Let's Get Pissy About In-Game Subscriptions (The Jimquisition)

[@tychoazrephet3794]

"I don't have enough time during the week to grind for challenges, so these subscriptions are justified, so I can pay more money to not play the game I bought." There's corporate bootlicking and then there's deepthroating the whole damn leg.

[@annadelsiena]

Don't kinkshame please ;)

[@iwiffitthitotonacc4673]

That's why I prefer games in which the gameplay doesn't need grinding. Counter-Strike, Quake, Unreal Tournament, Xonotic, Warsow, Toxikk, Reflex Arena, Diabotical, various battle royales(not counting the ones where you need to grind for new classes), Tetris, roguelikes, etc. The gameplay is just there, ready for you to jump into a match and be equal to everyone else - no need to grind for hours a day to get the better cards, classes, weapon loadouts, and whatever new reason to grind that AAA companies can think of.

[@Tyrany42]

Now THERE'S a mental image... :O

[@Michaeljack81sk]

I feel sorry for that guy. He's been completely taken in and doesn't realise it

[@MonochromaticPrism]

@@iwiffitthitotonacc4673 Alternatively some games have grind as an actual healthy part of the gameplay, such as grinding for better gear or rare skins in Borderlands or acquiring building and crafting supplies in Minecraft, without adding in a way to skip the grind through monetization, which in turn means it is balanced around player enjoyment, not player frustration (ex: meaning you have a 1/20 drop chance for an item in Borderlands and not 1/200).

[@Mr.Spongecake]

Here's a casino that looks like a children's game.

[@lwaves]

Here's a virtual currency that can be used in the kids game instead of real currency. You can buy it with real currency.

[@stephenweber3839]

Here's a slot machine that looks like an apple.

[@111doomer]

You win, I can't beat that. @stephen weber. That was the joke.

[@revenhyrule1024]

Underrated reply! Bravo

[@turtleanton6539]

Crazy

[@digitalnaf1907]

Fact - Criticism is not "toxicity" Fact - Having standards for a full priced product is not being "entitled" Fact - Microtransactions are not "innovative" and do NOT belong in a full priced game. Fact - Gambling, simulated or other in games is not appropriate for children.

[@chandler9107]

DigitalNaF I wholeheartedly agree with the sentiment, but no, those aren’t “facts.” They are opinions that all people should hold, but they are opinions nonetheless.

[@digitalnaf1907]

@@chandler9107 Let me be clear. I'm not talking about peoples "opinion" What corporations are doing is dismissive rewording. Smearing valid criticism and twisting verbiage to shift accountability.

[@infinitygames9317]

DigitalNaF This is true. People who claim we’re “entitled” for expecting a full game that (if it’s a sequel) improves upon the previous game are just shielding companies from criticism when we just want better games.

[@jasoncookman3158]

There IS such a thing as objective and logical truths in societies. I'll point out some: FACT: Functional members of societies do not specifically target children with exploitative behavior and methods. FACT: Dysfunctional members of society specifically target children with exploitative behavior and methods. FACT: Prosocial behavior is characteristic of members of a functional society. FACT: Antisocial behavior is a characteristic of members of a dysfunctional society. FACT: Antisocial and dysfunctional behavior, especially that which is harmful and exploitative towards children, will not be tolerated by functional members of society. FACT: Some video game developers and publishers harm children by targeting them with exploitative game content. FACT: Some video game developers and individual employees of such games' publishers are antisocial and dysfunctional members of society whose disruptive presence and behavior, especially their exploitative, and therefore harmful, behavior towards children, will not be tolerated by functional members of society. Sound like anyone familiar?

[@jasoncookman3158]

I'm curious as to when criticism turned into toxicity. It sounds to me like a bogus "tech-connected" mentality word invention, just like a vast majority of all the other lame buzz words young people use all the time. Maybe that is just an opinion. However the question still stands; criticism is a word with a meaning and has existed for many years. What is the with the need to cover it up, the need to fear it and inflate it to a much more sinister concept?

[@Ben-Rogue]

"I paid good money for this game, I just don't have time to play it, so I'll pay more money to not have to play it as much"...People are a lost cause

[@jasoncookman3158]

Don't give up on people. That's what the publisher and devs want you to do. They want you to only have faith in THEM. It's just SOME people are mentally disjointed, that's all...

[@paddyfolan]

People right now are doing this to Bungie. The first season of Destiny 2 year 3 is about to finish and people are asking when the option to buy levels on the season pass is being put in. It’s “when can I throw more money at you so I can get the value of the money I threw at you earlier?”

[@17FuryCynder]

I just felt braincells dying in my head.

[@dalgusmaximus4557]

Assassins greed odyssey in a nutshell.

[@Cicrosed]

That's not the actual problem. Ideally, think of it as this: Normal Price = Good Game at good pace, 20-30 hours of gameplay on main satisfying storyline. AND Higher Price = Almost the same good Game at faster pace, 7-10 hours gameplay, you would finish the story it in the same amount of days as a person who plays it normally, instead of never because you lack the time and motivation for it. The higher prices also causes more motivation because "you spent so much on it, you gotta at least finish it". So a normal person has the good game as it's desgined. A busy person has a "cheats enabled" rush version that satisfies them sufficiently, for a higher price as an option. See any problem with this, honestly? I know it's the opposite in the real world, but what about what I said?

[@deathlyit7273]

Gabe Newell: "We think there is a fundamental misconception about piracy. Piracy is almost always a service problem and not a pricing problem," he said. "If a pirate offers a product anywhere in the world, 24 x 7, purchasable from the convenience of your personal computer, and the legal provider says the product is region-locked, will come to your country 3 months after the US release, and can only be purchased at a brick and mortar store, then the pirate's service is more valuable."

[@MetallicBlade]

Says the same person who helped destroy software ownership (and the used market) since the last decade. You gain some convenience in exchange for losing your consumer rights.

[@Dragoderian]

@@MetallicBlade Corporations do not defend consumer rights either, so it's not like they're alone in that.

[@DeadlyYellow]

@Bob Bobbertson They also don't need to deal with issues of a shortsighted company not buying perpetual licensing for third-party content in their media.

[@user-vp6cq4sv3d]

@Dragoderian It's sad because people give these corporations power. Look at yongyea's new video. You have comments calling cdpr out. Then you have the least self aware pos people i've ever seen and myself.

[@NatrajChaturvedi]

@@MetallicBlade software ownership is fine. The bit about "not owning your game" refers to you not owning the intellectual property that you are paying to access. So if you pay for a Mortal Kombat game or Mario, then you don't suddenly become the owner of Sub Zero or... Mario as properties. You absolutely have purchased a right to acess your copy of your game anytime you want to. This has not been tested in a higher court in USA but in other countries it has and the verdict was that you do have full rights over your copy of the game. If it ever gets contested in a higher court in USA then maybe the outcome will be the same. All this I learnt from a channel Jim once recommended on his channel.

[@stormageddon42]

Move aside Oh Ubisoft. Go home Fuckonami. Electric Boogaloo Bethesda Bad just rolled into town!

[@duelingdragons82]

I will be a sad monster if this does not come to pass.

