The Harsh Reality Of The Video Game Industry In 2024....

[@Particle_Ghost]

I reached the conclusion about a year ago that I pretty much don't care anymore. There is more than enough older classics to keep me busy throughout my lifetime and the same thing goes for movies as well. Not only has the quality dropped and prices have increased, but now I can't play anything or watch anything without propaganda shoved down my throat. For the most part everything gets a hard pass now.

[@JulliusTheGreat]

This is exactly what I'm feeling right now, you only need a decent PC and you're set for a lifetime

[@jameswalterthethird]

Propaganda? Lol

[@garrett3726]

@@jameswalterthethirdpropaganda means games with non-whites in it

[@DieselJT]

Feeling the same exact way. I have a backlog that could last me a lifetime so i don't feel forced to spend 70 dollars or more on a game or movie trying to push an agenda down my throat.

[@DracosKasurani]

@@jameswalterthethird We exactly know what the issue is when they use this word. Trigger by something that exist

[@ViperChief117]

They keep releasing broken and buggy messes and expecting full priced seventy dollar releases. I’m not buying unfinished games anymore.

[@jameswalterthethird]

There are plenty of amazing games being released. Just go play them instead

[@harmansmith84]

My backlog is so big at this point that I can wait years until a game is ten dollars other than select titles that I really love, Zelda, resident evil etc. but the longer you wait now the cheaper the game is and the more finished and patched it is. It’s just not in the consumers best interest to buy a game when it comes out

[@ViperChief117]

@@jameswalterthethird That’s basically what I’ve been doing. lol

[@ViperChief117]

@@harmansmith84 Same here. I’ve mostly been going back and re playing older games from the past I enjoyed. lol

[@keeganmcfarland7507]

​@jennymelo2098That's fucking absurd and greedy! Stop buying triple AAA games and start buying indie games and AA games. Also, a rushed game is forever bad while a delayed game is good.

[@just_a_character]

Prices are going up, quality is going down. End of story.

[@bobpeterson7182]

Buy a pc and pirate all single player games 👌🏻

[@just_a_character]

@@bobpeterson7182 it’s honestly going to come to that. Consumers will begin to find work-arounds unless studios take the Larin approach and, you know, make good games.

[@eddieortiz237]

I agree 💯

[@matthewbarrios1028]

It's the late 80s early 90s all over again. Cheaper materials, lack of quality control, and advertising lies all wrapped in a more expensive package. It's bullshit and people deserve to be upset and fed up. Honestly that is why I hardly buy games at all now. I have gamepass ultimate and a MASSIVE backlog of games. I don't buy a damn thing day one anymore since Battlefield 5 launched. They burned everyone by releasing the game to preorders and didn't say the coop multiplayer wasn't launching for another 3 months until right at launch. Now I buy all of these games on sale with deep discounts. I want to play Jedi Survivor so bad, but the issues that game had tell me it is a $25 or less game. That's when I will buy it. Fomo has no place in my wallet after all the times publishers have burned us.

[@RhythmGrizz]

I'm 99% positive this attitude will change when Nintendo's new system comes out

[@Deathsubtractor]

The fact that games are coming out broken and not quality at launch is sickening. Also the fact that they can take your games you paid for away from you is something I will never support.

[@anires1195]

dont buy a game if its only digital.

[@shadowsimarchitect9679]

WWE 2k

[@Mr.Reckless]

When the video game companies sold actual copies of their games, they never experienced these issues.

[@worldofcorn]

Big facts cause they had to truly make sure it passed that quality test

[@JonnyMoto]

I feel like we STILL haven't gotten a current gen game yet

[@brendanroberts1310]

There used to be system seller games that would sell consoles but this generation doesn't seem to have any.

[@observer.b_e_l_l_i_s]

This

[@ChesterMan-qd3xj]

Yea, and not just graphics. When’s the last time you played a game, and your mind was blown by the new and exciting game mechanics brought on by the new hardware? Returnal was as close for me to that. Otherwise, it’s all been THE SAME.

[@nkw1985]

@@ChesterMan-qd3xj - I was thinking about this recently and honestly it may be as far back as the PS3/Wii/360 generation. There's some interesting indie titles occasionally but in the AAA space it's really just been gradual improvements in graphics while releasing sequels to the same games the past 2-3 generations. Now budgets are so huge that nobody is afforded the chance to take risks so we're fed the same games over and over again. I'm not denying that there aren't some cool stories in games but the focus on cutscenes and story over gameplay continues to push me further away.

[@XVa-uj8m]

@@ChesterMan-qd3xj Gravity Daze 2 and Sega before Sammy bought them. Sega pushed this industry forward more than anyone else.

[@Constellasian]

The movie industry has suffered from this same problem in the video game industry. As you said, the 90s was a great era for video games. There were a ton of creativity that resulted in many great and unique games. The last decade or so has been plagued with reboots, remakes, and remasters, and it's sad people will spend so much money on this lazy garbage.

[@keeganmcfarland7507]

Well, stop buying remakes/remasters of retro triple AAA games (including the Nintendo ones) and instead, start buying indie games and AA games.

[@Lunapink93]

@@keeganmcfarland7507Indie games are In the exact same boat as these triple AAA developers.

[@Adamtendo_player_1]

Limitations breeds creativity and that’s what Nintendo still has.

