Quadrubisoft's Quadruple-A Quadswallop (The Jimquisition)

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Jim Sterling

Jim Sterling

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@JustAnotherLawyer
@JustAnotherLawyer 9 ай бұрын
I love how Yves’ statement implies that the game deserves a quadruple-A rating because it’s actually a full and complete game. Even if that claim turns out to be true, wow, such quality standards. That’s like demanding a premium price because your pork is actually pork and not rat meat.
@JustAnotherLawyer
@JustAnotherLawyer 9 ай бұрын
I should have watched until the end of the video, as Steph made that exact same point.
@KaiserAfini
@KaiserAfini 9 ай бұрын
Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory would be a more worthy call, because it created plenty of innovations for the genre, was immersive and had a focused campaign. But Skull & Bones doesn't seem to do anything worth remembering.
@mlorencetti1
@mlorencetti1 9 ай бұрын
Well, that's the state of capitalism right now. Regular product means "barely functional" and the premium version is just what the regular stuff used to be. "Premium chocolate! Made with real chocolate! Btw our regular chocolate is just shit now kthx"
@rolfs2165
@rolfs2165 9 ай бұрын
​@@mlorencetti1Reminds me of Ankh-Morpork chocolate, which in other places "is formally classed as "cheese" and only just escapes being labelled as "tile grout" on grounds of colour". 🤢
@BenedictMHolland
@BenedictMHolland 9 ай бұрын
Then they admit it's actually 25% rat meat but that's below the threshold to tell you that this pork contains rat meat.
@Braxmegaman
@Braxmegaman 9 ай бұрын
The fact that it's Skull and Bones that we're talking about in particular makes me feel like I'm going crazy. Like, this is the same Skull and Bones, right? The one that they've been developing for something like 10 years now? The one that they're contractually obligated to release due to a tax credit deal from the Singaporian government? The one where Ubisoft treated the studio where it was developed as a vacation destination for middle and upper management? THAT'S the game that little weasel is claiming is AAAA?!
@fuzzydude64
@fuzzydude64 9 ай бұрын
That's the one.
@devilmikey00
@devilmikey00 9 ай бұрын
It got first announced in 2017...2017. It was trying to ride the coattails of Sea of Thieves lol
@thebumpercar1344
@thebumpercar1344 9 ай бұрын
The one where the harassment at the studio was so bad even Ubisoft and the Singaporean Government had to step in.
@Kaosi
@Kaosi 9 ай бұрын
In other news, Serge Hascoët, ex number two of Ubisoft is about to face trial for sexual harassment in France (with two other ex-employees) and I hate that no one talk about it
@Jabarri74
@Jabarri74 9 ай бұрын
Steph referred to it a number of times not overtly ofc, no point getting sued for slander
@Kaosi
@Kaosi 9 ай бұрын
To be clear, that wasn't directed towards Steph since she's one of the rare channel talking about ubisoft that consistently stayed on target (that being said the fact that police was involved and a civil trial is not slander that is factual)
@MrCrunchytime
@MrCrunchytime 9 ай бұрын
Because Gamers (TM) don't care. It's half the reason the gaming industry is what it is now.
@rickynguyen5108
@rickynguyen5108 Ай бұрын
​​@@MrCrunchytime Yep. That, and the executive class being greedy idiots as usual. Modern gaming sucks.
@satyasyasatyasya5746
@satyasyasatyasya5746 9 ай бұрын
So based on what I know of wider economics and politics, we're in an age where the corpos are frankly, grabbing as much as they can as fast as they can, before it all burns down. and they started the fire!
@Thedandalorian42069
@Thedandalorian42069 9 ай бұрын
You are correct, unfortunately....
@BriarLeaf00
@BriarLeaf00 9 ай бұрын
We definitely didn't start the fire.
@fish3977
@fish3977 9 ай бұрын
Line goes up!
@armelior4610
@armelior4610 9 ай бұрын
and then they will flee to the only place not yet corrupted by capitalism : "Spaaaaaaaace !"
@allengordon6929
@allengordon6929 9 ай бұрын
Aren't you a corpo anyways? Y'know? Because being an employee makes you one by cyberpunk 20xx logic
@MarieAntoon
@MarieAntoon 9 ай бұрын
Let's call these games "Quad-A" games, especially if it stands for: - Abusive - Abridged - Absurdly-priced - Abysmal (also posted on BlueSky)
@snakefriesia6808
@snakefriesia6808 9 ай бұрын
well said , totally agree
@twilightvulpine
@twilightvulpine 9 ай бұрын
Axorbitant 😆
@MarieAntoon
@MarieAntoon 9 ай бұрын
@P-nk-m-na oh that's a good one!