[@HellsingRuler]

Turns out any dancing looks good if you loop yourself multiple times into the frames

[@JonathanRodd]

"Pushing you down a hole and selling you a ladder" That's a good analogy, however I have a better one. "Charging you to push you down a hole and then charging you extra for a ladder"

[@F_Luis]

Or rather, charging you to go see the hole, pushing you down, and then selling you a ladder. Oh and charging you another time afterwards for you having had the pleasure of seeing the hole from inside.

[@lightning0938]

Paying for the privilege of digging the hole, charge you to get out of the hole, slaps you with the shovel so you fall back down the hole, while also making sure to grab your wallet, then when you wake up tell you that you simply fell and charge for a ladder and a trip to the hospital at per mile taxi prices

[@Janzer_]

but people buy it.

[@YouCantParkThereMate]

Wrong. You can buy the sides of the ladder with in game currency pretty quick. No issue there. The steps are only available in the premium currency though. Roughly 87 penny dimes per step or 750 gems for $€£64.99 which buys you about half a ladder + a nice hat. You can grind for 6 weeks for plant fibres but you can't learn the rope ladder crafting skill until level 735. Takes the length of the Roman empire (creation to collapse) to craft 3 inches of rope. Goodluck. Falling Down a Well Simulator. Summer 2020

[@Para199x]

Charging for skydiving but selling the parachute onboard

[@yokothespacewhale]

Friend:"Is Sterling complaining about monetization again?" Me:"Have they stopped overcharging/preying on people?" Thank you for beating this dead horse with your modicum of celebrity, even as it splinters and bursts.

[@Deliveredmean42]

If you are getting food poisoning from lousy products, you don't just shrug it off like it was nothing. You better warn people how terribly the product is to get that ignorance out of their head.

[@XANA520]

@@Deliveredmean42 This. The moment you stop talking about it is the moment it starts down the path to becoming the accepted norm. As Yahtzee of Zero Punctuation can be quoted saying, "I criticize because I care."

[@sorryifoldcomment8596]

The sad thing is, it's not even CLOSE to bursting. This horse is not dead. This horse is very much alive and shitting over everything. Literally, ruining everything. It's only gotten worse. The whole "Self- Regulation" experiment has completely failed, see 2k20. The whole "beating a dead horse" attitude towards capitalism is why we are currently stuck in this hell...and it's not going to get better until we actually beat the shit out of the horse until it's dead!! We cannot heal until it stops trampling every thing. Remember, they are still lying, taking and stealing your money. The only "progress" has been one law in Belgium. This will not get better until we fight it and make it stop.

[@yokothespacewhale]

@@sorryifoldcomment8596 as it splinters and bursts was referring to his "modicum of celebrity", not the dead horse he's beating it with.... this was also 6 months ago and he seemed kinda down then overall on this channel then.

[@Fluffkitscripts]

The horse may be dead, but on it runs, some sort of nightmarish rotting zombie horse ramming down innocents and devouring their wallets.

[@Unit014]

I think the "techno dance sessions" should be mandatory in all future jimquisitions.

[@evilbob840]

Or at least whenever Bethesda is brought up. Like the "iconic" hat and puking noise with "Oh, Ubisoft!"

[@deathbysleeping]

Its was a Jim Sterling out of 10.

[@pockystyx4087]

Just choose an awesome dance/trance/electronica song from gaming; and boom. We got a running gag!

[@starkman78]

The Aristocrat needs to do a techno dance!

[@Bu6id0]

@@evilbob840 or the Fuck Konami news

[@DammitSinged]

_Jim that was an excellent Bethesda Ridicule Rave._

[@justascarecrow6988]

We'll need the community dancing along someday.

[@Nathankinamorh]

That was the best part hope it continues. Could tell the editor had fun doing that.

[@KingOfDoma]

please... make a standalone video with the rave... i would truly thank god for you, mr. sterling... ;_;

[@NiffisWorld]

Yes, please do that or just do it more often, i loved it :D

[@zacharyheine4177]

Danssssswiff me Machale

[@corwin32]

The “It’s Time To Shit On Bethesda” dance is my new fave

[@roboticlocke]

Mine too, literally got me to get up and dance.

[@AirahsELL]

I honestly hope he keeps it. The Sword and Shield gym music is perfect for it.

[@SCh1m3ra]

I'm here for "shit on bethesda rave". Shitting on bethesda wholesale is the only response we can reasonably give. So long as the publisher spends so much effort on slitting their developer's hindquarters it honestly won't matter much if the developers are good. Because so long as the publisher forces all this stuff that makes their product garbage, the developer can't develop.

[@Trynackle]

Right? Holy hell that was a fun bit.

[@praetorxyn]

@Jacob Obsidian made New Vegas and they were rushed way more than you're claiming Bethesda was. They still had at least 10 times the writing, role-playing, and world building of all Bethesda games post Morrowind. 76 doesn't suck because it was "rushed." It sucks because it's a shallow live service cash grab, so of course it was going to. Besides which, Bethesda has bungled the launch of that game in 10 different ways and had the audacity to add a $100 subscription when the game was barely playable as it was. They deserve all the hate they're getting. Honestly they deserve way more for dumbing down Elder Scrolls post Morrowind, but for whatever reason most people didn't see how shallow unmodded Skyrim was.

[@Destinychanged]

"I don't have time to play a game so I spend more money to feel better about not playing it" THIS, my friends, is called Sunk Cost Fallacy.

[@joaobatistaperinjunior953]

"Piracy is a service problem" This one keeps proving itself true on a daily basis

[@marsjune6716]

That's why I buy off gog whenever possible. No steamDRM to control the games I've bought. Isn't that right, "service problem" gabe?

[@ParchmentScroll]

After badly designed DRM made it impossible to buy the 2006 game "Prey" in the middle of a steam sale ten years ago, piracy made the game available to people who would be happy to pay for it but couldn't. The game is now considered abandonware and at least two devs have recently talked about how happy they are that the game can be played. A problem? No. Piracy is A SOLUTION.

[@ChlorideCull]

Mars June Steam's DRM is laughable though, you can literally use a generic Steam emulator to crack games. GOG is nice though. Loving Galaxy 2.0. Might make it a Steam equivalent in terms of features.

[@darkpope6667]

I pirate because I'm a cheap bastard.

[@prdalien0]

I've seen every episode of the mandalorian without disney+ so yeah

[@williamstark6191]

"It's Time to Shit on Bethesda" is the new greatest thing on the internet.

[@MrPiotrV]

I came here to say the exact same thing =D

[@jasonc3a]

I love older Bethesda games just enough that I find it more pleasing to buy and shit on their current games than I find actually PLAYING their current games. I have a problem.

[@gankhef5564]

Agreed. That editing was amazing. Jim is at least on par with Michael Jackson in the dance department. He is the true Lord of the Dance.

[@claymore2323]

Tht part reminded me to hit the like button 😂

[@JJBell7777]

I want a new sub-channel with a 24 hour loop of the "It's Tiem to Shit on Bethesda" segment.

[@yonos007]

Upvoted for the "Bethesda is bad" rave.