[@Constellasian]

@@keeganmcfarland7507 I never said I bought any of these rehashes, so stop assuming.

[@solonepeon5805]

Don't worry Hollywood movies don't make enough $$$ anyways & they are losing fans. Give it time & the gaming industry will all go on a strike & lose talent & fall just like Hollywood.

[@AnotherWatchChannel]

This gen sucks. So I’ve gone back and I’m rocking 360/PS3 and haven’t looked back. So much fun. Games are actually complete, run off the disc, great single player adventure games, and the online still works on PS3. Even better, the games are $5-$10 on average. The graphics still hold up very well today and you don’t feel like you’re playing an older retro console.

[@rycka7260]

Graphics didn't advanced that much in last years. System requirements for a bit of better graphics increase exponentially now. In the future for same graphics with a barely noticeable better effects you will run GPU with it's own 1000W power supply...

[@utsavpradhan2754]

I miss e3. E3 used to force these companies to show something.

[@CrudeBeach]

That was the problem. They’d show cinematics to generate hype without an actual proof of concept in terms of gameplay. That Redfall trailer lmao

[@lwiay84]

Everything's overpriced, New and retro

[@mr_m4613]

In this economy what isn't overpriced.

[@keeganmcfarland7507]

Indie/AA games: Are we a joke to you, guys?

[@alphonsejohnson5601]

​@@keeganmcfarland7507but some old indie games are overpriced in the second hand market, look up Shantae and the pirate's curse, Switch version online to see what i mean.

[@vivid8979]

Or you can just wait for sale or buy 2nd hand?

[@krazyd0nut404]

@@vivid8979 digital era, nope. It just sucks!

[@jrtalkin5558]

When games increased in price I expected an increase in quality as well. So far that has not really been the case.

[@vivid8979]

I mean the price increase is a product of inflation.. And there's alot of games that released in a good quality sadly content crestor nowadays love to highlight those games that has poor quality for clicks..

[@lycanwarrior2137]

That's true of everything right now. A prominent example being food. You are often paying more and getting less.

[@MrGrimmjow007]

The old games were created with heart and soul. The modern games are pointless cash grabs with woke messaging. On top of that it has all these micro transactions, buggy issues, and paid DLCs. I been spending my money buying older games rather than any new ones.

[@Aries73]

You had a point until you gave yourself away with the "woke" bit. Go away, neckbeard.

[@reggiebuttsmash2321]

Heart gold soul silver. Made with heart and soul truly

[@MrGrimmjow007]

@@reggiebuttsmash2321 Old is gold my friend.

[@MrGrimmjow007]

@OtakuBenny2210 That generation of games was truly the last great generation of gaming. Everything after 2014 has been going downhill.

[@Scruffytuba]

You can say that about anything. There are exceptions, but this isnt the rule.

[@TheGamingCircle]

There's only one thing that's destroying the Gaming Industry?? 💷💰Greeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeed💰💷

[@YouKnowWhatIMeanRight]

The biggest problem with the gaming industry are the investors and their unreasonable expectations. FF7 Remake vs Rebirth is a prime example. Rebirth is a better game, but is considered a “failure” because it was released on PS5 (with less than half the install size of the PS4) and because it had no pandemic to push it, it didn’t sell as well. Also the fatigue of over saturation in FF and other RPGs and blockbuster games was to blame. We just got FF16 last year and I still haven’t had a chance to play that one yet (couldn’t put down Tears of the Kingdom at the time).

[@DracosKasurani]

Investor are the problem that is true. The fact that a game like Baldur's Gate 3 exist make them piss because Larian doesn't try to milk you dry and have more to offer than their game.

[@paulypipes1]

Yea RGT missed alot of good obvious points. Instead he wanted to focus on rumors about nintendo and a dry few months for Sony because they didn't release a blockbuster one month... Yet we just got ff7 rebirth and stellar blade and a huge bundle of games last year.. He falls victim in consumer society once again the bitches about nothing. Rgt isn't someone I take seriously when it comes to news, or any advice with current day issues. Just because he's milk toast and Luke warm on issuesand is unaware of the bigger problem nobody in his niche circle ever mentions.

[@paulypipes1]

U made a great point about investors bitching about ff7. I honestly don't mind the fluff of mini games in the world because it makes the current cities more alive, I guess there are other ways they can do it as well. But most of it is optional... But i can't stand how the look at rebirth likes it's a failure. Honestly I think it deserves to be in GOTY category this year

[@Alien_isolationist]

2 million sales in 6 weeks isn't bad, considering it's still selling for $70. Rebirth will continue to sell, same as all new releases, as more people buy a Playstation. Sony knows this. It hasn't been 4 years yet, everyone forgets how it always is in the first half lifespan.

[@oxycircuit]

It really feels like things are shifting in a direction nobody is sure of. Quite scary.

[@Mister_Fister.]

ya its spooky

[@jarrettreynolds4560]

This is the indie companies time to shine. Triple A gaming companies are laying off and indie games are thriving. Walmart is selling their games cheap and physical games are starting to diminish.

[@Wealth_Wisdom_Discernment]

All the video game companies are laying off employees…. Because none of them are making games, at least not fast enough

[@keeganmcfarland7507]

Good thing I'm becoming a indie game developer.

