There are currently 94 people playing Concord on PC | This Week in Videogames

[@SkillUp]

Check out everything Nvidia announced at Gamescom 2024: www.nvidia.com/en-us/geforce/news/gamescom-2024-nvidia-geforce-announcements/

[@perfidious333]

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[@D4rkKn1ght311]

Silver linings: at least we got the trailer for Sonic 3.

[@dkiearth]

One small mistake you do is you assume that this gen of consoles is powerful. As you can see the question becomes low resolution or 30fps. As you saw on so many games, black myth wukong and ff16(low resolution) monster hunter wilds, Avowed, dragons dogma 2(30fps) there is no win here, always people will complain no matter what the devs do. Which boils down to the type of game. Fast action fps over resolution and the reverse.

[@Kylamiis]

I want to see that Diablo interview you mentioned last time!

[@Corey_Mckilling]

Instead of being a scrub and begging for a build of a game, you can use some of this Nvidia money to buy it when it releases like everyone else.. You people make me sick with all the free crap you get.

[@Yilue]

A comment I saw on Austins review of concord said something a long the lines of "Most of concords players are probably reviewers and game journalists" Oof thats probably is true

[@gladiatorscoops4907]

That is literally what I was thinking, its not even a joke that is probably true. Just think about how many reviewers there are on YT alone.

[@boxhead6177]

And if they are reviewers, journalists, streamers etc... how many of those players are free copies? Or even better, how many people got free copies (for review, streaming etc)... and decided NOT to play it? That in conclusion, there are less people playing... than the number of free copies you gave out.

[@lw8882]

And sponsored content creators.

[@driver3899]

@@boxhead6177 Haha omg you are right, even people with free copies wont play it Its got to make it a bigger failure than E.T. at this point

[@cruzanassassin]

It's actually a fun game... Every reviewer said the same

[@berniecat8756]

This is why Sega cancelled Hyenas. They saw the reception to the trailer and realized it would be better to just cut their losses.

[@angellara7040]

They actually had a network test and it didn't go well

[@MrValgard]

Idk they already burn 60mln$ and ripping total war fans to finance it 😢

[@Mruck_Trop]

Even at that time most people confirmed that was the right move. Seeing Concord Sega sighed relief. But there;s DEADLOCK also.

[@azeria1]

​@@Mruck_Tropdeadlock gets valve bonus players and even then people are enjoying it or else people wouldn't play it even if valve made it

[@LiewLmao]

@@Mruck_Tropdeadlock AT LEAST has a niche + its Valve It’s basically guaranteed to generated some interest. Whether they can actually maintain their own games however….

[@conaldeugenepeterson2147]

The biggest surprise is that Gollum has 8 current players. Speedrunners are a different breed.

[@nailinthefashion]

I wonder if they’re all friends and sitting in discord. Would be charming tbh

[@reignman4]

@@nailinthefashionwould u say it is like… a fellowship?

[@SirCaco]

Gollum won the argument is crazy. What a post.

[@XTCMatrix]

Is it an inside joke?

[@Yougottubed89]

The argument Gollum wins is against a Beetle in the game.

[@XTCMatrix]

@@Yougottubed89 ya i still don't get it lol

[@larcenyud805]

Sony Ponies punching air. Neeeeeooooooooo!!

[@Frayme11]

Remember MySpace? ​@@larcenyud805

[@connorruby149]

93 people are playing concord and Austin is 1 of them!

[@D4rkKn1ght311]

MoistCritikal is another

[@yourvenparianen5390]

Seems only influencers and reviewers are playing that "game" 😂

[@chrisblack6258]

So Austin is one of top 100 Concord players

[@0uttaS1TE]

​@@chrisblack6258Obviously lower than the GOAT, ConcordDefender, aka Charlie!

[@BigThonk999]

​@@D4rkKn1ght311he's only playing it for like 5 hours then dropping it forever

[@syra2323]

Ruiner was actually such a good little indie game, went massively underrated, so happy to see it's getting attention because of the adaptation.

[@SpaceRanger37]

Same

[@antisocialgamer1599]

Great game, i had a blast with it

[@Bobfett1982]

Agreed, loved that game.

[@bayouboigaming]

@@syra2323 loved the game, but in terms of the attention point? Ehhhh I mean I haven’t seen shit about the adaptation until just now so. I wouldn’t call it attention. Acknowledgement is more the word I’d use.

[@syra2323]

@@bayouboigaming considering I hadn't seen any coverage about it in years and today it has been mentioned on the skill up channel, I would call that attention.

[@Rakka5]

Most of the comments here will have more likes than Concord's playerbase.

[@ELTABULLO]

And you'll get more entertainment our of reading them than playing "concor"

[@nailinthefashion]

There’s literally already more comments than Concord players…. Assuming it’s only doing a little better on console.

[@Sauron...]

"It's a singleplayer game. You don't really need that 60fps." Most oblivious game developer ever.

[@zilliq-qz5uw]

For an FPS game on top of that. The only genre where 60fps is the bare minimum

[@pipwolverine]

I wouldn't even accept 60fps in a single player game. Under 100fps and I consider that game broken.

[@MoonKittenJD]

Jesus I can't believe how out of touch so much of society is with other people lmao

[@aleigor450]

On the most powerful console...what's the point of it if devs don't care about it? One reason Sony is massively popular, their games are just looking so good

[@jonah-b7k]

@@pipwolverineSorry, what? You consider games that don't typically reach 100 fps broken?

