Xbox Monopoly Fear-Mongering Stoked By Former TV Star

[@DestinL]

*One Correction. Forza Horizon 5 had 10 million PLAYERS. It was closer to 1or 2 million copies sold on launch day, and now has 18 million players. But yeah, I'd still buy God of War Ragnarok if it was on Spartacus. What do you think? You can see Adam's take on Twitter if you missed it! twitter.com/DestinLegarie/status/1489797423652237315 Hey, you may not have $70 billion, but if you like these free videos, please consider subscribing for more! kzbin.info Check out merch here! shop.spreadshirt.com/TheDestinChannelMerch

[@DestinL]

@Røyål Læg3nd How so?

[@D3monWo1f]

Just want to give u a heads up. Your member link seems to be broken using iPhone app

[@DestinL]

@@D3monWo1f Might be chugging still.

[@karosso1975]

Destin is so classy that I watched the whole video and couldn't tell when he did swear 😆😆😆

[@mrdudebro6005]

It's just fearmongering. Like from the start of the video he just spits out half truths. The sad part is the flow of followers that now are on the MS is undercutting the marked Waggon. Like if people just took a wider view on it. Gamepass is good for all of us. Even those who are against it and want tonpay 70$++ for their games.

[@mrbasurahead9257]

Did Destin swear? This and the fact he can has an intelligent point (I agree most of the time, not all of the time) is why I tune in each video.

[@DestinL]

I don't like swearing in these videos but I was riled up.

[@chickennuggets8022]

@@DestinL I loved it!

[@juliothom2408]

@@DestinL I know cussing isn’t your thing, but it wasn’t over the top, and it punctuated the points well.

[@HeadsUpFlips]

Adam loves to be hyperbolic, it's his go to move. I used to like him and the stuff was involved in but the past few years he has become insufferable.

[@Lyle-qc8ld]

kick bobby kotick the F out. love it

[@danumis_]

You know Destin means business if he has to edit. That smile at the end knowing he just slayed the shit out of the video.

[@DestinL]

LOL BUSTED.

[@ari.nogueira]

​@@DestinL he is a former celebrity with an attention seeker complex who will do almost anything to get a bit more famous (or less forgotten), it seems he got another 15 minutes of fame with this, he's not a market specialist, specialized reporter or non-biased gamer, he didn't get attention from the mainstream for a long time until this silly video, he'll fall back into oblivion again after that.... Ah! I guess your birthday is getting closer right? I wish you an amazing birthday, a lot of success health and happiness! If I get the date right, even better, if it's earlier or a little bit late, sorry, but the wishes are true! Take care! And happy weekend to everyone reading this comment!

[@mrmarc4074]

Sony fans have spent so much of their life calling out Xbox on every little thing , they really don't know what to do now.

[@ThatVikingGamer]

If sony did game pass first, this wouldn't be a topic.

[@MemoriesDestroyUs]

Exactly. If Sony could sell you a box and a game forever they would. MS lit a fire under their ass. Boo hoo it’s competitive again

[@Mike-sf7ex]

Lol but Sony did try game pass first. PS now launched way back in 2014 and in almost a DECADE have barely over 3 million subscribers. Game pass has 25 million in 4 years.

[@wilproduction7222]

Ps now

[@ThatVikingGamer]

People keep saying PS Now, ok what I'll say is a competitive alternative. Of PS Now offered day and date and you didn't need to stream a proportion of the games, maybe it would have been better.

[@Skeletoncross]

Because Sony wouldn’t have ever bought activision blizzard. That’s the point. Now Microsoft just snowballed a damn buying frenzy for both companies. Congratulations Xbox fans now Sonys gonna buy square enix and you won’t ever seen a final fantasy on Xbox again. Now everyone will have to buy two consoles from now on. I bet Sony even buys capcom also. You all realize all the Japanese stuff is probably staying with PlayStation. This is what everyone wanted to avoid in the first place, but god forbid Xbox fans see reason because they can’t play Spider-Man or god of war.

[@Donald_Allan]

I'm just wondering if the people who are trying to scream that Xbox is becoming a monopoly have heard of Embracer Group who own a total of 86 videogames studios/publishers.

[@vullord666]

They don't seem to have heard of Sony, the company that has actually done tons of anticompetive moves (from screwing over indie DEVs to screwing over crossplay), so probably not. These Microsoft attacks are so tone def it's not even funny. Maybe focus on something like Roblox that sells a stock market to kids with 0 working regulations or companies that want to sell NFTS instead.

[@Rooster832]

or tenncent

[@gaborsalamon3629]

Not even 86, they own 111 studios!!!

And don't forget about Sony timed exclusives practice in AAA games like FF.

[@edwardlafferty8796]

It's not even market share. It's the ability and willingess to destroy or prevent competition. Sony is far more of an abusive monopoly than MicroSoft is.

[@Deagonboydragon]

Adam: Microsoft buying activision is a bad idea there going to kill Sony and Nintendo Destin: allow me to introduce myself

[@verrat3219]

wow so original man, who even likes these comments at this point

[@hetzerlee1019]

Destin forgot Microsoft's move just opened up floodgate for other mega companies to buy out publishers. Company consolidation is never good.

[@DarkHorseParatrooper]

@@verrat3219 obviously more than like yours

[@TheNivektube]

@@hetzerlee1019 yes. This giving Sony the right to take a publisher themselves

[@TheWholeGrainBread_Real]

@@hetzerlee1019 right because Sony is a company that hasn't been buying companies for years but "Microsoft bad" right?

[@TheDarkAdventure]

Sony: Locks down most of last gen with exclusivity deals. Buys half those companies so they'll only make games for PlayStation in the future. Journalists: Lol Xbox has no games. Losers. Microsoft: Purchases 2 publishers Journalists: Creates end of the world scenario and has mental break down.

[@user-nd7rd8jo6h]

Ikr? I also believe Square said they don't intend to release Future FF games on any other consoles. So like Sony went and bought a 3rd party franchise...like wth?

