Sweet Baby Inc. dooms ANOTHER Game Studio

[@YungMugiwara]

THE ONE PIN IS REAL!!

[@Qu1chu]

Can we get much higher?

[@figshwg]

can we get much higher?

[@YungMugiwara]

SO HIGH

[@Just_a_guy_who_likes_stuff]

Hoo hoo hoo

[@AFordFlex2377]

Can we get much higher? 🎉🥳🎊🚔

[@m4j0r3x]

If black myth wukong didn’t give a shit about their black mailing and still success, other studios should stop giving a shit about their black mails too

[@Texansfan59]

Most consumers dont care about who makes the game and what they do or dont do. People just care about the game being fun and good to play.

[@Asertix357]

Wukong's studio doesn't have any Blackrock and Vanguard funding they'd have to pay back for rejecting the message.

[@nicholasrandall3507]

​@@Asertix357And they've probably got CCP backing.

[@theconductor2969]

@@Texansfan59 The problem is that these people that make the games are doing and not doing stuff that makes the games not fun or good to play. It's not hard to understand.

[@tyranidswarmlord9722]

Aand that's why GameScience(dev for Black Myth Monkeh) is approaching Fromsoft's reputation of 'anything they make is gold'. It's not there yet, but will be once they pump out a few more. Hopefully where Nezha is playable, and when you fight the 3 other Spiritual Primates as Impossible-level Raidbosses. ...Can even pull a Red in Mt Silver and have a fight with the Destined One.

[@redwolves1906]

Say it with me, boys: "And nothing of value was lost."

[@whoozeybeat2531]

And nothing of value was lost.

[@akera4887]

And nothing of value was lost.

[@robertovalderrama1151]

And nothing of value was lost.

[@ricardohoang8452]

And nothing of value was lost

[@Ozzystrayroo]

And nothing of value was lost

[@SAClassHunterZero]

DEI is the scorpion on the frog's back. The only difference is that the scorpion says it has a moral obligation to sting you.

[@ShiroTheWolf]

Damn great comparison

[@SageDog]

But now we shall both surely drown said the frog. lol said the scorpion, lmao.

[@bertimusprime7900]

​@@SageDogThe scorpion calls the frog a bigot and a fascist.

[@relhimp]

Well, multiple SBI people openly telling they are here to ruin gaming. But it's clown timeline, so too many people hearing it are like "yeah, sounds like good idea".

[@Warrior1-2vfl7rv]

Excellent comparison 👏

[@WolfyFancyLads]

"We're gonna burn the games industry to the ground!" And they're right, they fucking are.

[@patbracken]

The obvious flaw in their strategy is that they're burning the parts of the industry that agree with them.

[@Walamonga1313]

The western industry for sure. Eastern well, we still have some good devs like Fromsoft, Nihon Falcom, Team Ninja, etc.

[@goromajima1962]

You know maybe they need a taste of their own medicine?.🤫🔥🏢🔥. Just kidding, but seriously it pisses me off that they're goverment funded so unless truedo stops being a dingus, they'll never go out of business.

[@theredknight3736]

@Walamonga1313 we also got our old STEAM Valve chugging on a higher gear than usual

[@sik3xploit]

Meanwhile we got indies pumping out quality material. I've been pretty hooked on playing games like Ostranauts and Kenshi.

[@Not_interestEd-]

We hold the line until they yield. We got plenty of old games to dig through.

[@thant0s]

I mean dang at this rate, there’s not even a need to go back to gold, there’s still plenty of teams who clearly *aren’t* allergic to making money still operating out there. DEI’s getting more quiet about what it’s doing though.

[@AnkardTan]

I read bg3 is doing better numbers now than last year. After the mod kit released.

[@Xbalanque84]

Might I recommend _Giants: Citizen Kabuto_ and _Armed and Dangerous?_ Underrated gems from my high-school years.

[@Not_interestEd-]

@@AnkardTan >mod kit Yeah that'll do it. Allowing the community direct control over the game in any capacity tends to keep it alive a lot longer. Look at Minecraft or Lethal Company.