[@Video-wt5lh]

Whats also funny is Foamstars, (the Splatoon clone made by Square Enix) announced shortly after this game flopped is going free to play and that game was forgotten a long time ago

[@PM-oh6er]

Really is it going on pc if not then that be only a short term boost

[@CB-lw7ty]

I actually don't think foamstars should get the level of disregard it gets for being a bad idea. There isn't really a Splatoon game for PS so trying to make one was generally a good idea when its very popular, it's just that the execution of foamstars was poor. Concord is literally a case of a flooded market and doing nothing special with the genre so what is the point atall, it's a bad idea from day 1.

[@agentep9979]

​@@CB-lw7tyThe thing is, is that Foamstars also just looks terrible, the realistic graphics totally clash with the cartoony artstyle, and also makes it look bland as shit. Compare that to Splatoon's clear-cut identity, unique sense of style, and consistent graphics, and you start to see that Foamstars is just a shittier version of an already existing game.

[@CB-lw7ty]

@@agentep9979 Absolutely but that's why I said I think the hate for the idea of foamstars is a bit unwarranted because making a PS version of Splatoon would have huge potential as well as be a live service model that could bring in alot of cash, but the execution of everything around that idea was poor which is why foamstars should get hate, not the idea but the execution as personally I'd still love a proper clone of Splatoon on PS.

[@CB-lw7ty]

@@agentep9979 Yes but that's why I said the idea to make a PS clone of Splatoon isn't actually a bad idea, but the execution of how they did foamstars was terrible.

[@sirjonsmithiii992]

Expecting 60 is not chasing high frame rates.

[@EsperSpirit]

I have games that are over 20 years old that had a stable 60fps at launch. They don't prioritize performance but most people won't care and buy it anyway. The studio knows that

[@PomuLeafEveryday]

We're in an era where people are satisfied with 30fps playing the game on their Switch or Steam Deck.

[@Corey_Mckilling]

@@PomuLeafEveryday Glorified mobile "gamers"

[@LordMuzhy]

Running at 60 should be the normal standard just like 1080p is a basic normal thing.

[@aussieseal9979]

@@Corey_Mckillingwhat kinda elitism is this? They’re playing games aren’t they?

[@JimJansen91]

This Week in Videogames has become my favourite thing on KZbin. As someone who grew up with games but in in his 30's now and doesn't have as much time to spend on them as I used to, it is awesome to be kept in the loop through these weekly updates. It's great to feel like I'm more part of the gaming community than I've been in years. So thank you!

[@94DEATHSOUL94]

Same man, same

[@Keithustus]

40s, same. I used to listen to a bunch of podcasts for this, but most of them changed their formats too much over time, whereas Skill Up’s weekly video is still a great combination of news and impressions. Plus some well-placed humor.

[@Reactor10k]

@@Keithustus This and Bluesnews keeps me updated.

[@ashcook123]

Hahaha! Thanks for the shout out. Pleasure to meet you, man!

[@fcpnch]

Thanks for the love, Ralph!

[@LikeACrouton]

The Avowed dev saying "We made a decision to go with 30fps pretty early" and "performance specs is one of the last things we do" seem to directly conflict.

[@kreeaccola9407]

Also 'it's a first person single player game. You don't necessarily need those extra frames' is just patently ridiculous. It's 2024. The Xbox series x not playing shit at 60 fps is inexcusable. I bet the s, it's whatever. But holy fuck dude. What do you mean you don't need 60 fps in a first person combat game. This is the *exact* scenario people want 60 fps. Just because it's single player doesn't magically make 30 fps fine.

[@chillhour6155]

Unreal engine 5 ?

[@xtoadsannom6704]

It means that 60 FPS isn't a priority for launch but 30 FPS is. Compare that to the Killer Instinct launch in 2013 : Microsoft wanted it to be a launch title for the Xbox One and so only shipped the characters that were ready, the rest of season 1 being released as DLC.

[@spaceman5017]

Skillup should have done a Tom Scott having the concord players numbers update in the title

[@AleksandrStrizhevskiy]

That would have been hilarious!

[@donaldslayer]

I was hoping that was what it was 😂

[@mint5438]

Him saying that 60 frames don't matter, and it allows them to add flashier effects kind of makes me worried just a tad, but I haven't played it yet so.

[@selectionn]

you dont need to play it to know that 30 fps is literally head-ache inducing and inexcusably bad, especially when a budget PC build will be getting well above 60 fps with no graphical dropoff by tweaking settings.

[@Nudderbols]

Will it look better than Wukong? No, it won't. Will it run with half the frame rate of Wukong? Yes, yes it will.

[@nickh4354]

Ah yes, I too remember all the gamers saying "yeah, it has a smooth as butter framerate, but the effects just aren't flashy and over the top enough for me!" Not saying it'll be a bad game because of it, but that's such a weak, dogwater cope reason to not make your game objectively better.

[@MichaelBurkhalter]

@@selectionnheadache inducing? People have been playing video games at 30 fps for decades without headaches

[@ChezzyKnytt]

​@@MichaelBurkhalterand many people have been playing 30fps games for decades WITH headaches. I guess we're at an impasse

[@ramizbalayil]

26:10 The casting of Frank stone is developed by Supermassive. Not Supergiant 😅. Got me confused there a bit as well.

[@TheNaughtyLlamaxXx]

Literally just seen this part and said to myself wait isn't this being developed by Supermassive too 😂😂😂

[@tomerilan4647]

@@TheNaughtyLlamaxXx Tbf pretty similar names. Very different studios though...

[@MrTribalpanther]

Thank you, that confused the shit out of me.