[@lordxboss5700]

To me Sonys exclusivity deals are way dirtier than buying Studios. Sony is paying specifically to block games from platforms without taking the financial risk of acquiring these studios. Sonys been reaping the benefits of XBOX not getting fully funded but Phil Spencer changed the game and got the cash to push their weight around like Sonys been doing for years. Sony fanboys hate their is a bigger fish in the pond 🤣

[@daryno9047]

@@user-nd7rd8jo6h no they didn’t, most third party games went to Xbox… I’m amazed anyone can convince themselves of such bullshit. You guys are desperate for Xbox to be the victim aren’t you? Did Sony buy timed exclusivity last gen? Yes, but guess what? So did MS. And I would say a platform holder using their vast wealth to buy out two publisher is concerning for the industry at large.

[@user-nd7rd8jo6h]

@@daryno9047 no Square legit said they intend to make Future FF games exclusive to Sony. If ppl were saying starfield couldn't be exclusive because of money...why on Earth would square do that without financial incentives? Sony bought final fantasy.

[@daryno9047]

@@user-nd7rd8jo6h and Ms is removing Franchises from PS by the dozens now. I think what Sony doing with SE is shitty but MS is being even shittier than them. Sorry but you don’t get to cry about how Sony bought exclusivity for FF when you’re silent about MS buying it for CoD, Elder Scrolls, Doom, Wolfenstein, Crash Bandicoot, Spyro, Fallout, Dishonored, Prey, Overwatch, Diablo, and a dozen other franchises that were enjoyed by PS gamers And no, it wasn’t because Sony was getting exclusives for their consoles either because Ms was doing the same thing for their console as well

[@PhinneusPrune]

I can tell you were sent over the edge with this person's rant. It is kind of frustrating when people act like experts and twist the truth to paint the acquisition in a negative light and Microsoft as the villian as if to get people to boycott XBox after the acquisition is approved. Let me just say this to those people opposed to the Microsoft/Blizzard/Activision deal ... It will be approved as there is no basis to the argument that it is a monopoly. Nor does it look to cause MS to control the prices and raise them without being undercut by the lack of competitors. Sony is the one raising prices. Xbox has the better pricing and deals. In the famous tweet by Don Mattrick #DealWithIt

[@calomeer8286]

This guy clearly doesn’t understand taking a loss in game pass NOW to destroy the competition NOW so they can raise the price later.

[@PhinneusPrune]

@@calomeer8286 Who is taking a loss in Gamepass? Microsoft is making profits. Publishers/Developers are making profits. So who is taking the loss? The only people losing are Sony fans having to pay more for games.

[@calomeer8286]

@@PhinneusPrune Microsoft has yet to make a profit on its new Xbox or gamepass. They can take that hit forever because they are bigger then Sony and Nintendo combined.

[@PhinneusPrune]

@@calomeer8286 And you would be 100% incorrect.

[@blackbeardddd]

@@PhinneusPrune microsoft has released zero financials for years for good reason. Hiding whats going. Phil saying gamepass is doing really well isnt a financial.

[@randomcitizen9960]

“Fear is the path to the dark side…fear leads to anger…anger leads to hate…hate leads to suffering” - Yoda

[@andrewtomashaska4985]

Peace is a lie. There is only Passion. Through Passion, I gain Strength. Through Strength, I gain Power. Through Power, I gain Victory. Through Victory my chains are Broken. The Force shall free me.

[@shafeeqbaxter]

@@andrewtomashaska4985 Only the Sith deals in absolute

[@andrewtomashaska4985]

@@shafeeqbaxter The Jesus Christ was a Sith.

[@rhysbrennan9917]

@@andrewtomashaska4985 yes

[@RandalReid]

"...could be the downfall of the entire industry" I've been hearing about the downfall of the industry since the late 90s

[@samybasile]

Falling for eternity at this point!

[@Forceedge1988]

Remember people, Adam is the same guy who wished for Xbox to go out of business last gen!

[@joypadbandit624]

^^^ Also THIS! 😆

[@AlanHoey86]

Not the first time Adam doesn't know what he's talking about.

[@Youraveragegamer_97]

ikr remember when he got roasted by joe rogan

[@AIHub-ot5xy]

Even if the base gamepass service is 15-20$, it's still more affordable than 60-70$ per game

[@jbrink1789]

ya but the problem is when your locked into a subscription you cannot buy games on sale for like 3 dollars sales are better than subscriptions. especially since they can raise the subscription price down the line.

[@deanobrien2021]

@@jbrink1789 em last I checked I can still purchase a game on sale (digital or physical) and play it while still being subbed to gp .. makes no sense

[@vullord666]

@ItsLCGaming Rather as is the subscription encourages it. Buy games on the Microsoft store, get Microsoft reward points, use them to get a month or 3 free of game pass, buy games on Game Pass with 20% discount, get reward points, do the game pass quests, get reward points, repeat.

[@juurstudio]

@@jbrink1789 Consumers are also not that stupid. MS can raise the sub price only that much before they start losing long term subscribers who decide that buying the games they actually play makes more practical sense. I'm a subscriber but also looking out for sales to buy the games out for good prices.

[@mrbust999]

I think it's 10 dollars

[@emptee4494]

He really comes across as someone who isn’t well versed in the game industry. Anyone who follows the industry can see that it’s ridiculous to call Xbox a monopoly after the Activision Blizzard deal. If Microsoft is getting this much shit for that purchase you really think they could get away with buying Take Two, EA, Embracer, Valve, Epic and Ubisoft. Let alone take down the entire Japanese market or the mobile market or VR market. It’s ludicrous. Microsoft is forging a new path forward for gamers and dragging Sony along with their innovations like they always have.

[@Mmlujan]

Yes that’s how you know that Adam is a complete dip shit and always has been. A monopoly only applies when it comes to control. Yeah Microsoft has a lot now but they are nowhere close to a monopoly. Hell he should have been making a video about how it’s good the Nvidia deal fell apart, that would be a monopoly, it is a technology many many companies use and for one company to control that would allow them to control cost and have an impact on competition.