[@newdivide9882]

I’m working on modding my 3DS, so I’m definitely about to lose interest in newer games for the most part. Apparently, the New 3DS/2DS can run PS1 games well. It’s very much worth doing. Especially considering, as per Raging Golden Eagle’s recent video, game publishers openly admitted they don’t make old games more accessible because they know we’d just play those instead

[@Arassar]

The amount of self-delusion involved with properties like Concord and Unknown 9 is actually quite troubling. These people literally do not live in reality.

[@NoOneImportant777]

it's always been like that. honestly slippery slope should stop being considered a fallacy

[@Theprince034]

And the fact that Sony is trying to buy out a company just shows their delusion they likely can’t afford it at all but will still try

[@jellydamgood]

They have been trained well by the western media.

[@Ozzystrayroo]

you have toxic positivity as the common denominator for that. when no one in your team can voice criticism of your project, that project's worth will never be appraised correctly

[@nullpoint3346]

No wonder they seem to hate loli so much (and yet they support cp), they genuinely can't comprehend that reality and fiction are disconnected and separate.

[@battlesheep2552]

>dont play the games >win Take note Genshin Boycotters

[@HeroHei]

LOLL

[@shanaflamehaze7235]

Nah just stop spending, I love genshin but i just hate mihoyo greediness

[@skytommy_main]

@@shanaflamehaze7235 and thats why boycot failed, just stop playing addict

[@metae.4256]

@@skytommy_main LMAO

[@zopler5537]

@@shanaflamehaze7235the thing is you just playing gains them money from investors

[@Mythodyn]

Btw the story in GoW Ragnarok and Spider-Man 2 especially the side missions in SM2 are the worst parts of those games, which coincidentally is the only part SBI touched. Crazy that.

[@myorigaccisbroken]

Insert surprised Piccachu meme here.

[@LuckyTheReviewer]

Wow what's SBI's killstreak when it comes to studios associating with it? I feel like we must be nearing double digits.

[@matthewrawlings1284]

3rd or 4th studio shut down as a direct result of products they are involved with by my count. Also layoffs are happening within companies that work with DEI consultants more broadly.

[@thefiresworddragon927]

It's closing in on EA; that's totally their goal, to dethrone EA's graveyard

[@eded711]

at this point im really thinking if SBI doesn't really work for ccp china destroying the Western gaming industry so that they can take it over when its burned to the ground... i mean they are marx-commies right... 😂 😂

[@erics8192]

it puts EA to shame when it comes to murdering studios, percentage wise

[@Ozzystrayroo]

@@erics8192 EA kills old and established studio as well kept IPs in their eternal prisons. so far most of the studios that SBI ended is only a burgeoning indie studios that tried to breach into AA or AAA market. imo EA is still worse because they are assassinating legacies

[@Sleepyhead080808]

Ragnarok and Spider-Man are both games with a set canon before SBI joined them. So they couldn't have much influence without re-writing and retconning. For gaming companies making completely new games / IPs, though, their track record is horrendous.

[@strixt]

Exactly this. They're both well-established and well loved IPs, there wasn't much of anything they could do to those.

[@LSB001]

Yup. Both games were also noticeably worse for their inclusion. Ragnarok was just making norse character black, because of course the narcissistic leader of SBI has to do that. Spider-man 2 was absolutely infested with woke garbage though. It was everywhere.

[@The_Primary_Axiom]

Yeah, people don’t realize those games did well because majority of people had no idea what SBI was at the time for one. But most importantly, these games were very very popular franchises that had prior games that people were so excited for their sequel. But if you look at the sales, they still have half the sales of the original. Now, just wait and see what happens to ghost of yotei. If you think it’s going to sell anywhere near 20 million copies like Tsushima, or even 5 million copies you haven’t been paying attention.

[@MidlifeCrisisJoe]

Even then though, they screw with it. They messed with Alan Wake 2, which is why we got a DEI girlboss as the lead in that one too.

[@Unethical.FandubsGames]

Spider-Man 2 on the other hand...

[@TurtleChad1]

This game studio was unknown to me

[@Just_a_guy_who_likes_stuff]

Same for me

[@toekneemart5597]

Here I come rougher than the rest of them

[@mablesfatalfable6021]

Bots don't play games so it's not surprising you never heard of it.

[@StratumPress]

​@@mablesfatalfable6021you're a bot

[@RhysCallinan-hf7qx]

Only 9 people knew of it.

