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[@SkillUp]

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[@Hugsloth]

i like how you emphatically asserted that ps5 is worth buying and then later lamented the death of foamstars by hoping it gets off of ps5 and onto pc

[@HH-hd7nd]

4:45 Entirely wrong take. If anyone asks you "should I get a PS or an XBox" the only answer you should give is "What the hell are you talking about? Get a real device and buy a PC".

[@MacGuffin1]

You might get all the xbox titles on PS but your going to pay a LOT more for them, Plus xbox is still the only platform on the planet where you can sit down , turn-off crossplay and have a game with no wallhacks/damage hacks/aimbots/(often racist and putrid) HWID ban evaders... etc etc the list goes on, but sure keep cancelling it, because it helps the game review business right? And you dont care about cheaters as a reviewer because you never play any one game long enough anyway do you? I cant tell if ur really smart and a scumbag or just not bright enough to see what's really going on, at least stop pretending you represent gamers and games until you get that sorted-out maybe....

[@Mmarcossith678-33uu]

​@@Hugsloth Dude is a massive Xbox hater, I don't get why anyone listens to him.

[@Hugsloth]

@@HH-hd7nd tbh at this point i find any "console superiority" arguments to be crazy. Xbox already conceded the war, and Sony are seeing far more success on PC. Nintendo are the holdouts (or the 'winners', if the exclusivity of the brand matters), but PC can emulate Switch handily nowadays, so.

[@photometricx8149]

Honestly the way they name new xbox consoles probably isnt helping sell them, its so damn confusing

[@Axeloy]

genuinely baffling how they didnt learn from the wii u

[@calahoon22]

As evident by the wii u

[@joser1853]

Bro, I said that when it was unvield and people didn't want to listen. It's literally the same issue as the WiiU. It's confusing and doesn't help them at all. Seriously they should've just named it something like Xbox Next or we. But Series X/S?

[@AA-BB]

It really isn’t

[@GaiusQuintus]

I've said this for a long time that their naming strategy is horrible.

[@DRossGaming]

Honestly, I don't give a flying fuck what's going on at Ubisoft. Normalizing $100+ Deluxe/Ultimate Edition games is downright absurd.

[@intellectic9155]

I agree. The problem is there is a bunch of dunces out there, a lot in this comment section, that will just buy anything w/o thinking.

[@DRossGaming]

@@intellectic9155 listen man, I'm guilty of it too at times. But that's still no excuse.

[@thanos34362]

this is where you switch to PC gaming

[@gumbomanmash6762]

Only special edition i ever bought was the deluxe edition of god of war ragnorok, bought it for the kratos pfp😅

[@1_underthesun]

@@gumbomanmash6762 Couldn't you just "save image as" and still have the PFP?

[@FWleader]

I didn't take it as a flex that you're travelling but as a long time listener, the fact you're doing it more frequently seemed like a good indication that you're gaining popularity as a small media outfit. Based on the slow decline of big gaming media into AI driven schlock it's really nice to see.

[@pascalsimioli6777]

It'd be good news to gain popularity in spite of the fact you don't hold punches. It may be bad news to gain popularity because you avoid to touch who pulls the strings, like SBI.

[@BiggerK]

No kidding, seems like every site has the same padded out articles designed to serve you as many ads as possible rather than inform anyone.

[@thesixth2330]

he does have some huge misses like CyperPunk and Hellblade II.

[@TdotFunk]

💯

[@seifer447]

​@thesixth2330 I think his taste in games really affects his reviews. Ralph caught a lot of fire after the Armored Core preview and when Rise of the Ronin previewed he was noticeably more cautious in his language. I think he's being honest at least. Edit: I didn't word this well. I think he believed Cyberpunk was going to be the next big thing and then the reality of the technical issues hit hard at launch. I don't think he's ever lying to the audience, but everyone has quirky tastes to some things.

[@juggernaut6666]

Kind of funny i bet the announcement of assassins creed shadows massively boosted the sales of ghosts of tsushima

[@KABLAMMATS]

Not in those 200 countries

[@Redblaxk]

@@KABLAMMATSSony not hitting profit margins will hopefully make them reconsider their account linking, not gonna hold my breath tho.

[@UnkemptDan]

​@KABLAMMATS you can play ghosts of tsushima in any country you want, you just can't play the online component which isn't even worth mentioning.

[@Redblaxk]

@@UnkemptDan I wouldn’t wanna pay full price for half of anything

[@victory7763]

​@Redblaxk why bother when most PC players pirate. 9/10, honest customers who plan on buying anyways don't mind a login. It's as simple as an email....

[@Badmunky64]

The Xbox never recovered from the terrible launch of the Xbox One. Edit: My spaghetti guess is the next Xbox is going to have an open ecosystem that can play PC/Steam games in an attempt to compete with the Steamdeck. It would make sense. The series S is a pretty useful machine for a good price if you turn on the dev mode and turn it into an emulator machine.

[@mightylink65]

I know I switched sides because of that. It felt like a huge bummer seeing all those tv ads at an e3 presentation, like xbox completely lost their marbles.

[@Rekker420_1]

Yeah they were peak with the 360 but its been downhill since that xbox one e3 lol

[@loldoctor]

⁠@@mightylink65The TVTVTV reveal wasn’t E3, it was just the reveal. It would have been better if it had been E3, as that would have given Sony less time to respond and body them.

[@alexk9295]

Have they had any 'must have' games since the 360?

[@youreokayboah2128]

@@alexk9295 They never even had an exclusive to the level of Sony’s top exclusives.

[@RenegadePandaZ]

Ubisoft pushing the internet requirement kills all interest I had in any of their games. I don’t trust them to not pull some shady bs and neither should you.

[@janky477]

I'm worried they're gonna start delisting their older games so you can't play anything.