[@ctrigger3]

Like they always have is the key phrase here

[@vaguedreams]

This is long, so I apologize. While I agree with Destin's video (wholeheartedly) I can see the point being made by the devils advocate. The truth is that many of the innovations MS put in to play through Spencers leadership are moves that only MS could make. The cross play functionality (If MS is to be believed) required a major rework of Live. Gamepass requires content and will only be really profitable with in house studios and major numbers as well as an insane backbone and cloud infrastructure. That is a major gamble for for any company that isn't MS, Amazon, Apple, Google, etc.. Even for them it raises eyebrows because of the eye watering costs involved. Publishers the size of Zenimax media and Activision are major concerns and purchases for any of the Console players, except MS. Zenimax media is a weak of groceries. Activision a month. Should there be a serious bidding war, no one has a chance against MS. The only reason MS got their arses kicked last gen was because of the insane arrogance of MS leadership and them thinking that gamers are just going to go along with their plans. Everyone was telling them the x1 was underpowered. It was ugly. THe kinnect required too much room, no one wanted an always on camera in their living room. No one wanted a digital only future. Gamers in general, just don't care about the TV integration. Their reaction was tone deaf to say the least. Sony knew they won when the price tag was announced. I'm not overstating anything. It's been reported that Execs literally started laughing and dancing when they found out how much MS was going to sell the x1 for. So when Sony announced that the PS4 would be a hundred dollars less, what was MS's reaction? Stay the course. The one company that could give away the all the consoles they could manufacture that year, and still make a profit decided, nah that extra hundred was more important. Sorry for the sidebar and history, but that brings me up to my next point. The hardware was hampered, underpowered, and what did MS do? The mid cycle refresh. A move no one else would do under normal circumstances. While console manufactures do everything they can to reduce hardware costs and manufacturing, MS went in the opposite direction. They needed to fix their rep and get that hardware crown to let the people know they are still in it. If the last generation went in the opposite direction, Sony would not be able to do something like that. All we have to do is look at the PS3 era.

[@fawkkyutuu8851]

I won't be surprised If Microsoft at least takes lead In overall revenue before 2025.

[@fawkkyutuu8851]

@@vaguedreams Exactly what they're trying could only be done by someone on Microsoft's level , but It's not like other smaller companies haven't already long thought about It , so maybe we should stop so easily calling everything Microsoft has been doing "Innovation" or moving the Industry forward , rather than conveniently having the financial ability to try and push It forward as far and fast as they want , they can conveniently create the longest long-term Investment plans/Ideas and see what sticks. Microsoft has the money to bleed to try things on a large scale and have revenue and profit catch up later once they get an ecosystem that works and hook enough mindshare. They have been Innovative before In other ways and so has Sony , I just don't think the obvious thing they're doing now should be called Innovative or should be looked at as other smaller people like Sony being arrogant or stagnant. Sony and Nintendo operate at the level they can safely afford to and I'm sure If they had as much money they would've aggressively started the same plans a long time ago. It's circumstance more than Innovation sometime.

[@runninginthe90s75]

You are doing a god work Destin, very few people works in media nowdays have perfect sense and mature thinking like you. Keep exposing those people who spreading false negativity towards Microsoft and Xbox, i'm supporting you.

[@pizzaplanetalien5079]

Agree

[@343ishill]

Remember when people where gatekeeping Forza and Metroid Dread from winning Game of the Year, because one is a racing game and the other is a 2D game, not by Sony? Yet they still went on to win more awards than the 3rd person action-adventure games they were propagating 🤷‍♀️ The media is slowly waking up from the pro-Sony bias.

[@avidfather1864]

@@343ishill Um...no, because that probably never happened and even if it happened, they would have no chance of swaying the vote.

[@daksans6764]

@@avidfather1864 There is no denying that there is heavy bias towards Sony in the gaming media and gaming community.

[@LifeTarik]

Excellent video again Destin, Adam sounds like he thought he could attack the gamepass model which is actually very pro consumer(by making the entry to gaming much lower) but contradicted himself constantly during his rant

[@343ishill]

Inb4 fanboys say they'd rather own their games than rent it, even though you get a constant %20 discount from Gamepass to buy an own your game. 🤭

[@Bavari90]

Game Pass went from unsustainable to a monopoly....you love to see it 😂 PS. I love Destin when he is swearing 🤬 😂😂

[@jeremybrown9611]

2019: "Xbox is dead". 2022: "Xbox is a Monopoly". Ya motherfuckin' love to see it!

[@CheemsofRegret]

Truly boggles the mind, doesn't it?

[@FLINTZ]

@@jeremybrown9611 In other words, they didn't have any games and now they are a monopoly? Man, see how ridiculous that sounds?! And that's ignoring the fact that they have a little over 11% of the market share, Sony is still massive in the gaming industry, Tencent is bigger with respect to games than MS and Embracer Group has more devs underneath its belt than MS. Like what???

[@user-nd7rd8jo6h]

I just love how ppl are pretending they weren't thinking Activision was trash 3 weeks ago. Like it's litterally a failing asset that did 2 things well, CoD and sexual assault. It's not like they bought a Nintendo 🙄🙄🙄 All of this hate for what use to be perceived as a nothing burger. You love to see it.

[@jeremybrown9611]

@@FLINTZ Bruh I personally can't stand folks coming at the Gaming Industry, publishers, personnel and/or personalities...especially when they're not part of the industry and it's communities. These folks do it for clout and all kinds of bullshit and think they can have credible opinions just because they have "Dr" to their names or amass a huge following. Adam from "Adam Ruins Everything" doesn't know what the fuck he's talking about, he's even saying shits that goes against his own arguments. It's clear as day he's bias towards Xbox and he believes that spreading this shit through social media will someone effect how the FTC views the Acti-Blizz. Well it won't cause it don't work like that. He and a lot of folks are gonna stay mad and salty for a long fuckin' time!

[@jim39474]

Monopoly my ass. It's just Phil has a vision for the future that he was able to convince Satya to back with the wallet. Sony looking conservative as hell because they have a beancounter in charge currently.

[@fawkkyutuu8851]

It's not really Phil though It's simply Microsoft's money imo. Why do people think Phil Is some sole genius doing all the work he's just a figurehead.

[@daryno9047]

@@Ryan-yi5ro and yet he still answer to the actual CEO of MS

[@daryno9047]

@@Ryan-yi5ro yeah a meaningless title that at most say “I report to the actual boss of MS” How stupid do you have to be to think Phil is actually in charged?