[@wariodude128]

As a Canadian, I would like to formally apologize what has been coming out of this country in terms of ruining videogames. My only solace is the fact I don't live in Quebec, where said agencies for some reason are all based in.

[@NickLim-e4g]

Money laundering at its finest

[@mr.animefan8920]

The DEI Cartel with their Black Rock Blood Money.

[@cynreiusacari3163]

@@mr.animefan8920not to mention Kroger brand BLM level of grift. People never learn, it’s like endorsing scams against the elderly.

[@bobmcbob4399]

Yeah, its really shady. Hard to "not notice".

[@newdivide9882]

6:47 Hero Hei, there are MANY reason people say Sony isn’t Japanese anymore. First off, they changed the “confirm” button from O in Japan (which was always the case for them) to X (like it always has been in the West. Second, they started censoring Japanese games into the ground while Western games like TLOU2 had full blown “snuggle” scenes that literally NOBODY ASKED FOR. Third, Sony shut down Japan Studios for no real reason. Fourth, they had to make a public statement and reassure people that they’re “still Japanese.” What other Japanese company has done THAT? Even Square Enix hasn’t done that and they’re acting just like Westerners now… Nah, Sony isn’t a Japanese company anymore, and their record going back YEARS now shows it

[@Touma134]

The Japan studios one hurts man. So much good stuff came from it.

[@Ali-hi4xs]

Not to get into semantics here but we're talking about Sony Playstation. The rest of Sony is fine from what I've heard.

[@SM5T001]

And all of this started happening after Sony Interactive Entertainment a.k.a. Playstation HQ moved to California.

[@Qu1chu]

Sweet Baby Inc. is like an evil Darkwing Duck.

[@hatoru17]

I think you're talking about Nega Duck, but twice as evil.

[@Estmaraver]

So... Negaduck?

[@Qu1chu]

Couldn’t think of his name.

[@InsaneartistYT]

You mean the Ducktails version?

[@Qu1chu]

@@InsaneartistYT You pain me on a personal level you will never understand.

[@koigaming406]

God, what is it up with these Canadian companies.

[@PunishedBeerCanBennyIV]

Canada is a cursed land ruled by a madman nobody likes. It's only natural their "businesses" reflect that

[@insensitive919]

We must have tons of government wokeness incentives.

[@hardboiled2987]

We keep voting for Justin 'FuckMyWife' Trudeau so we're cucked. No wonder all this garbage comes from canada

[@zain.munirzain5872]

@@koigaming406 Studied in Canada and I have a theory regarding it, it is well...they have a really bad history, their residential schools were like the opposite of what they these companies are claiming to be look up a documentary called "We Were Children by Tim Wolochatiuk" it was part of an essay that I wrote it is a very serious subject with abuse and stuff, they are just trying to show that they changed or care a lot especially because the last residential school closed in 1996 I believe. The fact is that although it is true what they did was horrible, they can't really change it other than owning up to it, apologising and compensating those affected and being accepting of other cultures and religions, however they are going way too overboard, before they were trying to snuff out other cultures but now they are having this state of virtue signalling like just be accepting and don't virtue signal, they are giving way too much power to some people, which makes these people entitled which leads to people like that on Twitter/X to have the mindset they have and they are promoted for it and thus they come in positions of power and although they might come to accept other cultures they are inadvertently rejecting/going against their own one even if it is a little bit. Most of these entitled people in these organisations which are mostly in Canada have something in common regarding the people that are in it.

[@thenewtriosguy]

apparently they're all in quebec which explains a lot

[@T3nch1]

The fact that Sony is trying to buy Kadokawa and it's not being laughed at before being rejected is very troubling. Kadokawa is one of Japan's largest publishers of Anime, Manga and novels. If Sony Japan is infected by wokeAIDS like their Playstation division is then this means Sony will be able to censor *every* IP currently under control of Kadokawa.

[@zain.munirzain5872]

The biggest problem aside from games and manga+anime being under Sony is that it is a pro-censorship brand/company, if they actually go through and Kadokawa is bought...well they can censor or force the creators to censor their works right at source, and we have seen many examples of this...the one that made me super sad was that they censored Ciel's art in Tsukihime artbook not even the game, an art book that people paid extra cash for meanwhile Nintendo didn't...I can't believe I am saying this but I supported Nintendo naturally.