[@0o-0o694]

​@janky477 they already started with the older AC games. Cant wait for them to take away my copy of AC4 bc i didnt give them enough money for a "remaster"

[@Antek_S]

People still buy their bullshit, so they'll continue these bullshit practices. Blows my mind how dumb consumers are.

[@StarmenRock]

They already said that always online is not required, just to activate the physical game. Which is better but still horrible

[@imitenotbe]

what? they went out of their way to tell people online is not a requirement for AC Shadows besides the initial install

[@bobmishima3295]

Decline of Halo coupled with Xbox One really hurt the box

[@fourmoyle]

You mean gross mismanagement.

[@Josep_Hernandez_Lujan]

Peter Molyneux and his dumb camera thing hurt the xbox

[@Deliveredmean42]

@@Josep_Hernandez_Lujan Eh, not really. He was just coasting on Xbox funny choices of the time, so only natural he dabble on the new hotness that was the kinect.

[@Josep_Hernandez_Lujan]

@@Deliveredmean42 nah, the kinect was shitshow that costed 100 bucks extra

[@cun7us]

I'd say a significant lack of exclusives hurt them the most, but yes, Halo Infinite was a big disappointment mainly because of the campaign.

[@HappyBroccoliGames]

Thanks so much for mentioning Duck Detective!! It's coming out tomorrow on PC, Switch & Xbox tho! - We didn't update our presskit, will do that now 😅

[@kierancrabtree8699]

Love how consistent this show is always watch on my work break

[@MichaelLast001]

I stop work to watch the show 🤣

[@Mulletdog1]

Same

[@keepcoolgames5896]

Same I dig consistency

[@CorvoFG]

@@MichaelLast001me too!

[@DarkStryder360]

Wait till we find out you're self employed and take work breaks whenever you want.

[@raccoonofmotivation20]

I can't justify owning an xbox anymore because Microsoft can't either, since they literally said you won't need one to play their stuff.

[@TheKillerJok]

Not like they have anything good to play in the first place.

[@tmoney360]

My Xbox series X has become such a non-factor in my life. I turned it on two weeks ago for the first time in a year and a half just to see if my login info for Disney+ was still saved on it. My PS5 controller was on low battery so I wanted to watch X-Men 97 on the Series X while it charged. Before that the last game I played and completed the year and a half before was fallout New Vegas.

[@diamondhamster4320]

They have the greatest gaming platform already, mate - Windows PC Gaming.

[@Rrr20058bvsc]

​@@tmoney360just get a pc, grow up from the console war, xbox is the most affordable, has the best interface and user friendly systems, PlayStation has better exclusives, its that simple, if you can afford to buy both PlayStation and series x you have massively wasted your money, just get a pc.

[@Deminese2]

With PC gaming being massively popular nowadays theres 0 reason to own one for many people and it offers nothing regardless I'd want that would be console exclusive. Playstation at least has a lot of asian studios to be different.

[@Hugop_arts]

Just a clarification on Pierre's graphic of sony x nintendo sales and profit: Sony Sony report gross sales (meaning 100% of the value) and Nintendo report net sales for 3rd party titles (only their 30% cut) which inflates Sony's sales. W/o knowing how much % of the total of either company comes from first vs third party, we can't draw strong conclusions (pierre said so himself)

[@Gear3]

That is an important clarification.

[@eric7591]

Thank you for that.

[@joed5150]

Also where Sony reports all games sold physically and digitally on the platform, Nintendo doesn't. They don't count games that are released only digitally for whatever reason. So their official total software sales of over 1.2 billion is most definitely quite a bit higher since a great majority of indie game and smaller titles are only released digitally. Not counting whatever that total extra sales might be, 1st party party games only account for roughly 45-50% of total software sold and not the 80-90% people love to throw around.

[@Pswayze23]

I honestly don't think sony needs spiderman 2 for 300 million or horizon for 200 million. I don't even play those games and I love my ps5

[@Random_dud31]

​@@Pswayze23well, considering that sp2 was supposed to have a live service component, then they axed it.

[@Jago112589]

As an American who has made that trip to Australia, I can vouche that it is a long and arduous journey.

[@extra4542]

I just did and it was hell. 25 hr trip 💀

[@paulgastelum2143]

Never gonna do it, cant even last on a 5 hour plane ride

[@hairynippleful]

It suuuuuuuuuucks

[@claytrongo]

New Zealand has entered the chat.

[@greed-1914]

Were people actually thinking Ralph was trying to brag about the travel?

[@trishamiller7859]

Seems like some of the access/interviews he gets is brag worthy lol.

[@ebubeugochukwu846]

It's gta6

[@Jerler91]

Imagine being mad a content creator you like is getting opportunities. 💁‍♂️

[@trishamiller7859]

@@Jerler91 how dare our favorite content creator is out getting us content! Grab the pitchforks

[@ryanm3463]

@@trishamiller7859it’s literally his job

[@kirkginoabolafia3650]

I really wish these videos had timestamps. I adore the content but sometimes I just want to skip to a specific section to the coverage I'm interested in. Just my perspective

[@MorningShot]

yes!

[@tommyswain3762]

I get your desire but man he churns one of these out per week without fail. Not including additional reviews and his podcast. Just scroll the episode until you find what you need. This channel is like a 5 person operation after all.

[@selectionn]

@@tommyswain3762 it takes pretty minimal effort to timestamp it, especially easy when you are editing it. there are only a few sections so its not much effort. its whatever, I skip 80% of the video anyway. I have zero interest hearing what new game released thats actually just a port of a 4 year old PC game to the Switch. zero interest in hearing gaming journos garbage review and terrible opinions on games either so I skip that too

[@1_underthesun]

@@selectionn Doing so would come at the detriment to the video and to his channel though as it would destroy his watch time in YT's algorithm. The amount of time someone spends watching a video is a big metric on how the video gets recommended to other people.