[@-RH80-]

Is not that arent releasing games fast enough, is more of game quality and their price that doesn't worth. For companies is first how much money they can continue to suck after purchase and the message they can send for the ESG score before thinking in the customer.

[@GoofyPoptart]

Or the companies regulation's/goal's are irresponsible or Unrealistic to meet and we should blame higher up's and CEO's. I bet they're in there screaming "When is this game done" yeah when you quit bitching and have patience that's when.

[@Alien_isolationist]

They're laying off low skilled employees not high skilled, and yes, they are making games. The better graphics is making games take longer, but they are cookin, and you'll notice an uptick in releases in 2025

[@Wealth_Wisdom_Discernment]

@@-RH80- I disagree, game studios are going 3,4,5,6+ years between games and wonder why they don’t have revenue to pay employees. Like naughty dog for one of many examples

[@calculateddeclination5534]

Got a gamecube with picoboot and a 1tb sd card, a 1tb modded ps vita and a 512gb modded new nintendo 3ds xl. Ain't no reason to play modern games when there are so many actual good games that came out in the past. I'm literally set for life. More if I could live longer.

[@youderpy2795]

1) Games need to stop focusing on insane graphics and be more about innovation. It should help games keep higher frame rates too. Art direction is why older games still look really good today. 2) The reason why there is less competition is because of game price/creation inflation. More people were in the race because it was affordable and you could take some L’s. That’s just not the case anymore. Which is Xbox and PlayStation are branching out from their consoles so they can make more revenue

[@XVa-uj8m]

1.SEEEGGGGGAAAAAAA!!!!!!! Old Sega here. Pole's Big Adenture and Segagaga to name a few.

[@GMThEMaN]

I've been following games industry for the last 13 years, and for the first time I have lost interest in current era gaming. And I think things are just going to get worse. Im glad that back in 2019 I decided to skip this generation and instead play my backlog of games.

[@coffeebean_tamer]

Way too many open world... FPS... MMO... Remakes.... Remasters all too similar and generic.

[@DreamcastGuy]

Good video and I'm glad you talked about riding dev costs. It is wild that games are taking longer and longer to make and expected to sell 10s of million of copies or they "failed."

[@RGT85]

DreeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeamcastGuy

[@hmdhm8702]

@ DreamcastGuy Where you been my dude ? We miss you on Spawncast 🖤

[@XVa-uj8m]

Hey not a true Sega fan man. MS fan man instead.

[@TiberiumPie]

Thanks!

[@RGT85]

Thank you!

[@TiberiumPie]

@@RGT85 keep up the good work bro!

[@paoloalcantara2813]

Some video game companies even encourage us that owning is bad.

[@jameswalterthethird]

It’s not that hard to find amazing games that actually support good publishers….

[@PSYCHOV3N0M]

​@duckguy9785You don't own digital games. They can be removed from your library at any point in time. Same goes for movies and TV shows that you buy on iTunes, Amazon Prime, etc. Look at what happened with The Crew from Unisoft. Physical media gives you way more control for games that don't require online servers aka a mandatory internet connection.

[@keeganmcfarland7507]

​@duckguy9785 God, I hope indie game developers, AA game studios, and independent retail stores (such as PlayAsia and Book-Off for a example) will save physical media of video games, because indie game developers, AA game studios, and independent retail stores cares about you and listen to you.

[@jameswalterthethird]

@@keeganmcfarland7507 no they care about the money they make off you lol

[@jameswalterthethird]

@@keeganmcfarland7507 also physical media does not equal them caring about you

[@superwaynem]

I’ve pretty much been jumping back into older games and battling through my bag log of games. We’re pretty much beta testers for newer titles these days.

[@fondofpeace]

This Spawnwave rivalry is getting real… and I’m here for it. Love both you guys. 😂

[@themailman3331]

No rivalry. RGT is the Dollar Store version of Spawnwave.

[@fightrudyfight5799]

Spawnwave is NWO and RGT is NWO Wolfpac 🤘🏻🤘🏻

[@Pencers]

I haven't given this much thought but maybe the game should be about fun and less realism.

[@PSYCHOV3N0M]

You're part of the problem. Improvements should be made across the board. Stop settling for the bare minimum. Fun and realism in games are NOT mutually exclusive.

[@Maxrepfitgm]

The two aren't mutually exclusive. Maybe actually release the game in it's entirety and not being sold on future promises and potential.

[@Adamtendo_player_1]

That’s yet another reason why i chose Nintendo because they’re not realistic and they’re fun which is something PlayStation and Xbox users don’t know anything about anymore.

[@ianjohnson7761]

“More about fun and less realism.” @Pencers, do you hear yourself? Fun and realism in video games go hand in hand, these days. We have evolved in the video game industry. But, we do need 2 fix some issues within the industry as well, such as bugs, loot boxes and stuff like that. We also need actual finished products.

[@Ruleof2Review]

Good stuff. Loved the topic and the discussion, bro. I agree most entirely. Gaming is great nowadays, but also in a rut. I think both are true…imo.

[@DougS45]

I feel like it's not just the game or even the movie industry suffering. The world feels "off" and things have a certain sense of dread about it. Even classic gaming is taking a hit. I have 3 classic game stores within my area that are all shutting down due to horrible sales. Strange times indeed.

