I'm Not Sad for Ubisoft - Delayed Input with Kyle Bosman

This week I admit that I kind of like it when bad things happen to Ubisoft, but at the same time I scrubbed through the whole video looking for a smile and it never happens. It's like I have no smile instincts, which is probably a detriment to my hosting abilities.
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[@mrshmuga9]

Kyle’s the one person who could convincingly have a believable fake phone conversation if he needed to.

[@vripiatbuzoi9188]

It's the long pauses that make it so convincing.

[@colmcoakley3916]

I'm a member of the 50% who never heard of this game. And I'd like to think I'm reasonably clued in to what's happening in the video game world.

[@jonnyanderson3042]

Yeah that's what I thought too. This might be why it failed.

[@Ubersuntzu]

I like to think of it as a serious experiment into whether or not twitch streamers alone can sell a game.

[@innervs]

@@Ubersuntzu i specifically ignore anything ubisoft so I understand

[@twincherries6698]

Yeah it's weird to me that he claimed it to be a game where everything went right when clearly the marketing totally and utterly failed. Ubisoft may have had a part in that but it's hard to really call that game a best case scenario if the marketing is anything to go by.

[@amichaelson10]

I’m just really happy that Kyle’s in a relationship

[@rjcripe]

Also glad that Burger King sponsorship finally came through.

[@Michael_Tucci]

The Matt Stafford-esque hoodie vest is a touch of class.

[@Chrandreas]

Michelle is the breakout character of this episode. Hope to see much more of her in the future!

[@twincherries6698]

What was your favorite line of hers?

[@schoolsucks1842]

If this Michelle arc goes nowhere from here, you'll of been made a mistake, boss.

[@logic_error]

Thank you for the uncomfortable amount of time you put Tom Brady up on the screen, forcing me to avoid eye contact with his vacant eyes.

[@justinshaw7887]

Your football analogies with this are completely on point!

[@DroneCorpse]

I have tears in my eyes from the post-credits bit.

[@NoahNCopeland]

reminds me of the "Napoleon dynamite problem." when netflix was making their recommendation algorithm, they said that Napoleon dynamite caused a huge problem because it was a wild card that they could not predict whether people would like or not, based on what else they watched.

[@lewisjohnson8226]

Contrary to the videos description, Kyle does indeed smile at 6:34. You're welcome.

[@Dimchek970]

We just wanna see a genuine one, once in a hwhile...

[@GameDadGrant]

I was literally about to post this too! But glad I decided to check all comments first, since I was sure I wasn't the only one that looked. Well done.

[@Hazz3r]

I played Hyperscape for 2 hours during launch week. It was bad. It has high mobility and a high time-to-kill, resulting in a high skill floor that gives a poor first impression and a mediocre experience for casual players. I'm surprised the game went on as long as it did. Additionally, I'm surprised Kyle didn't pull on the very obvious thread that, on one hand, Ubisoft is telling us how good NFTs are because they can accrue value and make us money, but on the other hand, they will clearly become worthless when the company announces the game where they have the most value is closing. Diablo 3s real money auction house was awful for the ecosystem. Skin trading in CS:GO was really bad for the community at the height of its popularity. We don't need NFTs to show us that giving players the ability to earn money in games has historically made the games in question worse, not better.

[@goranisacson2502]

I'm coming into this post late because I'm binging Kyle Bosman content, but this comment made me curious- why were these in-game marketplaces bad things? I played neither Diablo 3 or CS:GO because they, and most online games, aren't my thing, but because I cannot escaoe being inundated with NFT-discussions I often see the argument brought up "we don't need NFT'S to trade, we could already do that in-game if the devs wanted there to be that functionality" and I mostly just nod and shrug-agree, but you're saying these markets were a bad idea from the start, even when they didn't involce consuming enough Lifestream-juice from the planet to summon the Weapons? Did they ruin the balance of the game or did they just lead to rewarding bad behavior, or did they lead to something else that was bad or what?