[@enternamehere142]

@@selectionnlol asked for time stamps then calls Skill Up garbage.

[@yuuriuu]

how are you going to say tomb raider isn’t relevant when you actively play DESTINY

[@Aogami20]

Just a thought here but "Sony's games take more money to make" is not the whole story behind the disparity between them and Nintendo. Breath of the Wild cost something like a hundred million dollars to make. Sony pays it's CEOs more, and pays more in dividends and stock buybacks than Nintendo does. They show less earnings because they are literally paying themselves more and calling it operating costs.

[@victory7763]

Nintendo added insult to injury on Xbox. Microsoft thought they were going to buy Nintendo when they can't even buy themselves out of 3rd place.

[@paddy1505]

I feel you Ralph. Went to see my mum in Australia from the UK ... Dear God what a journey. I always remember when the plane reached north Australia and I checked the time to land in Melbourne (thinking it wouldn't be long, like an hour...) ... and holy Jesus, another 5 hours later. Crazy trip, but worth it... especially on my first night I almost walked into a Red Back Spider dangling from the ceiling. Glad you got back home safe to do more of what you do best.

[@langleymneely]

I just recently looked up how large Australia is and its crazy how massive that continent is!?

[@paddy1505]

@@langleymneely Insanely big! While over I went to see my grandfather, who's now approaching 97, and my aunt drove me and my brother from our mum's to my grandfather's home. 12 hour journey ... but this is just typical for Australians making long treks. But really worth visiting as it's a stunning place to see. Just make sure you drive, as transports is dire outside the big cities!

[@1_underthesun]

@@paddy1505 I imagine as someone in the UK it's a bit of a shock. People from the UK who visit the US deal with the same thing. There are a dozen or so individual states that are bigger than the whole of the UK. Driving coast to coast takes something like 40 hours (not counting Alaska)

[@Storm1Trooper5]

Yeah you can get from lands end to John o groats in a day granted it would be a bit insane to drive for that long in one day

[@jakepowell3761]

Come on down it’s sick here

[@matthewmorton6462]

Why does everyone forget AC Syndicate? That did the twin protags ages ago

[@JJJBunney001]

Because the internet's memory only goes back 2 years at most. It's like how people are raging at Ubisofts pricing for Outlaws and the new AC game (despite that being a thing for like 15 years now) day 1 dlc or even Sony being seen as the most consumer friendly company (y'all remember all those hacks and information leaks?) People are selective with outrage

[@tchanthaphaeng]

That Angry Birds portion of the video makes me realize maybe I didn’t have it as bad as I thought in high school. 😅

[@ShawnHarris-wd7wu]

It's really gross to see Ubisoft thriving when Square Enix is definitely not

[@imitenotbe]

@Robert-rm9dg totally baseless and ignorant lmao AC and SW are gonna sell fucktons this year

[@Two-ToneMoonStone]

Maybe the strategy of drawing out the FF7 remake as far as the possibly can was fucking dumb after all

[@ShawnHarris-wd7wu]

@@Two-ToneMoonStone maybe but it's not worse than Ubisoft horrible monetization practices and deleting games you own

[@xXFallout2]

X defiant just dropped and apparently is really good. Also a hit with the FPS crowd. But Ubisoft Gona Ubisoft, watch they kill this game.

[@ShawnHarris-wd7wu]

@@xXFallout2 yeah but it's not really Ubisoft that is owed to that games success, the game has great designers

[@ChristopherAndersonPirate]

Sony: “it’s our biggest due to pc” “But still no Bloodborne”

[@raggedcritical]

Semi expect a remake as a PS6 launch title.

[@burnssuck]

I'll pass on Bloodbourne with zero interest in it at all on PC, but will jump on more Helldivers absolutely. There's a reason why Bloodbourne wasn't even as massive on PS as Helldivers is on both

[@Mrchair905]

Pc and ps5 is the go to combo for me. Also a switch.

[@Aogami20]

For those who don't know, RKGK is an abbreviation for "rakugaki" which loosely translates to scribble, doodle, or graffiti in Japanese. :)

[@ThePerfectBalls]

Did we really needs an earnings call to know ps5 is outselling Xbox 5 to 1?

[@burnt-croissants]

no but they need to do one anyway because that’s how businesses operate

[@ThePerfectBalls]

@@burnt-croissants damn this guy businesses

[@MisterFoxton]

In the age of misinformation, yeah actual statistics and valid data are preferred over armchair speculation and vibes.

[@victory7763]

Yes we did. Because certain immature people are forever running the gauntlet of DENIAL MODE. They'll move on to the next goalpost now.

[@Ehh.....]

Jerkin the chicken is one way to make a bird angry.

[@salahmoharram6136]

Every time you say "June" now I think of Dune

[@The_Wailing_Doom]

It is expected Xbox console demand would be reduced as soon as they committed to putting all their games on PC a few years ago. My worry is they continue to use the consequences of their decision to justify why they should be allowed to buy publishers. To get away with buying ABK, they touted their incompetence (under oath, no less) and their low market share. Those things are likely to continue and their market share will drop further when they go multiplatform, so it can be used as justification again in the future. Dont forget most of the Xbox business is ABK and Bethesda which were already multi-platform prior to Microsoft's plan to buy their way to the top, so restoring the status quo is not creating additional revenue for anything other than Xbox Studios games that were only ever on Xbox. Game Pass cratering game sales on Xbox makes going multi-platform a necessity, particularly because ABK and Bethesda will also lose sales to Game Pass when at least the latter previously was not.

[@WaxDat8800]

Sounds like MS would be a 6 trillion dollar company if you were running things😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@97carrera]

Are u an investor in Microsoft? Because i cannot understand why u care that much if a company is doing good or bad.