[@TapDat52K]

9:45 is a good starting point for context and Whats being referred to. Underated comment. Glad Pokemon music is being put to good use.

[@somedude8346]

Bugs lol

[@isaiahbradfordiii4041]

That was pretty hilarious

[@CloakedOnyxGaming]

@@TapDat52K What is that song called?

[@jettiz3703]

@@CloakedOnyxGaming Its the Gym Leader Battle theme for Pokemon Sword and Shield

[@DaWrecka]

"like pushing you down a hole and selling you a ladder", I love that analogy and must use it at every chance I get.

[@Shadowrunner123]

The Bethesda Disco is gonna get memed to hell and back.

[@Delphineas]

I'm surprised it hasn't been a gag until now.

[@debiate5]

I need a ten hour video of that shit.

[@syntaxrigger]

And I am here for it!

[@cuckoophendula8211]

I legitimately liked that part in the video even if it had nothing to do with Bethesda or anything.

[@SPVFilmsLtd]

I didn't know how badly I needed it in my life until I saw it.

[@beerasaurus]

"Pushing you down a hole and selling you a ladder" I lost it.

[@Reelix]

It's extremely accurate though. a.) Kill 50 Orcs b.) Kill 5,000 Orcs - Or pay $50 Guess which option the companies will implement :p

[@Aleks251]

Reminds me of Gilligan from dark souls 2

[@Mr_Bones.]

Honestly, I just don’t play video games anymore. I watch game reviews left and right, but playing games has become such a fucking chore. With the case of Death Stranding, I watched let’s play videos and couldn’t even tolerate it past the 6th video. Imagine that, games are such a chore nowadays that even watching someone else play them is too taxing. I hope the game industry crashes, burns, and takes all the companies with them. Fuck it, I don’t care anymore. If anyone needs me, I’ll be playing outside

[@method0123]

@@Mr_Bones. I've been praying for meteor to hit the industry for years now. Maybe if we all join hands and cry out together, the planet will hear us...

[@DavidJohnson-mo7fq]

Yeah, but in Bethesda's case half the rungs are broken too.

[@PlatinumAltaria]

CGP Grey's channel got temporarily terminated for "impersonating CGP Grey"... people always talk about algorithms, but clearly it's just a hamster in a box.

[@Flowtail]

PlatinumAltaria excuse me but that is an insult to hamsters

[@Mr.Spongecake]

Like, I know it's all robots now because google doesn't want to spend money despite having most of the money in the world. But how do you fuck that up?

[@renatocorvaro6924]

Shout out to fellow Grey fans

[@willowarkan2263]

To be fair, i work on the results of an algorithm and it tagged videos at night as daylight. Admittedly people payed to review said output managed to fuck up so bad that after verification, there were still videos at night tagged with daylight. That, and one company doing similar work managed to tag videos about pineapples as durian, these were humans doing the verification mind.

[@wokeupinapanic]

Kaboom Baby I wouldn’t even call them robots. It’s an algorithm, or series of algorithms. There’s nothing intelligent or predictable about them, and they don’t follow any form of strict rules or predictable patterns the way a standard, cold hearted automaton is portrayed as doing. Algorithms control WAY more than people realize (see the entire stock market) but the inherent issue with algorithms is that they are, by nature, unpredictable. The point of using algorithms is to take a lot of input, fiddle it about, and dump some new output. The problem is that algorithms are not something you can look at, and predict the outcome of. It’s not an equation, where you can ballpark the part after the equals sign. There will always be fringe outputs based on chance percentages and unlikely scenarios. Pricing algorithms do really weird stuff sometimes, like price used copies way higher than new copies, or randomly increase the sales price of an innocuous book by $12,000 dollars for a few hours. Because any parameter possible by the algorithm has the possibility of happening. Maybe KZbin never expected it to come across a channel and somehow interpret that channel as impersonating itself... because frankly, why would you ever expect that outcome? The problem isn’t that KZbin is being stupid and are actively allowing this stuff to happen. The problem is that using unpredictable algorithms to drop the guillotine at the first sign of any algorithmically perceived issue means you’re at the whim of obscure and unknowable outcomes, where weird shit like CGP impersonating himself will sometimes be an acceptable and rational conclusion for said algorithm. Instead of proactively approaching these issues by having the algorithm merely flag issues, and having a real live person verify the issue before action is taken, KZbin has implemented a reactive approach, where a person only steps in after someone has complained about the algorithm fucking up. And even then, I don’t always feel like every issue is checked by a real live person, I feel like it’s gotta be run through some algorithms again, and if they generally perceive the violation to be upheld, it never makes it to a real person’s queue. Like, at least with a robot, you have cold predictable outcomes. It’s programmed to do XYZ, and barring something obscure like floating point errors or incorrect coding, it is expected to just coldly and automatically perform XYZ. Algorithms aren’t even able to predict the outcome of other algorithms. They’re practically RNG at this point. They’re like the quantum mechanics of math. Their job is to weigh to importance of a set of variables and come to some final conclusion about what all those variables mean... but in actuality, they’re just taking a whole lot of numbers and assigning those numbers new numbers and then shuffling those numbers around based on some other set of numbers and then comparing those new numbers to these new numbers and depending on how close those numbers are, it comes with this other set of numbers that are each assigned to these various action outputs provided the ending output numbers meet or exceed the thresholds set for the actions to be taken. And all that whackiness is just what they do conceptually. What they actually do is probably fucking bonkers in comparison 🤣

[@ankhlee6283]

"Originally and often still specifically, a “racket” referred to a criminal act in which the perpetrator or perpetrators fraudulently offer a service to solve a nonexistent problem, a service that will not be put into effect, or a service that would not exist without the racket. Conducting a racket is racketeering."

[@Winlaw459]

imma need that Bethesda dance video whenever fallout 76 is in the news

[@Christopher_Gibbons]

Monetization is getting weird. Back in my day buying microtransactions were a sign of weakness. Buying a mount in wow meant you lacked the skill and drive to earn one yourself. Why would people feel elitist about being duped.

[@FairysHuff]

Because people are stupid.

[@cyan_2169]

Because people are *fucking stupid

[@CantankerousDave]

The companies were against gold farming because the money wasn’t going to them. They hate that.

[@SledgePainterArt]

They target the younger generation and over time it all becomes normalized. The older generation believes in earning things and getting that self-proud high off of achieving a goal or item in a game...while the younger see it as status symbol and wealth to be able to buy a thing rather than work for it (like a sucker)...so it becomes the thing you strive to be able to do...afford DLC and be better than your friends that can't afford it. It's no longer about working hard and earning...it's about showing off wealth. Even the kids do this to each other with Fortnite skin shaming.

[@rpemulis]

i'd imagine younger kids have grown up with microtransactions so its a bit more normalized for them than it would be to someone who knows differently.

[@jedi196]

I'm a simple man.. I buy something physical and then I own it,

[@Atrivion]

@Jacob Or any video game because you dont own them either.

[@zacharyheine4177]

That's why I only buy bags of rice

[@introvertedwall44]

@Jacob I highly recommend that advice. Stadia is garbage. Proof is on the search bar of this very site. We should all use it.