[@Hazz3r]

@@goranisacson2502 The CS:GO is more personal, but I think it made players unfamiliar with the game view it as little more than the game where you open cases and maybe get a cool looking gun. CS:GO is a timeless game of skill, intelligence and teamwork. You can find videos and such about the Diablo 3 Auction House all over, but essentially it ruined the balance of the game. Diablo is about playing the game and looting new items. The Auction House made it so that the game became far more about grinding for gold and then spending most of your time on the auction house to try and get the item you wanted. It became auction simulator, not Diablo.

[@twincherries6698]

Yeah and typically the way of making money isn't really worth it in any sense. Virtually all attempts of it in only result in whaling.

[@TheCanipaEffect]

I played one game of Hyper Scape before uninstalling. It seemed cool with the verticality before I realised... it's functionally the same as every other battle royale, but now with a bit more mobility.

[@orijimi]

I couldnt put up with the extremely cookie cutter cityscape.

[@Lonequacker]

Same. I ran around the barren city map for a little bit, didn't find anyone, and then got shot in the back. There was something about it that just made me never try another round before uninstalling.

[@DivebombMovies]

yeah, it was mechanically sound. just without any character at all. but I also think apex legends is that exact same thing, and it did extremely well.

[@dtmelroy]

As a big sports guy, I appreciate the well used NFL references.

[@ItsTheShark89]

God damn Kyle, another great episode!

[@mattlandry]

The bonus bit killed me because my wife Michelle loves burger King and I like the chicken fries 😂

[@ricopin]

i assume your first date also went like the bit lol

[@twincherries6698]

Strange......

[@ChiralGear]

Thank god I’m up at 4:30 AM

[@Hedgeyy]

Hyperscape was super fun, filled with love. It was amazing... For a month. The skill ceiling was too high and new players quit quickly.

[@robardian3697]

Very true. I stayed with it for a bit but you could definitely tell when the playerbase was dying off.

[@hamndv]

Never heard of the game

[@Super_Samicom]

the .02% speaks!

[@pancito8292]

Ok ubisoft.

[@RedKyber11]

Apex Legends has at the least the same skill ceiling and has gotten and mostly kept players. Hyperscape was an attempt to jump on the BR trend but it was far too late.

[@archonrex5600]

Massively intelligent, off-the-charts hilarious. I'm damned thankful for the Dark Prince 👌🏻

[@alexanderpegram4431]

I'll be honest, I wasn't sure about today's sloodie (sleeveless-hoodie), but when he leaned back and I saw yellow front pockets, I was sold.

[@douglasharris4295]

You're seriously one of the funniest guys, Kyle. You underrate yourself mad hard.

[@Rettke]

My gf always says to me, "You know all about videogames and spend the entire day watching news about them" still didn't know what Hyper Space was...

[@yoshimasterleader]

I was in the 30% but would never skip the episode because you're entertaining regardless if I care about the topic.

[@TorQueMoD]

I totally forgot Hyperscape was a thing and I certainly didn't know it was Free To Play.

[@RockYourInnerSenses]

Your videos bring me so much joy ❤️

[@Dashx64]

RIP my amazing Rayman games, let ubisoft BURRRRRRRRRN. they burned out michel ancel so bad he's working on a real farm helping animals....A FARM BOSMAN! thats how fed up he got. Rayman Origins is one of the greatest games ever made! Now hes stuck on phone apps where an ad plays after every level.

[@BoomstickGaming]

I'll say it. It was just hard to aim in Hyper Scape. Character movement speed of Unreal Tournament, net code of a battle royale.

[@Potatobearz]

Love your content Bosman! Amazing football analogies used!

[@jackfriedman3998]

Isla definitely tried to set Kyle up with a Burger King fiend.

[@Bobio]

With this week's sleeveless hoodie Kyle is basically a Pokemon MC.

[@LetsChat]

Also very cool hoodie, Kyle!