[@sbeeezz]

@@MrTribalpantherit wasn’t confusing let’s be honest. He clearly said supergiant by accident, do you need help counting to 5?

[@chocolatekake6796]

I heard that and my mind scrambled lol

[@heretustay]

devs choosing 30 fps because they want more visual clutter instead of a crisper, less eye torturing 60 fps is just insane to me

[@liamocallaghan6122]

@@Tuningforks85* you’re and also, he’s right. The majority of gamers would prefer 60fps. The fluidity of 60fps trumps any minor visual upgrades 30 fps may present.

[@byte-bg4ob]

​@@Tuningforks85 Hey dummy, 60FPS makes your game look better

[@heretustay]

@@Tuningforks85 and if you are a dev with any real power, i pray you have someone around you who isn't just a yes-man and challenges you on your ego.

[@nelzelpher7158]

@@Tuningforks85Please, how long are you going to bend over. Don’t you think we deserve better frame performance than the ps2?

[@NLGildra]

While looking at Concord game play, the following quote comes to mind: "a game made for everyone is a game for no one".

[@GrimJackal]

???? Watch a review sometime. One of the criticisms is that the games systems are overly complex.

[@ivibs1984]

Concord had 8 years of development. Delaying it to 9 years wasn't going to fix it.

[@ELTABULLO]

What about 11 tho?

[@nailinthefashion]

EIGHT YEARS AND THATS WHAT THEY CAME UP WITH?? my god I need to get into game directing. “Fine, I’ll do it myself” type ish

[@frankytanky5076]

@@nailinthefashionI can’t understand how in the fuck game development takes this long. Absolutely ridiculous:

[@nailinthefashion]

@@frankytanky5076 that’s the thing, it doesn’t take a decade unless there is conflict, in this scenario. I can see them doing too much research into live services and Marvel, trying to figure out how and if they can triple dip with a battlepass, box price, AND skins, lots of coding incompetence creating their own bugs to squish. I mean, this seems like a perfect storm kinda thing whereas something like Granblue Fantasy Relink took even longer but- it was spent actually polishing the franchise on top of their setbacks. Not too greedy but had options if you wanted to get cheap extras, minimal glitches, looks and plays phenomenally, has DLC so we had something to look forward to but they didn’t over commit to seasonal updates. The corpo greed of Concord and soulless characters/maps were so unbelievably obvious, I’m shockt they didn’t pivot sooner. There must be really indignant people taking advantage of the devs, or the devs genuinely believed they could somehow out Marvel, Marvel, when there’s not only Marvel Rivals but also a full on Guardians of the Galaxy game if you’re into single player, narrative focused games. I could write a thesis on this, it’s SO abhorrent oh my god.

[@spoonherr]

Removing the pronouns would

[@MrKnifeySpoony]

The visual transition in the XBOX exclusive psyche line at 7:29 was real nice Austin. Great edit

[@udontknowme00]

the final shape review will surely be this week right guys

[@Zurrke]

He probably is/was waiting for the episode to pan out, as it's the new model going forward. Episodes and TFS are separate but I'm sure he's going to review both in the same video

[@alphabackfisch1148]

We’re cooked 😭

[@kjj26k]

Didn't he not do a Baulder's Gate 3 review? Final Shape Review ain't happening mate.

[@Zurrke]

@@kjj26k he's said multiple times he *is* reviewing tfs.

[@udontknowme00]

@@kjj26k he's said it is and that it's releasing "next week" several times lol. not sure what bg3 has to do with it anyways

[@EhrenLoudermilk]

Ok, so im well into adult years. I have kids, a career, all that jazz. This is honestly the only show on youtube i look forward to. Ive been here since the beginning. Since the Laymen days. Keep it up and thanks, Ralph

[@handlechar568]

10:01 Such an awful take from that guy. When will people understand... the more "visually dense" your game is, the even more important it is to have FPS beyond 30, otherwise those detailed things in motion just look like fuzz soup and your brain can't take in the detail anyway. In contrast, low detail games like modern Zelda games are pretty OK at 30 FPS. If you can't hit 60, don't make the visuals detailed!

[@hoshi314]

at this point i am just glad i play mostly on PC and might never have a reason to buy Xbox console at all. Hell PC Game Pass is better after the price hike debacle

[@mechanicalmonk2020]

Funny. I couldn't take the modern zeldas at 30fps because of the long draw distances

[@kennystamper7873]

100, not having a 60fps option is just awful. I bet it will get it one day so I will wait to buy it then. Just sad for a first party game to be 30fps

[@hokuhikene]

I came to the conclusion I don't really need to buy Avowed for $69.99... As it stands, $30 is more than enough for this first person single player RPG

[@zonedout3390]

It's free on gamepass why pay anything besides the month fee, based take on a problem that doesn't exist

[@ChurpGaming]

​@@zonedout3390paying a game pass subscription is not free, you're literally paying for it

[@flingymingy]

@@zonedout3390Man didn’t get the joke.

[@vincentthendean7713]

Lol. Normalize "1 dollar per FPS" as a price point.

[@mrartezi2667]

​@@vincentthendean7713 Pc players in shambles 💀

[@Edsabre]

I don't know much about game development, but when I look at Concord, I don't see a game that was passionately pitched as a team's dream project. I would be willing to bet that the entire reason it exists is because a group of suits heard that hero shooters are doing well right now and they wanted a piece of the action.

[@mrartezi2667]

I mean it literally started development right as overwatch came out. You can't make this up

[@Keithustus]

“You have Overwatch at home.”