[@toptiertech7291]

@@97carrerawhat do you mean? He never said he cared. He explained it. Do you get no coochie? Why are you leaving that comment?

[@danialyousaf6456]

​@@97carrerathey care so much because it hurts the games industry if Microsoft is allowed to keep on buying publishers and studios only to shut them down a year later. It's stupid to think otherwise.

[@Battleneter]

As a PC gamer I purchased a XBSX for the lounge as I can run GamePass on both never really having to spend money on a console game as such. I don't think its a PC thing, if you have the money to buy a decent rig people do that, otherwise you choose your console poison.

[@SimplexPL]

I'm glad you're mentioning Poland. Unfortunately, on Steam Poland has one of the highest game prices in the world, due to unfair exchange rate set by valve.

[@fourmoyle]

How does Valve set the exchange rate?

[@DarkStryder360]

CD Keys?

[@MKwadratPodcast]

@@fourmoyle Manually. They set it to 4.49 PLN for 1$ in October 2022. I can't post a link, but google "Updates to Pricing Tools And Recommendations Improvements to the tools and services that help you manage selling in 39 currencies"

[@MKwadratPodcast]

@@DarkStryder360 No refunds?

[@SimplexPL]

@@fourmoyle Valve manually set exchange rate of USD to PLN to 4,49. Currently it's 3.93. They informed about it in article "Updates to Pricing Tools And Recommendations Improvements to the tools and services that help you manage selling in 39 currencies"

[@GoufinAround_]

I wonder how long until game discs are gone and then how long after that before governments force publishers to make sure digital games are always available or they're forced to become something along the lines of public domain at some point and hopefully that works backward for all older games. If there's anything that is true in this world, fans will keep games alive far better than the publishers that release them. Also, the new AC game's controversy aside, why is anyone even considering buying it? Remember how everyone got mad at Ubisoft saying we should get used to not owning our games? Make Ubisoft get used to not having you as a customer...

[@toptiertech7291]

Why would the government do that?

[@burnssuck]

I agree. I live in a remote mountain town that I can now only purchase a physical copy by road tripping out of the mountains 60-200miles or order off of Amazon or other online retailer and wait almost a week to receive it. Digital is much easier even if it makes me feel unappreciated and underrepresented. I also have periods of time with no Internet access due to weather and weakness of infrastructure during storms. This current market trend is making my enjoyment of gaming more difficult. Then there's also the fact that my small mountain town doesn't carry the purchasing power of other large cities in my state that have way more reliable Internet and plenty of physical stores. I lose, or I lose, there's no other option, so I suffer digital, and it really sucks...

[@mr.p215]

@@toptiertech7291 demand of the people and if it happens it would be in the EU since good old american politicians would never go against their shareholders.

[@lostnemesis]

That's the reason I still buy physical games because honestly I don't believe that the current or potential upcoming government will vote in favor of adding protections, I would love it if there was laws that made it to where digital media is protected in the way that physical media is because no one can come in your house and just take your Bucky O'Hare box collection, and that way you don't have to worry about if you bought any digital shows if it's going to happen like Discovery did with everything that was on PlayStation, or if a game you bought is going to be pulled away like how Ubisoft did with the crew.

[@SteveEricJordan]

this really really finally needs chapters

[@Lixidros]

In regards to COD going to gamepass. The only thing I can see that would get them to do it would be FOMO. If people start to play it at launch on gamepass ("yay I don't have to play full price for COD now") I imagine a lot of people will fall off the game. But I also believe a lot of people come back to COD every so often, maybe to do with seasonal content, but they can't just hop back into the game... they don't own a copy. So they will have to keep subscribing to gamepass. Plus if they have bought any microtransactions, in the game, they are locked in even more.

[@Phillip_Viera]

I don’t always agree with your takes Skillup but I always seem to enjoy how you write and present your scripts 👍

[@ArathirCz]

8:50 Just a small correction - Division 1 was released in 2016. Battle Royale and survival genre in games can be traced back to Minecraft mods like Survival Games and Arma 2 mods like DayZ (made by Dean Hall) and DayZ: Battle Royale made in 2012 (made by Brendan 'PlayerUnknown' Greene a few years before creating PUBG).

[@Keithustus]

Thanks! I thought that part sounded a bit off.

[@Paladinbaroque]

Cheers for another one bub, Much love to you, Stew, Austin and Edmond Take care folks x

[@bipolarpolarbear7801]

That angry birds story had me rolling 😂😂

[@Eternal_Tinsel]

Division Survival was so goated, so its sad to see Heartland cancelled. Really makes you wonder how different the BR extraction landscape would be if Ubisoft gave the mode the attention it deserved

[@DoomsdayMayBeOkay]

Fromsoft gonna break the internet next month

[@davidludwig7501]

Hell yeah! Can't wait.

[@CyberWolf3526]

100%

[@JohnSmith-rt5yq]

What happens next week from fromsoft? Elden ring dlc?

[@UnsaidHealer]

​@JohnSmith-rt5yq yeah, personally.. eh? Idk. Elden ring was a good game. But didn't live up to any of the souls games.

[@CyberWolf3526]

@@UnsaidHealer I loved my first playthrough of elden ring as it brought back my child like wonder, so it felt so refreshing and amazing. None of fromsoft other games did that for me... but to be fair, elden ring has like no replayability at all. Outside of challenge runs... where fromsofts other games have a shit ton of replayability... I'm more willing to replay the dark souls games than elden ring. But when it comes to first playthroughs I think elden ring is the beat fromsoft game. I think it lived, and surpassed the hype... But it's just not a good repayable game outside of challenging runs with/without mods.

[@ogrodniczek3836]

I like how one of the advantages of my country (Poland) is the fact that we have lower wages.