[@lycanwarrior2137]

It's because the economic/financial system is dying and on its last legs. What it will be replaced with is a mystery however.

[@marccaselle8108]

My city has one retro video game store and it's still going strong

[@renatus_lupus]

"how many 2d pixel roguelites do you need? how many cozy farm sims do you need?" THANK YOU

[@Flip_91FTW]

I'm so sick of "cozy games" always being farming life games. They aren't even cozy, they're just boring.

[@bluepharaoh1766]

I’m actually not surprised. Out of the big 3, Sony relies on 3rd party support the most and Nintendo the least.

[@onetwo6039]

Yes RGT, you are right for many of your points listed. The console wars were a healthy competitive atmosphere that brought us great games months after months, year after year, til smartphones / Internet / computers / greed took over the industry. Its more complicated than that i know, but gaming in general was at it's best in the 90s.

[@TheBlargMarg]

Getting back into emulation. I got a Miyoo Mini Plus and loaded it with a ton of roms. It's a pretty awesome device especially how small it is. Going to play through Final Fantasy 9 for the first time heh.

[@fondofpeace]

Such a great game

[@dracul74]

Yup… posted something similar too

[@jjwhy321y3]

I just played FF 9 on Miyoo mini. Make sure other disks are installed. I accidentally got screwed after disk 1. Couldn't resume game. Otherwise it's a great emulator.

[@TheBlargMarg]

@@jjwhy321y3 Yeah I made sure I have all 4 discs in their own folder. Thanks!

[@solidkwon]

Helldivers 2 and FFVII Rebirth recently came out, and Hellblade II, Avowed and Stellar Blade will be coming out soon. Pacific Drive is an indie that that is phenomenal that does new interesting things. I still think this is a super exciting amazing time to be a gamer. I feel like there is a LOT of competition producing incredible stuff. That’s how I see it. It is interesting and insightful to see such a downer pessimistic perspective about the industry though.

[@solidkwon]

@Zalkova sequels and indies are automatically bad? 🙄🤔 Maybe you have impossible standards and shd just be fine playing stuck in 90s/early 2000s. Cause there’s still plenty of great games made in that era that I’m sure uve never played, and u dont have to be such a elitist grouch to the rest of us who enjoy games

[@JeffreyChery]

You highlighted that hardware and software are growing points , but I also think game input is just as important . Finding new game mechanic input creates a more immersive experience.

[@heyjustj]

This is why since the n64 as a kid I chose to stay 2-3 years behind the gaming industry. After n64 I bought a PS1 and then a Dreamcast when they announced the discontinuation and huge price drop. Same with PS2 and xbox360. I’m able to save $$$ because I buy used consoles and only get the great games after all the hype. I didn’t have a Switch until last year as a “modern” console. I did buy a Quest 2 about 6-12 months after launch. It’s similar to waiting for movies to hit streaming. Probably not great for the industry but for sure great for me as a consumer.

[@retro-mandan6847]

The time of the "AAA Games" has ended, the rise of "INDIE Games" has begun. 🤓

[@Maxrepfitgm]

I thought video games would grow with me as I aged, they did and I thought my love and enjoyment for them would grow, but that's no longer the case having been a gamer since the Atari and NES. The heart and soul that gaming used to have, with the exception being Baldurs Gate 3 isn't there anymore. Can't support sports games anymore and now Fighting Games is the next genre I'm done with after Tekken 8. Definitely the last console generation I'll be part of because I'm not buying your consoles if I'm renting and not owning the few good games you sell me.

[@Kira-ih6xe]

I bought a Mega Drive a month ago and now I like gaming again. Sega did it right back then.

[@dennisveneman9469]

?🎉

[@murderman8578]

Just emulate the mega drive

[@XVa-uj8m]

Wait till you try the Saturn.

[@Adamtendo_player_1]

@@murderman8578 nothing beats playing on a real Mega Drive, plus there’s still sound issues that I hade with emulation of Mega Drive games.

[@Kira-ih6xe]

@@murderman8578 I have for a long time, but it’s just not the same.

[@vinnybruce2874]

Metal gear solid 2 and 3 was awesome in nostalgia of metal gear What really blew my mind was Metal Gear Soild 4 since day one. It was a mind-blowing on the PS3 that was even better.

[@zydio1103]

I have never worried about playing games when they release. I buy games when they are on sale and most of the time I buy them used. Then, I play whatever I feel like no matter the age of the game. I play on Xbox consoles of all generations and PC, the generations aren't really a criteria for me. I just play what sounds good at the time.

[@skandalmkdaniel3029]

Everything has also been done and redone...and mixed up versions of the same games. Developers I feel have run out of ideas. You can only put a new skin on games for so long.

[@mamodokod]

It doesnt help that every game now has content held behind paywalls even though theyre completely done on launch...

