ayytonyromero]

I appreciate you opening my eyes to this side of gaming Macro.

[@shadowtitan8545]

@ayytonyromero Yes, you should also see how he has contributed to apex and its greedy monetization by buying every collection event and battle pass. It's crazy to me the whales that buy these and then complain when respawn and EA get more greedy.

[@draw2death421]

It took you this long? Also i whoudnt be praising him considering his been part of the problem too with his Apex spending.

[@IIlIIIIlll]

Meanwhile, Destiny 2: “gotta pay to play bro.”

[@epicvas1965]

the free version of destiny is basically just a demo

[@Robotmudkip99]

I mean at that point it’s really just like a 60 dollar game

[@aerickmon3350]

And buy it again several times again

[@claytonlehmann3483]

I can’t wait in like fourish years from now when the price of AAA games rises to be like 100$ for the base game with 60$ DLCs.

[@CopyrightNoG]

Although I’m ngl, Fortnite’s one of the few games whose monetization doesn’t feel greedy. Their shop skins are priced like they are intangible skins in a video game and their battle pass (if you finish it) gives you enough to buy the next battle pass and then some. Ofc not to shut out other ethically monetized games like Deep Rock Galactic and Fromsoft games amongst others.

[@coolguy14604]

they charge 20 bucks for you to buy the aang skin, then they charge another 20 to make him avatar state instead of the basic. Not greedy, yup 🤷🏿‍♂️

[@Reeee899]

​​@@coolguy14604They were in a mini battle pass which come with a bunch of other stuff and those two skins which is only is 10 bucks

[@jankysock8806]

Csgo used to have the best system for loot boxes because you didn’t have to buy prime to earn a free box a week and have a rank but now for years they are locked behind a 15 dollar wall. My brother briefly played the game during this period and stopped I got into the game before cs2 and he decided to open his crates and he got a Doppler knife.

[@leonheumann9108]

12:17 "CURSE YOU WHALE!!!!" -Igon 2024

[@ink-T]

This is rather humerus

[@Mr.Froak95]

WITH A HAIL OF HARPOONS!!

[@sparkyanimations213]

Some well educated people in this comment section ❤

[@donkst276]

I HEREBY VOW, YOU WILL RUE THIS DAY

[@A_Nerd-m9k]

BEHOLD, A TRUE DRAKE WARRIOR! AND I, IGON

[@TRG_R17]

3:25 To skip sponsor

[@bigmansir3745]

Legend

[@sparkyanimations213]

Thanks 😊

[@Neuvillete4.6]

Are you serious

[@foregoingsomeguy]

Are you serious ​@@Neuvillete4.6

[@afugginskullontheground]

@@Neuvillete4.6yes,yes he is

[@amazanta1605]

The fact that we went from map packs and dlc being £5 to now being £20+ for extra content on an already paid game is diabolical there are rare exceptions such as phantom liberty for cyberpunk

[@Saladman45]

Petition for everyone to stop paying for Xbox live and PS plus so that they eventually have to make online free

[@S0n0fG0D]

Nah they'll just turn every game into a mandatory ps plus game. Like GoT and Helldivers.

[@natemeyer6060]

Cheating is a real problem, especially in siege. I was playing in bronze because ranked 2.0 sucks, but there was a blatent wall hacker on the enemy team, he was not good but he knew where you were all the time. You can't even play in lower ranks anymore.

[@Klassyy]

R1ng io is the number one cheat for siege cod the new tom Clancy game even battle bit lol people pay them monthly $30-100 a month to cheat on their game

[@natemeyer6060]

@@Klassyy I couldn't imagine paying for cheats

[@tgnm9615]

This is why people love indie games. Small grouo of develovers that actually care about it's playerbase and fans

[@kap1618]

But not enough people buy or even talk about indie games.

[@gamingimpact366]

I knew it the moment i saw overwatch being free that something is wrong... And i was right.