[@daryno9047]

@@Ryan-yi5ro and how stupid are you that you don’t think a head of one division of a massive corporation won’t report to the MS CEO? Like Jesus Christ, it isn’t that hard to understand

[@fawkkyutuu8851]

@@daryno9047 Thank you , the Phil Spencer idol worship is ridiculous.

[@FS-me8mj]

Microsoft is literally one of the "Ivy league" companies when it comes to finding jobs in the computer science industry; it's a privilege to work there.

[@eddygonzalez7174]

So what does that have to do with this. What does your ass have to do with the rain?

[@chasejackson7248]

Being a janitor is the closest you will be to working at microsoft.

[@FS-me8mj]

@@chasejackson7248 even that is a high paying job, for a janitor 😂

[@TheWholeGrainBread_Real]

@@chasejackson7248 uh oh, deflecting again fan boy? Sounds like a cry for help from someone stuck at a dead end job.

[@reed1645]

The acquisition is Microsoft competing with Sony's many exclusives. Just as spartacus is sony trying to compete with gamepass. I don't see why Microsoft are made out to be the bad guys when Sony have been pushing exclusivity for years. This gen Microsoft are making a lot of great pro consumer moves and I'm definitely rooting for them. I'm hoping it pushes Sony to do better.

[@lildevin16]

Because they don’t want Microsoft to compete and Sony fanboys is a sickness

[@Taco-man_]

How dare Sony make great quality exclusive games. Microsoft should have stuck with the xbox one policies. Don Mattrick was a great guy.

[@TheDarkAdventure]

@@Taco-man_ Well they don't. They make one game in different skins. Which is why I don't like them. Every time they buy a new studio they fall in line in art style and game play. Which sucks

[@343ishill]

@@Taco-man_ Nice bait 🤡

[@343ishill]

People don't like it when they get a taste of their own medicine 🤷‍♀️ You don't hear Nintendo fans crying a monopoly. Meanwhile Sony fanboys are crying, when they were the ones promoting and cheering on these anti-consumer exclusive practices for the past 5 years. Lmao such hypocrites.

[@LethalxHeart]

Im really tired of these takes No one said a peep when Sony was actively trying to marginalize Xbox with tons of exclusive deals, literally taking away streetfighter 5 and jrpgs for an entire generation. Xbox had two choices Take gaming seriously or kill the brand News came out about how Sony would charge devs a fee for going multiplat and cross-play Sony has been abusing their market leader role for almost a decade and now that Microsoft is pushing back its suddenly bad for gaming? Sony tried to do to xbox what they did to Sega

[@Rooster832]

it's only bad when MS does it lol

[@Technofungk]

"Sony tried to do to Xbox what they did to Sega". I was just thinking this EXACT same thing a few days ago!

[@LethalxHeart]

@@Technofungk it's ridiculous I dont have a problem with fanboys, fanboys are gonna fanboy after all but the Media bias is beyond belief.

[@raichuraichu7632]

Bruh EXACTLY 💯 top comment

[@Rooster832]

@@LethalxHeart media gets paid by sony

[@garrypeak4277]

I’m not sure how something could be a “monopoly”, if after said deal, it still puts you in 3rd place revenue wise behind Tencent & Sony. That is a monopoly of the market?

[@ToxicSpider0711]

Also when embracer has like 80 studios

[@wmv8996]

Even then, microsoft would be in the teens as far as market share goes.

[@whatif8741]

@@wmv8996 only 10.67%

[@wmv8996]

@what if is that before or after the acquisition?

[@bryndanfrazier5558]

@@wmv8996 after

[@darnellconsults6556]

Haha I asked for this on Twitter and I received thanks Destin.

[@DestinL]

Just my 2 cents!

[@darnellconsults6556]

@@DestinL The entire take came across like a Gamepass Ad to me. Xbox should make it a commercial 😂

[@jamierxsucks4070]

Adam Conover wishes he was a TV star. He's college humor alumni and that's pretty much it. Dude was on one of the very few Rogan episodes I watched and wow. Self righteous sudo intellectualism with arguments based solely on his own thoughts on the matter as opposed to facts. Adam really does ruin everything.

[@gabor-toth]

It's always entertaining to watch these clueless people whine about anything Xbox is doing, while being completely silent on other companies' practices. It just shows how shortsighted and unfamiliar they are with the whole reality.

[@343ishill]

Rules for thee, but not for me 🤷‍♀️ Sony fanboys are only mad when moneyhatting exclusives, doesn't benefit them anymore.

[@haterkilla101]

I definitely agree with you and cant stand when people use their platform to start unnecessary controversy. Gaming is not a dying industry and the amount of indie developers and PUBLISHERS is growing. No gaming company is even close to a monopoly.

[@donovanmartin7946]

in fact the gaming intustry is making more money than the movie and music industry and yet we're gonna listen to a person who got is show cannceld becasue of a studio buyout and very tanking ratings

[@hetzerlee1019]

@@donovanmartin7946 This is the precise point why companies like Google, Facebook, Amazon and Tencent might want to buy those publishers. To enter into games industry even knowing jack shit abut it. While there are increasing numbers of indie developers, there are also those who folded. I don't agree with the acquisition, and I don't see it as a good thing.

[@daveruda]

Microsoft is moving towards a monopoly. Just because they havent reached it yet doesnt make it less true. The gaming industry was less monopolistic before Microsoft bought two major publishers in a short time

[@PerfectFitGE8]

@@donovanmartin7946 Gaming indusry is also spending more to make game ever. You guy just look at one side and agree.

[@REXae86]

@@donovanmartin7946 and he only has a measly 10 hours in Halo MCC

[@juurstudio]

Finally some critical response to all the BS out there. I myself am happy to see MS finally stepping up to be an innovator in the gaming field and a worthy competitor to Sony whose corporate arrogance has run rampant for a good while by now.

[@theultimatep1e40]

@@MixtapesOfThe90s and you here completely ignoring sony having just as many restoraunts

[@scenekidd155]

@@MixtapesOfThe90s Good so which and shut up about Microsoft being a monopoly right cause they have no games. Cause I'm down with that.

[@TheMrDarkol]

Buying entire publishers and IP's is innovative? 😅

[@juurstudio]

@@TheMrDarkol Knew this was coming :D What I obviously meant by innovation was Game Pass and making it actually work while others have pretty much failed. Buying up publishers and IPs is just gaining some muscle behind it.