[@kadosho02]

Battle pass and season passes were a mistake Star Wars: new game here I don't want to remember its title because Ubi really hurt its audience once more. Now double with the price tag and content made exclusive as dlc Even fighting games feel less special. Because every major title has a battle or season pass attached for content and characters It is nutty enough just to have the game, but you barely have access to it unless you buy stuff Shareholders need to butt out, let creativity take over. I understand budgets are ballooning, and not in a good way. But there was a time to allow more experimental titles. Sadly all of those titles are rarely made anymore, unless it is super successful And consoles life span. Something needs to change to let a system show off what it can do. MS and Sony are in such a rush, we have not seen Series X or 5 shine more. Always held back by some stupid limitations

[@dracul74]

I did the unthinkable… bought a miyoo mini and joined the retro gaming peeps. Sure the nostalgia factor is fun, but honestly just enjoying the old games more (even on emulator). So many I haven’t played. I still play some new pc titles… but less than ever… and happier gaming than in the last few years.

[@daviddesrosiers1946]

PCMR has been eating pretty well on the indie/AA side. We've always had a way bigger pool to draw from in that realm, though.

[@PillsburyNinjaKneadingJustice]

Id rather have small studios making smaller games they are actually passionate about, than have to buy one more AAA title that crashes, has framerate issues, have server problems, and constantly ask you to buy a battlepass.

[@Spartan77]

It is difficult to buy video games when inflation is financially destroying the average person. For most of us, there is no choice since we are struggling just to feed our families.

[@Nateanderthal]

All that I know is I'm going to make my game the best it can be, I'm 3 years into development now and still going strong.

[@D3sdinova]

What kind of game?

[@Nateanderthal]

@@D3sdinova It is a co-op Roguelite inspired by a bunch of different SNES era games.

[@unsungzero6122]

Good luck, man

[@wildwest1832]

I mean it takes 5 years to make a new AAA game or longer. There are gonna be slow years it is what it is.

[@RyuTheDragon89]

10 years for a game like GTA 6 lol

[@jonathonpotter1059]

That’s why we need more AA games

[@helixnebulaone]

Nintendo will be the last console standing. The rest will be set top pc boxes that are able to play everything except Nintendo games

[@SweaterSwagg]

Shoot that's kinda how it is now. The only thing I halfway care about on even just Playstation is Ratchet and Clank. Used to care about Naughty Dog until they went the route they did 😅😬🤷

[@CZpersi]

Back in the days, developers created a game and then looked for games to sell it. But the annual revenue line must go up, so today, the monetization model comes first and everything else later, if there is some time left for it.

[@PickledPreserves123]

I stopped playing, watching, and reading new things about 7 years ago and I don't feel as though I've missed out on anything. I always recommend others who are fed up of the state of modern media to do the same. There's lots of good stuff from the past out there and in many respects - old is truly gold. I never really listened to anything 'new' to begin with so nothing has changed in that respect lol.

[@dagarob_c]

The last few years I have been accustomed to and accept missing out on many games and knowing I will never play them. Due to the direction gaming has gone to. I have significantly spent a ton less yearly on gaming. Plus I also have other hobbies that take my time. Im tired of hearing, seeing broken released games, chores to grind modes so that your tempted to pay ect. I just abandoned all of it and usually just buy later on major sales and at all costs avoid the micro grinds.

[@3up3rn0va]

I think people’s expectations are way to high. Videogames are designed to just chill out y’know. Not every videogame has to be the next AAA big blockbuster. I am perfectly happy with indies and smaller games rn. Every game is for a different type of person. And that is ok. You don’t have to like every game you play. I think games rn are pushing too many boundaries. Get rid of micro transactions please. I am a one and done kind of guy.

[@redstratus97]

Single Player Games requiring an internet connection to install let alone play as well as games releasing unfinished and are dependent on updates to play are the #1 issues for me.

[@danielgreenberg5368]

RGT, this is a good video. That said, there is enough topics in here for at least 5 full videos!

[@kevinkingslayer2450]

I been at it since the 2600, but imo the PS2\Gamecube era was the BEST...😎🇹🇹👍

[@johnjackson9751]

It honestly was. I would say the start of the PS2/Xbox/GC/GBA through to the end of the Wii/360/PS4/DS era was the real golden age for gaming.

[@captchaossega]

Include Dreamcast in that group however brief it lived.

[@stephenmoran7855]

My entire video game lifestyle is a stagnation, leading to wasted time, loss of money, and world burning in front of my face.

[@conza1989]

Has anyone actually said, that the bait to not call him out as an obvious Nintendo KZbinr, is just a way to ensure we're all commenting?

[@Wajang1]

If it aint physical i don' buy it, if it's woke i don't buy it, if i don't like the gameplay i don't buy it. I am saving money and not missing out.

[@NickRobbins82]

Ellie basically has to fight a transgender character in The last of Us 2 😏 the ✌️girl✌️has the bone structure of a man he tried to escape politics and they put it right in your games

[@Wajang1]

@@NickRobbins82 Never buying that. Did enjoy the first game.

[@iraford5788]

​@@NickRobbins82Abby is not transgender, thats just a bs lie you made up.

[@ambitiouskickz]

i been feeling bored with gaming for a while now, and i came to the conclusion for me is games now and days are way to easy for me so about a year ago. I just really started playing all souls and soul like games that's a lot harder and i been on a roll ever since, gaming is fun again!

[@ralphiecifaretto8961]

These game companies didn't think about diminishing returns. Every new game cant just be more and more expensive and expect more and more profits no matter what. At the rate they're going, $1 billion dollar games are right around the corner and will cost $200 for just the base game, $80 more for DLC, and $20 a month for their subscription service.