[@jedi196]

@Jacob well duh

[@sage11x]

Yeah... when you buy a physical disc and then realize that the game isn’t on the disc... the disc is just the key that allows you to download the actual game. And then you realize that by buying the disc all you’ve really done is forced yourself to get up and switch discs every time you want to play that specific game.

[@SpicyTake]

22:10 There are actually 30 empty homes for every homeless person in the US. It may be 6 to 1 in the UK

[@totalwar1793]

Probably not anymore, especially how ppl can’t pay rent

[@huismands]

Jim, you are above KZbin. Even if KZbin were to fall (and it should), I reckon you'd be fine. Your unique voice and flair will always draw people toward you, no matter where you publish your content. Just want to alleviate some of the stress you might be feeling. Don't worry. You are Jim FUCKING Sterling SON. And thank god for you.

[@ThatLinuxGamer]

Jim, you should read Tim Wu's The Master Switch - it basically describes how this happens with every emergent medium. People buy into it, corporations get involved and rip it to shreds, slicing it up for their own benefit, then people move on to the next medium.

[@mattkuhn6634]

Ok, that "shit on bethesda" dance bit in the middle to the pokemon gym music was brilliant.

[@soonlaypale]

Rent as a subscription service is the most eye opening metaphor I've ever heard

[@eb3yr]

subscription to life

[@KeyBladeMaster-Dan]

The anti-Bethesda rave needs to be a permanent fixture XD

[@shadocasster4401]

I loved how straight-faced he was while doing it

[@CeticWales]

I have a feeling we might be seeing it even more than Fuckonami news

[@turtleanton6539]

Yup

[@demsterclippy4252]

@@CeticWales at this point, they have taken more attention and negative atmosphere than Konami, with just one game. And that game came out last year.

[@danielflin3877]

Loveblanket If only it were that easy...

[@joeymadexellent]

This is exactly the problem we have in Australia. So much content is locked behind either expensive subpar subscription services (Foxtel) or not available for months after its initial release. It's infinitely easier to just pirate that content.

[@jasonc3a]

Subscription services come up as a topic. Time to find the Australian talking about Foxt...FOUND!

[@Bangyourbirdnumb]

Only losers give Foxtel any of their hard earned.

[@dylanpalmer1153]

A bit of subscription in my games, and let's go!

[@JimSterling]

Here's a subscription that looks like an apple.

[@DichotomousRex]

​@@JimSterling ya cause you spreading ~~rumors 90% of the time and~~ your a ~~hate monger.~~ S ~~o tell me thi~~ s ~~what is the difference between you and yongyea or say layman gaming or inside gaming ... you are all here to make money of us the viewers with click bait title and you ads.. GET off your high donkey and stop making crap video... when i first subbed you had great video's and you where not a shill.... now look at your self .. your a shill...~~ spread ~~rumor.... and it all~~ a ~~bout the~~ $$ ~~$$ money~~ for you now

[@_Bjornfot]

@@DichotomousRex Nice try, but Jim doesn't monetize his videos. Any ads are because video game companies claim the videos. The only money he gets is from the patreon.

[@isaacthelastn7687]

DichotomousRex Another copy & paste how obvious

[@CommieApe]

@@_Bjornfot They copied it from the pinned comments as a joke.

[@TheJuggtron]

Jim in full "eat the rich" mode Good Praxis

[@baconlabs]

Here's a microtransaction that looks like a cookie.

[@brainflash1]

Here's a PC that looks like an Apple.

[@paradoxacres1063]

*Here's a microtransaction that looks like your parents savings

[@darkxaur]

Here's a bacon that looks like a loot box.

[@Jaxymann]

Here's an active gameplay advantage that looks like your bank account.

[@CatheteriZedEYE]

Here's a sausage that looks like my penis ... sorry

[@tv_tim]

Absolutely had to hit the like button for that Bethesda Podium Dance.

[@comyuse9103]

that was the moment i pressed the like button, it was glorious

[@demonhunter437]

My colon is ALWAYS ready to shit further on Bethesda.

[@yourbellboy]

Bump

[@linkdude777]

i need that part as its own clip. Its so damn great.

[@davidwesst]

It literally made me LOL and choke on my water. 10/10. Will watch again.

[@bificommander7472]

It's a bit longer than the FucKonami and Oh Ubisoft intros, but I'm all for that clip to be a permanent feature of all Bethesda videos.

[@DopePhizh]

Please upload the "Bethetic Disco" without the text and let the memes ensue.

[@adrianemery7298]

"I don't know what is wrong with KZbin?" - Err It's owned by Google. Actually are they mad at you for not liking the Stadia?

[@thepickles8833]

We secretly “love” it but that won’t register until after the Stadia is dead 😌

[@greenfolder2437]

// That would be hilarious, but I'd guess it's just further YT incompetency. (I'm still waiting for the day they accidentally send Jim a Red Diamond Creator Award...for getting 1000K subscribers. He would have a field day with that.)

[@diptarkadas5193]

Unpopular opinion, but KZbin is actually pretty good. If you have had to handle the outrage machine that is political landscape right now, and please everybody, you will have the same problem. Ban white supremacist content, white people get pissy, don't ban it, everybody else starts shouting. Let one slip through your finger, there are 5 articles about how KZbin is shit. Ban the false positives just in case, there's another 5 articles about, you guessed it, how KZbin is shit. Considering everything, and how KZbin still doesn't crackdown on adblockers (they can), they are doing pretty good actually.

[@greenfolder2437]

@@diptarkadas5193 \\ Well I won't pretend to understand YT very well. So I can't say for certain how hard it is to manage, but I will agree that it's a complex problem. Still, if I'm gonna be sympathetic, I feel like potentially unfairly treated content-creators are higher on my list compared to a company worth 11 figures worth of revenue.

[@InfernosReaper]

@@diptarkadas5193 KZbin doesn't give a damn about political correctness or even good PR. It's all about making money. Note how they'll demonetize channels for not being advertiser friendly, but still run ads on them anyway. Note how they promote mainstream content over creators on their platform. Note how the notifications and subscriptions don't even work right Note how the entire system is automated using clearly broken "algorithms" and bots with little to no human oversight.

[@Drivertilldeath]

Thank you Jim Sterling for putting this video out. We need continuous awareness to battle against this predatory aggressive monetization practices. I am buying less and less game as these greedy corporate services continue to ruin games for people. Also I will not, for the first time, buy a ps5 xbox(whatever), for next gen right away as I am not going to buy a ps5 if this greed continues. People need to "vote" with their wallet and stop giving money to these people/companies.

[@j.graydingler8012]

I'm all for "No Lickitung?!" becoming a running gag.

[@nakenmil]

It's the new "What they DID to Zhang He!"

[@09csr]

@@nakenmil which used to be the new "DILDO?!?!?"

[@jonmorgan6812]

And every iteration gets progressively higher pitched.

[@Gothstana]

22:24 "boohoo, billionaires will be taxed a little bit more" You're implying they pay tax...

[@obo2999]

well, they do. quite a bit in fact. Do you think America runs on the taxes we get from burger flippers

[@Kris-wo4pj]

@@obo2999 still dont pay the full amount they are suppose to and they bitch about it while not paying their full percentage since they love to money launder ("charity") and set up trust funds or just saving accounts in out of country banks.