[@auzell1449]

I wonder how it must feel to be a developer in 2024 (like a programmer or someone who's not making any creative decisions) working on a game you just know is gonna flop and know that when it does you'll be fired to make up for the loss. It's gotta be so disheartening being forced to dig your grave without being able to do anything about it.

[@DarkForce2024]

Sure probably. My job was being replaced in 2002 by automation and computers, I knew I had limited time. So I found a new job before that happened. Two years after I left the entire department no longer exists, and only 20% got moved to other departments within the company. Got to do what you got to do to pay the bills.

[@lukdb]

You can easily see where SBI touched spider-man 2. Those weren't subtle at all, the whole Miles arc was a bunch of nothing but pandering that added nothing to the story and MJ's face...

[@Walamonga1313]

Not to mention they got his flag wrong lmao. The one thing they're supposed to do and they fumble

[@Spaghetty]

"Don't count your chickens before they hatch". They were too sure they would succeed. tsk tsk tsk

[@systemicbreakdown7864]

These people forgot you need a rooster first.

[@nullpoint3346]

@@systemicbreakdown7864 They have plenty of cocks, they just forgot that the hens needed to be REAL hens.

[@brich2542]

Bandai really should have known better

[@lorecow88]

The industry still burns to the ground. They get what they want regardless, and more importantly, the people funding them get what they want.

[@montymont5943]

Sony is so bad and inching closer to monopoly. That id rather see the Korean firm take Kadokawa

[@RaginCanadian-gx2zl]

At least an Asian company would have it. And Korea is degenerate asf. Better than Sony the definitely not American company.

[@forteowner4398]

Sweet Baby Inc. is like Timmy's Mom from The Farily Oddparents. Everything they touch, dies.

[@nullpoint3346]

Then how is the family alive? And Dinkleburg, for that matter. (If the rating was a little higher, they'd definitely include that joke.)

[@igortube]

Modern Sony acquiring Fromsoft will unfortunately also kill them off. A next Elden Ring will be worse, which already had lots of low key trans characters inserted on the downlow hhh.

[@shadowotter3116]

“Oh EA, we have a consulting firm who’d like to work with you!”

[@MagisterV224]

Huh, so Sony follows the footsteps of Disney, collecting infinity stones of the anime studios.

[@MidlifeCrisisJoe]

It's heavily about getting control of FromSoftware, from what I can tell.

[@kamenrideruniter4503]

Why do studios keep listening to sweet baby? Black myth wukong and stellar blade didn't do any their shit yet they were sucessful

[@mablesfatalfable6021]

Look up the SBI business model and how they blackmail and threaten their way into companies.

[@lorecow88]

ESG.

[@igortube]

@@mablesfatalfable6021 They're also usually a requirement to seek the services of, if the company has taken any DEI pledges/ESG blkrok money.

[@YAH93]

ESG fundings, blackmailing from SBI and other stuff.

[@flarestorm9417]

1:02 And this is why you don't count your chickens before they hatch. They tried building a franchise before they even had one game out.

[@hinkadinka4270]

I love how they think Unknown 9 is gonna be the next big IP in different forms of media meanwhile no one gives a shit.

[@RokuroCarisu]

"Engineered for success."

[@AggressivelyMediocre]

Say it with me: "The sheer f*cking hubris" lol

[@robertonome2448]

"our goal is to burn the industry down" never felt more real

[@senormarston]

yeah, but they are burning only their side of the barn. The people of the "comunities" they are, allegedly, "representing" are getting a bad reputation thanks to them; I didn't give a damn about a character if it was black, gay or a woman. But nowadays I see one of these characters and I'm wondering if they are gonna be an obnoxious piece of work like the many others "inclusive" characters we are having

[@animedaisuke4802]

Sony buying Kadokawa is like Doom's Day for all anime/ln/manga community

[@NaisanSama]

Sony becoming Arasaka

[@RambleOn07]

Sony attempting to kill FromSoft

[@TheFireFox36]

100%

[@Touma134]

Not sure about that outside of the superficial. They steer clear of anything real world and they don't really do fan-service stuff. Dei stuff allows a little bit of fan service so the little things like the deathbed companion outfit will probably still be allowed. The characters already look a bit fucked anyway. Guess they could make it a suspiciously diverse and lacking in lighter shades characters. Don't think it'll be effected too badly though not from lack of trying they're just not a very "problematic" company to tame. You're right to be worried I am too.