[@Itsphishayphishaaay]

Tbh "Finally" is a bad choice of words because: Microsoft basically created online gaming They created achievements They created gamepass Hard drives in console instead of memory cards Netflix on consoles

[@kev873b6]

Wow! Destin literally destroyed every talking point that guy (and PS Fanboys) came up with. Incredible job Destin! I love these videos.

[@eddygonzalez7174]

Coming from two Xbot fanboys.

[@JG-vu7un]

@@eddygonzalez7174 cope harder 🤣

[@illfittingtrousers]

Adam: *says very strong points and brings up concerns in the video game industry* Xbox Gamer: "Sony Fanboys! 😡"

[@JG-vu7un]

@@illfittingtrousers lol he sounded more like a giant tool who had no idea what he was talking about... Anybody mentioning monopoly when this put Xbox only in 3rd revenue wise with 10% of market ownership has no idea what they're talking about. Now could you be concerned with market consolidation of course but that is the only fair concern at the moment he's just fear mongering I can do the exact same thing with any big company in any industry

[@illfittingtrousers]

@@JG-vu7un He didn't even say it was a monopoly he said it COULD LEAD TO A MONOPOLY, When you under cut the competitors after buying everything up and you can afford to take the losses the others cant they cant compete and have to close up shop. It sounds like you just heard the word monopoly and stopped listening

[@timmyireland1]

A complete monopoly by any company would be bad for consumers. But a Sony monopoly would be the worst. We'd all be paying $100 per game.

[@sternritternovad]

Only 100 ?

[@samybasile]

@@sternritternovad at the minimum

[@sahzus]

Everything Sony has needs a subscription, it’s frustrating

[@nathanael3949]

No meu país Brasil os impostos dos games e 40% a gente paga 3x os 60 Dólares dos games, agradeça a Deus por vc morar em um país bom e de 1 Mundo... 🤙

[@sSiiRDinhaSs]

@@nathanael3949 E eu ouvi falar que agora vão aumentar ainda mais o que é ridículo vocês brasileiros não têm descanso

[@zombiemachinery4868]

I love how Destin is going from being a PC guy to Michael Douglas in Falling Down.

[@allanjensen8324]

So funny that Sony is “peoples hero” and Xbox always is “the bad guy” like you said some videos ago

[@TheDarkAdventure]

That's the narrative they want to push but it's failing. Xbox has too much variety and people are tired of only playing over the shoulder walking simulators

[@343ishill]

Remember when Xbox closed down Lionhead, people chastised them for it and Sony even posted a tweet inviting former Lionhead devs to join their studios? Then a few months later Sony closed down 2 London based studios and not a peep from the media. Pepperidge farm remembers...

[@Skeletoncross]

You all are dumb. Now we’re going to be forced to buy 2 consoles now to play the games you want. Like this is exactly what sane people were trying to avoid. Buying Bethesda made sense because Xbox always had those games, but buying activision just created a problem that won’t stop. Now Sony is gonna buy companies that you guys won’t like. Congratulations fanboys created a problem they won’t like one bit.

[@Skeletoncross]

@@343ishill just remember this when you want horizon to come to Xbox.

[@343ishill]

@@Skeletoncross Now we're going to be forced to buy 2 consoles? Where was this energy when Playstation bought exclusivity for Spiderman, Street Fighter V, FF7 Remake, and was locking out whole gamemodes and DLC expansions for 2 years with Cod and Destiny... Lmao when the shoe's on the other foot, now fanboys want to act like saints 😂

[@warlordsin360]

It must be hard to to be a game journalist and choosing your words carefully. Just not to piss off fanboys on just general updates and news, that has nothing to do with PlayStation.

[@ArsenicSteel00]

You just need to stick with the facts and get the right. If you add in opinions the stick to those and don't be a hypocrite. Destin fails on all counts.

[@warlordsin360]

@@ArsenicSteel00 you sound sensitive. Why are you here then LOL you know if you spend more time enjoying games instead of being full of hate, you'll probably be more happier. Like is being a hater fun for you. And you're saying you either can say facts or opinions but Dustin clearly tells you the facts and then tell his opinion on those facts. You watch too much Fox News when it's all opinions and you think that's fact.

[@zeongepyon4041]

He’s on that copium thats why he’s hating on Destin.

[@opathoris]

Adam has a history of using selective logic when making his arguments. If it was up to Adam, everyone would be paying $70 per game.

[@prezzeruk4054]

Thing is games are 70 quid in uk too, which equates to 94 dollars in us. Hows that fair??

[@Commnkurtesy]

Adam also lost his show to a merger, so its not surprising he is pretty anti merger lol

[@Sorry_ImTruthful]

MS has to be the king of advertising? They living rent free in these people’s head and got them doing “word of mouth” without spending a dime.

[@eddygonzalez7174]

I know right. This KZbin page is full of xbots. Not Adam’s take was a bit over the top. But his arguments are solid and I made the same points. Microsoft doing this shit can lead to a monopoly. Funny how xbot a don’t mention how big Microsoft is with 2.2. Trillion dollars and instead focus on saying it is the 3rd biggest in the gaming industry bullshit they say.

[@scenekidd155]

@@eddygonzalez7174 I mean it is 3rd in gaming and everyone is talking about a gaming monopoly. Their is no monopoly. Just Americans butchering the English language again.

[@eddygonzalez7174]

@@scenekidd155 what is the market capitalization of Microsoft and Sony. 2.2 trillion vs 134 billion. Come again with your bs statement. GTFO fanboy.

[@scenekidd155]

@@eddygonzalez7174 that's not in gaming unless your saying Microsoft made 2.2 trill in gaming. If not then it's not a monopoly you can be upset but by definition it is not a monopoly. It is however sony fault for poking a bear way out of their process range. Enjoy.

[@Sorry_ImTruthful]

@@eddygonzalez7174 I wasn’t talking about this channel.. but the morons that goes around screaming “monopoly” because the content that they enjoy, may or may not be on their preferred platform and don’t fully understand what a “monopoly” in business is 🤷‍♂️

[@russellpennell760]

Finally someone with the balls to shut up these so called gamers.

