Zelda is $70, E3 Abandoned, Midnight Suns a Flop - Inside Games Digest

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Always dug Brian. I’ve even seen his standup, and the guy is legit funny. So happy to see him here with some other really good folks.

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Gamings fun corny uncle and we love him

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Wasn't he before then left for a bit? Glad he's back if that was the case.

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[@Call555JackChop]

I mean if you’re mad Zelda is $70 just wait a few years and pick it up for $70

[@goonerOZZ]

And for the next decade for $500 just because it's Zelda

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Love this format with multiple digestible stories per episode, so BRAVE

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I had no idea these guys were doing content like this again

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@@boochtron isn't it great? And now they have no strings to hold them down!

[@boochtron]

@@alexwaddington9808 Yeah, I don't think I have time to watch... it's like I like so many creators, and they break off and adds like more things to watch lol

[@boochtron]

@@NeutralGuyDoubleZero It showed up on my feed and I was like wait... so I decided to click on it and watch a little bit. Then I went to the comments, yes. I don't get the attitude here, but okay.

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It’s all good, Brian… it’s one of the reasons I still watch you guys every week. While all the damn kids at Rooster Teeth started getting younger, we all continued to age gracefully. I’m fcking 43 and this is really the only gaming channel I’ll watch. Well, one of very few.

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Getting hit right in the Inside Gaming feels with Brian here. Now complete the trifecta and get Patrick back as well.

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Good to see the whole gang here, Bruce and Lawrence

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Love seeing you all together again!

[@SourRobo8364]

I feel bad for Midnight Suns. I barely saw marketing for it and it's gameplay wasn't quite what people wanted.

[@Cextra_the_artist]

When BoTW was first shown in 2016 a small chunk of people were upset because the game was seemingly overhyped for something that 'looks unfinished' - now its '10 dollar more for the same game' and everyone is losing their minds as if an extra $10 justifies an outcry for a game that has already been show to contain new and interesting mechanics gameplay and story elements. If nintendo was truly shilling out an unfinished gameworld with the exact same elements then yeah I would be pissed too. I think people should've been more vocal about paying $60 for the new pokemon game that looked and worked like an unfinished steam greenlight product

[@zcrawford81]

It's because they're asking for a price that their console doesn't justify. The original BOTW had performance issues unless you were playing docked, 6years later I'd imagine the new one is going to be nigh unplayable in handheld mode.

[@Cextra_the_artist]

@zcrawford81 there was slight performance issues in certain areas of the game on the wiiu version of the game that were later patched up a few weeks in

[@Kantohammer]

Glad to see Brian. Switch games are 65 - 85 bucks where I live, which is why I always use game vouchers so they are basically 50 each. PS5 games are hitting the 100 dollar mark here, but they go on sale very soon after launch.

[@dylantortosa7678]

Nobody tell Lulu Cheng about what Microsoft is doing with their own live action Halo series...

[@MrButterBread1]

Maybe I’m the only one. I have no fucking clue what Midnight Suns is, I never heard of it before today.

[@nomnombear1705]

Gonna have to get it digitally using a game voucher. 20 dollars could get me some street tacos.

[@PJMack068]

I feel like playing “don’t vote with your dollar” is a little tougher on this one. I think we are all used to waiting for a discount on a game we don’t want to pay full price for, but Nintendo games obviously never go down in price.. it’s all or nothing, on a Zelda game. Hmm that’s tough

[@enman009]

You can also buy an used copy. So there's chances to get it a bit cheaper.

[@AwesomeFreakMadd]

I think if people's argument is that it's too expensive for old hardware, then vote with your dollar by waiting for the next console. That may take a long while though, most people won't wait, which I get.

[@PJMack068]

​@@AwesomeFreakMadd yeah that's basically just deciding not to play it for the foreseeable future

[@PJMack068]

@@enman009 this is the best option to my knowledge yeag

[@AwesomeFreakMadd]

@@PJMack068 yeah exactly. it doesn't go against nintendo's numbers for the switch

[@alchemicmonster]

Brian continuing to make me laugh snort in the most unflattering way. So glad he's here.

[@Billysleeze]

Midnight Suns was my favorite game. It sucks it didn’t get the recognition it deserved.

[@foomp]

Oof I'm nearly there with Brian. I'm almost 40 and physical and mental limitations really do kick in. You don't really notice the decline right away but rather after it repeatedly happens. Was happening since early 30s.