[@Ali-hi4xs]

​@@Touma134The problem with Sony owning Fromsoft is multifaceted. To begin with the most problematic aspect of it is inclusivity. I don't think I need to remind anyone that Bloodborne to this day is still trapped on Sony hardware and I imagine if they own Fromsoft completely they will make them fully exclusive. Secondly I doubt that Sony won't push Fromsoft into DEI hiring and letting those DEI idiots run amuck whole also firing trusted and crucial employees that help shape the games into what they are. With the end results being dull narratives and DEI crap slapped into every aspect they can fit it in. E.g. the character creator, dialogue and NPCs. It's hard to see it but I remind you DEI managed to "convince" the God of War creators to add black characters in a Norse inspired game. I doubt Sony will allow Fromsoft to even think about not adding DEI into whatever they make. Plus PSN requirement on PC if anything does release there.

[@MrFish1124]

​@@Ali-hi4xs Sony's walled garden is what worries me the most as well. I've always played on Xbox so I'd be worried that their future titles would be inaccessible to me without buying a PlayStation. It's not the end of the world or anything I guess, but I'm still concerned for it.

[@daikansanchez7674]

Sony buying Kadokawa sounds like Disney buying Marvel and Lucas Films.

[@The_Primary_Axiom]

You have to give these western studios credit for the dedication they have on pushing the narrative though man. No matter how many times it’s rejected by the public, no matter how much money they lose, no matter how much is rejected by gamers and fans, they just keep pushin pushin pushin. That is some damn dedication 😂 we’re talking about multi billion dollar companies thinking a game like this and concord was going to be brand changing huge IP’s that was going to change everything!! 😂 Out of touch doesn’t even begin to describe what these companies are.

[@NaisanSama]

Beyond saving

[@spooknukem1177]

I love the fact these people said we are gonna burn down this industry and we as gamers without really realizing it basically said not if we torch you all first

[@NaisanSama]

Once a market crash happens, innovation would start

[@christopherdsuza7531]

Oh god thats concerning...pretty sure sony hating japan is not even a meme anymore. I genuinely think they no longer are a japanese company and may in fact have a dislike for the japanese and their media by all the censorship they bring that in particular target japanese media. Really not a fan of U.S. California Sony and what they represent, with whom are have been pretty anti-consumer in general over the years.

[@Touma134]

They had to release a statement because the Japanese agree with you.

[@ThePitofSidLord]

So the reason why so much of this takes place in Canada is because Canada is the go-to place for found a studio if you're unsure if they're going to succeed or not. Start up costs are phenomenally low there, so opening one to work on a risky game or two won't involve the long-term investment that a normal studio costs. This is why so many of them seem to know each other, they're passed from start-up to start-up like cheap whores.

[@simshengvue4642]

You never hear about the engineers and coders from games. The people who do the real work

[@haroldnegba-pingo5489]

Yes, you do. When they're eventually getting fired.

[@Lagbeard]

>Make a game that appeals to people who don't buy games >Game gets next to no sales "How could this have happend?!"

[@beomcheolkim8543]

I made similar posts in several other videos talking about this game, but I looked up all the shows, books, and other stuff that was supposed to be part of the game. And the strange thing is: a lot of them have been out for several years now. Novel trilogy: book 1 was published in 2020 and the second one in 2021. I don't think the author is going to bother releasing the 3rd. Comic book: Unknown 9 Torment was released in 2021, and another comic called Unknown 9 Archives in 2018. Podcast: season 1 aired in 2020. Season 2 is airing now with 3 episodes as of writing. In other words, this game is not a launching off point for a new fictional universe, but a game adaptation for a franchise that's been existing for the better part of 6 YEARS. So the big question I have is, WHY? Why did Bandai Namco spend millions for a game to a franchise that failed to garner an audience for 6 years? Why did a game studio put more work and effort on creating an expanded multi-media universe than MAKING THE GAME? Why does this feel more like an awkward attempt by a studio to make and market their own SCP universe rather than trying to make a single cohesive product?