[@generalknowldged]

Yet he casually mentions $70 in the current price model like Sony isn't trying to disrupt the $60 model by charging $70 just because it's on PS5.

[@Xyler94]

It's 90$ Canadian for a PS5 game. It's 106$ after taxes. It's triple digit numbers for a base PS5 game here in Canada... Gaming was already super expensive here, but Sony's making it worse...

[@Technofungk]

Destin, I agree with basically every point you make in this video! I especially appreciate the passion that is unmistakable in your delivery. Although I like the "laid-back" approach you take with the majority of your videos, I also enjoy it when you go somewhat ballistic on various subjects, corporations or individuals within the gaming industry. I really think you should create videos like this at least once per week (every Friday perhaps?). You could call it, "Destin Unplugged". Think about it!

[@TheJohhnyE]

Gamepass ran over my dog! - This Adam guy, probably. 😂

[@RaheemMcdermott]

THIS is why I'm a subscriber.

[@D3monWo1f]

That guy Adam is a dingleberry. He doesn’t have a damn clue what is actually going on. I hear “Xbox has no games” for nearly a decade. Blame those people for how shit is turning out. Thanks for everything Destin. Love all your content! I want some of those cookies as well when you decide to ship out of state! 🍪

[@guybrushthreepwood8174]

It's a real meeting of the minds over there on tick tock! 😂

[@ticksmilk]

Been hearing that since Xbox started.

[@karlbolton783]

I'm just going to say this coming from a ps4 to a series s I have played so many games on gamepass I wouldn't have gave a second look on ps, I ended up getting a series x xbox is smashing it this gen imo 👌

[@kambonwilliams701]

He realizes that Sony has never actually faced MS. Xbox was never fully funded. It was operated on low budgets. Now that has changed. Time for Sony to step up.

[@danlazaro1435]

We're caught in a never-ending loop of trolls on twitter saying ridiculous things for attention and fame and social media users and youtubers giving them exactly what they want.

[@theglaok]

Absolutely Flawless and well eloquently said and 100% facts this is why I always can't wait for videos from Destin they are so informative and straight to the point I'm so glad you spoke on the matter because Microsoft is always getting character assassinated when it comes to Xbox.

[@wraithrider7114]

Look, the hysteria that the recent acquisitions have generated bear no relation to how business functions. The industry was becoming too console centric which was a dead end route that Phil Spencer and Microsoft realised and came up with a strategic decision that has proven to prescient. Sony was slow to understand this, but has now woken up to and is reacting. It takes time to turn a juggernaut around. Microsoft's agility allows them to compete in a value savvy way. It can't be a monopoly when you have companies like Tencent, Nintendo, EA etc looking to acquire developers and publishers at an equally aggressive rate. This is business and is by its nature a dog eat dog system. More acquisitions will follow and as long as the gamer is getting value for their purchases then there is nothing to fear.

[@Mike-sf7ex]

I wouldn't say Microsoft is agile either these things take years sometimes decades of planning. The key to MS success is having incredible vision and making all the right moves to drive the Industry towards it. Sometimes it catches sometimes it doesn't but that's just how things go in tech.

[@tiannam117]

Destin, you and Brad Sams need to colab somehow. Y’all always both have such good takes, composure, and knowledge. Enjoy listening to your stuff. This video was extremely well done.

[@bear798]

Adam Combover acting like Sony didn't murder SEGA in the 90's through aggressive tactics & deals

[@niklaslundh8944]

Good one Destin and isn't it refreshing to tell these fearmongers to take hike? Competition is a great thing for gamers not a bad thing.

[@TheKennyboy92]

Yeah competition is great, but consolidation isn't two very different things.

[@SoldierBoy3064]

just use hard facts what percentage do you consider a monopoly? 13% is a monopoly? since when Sony fans

[@chanpagne_supernova]

Thanks Destin it's really important for folks with a platform to stand up to this nonsense

[@ryanlewis4556]

The GamePass jealousy by Ponies is real. They can't wait for Spartacus lol.

[@BrotherKnowledge.]

That last part about Tencent was *golden.* Damn good job, man!! You straight *OWNED* this guy!!

[@CaiSpidox]

OK love that ending with ya cold hold stare like a mic drop! Lol great vid!

[@MrUploader14]

People point to netflix to saying that gamepass prices will drastically raise prices, what people don't understand is in streaming Netflix holds the largest marketshare and holds alot of licenses for popular third party franchises so they have leverage to raise prices. Also Netflix usually only raises prices by 1 dollar every 2 years this year was an exception due to the high inflation. Microsoft will most likely not double the price of game pass they will most likely create a third teir at a higher price and lock some premium features behind it (like 4k game streaming, up to 4 gamer profiles integration with a different service).

[@Skeletoncross]

Microsoft is greedy as hell. Do you realize this is gonna snowball out of control. They forced Sony to buy more and more and more. Now you have to buy two consoles from now on. Want final fantasy go PlayStation. Want gta probably PlayStation. Want cod Xbox. Want ea games probably Xbox. Resident evil probably PlayStation. This is what’s gonna happen. You all are so stupid

[@Rally1800]

And there's a huge difference in revenue streams. Netflix depends exclusively on subscriptions so they need to be constantly pumping out stuff to keep their user base. Either they keep an explosive growth or they raise the prices. Xbox, in addition to the subscription revenue, still has money coming in from paid DLC's, micro transactions and game sales.

[@Rally1800]

@@Skeletoncross Microsoft first party games are released on PC and in cloud streaming. Technically no one needs to buy 2 consoles. Hell, I've played ps3's Last of Us streamed on my PC with PSNow. Thats 9.99$ Sony got from me that would never have got without PSNow on PC.

[@MrUploader14]

@@Skeletoncross yeah except your view is wrong xbox had made moves to become as multiplatform as possible. They release their games on Xbox, PC, and IOS/Android/Mac via streaming, and even getting an xbox streaming app on smart tvs. Jim Ryan said in an investor's call that playstation is moving to become multiplatform bring more games to PC, and even Bungie games are remaining multiplatform. Do you know why? Microsoft and Sony don't make any profit off hardware sales their bread and butter are games and services and PC is nothing but profit as they don't have to sell you a console at a loss and maintain OS software and digital distribution infrastructure.