[@dmcg7949]

Man am i glad my nintendo nostalgia never sucked me back into their consoles. Switch interests me as a portable game machine, but id rather pay more for a steam deck and load it with 20 $10 games than a switch with 2 $60-$70 games.

[@juanra85]

The three of you together are so hilarious, can't wait to watch more!

[@sterntoaction1]

The crazy thing is, I played the first Zelda BOTW game on PC. It was fully modded with shaders,4k resolution, and improved physics. Now the sequal is coming out and I know it will look worse than the version I played. I hope the modd community enhance the second Zelda with similiar respects. But gotta wait two years... sad face

[@orderneo]

I don’t get the complaint it’s Nintendo it’s Zelda you want Zelda you pay their price point really end of story. Throwing out technical specs on a Nintendo game has been a waste of time since the 90s.

[@sidkit4ever]

I just came to say that midnight suns is pretty fun, just a shame almost every unlock needs basically 2 unlocks. Cosmetics, unlock it so you can use in-game money to unlock. Upgrade moves, gotta get 2, pay for it with one of 3 different currencies then don't have space in deck. Decorate your room... Why? At the least it looks and plays well. However, price and dlc price and what you get...

[@iamfuturetrunks]

"Based on actual battles that actually took place.." "So here's this giant enemy crab" "Hit it's weak spot for massive damage" So I guess we wont be getting anymore good memes from E3 anymore. :P Also screw Nintendo their games rarely if ever go down in price, now they are bumping them up to $70. So now people should expect to see a 5-10 year old nintendo game still at $60-70 while a new console is already out. Since that's what I have seen like waiting till Super Mario Brothers Wii finally went down to $20 at walmart only to realize it was just the same old super mario brothers game with upgraded graphics and a few extra stuff thrown in. After waiting years for some first party games to drop in price. Good thing I didn't get a switch since still felt burned after finally getting a Wii only for Wii U to be released and hardly any fun games I enjoyed for Wii. Feel sorry for those people who bought the Wii U console only to have the switch hurry up and release making their buy feel even more of a rip off back then.

[@segarrarios]

Given the quality of previous Zelda main titles, I'm not mad about paying $70 for this game. When it comes to other (future) $70 games, I'm probably not pre ordering anything at that price and will wait for reviews.

[@rockandrollrockandrollrock6930]

This is stupid. Inflation is crazy and the 10 dollar price hike was long overdue. The switch being outdated doesn't mean they get to pay their developers less. How about we be thankful there are still a couple companies that release full and Completed games. Gaming news is getting so fing annoying lately

[@martianmanhunter8219]

I feel the 2013-14 nostalgia

[@boogerpicker8104]

$70 for a last gen game is crazy tho

[@DramaticPizza]

not sure why every triple aaa title is about 100 cad lol

[@DANCERcow]

You should be happy and thankful games managed to remain $60 for so long, ie 15 years or so! We got super lucky here....

[@pjs232]

@@DANCERcow This, the price of games has not really changed for a long, long time but the costs of development have skyrocketed as games have become ever larger and more complex. It's honestly super justified for ALL the devs to do this (not just Nintendo), especially considering the current levels of global inflation pushing up costs generally. It's obviously not a nice thing for the average consumer but that doesn't mean it isn't fair.

[@barcafanboi01]

Definitely gonna buy it but I’ll get it used. Don’t think they have strong justification for this new price.

[@DANCERcow]

Barca doesn't understand so he'll get theirs used and abused lol

[@KJShinra]

So sad cause Midnight Suns is legitimately really goddamn good.

[@MexicanSunnyD]

I enjoyed the gameplay of Midnight Suns but the dialogue was often drawn out and at times annoying, especially in regards to the younger team members with all their angst.

[@ocha-time]

Aw, this makes me wanna go pick up Midnight Suns to support Firaxis. ...Not enough to shell out $70 or ignore the Denuvo holding the PC release back, but I do feel bad!