[@darnit1944]

The top 20% pays 70-80% of the tax. While the rest of you probably contributed 20-30%.

[@110000116699]

@@darnit1944 literally not true Jeff bezos payed negative tax last year the government had to give him a million dollars so fucm off with your bullshit

[@mackjones7688]

@@Kris-wo4pj Hey Kris. Imagine this. You figure out a way to make some damn money. You are self employed and you have no boss to answer to. However since your income is now well over $300,000 per year. The government... who isn't really doing anything to help your business. It wants 70% of your income. Sure you are willing to pay the same taxes you were accustomed to before you became rich. You even had plans to expand. You want to hire more underlings and make more money. However now you are a filthy rich guy who isn't paying his fair share. Even if you had to live out of your car for two years till you made it. No one likes paying taxes. Most tax collected by the government is mismanaged and wasted anyway. If you had the choice of giving your hard earned money to a charity of your choice for a legal tax deduction so that you could keep more of the money you earned. Wouldn't you?

[@matthewshiers9038]

_"It's basically like pushing you down a hole and selling you a ladder!"_ *Yes! That! That right there!* A perfect description of pay-to-skip and pay-to-win micro transactions!

[@hazukichanx408]

"Would you like to play this awesome game? It's free! Now please pay 20 dollars to unlock the start button. Great, now pay 30 dollars to buy ten steps you can use to walk in any direction you like. We're having fun, aren't we?"

[@montague4931]

The worst part about these subscriptions: None of them will give you an Ekans:(

[@SimonBlueBerry]

Wait until they add one to sword and shield lmao

[@montague4931]

@Crazy_Simo Correction: Wait until they add a subscription service to give you the privilege of paying for all the Pokemon they didn't add. #CreateAProblem #SellASolution

[@animelytical8354]

Shhhhhhh Nintendo will do it

[@UlshaRS]

That is quality bait.

[@lylerosen2944]

@@montague4931 jesus christ if they made some kind of subscription service that added a couple of the cut Pokemon a month it would be both hilarious and just fucking terrible.

[@FlamingGnats]

KZbin is truly awful. I wish there was a proper alternative.

[@whiteboard7thstreet]

FlamingGnats whoever makes it is gonna be a very rich man/woman, they just need to make it viable and fight the monopoly that is KZbin who is backed by the juggernaut that is google

[@MidnightBootySnatchr]

MySpace

[@Crispman_777]

@@MidnightBootySnatchr Bebo

[@MLF4468]

@@whiteboard7thstreet whomever makes a service like this will more then likely be just as bad as KZbin, sure there is a chance that it would not, and there is a chance that the competition would improve both. However given how much it would take to build a client that can compete with KZbin, and then get creators to switch to your new service. Anyone getting into the race is bound to be someone like Amazon whom will be just as focused on making money by cutting costs with algorithms and the like. So I would not get my hopes up

[@georgem9981]

AGREED!!!!

[@SlimesmoreUK]

I'm actually in tears as it's all so true, I'm in stitches. Homelessness a problem created by capitalism fixed by subscribing to a home is spot on.

[@ILikedGooglePlus]

Can't wait for KZbin Rewind 2019 to be deleted for spam

[@gilbertthebushwacker8704]

This is the best thing that could happen with it.

[@turtleanton6539]

😂

[@Vaguer_Weevil]

I choked in my coffee seeing that, mostly because that could actually fucking happen and it would still be hilarious even knowing it'll happen. Wasn't one of KZbin's official videos claimed by the algorithm a while ago? That's just too damn perfect.

[@SpoopySquid]

That Bethesda rave segment needs to be a stand-alone video/gif lol

[@ghornisbae1653]

CGP grey had his account suspended for a week or so for the violation of: “impersonating himself”.... at least he got it back.....

[@falconJB]

Yeah that was the first thing I thought of, I wonder if that is what happened to Jim.

[@belldrop7365]

To be fair, the number of recent uploads is so not like him.

[@Alias_Anybody]

That's absolutely hilarious until it isn't any more.

[@IIxIxIv]

Pokémon sword and shield is missing a feature that was in every previous title with internet access, the global trade station. Pokémon is soon going to sell a subscription service (on top of their old one) where you can store Pokémon online. It's suspected this will feature the global trade station, doing exactly what you say will happen.

[@EvanEndgame]

That Bethesda segment is now my favorite moment of 2019.

[@bernardoheusi6146]

Todd Howard

[@Poever]

Thank you, Pokémon SwSh Gym Music

[@Arlae_Nova]

Fuck bethesda!

[@23kurtzy]

Most people aren’t made of money. *Confused EA noises*

[@SubjectE57]

To be honest I'm grateful these companies got so greedy. Now that I've deleted Origin, Uplay, and Battlenet I'm actually starting to enjoy games again rather than seeing them as chores I have to pay for.

[@starvalkyrie]

EA: "What the fuck is a person?"

[@jernaugurgeh9740]

@@SubjectE57 - You've hit the nail on the head here. Sometimes I feel like deleting ALL my PC gaming accounts (the ones you mentioned plus Steam, Epic and maybe even Gog) and just sticking to select single player PS4 games that I've bought on disk. Just so I don't feel totally overwhelmed by the 500+ games I have in my libraries any more. Having said that, I just signed up for Xbox Game Pass for Windows just so I can play The Outer Worlds... but have also made a list of about 20 other games on that service that have caught my eye. Gah!

[@SubjectE57]

@@jernaugurgeh9740 I'm down to my steam library and Nintendo Switch, I'll never go near anything that looks like a live service ever again as I always end up with less money and hating the game I put it into. If AAA publishers were more subtle I'd probably still be addicted to spending in their stupid games.

[@claudiuspulcher2440]

do you guys not have phones???!

[@Crylar44]

Hay mr. Algorithm, tell Jim Sterling I liked his show. Ok bai.

[@masonawsomepants3861]

Crylar44 Agreement

[@tallahriehl8220]

Ditto

[@theguardian8317]

Mr algorithm only dictates what adverts and "related" videos you get. The rest are just "disney" kids reporting videos

[@TheLetterTen]

"Trust me, I know my subs!" Thank God for Jim Sterling.

[@jordan2d]

The impromptu dance sequence with crab claws made my day

[@reala90]

Please make that Bethesda intro a main thing like the "Oh Ubisoft."

[@AgentForest]

If we could have little "Shit On Bethesda" segments like that with the little intro, I would be so happy.

[@PrinceofQuarkness]

I am engaged by this content. Hear me, o algorithm, as I cry engagement into the howling darkness.

[@Handles_Are_Bad.Phuk-them-off]

i wonder how long before the IA picks up on 'engagement' and drops any comment with the word from its metrics

[@FroggyMosh]

@@Handles_Are_Bad.Phuk-them-off Now, verbatim copying and pasting your own comments might get picked up by the algorithm already tho. :) Anti-Spam, engagement botting and such things. _"Don't want people spending thousands so they can bypass the algorithm, now do we?_ _At least give _*_us_*_ that money."_

[@Handles_Are_Bad.Phuk-them-off]

@@FroggyMosh algorithim likely already treats a thumbs up and a comment as the same thing, and multiple comments from the same user as 'one point' in the calculation. [crtl]+[C] saves the time id take to retype.