[@Younghoulhead]

Bring back tabletop escapades I know you're seeing this

[@MrMunchify]

Hahaha that bit at the end was so good

[@eddie8684]

Another good episode Kyle! This recent NFT shit is honestly so depressing.

[@MrJJSlider]

hi Kyle, i just spent the day moving to another country and this is just the vibes i need along with my frozen pizza. thanks

[@larsm.4255]

Schadenfreude is a unique german word. I did not know that native english speakers use it. Sounds funny for a german listener. Like doppelgänger or schnaps.

[@dannypockets]

Loved this

[@Exxcalibur186]

I'm just waiting to see what happens with BGE 2 (probably will be cancelled) and then I can cut Ubisoft loose altogether.

[@brogantrull]

I feel like that game has to be cancelled at this point, I think you're correct on that

[@eugenes3395]

A fine Episode with a fine kyle! Love 2 support you

[@junglecack]

Saw Matt Stafford, had to pause and comment that he is an amazing QB that has never gotten the respect he deserved. As a life long Detroit Lions fan I hope we wins the Superbowl and shuts up all the haters. Of course after he wins his 3 rings I hope he retires a Detroit Lion, but you know that ain't going to happen.

[@Galero15]

I hope it works out for him and Michelle

[@IHeart16Bit]

I don’t recall ever hearing about this game before this video. So that’s something 😂

[@Johnny-ub6yu]

Hyperscape was fun but it had problems. This was coming from a mile away. I expect they're going to try again because I believe they understand what was wrong with it.

[@Ravenityr]

See you next week Bosmon

[@Ben-do1bf]

I remember Ubisoft making such a big deal about this game and after a few weeks never heard it get brought again

[@oceanskie]

The pickup line analogy - are you telling me that Bosman fucks?!

[@kevhla76]

The word you are looking for is: Shadenfreude It's a German word used in football/soccer, meaning to take delight in a team or person's failure

[@ShanePHallam]

Bosman + Football References=gold

[@coltonnaslund]

I enjoy all your videos. Michelle is lucky

[@KB92]

LOVE the football talk

[@MealsMedia]

I feel like it's so evident that larger corporations are somewhat embarrassed to talk about their NFT plans (as they should be) due to the mass of people pointing out their flaws, because the Ubi NFT stuff was supposed to be this big announcement for them, and it was very recent, and I completely forgot about it already until you brought it up in this video. It's like they want to announce this stuff like it's a marquee, tentpole item, and then sweep it under the rug as fast as possible so they can just get heads down on developing it to prove to people that they're right about the future of digital ownership. Everyone is so tired of hearing about it already but NFTs aren't solving any problems, they're creating their own problems so they can pretend to solve them.

[@ToastyOs]

It's not a tool for speculation; it's just a thing you buy with the hope of selling it for profit later!

[@IskandarTheWack]

I did a future of vr q&a group thing with ubisoft remotely a few days back, and quite a few of us were actively anti metaverse and all this stuff, glad they're getting the message (based on the interview in the video)

[@VADORANT]

*eating bk while watching this vid* "Am I REAL or just some meta joke inside a Delayed Input episode?"

[@blindpringles]

Kyle with that sad Don Draper face

[@bardknight]

LOL you perfectly described Burger King. I will absolutely eat there, but I don't love it to the point I would eat there all the time.

[@davidkenyon5444]

Reppin the Rams, love to see it.

[@nathanbraun2067]

I've never heard of hyper scape

[@Balbod]

I met a guy who worked on Palworld and I can confirm your view about them not trying to be funny is 100% correct.

[@unkeneke]

2:41 Kyle hitting it right on the head once again, that's exactly the uncanny feeling put into words for the last 8 years of Ubi's products (except Trackmania Turbo, you gotta love Trackmania)

[@wtftobby]

So, do you mean that, if Palworld Comes out, you will pity-play or politeness-play it?

[@SaiyanHeretic]

"This is meesa swamp"

[@italian724]

"Don't become Aaron Rogers" As a Bears fan, I approve of this message

[@BonusXPPodcast]

I’m here for the Michelle ‘Burger King’ arc.