[@GammaCruxis]

“This will be the last generation where physical media is still an expectation…” Well then this is the last generation where spending my money in the industry’s general direction is an expectation. People fly off the handle when movies and games get pinched from reality, yet people keep driving the industry straight into the gaping maw where that can easily happen. Convenience or control, you can’t have both.

[@Lahiss]

Well Switch 2 will likely still have game card slot. Sony and Microsoft both are ditchign teh disk drive in the midgen upgrades to ease us into Diskless PS7 (not trying to pretend there will be Xbox console next gen).

[@idontbuyit101]

Worst part is that all the content creators go with "discless future" "its inevitable" instead of having hard stance and push back on it as a comunity.. there is not a single reason to why its "inevitable" but corpost wanting more money..

[@jessemulock1163]

If I can't buy physical games on my new console, I can still buy them for my old ones. I'll be mad when all retro gaming costs more than new crap, it's already dumb expensive for anything you actually want. (Pokemon Gold is $400)

[@Whoisjase]

If physicals disappear. Itll be the last generation I buy a console. Ive been collecting retro physicals lately and will have a backlog to sustain me for a lifetime hopefully.

[@toptiertech7291]

No one is mad about movies and games disappearing except like 0.000001% of people. Go ask a random gamer if they care that an online game from 15 years ago is unplayable. Your little echo chamber you live in might care. Most people can’t wait for all games to be subscription based instead of buying them all

[@n8doggy733]

you can pause the game in Elden Ring so long as you are not in combat. Open the map and the open the help menu ❤

[@StarmenRock]

Not being able to do it in combat kinda defeats the purpose of pausing that kinda game, unfortunately. Its almost always better to just go back to the main menu

[@Keithustus]

babies, spouse, pets, doorbell....they care not whether you're in combat

[@Mohgenstein]

@@Keithustusskill issue

[@SmokeOneAndChill]

Please gaming community buy discs for games. It keeps the value, when the servers are turned off you still can play the game, you can resell it and use that money to buy other cool and expensive games, if you love the game its cool to have the artwork etc.

[@DarkStryder360]

​@lofl6968someone likes to burn money 😅

[@jaggerknife]

If you play on pc when was the last time you even used a cd to play a game?

[@Arrestedrabbit]

​@jaggerknife right? It's a super weird ask for PC. I think the last one I got was for Portal 2 lol and that's cause I was a kid that didn't know what Steam was yet. I also hate the idea that people are doing it out of a value proposition so they can engage in price gouging the thing later. Emulation is the future not hoarding physical media.

[@Klob-xo9vh]

@@jaggerknifeyesterday when I booted up my disc copy of Fallout 1 on my laptop

[@jaggerknife]

@@Klob-xo9vh dang got me there

[@mitchboland9591]

Really regretting purchasing the series x recently.

[@kuda6474]

I absolutely agree with you on the first MK movies !

[@Smaggledagle]

Did you forget that Nintendo acquired Shriver from Embracer Group??

[@BloodRedFox2008]

I think that news broke as he was wrapping up recording, I think he finishes much of his voice over on Mondays, then he or another team member spend Tuesday editing so the upload can come out at its scheduled time Wednesday. No doubt he’ll bring it up in next week’s episode.

[@sorryshiina6264]

Thanks for the upload ShillUp, can't wait for some news to drop in the next hour.

[@Swarming1020]

Great shout out for Retro Space. Looks awesome, thanks, wishlisted.

[@HanmaHeiro]

The 90s original Mortal Kombat movie with that epic "You're soul- is Mine!" Is an amazing movie

[@kingoverseas9052]

Yasuke is playable in Samurai Warriors 5

[@marcusclark1339]

that game is in no way accurate, also the fifth game really highlighting how irrelevant that point is and uses fisticuffs showing how inaccurate he is

[@stanislavkimov2779]

This game could have a panda or shiba inu fighting with a sword, so what

[@kingoverseas9052]

​@@marcusclark1339 It's a series full of historical figures, Yasuke among them. Their degree of accuracy was not the point.

[@matbro95]

Wow 77% of Playstation game sales are digital now? That is far higher than I would have guessed, I still buy physical though so that's probably why I think that.

[@SuperCosmicJeffrey]

Those figures are juiced because the 'digital' game sales include DLC, cosmetics, and IG currency/microtransactions; additionally, it doesn't factor releases that are purely digital only. Per the Insomniac leaks, most of the proper game releases even in 2023 saw a split that was closer to 60-70% favoring physical over digital.

[@matbro95]

@@SuperCosmicJeffrey Ah that makes sense, pretty much everyone I know only buys digital on PC because its the only way. But for all consoles its been physical. Gonna miss it one day :(

[@DarkStryder360]

Who is buying Sony games digitally? Once the story is done, that's £70 down the pan. Always buy physical to make your money back

[@nikitos3558]

​I have a feeling that physical games are getting more popular again, but I will never understand how people are willing to buy their games digitally on a console if you can get a physical copy of a game much cheaper and sell it if you don't like it.

[@jaggerknife]

​@@nikitos3558 kinda just boils down to there not being a single gamestop near me. So i either go on amazon and wait a few days for the game or just buy it digitally and get instant access.

[@Gaskinmoo79]

Star Control 2 was revolutionary back in the day..... " Launch fighters" most OP move in the entire game.

[@wieneckem]

The one feature I never wanna live without again is Quick Resume on Xbox. Switching between games takes seconds and you're right into the action. I hope something likes this comes to PC or Playstation.

[@regdexter4014]

the name of the X box is confusing i don’t even know which is the new one

[@xLaniakea_]

2:40 cant wait for the ps5pro to release and the games being made for it still being playable on ps4. that'll be fun

[@BainesMkII]

Just as employees are viewed as easily replaceable disposable resources, I believe publishers view entire studios the same way. Buy or open some new studios, have them release some games, shut them down to "save" money when a studio fails to produce the desired profit growth, then restart the loop with the next studio acquisition.