[@adi9530]

Ow2: lazy recolored legendary skin costs 20 usd The finals: legendary skin made with genuine creatively costs 8 usd and is actually good with custom animations, unique sound design, etc. Ow2: constantly disregards the wishes of its playerbase and ruins the game. The Finals: listens to its playerbase, interacts with them on a consistent basis and respects them while introducing ways to improve the game (except S3 ranked change but they said its only temporary). Ow2 has 4 times the players of The Finals on steam. At this point I also think a major factor for the industry going on a downward spiral is cause people will play garbage over games with passion put into it. Its not just the company's fault, its ours too.

[@DynamicBoltz]

there is a reason i have almost 300 hours in friends vs friends

[@SleepzyV]

This is not for me I don’t have any friends 🥲

[@DynamicBoltz]

@@SleepzyV neither do i

[@SleepzyV]

@@DynamicBoltz wait how do you play friends vs friends

[@DynamicBoltz]

@@SleepzyV you dont

[@SleepzyV]

@@DynamicBoltz wait what?

[@GoodBoyGaming-fj6zp]

"Greed is killing the industry." "Now a word from our sponsor." within 5 seconds of eachother.

[@lelo1280]

a man’s gotta make their bag…

[@ColossalKaiju]

@@lelo1280 You could say the same thing with the game devs lol. Oh they're adding overpriced skins? Man stop whining they just "gotta make their bag" trust me Macro already makes plenty of "bag" without the sponsors lmao

[@johnmarkson1998]

@@ColossalKaiju both are bad tbf. game devs already make a solid salary compared to actual health workers. even small indie games cost tons of money to produce because coding is hard and rare.

[@infernoboy7392]

Are you him? Do you know his income? Most KZbinrs around one million subs and under make majority of their income from sponsers. And even if he doesn’t need it, you can just skip 40 seconds.

[@eigorson]

​@@ColossalKaijuthe thing is that bag isnt going to the devs its going to the companies

[@hamptonbrown6118]

“Greed is killing the industry” meanwhile the sponsor 🤫🤫🤫

[@SgtGudda]

And a ton of ads

[@comradeshaq7467]

It’s a fucking food sponsor 💀

[@hondrjresqsriii]

same with yt ads

[@itzzsalty9458]

Bro its a sponsor tf

[@v_AsT]

I just don't understand these companies. Make good games= more money. Bad games= less money. It's that simple. They are basically playing themselves.

[@Mejustme101]

That's what I've been saying. The people running these companies don't care. They know it's true. They don't care. I swear, one day, they'll get so greedy that they won't care if they admit it or not with their own words.

[@Pavel-pg1bn]

I feel like the last multiplayer game thats not greedy anymore is deep rock galactic Edit:For all the people that say helldivers, i dont comment on it cause i havent played it

[@kronikz_2210]

People on steam literally leave reviews that tell the players to buy DLC for DRG to support the devs. If your fan base is like that, you are doing something right.

[@aguardian4036]

or team fortress 2

[@arikowski]

@@aguardian4036 LOL

[@kiitaclyzm]

Helldivers 2 may have other issues, but I'd say it's far from greedy. That being said, DRG still my favorite

[@Pavel-pg1bn]

​@@kiitaclyzmI didn't say anything about helldivers 2 cause I haven't played it

[@MEMENT0-MORl]

Deep Rock Galactic has the single best monetization system in gaming. Amazing game

[@S0meCrazyIdiot]

When people are literally making your Cosmetic Skins to be one of the most wishlisted item in steam, you are doing something very right! Also, *ROCK AND STONE!*

[@edwardskelly6332]

Rock and Stone ⛏️🪨

[@SaltyMaud]

That would be NMS. A single price, zero microtransactions, game is kept relevant with free content updates, ongoing development funded from initial sales as well as new players purchasing the game. But DRG with its fairly cheap cosmetic MTX and free, permanent seasonal updates is certainly still better than most "games as a service" products nowadays.