@belyayevsfox4753
@belyayevsfox4753 9 ай бұрын
It's only a matter of time before the label "Penta-A" becomes mainstream, so the fifth A should stand for avaricious or alpha
@tsmith9642
@tsmith9642 9 ай бұрын
Ass, Ass, Ass, and Ass...
@LoneManProductions
@LoneManProductions 9 ай бұрын
The thing is, when I think of triple-A, I think of AAA batteries, which are probably some of the weaker batteries out there. In fact there is actually AAAA batteries which have even less power. Which is, ironically, exactly what any $70 game listed here exactly is.
@ladyabaxa
@ladyabaxa 9 ай бұрын
Less power and also smaller making AAAA batteries a rather apt comparison to so many games released today. A bit unfair to the batteries as they serve useful functions whereas the games in question serve only to fleece buyers for corporate profit. Also AAAA batteries are harder to find - I was never able to find them in a retail store when I needed them and had to order them online - but crap games are getting more common.
@badflamer
@badflamer 9 ай бұрын
@@ladyabaxa yeah, kinda ends up with the same problem as 'snake oil salesman'. lack of context makes a modern ear think that snake oil is a euphemism for a shoddy product, but it actually does have medicinal applications that made it useful in balms in centuries past. The problem is that getting it was incredibly difficult, and few people could verify its authenticity, so the sellers of snake oil would very often be selling fully counterfeit products. The monicker was used not to refer to someone who convinces you that something useless is in fact useful, but rather someone who sells something useless under the guise that it is a genuinely useful thing.
@belyayevsfox4753
@belyayevsfox4753 9 ай бұрын
Less for more has been the modus operandi of the mainstream game industry for over a decade now, so the battery analogy is certainly apt.
@butwhataboutdragons7768
@butwhataboutdragons7768 9 ай бұрын
Makes me think of old XXX rating. Which is also just pure marketing, playing off the much older notorious X rating that very few mainstream movies were actually saddled with. In that context it made some sense to tout your porn movie as being SUPER EXXXTREME, three whole times the X rating! We all understood it as a joke. X was then replaced by NC-17 so it's a bit of an orphaned punch line these days.
@MamboCat84
@MamboCat84 9 ай бұрын
Me buying batteries in a supermarket: I need TRIIIPUL AAAAAAYYYY! Partner, shopping with me: wtf are you on about?
@AdamBarnett256
@AdamBarnett256 9 ай бұрын
I used to watch this channel years ago, before I started subscribing to channels I watched regularly, and KZbin decided one day that I no longer want to watch and stopped recommending your videos. I recently rediscovered your channel and, wow, things have changed. You still hate the cAAApitalist games industry all the same, but you seem much happier now! Glad to be a subscriber now, looking forward to more Jimquisition.
@sophiathekitty
@sophiathekitty 9 ай бұрын
The irony of indie games I got for like $20 providing a few years of regular updates that make the have feel new and interesting so I get to enjoy it multiple times...... While live service games are charging $70 to not deliver on any of their promises. Kinda seems like it's a management issue....
@GodZefir
@GodZefir 9 ай бұрын
All I can think of is the Onion article about Gillette saying "fuck it, we're going 5 blades" when I hear AAAA
@zerodollarbird
@zerodollarbird 9 ай бұрын
Josh Sawyer posted on Twitter that headline but it says "fuck it, we're going 5 As"
@samtinkle9076
@samtinkle9076 9 ай бұрын
And then Gilette made the 5-blade Gilette Fusion razor no more than 2 years after the article was published 💀
@shytendeakatamanoir9740
@shytendeakatamanoir9740 9 ай бұрын
​@@zerodollarbird5A also being the name of French Sausage Fans, so that's particularly fitting
@RosaFriend
@RosaFriend 9 ай бұрын
Vast and complete. They're trying to claim that a game being finished is something to be praised for!
@InsomniacMoonbat
@InsomniacMoonbat 9 ай бұрын
Praise us for making a complete game that you can't actually own, because we only want you to give us money for you not owning this game.
@CodecrafterArtemis
@CodecrafterArtemis 9 ай бұрын
By this metric, A Short Hike is one of the most AAAA games ever.