[@cloudycat5535]

"So, let just take a minute, to just-" *Cue ad appears* Yeah, let's take a minute guys

[@VoidWalkerX]

Holy shit, companies just don't learn do they? This sweet baby inc is just a straight up death sentence to any gaming studio

[@MadDemon64]

Putting the cart before the horse.

[@ondururagittandeska2004]

MOMOTAROS!

[@PunishedBeerCanBennyIV]

To be fair, it's a complete smash hit, if you base that metric off of Dustborn

[@HeroHei]

XD

[@insensitive919]

It's not hard to pass the bar when it's laying on the bloody floor. 🤷‍♂️

[@YAH93]

@@insensitive919 You mean on the deepest reaches of Mariannas Trench?

[@disalazarg]

"Hello, I'm the new consultant for diversity and inclusivity training, and I'm sure we'll get along great" Instantly checks savings account and updates CV.

[@Mohinsh]

Snoy getting fromsoft will probably mean more titles like bloodborne that stay forever exclusive. Only remastered when they need a bailout or something to sell their new console with.

[@mablesfatalfable6021]

Sony can't afford to do that anymore, at worst you would see From games be PS exclusive for a year.

[@Mohinsh]

@@mablesfatalfable6021 if you're implying pc ports after that then there's the whole psn account bullshit they're actively pushing.

[@theradiantdehd3997]

I wish I had half the charisma that apparently the people who can convince game companies to work with Sweet Baby Inc given their track record have.

[@TheFireFox36]

It is a cult. They encourage generally HR employees to recommend them as Consultants to make sure their game has "broad appeal." If execs refuse... the threats begin.

[@jeronimo196]

You don't need charisma. You need backing from BlackRock.

[@mr.melancholy4973]

Sweet Baby Inc has that poisonous bite

[@sik3xploit]

Just look at the flag they champion. It's aposematism.

[@josephjackson4312]

I think it is safe to assume if Sony buys Kadokawa, they will put out some kind of statement of how nobody likes anime and so it must all be changed to be more suitable to for a "modern audience" or "broader audience", one or both in separate instances of those terms will be used to justify the total destruction of all things owned by Kadokawa.

[@MidlifeCrisisJoe]

Imagine if SBI hadn't mangled Alan Wake 2 and it actually starred . . . Alan Wake instead yet another DEI Girlboss Black Chick. Game could've actually made its money back by now.

[@mynamemeanshappy3295]

These people really like to count their eggs before they hatch (I think that’s how you use that phrase)

[@caldex1557]

"Oh no, we lost our jobs. Damn those racist gamers, its all their fault.".

[@likenahbro]

Bro really said "what sales numbers" 😭 I'm dying!

[@ainternet239]

My fear about Sony buying Kadokawa and hence FromSoftware is that PlayStation Headquarters is in San Franciso, and has been since 2016 I‘m not sure they‘re going to be able to stop themselves from monetizing horse armor in the next Elden Ring dlc Or putting shops in the Firelink Shrine

[@snacktime2497]

As a Canadian, I apologize for sweet baby. We don't like them, either.

[@PureColumbianCocainum1949]

DEI: Discrimination, Exclusion and Idiocy.

[@ASo5one]

DEI might be the savior of gaming, rooting out the broken studios and publishers unintentionally. Not a single veteran studio has survived going financially public and shifting towards working for the investor instead of the customer. Buying less so called "AAAA" Games leaves space to buy more "AA" games from new talent.

[@AL-ws5yi]

SBI is killing it… not in a good way.

[@Sajgoniarz]

Friendly reminder - Anya Chalotra admitted in one of interviews that there was no audition for the role, there was a proposition right away. Another proof for DEI discrimination and entitlement. 1:28 - This happens if toxic positivity gaslight you into oblivion. 3:32 - Most watched episode sits on 5k, most of them have ~700. They have 1,4mln views in total while Unknown 9 trailer have 1,1mln. Another 170k views goes to comic book trailer so not much are left for rest of 32 videos...

[@piotr7805]

Looks like they made more money from ads on KZbin than from the selling the game.

[@nightmarearcade2663]

Honestly trying to set up what's essentially the video game equivalent to a cinematic universe is an awful idea because it fails to take into account that a game and a movie needs to be able to stand on it's own before trying to do anything like this. Bizarrely enough I think the odd world series is the only example of this working.

