Things are changing...

[@KerboOnYT]

There's a reason my game library is almost all indie and small studio releases

[@thearousedeunuch]

"Changing"? Things have been like this for ages.

[@Helix142]

honestly wont lie its weird hearing him list off things that "will" be whenever the game industry has already been in the gutter for many Many MANY years now theres the rare comebacks like 2077 and NMS especially so. and theres some good games nowadays like armored core 6 heard baldurs gate was good as well but. it doesnt take a rocket scientist to notice the game industry has already been in the gutter for so many years now. and well online only games are not new call of duty already has EOMM which from what i remember trys to get people addicted to the game as if they were in a casino. and it doesnt take much to show that mod support honestly is dying in newer games i dont want this to happen but it honestly might suffer the same fate as cheat codes idk 10 20 years later practically non existent.

[@CapitalGearGaming]

Lies, there are thousands of games that continue to run on even without the original companies existence. The only thing that is common about this is that greedy large AAA studios are doing it.

[@Nsodnoajdjksl]

@@CapitalGearGaming "greedy" Ayo?

[@BorisBirkenbaum]

True, i remember people complaining about this already a decade ago if I'm not mistaken.

[@davidcarlsson1396]

I don't hear him whine. I just hear a person who with the last change in KZbin guidelines finally had enough and stopped thinking preaching would change anything when the big tech giants with influence and cache have intresssts of their own. I got inspired to maybe see if I as a engineer can help with OHD by this video, I'm so happy for bluedrake and the world that we are allowed to follow someone choosing accademia because he wants to change an entire industry and big consumer groups expectations and values for the better.

[@davidpinlac3129]

Sorry to see how this all played out. Been following since PR. Good for you. Will continue to subscribe and support.

[@HunterPr0]

Great to hear, man. It's a huge step in your self improvement. Good luck with your academic

[@twrecks6279]

Man, I feel like I am being talked to by the school principle or something. I only buy and play indie games, never triple A these days. I felt burned by how much money I spent on world of tanks and hearthstone back in the day. I don't plan on engaging with these sorts of practice anymore all my life. Been playing games like Supreme Commander: Forged Alliances Forever. Beyond all Reason. Helldivers 2 (which has been remarkably restrained on the topic of poor behaviour for a live service title), Cosmoteer (a great indie title on steam), and many other lesser indie titles. Who cares what the majority does Bluedrake? Let them all enjoy their mediocre games while the rest of us find better more fulfilling things to spend our time on.

[@Falsechicken]

This has been my mindset for like 10+ years now. Even since people where complaining about micro-transactions back in the day. I noped out early. At this point the only AAA games I get excited about are single player ones (that can be played/cracked offline). If I buy it I intend to throw it on my NAS and keep it. I only really get excited about indie games since it's gonna be likely we are gonna get offline/community dedicated server support. And even then I always look more closely at what I am buying these days.

[@AKU666]

I surprised to see BAR player here

[@NeuroticBlackSheep]

World of Tanks when you could be playing War Thunder.

[@charlesfinas3826]

This is so relatable to my experience, the amount of stupid €$ I spent on Hearthstone still dawn on me Today I only play small indie game like cosmoteer too but there are so many other... Avorion, Delta V RoS, Loop hero, Rimworld, FrostPunk, Dredge, Highfleet, Noita, Risk of Rain, Enter the Gungeon,Darkest Dungeon etc. etc. Just to name a few...

[@twrecks6279]

@@NeuroticBlackSheep Before war thunder had tanks. :) But even so, I tried war thunder briefly. It has all the same problems as far as monetisation is concerned, but the gameplay is also not fun.

[@COOLOCKER]

Its a simple equation. Im not made of money so i wait until sales are on to get my games. If they price me out of the market, then thats it for me. And im sure there are millions like me.

[@TheFaizster]

On the other hand there is an indie game boom happening where more games than ever are being put up on steam. So AAA games are becoming worse but a lot of AAA devs are going indie, even Bethesda and Blizzard have former devs founding indie studios to create games the old way. Game dev is becoming so accessible that the quality of indie games is going way up.

[@Wobbothe3rd]

Plenty of Imdie games are guilty of exactly what he's talking about.

[@josiahregalado257]

It seems like a double edge blade for the gaming industry.

[@RedactedBrainwaves]

For me, always online games are the most frustrating part of this new age of gaming. I'm someone who rarely upgrades my PC and I have to make budget choices for parts. That means I'm often lagging behind in terms of what my PC can handle well. I would love if games I purchased can still be played several years from now, when I know I'll have a better system and I'll be able to enjoy them more. But with the trend of always online games it's unclear for how long I'll be able to play that game.

[@bahshas]

i hate those the most too because theyre impossible to download and play for free

[@htmn_2]

There is the "anti" version of this too. Something that you can play now, will eventually be unplayable in 4-5 years if you upgrade, being it the OS or the rig. Even in the "best technological time" there are some lockups that do limit the hardware/software performance and its implementation. lockups that are imbeded in the game engine itself so the best of the best could run it perfectly, but go use some old tech (as one budget build could have) or some future tech (released just year later) and you have a brick that can do shit and nothing more. "No refunds" and "F you" is all you will get from the publishers/developers if the fault is either "just your hardware" or "just your OS". The whole industry (hardware and software one) has this one goal - to "F you" again and again for your money till you are dead or your "privilege" is outdated.

[@Yoogerman]

I am not buying these games.... Never bought any of the new Call of Duties, never bought any of the new Battlefields (not even when they are on sale for 20 dollars or 5 dollars hahaha) Not because I might not like the games but because I don't like the companies and their bull. I want these companies to no longer exist so new companies with good practices can be born.