@zenmastermtl
@zenmastermtl 9 ай бұрын
Lol Called it! As soon as I saw the article with "quadruple A" my first thought was "Oh shit! Stephanie Sterling is going to have a field day with this."
@CountCocofang
@CountCocofang 9 ай бұрын
It's not exactly hard to predict what Sterling covers as there is only so much happening on a week to week basis. And certain patterns always catch their eye.
@misterymisterio8778
@misterymisterio8778 9 ай бұрын
Me too
@katbairwell
@katbairwell 9 ай бұрын
When did "It's a complete game" become anything more than the most bare-bones (see what I did there?!) of selling points. What's next - "we deserve to charge $999, because it loads as far as the main menu without crashing!!". Fuck me, I used to love this medium. PS: Sister, you make off-the-shoulder look gooooooooooood!!
@MrCrunchytime
@MrCrunchytime 9 ай бұрын
No, they want access to your bank account just because they exist and you owe them for existing. That's the Capitalist mindset.
@warmachine5835
@warmachine5835 9 ай бұрын
I said quadruple A as a joke years ago. Once again we've failed at not building the torment nexus.
@Noname72105
@Noname72105 9 ай бұрын
At this point I believe that any and all conceivable torment nexuses (nexes?) will be built.
@shoutingstone
@shoutingstone 9 ай бұрын
Credit where it's due, alongside Asset Flip and C-trippleA-apitalism, Quadswallop is my favourite phrase you've coined yet.
@foob4thought
@foob4thought 9 ай бұрын
And let’s not forget „Big Chungus” which has entered the internet vernacular.
@arkosilaura
@arkosilaura 9 ай бұрын
"Our games aren't just triple A, they are quadruple A!" said Yves Guillemot as he farted into a wine glass then held it to his nose, savoring the scent.
@SamButler22
@SamButler22 9 ай бұрын
-Why's it AAAA? YG: It's a complete game. -At launch? YG:....
@Choteron3
@Choteron3 9 ай бұрын
Is cute that the ceo of ubisoft thinks that skull and bones will have a "long run" 😂
@matthewbreen1951
@matthewbreen1951 9 ай бұрын
He knows it won't, but imagine using a game's future to justify its price now. Eight weeks from now, even if it were the most popular gsme ever, it would "fail to meet expectations"
@CeHee123
@CeHee123 9 ай бұрын
It has a long run in development. But that's the most longevity it will ever have.
@IceDragon289
@IceDragon289 9 ай бұрын
Ubisoft released a genuinely great game with Prince of Persia the Lost Crown, and the execs looked at all the praise and good press and said to themselves "Fuck, we need to fix this. Somebody, say something stupid!"
@tracerau7424
@tracerau7424 9 ай бұрын
Thanks to Sterling I will forever be unable to see, hear or speak the name of Yves Guillemot without adding the title of "Friend to Rapists" on the end. Something entirely earned and I don't care if google deducts me social credit for it. The atrocities of these fuckers must never be forgotten and I will make it known to all I can anytime someone makes the mistake of calling ubisoft or its games "good" Thank god for Jim
@HeavyMetalBeliever
@HeavyMetalBeliever 9 ай бұрын
What is it with rich people and condoning and/or taking part in absolutely heinous shit? Do they think that their wealth shields them from the consequences of their actions?
@JB-fp3fb
@JB-fp3fb 9 ай бұрын
@@HeavyMetalBeliever It nearly always does. That's why they think that.
@HeavyMetalBeliever
@HeavyMetalBeliever 9 ай бұрын
@@JB-fp3fb You're right, unfortunately. The rich and powerful are able to buy justice, while the rest of us can't.
@jfmangano
@jfmangano 9 ай бұрын
The biggest virtue of Skull and Bones seems to be that it's big in scope. Not good, mind you, just big.
@DragonNexus
@DragonNexus 9 ай бұрын
I don't know how gamers still fall for that. As much as I loved Just Cause 2 back in the day, that's the game that really made me realise that a large open world is meaningless if the stuff you do in it is copy pasted to death.
@jamesrule1338
@jamesrule1338 9 ай бұрын
and has less gameplay than AssCreed 4.