[@storyteller2285]

The current state of Gaming has been a blessing in disguise for me. It finally gave me a big enough reason to go through my backlog of retrogames (which is a huge backlog.)

[@ragmanx6256]

The way I see it, backlogs are a thing many people should be looking at. I frankly don't get this fixation with getting showered with new things while ignoring the remaining 95%+ things gathering dust in a corner and pretending there's this contrived sense of scarcity people just make up to rationalize their outrage over relatively dry release periods, especially now when undercooked new things are notoriously broken on release.

[@iortizjunior]

Gaming isnt stale at all. Some of ya need to expand what genres you play. There are a lot of great games that released this year so far. Also play your backlogs. Pick up older games you never played. You don't have to play every new game on release to enjoy gaming. Also gamers themselves are to blame why gaming is in the state it is in. Gamers don't support new games even though they want new ideas. Gamers also want these high fidelity games but then complain that games are taking so long to make.

[@Piccolo918]

I agree on some points, but I disagree with other points. You expect people to buy broken, unpolished, lazy, and full of political checklist video games. Games aren't being made for consumers anymore. Instead, it's about a message about society and how there isn't enough representation in games. How about companies stop the political messages and focus on what consumers want. All I want is a good video game. I don't care if it's a reboot, remake, or sequel just do it right.

[@8BitClosedFist]

​@@Piccolo918 Why do people bring up "political messaging" so much nowadays? Do gamers actually think that's why games suck and not greedy ceos

[@Piccolo918]

@8BitClosedFist Games suck because of all the above. You just can't blame greedy people all the time. There are bad developers as well just look at Anthem and Redfall. Both of these games were given proper development times and still suck because of the developers.

[@8BitClosedFist]

@Piccolo918 I'm confused both of those games you mentioned had rushed development cycles and poor management. I don't get what politics have to do with those games being bad

[@Adamtendo_player_1]

I’m not interested in playing anything else outside of Nintendo because no one else aligned of my philosophy apart from Nintendo.

[@Daimando]

I think it might be far more societal than ever. Back in 2019, my big concern was that too many games were coming out, and there were some titles that we wind up passing up. As a Switch owner, I have managed to pick up some games that I passed up in the previous years. But I think the problem is far worse than ever when we all have far shorter attention spans than we used to. Case in point: I do want to finish up on a game that I've been playing. But at the same time, other games try to grab my attention span and I want to go play those instead. Worst case scenario is that I don't even bother to play a game because of that, or because of other things I want to do, like drawing, writing a fanfic, and other projects. Or even real life gets in the way. As someone who is aware of the Switch 2, I'm not as concerned about it as I'm supposed to. Why? I think I've gotten to the point where I have enough games to last the rest of my lifetime. Sure I know there won't be any games I will be able to finish. But I'll be glad to have played to my dying breath.

[@JoKoKilla]

With my backlog of games to play, I'm not concerned about stagnation of new releases; to a degree, I find it relieving actually.

[@ShreddNasty]

I'm on that same page, just finally got an N64 flash cart. Summer of N64 here we come!

[@TheDarkVyers]

I'm completely fine with Playstation 3rd party exclusives. Honestly don't care about the first party exclusives besides God of War. The real problem in the gaming industry are broken messy games, greedy live service games and games injected with woke ideology. I'll continue playing Playstation 3rd party exclusives, Nintendo exclusives and older games in my insanely large backlog until things in the industry hopefully improve.

[@louis-marcelotsamamba6688]

Yeah. The video game industry feels empty right now in 2024. It feels like there’s no motion or nothing really going on from Sony, Xbox or Nintendo. No recent showcases or directs, about 1st party games or major news.

[@jasonshouseoffunandvideoga7169]

Real close to that 500k milestone. ☝️🙌✨️

[@kbdc]

For me, I think VR is what will push innovation in the gaming industry moving forward. Yes, it's still super niche even to this day and I'm definitely romanticizing here, but I'm hoping it evolves to a point where it's like SAO without the irl dying. It'd just be so cool to really feel like you're in a MMO world doing raids with your friends and pulling off those actions with your in-game body. Or even something similar to CP2077's braindances as eerie as that sounds. Idk if the tech will ever advance to that point or if we'll be alive if it does come to fruition but the possibility of that becoming a real thing would definitely push the whole entertainment industry as a whole; not just gaming.

[@ezragrun]

Me and my kids took turns over the weekend playing the PS2 Transformer Armada game. They were blown away by the Tidal Wave boss fight! Games like that are few and far between these days.

[@AlexSummary]

For me personally, I can’t play every game that comes out because work or unreasonable prices. But it’s also because, most games aren’t good enough for my time. Either it be unfinished & buggy games, or microtransactions & battle passes. (Suicide Squad…) But I can safely say for the time being, the only games I’m looking forward to that will fulfill my gaming needs are *Hades 2*, *Dragon Ball Sparking Zero*, (Even tho I think their will be DLC, the base game content might be justified for purchase) *Stellar Blade* *Warhammer 40K Space Marine 2*, *Black Myth Wukong* and even games that came out earlier are also pretty good. *Tekken 8*, *Persona 3 Reload*, *FF Rebirth* even though two of these are remakes, they’re built from the ground up and excel the originals in many ways

[@ColdDayinHell77]

Just having fun with the ROG Ally. And PC modding. But times have changed in video games with games having budgets and having kinematics rivaling the motion picture industry. People just not being satisfied with the profits unless they make like 10x their budget or something.