[@danielrich2338]

Adam's video kinda reads like a PS fanboy tweet that gets highlighted weekly on other channels... I'm a little surprised he didn't throw in there "at least Playstation will get Halo Infinite when their deal to buy Bungie closes"

[@StuffedShaun]

Dropping those truth bombs Destin!

[@jermelpurse3018]

Microsoft did disrupt the standard model of selling video games and guess what there’s nothing wrong with that. Disruption happens in industry all the time. Henry Ford disrupted wagon sales. Amazon disrupted hell everything. Look at Netflix they disrupted the movie industry. The music industry was disrupted by Apple and previous iterations of free music downloads. Now the same artist who were disrupted by Apple and their $.99 songs love the fact that you can make a hit song and not have to make a hit record. Disruptive forces happen all the time Sony was disruptive to Nintendo. Nobody said anything back then. What Microsoft is doing is introducing a new actually it’s not even knew a different approach to game sales. The subscription model nothing wrong with that. Netflix introduced the subscription model and we would all agree that the film industry is better for it. What Hass to happen now is Microsoft either succeed and others adapt or they don’t succeed. Either way the company has done nothing wrong for trying to do something differently.

[@deccaddo]

Due to the amount of games I have found through gamepass and taking chances on ones I normally wouldn't that were not in gamepass, my purchases went from around 300ish cross platform to 3500+ in the Xbox ecosystem. I have played more types of games, bought games I never would have, and spent a ahitload of money but gamepass is bad. What an incredibly bad take on MS with what they are doing with gamepass.

[@SheepAmongG.O.A.T]

His whole rant is basically just another version of 'Sony can do no wrong and MS is evil' mantra. You know same thing weve been hearing from PS fanboys for years. They absolutely hate the fact PS isnt dominating. Problem with videos like this is it gives credibility to posters that should be laughed at and ignored.

[@tomadon]

Adam fears tech in general. At least that’s the vibe I get from his pod cast.

[@hELLLcs]

I really hope everyone will watch this video. You make too much sense which is very rare these days on social media. Good job!

[@manavmitrani]

man I would love if PlayStation released a service like xbox

[@saldanamoreno]

Seriously though, Tencent, how come no one is fear mongering about them? It seems fear mongerers are slacking.

[@starstarstar4643]

I'll never understand the bias against xbox, if playstation bought Activision and had a game pass the ps fanboys would praise Sony for winning the console war

[@germangutierrez7640]

I watched adams opinion on the matter and from someone who is a huge fan of Adam ruins everything. Adam just lost a lot of credibility for me…

[@LifeIsTooShort7781]

New subscriber. Keep up the factual content. Great vid!

[@jessemorgan2009]

Xbox is 3rd. Sony pays developers to keep games off the Xbox platform… Microsoft is just trying to compete in a market space where they are clearly not the leader.

[@juliansj78]

Listen, I’m a PlayStation fanboy. Haven’t had Xbox in 15 years. And I give Destin a standing ovation. Brought the heat lol Yes Sony will be fine.

[@danielmckie5985]

Your an Sony Fan not an Fanboy, the fanboys are the ones that complain and end up being hypocrites

[@steveperry2301]

I love how at 17:38, after cursing over a dozen times, Destin decided to bleep out an f-bomb 😂

[@Majinivan]

WELL BLOODY SAID DESTIN!!! Once again proving unequivocally what real journalism (without bias) can prove!!! You’re a lord

[@contoursean8382]

Well covered bud keep up the great work

[@Kangaroo_NickYT]

Destin got riled up here. Pure class.

[@spgreacts4507]

This video was BRILLIANT Destin! Not only was the editing and jump cuts in that rapid fire form fantastic, but you also DECIMATED ALL of Adam's points with intelligent rebuttals of your own... Well done Destin!!🔥💯👍🏼 I hope you decide to do more videos with this style and format because their absolutely 🔥!!!

[@guybrushthreepwood8174]

Adam who? Lol oh yeah, yik tok is where all the largest brains gather😂

[@jponchor9792]

If you add the Activision Blizzard market share to the current Xbox Market share, you don't even get 20%. You don't even get the same market share that Sony does. You need AT LEAST 60% in the us (varies from contry to country) to risk being considered a monopoly. Some people like to throw the word "monopoly" out there without even knowing the meaning, monopolies manipulate prices at their own will and constantly do costumer unfriendly practices like, in the case of videogames, charging you $70 for a videogame saying that it's neccesary even tho they had been breaking revenue records, and not giving you a free next-gen update of your games. You know who does that? Sony, you know why they will continue to do so? Because they will continue to have a bigger market share than Microsoft (at least in the short term)

[@TheOldest]

Dear Lord Microsoft is being too consumer friendly that Sony won't be able to compete. Gamepass is just too good to exist, quickly run for the hills it's the end time 😱 This is the most ridiculous backwards logic I've heard, great coverage again Destin, love watching your channel.

[@daryno9047]

That’s not what Adam saying, he’s saying that MS is taking a loss now as a way of driving out Sony who can’t compete with a deal like Gamepass because they aren’t a 2 trillion dollar corporation (they are worth like 140 billion dollars, and it’s not all for PS. You aren’t going to be able to compete with that) and suggesting that they are doing what Amazon did. Sorry you don’t like how some people aren’t clapping like seals for a mega corporation swallowing up another corporation

[@adamreid2009]

You should really get irked by folk’s jaded hot takes more often Destin. Even with the swearing your points are eloquent. 😂 Keep up the great work mate. This is why I tune in. 🍻

[@Jermungus115]

Isn't €60 games still overpriced? Wasn't a part of that money taking physical copies into the price?

[@1EnZBosS1]

Inflation, profitmargin increases and just simply wanting more cash money. But in reality the costs on avg has been rising a bit to make said game. That being said, most of it is just to get more money out of people cause most companies do not need the increase to $70/€70/£55 but they do it anyway just to get more money.

[@IVSAKENSOUL]

Project Spartacus could be the make or break for their game pass alternative if they actually achieve what we all expect. That being a near full library of ps1-ps3 games available to play at a decent price with the option to choose which tier we want to acquire.

[@mrmiyagi8433]

Ah, Destin coming through with the voice of reason. Preach!