@zenbear9952
@zenbear9952 9 ай бұрын
Surely it won't be a huge empty sandbox with little bobbles here and there that you have to collect to bloat the game so we can pretend like we are doing something like every single one of their games? Collectathon 2.0 now even more time waste
@MrCrunchytime
@MrCrunchytime 9 ай бұрын
​@DragonNexus The "Oh, shiny" effect. The Triple-Shit developers put out a spiffy little trailer full of boobs and cool effects and touched up visuals that in no way reflects the actual game and the Gamers (TM) start humping each other to get the next shiny.
@annonomous2158
@annonomous2158 9 ай бұрын
Big and empty. Like the bank accounts of Ubisoft executive class and the actual developers that Ubisoft haven't laid off this year, respectively.
@Sam_Kablam
@Sam_Kablam 9 ай бұрын
It's called AAAA because you realized you spent $70 on an Ubisoft game so you shout "AAAA!"
@Hawkatana
@Hawkatana 9 ай бұрын
7:05 I will not have you sully the good names of Farkas Bulkmeier and Eugene Skullovitch like that.
@InsanityProdutions
@InsanityProdutions 9 ай бұрын
Preach. The heroes of Horath deserve better than to be compared to the likes of Ubisoft.... They led the charge against the United Alliance of Evil. YOU WILL PUT SOME RESPECT ON THOSE NAMES!
@yofwill
@yofwill 9 ай бұрын
I wish they ended up being power rangers.
@christraven
@christraven 9 ай бұрын
Any game that is classified as "Quadruple A" had better be giving me full immersion, smooth interactions, flawless graphics, a deep-tissue massage, a five-course meal, and a prostate exam while I'm playing it. And there is no way in hell anything - ANYTHING - from Ubisoft will ever reach those goals.
@MichaelHeide
@MichaelHeide 9 ай бұрын
Just wanted to give you applause for calling the game "Bulk & Skull". The whole video is amazing as usual, but that single bit... Mwah, chef's kiss.
@ArcaJ
@ArcaJ 9 ай бұрын
I remember someone talked about the "infinite growth" model of the games industry being unsustainable. Eventually, the bubble would burst. I think the lay-offs and consolidation efforts are supposed to act as release valves to keep the profits flowing for the executive class. Sure, one or two THOUSANDS of the "little people" may suffer. But, how important are they? They are only doing the actual work of development, publishing, and distribution. We don't need those, right? Also, off-the-shoulder is a good look. 😊
@StealthMarmot_
@StealthMarmot_ 9 ай бұрын
My guess is that someone was Steph.
@Jabarri74
@Jabarri74 9 ай бұрын
They can get AI to make even more unimaginative bland games and call them penta A. Who needs people to make anything?
@detach103ff4
@detach103ff4 9 ай бұрын
I always see the gaming industry as a sort of microcosm version of the bigger bad world beyond it. The same things happen, just less hidden.
@baconlabs
@baconlabs 9 ай бұрын
"Some of you may die, but that is a sacrifice I am willing to make"
@JB-fp3fb
@JB-fp3fb 9 ай бұрын
@@baconlabs Hahaha. Spot on. Executives (especially chief executives) are total Farquads.
@i_just_got_here
@i_just_got_here 9 ай бұрын
I'd totally play a TF2 spinoff about the Spy and the Scout called "Skulk and Boink" (unless it was made by ubisoft, obviously)
@gzenno
@gzenno 9 ай бұрын
Yeah the A rating was taken right from lending institutions where AAA was the lowest risk for investment. nothing about this game seems like a low risk for investment.
@Dave102693
@Dave102693 9 ай бұрын
Yeah the idea always sound stupid
@spaghetto_depressi
@spaghetto_depressi 9 ай бұрын
Incredibly funny that Yvesy-Boy has brought out the "It's really big guys!" argument for the gaming equivalent of Kevin Costner's Waterworld
@TheSnarkyBrit
@TheSnarkyBrit 9 ай бұрын
This reminds me of the time in the winter Olympics where some Russian figure skater was pissed he got silver and an American got gold, so he awarded himself a "platinum medal".
@AthanImmortal
@AthanImmortal 9 ай бұрын
My favourite ice cream flavour is when they have vanilla but put honey and honeycomb bits stirred in it, like the stuff in a Cadbury Crunch.
@FullMetalLuffy
@FullMetalLuffy 9 ай бұрын
Adds another A but still refuses to accept A-countability for protecting abusers and predators (not that one) Just A-nother day for Ubisoft (bunch of A-holes)
@quintonhowells299
@quintonhowells299 9 ай бұрын
I personally love the promise of delivering "in the long run" while also announcing that "the long run" is sorta like The Nothing from The Neverending Story
@Hornswroggle
@Hornswroggle 9 ай бұрын
3:39 you know what that quote sounds like to me... It sounds like a high scholl student bumbling through a presentation for a book assignment they didn't bother to read. This man speaks to the products he sells in such a non-descript and benign way it's all to transparent he has *NEVER* touched one of them in his life.