[@FroggyMosh]

@@Handles_Are_Bad.Phuk-them-off Yeah. Or I can at least see multiple comments from the same user having diminishing returns. 7 comments or thumbs adding up to 3 'engagement points', and 20 comments adding up to 6 points, or something like that. And about [ctrl]+[C], I do the same: _I add: "Rrrrr-WHITES LemonaaAAaade......... I'm a SeEecret LemonaAade Drinker!"_ This is the third time i pasted that ;)

[@pronounsinmybio]

This is my new copy pasta.

[@annaphorra]

I love how the gaming industry can so easily make people anti-capitalist

[@teuast]

all you have to do is pay attention

[@uzernam303]

Well you also have to fail to understand that capitalism relies on both supply and demand, and none of this bullshit would fly if people were not paying for it and making it profitable. Capitalism is far from a perfect system but I'd love to hear you come up with something better. -Someone born in a communist country who understands that system is way fucking worse and has gladly fled to a capitalist country along with most of their family because it's so much better here.

[@teuast]

@@uzernam303 pretty much everybody who flees *communist* countries for capitalist ones and talks about them like you do is really rich, and i for one don't really care what self-interested rich people have to say when the poor people who live in, say, former soviet states still say life was better under communism. now, *demsoc* countries on the other hand (iceland, finland, sweden, denmark, norway) don't really have issues with people fleeing them for capitalist countries. do i lose a bit of lefty cred for supporting a compromise away from communism in the form of demsoc, which still allows people to be rich? probably. do i give a shit if it means poor people can live with dignity while removing the teeth from your whinging? absolutely not.

[@annaphorra]

@@uzernam303 wah wah castro took my slaves ;( evo took my mines ;(

[@alexandregiaccheri]

@@uzernam303 true

[@robertfaucher3750]

There actually is a YT Union being headed by The Slingshot Channel

[@vazzaroth]

Please upvote this, people. I want to hear more about this.

[@ttubebaby]

Fingers crossed.

[@QuichardBitzgerald]

Link?

[@Arto257]

Joerg is a king honestly. Great guy.

[@remem95]

Remember when people were warned about all those con advertisements and phone calls for all kinds of stuff, where in the end you'd just get an overpriced magazine subscription? That was the big scam in the 00 years at least here in Germany. I think they were ahead of their time lol.

[@ChlorideCull]

We had those ads for companies which told you you'd get some nice ringtones if you sent a text, but they'd sign you up for a €19 a month subscription, lol

[@HHopebringer]

We STILL have those in the United States. Publishers Clearinghouse offers a lot of money at face value but then entering your information in the hopes of getting it ends up signing you up for a lifetime subscription to a dozen magazines...

[@PsychadelicoDuck]

@@HHopebringer ...How is that legal?

[@remem95]

@@PsychadelicoDuck In Germany it works like this. They get all your info (account and stuff) in another context. Then they ask you to confirm your purchase while recording the call. They use this as a base to 'prove' you bought something. Its hardly legal and they have to grant you a 14 day refund either way. If you argue properly you can get away with not paying and they wont bother sueing anyone

[@PsychadelicoDuck]

@@remem95 Ah, I see how the scam works now. Thanks for the clarification.

[@Litintha]

If not already, the "Shit on Bethesda" sequence needs to be used from now and on.

[@GrandSekiza]

Every single time Bethetic comes up I want this!

[@Sky-CladObserver]

@@GrandSekiza Maybe not *every* time... Okay, yeah, every time.

[@SangTheCryptek]

Bethesda rave segment needs an extended looped version, yesterday.

[@w00tyd00d]

9:56 I'm not sure how aware you are of how appreciated this segment is. Thank you, Jim.

[@itsprivate3061]

"its time to shit on bethesda" should be in every video from now on, including that dance.

[@comyuse9103]

_especially_ that dance

[@greenfolder2437]

// I really hope I won't need separate subscriptions for "Shit on Bethesda" and "Fuck Konami News."

[@TheBanana93]

That shit cracked me up good I had to rewatch it haha

[@Yukwuh]

The Bethesda intro may be one of my favorite things of 2019.

[@7OwlsWithALaptop]

"Still a better deal than Fallout 1st" is a better love story then Twilight.

[@Bugthesda76]

"This is the way." -Todd Howard.

[@saiyancurseultimate9402]

You have spoken.

[@RebornVengeancex]

Baby Howard lol

[@DystopianOverture]

it always works

[@PronounDisrespecter]

Fallout 76 for Stadia when, Todd?

[@SidheKnight]

Toad Howard

[@aeternusdoleo4531]

You know. There's going to be some real facepalming when people realize that they are paying to not play a video game when buying "timesavers" or "helpers". And that they can in fact do that for free by just not playing the game at all instead.

[@chrisxd146]

Most of the supporters of Bethesda and companies like them don't understand the irony at play. Or, even scarier, they dont care.

[@R3adybreck]

When elder scrolls online re released (remember that?) I had friends who came to me asking "are you gona play eso im so excited" i kindly and as un embarrasingly as possible explained that the game had existed for several years and that they had fallen for what was essentially an advertising push designed to imply the game was new. It was extrememly excruciating and i dont want it to happen again

[@MrRobertoMoir]

If I find myself considering playing to not play a game then it’s time to question what I’m doing with that game at all, let alone what the publisher’s doing.

[@storageheater]

@@R3adybreck I don't remember ESO getting "re-announced" like that (probably dependent on country tbh) but I do think the massive failure and poor reputation meant it had to be more than an advertising push, and they have delivered pretty well in the years since release - I played after they removed the essential subscription but before One Tamriel, then stopped, then played it again a bit more recently, and they have provided quite a lot of new places to visit and seemed like they do deliver enough to make the sub feel acceptable (but nobody seems at all convinced by the staggeringly expensive "timesaver" options, because jesus christ that's a lot, and your money gets SO little.) Mind you, I'm in England, where ESO dropped in price so hard and fast it's quite easy to feel benevolent about them providing so much for £15, and for some reason it's remained at something very close to $60 in America all these years later. Anyhow the fact they then took ESO's sub, which has years of context and content, which even if you're absolutely not on board with, it still has SOMETHING they can point at and say "this here, we added some new countries, pay us," and plonked it onto Fallout 76, where it means nothing and offers nothing, is fucking hilarious to me

[@sorenkazaren4659]

We’ve reached the point where I’d rather spend money on paying someone else to play the game for me instead of paying the company money to unlock things. But honestly. At this stage can we even call it a game anymore if nobody enjoys playing it?

[@severdislike4222]

The end goal of any successful business is to become a monopoly in the field they distribute in. They will, without fail, fight tooth and nail to press the reasons for why this is right for them and their consumers suffer the consequences of rent seeking behaviors, increasingly worse services, arbitrary pricing models, and ect. If they've the backing to do so, they will also go out of their way to deliberately collapse/absorb their competition as fast as they can, whether buy buying them out, gutting their access to distribute products (Think Disney's and Epic's models), in the end the people that lose out the most are always the end line consumers. You can see this behavior in any region with a sole provider of electricity/internet services/insurance providers/ect. Anything that starts behaving like a utility has jack and shit right to be privatized any more due to this tendency.