[@opts1112]

I think that marvel midnight suns was an ill advised product, firaxis, known for making stratgey and tactics games, decided they would try their hand at a marvel card-combat mixed with a dating sim. The cross pollination of CIV and Xcom Fans (strategy Game Fans) With MCU fans seems minimal. I was all ready to buy this game when i started hearing about the persona-esque dating sim stuff. I think that generally Firaxis is good at making games where players can create their own stories through game play. When tasked with adapting a game with these characters they did make good game play, but it is a premise that leaves both sides out in the cold, old firaxis game enjoyers who don't want poorly written conversation to take up 50% of the game time, and the genral MCU enjoyer who might bounce off the idea of turn based combat.(or the dialogue, which is terrible even if you are a marvel fan) Midnight suns is one of the truly most confused games i've played, It tried to capture the hearts of MCU fans and firaxis fans and really did neither. I hope they learn from this mistake and give us a return to form on their next project. Firaxis is studio that excels in storytelling when they are NOT trying. This was not the team to pad 50% of the game with quippy marvel dialogue. Imagine if in civ 6 alexander the great had a schoolboy crush on cleopatra and the game made you sit through 20 hours of " OH geez" kind of dialogue helping him work up the courage to ask her out. Yeah... midnight suns has that exact scenario except using blade and captain marvel.

[@WIld-cHILd-1273]

I'm loving your reporting guys! ^^ thanks for the entertaining news

[@jasongallagher9345]

the complete version of Final Fantasy Theatrhythm: Final Bar Line costs 109 euros, so 70 dollar's doesn't seem that much.

[@PhilipMcCrotch]

I wanna get a beer with these guys

[@TheLivingRiot]

What's with all the zingers today? I nearly woke my baby up laughing 😂

[@wimpycat9130]

in canada we have to pay 89.99 for new games now adays

[@coppervic]

I am loving this format

[@DarkZero2588]

Please keep Brian in more episodes! The vibe is so great, and he is SO funny! LOVE Bryan

[@sabrirojop6124]

In French the C at the end of Blanc is silent. It hurt my soul hearing Blan(K)

[@StudioNama]

Never even heard of Midnight Sun... where was the promo?

[@RaNdOmkiid100]

I'll buy it when they drop it with new hardware.

[@Donnie_Oculus]

its 10 bucks.. LOL! but youre cool wasting money on the same game as long as you can spend MORE on new hardware? wtf kind idiot logic is this xDDDD

[@JeffTheJanitor]

I'll likely just emulate it on the Steam Deck. $70 for a game on a 6 year old portable (that was underpowered at launch) is egregiously greedy.

[@blackmesacake5361]

Y'all bring the G4 feeling right back, thank you 😚

[@SteveNaranjo]

Bryan I am 46 too and playing Hi-Fi Rush and having a blast!!

[@lucasbennett7717]

My rule of thumb is to never pay more than $30 for a game, there hasn't been a game released in the last 5 years thats worth more than $30. I made the mistake of paying $90 for Elden Ring and immediately regretted it, even a great/completed/polished game doesnt feel worth that much money to me.

[@JoshFKDigital]

The average price for a game in Australia is around $70-$80 USD already for the last 5 years. It just hasn't caught up in the US yet 😂

[@lucasbennett7717]

More like the last 10 years, i remember having to pay $110 for Call of Duty Black Ops 1 on release. Greediest industry in the world hands down.

[@marcusclark1339]

usd very different price value from austrailia cost and if it goes up in US it'll just get higher for everywhere else as well

[@aloofplays9937]

"YOU'RE ALL GONNA BUY IT" Me, already on ziperto: oh yeah.... definitely.......

[@FellaGuy2]

That sucks about Midnight Suns. The game is decently fun.

[@cyberccloud1353]

What happened to the nintendo fans that said that they would never do that

[@oAazo]

Love you guys! BTW you missed "Wanted: Dead" coming Feb14th new Game from creator of Ninja Gaiden

[@nerowwolfe]

This channel really makes you *feel* like your playing Brian

[@Lukeywoodsey]

You'll find that Zelda game in the shops 5 years from now still at full price. Nintendo never let their stuff go on offer

[@goonerOZZ]

Technically you can get it for $50 if you're an NSO member

[@iamfuturetrunks]

Exactly, I wouldn't be surprised if 5-10 years from now it's still staying at that $60-70 price tag.

[@J2digital]

Nintendo worked on TOTK for 6 or whatever years and Genshin Impact makes like a billion dollars every year. TOTK should be infinitely better than Genshin and Nintendo knows it. Not a far line to draw to say "Long dev time, better game, pay up - Nintendo" to it's consumers and we will. People have paid a lot more for less so........