@nobodyinparticular9640
@nobodyinparticular9640 9 ай бұрын
I'mma bet tho he surely touched a lot of his female employees in inappropriate ways
@Hornswroggle
@Hornswroggle 9 ай бұрын
@@nobodyinparticular9640 He certainly didn't do anything against it.
@PaulTheFox1988
@PaulTheFox1988 9 ай бұрын
​@@nobodyinparticular9640I mean, when you're too busy inappropriately fondling a women who is stuck in a massive power dynamic disparity, I guess having time for running a company properly and playing video games your company makes isn't exactly possible In other words Yves is a massive cu-SKELETON WARRIORS!
@Daedalus117
@Daedalus117 9 ай бұрын
Re: Helldivers 2... A multiplayer game having server problems because it launched to more than double the number of players they expected? Completely unheard of, totally a modern invention.
@Daedalus117
@Daedalus117 9 ай бұрын
More than 10 times the numbers their last game got, to be clear. Investing in 10 times the amount of server capacity just in the hopes that their next game became a break out hit would be absolute lunacy for any small studio.
@Daftanemone
@Daftanemone 9 ай бұрын
How can a game that went through incredibly well known development hell possibly be even worthy of a triple a classification
@AegixDrakan
@AegixDrakan 9 ай бұрын
My first thought when I saw Quadruple A for that development-hell game was "ahahahaha, press X to doubt!" My second thought was "Wait... So it has 25% MORE Big Game Industry BS? I can believe that." My third thought? "Oh BOY, Steph's gonna have a field day with this one!"
@PlatinumAltaria
@PlatinumAltaria 9 ай бұрын
Players should be wary of purchasing any game priced over $30, as these products can rarely guarantee quality. Last time this happened was 1983.
@shis1988
@shis1988 9 ай бұрын
Elden Ring came out in 2022. Baldur's Gate 3 came out in 2023
@PlatinumAltaria
@PlatinumAltaria 9 ай бұрын
@@shis1988 Hopefully you learn what the word "rarely" means one day.
@jingbot1071
@jingbot1071 9 ай бұрын
@@shis1988 One a year is pretty rare, bro.
@SpiderandMosquito
@SpiderandMosquito 9 ай бұрын
"AAAA" will never catch on.
@supermarx
@supermarx 9 ай бұрын
I refuse to play any game that is not at least 7 As.
@KaiserAfini
@KaiserAfini 9 ай бұрын
It probably will, because its a way for publishers to throw an empty marketing platitude to justify charging more for nothing. So they will really push to standardize it, just like horse armor lead to useless cosmetics costing more than entire indie games.
@nobodyinparticular9640
@nobodyinparticular9640 9 ай бұрын
​@@KaiserAfiniwe need to immediately turn those A into shite words How about... Assoholic Assfucks Astoundingly Awful?
@i_just_got_here
@i_just_got_here 9 ай бұрын
"Gretchen, stop trying to make AAAA happen. It's not going to happen."
@gokuxsephiroth4505
@gokuxsephiroth4505 9 ай бұрын
It's kinda cumbersome to say, for sure
@empoleon7750
@empoleon7750 9 ай бұрын
0:00 - I was today years old when I finally learned where that specific screaming sound effect came from. I’ve heard that in many an SMG4 video growing up, and just… in general, and I’ve never had any idea where it came from.
@TrackpadProductions
@TrackpadProductions 9 ай бұрын
It's the Howie scream, from The Ninth Configuration, isn't it? Also called "Gut-wrenching Scream And Fall Into Distance" or something like that
@EarsoftheWolf
@EarsoftheWolf 9 ай бұрын
Yeah, it's been used in hundreds of different media at this point. Real Monsters certainly wasn't the first.
@empoleon7750
@empoleon7750 9 ай бұрын
Oh.
@Elwaves2925
@Elwaves2925 9 ай бұрын
@@TrackpadProductions Yes, the actor didn't make the scream, it was a stock sound effect with the name you say.