[@TechMetalRules]

Spat out my drink at "chicken fries"

[@gregoryberrycone]

never heard of it, honestly the triple a games space in general is dire but at least a publisher occasionally accidentally does something right

[@BobberWCC]

Kyle got that Pokemon Trainer drip

[@hollydefnet4705]

Kyle looks like he’s getting his outfit from a kingdom hearts game

[@wallacerigby4393]

Can’t wait for Kyle to stream Palworld.

[@Jader7777]

I also like to imagine video recording the delivery of some souless suit appearing at Ubisoft like a spectre of death saying "It's over. Shut it down." and you can actually clip the one guy in his Ubi-Cubi; his heart breaking with such vicousness and suffering that it becomes a really funny meme that gets shared around to show how gamers react to a total bomb.

[@julespleeswoah859]

No. Leave me alone.❤️

[@proffloff]

I love Michelle already

[@TheSpeedfoever]

Better share those chicken fries man

[@agahnim0196]

Hopefully Ubisoft gets back to focus on making great single player adventures.

[@wc999]

WOOHOO, screw you ubisoft... I AM THAT 20%

[@librarygary1618]

I like the chicken fries too Kyle.... So like.... Do you wanna hangout?

Wow, I must say that after watching its trailer in one of the conferences, I had completely forgotten about Hyper Scape.

[@codyficker7851]

Dang, that's disappointing. I really like Hyper Scape.

[@vripiatbuzoi9188]

Everybody likes the chicken fries.

[@rollizle]

I wanted to like Hyper Scape but the gameplay speed didn't work well with the battle Royale format. Firefights were so quick and then I had to wait ten minutes to get into another match.

[@gorowlystomak3339]

I can tell Bosman burst out laughing just after the video cut off. But yeah, palfriends (or whatever it's called) still has that 'unity store-asset' feel to it. For what it's worth I don't think many people actually thought you would like it. We know how particular you can be Bosman.

[@PEHfinale]

Do I love Burger King in general? I suppose not. But I am definitely in love with chicken fries.

[@kilyk21]

I didnt see one comment on youtube that says something good about nft. I think we got burn one time with microtx and now we learned and we are not gonna be fked again.

[@stayinthepocket]

Just judging by the outfit and Matty Stafford remark you're pulling for the Rams.

[@TextureKing]

Ending is epic 😂

[@NileSings]

I actually found out about it from an Easy Allies preview

[@woehrle17]

A+ hoodie

[@vypermajik]

Lifelong Bucs fan here. Goooo Bucs!!

[@ThroughLidlessEye]

I have never heard of this game.

[@leualemax]

steam does that without nft.

[@AntiNihilist]

I keep up with game announcements and I'm astounded I've never heard of Hyperscape. Feels like Ubi only releases AC and Far cry

[@Wakwazu]

But who is Arsequeef?

[@thiagovidal6137]

4:00 Don't forget of that circus they called "Tom Clancy's XDefiant" that everybody hated and downvoted the living hell out of it once was announced on KZbin.

[@fargonthebrave]

never new it was released

[@cristiandt9964]

First time watching your content. Your video was fine and you don't mind putting shitty gaming companies like Ubisoft in their place nor calling them out. Good on you. You get another subscriber

[@McBake]

I normally watch these as soon as possible today I'm a few hours late.... Blame Pokemon

[@godribbon]

My reaction was "that game came out!?"

[@neojd]

The only person I ever heard bring up Hyper Scape was Shane and he liked it. But I could’ve told you just from looking at it that it wasn’t gonna succeed. I like Burger King. 🤷🏻‍♂️ The end sketch reminded me of Isla talking to you about dating. 😄

[@DerDudeVll]

I don't care about this. See you next week, Bosman

[@RichHomieBodhi]

Hyper Scape had terrible console controls and didn’t learn the lesson CoD Advanced Warfare did years ago: Tracking and shooting people vertically sucks, and they built their whole game on that.