[@HellPedre]

and then the devs went full on the woke train, a game set with fictional characters, aliens and such, but every piece of clip and game lobby had at least TWO clearly human (strong and independant!) black women on them... so yeah, they clearly created the game for the modern audience,... all 256 of them

[@Keithustus]

Note that some people equate the presence of people of color with developers being woke. Because to them the world should just be all white, like their insignificant small town they grew up in that has 0 relationship with the reality of typical human existence.

[@eq7161]

​@HellPedre cave dwellers don't have valued opinion

[@manynukes11]

They need to start promoting Astrobot instead because people are actually excited for it

[@simpson6700]

i kind of wish astrobot wasn't so strongly linked to the playstation identity, then it would have a chance to come to PC. it looks genuinely fun, but i'm not going to buy a console for it, or for any other game really.

[@GustavoFil350]

It will get to PC in a year, unless it's a humongous sucess and Sony decides to make it their Mario, but that's ​VERY unlikely. @simpson6700

[@ORITHEDREAMER]

@@GustavoFil350the whole game is structured around the ps5 tho. it wouldn’t translate very well i dont think. would be nice to see on pc tho

[@nailinthefashion]

@@simpson6700but the whole point of it is that it has PlayStation references and uses the controller in incredibly unique, refreshing ways. Like… I get your sentiment, but that’s the soul of it. If you’re not a big console enjoyer, then you should just watch some gameplay and move on, since the nuance isn’t gonna do much for you

[@T4ll4hassee]

​@@simpson6700thing is it's not only linked to it. It's also the game that uses the dualsense features the most. So if it came to Pc it would be objectively worse unless using a dualsense controller. And I would love to see it there

[@kriscastille1030]

I think you meant supermassive not supergiant . My daughter made me rewind twice to make sure we heard it right. Love the show!

[@EliTheGleason]

What a wonderfully well intentioned comment ❤🎉

[@Things_n_Stuff]

Funny thing is I work at a retail store and when we get new video games, they’re kept behind the registers to prevent theft because there’s often a decent number of people who want a new release. Concord on the other hand was placed out on the floor immediately… we all knew this was gonna be a flop. No one even wants to steal the damn game

[@spencers360]

The series S was a great idea in theory, trying to make a next gen console that was more of a budget option that let people have an easier jumping on point, HOWEVER, it also held back almost every release for xbox this generation so the games could run on the cheaper choice

[@Keithustus]

Also their pattern to still release games on XBOne so late.

[@Pho3nix44]

I agree the Series S was a good idea, in theory. I think 60fps with the fantastic graphics we have now is the next gen experience for this generation. Seeing Starfield and now Avowed be locked at 30fps is just depressing.

[@philbarton2832]

Quoting their console as "the most powerful console on the market" while also having to dumb down their games specs in order for them to function on the series S has to be the dumbest decision I've heard in a while

[@analogicparadox]

The 30fps target for avowed is genuinely unbelievable.

[@synapse913]

It’s modern Obsidian - an appendage of M$. It’s totally believable.

[@esaedvik]

@@synapse913 Yeah, same with Bethesda

[@Deliveredmean42]

Eh. Bethesda is Betheada.​@@esaedvik

[@selectionn]

@@esaedvik nah, bethesda has been trash even before they got bought my Microsoft. Fallout 3 is living proof if you need any. Skyrim is an incredibly shallow game that everyone (including myself in the past) has rose tinted shades for. Obsidian died a decade or two ago, they havent made a single good game since new vegas. that garbage space fallout rip off really sealed the deal.

[@SemperSalam]

Especially with how cartoony it looks. Like, what are these guys doing. It’s not even open world.

[@shagaru1234]

Concord reaching for those dustborn numbers

[@jake1350]

Give it a couple days

[@systamatica]

Dustborn really does live rent free in people mind EDIT: 10 replies proving my point lol

[@AleXavieR-l2t]

@@systamaticabut not in player numbers.

[@Chopzi11a]

@@systamatica Dustborn doesn’t “live” anywhere it’s a dead game. Stillborn is more accurate

[@lochlannach7]

@@systamatica Not as much as Trump lives in the minds of the devs, that's the entire reason why the game was made, look it up lmao.

[@yellowbrickgames_qc]

Thank you so much for shouting us out at 16:30 ! We're so happy you enjoyed the demo and we can't wait for everyone to try out more of Eternal Strands soon. 🥹💛

[@jesustyronechrist2330]

Concord vs. Wukong really is the most telling example the entire video game industry should stare at long and hard. >Broke: Live service hero shooter made in a laboratory by marketers and executives who were told what consumer product will sell the best by a machine learning algorithm >Bespoke: Singleplayer action game with no MTX with great graphics, gameplay, and story, got over 2 million players at once.

[@nailinthefashion]

Me, someone who actually loves co op or multiplayer games the most: 👁️👄👁️💧

[@mkingjeffery]

I genuinely love this series! I've been following it for a long time, and I think it's one of the best out there. Keep up the good work!

[@PunkarellaOG]

Take a shot ecerytime Ralph says ' Bar Switch'

[@IgorNV]

Alcohol poisoning, here we go!

[@FrawgfithAmblose]

You'll have to switch bars as you listen to the video because you'll be kicked out of the one you're in for being too drunk

[@chillhour6155]

Try to take a shot when you actually have something to look forward to

[@kjj26k]

​@@chillhour6155 _FINALLY,_ a drinking game I can actually participate in!

[@tom_123]

(9:37) “… performance is one of the last things we’ll figure out…” is one of the last things I want to hear from a dev.