@TrackpadProductions
@TrackpadProductions 9 ай бұрын
​@@Elwaves2925Yup. I don't think _anyone_ knows who made the sounds from those old stock libraries, actually
@Rubymagicalgirl88
@Rubymagicalgirl88 9 ай бұрын
... oh god, that South Park Monkey was perfect to describe the Quad A's. Man does that sound douchey
@vvitch-mist20
@vvitch-mist20 9 ай бұрын
I hate what gaming has become. I remember buying video games and in the box was the cover art, and a little booklet filled with information and art of the world in the game. Now all it seems to be are downloads that can be revoked at anytime, and live service games who's existence is to milk to dry for whatever money they can.
@just_a_stump
@just_a_stump 9 ай бұрын
The 4th 'A' stands for 'addiction'
@Jabarri74
@Jabarri74 9 ай бұрын
Abysmal, absurd, awful, anaemic, appalling, apileofsteaminghorseshit. Ok the last one was mine but well deserved
@Justaplainzaku
@Justaplainzaku 9 ай бұрын
I thought it was abuse.
@dychostarr
@dychostarr 9 ай бұрын
​@Justaplainzaku we've had that for years now.
@jonathankent1517
@jonathankent1517 9 ай бұрын
The one thing it will never stand for is "Accountability".
@LagrimaArdiente
@LagrimaArdiente 9 ай бұрын
Ah, so that's the new excuse for the high price tag? I was wondering what the new excuse would be now that they were pushing for digital-only games that they can erase from existence later on, thus diminishing the value of the "producing physical copies is costly 🥺" argument.
@GrimReader
@GrimReader 9 ай бұрын
I finished FF8 for the first time since getting it at six years old. I never finished it I’d get to the end and then delete the file and start again. Just thought that would be nice to know seeing as it’s over twenty years old at this point so full of content or just well made at launch that it’s been there sitting and waiting for twenty years. And didn’t need a disclaimer saying it would be patched and fixed. Internet really fucked the quality of development by letting them get away with more and giving less
@shadowjackie2448
@shadowjackie2448 9 ай бұрын
Beyond Good and Evil 2 will probably be labeled a quintuple AAAAA release. Not for the quality but for constant developmental delays.
@georgeashley6643
@georgeashley6643 9 ай бұрын
I don’t think it’s likely that I’ll see that game release before I’m 50.
@DiggingForFacts
@DiggingForFacts 9 ай бұрын
That game is probably only kept in "development" because Yves is terrified and believes he will need a point of leverage over Laura Dale in the future. It's his last lifeline before his career gets torn down; his last attempt at a get-out-of-jail card.
@chernobyl169
@chernobyl169 9 ай бұрын
The "frankly" graphic at 11:23 is possibly the finest random bit of visual creativity the channel has yet to produce.
@spencereades
@spencereades 9 ай бұрын
That Frank Lee gag was SO goddamn good that I'm amazed I'd never seen it before.
@Hellblazer1138Audio
@Hellblazer1138Audio 9 ай бұрын
Did not expect a clip from Green Jello's "Misadventures of Shitman" video but it was appropriate.
@stingerjohnny9951
@stingerjohnny9951 9 ай бұрын
Oh damn…now I wanna go watch AAAAH Real Monsters!!!
@robjette7140
@robjette7140 9 ай бұрын
The days of buying the full game and actually physically owning it are well past now. I hate it.
@zyavoosvawleilte1308
@zyavoosvawleilte1308 9 ай бұрын
I do love when companies accidentaly seriously use terms meant to mock them in their marketing
@JB-fp3fb
@JB-fp3fb 9 ай бұрын
It's deliberate; they're recuperating the term. They take something that could have been used against them, twist and redefine it, and use their massive media influence to spread their new version. This ensures that they have as much control as possible over any conversations even tangentially related to them, and deprives their detractors of shared references and terms to effectively communicate their grievances. This tactic of recuperation isn't new, and certainly isn't exclusive to Ubisoft. Yves might be an idiot, but the company has more than enough money to hire the world's leading experts on these things. It's definitely not accidental; they might be evil, but they're not stupid.
@MrOuest
@MrOuest 9 ай бұрын
Original Sterling Seal of Fuckin' Shiiiiiiiiiiiit needs to be a t-shirt.
@coops9597
@coops9597 9 ай бұрын
I want a fuck Konami shirt lmao
@endanarchy
@endanarchy 9 ай бұрын
Perfect opportunity to throw in a "Why's the rum gone " and it was p*ssed away😢
@grumble2009
@grumble2009 9 ай бұрын
Shout out to the editor: I love the recurring Bruce Lee gags! "Frankly" and "Basically" made me LOL.