[@Zora72954]

this is my first time ever hearing of unknown 9 awakening lmao

[@SaltySplatoon-tj1id]

Not to mention GoW and Spiderman already had established fan bases and was the earliest projects that involved sbi

[@baki484]

Them being established and having a good reputation made it easy for SBI to snake its way into the fanbases. Suicide squad kill the justice league wasn't so lucky despite going off of the success of the arkham series.

[@joshrzepka4139]

It's like a new age scheme the bar needs to be lifted out of the sea

[@casraf]

If Sony ends up doing the acquisition it's gonna suck really bad

[@CutzMcOnions]

On the contrary, ragnarok and spiderman's issue is related to sbi involvement. Imagine how better it would be if they didnt insist on giving mj more screentime. Or if they just had a more aggressive theme and fight scenes without focusing on modern sensibilities

[@yanvoinarovskyi8949]

If they had added 1 more project to the mix, the franchise would truly live up to its name. As is, it will only remain as "Unknown 8" in my memory.

[@cohenvale6342]

4:10 I been wanting to say this for the longest time, CANADA INVADING!! nah, but really, it seems like any time i hear about sjw, sweet baby, dei or trying to help games and nerds and marginalized, every person comes from Canada. And not even tryin to like accuse or generalize. But it seems like everytime i hear about this this decisions, they from Canada. Or Cali or New York

[@Ali-hi4xs]

The smallest dogs bark the loudest. Because it's all they got.

[@domwilliams9774]

Or the UK

[@heavymetalmixer91]

Sony and From Software a good matchup? Let's not forget it's Sony's fault we don't have a reelase of Bloodborne on different platforms, not even PS5.

[@Jonderlei]

I'm pretty sure even with God of war and the spiderman sequels they both sold considerably less than the game before did. I planned to get both at launch but was busy when Ragnarok came out then heard about the kid spoiling puzzles and never bothered with it lol and the Mary Jane change made me hesitate on getting spider man 2 since even the change of Peter bothered me and every video I seen after it came out made me happier and happier that I didn't buy it. I really like the first game of both of them though

[@deltasaves]

Them saying they can make a fully unknown IP Star Wars famous is a wild take. A podcast and other cross-platform media? For what? This is like when I graduated my nursing program and telling a potential employer I'm the best nurse ever. It would be considered DELUSIONAL. And that's what they are... DELUSIONAL

[@olyviermonteau4300]

gotta make sure kadokawa isn't bought or it'll spell a monopoly.

[@thejaegerbomber99]

The Unknown 9 Saga is like an athlete that has been training long and hard for several years at the best sports institutions, only to trip with a stone at the starting line. That stone is called Sweet Baby Inc.

[@DatHoasi]

1:23 who tf that Great Value brand John Wick lol

[@pieceofschmidtgamer]

Damn, way to put the cart before the horse, lol.

[@jeffmofo5013]

As for the anime, it is becoming increasingly westernized. Which is sad. Heard someone say that it's Bigger than the NFL. So that's disappointing. I like niche things as they are more unique as to washed down trash for normies. But Crunchyroll CEO: "Anime Must Remain Inherently 'Japanese'" Is he on the side of japan? He has been involved in the nonsense translation issues. But they are also looking to replace them with AI. So idk. it's a wait and see. They still haven't fixed the UI even after it became the number one issue when they aquired funimation and the CEO said "Yes we know it's an issue" so....

[@jaideepshekhar4621]

Crunchyroll is owned by Sony. Not going to happen.

[@rasendori20]

Sony is no longer a Japanese company

[@bluedragongamer8000]

3:12 does that look like that girl from that one warfame trailer but more of a baby face tone?🤔

[@Cool_story_bro_nobody_cares]

I mean sweet baby is actually successful in its mission goal, they said they want to burn it to the ground and they are, so the question is how much damage will be done at the end of it. Now we do have some champions in the fight like Chinese gaming companies and Korean and even some Japanese but will that be enough to resurrect the gaming industry?

[@carlfromhome3686]

The funniest thing I could see happening: Sony gets control of fromesoft and imposes dei stuff causing muyzaki to just leave followed by like half the company and all the companies value just tanks. would honestly be hilarious but they will probably wait for him to retire so they can use the fromsoft name to try and sell some shit game concepts :-(

[@Ali-hi4xs]

Hopefully he'll pull a Platinum Games and form a new studio from the ashes and rise to fame again.