[@MEMENT0-MORl]

@@edwardskelly6332 ROCK AND STONE

[@randomcontent789]

@@MEMENT0-MORlRock and stone brother, rock and stone

[@zapstar9140]

One thing I will never understand about this, if it’s such a problem just don’t buy the skins. The issue is is that people like macro will complain and moan about a broken system but will always lap up whatever awful collab these companies do next. Just don’t buy the skins if it’s such a big deal

[@RatRaccon]

Tf2 would have been a perfect example. A game so beloved but that isn’t making any money so the devs gave up.

[@turtleyoutubeaccount]

splatoon 3 is €60 and then you get everything. battle passes are free, cosmetics are free, everything is earned through the game

[@davveds145]

To play online costs a subscription service. Nintendo gets revenue monthly without even needing to use microtransactions. I wouldnt say that its exactly better than a lot of other games.

[@bootao1671]

They also don't make new content for the game, that's why their playerbase is much smaller than when it launched

[@turtleyoutubeaccount]

@@bootao1671 they release new content every season???

[@turtleyoutubeaccount]

@@davveds145 20 euro a year for everything online, while annoying is better than obnoxious microtransactions

[@flytelp]

You pay with your sanity to deal with the horrendous performance and control of a Nintendo switch

[@nitrogeninhaler7904]

man i actually wish BG3 had some dlc adding my favorite subclasses to the game

[@mrartyomych8504]

Or a DM mode

[@connor2500]

Should have had it all from the get go though right?

[@glowdonk]

I'd say they could add it as an update

[@mr.hootsalot5731]

This video is very much correct. Back then, game companys had the mindset of, "Alright, if the people don't like what we're shipping out, we're gonna flop." Nowadays, they go, "Just send it out, they're gonna buy it anyways." It was us the comsumers that lowered the standards, we bought and bought and they got richer and richer, pumping out more products faster and faster, eventually pumping out slop to get more of that feeling of becoming immensely rich. Or, "That Fortnite High" Macro said. The solution? Stop, buying. Only good, genuine products deserve the money and support for continuation. Anything that's not genuine, don't give into the curiosity to try it. It will only feed into the horrible quality. Another substitute to that, "Triple A" experience is indie. Sure, they're not as expansive, advertised, and filled to the brim with content, but they are the only games with pure intentions. (This part is a little off topic, but continue if you want) As I've found out, it takes defiance against human nature to be pure, to have kindness in yourself. That is what makes indie games different. Instead of chasing the money like so many other companys, they make something genuine, they care about the perfect experience they want the people to see. They don't give into the human nature of, "Survival of thyself only." They care, about the people.

[@lilili765]

Gotta love the 'It's a trap!' Reference

[@engulfedcolt1985]

Showing homelander in mk as if it's something new mortal Kombat is doing is kinda crazy 9:14

[@TrueCole8]

I know they have been doing these for years now since 2011 this isn’t really new having guest Kharacters

[@emanuelacola726]

Yeah, guest characters were a thing ever since 2011 with Freddy Krudger and Kratos, they are more of a DLC expansion more some truly bad monetization

[@awlow052]

Yeah he should've just used an image from the COD X The Boys collab (he later did lol). MK has no relation with all these other games

[@MrProdigy810]

That was CoD wasn't it?

[@engulfedcolt1985]

@@MrProdigy810 no he showed a picture of homelanders trailer from mk1 which I admit has bad micro transactions like buying seasonal fatalities but guest characters are not nee

[@MrUbercactus]

There are really only two paths for modern multiplayer games. They either die young or live long enough to become crossover hells. For example I remember back in the early days of Fortnite we would get actually unique and original bonus skins every season. Now it's always just some lazy crossover skin.

[@mariustan9275]

I mean super smash bros was here but that's not a shooter so does that count?

[@CoolManCoolMan123]

​@@mariustan9275 that's it's identity. It's like calling Mortal Kombat lazy for collabs, it's their stuff.

[@ExzaktVid]

Splatoon 3 kinda died early in the west ngl (even though its my favorite game ever)

[@CasualCat64]

Don’t hate on the collabs tf is wrong with you.