[@salj.5459]

But capitalism is DEFINITELY not the problem! Right, guys?

[@centurosproductions8827]

@@salj.5459 Sure, but it's not like there's really a solution. Not with the human element involved.

[@silverdragon122]

​@@salj.5459 Capitalism IDEALLY is supposed to work. You spend money on X product, the company that makes the product pays it's workers and reinvests the money into their company to give you a better product. A better product comes out and because it's of higher quality they charge a little more, but still have the old product available for those who don't want to/can't afford the better, more expensive one OR they only have more expensive AND better products because the company has reached a higher overall quality that requires more to maintain. But that's not what's happening. You give them money, they make little to no effort to maintain the quality of the product, but still want more of your money. Fallout 76 is a perfect example. Half the shit didn't work on launch, why the fuck do they think they should charge $100 a year. And now EVEN IN THE PREMIUM VERSION shit still doesn't work perfectly. The only thing worst than these greedy companies are the idiots who support them.

[@ChlorideCull]

Centuros Productions Can severely limit the damaging parts of capitalism by regulating the markets and organizing workers. I believe our "Nordic Model" is the most ethical way to do capitalism, even if it's not perfect. One day we might have robotic gay space communism, but I don't see that happening any time soon.

[@TessaBain]

>ECT. Ec tetera?

[@middox239]

17:33 the guy puking into a gas mask he is actively wearing the absolute best description of video game companies nowadays

[@lightning0938]

Can we get a gif of the "it's time to shit on Bethesda dance?"

[@Dorian_sapiens]

As requested: MP4 (has sound) - gfycat.com/rewardinggrandiosearmedcrab GIF (no sound) - gfycat.com/rewardinggrandiosearmedcrab.gif

[@ruisapo95]

@@Dorian_sapiens What a legend

[@KhayJayArt]

@@Dorian_sapiens thanks, guy

[@mrmime5791]

You're a god

[@massimilianomasche]

I want the whole movie actually

[@celticwarrior1424]

I agree with the others. The Bethesda dance should be the new “Oh Ubisoft.” 😂🤣

[@QuichardBitzgerald]

No need to replace it, keep both!

[@comettamer]

Why not use both, each where appropriate?

[@Mysticgamer]

Yeah, considering they still releasing just just dance and will continue to do so until anstroid crashes into wherever they make the games or the sun goes super nova.

[@kekarddain4245]

"And trust me, I know my subs." Kinky, Jim. Kinky.

[@lunarvania8073]

Yea right lets be honest he would prefer to be "the gimp"

[@dannybeane2069]

"Pushing you in a hole and selling you a ladder" cept more often then not they sell you a ladder and give you a shovel.

[@chrisxd146]

Here's a dystopian story: imagine living in a world where a home takes a few decades to pay off (utilities bring their own costs), a bottle of insulin costs $300 (and only $5 to synthesize), the high school grads required to pay a community college $2k+ a semester for a degree that pays less than $100k annually, where the working class is demanded to work 60 - 80 a week (sometimes 3 - 4 jobs) in order to raise a family, where a mother is required to go back to work in less than 6 weeks after child birth, where people would rather risk dying than paying for a trip to the emergency room, where we all keep saying "at least it wasn't me affected" or "it could always be worse." Now realize that dystopian story isn't just a story, but the world we live in. There's plenty more examples out there that I could've included, but the amount of time it would take for just a single comment that won't gain any traction doesn't warrant it.

[@IrideaeSnowbloom]

@@TWWolf314 eh. The work hours and motherhood leave is, sadly, not just America. Not *as* bad in other countries, but existing.

[@talynhastime9343]

chrisxd146 ..aaand the hooooooome..of the..BRAAAAAVE.

[@eneco3965]

@The Martial Lord of Loyalty Are you implying that Germany is any better

[@MajkaSrajka]

"less than $100k a year" The most american thing I have ever heard.

[@EMMmaximino]

@@MajkaSrajka try less than 50 or 40 or ....less.

[@therealbahamut]

Say what you will about Jim's rants; the man's got rhythm.

[@WhyteDem0n]

Holy hell, that Bethesda dance renewed my life energy. Never change, Jim, never change!

[@Phourc]

Another great video from youtube's #1 danceboy!

[@JamesHulltheFabulousJ]

lost count of times I rewatched the Bethesda Bad rave...

[@corgistaniel1150]

"Let's Get Pissy" would make a good general name for the Jimquisition (this is meant in jest I love the show)

[@majestichotwings6974]

“This is just fear mongering, subscription services won’t become the norm, stop attacking my corporate overlords reeeeeeeeeeeee” -probably some shill that slams the dislike button before even watching the video

[@TheMrOkamiden]

Scroll up, it's the current top comment. Good call.

[@Kaysumi]

At this point i'm just gonna opt out of "online" anything and go replay my old games :P

[@lonerboy18]

Kaysumi honestly same

[@milczyciel]

This rings so true with me. With almost 1000 titles spread between Steam and GOG, steady stream of Indies AND on top of that my strictly-single-player tastes, I can like fuck off entirely and I'll still have enough games to keep myself entertained for a lifetime. I should, in a way, be grateful to AAA industry, because it is (even if coincidently) entirely responsible for those circumstances :D

[@Hoscue]

@@milczyciel I've started doing this as well. Engaging in so many wonderful games I've had in my PSN library and never touched.

[@JustaGuy_Gaming]

There are a couple reasons I can think Jim's channel got canned. If he tried to upload a bunch of video's at once, due to a back log they probably thought it was spam. Or due to being pod cast they some times think it's duplicate video's as every one involved often uploads the same thing to their channels. There is also the very real possibility KZbin just doesn't like Jim. Sure he's a partner with protection and all that above and beyond his sub size. But he also doesn't run ads, so YT makes no money off of him. They can't touch his main channel, but they do their best to end him.

[@s777nserg]

CGP grey was suspended for impersonation of himself. That's how f*cked KZbin right now.

[@pervyturtle2673]

All quite possible. Also possible youtube has no idea how it happened either.

[@Cryster99]

“Trust me, I know my subs” Underrated joke, that, Master Sterling

[@Darlos9D]

It did physical damage to me.

[@demsterclippy4252]

LMAO I didn't notice it until now. I love it

[@Flupperz]

Damn Jim, those are some spicy dance moves

[@Texelion]

Yeah he almost burned a calorie. Almost.

[@zacharyheine4177]

The Bethesda dance is carbon neutral

[@theweddingsinger1970]

@@Texelion spreading rumours 90% of the time burns more calories than dancing

[@PkGam]

I remember when Nintendo stated that we shouldn't be too hasty about regulating loot boxes because they have been around for a while. The instant I heard that from them, I had a pretty strong hunch they had them in the works. Sure enough...