[@Keithustus]

But it’s honestly how most games are made. The last things worked on typically are framerate, bugs, and crashes.

[@tom_123]

@@Keithustus I don’t doubt you’re right but phrasing it in this way frames it as the lowest priority (which seems to be the case) rather than the final stage of production.

[@Keithustus]

@@tom_123 right, right….it’s not the terminology I would expect to hear from someone at a dev studio.

[@noobienie294]

​@@tom_123 he is the art director, which might be why he's not too worried about the frame rate.

[@zilliq-qz5uw]

Yeah he fucked up with the wording but he's correct, optimisation is the last step in video game development, because you might implement something on week 36, test it on week 37 and rip it apart in week 38. You should only start optimizing/debugging towards the end of the project when the features get locked for good

[@driver3899]

Its not sad to see big games fail the current western AAA games industry is awful - it needs more failures to make them change

[@miirico5398]

The issues with other devs lately is that they are trying to cater to these "modern audience" when in reality you don't need to pull that bullshit and you just gotta make a fun game to play, make the game with passion for once instead of catering to a certain audience that wouldn't even touch their game.

[@Vernafveik]

It is failing and the result is CEOs kicking their workers out the doors to make up for lost revenue We need security for developers, voice actors, composers, etc. and laws in place to put more responsibility on higher ups to deliver a good product

[@driver3899]

@@miirico5398 It's also driven by greed instead of trying to make the best product they can. They are all ok with using micro transactions on children which is a pretty big clue that they don't care about people at all either. They don't deserve to be supported. The harder AAA fails the better.

[@Jadfisk]

@@miirico5398what audience are you referring to

[@idc731]

@@Vernafveik The devs for console deserve to be booted not protected, have you seen there twitter? Insane people

[@nausferatu4768]

Title for next episode should be "There are currently 0 people playing concord on PC"

[@hrdjr]

Man, having this channel, as well as GameLinked from LMG is such great content.

[@sys.t3m]

Was a pleasure to very briefly bump into you in the business area at Gamescom - kicking myself I didn't grab a photo! Next time - Callum

[@JPOG7TV]

Concord failure is sad for developers who worked on it but honestly, it’s the best news since it means that Sony won’t be moving with this Live Service BS with their studios anymore.

[@bufosp]

nah. concord devs are calling us gamers "talentless freaks". sad for them? GOOD for them!

[@0uttaS1TE]

It's a shame the studio had to be the sacrificial lamb to make this happen, if it even happens

[@lochlannach7]

Not sad when there's a bunch of selfish idiots calling people "talentless freaks" for not enjoying the game. Let them enjoy their failure.

[@D4rkKn1ght311]

​@@0uttaS1TETrue but attacking people on Twitter was stupid and immediately turned gamers against them.

[@lochlannach7]

@@JPOG7TV They deserve no empathy after going against entire groups of people on Twitter and calling them all sorts of names for not enjoying their game, they will never learn any lessons from this.

[@SlackWi]

These live service games are such a high risk-high reward model that live and die by their player base and unfortunately there just isn’t enough time in the day for us to squeeze another one in unless it is truly exceptional.

[@0uttaS1TE]

Exactly. The market has calcified, and the live services that came in early, like Destiny or Fortnite or FFXIV, are now permanently part of their players' busy schedule. It'll take a lot for that to change, and neither branding, nor gameplay similarities will change that

[@K3end0]

​@@0uttaS1TEexactly! Even live service powerhouses like Overwatch are struggling, how can you expect to carve your way into an already packed line up? I hate the fact hundreds of thousands of developer hours has, is, and will be pumped into live platforms that will die on release.

[@Keithustus]

Just don’t trust anything anymore that’s free to play, even on PC. It used to be that just the mobile F2Ps were derivative garbage but now the console and PC titles are too.

[@Shoelessjoe78]

​@@0uttaS1TEit's the same with streaming services... How many can you really have. I'm back down to zero and I don't miss a thing.

[@chillhour6155]

Also Having social justice activists instead of actual game developers working on you're game is also a major debuff

[@shade_delano]

Between Until Dawn, Hades, The Quarry and Transistor, I can't tell which studio made what anymore. Supergiant, Supermassive, Superbig, Supersized, i cant keep up dawg

[@origosis]

Excellent stuff as always. Keep up the great work

[@nelsonkhumbongmayum6094]

Literally 3 mins after this video dropped, Claire Obscur: Expedition 33 got a gameplay reveal lol. Never change SkillUp!

[@Daniel_C_Griffin]

It looks incredible too

[@devak45167]

Maaaan no one could have predicted this…except for all the people who predicted this 😂

[@VulkanNeckPunch]

"It's a single-player FPS game so you don''t need 60fps" Ummmm... yes you do. How can you even say something like that with a straight face?!

[@boxhead6177]

Phil Spencer: "I think back to the announcement of 60 fps, then we weren't shipping 60 fps, that was our kind of punch in the chin, rightfully" That was him talking about the first moment he felt Redfall was in trouble (and still didn't do anything as he is hands off on the studios) and still let them ship it... and then closed the whole studio.

[@jamesthomas2410]

​@@boxhead6177ok let's look at it like this Bethesda pushed the devs to make a game they didn't want even if Xbox cancelled the game and made nothing back at all the studio still would've closed to be honest it was damned if you do damned if you don't but I think redfall would've been a decent Halloween launch and would've launched with 60fps but fundamentally the devs soul wasn't in it

[@JoeEver123]

They could easily fix it by working on a scaling mod, but xbox is just a small indie company who doesnt focus on technology already

[@aussieseal9979]

Um no. No you don’t, framerates do not matter as much in single player games.