[@CasualCat64]

@@ExzaktVidno it didn’t it’s still fine

[@jeremycaswell]

That's the thing. The developers do want to make a good game, its the shareholders and marketing team forcing them to do this. Honestly it should be illegal for a company to be owned by share holders

[@AtomicF0x]

0:42 Casually ignoring kitten on shoulder while going into GameStop.

[@jriver226]

And then there's Nintendo sitting on fully complete games for the right release window

[@Omega_speed]

I’m not really sure about that. They’re way more consistent with actually complete games, but totk wasn’t really finished, and the latest Pokemon games…

[@jriver226]

@@Omega_speed always counter examples, but we have a lot of confidence that they have a lot of complete games they will sit on, and probably as are sitting on right now. I would not be surprised if all dev work on prime 4 is done

[@shaunavant532]

​@@Omega_speed pokrmon feels finished after the epilogue

[@Omega_speed]

@@shaunavant532 storywise yes, but graphically and optimization wise? Absolutely not. They were working on scarlet/violet and legends arceus at the same time. They unfortunately didn’t have the manpower to make either game as great as they could be with the team split between 2 (technically 3) different games. Although, it’s probably less Nintendo itself that’s the problem and more so the Pokemon Company.

[@shaunavant532]

@@Omega_speed ye, still a good game tho

[@iwoso]

what can we do: invest in indie companies

[@CasualCat64]

Hell no 😂 they’ll just become dead games

[@gregger_mcgregger]

@@CasualCat64And yet we live in a time where games like The Binding of Isaac and Shovel Knight have been more successful and praised than other modern AAA titles

[@CasualCat64]

@@gregger_mcgregger we also live in a world where rogue company existed

[@Mejustme101]

@@CasualCat64 We also live in a world where people like to ruin things.

[@CasualCat64]

@@Mejustme101 keep yourself safe

[@AfroMan51]

This is why games like Elden ring has been the peak of modern gaming

[@user-tn1ee3cd3k]

Greed messed up your hair bro😂

[@cyarain]

This is why fromsoft and larian are winning

[@Mejustme101]

Who's Larian?

[@cyarain]

@@Mejustme101 the studio that made bulders gate 3

[@kaurkelt2390]

I actually loved the one time buy for the game and the loot box system in overwatch since you could unlock a tonne and I mean a tonne of skins for free. I did get a bunch of junk cosmetics but over time i got interesting skins for every single hero, without spending a dollar (actually euro). But sadly now we have the stupid shop and two skins cost the same as the overwatch 1 did. But at least the "new" game is free, i guess that's a good thing.

[@Galaxy-jy9wl]

Not only that but they made the old credits completly useless, so even if you had a lot leftover from the "update", you couldn't buy shit

[@junklabs-studios1318]

Greed is killing the Video Game industry Inde-game devs: "Greed? What is that?" Hakita: "Greed? Oh thats just a layer of hell in my game"

[@xaviershah3159]

I feel that people sometimes forget that the reason why games come out so ass nowadays is because of new investors, investing in companies to make new games. Ever wonder how back in the early 2000s games were actually good up until 2015. Because investors soon realised gaming was the new thing and they wanted to ride that train to make alot of money and because when companies have investors they have to follow basically most of their decisions as they are funding basically the majority of the game and why games are released too early with lots of transactions.

[@him3241]

"greed is killing the video games industry😔" "now a word from our sponsor😀" geez i just thought it was a bit funny how he said them back to back

[@shadowtitan8545]

@@him3241 The guy who buys an entire collection even contributing towards the greed then is baffled that the game gets more greedy. Brilliant content creator.

[@cartoonvideos5]

​@@shadowtitan8545The guy is a shill, plain and simple.

[@gregger_mcgregger]

Ah yes a one million sub youtuber can be seen as a big greedy corporation making billions. Great observation!

[@coolpiratefox8251]

What’s a sponsor about food got to do with games?

[@Smoked.X]

Good for me I quit playing online multiplayer games last year. Now I hit the gym daily, I hoop 🏀, sometimes I take my mtb to the hills. Routine good. Eating healthy food at home. I don't regret leaving that shithole.