[@winterknight6195]

The King of Nintendo KZbinrs speaking to his subjects wanting to know what they think what a good King of Nintendo KZbinr

[@servantjon]

My feeling on this is that video games haven really changed a whole lot from the last generation into what is about the halfway point in our current gen of video games. I do think this year will not be that banger year we had last year or the year before.

[@jorgegutierrezabdo]

I don't rush to beat games that's why I have a backlog.

[@WiseGuy3683]

I think there's a number of things that are happening. First, the game industry is still recovering from the pandemic. Yes, the US opened up really quickly but a lot of nations didn't lift lockdowns and restrictions until relatively recently. This affected game release schedules and caused year 3 and year 4 games to get pushed back even further. Second, because of how Covid affected things, big companies are looking to make more money. One of the ways of doing that is remakes and remasters. Another way is live service games. This makes the AAA industry look as though it's stagnating, which, it kind of is. Companies aren't willing to take risks on new and original ideas because they just can't afford to. Third, when a company does actually make a big budget single player game, many times they lack the polish and quality that games of the past had because there's so much more going on in them now, they were made at a time where most people were working from home so there wasn't as much QA, and the publishers want to put them out before they're actually finished despite the developers telling them they need more time. Fourth, the indie scene is definitely over saturated. There's way too many games and way too many same template but slightly different theme games. Don't get me wrong, there's still original stuff out there, but it's few and far between in comparison to everything else.

[@Allaphaidole]

This is probably just a me thing, but I feel that games today have become too complicated. What got me into games as a kid personally was the story, characters, environment, sounds. And the best part, I could take my time and take it in. It was like how how books allowed you feel for the story by words, movies allowed you to witness a story and games allowed you to be in the story. Now when I play games, there is this nagging sensation of ' GOTTA GO FAST. GOTTA GET IT DONE NOW.' few games where I feel like I want to take my time and just take in the work the studios poured their time and soul into. No doubt why I have a heart for Red Dead Redemption 2, it gives you that option to take your time and invites you to linger within the environment and rewards you in a very beautiful way. Its not shoving you to the next section of the game. The second part of what I feel is an issue, even with games I like personally, is that the controls are getting a little complicated. To a point where it'll break immersion and pull me out of the experience. I do not mind a game with simple controls. Sometimes less is more and encourages creativity for problem solving when you have few game rules or interactions. Why I feel a few indie games were successful like Undertale, Little Nightmares, Stanley Parable, Inside etc. had pulled off so well. Like if game studios wanna make quick battle royals because that's what they love and want to connect people, great! but if it is only for the sake of a sale or because they are too nervous to branch out , then I encourage them to consider alternative options. Downsizing doesn't equal bad and would actually allow studios to present a full product worth the price that folks can enjoy.

[@MmntechCa]

I think this malaise has been bubbling in the background since the start of the 8th gen. I noticed that while first party PS4 games certainly looked better, I didn't enjoy them as much as PS3 games. Even then people were complaining about games getting dumbed down for normies. This was also the time scummy mobile business practices began to be incorporated into traditional gaming. GG 1.0 and ESG also dropped, which led to the industry over-correcting and hiring on a ton of these vapid activists. Skip ahead to today, and there's really nothing coming down the pipe that I'm excited about. I'm not spending $650 Canuck Kopeks for a PS5 just to play Stellar Blade. I don't play online, so none of these live services appeal to me. Most games now are too expensive, lazy, money grubbing, and broken. Investors keep trying to squeeze more blood from a saturated industry. The politics stuff is getting worse. Even Nintendo have been absolute butt nuggets lately with their crap customer service, broken controllers, online service shutdowns, and the war on emulation. It's all very exhausting. I've gone back to playing older stuff, and even there, almost entirely Japanese games. Definitely the worst it's been in my 30 years of gaming.

[@lukeszymanski4863]

Well said my man. It should be interesting the way things play out over the next few years. Nice shirt btw. Peace ✌️

[@youngc570]

The AAA gaming industry managed to kill off the consoles again. Back in the day it took ET to destroy the industry, nowadays AAA devs released multiple ETs a year, year after year after year to take down the industry.

[@TheRatoneta]

I think the issue at hand is how expensive it has become to make games. In order for a game to become a success, it has to be a blockbuster. Otherwise, it can leave a company in financial ruin. Due to this video game developers have become risk adverse. And the console exclusive is looking less and less profitable. By making a video game exclusive to one console you essentially limit the market that you can sell your games too. I believe this is what xbox has realized. Nintendo games are much less complex than the other two systems, so they do not suffer as severely as their two competitors. Sony is still playing the console exclusive game and in my opinion is going to cost them because although they are the top dogs ps5 owners are such a small market in comparison to the overweight, overblown, budgets for today's games. PS. I love gaming, I got all systems, PS5, Xbox series X, Nintendo Switch oled, and a gaming PC.