[@jr637-1]

I work in agriculture and we have a subscription service analogue called CSA, or community supported agriculture. People pay in advance for weekly amounts of groceries over quarter-year periods and the farmers use the upfront money as capital for continuing to produce food. It actually works pretty well for both parties, and I wish video games could create an analogue for *benefitting both parties.*

[@Packy21]

And the sad thing is there will always be some poor sod who buys it making it worth the 5 minutes they put into programming it. Even if it's fallout first grade bad.

[@KartoffelKonig]

He even did the lobster hands dance on Bethesda. That’s when you know it’s getting serious

[@Pentti_Hilkuri]

Bethesda bad, Jimdance good.

[@AkkaOniVA]

Thank Goodness for KZbin's new Comment+ subscription. I didn't even have to be signed in to my account to engage with this video! Great job, Jim Sterling, and keep up the good wo- (service has expired, please pay 5.99 to continue. PS: Stadia Pro users can use this feature for free!)

[@sarien_aurelas]

9:56 And this is how I lost "No Nut November"

[@phoneboi]

I have nothing to say. This is just for the engagement.

[@JDelwynn]

Gongratulations! When's the wedding?

[@Handles_Are_Bad.Phuk-them-off]

I wonder how long before the IA picks up on 'engagement' and drops any comment with the word from its metrics

[@FroggyMosh]

@@Handles_Are_Bad.Phuk-them-off In that case: "Rrrrr-WHITES LemonaaAAaade......... I'm a SeEecret LemonaAade DrinkeEr!"

[@FroggyMosh]

@@Handles_Are_Bad.Phuk-them-off And any marriage related Videos will get their engagement rates halved. And I don't think google cares about Engagement comments anyway. _Just another way for more cynical people to be engaged._

[@SpinDlsc]

There are three things I thank God for everyday: The food on my table, the roof over my head, and Jim Sterling.

[@sabatheus]

9:57 We need a 10-hour version of this.

[@channingcheese2]

No, we don't.

[@borico62]

Already done. kzbin.info/www/bejne/iIu2i4l7pZx_n80

[@murdercubes4968]

What song is even this?

[@borico62]

@@murdercubes4968 The gym leader battle theme from the latest Pokemon games, Sword and Shield.

[@sheriffkyogre2485]

I love Lickitung being a recurring joke even when he’s not relevant to the discussion XD

[@ishmaelsielforge2814]

Defending corporations nowadays feels like defending a violent alcoholic stepfather.

[@stylesrj]

Thing is though, the violently alcoholic stepfather can and will probably break your kneecaps if you try to run away. So you best stick around and say he's right because you don't want to die. If you run away from a corporation, they can hardly bother with your existence in the first place?

[@salj.5459]

But it's always been like that. Corporations never have and never will care about the people any more than they can extract money or labor value from them.

[@ishmaelsielforge2814]

@@stylesrj I think you missed the context though. In both cases the defense is ludicrous, pointless and borderline masochistic.

[@joro8693]

Hey it happens, check out everyone defending cyberpunk when they already are showing more red flags then any other company.

[@salj.5459]

Jo Ro I haven't been following Cyberpunk at all, what's going on?

[@SeijienSekai]

When Jim goes full lefty it is euphoric.

[@AncapOtaku]

more like it's cringy asfuck because all too often we see that leftist have no fucking clue what they're talking about and their policies actually make things worse not better.

[@robert-rv8lo]

From each according to his ability, to each according to his needs.

[@jmmywyf4lyf]

It's also why he doesn't have more subs...

[@AncapOtaku]

@@jmmywyf4lyf the only reason he has as many subs as he does is when he talks about video games but whenever he talks about politics he never has a clue of what he's talking about he claims to know a lot about economics but then it shows he has no knowledge of economics.

[@AH794]

@@jmmywyf4lyf I know, I literally unsubbed because of his unsubstantiated political grandstanding. Either talk about games or talk about politics - but if you choose the latter make sure you're providing actual facts to support your otherwise worthless conclusions.

[@mightylink65]

The more of these that come out the less I'm willing to buy your game. This is why I haven't bought any Bethesda games since Fallout 4. Is more subscriptions really worth losing sales?

[@sirapple589]

Nowadays, player count means roughly Jack Shit. It’s the “Whales” that they care about exploiting.

[@JimSterling]

Unfortunately, it may very well be worth it. The whole "whale" thing is about making a ton of money off a few people. If they have fewer players, but those players pay more, then it might be worth alienating other portions of the audience. Now whether or not that's *sustainable*, that's another matter. It won't be for many games, I think. There's only room at the top for a few.

[@julianbrewster4633]

Of course it's worth it lol. Otherwise we wouldn't have gotten to this point in the industry. The lost sales is easily made up from thousands of monthly subscriptions.

[@dirkmaes3786]

Online-only games can actually make less money with more players. When a game finds a way to get rid of the players who spend no money on the game they achieve two things: 1) save money on server costs, 2) new players are now far more likely to encounter & chat with people who spend money on the game than they are with people who play it for free (or nothing after retail price) - so the idea of spending money in the game becomes more acceptable.

[@weregretohio7728]

Yep, they're making more money than ever. They don't care about or need us - they have the people who will pay and the younger generations that will accept this as normal.

[@ghettofridge]

"Cutting the cord" for cable TV became more and more common as people started to see an disparity in what they were paying for vs. what they were getting. I don't know if it's lack of foresight or sheer avarice (perhaps a bit of both) that is causing this same thing to happen all over again, but what I do know is the harder these chuckleheads make it to get what I want the less likely I am going to pay for it. And the last I checked, the piracy market is still very alive and well.

[@talynhastime9343]

ghettofridge I don’t watch cable TV anymore because there really isn’t anything I want to watch. Of course I try my best to find websites that’ll upload old tv shows, so that’s simply what I do.

[@brosch91]

Right? I was actually had my own netflix account for like 5 years, but last year I just noticed that I was beginning to essentially pay more for less content (as they kept removing more and more content from netflix) so I cancelled it, never went back. Time to dust off the ol' pirate hat!

[@yamadiyoo9658]

Tbh these services are stupid they completely missed that the point to subbing to streaming services was that they are cheaper cable services. To bad not a lot of them operate like the CW service.

[@Paul50million]

The Dance video part "Bethesda is Bethatic" needs to be it's on video! Incredible! I always love your content but I laughed so hard with that piece. The editing and music had me dancing! Thank you for this lol.

[@ScorpionAndZangief]

Me: "What happened to you, video games? You used to be cool..." Video Games: "Video games still cool! You pay later!"

[@---tr8fx]

when games turns into live services games, they arent games anymore.

[@bernardoheusi6146]

So MMOs aren't games?

[@belldrop7365]

@@bernardoheusi6146 MMOs are a job. Have you ever played one without needing to go to it to work for xhours a day unless you pay for a day off?

[@---tr8fx]

@@bernardoheusi6146 that depends, if you dont have any fun and feel like its a work that you FEEL that you need to do, no.

[@Mishomish0]

Some board games are turning into that as well T_T I mean you can play the game "offline" but you can buy (with real money through your phone's app) more modes or stuff to do or whatever.

[@bobtom1495]

people on IGN begs to dffer, they say that the games are just "evolving"...