@Aragorn7884
@Aragorn7884 9 ай бұрын
I can't wait for the *"Legendary Epic"* Pirate Hat DLC...🙄🤑
@rolfs2165
@rolfs2165 9 ай бұрын
Is Ubisoft still doing NFTs or did they axe those? Can't remember.
@lycanwarrior2137
@lycanwarrior2137 9 ай бұрын
@@rolfs2165 Yes, they have a NFT game (Champions Tactics) coming out possibly this year in beta.
@maynardperalta3188
@maynardperalta3188 9 ай бұрын
Iconic
@madanotap6492
@madanotap6492 9 ай бұрын
I mean, you Joke Steph, but I would happily pay any price for a dedicated bulk and skull game, that sounds amazing. Not made by ubisoft though. They don't deserve them
@masterpassword2
@masterpassword2 9 ай бұрын
Huh. Haven't been here for a while, and hearing the voice after a long time is an uncanny valley of its own kind.
@GreySideGaming
@GreySideGaming 9 ай бұрын
Best ice cream flavour is vanilla with pieces of honey comb, like the one from Mackies
@mrfoofoo69
@mrfoofoo69 9 ай бұрын
That HHH pic when you referenced “pedigree” was gold 😅
@machacador9000
@machacador9000 9 ай бұрын
I normally go with vanilla and mango for ice-cream. delicious.
@twobarsfourstars
@twobarsfourstars 9 ай бұрын
It helps so much to hear someone say this shit and call it out, thank you for persisting and growing and maintaining your indomitable spirit 🙌🏼
@Faustelune
@Faustelune 9 ай бұрын
Favorite Ice Cream? Peanut butter chocolate!
@HeavyMetalBeliever
@HeavyMetalBeliever 9 ай бұрын
Caramel Chew-Chew Ben & Jerry's is pretty great.
@wysp1912
@wysp1912 9 ай бұрын
probably something smooth and creamy? like pistachio? no fruit or chocolate for me
@AL_Talks
@AL_Talks 9 ай бұрын
As soon as I saw the Quadruple A game quote I rubbed my grubby little hands together and went, "Ooooo, I can't wait for the next Jimquisition."
@kyrajager907
@kyrajager907 9 ай бұрын
Looking forward to 2050's Nonuple-A-Games.
@jingbot1071
@jingbot1071 9 ай бұрын
Goople A
@rageinthecage3900
@rageinthecage3900 9 ай бұрын
Just seeing a Sterling upload saves my monday ❤
@StefanEriksson-t5z
@StefanEriksson-t5z 9 ай бұрын
My favorite ice cream flavor is if of course chocolate. Because of course it is. Why wouldn't it be?
@xcwarrior
@xcwarrior 9 ай бұрын
I want to say that at first glace Bulk and Skull actually looked like a cool game. Then I saw it was a Live Service game and I completely tuned it out. Only because I saw the "AAAA" comment did I look into it more, and then hoped Jim would produce a video. And here we are. All great points, per usual.
@RandomRickyShow
@RandomRickyShow 9 ай бұрын
12:08, my father illustrated that; always brings me joy to see it used on your show :)
@ryanwillson2751
@ryanwillson2751 9 ай бұрын
JSS and the Stupendium sounds like a great crossover
@Scorpio8116
@Scorpio8116 9 ай бұрын
All the stealth Bruce Lee edits have made my day
@matthewshiers9038
@matthewshiers9038 9 ай бұрын
8:19 If those are AAAA titles, the likes of Hollow Knight, Shovel Knight and Factorio blow all of them out of the water. In terms of quality and completeness, those games set the real standards. UbiSoft and the rest of the tarnished crowns of the industry could stand to learn from their example. But they won't.
@mattwo7
@mattwo7 9 ай бұрын
Mascot platformers, rendered 3D collectathons, mon RPGs, brown-tinted shooters, MMOs, MOBAs, hero shooters, esports, farming simulators and looter shooters. All industry gold rush trends that got run into the ground (the mon RPG trend was even bigger in Japan, many didn't leave there or were lesser known over here) but never truly went away and indy games often did mascot platformers, mon RPGs and farming simulators better than current industry (course it's worth noting that Harvest Moon is now Harvest Moon in name only because Natsume kept the trademark when Marvelous decided to use their Xseed subsidiary to publish Harvest Moon in the west as Story of Seasons, Rune Factory is still Rune Factory though, I guess Natsume didn't care enough about it).