[@CRAZY-Redacted-]

Good for you 👍

[@dontatmebro-]

YEAH A FELLOW MTB RIDER!!

[@daan9094]

nice man, theres more fun shit in life than games fortunately

[@Flambertos]

@@daan9094i mean that’s true but sometimes it just feels like gaming is the only way to have fun in life nowadays

[@daan9094]

@@Flambertos maybe, games are always guaranteed fun so when ur bored u can always boot up ur ps4. but lately i've been having much more fun making music and art

[@trapvfx6507]

i miss grinding for a game like i remember getting dark matter in bo3 but now i hope people and streamers start boycotting some games like apex instead of giving them money

[@mrfishyx_x]

And all of it led to the death of series like titanfall, one of the best and my favorite series in the world. But now i have to swallow the fact I'm probably not getting it as long as apex is still up. I have hope but it's ever fleeting 😢

[@Steve21_harris]

Atleast when u buy battlepass in fortnite their are enough vbucks in it so u can buy it again and again

[@matthewdennis2911]

And filled with good cosmetics, basically three apex BP worth of cosmetics.

[@Steve21_harris]

@@matthewdennis2911 fr

[@SlothLord452]

Yea fort is the only game that did free to play right. Sadly it indirectly killed the gaming industry.

[@mikederoze4151]

Yeah, not only they give you excess currency to eventually buy a skin

[@nin10doboy70]

Me and my brother are completely separate beings when it comes to games. I’m always after the single player offline games and my brother is ALWAYS and plays nothing but online games, it’s so bad that he won’t touch a same that has a story. He’s a fan of the ‘A quite place’ movies, I told him there was a game coming out based on it, he asked if it had a story I said yes and he said “Fuck off I’m not playing it”

[@splat-boy5414]

Your brother has terrible taste ngl

[@Galaxy-jy9wl]

Has he ever read a book or seen a movie? Hell, has he heard of dark souls?

[@ApolloPlanetary]

Let him play whatever he wants. It’s really not a big deal.

[@theapexgamer6138]

I think Deep Rock Galactic is one of the best examples of play to earn and how you can literally earn everything in the game at any time with no FOMO. Especially now you can go back and select old performance passes which are all free

[@sweettooth6674]

Elden ring is such a breath of fresh air. Such a beautiful, fully furnished game that wasn’t $100 at launch. I bought the dlc and 100+ hours later I still haven’t reached the dlc

[@arayangodfrey1971]

I agree with Marco.

[@Youngson113]

Everything doesn't need to be a live service + forced multiplayer online + nonstop grind. I respect games that know when to respect my schedule and end way more.

[@MrGamerDoesVids]

after what Microsoft has done it makes Disney look like Dreamworks

[@mr.fanfavorite5202]

Indie games are just on top now

[@mike_v02]

You heard about Delta Force yet Macro? Beta next week. It'll be F2P, an extraction battlefield-like FPS. You gotta make a vid about it.

[@mogy7331]

Not when it’s a greedy game exactly like what he’s talking about rn

[@docileyoke]

​@@mogy7331 How do you know when it's not out yet lol

[@vinayaksrivastav2328]

I remember playing delta force 2 back in the day

[@gingerboi5046]

I think the actual biggest mistake that Blizzard made with Overwatch was overriding 1s code with 2. Players should be able to go back "in time" to play an older "version" of a game if they want

[@starsuper64]

Shoutout to the few AAA studios carrying the industry like Capcom, Sega (Atlus, and RGG), and Square Enix

[@jollyroger9998]

That man had a cat on his shoulder 0:43

[@EdgeTest198]

Moral of the story: Buy Indie Games instead

[@SchiWaRad]

If you want old progression in a new title, check back in on the Finals. Every gun has skins you get by simply using it, class specialisations give tons of emotes, sprays, weapon charms. Profile progression has a lot of character clothing pieces for you to mix and match your own unique image, and all that for free. Paid cosmetics change the way your gun works entirely, giving you new inspect animations. There are a few skins that print out the name of the guy you just eliminated, or sprays that change based on the number of your kills. Weapon charms reacting to your health, or to your actions. Recent addition made a sniper rifle that takes a photo of your target. The amount of love, attention and care Embark puts in the Finals is amazing, and it deserves more attention!