[@Skret2]

It's not FPS. It's 1st person RPG. It will not really have super responsive combat anyways. It will be close to "The Outer Worlds" most likely.

[@ivorysamoan]

CONGRATS ON 1M SUBS RALPH AND AUSTIN!! -Everyone.

[@mattjohnson9620]

Edmund is such a great writer, left this week's 'put this on your radar.' Great to see this channel's team growing, thanks all!

[@simonr344]

I find it slightly odd that only 94 people are playing it on PC, not because it's good or anything, but given it's gone viral for all the wrong reasons, surely at this stage that would have boosted the numbers a bit? It's crazy to me that the numbers are still so low

[@cryogenicwaif4688]

Not even worth hate-playing at a $40 price point

[@froge_]

If it was free you’d be right. But people aren’t gonna pay 40 bucks to check out a dead game. Devs completely out of touch with the current gaming sphere

[@watzbeats9104]

People are able to roast it without paying the 40$ entry fee so why would they pay and support them? Not that odd. Everyone who defended the game already bought it, they stopped playing too lol

[@C2HGaming]

Players are being smart with their money. Eh, I say that, but their still buying useless digital bundles.

[@admiralpepper6933]

Not even worth drawing pron too lol

[@juice75]

What about the fact that they produced an entire episode of Amazon's Secret Level video series based on Concord?

[@Groncheroente]

Hey, maybe it does something like Edgerunners to Cyberpunk. I know is only 1 episode but they got nothing to lose. If they still alive in december 😂

[@darkhawk5231]

@@Groncheroente that comment aged poorly xD There is no game to get back to and even if Concord was still alive until then, no one would start up a hero shooter where they can't even experience most of what happens in that tv episode.

[@Zeoran]

People need to put this in perspective. The fact that Wukong got to 2.5 million concurrent players is INSANELY massive and a VERY big deal. PUBG may have hit 3.2 million concurrent players but it is a MULTIPLAYER game! Wukong is a SINGLE player game!

[@EsperSpirit]

Everything that has a "Wukong" in it will be played and praised by China's gaming population (which is of course humongous). Not sure why but we've also seen this with Warframe for example

[@soldierbreed]

Yes wukong is good you don't have to try to convince us its amazing we already like it

[@lordbertox4056]

​@@EsperSpiritWarframe in china is a different and totally separate game

[@wizzzer1337]

It's also important because Chinese game publishers will finally see value in single player games rather than being stuck in the rot of cheap gocha free 2 play multiplayer games. Wukong is the most successful Chinese game of the year and it's not live service.

[@battlep0t]

Huge miss for Microsoft as well not being able to get the memory leak issues for the Series S version sorted in time. You can see what a boost this game has been for Sony in China with PS5 sales doubling

[@sindri1447]

That Amazon CEO quote made me lol at work. Please warn me next time mr. Shill Up.

[@jarnomikkola8438]

Thanks for switching the publishing date of this to Wednesday, because we get a reminder to retain all our Epic Game Stores deals each time you release this, while we get to very likely see what's coming next.

[@matthewfairchild3846]

POWER STONE has returned!!!!! My dreamcast childhood was the best time of my life😂

[@philbarton2832]

YESIRRRRR! Such fond memories of power stone 😀

[@lordoaf]

If Concord respected its source material as the capitol of New Hampshire, I would’ve played it.

[@Keithustus]

It’s only coincidence that they’re spelled the same though. Completely different pronunciation.

[@henryj5054]

It's not good when the developer says "You don't need 60 frames" (Avowed). Ridiculous that this is still acceptable

[@pipwolverine]

Couldn't agree more. It's scary that devs are still saying things like this in 2024 when we have seen countless gorgeous games with high frame rates working perfectly at this point.

[@PrivateUtoob]

great episode as usual. Was happy to hear Risk of Rain 2 shouted out but no mention of the DLC?!

[@ArmisticeGaming]

The Adele joke during the feel good segment gave me the biggest belly laugh that I've had in a while. Thanks. "Hello... It's me... Adele" 😂 30:53

[@caffedinator5584]

The Ruiner hub level was obviously scaled back but had lots of vibe. hopefully the movie can channel that.

[@TheDungeonDive]

The thing with Concord is, who was asking for another mediocre live action shooter? We really only need a handful of these games. The cartoony one. The realistic one. The SF one. The fantasy one.

[@nailinthefashion]

It’s awkward cuz Marvel Rivals is free and has the real guardians of the galaxy too so it’s like………. How ignorant could they be

[@byte-bg4ob]

​​@@nailinthefashion You would be surprised about how ignorant some devs are and they usually don't care if their games flop for obvious reasons everyone told them about, they get paid either way so why should they care and they'll just find another job. They have the same mentality as cops, they have no real consequences for destroying lifes.

[@nailinthefashion]

@@byte-bg4ob "destroying lives" is a little much for just putting out a bad product, but I get the sentiment. They can't exactly say no to their bosses anyway, so if they're hired to put out a guardians of the galaxy/overwatch hybrid, they gotta eat somehow. It's not all black n white so you shouldn't be so harsh

[@6barphraseheyhey374]

Anyone who gets the appeal of Concord is a Destiny PVP player and already too addicted to that to break away. I quit Destiny a few years ago so Concord is perfect for me. But I only play on Xbox. Buying a gaming PC next week to try Concord.

[@noimageavailable2934]

Can't wait for the free to play update for concord in two months.