[@PH96Official]

I feel it's gotten this way simply because as you said nobody's willing to take a risk, nostalgia is great but not when it's overused like this I'm so over remakes/remasters they completely lost their charm... *looking at you naughty dog.*

[@barryredfield]

I respect your opinions RGT85 and I fully agree with many of the statements that you made in this video. I have taken a trip to the past by revisiting older games and going back to the quality and sheer variety of gaming that you could find in abundance on the classic consoles. I am a bit curious though as to why you think Spawn Wave "sucks". I don't mind his videos and wonder what it is about him, or maybe his channel, that you seem to dislike.

[@julianx2rl]

Pretty sure it's a joke, they're part of the same crew pretty much.

[@barryredfield]

@@julianx2rl Yeah I've already been told that. In a society that is so sensitive that almost anything said can be construed as being offensive, I simply jumped to that conclusion as well. I hate the WOKE world we live in today!

[@zodiac909]

An era of complacency sums this up perfectly

[@VideoAL935]

Honestly, Sony mentioned in 2021 during the pandemic that their production cycle was going to have a lull because people had to work from home, politics, toilet paper prices, all the drama in the early pandemic days. Same reason why we are getting an f-ton of gaming handhelds right now. They started to over -produce them, thing we would be home for a while and they sold out of stock quicky in the pandemic times.

[@tyleroutland435]

I have only played two games this year so far sucide squad kills the justice league and rise of the ronin. I love both games and sucide squad got unnecessary hate and im excited for stellar blade so gaming for me is great

[@HouseHolderRecords]

As a mid 90's kid, I couldn't agree more with your opinion RGT. I feel like games have become stale, repetitive, and rely too much on "how much money we're gona make, and how quick". If I go back and check my N64 collection (which I don't have anymore unfortunately), games like Snowboard Kids, Beetle Battle Adventure Racing, Banjo Kazooie... All of them had personality. I feel like the industry is now facing the problem of being unable to create new identities. New IPs aren't as frequent (which makes sense after all, videogames have been around for a while now), and they prefer to either remake old games (I'm a sucker for those so I'm probably part of the problem), or half-baked sequels (looking at you, newer Paper Marios...). Even indie games, as you mention, just copy successful entries. I've seen way to many Hollow Knight clones, more than I'll ever play.

[@user-rv8yd]

You forgot the fun factor. This WE I played a lot of PS1 on RG405V. The usual : time trial on Gran Turismo 2, survival on Tekken 3... The usual stuff I have had fun playing for more than 20 years. Also played some arcade Pang then tried something I had overlooked, sports games. And now there is some great gameplay. I happened to get NASCAR Heat 5 on a sale, never played much, tried NASCAR thunder 2002 and compared the 2 and Heat 5 looks great, controls are responsive but it's about as fun to play as having one's teeth pulled out. Same for basketball, NBA Live 2003 : more fun the my latest 2K releases (admittedly none beyond 2K14). Never understood NFL (am French btw) but NFL Blitz just made the game click for me. Ok it's arcade oriented but the main point is I had fun playing. I think that's why we see so many roguelikes these days ie. if you're going to do the same thing over and over it had better be fun.

[@New2RetroReviews]

I always said one of the reasons why the console wars of the 90s and even early 2000s was good was because companies were competing against one another. And that that made them all pump out amazing title one after another. And like RGT points out, in a world where remakes/remasters are around because its essentially a "safe bet" and it stunts creativity.

[@XVa-uj8m]

Honestly I would not entirely mind this if they were REASONABLE reproductions but most of the time they are not. They aren't usually rares we want like "Gunman's Proof" or others.

[@Shwiggieman]

Between mobile gaming and streaming game services, games are a disposable commodity now. The sense of investment you once had in buying a game and putting it on your shelf is history at this point. That and the cookie cutter aspect of these multi-million dollar AAA must-succeed games that really just play it safe makes it less attractive to people with increasingly more important things to do than rinse/repeat every few months.

[@claduke]

The entire entertainment industry is in this Atlas Shrugged mode where all the talented people have been either forced out or voluntarily left and the people that are still in are untalented and uncreative.

[@MrBergste]

I think the "mad dash" as you describe it, is simply people being more concerned regarding the online conversation around games rather than the games themselves. We already know why content creators have to pick up the pace, but this in turn makes fans want to hurry due to FOMO.

[@Zio_Pepe]

Not only the prices go up but not many people want to risk getting a new 70$ game which is going to require 50 pathes and not playing... better wait 6 months and get the full game when the bugs are fixed and the price is 40$

[@zap7759]

Gaming doesn't deserve to be profitable right now. The games or the hardware.

[@TheAaronRodgersTao]

The problem with competition is how miserable it makes ‘most’ people to engage in. Obviously many do relish the competitive moment, but for the vast majority it is a source of anxiety and fear. I just wonder if there isn’t a better motivating factor besides competition that moves the world forward in even better, healthier ways

[@XVa-uj8m]

Necessity. Look at what games came out on the PC Engine and how amazing some looked. That hardware challenged them and they ended up making better looking games in the process, same with the Saturn.

[@jjwhy321y3]

I recently bought a gamecube and no regrets. Besides Elden Ring Dlc and Thousand Year Door nothing eventful going on for months.

[@PhillipJackson-rl5ty]

I play a lot of PS 1&2 Enjoy myself a lot when doing so...✌️

[@crazieddiegamez2563]

Iv been playing gamecube games too through emulation . Idk something about gaming right now is so slow.