[@blakemclendon4370]

Glad you got to play the final shape early! Can't wait for your impressions.

[@DawnOfTheOzz]

Uh, System Shock also came out this week for consoles. I finally have my copy which I almost couldn't find because none of the stores had them on the shelves or was still in transit the day of release. Never had this much trouble finding a copy of a game.

[@ModestPavement]

Yeah, no one talks about that game. Weird.

[@seb1520]

scalpers had a huge impact I feel on the PS5's games being played/recognized. For example, apparently Returnal is a fucking great game but NOBODY COULD PLAY IT. I think if more people got to actually play it and give out their thoughts of the game and spread it through word of mouth to their friends who would also have a PS5 (hypothetically at the time when it came out) then I think PS5 would have had a better reputation, and "PS5 has no games" maybe could have been averted. Thats what happens when you let short term profit from scalpers affect your reputation in turn

[@crassbandicoot5082]

The problem I've had is that following the inital releases of stuff like Returnal and Demon's Souls remake, there's been very little of interest that is exclusive to the PS5. I expect that GoW2 and Spider-Man 2 will get PC ports in the next few years, alongside third party exclusives like FFXVI and FFVII Rebirth

[@mtp1213]

We need that TTYD review as soon as possible!

[@njsteere]

The opening of Elsewhere makes more sense when you consider how comparatively cheap polish salaries are, thanks for shouting it out. Still a hilarious first move after last weeks closures.

[@OutHereOnThePerimeter]

A full remake of TTYD is…SMALL?! I’ll have you know I take personal offense to this, good sir…

[@mandrews6282]

Despite Spencer’s baffling comments, XBox needs great exclusive content. For both the platform, the console, and Game Pass. Players only care about the games and if controversies at Nintendo and Sony that have popped up over the gen prove anything, it’s that players will forgive just about anything if they like your games. I just don’t buy that ‘the botched launch of the One is the reason XBox is here’. They forgot the core tenets, for better or worse, of what makes a successful console platform. Exclusives. Both first and third party content you can’t get anywhere else. Sony remembered and it’s why they pad out lighter first party schedules with high tier third party exclusives and second party exclusives. COD on Game Pass would make a lot more sense if XBox had a solid foundation of exclusive content. It’s what drove people to Netflix over cable back in the day, among other things, and I can’t believe XBox have just overlooked this. Further bringing the few games they do have to PS5 all but dooms the brand and they might as well shut down Game Pass now. They are not even leveraging the back catalogues of the IP’s they do have which makes me wonder what they are even doing. The old COD games should have been up there immediately, at least the campaigns as people would love to revisit those and COD titles don’t go on sale a lot and never really dropped their launch msrp. Also, having Bethesda and Zenimax’s back catalogue on Game Pass, and no other service, would be an actual draw. But instead they’ve brought every single Bethesda title over to PS Plus, and more come over all the time even as recently as a couple months ago. So they don’t have many first party exclusives, they don’t seem to have much interest in second or third party exclusives, they don’t leverage the back catalogue of the studios they have purchased for a unique value proposition for GP, and it’s not hard to see why they are struggling. PS Plus is barely below Game Pass at this point, with Sony only lacking day and date, but given their catalogue and the fact that you can every single Sony first party title from this gen and last, save for very recent releases, and it is not the obvious choice and GP win it might seem for people who don’t want multiple services or platforms. They seem to have forgotten everything that made the 360 so successful and what made Netflix successful. They are teetering on the edge here and if Nadella and crew are calling the shots they just may sink XBox as a platform for real. Sure they’ll still exist as a publisher, but it seems like they’re doing everything in their power to kill XBox as a platform. Further shooting themselves in the foot because I love the XBox platform, although I play mostly on PC and PS5 now, but I will never purchase a game on XBox anytime soon because their future is so flimsy. If they don’t make consoles for many more gens, what happens to all my games. It’s just not worth it outside of some 360 era back compat titles when I see them on sale. I do not know why these things are not obvious to them. I get trying to push to be the first on the block for service gaming, but they’re not even doing that right seemingly.

[@Serryl]

I mostly agree but don't think Microsoft forgot about the importance of exclusives. I think that was their preferred strategy for this generation, but those games either don't exist or have been mediocre. Halo Infinite, Fable, Avowed, Forza, Everwild, Perfect Dark, Hellblade 2. If you exclude the titles they acquired through Bethesda and Activision, it's almost unbelievable how few potential system-selling titles Microsoft had lined up for the current gen. Many of those still haven't released, and too many of the ones that did were average games. In my opinion, Microsoft acquiring Activision and Bethesda was an admission that Microsoft Games Studios couldn't deliver. I don't think any of this is going according to plan.

[@victory7763]

Xbox is over

[@yomamasohot6411]

So true. People make up excuses(including shillup) to cover up for Xbox and it's failed leadership that has managed to have a job for 10 years somehow.

[@coltonsmorong]

I have a feeling that the secret trip was to Bungie for a preview of the Final Shape.

[@Kinzokunoiggy]

Definitely Ubi's rendition of Yasuke is not the first to be a playable character. I don't know if it was the first, but Samurai Warriors 5 has playable Yasuke (came out in 2021). Great show as always, btw!

[@gphunter99]

In my opinion, 'shipped' is different from 'sold'.

[@stevenkennedy6870]

Exactly not to mention 10% of those sales are PSVRs and Portals then another quarter of those consoles are not turned on they’re in stores or scalpers still have them trying not to sell them at a loss all the exclusives go to pc but only Xbox has emulation and gamepass

[@firasdrass943]

​@@stevenkennedy6870No, ps portals and psvr are not tracked with ps5 consoles. Ps5 consoles sold 59.3 million, the other hardware is not included.

[@AA-BB]

Wizardry is not exclusively on PC. It’s also releasing on Xbox.