[@CamCardTricks]

If they want to save their game, they need to do it like, tomorrow lol

[@wayback1010]

​@CamCardTricks they probably want to but ppl have already paid full price for it so

[@CamCardTricks]

@@wayback1010yeah this whole thing is a lose lose for them. They really should have done what Ralph said - postponed, reworked into f2p. Now they’re stuck with their current situation. Which stinks cause the gameplay is great.

[@Muhammad-Jacobs699]

That won't move the needle one bit sadly. They already made the Open Beta Free after the abysmally low paid for Closed Beta numbers, and nothing changed.

[@miirico5398]

I highly doubt this game would make it that far mate with the amount of player count it has, it is looking pretty fucking grim.

[@Wizardi1111]

First-person single-player game is exactly where I don't want 30fps...

[@Longdog73]

To me the dumbest thing about concord is that they made a hero shooter that practically forces you to swap heroes every round. Unless the team comp is lacking, that’s the last thing I want to do in a hero shooter. Can’t imagine something more anti-fun

[@HellPedre]

when it FORCES me to play as a strong human black female I feel immediately NOT represented, so there they have it, they want inclusion so much they repel 99% of the player base... so yeah, there s a ton more than just gameplay, its a modern audience game through and through

[@Lord_Fried]

30 FPS in 2024 is ludicrous

[@nelzelpher7158]

The ps2 had games running at 60. Technology today is so ancient, exponential improvement my ass.

[@HellPedre]

@@nelzelpher7158 tech today can run 10 years old impossible at that time to run at +500 fps, hardware capability is literally through the roof, you can make an Unreal 5 scene in a potato and it will run at 30 fps, technology has come a super long way, we talking about TERAFLOPS of computing power, but what in the actual FFFF developers are doing is beyond any measure of understanding that their non raytraced games cant hit 60 fps like old consoles could...

[@yaron_izzikf]

I don't know what special spice 'schillup' adds to his videos, but I just can't get enough of them.

[@RazeYourHead]

Given OW2 canceled PvE Mode, concord could have easily taken this unnused spot in the hero shooter market. The cutscenes, character models and even the lore are all solid as a fundation for a more PvE leaning game

[@SuperZura91]

100% they could have released as a PVE game, after gaining traction expand into a live-service hero shooter. People spend more for characters they care about.

[@wiliestrogue2924]

Nobody would have played it due to the DEI. DEI = DOA. We reject the "MESSAGE".

[@janus798]

​@@wiliestrogue2924Y'all are insufferable.

[@ChurpGaming]

​@@janus798ya "y'all" really are that's why no one is buying your propaganda disguised as video games because you "people" can't help but to stuff your sad agenda in everything and can't just let normal people have fun

[@manjackson2772]

​@@wiliestrogue2924 You're a cultist, get help

[@CNRMRY_YT]

I was actually able to playtest the gamescom build of Eternal Strands a few weeks ago, just put out a video on my thoughts/experience so far. Looking great!

[@joseaca1010]

So Austin went from a top 1000 Concord player to a top 100 Concord player, impressive

[@hazycosmicjive9002]

15:26 Damn I had to rewind it, I thought you said "luckily didn't sell a boat load". I was like god damn what did they do to you? lmao

[@TheCrewExpendable]

Lol same

[@finalfrostfall670]

If I missed a few months of gaming news and someone said "guess what game has more sales?" and showed me Concord and Collage Football for the first time... I would never ever guess Collage Football could have won. Now I'm the one feeling out of touch with gaming.

[@Arrestedrabbit]

That's not really your fault that's just Americans for you.

[@0uttaS1TE]

SkillUp coming in with the curb stomp with that title, gawddamn 17:24 Between this and Nightrunners, PS2 streetracing fans are eating GOOD

[@hrafnafadhir]

“…that’s at least around $40 million dollars [sic] additional revenue…for Rare to hire and invest in growing that game out.“ That’s a funny way of saying around $40,000,000 additional revenue straight into the pockets of the executives.

[@asgads]

Saw you at gamescom, good stuff

[@Labib-dw1lk]

Concord's Failure: 0:43 Sony's PS5 Price Hike in Japan: 5:01 Xbox Platform Exclusivity Discussion: 6:26 Avowed Performance on Xbox Consoles: 8:11 Miscellaneous Gaming News: 9:10 Sales Figures and Success Stories: 11:00 New Game Announcements: 13:01 Game Delays and Cancellations: 17:04 Recent Game Releases: 20:12 Upcoming Game Releases: 22:14 PS+ Catalog Changes and Game Pass Updates: 24:21 Feel-Good Story: 25:55 Conclusion and Final Nvidia Sponsorship Mention: 27:04

[@superbtrilogy5049]

Thanks

[@Perchh95]

Legend. Such a shame Shillup doesn't provide these

[@sillylilstella]

now that deadlock's alpha has left the "dont publish anything online" period, i think valve will hit the final nail into the concord coffin

[@Duke6598]

94 are still too many

[@TheCyberkitten]

Thank you guys! ♥

[@simpson6700]

7:28 that punch in the face was timed perfectly

[@Petrotech007]

3:04 sums it up.

[@SorryBones]

RUINER is getting a movie?! YES, it is such a baller buddhist-themed cyberpunk world with a nice simple premise perfect for a good action flick. What unexpected good news

[@whaturdoingisillegal]

m o n k e e

[@NELLYB]

"Like DC tried to make gaurdians of the galaxy" that's why I come here every week

[@pintergabor5404]

What language is this?

[@UtterEagle629]

Should have come to school instead buddy

[@NELLYB]

​@UtterEagle629 what school did you go to? Did they not teach you about typos and how contextualize them to make conversations easier for yourself?