[@ItzReezy7]

Midnight suns was just to expensive. 60-70 bucks is a lot for a digital copy by itself honestly.

[@TetherOnline]

They might as well rename E3 to E2 cause all of the entertainment is missing at this point.

[@QuixoteJay]

Got my paperclip ready will try it that was if the game actually looks/runs well I'll pick it up at retail 🤷🏾‍♂️

[@frankallen3634]

Not a single game this year that I even give a slight shit about

[@jasonhunter2819]

gotta love a BBL! What? Bruce, Brian and Lawrence!

[@WarpstoneHoarder]

Another great digest thanks guys!

[@uhkingdom]

Man I fucking love that Brian is back at it with you guys. Fun, goofy well researched speculation and news barfing so I don’t have to sift through the Reddit Wastes and Twitter Pandemonium to get what’s going on. I miss Autumn and the weird metal spring-shaped idol on her desk, but having you guys and Charlotte (I can’t spell more than 12 words) talking shit and cracking wise in a casual but informed setting fucking rules. Keep it up and, side note, Microsoft will regret their purchase. They’re buying a company that is past their peak. The IPs have pull, but if they 343 Halo all of them then it will be a net loss when all is said and done.

[@p1xelz323]

Glad im not a zelda fan. Never played BotW and dont plan to play this

[@funkrobot9762]

Dude Nintendo barely farts out games anymore. Now they’re charging 70 bucks for games two generations behind the curve lol.

[@SerranoPepper92]

You guys should do a podcast one day

[@kotkaconforza]

The same people who bitch about the price point are the same people who will use that ten dollars to some more stupid thing in a few days. "I ordered some nuggets, but I'm not gonna pay for this game I'm gonna spent 60+ hours on".

[@alejandro9829]

Nuggets are food and people need it to survive come on bruh

[@kotkaconforza]

@@alejandro9829 Nobody NEEDS nuggets. They just want them. If you are ordering some shit at you front door and at the same time bitchin' about X - you are bad with money.

[@alejandro9829]

@@kotkaconforza they need to eat and you can eat nuggets they cost less than a steak

[@kotkaconforza]

@@alejandro9829 Or you can just eat something other than take out or order, and save all the video game money you could ever bitch about?

[@alejandro9829]

@@kotkaconforza you can buy nuggets in the store they are available in other places besides fast food restaurants

[@TheHarv68]

Y’all remember how much N64 carts cost at one point? It’s not too shocking that games have gotten expensive

[@blackpinkje]

The energy was entertainingly chaotic.

[@TA3DArtist]

Midnight Suns is a good game. Sad to hear it didn’t sell.

[@DreamyBongos]

Legends of Zelda: Tears of the Wallet

[@V3Efreet]

Worth pointing out the price increase is only relevant for USA, the rest of the world including market with stronger or even LOWER valued currency than $ were already paying the equivalent of 70 or more with all the first party. (At least for suggested retail price).

[@Crispman_777]

Midnight Suns makes me sad that the writing isn't better. Oh well cheap games are nice. Why were the comments blocked on the Harry Potter video?

[@tonydak8573]

I remember when Chrono Trigger was $69.99.

[@thedeceptivekhan]

E3 huh? Guess the "3" now stands for "Third Party". Hmm, could be a good thing actually. Levels the playing field a bit for the smaller Devs. Yeah, you know what, I like it, yeah, I've decided, this is a good thing.

[@betagg8]

Midnight sons is such a great game

[@adami9769]

I feel like if Microsoft want to have a load of first party IPs to rival Sony they should make some first party IPs to rival Sony, instead of trying to make a monopoly into them

[@listofromantics]

But that's hard work. /s Why should one of the wealthiest corporations on Earth (and known monopolist) have to work hard building up and nurturing talented developers when they can simply spend money / "open their wallet" to just fix the problem, buying up any proven 3rd party dev / publisher / IP they want to??? /s It's like Microsoft got to the end of the 360 generation and just decided to give up, while Nintendo and Sony (who don't have MS's infinite money) had to continue growing, supporting, and creating new devs and IP, because they can't readily buy a solution to fix their problems.

[@cesarreyes809]

This channel is great big fan of Brian

[@rtxcliff2171]

Everyone is here old vibes OG!!

[@entityunknown2]

Im not even paying 30 dollars for a game.