[@LogicalError007]

Well. He has become IGN.

[@TheOnlyTaps]

Great watch as always ❤

[@jayrencemusic]

Thanks for the news

[@bamhamer]

Rip xbox. It was a nice run. I will never forget the good times I had with the 360

[@wadedewell]

I also will miss the xbox so many great memories, halo ce Lan parties! Playing morrowind first the first time, gears of War, halo 3 release. All the friends I've met online. I will not forget

[@YungKaviar]

It's been a bad run longer than it was a nice run wdym

[@bamhamer]

@@YungKaviar i mean the good run Xbox had with their first 2 generations that made my childhood awesome wdym wdym?

[@wadedewell]

@@bamhamer halo 2 and starwars battlefront 2 for og Xbox was soooo good. Forgot to mention the mech assault franchise. Also imo a underrated action rpg in sudeki. I always wanted more from that universe.

[@bamhamer]

@@wadedewell xbox had soooo many banger games. It's honestly sad to see how things went...

[@MagisterXII]

18:10 Yasuke is in both Nioh and Nioh 2. He is known as the 'Obsidian Samurai'. A boss and an NPC ally and can be unlocked as a character skin. To correct you, Yasuke is also a playable character in Tecmo Koei's 'Samurai Warriors 5' (2021). He is also 'Employed by Nobunaga as a Samurai.' according to his official character description.

[@marcusclark1339]

neither Niohs are some accurate view of the past and neither is Samurai 5 where he uses his FISTS for combat he's only used for tokenism by Ubisoft who's connected to Sweet Baby Inc and ESG/DEI mandates there's a reason they made the male lead in a asian location not a asian male don't shill for obvious agenda pushing

[@MagisterXII]

@@marcusclark1339 What I said are all facts and corrected something he made a mistake on. Wtf are you going on about? Get out of your own ass.

[@D4TAMOSH]

the deadlock leak hitting just before this episode like clockwork

[@damianatwood9298]

Thanks for the news update. You're the best lunch break video guy I watch!

[@Synest2]

18:13 wrong, Samurai Warriors 5 made Yasuke playable back in 2021

[@marcusclark1339]

which still isn't proof to being a samurai, he's there cause rule of cool factor of a fisticuff fighter and Ubi did it for a different reason so there's n point in bringing it up Ubi does for a token spot for ESG/DEI and to use as a shield for their predatory monetization

[@Synest2]

​@@marcusclark1339 What, are we gatekeeping playable characters now? SkillUp said it's the first time Yasuke is gonna be playable, it is not, SW did it first, the reason doesn't matter in this scenario, I'm just stating a fact that he got wrong... but that is as far as I'm going to argue with someone who opens a comment with "Which still isn't proof to being a samurai", I have way better things to do than waste time with the "HOW DARE THEY USE A BLACK CHARACTER IN MY WEEAB VIDEOGAME 😭😭😭😭" people from the Anti-Woke Collective Schizhophrenia Society

[@CharlesAnjos]

I'm sure Sony's profit margins would be much higher by eliminating corporate bullshit.

[@Mmarcossith678-33uu]

Don't listen to him he's an Xbox hater

[@CharlesAnjos]

@@Mmarcossith678-33uu nah bro, I'm a corporate hater, aka basic person with more than two neurons. fuck Xbox, and fuck Sony too. also, fuck Nintendo for good measure.

[@ragingmonkey4592]

Like forcing PSN accounts on Steam games who could reach 120 more countries if you just dropped the requirement. Idk how the people who make these decisions keep their jobs

[@spazco8669]

@@ragingmonkey4592 it'

[@dannys8480]

I maintained my composure until “I decided to pull.” Lmfao

[@michaelockerby]

Great video as always. Just a note that "Capes" isn't exclusive to PC and I have already pre ordered for PS. Look forward to these videos every week to keep me up to date on all the important points from this crazy life we call being a gamer.

[@itsGcEdit]

The series that keeps me sane after work.

[@gastondelacaze4863]

No joke. The fact it’s an hour long is godsend

[@landocalrissian3095]

Angry Birds thing made my week. Dude I'm laughing so hard

[@someinternetuser1131]

"and i will bicycle kick anyone who says otherwise" BAHAHHHAHAHAH gold! ggwp

[@realjono118]

Never missed a video for years, seen this channel grow and I always count on what you have to say. Gives me an excuse to stay up till 1am on a Thursday, love from NZ bro 👊🤘🇳🇿

[@intellectic9155]

Ghey.

[@basedgodshie]

Crazy how you actually did research on Yasuke and didn't just blindly say he was a legendary samurai hero like most of twitter, much love

[@marcusclark1339]

he didn't research, he just said what other sheep said trying to defend an obvious token spot Yasuke was never a samurai and retainers aren't the same, he fought the once, lost, surrendered and then were sold to Jesuits, only recognized cause he's black he's just a virtue signal by Ubisoft and that's why it gets push back, cause its a agenda push for ESG.DEI groups that love revisionism

[@samsvensson2659]

26:54 I spontaneously shouted "oh, fuck yeah" when I heard Obra Dinn and Golden Idol were the closest comparisons for Duck Detective, those and Tangle Tower are my absolute favorites indies from the past decade

[@Yesnomu]

Loving Lorelei and the Laser Eyes so far, about 90% done. Thanks for these! Retro Space and Ducktective are definitely on my radar now!

[@arghpee]

Ubisoft has been blacklisted from my gaming library forever.

[@juanjosedelatorre7644]

Im going to say this. Almost no one buys digital full price. People buy when the game is on sale. So if they release on digital only, expect more alan wake 2 situations.

[@Evanz111]

I’m one of those nobodies :( but only because I was dumb enough to buy a digital only console

[@Josep_Hernandez_Lujan]

Yup, always buy on sale. I think the most I ever paid for a game was €30 euro on Series S Games aren't going anywhere (well, generally) and FOMO is just something marketing boys came up to swindle you out of your money. Buy on sale!