[@NELLYB]

​@@pintergabor5404English with a few typos. We're you not taught this in school?

[@JulesNekro]

​@@NELLYB *were

[@Yonderkthx]

Casting of Frank Stone is being made by Supmassive*, not Supergiant (of Hades fame). Good episode as always!

[@soulure]

Out of all the flops, I kind of want to play Gollum

[@frogery]

meanwhile 94 thousand people are playing an unannounced game.

[@nailinthefashion]

Make a good game, let people tell their friends, no need for commercials, then use the marketing budget ON SAID GOOD GAME. They crackt the code and I’m so happy for em even if I can’t play yet since my pc is dead

[@melonelon7590]

And not everyone can play it, only those who got invited.

[@thingsiplay]

Concord Every possible projection for Concord's release that has been made, has happened to Concord.

[@freddan6fly]

I bet Sony is proud of the immense success of Concord, with 94 players. Edit: right should be right, as the time I write this comment, there is a whopping 119 players.

[@James-u1y]

Some cool games shown this episode!

[@RalJustRal]

Nice work team. Thank you.

[@pixelreaper8833]

The thing is; a fixed hardware platform will always be a 30FPS platform, no matter how powerfull it is. Developers will look at what is possible at 60FPS and see that they can do more with the hardware if they go down to 30FPS. And that will always be true no matter how powerfull the platform is, sacrificing FPS will always get you more visual fidelity on fixed hardware.

[@HellPedre]

so true, imagine marketing your console as the most powerful, just to it being tied with the least powerful (taking out switch) so that developers cant never really use that capabilities LMAAOO this executives man really, how TF does this geniuses get there to make this incredible retarded decisions???

[@JC-Alan]

11:30 I’m a software developer and this is mostly true. It doesn’t take away from generative AI uses that *do* present opportunities to cut costs and eliminate jobs, but Copilot/GPT are tools, and almost every developer I know uses them to some capacity. I think the exec was a bit off base, but he’s right in that the programming problems are (currently) the things benefitting from AI the most. With that said, it’s more of the boiler plate/generic/repetitive code, not the high level problem solving. That stuff is still done by humans.

[@janus798]

Also a developer. I think it's very dependent on your domain; using GPT for web dev seems pretty useful for the folks I've spoken to, but anything more involved than boilerplate React frontend stuff and you're just asking for bugs and bad code, linking to nonexistent libraries, etc.

[@DrPhoerrets]

I've used ChatGPT to help with simple algorithms and very common and well know problems in C++ and Unreal. However, anything more modern, complex, and/or niche problems and it really falls apart. It hallucinates functionality and provides bug ridden code. One thing I found really useful was finding the language to understand code. Don't know what to search for when trying to understand what a snippet of code is doing? Put it in ChatGPT and it'll (usually) give you the technical terms for it that you can then search for online.

[@JC-Alan]

@@janus798 no one worth their salt is just pushing GPT code. That idea of it being a “pair programmer” has actually come to fruition. Often I’m teaching it what I know and in turn it teaches me things I didn’t know. To me it honestly feels like the penultimate version of Google. You’re right that it produces bad code, but so does everyone else. The main point is that developers at every level of the stack are using it to be more efficient. That is what this exec is trying to communicate.

[@coolbrotherf127]

10:33 The only reason why games on the series X can't hit 60fps is because Microsoft demands feature parity with the series S, so developers can only make the games as fast and as good looking as the series S will allow. Just another dumbass decision from some of the most clueless executives in the business.

[@philbarton2832]

They bent that rule so that they could get baldurs gate 3 to run on an Xbox. I don't know if they've now thrown that rule out or if it's a case to case basis which perfectly fits Phil Spencer's now infamous vague messaging this gen

[@ricardocondinho5965]

I heard you might do an appearance in rurikhan's podcast, cant wait to check my 2 favourite youtubers having a great time together! Wait... that came out wrong 😂

[@Jim2point0]

Skillup, if you are truly a fan of heroes of might and magic, then check out songs of conquest. That is a fantastic homage to the series with a gorgeous pixel art style.

[@mattys3248]

Brooo! Final Shape review whennnnnn??? 🙏

[@arkemond]

At this point I don’t think it’s coming. Way too much time has passed since the release of TFS. We’re looking at a Sekiro scenario

[@createprince2093]

@@arkemondi’m most salty about baldurs gate 3 personally

[@arkemond]

@@createprince2093 don’t get me started on him not doing an Outer Wilds review

[@DawnOfTheOzz]

In other news: There was also a Nintendo Direct this week which announced a remake of Trails in The Sky the 1st... in a sizzle reel which angered a lot of people watching. Also, the S.T.A.L.K.E.R trilogy and Yakuza Kiwami are on the way to the Switch. There was also announcements for the next Capcom fighting collection which includes Powerstone 1 and 2, another Castlevania collection, Goat Simulator 3 and the greatest game of all is out now on the Switch: Pizza Tower.

[@Vernardo]

Maybe on next week show since he was a day late.

[@ascendingsoup5518]

Not to mention the Suikoden remasters finally got a fucking release date after vanishing into the void for over a year

[@nawfalmisconi1287]

You know ShillUp didn't play Ruiner when he describes it the way he did. If you haven't played it, do it. It's awesome, all great vibes and atmosphere with meaty gameplay to boot.

[@space4space]

Concord feels like how a lot of games are named these days. A Marketing team with a thesaurus scanning for words that aren't IPs yet instead of naming it something that will actually stick in anyone's mind.