@GaldirEonai
@GaldirEonai 9 ай бұрын
"Swords and Boobs" is the perfect name for BG3.
@PixelElliott
@PixelElliott 9 ай бұрын
My favourite ice cream flavour is Ben and Jerry's Phish Food....
@gregoryvn3
@gregoryvn3 9 ай бұрын
Good pick!
@SwordsmanOrion
@SwordsmanOrion 9 ай бұрын
Ok, but I would definitely pay $70 for a Bulk and Skull game... not if Ubisoft was the developer or publisher though.
@Maddness101
@Maddness101 9 ай бұрын
3:05 nice Jimminy Cockthroat reference, by most accounts though this latest offering doesn’t even offer that level of gameplay.
@matthewzehnder1466
@matthewzehnder1466 9 ай бұрын
Well, that Green Jello Shitman clip was certainly unexpected. Nicely done.
@grannys_sinister_corn_matrix
@grannys_sinister_corn_matrix 9 ай бұрын
Oh, that "obvious lee" sight gag is delightful
@mix1ro
@mix1ro 9 ай бұрын
I WAS HOPING THIS WOULD COME
@jonathansiegel435
@jonathansiegel435 9 ай бұрын
The only thing I can think about now is how much I want a game about Frank Lee...
@MyAccount-f8u
@MyAccount-f8u 9 ай бұрын
I can't get enough of how they say this @12:14 almost every video 🤣
@RaddSpencer
@RaddSpencer 9 ай бұрын
I did not expect a Green Jelly music video clip.
@HauntakuTV
@HauntakuTV 9 ай бұрын
Hey, maybe you could make a video about how David (the CEO of Roblox) plans to turn the entire marketplace into a stock market where items can arbitrarily fluctuate based on popularity?
@michaeldunkerton3805
@michaeldunkerton3805 9 ай бұрын
It took me until 5:06 to get the Bruce Lee joke and now I have to rewatch the first five minutes to catch the other ones.
@Robstafarian
@Robstafarian 9 ай бұрын
My favorite ice cream flavor is strawberry, but I have a soft spot for coffee.
@FrankB1110
@FrankB1110 9 ай бұрын
I'm a classic guy when it comes to icecream, chocolate and cream.
@JhebadiaSprunklefunk
@JhebadiaSprunklefunk 9 ай бұрын
Comparing Bulk & Skull to AAAA(hhh!) is a bit of an insult to that noble duo whom have far higher moral standards.
@fromthedumpstertothegrave3689
@fromthedumpstertothegrave3689 9 ай бұрын
I love being reminded nearly every monday to video search sasha gray. Thanks Steph!
@sylfan1
@sylfan1 9 ай бұрын
You know, I'm actually quite used to 'not owning' Ubisoft games anymore. Or playing them.
@MrTrancelator
@MrTrancelator 9 ай бұрын
It's a quadruple A game. Well, actually it will be a single A game when it is released, but we will sell each of the missing As to you as a live service.
@GrothMagnus
@GrothMagnus 9 ай бұрын
Real steph-up in production quality in this video. Great stuff!
@joink25
@joink25 9 ай бұрын
"WHERE'S THE RUM?"
@lazaroskarmaniolas7410
@lazaroskarmaniolas7410 9 ай бұрын
"IT'S GONE!"
@coobk
@coobk 9 ай бұрын
WHYS THE RUM GONE?!
@Caernath
@Caernath 9 ай бұрын
It took me an embarrasing long time to realize why Bruce Lee kept popping up...
@ratykat
@ratykat 9 ай бұрын
Quadruple A for AAAArseholes. Which also sounds like a pirate is saying it, which is fitting.
@sevinPackage
@sevinPackage 9 ай бұрын
I dig the Ecks vs Sever reference, and Frank Lee is hilarious.
@PaulSoth
@PaulSoth 9 ай бұрын
Okay, can we throw "AAAA" into the same bin that "web3" ended up in?
@WallebyDamned
@WallebyDamned 9 ай бұрын
Stephanie-Stupendium shenanigans make me happy
@Swuh
@Swuh 9 ай бұрын
My favourite icecream flavour is cookies and cream
@tantaluspl878
@tantaluspl878 9 ай бұрын
12:28 I love this visual you had for a word Basically, it's so silly
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