[@whome6020]

Sony has paid probably BILLIONS just to keep certain games off of Xbox ( FF7 Remake, FF16, Persona (all of the main ones!) SIFU, and who knows what else), and no one says a word. So Microsoft starts securing content and literally gaming is being destroyed? Stop.

[@maxiiewell368]

Great video, learned a lot of things here on all sides. You should do these kind of videos more

[@kthebarbarian8223]

This isn't a great rebuttal, simply by the virtue of the fact that it feels like you're paraphrasing and inferring to your audience what Adam meant, instead of showing what he actually said to your audience. His assertion wasn't specific about Xbox, it was a critique of MS as a corporation holding way too much power. While being 10 times larger than it's nearest competition (SONY), therefore being able to buy up large swaths of the industry while still undercutting all of the competition (things Sony can't do). It's monopolistic practices 101. But up all the vendors who sell to your competition, or even if you can't, you undercut everyone else because you have the capital to sustain losses. This is exactly what Walmart did to mom and pop stores and other "sell everything" stores.

[@vegangames3468]

One Game Pass to rule them all and in the darkness bind them. 😉

[@MBL666UK]

Some people just don’t want change ….. we should still be using dusty game cartridges rented from Blockbuster 🤦‍♂️

[@MarineCARMINE]

This adam guy sounds like he watched a sony fanboy video and is repeating what he watched.

[@florisbackx1744]

Sounds like a true Sony fan to me!

[@mitchelljenkins4815]

Microsoft buys Ubisoft, Capcom, Bandai, Destin: I don't know why everyone is being is being so unfair to Microsoft! Microsoft buys EA and Take Two Destin: Oh my god guys, why is it bad when Sony buys a small company but Microsoft buys large swarths of the industry and people are hating on Microsoft. They needs someone like me to defend them because they are the helpless ones!

[@gtotheunit91]

Destin is right about all the points he made though. However, Microsoft can't go further than Activision Blizzard in terms of size.

[@daryno9047]

@@gtotheunit91 and when Ms continue buying out all of these publishers I’m sure Destin will be there doing PR work for them every step of the way

[@illfittingtrousers]

I think your lucky KZbin hides dislikes now

[@BusyDadGaming]

I don’t really get how this has gotten as big as it has. Side note, great job on the additional editing!

[@THeXD3mon]

During a pandemic gamepass has been keeping so many people entertained at a reasonable cost.

[@TalkingWithBob]

Sony wanted Xbox put this generation and was buying permanent "timed" exclusives to do it. Sony can die in a fire at this point

[@sundarchip]

You don't have to be a monopoly to violate anti-trust regulations. The fact that Microsoft will still be the third largest gaming company in terms of revenue after the Activision Blizzard deal doesn't guarantee that the deal will go through. I do hope it goes through but monopoly and anti-trust are not the same thing. Anti-trust is much broader than that.

[@niklaslundh8944]

I am curious on what's anti trust with the Activision acquisition?

[@Vonkepplers]

It's true, Hoegs law has a good video on this. Very unlikely to be blocked though.

[@ToxicSpider0711]

Anti trust usually occurs when it affects the consumer like the arm and Nvidia deal but the problem here it's videogames that's not really a very serious issue for people that's how Disney were able to pick up everything since it's media the FTC doesn't really care

[@SSmitar]

"Anti-trust" comes into play when there is actually market manipulation, power abuse etc comes into happening. There is nothing inherently "anti-trust" about buying another company who aren't your direct competitors. So far, from what I have read, there is nothing illegal about this deal. At least in the USA (EU is a different beast). If by any chance, Government regulators block this deal; MS can sue them in court and pretty sure US government will lose this. Already have happened with AT&T and Time Warner merger where judge ripped apart Government's case.

[@akinoz]

Great work for Destin for informing the people.

[@SoSickRick]

He's a Sony Pony

[@a1racer441]

Bathesda in fact has been hiring more employees after being bought by Microsoft meaning they are increasing in size to make more and better games faster.

[@forkmasterderp919]

The playstation fanboys have been in shambles since the announcement and thier arguments keep getting more and more pathetic.

[@Nyyvv]

😀 Xbox more Studios then Quality Games ok Zero Quality Games ;)

[@dbzextreme1]

Yea those annoucements were terrifying! I've been scared to play ps5 and switch since. I want to play my xbox but i think it might buy me.

[@vullord666]

What's sad is their basing arguing for the gaming industry to keep being shit for no logical reason. Like I've never even understood why PS fans argued so hard for exclusives. It's the weirdest thing. A common argument I run into is that Xbox sucks because they release their games On PC and thus have no exclusives. For some reason I need to explain over and over again why that's why I CHOOSE Xbox, because they don't force to be locked down to a single system to play their games and instead actually innovate in ways that benefit me as a user. Maybe I'd give a damn about PS exclusives again, if there was a PS anywhere program where I could buy a game once on PS and own it on two platforms with the save files transferring over and syncing 1:1. I have to say, before I got my Xbox One X and saw just how much Xbox under Phil was turning the industry around, I was about to quit gaming for the most part and do I don't know what. Everywhere I turned I just got screwed over by gaming companies. Mobile games Ruining everything with RNG and Microtransactions. Exclusives taking away my freedom as a gamer. Pricing in console and PC games going to shit with most AAA games being $120 for all the content (I didn't really get into indie games until Game Pass). And with services like Netflix and Spotify and ecosystems like Apple (which I now hate but always though they did this well), syncing all my information and making everything available to me on all my devices, I desperately wanted that in gaming. Before game pass it was unfathomable there'd be a service that let me play games on my console, on my pc, and on my phone with touch controls with the save data syncing across all instances. Now that's here and looking to improve. What we've had for years with video and movie streaming and mobile ecosystems is finally coming to gaming. This was all answered by Xbox and Game Pass, to the point where I'm happy to spend most my time and money on gaming again.

[@cholderpsalm23]

I’ve been following you for about 6 years, I don’t think I’ve ever seen you this fired up.

[@prachu111]

Here comes Xbox's Knight in Shining Armour Dustbin Lingerie to defend his paymasters. Dude seems threatened by a 3 minute TikTok video. LMAO!

[@yourlegalassistant]

Serious question, which console player doesnt disable cross play when playing online?