[@carlosmoore2080]

It's crazy how you're the only influencer that's really homing in on this. They have diverted the attention to SBI . Instead of banding against the companies for really exploiting them they chose redirect the fight to the aesthetic of characters their race and build instead of realizing that they were as stupid as companies thought they were and decided that they can manipulate them to buy digital games that hold no external value and cost the companies less money . I am a collector so I understand the importance of physical property. I have gaming systems and accessories like the first Atari that in time is worth way more than it's original cost . If gamers were actually smart they wouldn't trade there freedoms for convenience but in these lazier generations they will give up everything to never have to leave the house not realizing what they are giving up . I only buy physical copies of anything and if it's a banger I want the complete edition or steel book book edition. If the game is 8 - 15 hours long I will complete it if it's ok take it back to the store and get a new game I can do that as much as I want with games that are less than 30 hours. If y'all complete a digital game and don't like it on PlayStation y'all gonna have a uphill battle for a refund and Xbox it's gonna be harder . Physical copies as long as it is not a online only game will have value in the future. If all of the games you bought were physical and offline when your kids get grown and you pass on they would have a physical inheritance that would continue to grow in value the older it gets because most people aren't business minded and will sell , brake , throw away or donate the systems so 10 years after a system is discontinued their will be significantly less in circulation and the value will increase because the more time that passes the less of that item will be in circulation. I know this is long and it's meant to be because a real entrepreneur or business man is going to understand what I'm saying and follow it to the end . Listen companies take away physical assets, build things with cheaper quality components and parts and don't build things to last . Why you ask so there is no chance of you getting rich off them and they continue to keep you dependent. Prime example it is nearly impossible for you to buy physical 100 percent solid gold here in America as a individual but if you go on the stock market you can buy as many certificates of gold ownership as you want but you cannot exchange those certificates to receive the physical gold in your hands that's because you've been suckered. They can give a certificate of ownership to 10,000 people with only 10 bars but as long as you can't physically claim the bars they can run it up to a million and be able to cover everyone in cash spend as much as they like and worry less about repercussions because tons of people die with money in stock with no one to claim the investment upon death. Thank you brother for actually speaking on the thing we collectively should have rebelled against first . We let them get away with it now they question our intelligence and don't take a lot of our opinions seriously.

[@CorrectAverage]

I remember when I hated loot boxes when they were first becoming a thing. I can't believe I'm saying this, but I wish we had loot boxes back

[@S0meCrazyIdiot]

Agreed, everyone said it was gambling, which in some cases it can be, Valve… but then you look at Overwatch. (1 not 2) You *could* buy extra cases to increase the chance of getting a skin or emote earlier, but down the road as long as you kept playing, you are guaranteed more loot boxes. At some point with enough grinding, you will get what you want via the loot box, or using the currency they gave you from them to just buy what you want… and it’s all cosmetic!

[@SmileyFaceCentral]

Also macro: *buys every heirloom ea puts out for their dumpster fire of a game*

[@SlothLord452]

Macro says this like he isn’t one of the whales lolll

[@shadowtitan8545]

Exactly he's an incredible hypocrite.

[@cartoonvideos5]

​@@shadowtitan8545He knows that videos about how the games industry is dying will get clicks.

[@SMelk01]

Skin these days Cost real money 20$ to 500$ but back than people could unlock skins doing missions which was fun.

[@SpaceGhost831]

Battle passes isn't horrible idea. Fortnite which was the first is the reason why it was such a good idea by how they executed it. But like apex the greed and the overdoing of microtransactions is what makes people dread when they hear the word "battlepass". Edit: the difference between fortnite and most games is that Fortnite gives you massive value for 10 bucks and has been for it's fanbase. I have rarely seen people complain about Fortnite compared to other games to the point fortnite seems like the only game to do it right

[@TopViktorCool]

I love that tf2 has fewer bots than Apex.