[@langleymneely]

“No one” is a gross and hyperbolic generalization representing a very tiny bubble.

[@Josep_Hernandez_Lujan]

@@langleymneely Who's saying that?

[@juanjosedelatorre7644]

@@langleymneely thats why the almost is there

[@HalidYusein]

Outstanding work as always!

[@Lost.Gaijin]

11:57 Hahaha nice throwing shade at Congress lol.

[@leospeedleo]

Ralph, please add KZbin chapters to this show. Makes skipping to or over specific parts much easier 👍🏻

[@EuzbiStokes]

Commitment and a down-to-earth attitude are truly inspiring. Keep it up.

[@josephdurison]

CORRECTION: Duck Detective - The Secret Salami is also launching on NINTENDO SWITCH

[@eLguL]

ty for your always excellent work! ❤

[@rioplats]

Hey Ralph, just wanted to say thanks for not focusing on the AC: Shadows drama too much. As an Asian man who does feel somewhat slighted by Ubisoft choosing not to represent this demographic but not opposed to the move from a creative standpoint, it feels rough to be stuck between people using us as a shield for racism against Yasuke, and people throwing us under the bus to get at said racists. I was actually dreading the responses from my favourite content creators doing the same, so much appreciate the tact you showed here! :)

[@battlep0t]

I'm of the mind that Ubisoft should've just used this opportunity to make Naoe the sole player character and maybe included Yasuke as a supporting character in the story. They have never had the confidence to do so in the past, they have always included a male option whenever there's a female player character. But it wouldn't have stepped into the realm of treading on Japanese representation and it would've differentiated it from Ghost of Tsushima.

[@therealslimsagey5561]

I think I will play the Samurai game that has actual Japanese men as a playable character. You know, the only recognised gender and nationality for a Samurai. A shinobi and a foreign servant are not samurai. I hope the upcoming Blade game is a asian to make up for this transgression.

[@Lemoncit0]

It's surprising to me that Xbox though they could get near the level of PlayStation with almost no marketing. That is the main reason PlayStation has been selling so much. They spend millions on marketing for their console and exclusives, meanwhile Xbox is releasing Hellblade II and everyone on twitter was surprised by the fact the game is already out.

[@Oatlis]

Hellblade 2 is out? Lmao they didn't advertise it all

[@Lemoncit0]

@@Oatlis yeah, that was my reaction too, but now I'm too busy playing Ghost of Tsushima on PC

[@alexk9295]

Maybe good games also help? Marketing only works if you have something good to sell

[@kjj26k]

​@@alexk9295 Word of mouth built the Xbox brand. No gamer was unaware of the ground breaking new shooter on the brand new box. Minecraft became a household name the world over from content on KZbin, not ads on KZbin. The gaming corpos have long forgotten just how strong a boon for selling something exciting people to they point they sing it's praises to others is.

[@alexlyster3459]

I think there's alot of misunderstanding of how Xbox market. Given they expect a good chunk of their players through Gamepass there's a very different equation to how much marketing is economical to them, but also when to market. What we see from Xbox is lots of advertising for their games (especially larger ones) in the week or so leading up to launch, but especially on launch day and the immediate aftermath. Given that they're trying to drive engagement as much if not more than individual sales. It's a different prospect that Sony, who are doing longer more sustained marketing campaigns. It gets them more sales, but they NEED more sales, as its their nlonly revenue source for their games, and because their games generally have huge budgets, further compounded by the huge marketing budgets. At the other end of the scale, Hellblade 2 for example will expect most of it's players on Gamepass and minimal sales. It was blnever going to be a mega seller, even with Sony level marketing as it's a smaller and niche-r game. It also doesn't need to be, as it's from a much much smaller team than those aforementioned Sony teams. As such, spending huge amounts on marketing would probably just hurt the games overall profit for Xbox.

[@geneshock4729]

October 24, 2025 is the release date for Mortal Kombat 2. You missed the fact it releases next year

[@esher52]

Traveling anywhere from Australia anywhere must suck. I get it. When I used to travel between US and Russia it would always be tiring. Can't imagine flying that much and also having work the next day. Good luck bud.

[@jonathanmather6897]

Xbox has lost the plot, no surprise there.

[@shankypanky8879]

ShillUp didn't even say anything like "My Review for Hellblade II will be up shortly" and now my day is ruined.

[@jhank0cean]

That is because Hellblade 2 is 5hrs long and doesn't deserve a review while it costs +$50

[@Arrows-N-eyez]

Honestly that travel schedule sounds nuts! Thanks for doing what you do to bring us the best in gaming news!!!

[@sanshoryu]

At least Ralph accurately described Yasuke and didn’t go with the whole “HE WAS THE FIRST BLACK SAMURAI” nonsense.

[@Ashtarte3D]

Sony is so goddam stupid. Because Helldivers 2 was a good game and NOT a predatory live service nightmare it became a viral hit. That doesn't mean the lesson should be "go harder on live services!" The lesson should be "treat players right and you will be rewarded," one that they really should have learned after we won our war against Sony over PSN linking.

[@1_underthesun]

I think the lesson should be "launch games on PC day and date with the Playstation", because Helldivers doing that was a huge part of its success. It wouldn't have had a fraction of the footprint in the gaming zeitgeist had it been piecemealed on console first then PC later.

[@Draliseth]

Suits never learn the right lesson.

[@Keithustus]

lesson is make games fun and detailed that players aren't nagged about in-game spending and instead choose to do it deliberately. that way we tell all our friends to buy the game.

[@Sonicmask]

With xbox games coming to sony.... its about to get worse

[@iluvmusicqwe]

"Our war" fucking lol