[@Akaihimes-subordinate]

7:04 That perfect cut! XD

[@jyndev4570]

Feminism destroys everything it touches.

[@BryonYoungblood]

At least modern “feminism” which isn’t about equality but about trying to erase equality. As Knuckles said in Sonic Boom once to Amy, anytime someone draws attention to the breaking of gender roles, it ultimately undermines the concept of gender equality by implying that this is an exception and not the status quo.

[@insensitive919]

I wish more people knew the real history of feminism. Feminism has done nothing to help women, it was just a way for upper-class women to bully lower-class men and it hasn't changed a bit.

[@Sh4dowgale]

Og feminism, like the 1920's women's rights movement, is badass. Modern feminism sucks.

[@pvshka]

SBI has nothing to do with feminism. Feminism was an early 20th century movement for basic civil rights. SBI is straight up DEI.

[@ondururagittandeska2004]

@@BryonYoungblood A comment on Blue sky said it best "not all men are in prison yet" They want to oppress and imprison all of us. I should write a series about this...

[@Ivotas]

What people don't seem to get when they bring up the few successful examples is that God of War: Ragnarök and Spider-Man 2 weren't successful because of SBI they were successful DESPITE SBI!

[@21palica]

1:14 "So like...let's just take a minute..." Hei, you're killing me!🤣

[@szeltovivarsydroxan9944]

When Ragnarok and SM2 were released no one even heard of SBI, that's why there was no impact. It only started with the calamity that was Suicide Squad KTJL.

[@ivolol]

Isn't spiderman 2 widely regarded as having a shallower, more box-checky story to the OG, despite being a relatively successful sequel in other terms of graphics and gameplay?

[@newdivide9882]

0:37 HCNONE JUMPSCARE. 1:04 They put the cart WAY before the horse. Where’d they get all the money to even make this stuff from exactly…?

[@m.a.dmatt6689]

Unknown is correct, I had no idea this game even existed and it looks like it's going to continue that way

[@alinbogdan8251]

Reminder that this game was also given away for FREE if you bought AMD PC parts. I got this game and Space Marine 2 from the bundle and I've only played Space Marine 2.

[@LodanSD]

Considering that Sony is now headquartered in California, and that Sony is also acquiring so much of the Anime Import Market in the US, it brings up the possibility of Anti-Trust/Monopoly issues with Sony!!!

[@kidlimitless]

The Sweet Baby Ink Curse

[@Captain_Neckbeard]

Working with Sweet Baby is a get shut down speedrun.

[@inanimatesum4945]

Hero Hei, for some even worse context related to Sony and the Anime side, they censored Yoko Taro with the Nier Anime, as he wanted an intimate “clapping” scene but they told him his characters wouldn’t do that. They could have been straight forward but they straight up dictated what his characters are.

[@jeronimo196]

"They believed they had a Star Wars-like property." They are right. Disney Star Wars-like property.

[@LordVermire]

Don't forget people heavily criticized the writing in Ragnorock and Spiderman. The games gameplay was good and ip saved it

[@Spiralblitzful]

SBI has an 8% success rate. That's like if a receiver only caught 8 passes out of 100. How do companies keep hiring them

[@victornoel36]

Here's a tip: when making a new IP, specially when you're an entrepreneur, DO NOT expect it to be a overnight success. Start with small projects who's flop you can take. Bungie made about 10 games for an entire decade before releasing Halo Combat Evolved.

[@darkcloudsxiaoisbestgirl4846]

These companies need to release a product before assuming they can succeed in a multimedia framchise.

[@Handinmapocket]

All these types of games have that special something in their art style that instantly makes it recognisable. They have these strange uncanny valley faces that seem purposefully designed to not be pretty or offensive in any way.

[@phantom-lofi]

A single player doesnt need a big active player count, but it is telling how there arent that many right after launch that no one was looking forward to this and are probably waiting to watch gameplay on YT before choosing to buy or not.

[@ParaNoid816]

I'm pretty sure these companies could easily launch a lawsuit against SBI.. they're just too cowardly to do so.