[@dudemp4]

>greed is killing the video game industry >sponsored video

[@gentelmenpootis1208]

Remember, in myth about Pandora box, there was hope. Sure we might be in possible the worst time for games but there is still hope.

[@user-ll7mu7we7y]

The worst thing is the fact that nowadays a 70$-80$ triple A games are now doing the monetization stuffs From battle passes and expensive in-game currency and high priced cosmetics and DLC not only free games That is insane

[@bungercolumbus]

"killing the videogame industry". Dude I know the games you enjoyed became filled with microtransactions and nothing else, but those games aren't representing the entire "videogame industry".

[@kihmnigel2446]

Jgk

[@AaAa-er5zi]

what does that mean​@@kihmnigel2446

[@kronikz_2210]

I dont think you watched the video dude. These are the largest of corporations we are talking about. If they aren't the video game industry, than I dont know what is.

[@CHUNCHUNMARU971]

Only partly true maybe they don't represent the whole industry but the industry is run by greed and not respect there developers so as much as it seems that there are examples of good games for good price all of them are motivated by greed some would rather have it more on your face and some would hide it in a plastic film. And believe it or not if they keep getting away with it where people just keep spending money on those game getting absolutely squeezed there is nothing stopping or studious to do so, they will increase prices as well and the only once who won't would also do it to be relevant and more accessible for others it's a system of greed and nothing else

[@toobad_sosad]

​@@kronikz_2210 I agree, and even though indie games are a part of the video game industry, it isn't a huge part

[@twilight_skies]

In a world of greed, Warframe still remains pure.

[@kamm3021]

Standard edition, Deluxe edition, Complete edition, Ultimate edition, Prepurchase editon, DLC + battle pass + gacha + skins ..... 😵‍💫 Some games are not even worth getting a ☠️ version of it

[@xlbthedemigod5662]

Greed and laziness has gotten to Pokémon to where we have Dexit which is still inexcusable to this day.

[@ender_z4nd3r83]

I just hope no one uses this video to shit on capitlaism, capitalism is the reason people makes videogames

[@devv197]

Lol

[@Luminous2023]

Bring back games where you have to earn cosmetics as a reward for being good and the thought of entering a lobby and seeing someone with legendary skin you would KNOW they are good. And that’s the best feeling going the other way to

[@damndanieI]

Fromsoftware still does that in their games to this day

[@Me_Myself_Maly]

The worst part is that whole new generations will be formed around these practices, and deem them as “normal” to them by the time they’re older.

[@godlikestevie]

I think j speak for everyone in my generation that has their own big boy/big girl money now that if developers were less greedy we would actually pay more. You don’t need a battle pass, just make a game I like and I’ll pay whatever if I’m really invested

[@kortinskeep2318]

Greed is killing the video game industry, Now here’s a 2 minute ad ontop of a video that already had ads before the video started

[@JohnDoe-s4q]

Wait wait... Marco, you're telling me greed is bad?

[@BungardBooce]

I think one of the biggest issues is the WILLINGNESS of so many players to pay to get ahead. In Elden Ring, there were genuinely players who said they were willing to pay me to drop them runes (how you level up on the game) and I was flabbergasted. Considering A) they can be infinitely farmed very easily and B) I was totally fine just giving them the runes cause I play at a set level for all my characters so I never level up past 125/138/150

[@magiccouponsREAL]

The enshittification of everything, not just games

[@Mejustme101]

I hate people.

[@GabrielS45309]

The sad part is that most people who have been playing a game for a long time won't stop playing because it has sentimental value and the game developers know this and they exploit it knowing that these players are willing to keep buying more and more items😓

[@ZapperTheFox_]

Why not just make a game and not shove paid items/addons down consumers throats? Or you know, make a concept that'll actually make consumers go "Dang this actually looks appealing".

[@icaru.s]

His mustache looks like 2 capybaras about to kiss

[@mf6610]

It’s always greed, Macro. It’s always ruined what we loved.