[@CrissBluefox]

If we get a hot Ganondorf I will happily pay full price lol.

[@agnosticgamerdarthdracarys5859]

Give up a day worth of Fast Food and that should balance the difference for $70 instead of $60. Of all the games this year and all the franchises, you doubt this cost value? Too soon! Pretend you bought a battle pass (joke), and skip a game or two for the month/year, etc.

[@listofromantics]

Wait... THEY'RE BACK?! Nintendo could charge $100 for the next Zelda, and all the whiners will still buy it day 1. Nintendo has a stranglehold on gamer nostalgia like no other. Hell! The next Zelda game could be nothing but endless escort missions... and Critics would still, unironically, call it a 10/10 masterpiece. Re: MS & Acti-Blizz - it's hilarious watching millionaires / billionaires grasping at straws, throwing tantrums in interviews and on social media because regulators are doing their jobs. Heaven forbid already insanely wealthy people--who could quite tomorrow and still have enough money for countless lifetimes--are prevented from hoarding EVEN MORE WEALTH and consolidating the gaming market. /s The interviews with Bobby Kotick...? Yikes! That guy is an absolute nutter. I 100% believe his death threats made to former employees were genuine, after watching those interviews.

[@willg3220]

Microsoft should take Activision money and rehire the people they laid off 😒

[@listofromantics]

Microsoft could nearly BUY SONY for what they're paying for Activision-Blizzard. Just think about how much money that is... and then think about one of the richest companies on Earth, who had record profits last year, who is still showing growth, fired thousands of people. Microsoft's callous avarice is disgusting.

[@rrice3142]

So far I’ve only paid $70 for two games, which I was pissed about 😂. Great games though, hogwarts and ragnarok. But man, games are gonna be $100 while people keep saying it’s cool because games are bigger. Publishers make profit every year. No need for price hike, in my personal opinion.

[@fenderslasher]

I don't know a single person "mad" about it being 70, just not thrilled about it. Honestly, name a single game you think would be worth 70? Did you say Tears of the Kingdom? And besides, no microx's, no loot boxes, none of that garbage. Just a good deal straight up for once.

[@Stranger2Sum]

It's Brian!! 🗣️📢📢📢

[@PyroTheManic]

Thank you for the Informing and entertaining content!

[@koigaming406]

70$ US so about 80-90$ Canadian

[@nickkester4486]

Big Sad about Midnight Suns. It's the best money I've spent on a game in years.

[@mypal1990]

Oh boy another Inside digest!

[@magpie1466]

$70 is too much for a game anyway. I feel like &$60 is. $40 is about the most a video game can be worth in my eyes, and I love them! I've loved them since I was a kid. But gaming publishers/devs make too much money, abuse too many employees, are hostile to too many consumers, and are too invested in too many anti-social practices for me to even consider their price increases as justified. I don't trust them, and I don't trust anyone above the lower-middle-class income bracket to have any idea of what a "reasonable" price is for a consumer product. I don't play AAA games for lots of reasons but the justification for the price increase doesn't add up to me. They're charging more money for worse games and maybe inflation is a thing, but it's not that much of a thing, and even if it is? I'm still not doing it.

[@ritsukaseriyko1491]

Man, Brian is great alongside Bruce and Lawrence! I just had to sub!

[@JIPunisherIL]

Midnight Suns was such a great time

[@dieyng]

IDK, I wasn't interested in Midnight Sun's due to a) not liking the randomness introduced by the card system, which goes contrary to everything I like about X-Com AND because I am just not that into Marvel anymore, the market is definitely saturated with mediocre films and tv series in Phase IV and games that range from alright to downright boring and insulting like Avengers.

[@blairsnyder1067]

Sweet can’t wait to pick up for the cheap. Midnight suns looked interesting

[@doctorleak5312]

60 is to high 40 works price wise

[@E.Humperdinck]

A pirate's life for me! Edit: $70 for a mod of a 6 year old game?

[@Donnie_Oculus]

lol people like you call this a mod but freak the capitol F out over $10 xDDD get a grip

[@Logisticious_gg]

Mod?

[@Hyake]

lol 70 american eagles, so like 100+ canadian geese. can't wait!

[@CUniverse]

ONSCREEN BRIAN!

[@blairsnyder1067]

Really wouldn’t pay $70 for your “game of the year” people are just lying

[@daironpower]

oh shit, comments are back! nice.