[@holymegadave]

I hate EA.. pieces of garbage.. someone hacked my account and despite me having all the proof of purchase.. the serials.. everything.. not only i lost all my games... other person is enjoying them. They are a bunch of criminals.

[@nahCyzar0520]

The Stop killing games initiative (EU) could bring down the online games shutting down problem but there is a possibility it wouldn't. AI replacing workers in the studios have 3 choices which are to leave the industry, be part of a different company, or make their own game business. More predatory practices is a possibility

[@imTheMrBEAN]

I don't blame the CEO's nearly as much as I blsme the customers buying the crap they push out each year...

[@LRK-GT]

There's certainly some 'shared responsibility' but... I 100% believe customers are being socially engineered, in manners that previously would've been looked down upon as a military/espionage tactic.

[@commandermerc58]

Well when the CEOS hire social enginners can you blame the common consumer for being duped when they don't have the time in the busy day to be plugged in like we are?

[@imTheMrBEAN]

@@commandermerc58 Yes, there's literally no excuse anymore. How many trash games are they gonna buy before realizing they make stupid decisions?

[@commandermerc58]

@@imTheMrBEAN You got to realize these people only really play 2 games. If, due to the experts they hire, the common man only has 2 hours a day to play video games believes only Call of Duty and NBA 2k exists is it really their fault when these companies invest MILLIONS into marketing and psychology. Hell I'm only plugged in because I recently got laid off and wouldv'e never watched this video unless that happened. (The only reason I avoided these traps is because I grew up playing Age of Empires, and watched Bluedrake in highschool.)

[@davidcarlsson1396]

​@@commandermerc58Did bluedrake play age of empires? When? I started follow him when I grew to love FCV server in PR around 2012....

[@KIWIDOGGIE]

You have inspired me, I'm working slowly towards getting to that point. I got a UE5 build server setup and slowly getting automation going. I'll probably reach out to you or BlkSte with some questions about development.

[@cragsdalephoto]

YOU WILL OWN NOTHING AND BE HAPPY

[@justinnewcomb2279]

💯

[@Yoogerman]

[@hoax2]

Proposal - The community needs a catchy label or genre for these games that are developed more as monetization platforms than entertainment. (Taxonomy) Like: "preditory-profit games" or "glutton-games" Something shorthand, that helps us communicate about them without long exposition. Eg. "Pay to win" has helped people rally and draw attention to a monetization practice.

[@Bluedrake42]

Online casinos lol

[@hoax2]

@@Bluedrake42 haha yep I'm quite fond of "predatory profit" because it says what it is, and also articulates the imbalance and potential unethical behaviour. Would love more ideas. And a megaphone for getting the label to stick

[@Nurse_Xochitl]

They are called "Live Service" games! We don't need a new term so much as we need people to quit being fking stupid.

[@davidcarlsson1396]

​@@Nurse_XochitlLive service games is a great indicator. Sure more than 80% of the principles comes from the casino business, but they don't even pretend to care for you, they give no RTP, just take your money and injects opium. Saying these practices increases engagement is like saying people play casino because it's entertaining culture

[@tottistenstrom815]

Personally, my library is like 90% indie studio games, few AAA like BF3/4, But if a game has no mod support or requires online full time either for both so/mp or if the game is pvp only then i simply don’t buy… And i think more and more people are doing the exact same thing

[@GuTTs1975]

Man... Bluedrake sounds disappointed. Good for you, do what you love. World is full of virtue signaling at the moment.

[@naftiusdofus1913]

Thats why i for example haven't bought any AAA title for many years, in fact when they first started with the preorder bullshit i was like nope that won't end good. I'd rather spend my time with indie games or something more productive. Alot of people must realize that you can't eat the cake and have it still there the same time...

[@IteratorPlus]

I have not gotten major brand game now in years. Every time I see a Steam sale I find it sad. Only games I am looking forward to is the new Orcs Must Die and Subnautica games. I use to play Battlefield daily and when it went bad it just killed the genre for me. Now mostly just play 7 Days to Die with friends. I will continue to vote with my money and still hope the best for your game!

[@dillonc7955]

This video sums up my frustrations with gaming. I'm often the guy in my friend group who advises my other friends not to buy the newest CoD game or the newest Battlefield game but they'll complain about things being so expensive and matches being so sweaty. Also sums up why I quit content creating early on seeing an algorithm was funneling all of the views into the complacent and shill channels while the less relevant and free speech channels stopped posting as frequent.

[@bahshas]

I understand your vision for OHD and I believe in its potential even if it isnt the hottest thing right now it will be

[@claykh]

Reminds me of a certain KZbinr who constantly talks 💩 about every new cod game but then proceeds to buy every single one of them anyway ☠️☠️

[@Nsodnoajdjksl]

Isn't that obvious that everyone play bad games anyway?

[@XyamaProductions]

Does this KZbinr call himself the "CoD Father"?

[@claykh]

@@XyamaProductions 🤣🤣 he most certainly does.

[@dillonc7955]

402Thunder402. Used to enjoy his commentaries until I saw that trend with him too.

[@linkcorriere846]

He's so true in what he says. I quit R6 this year after coming back to it for a SINGLE MONTH. My main (Iana) is nerfed to oblivion, all the characters are slowly taken down into the nerf zone and Ubisoft is making bullshit updates. What do people do? They complain about the updates, cry for a week or two, then buy the battle pass for the 900th time. Like... what the hell are you all doing? You are taking something, claiming that you hate it and it's a money grabbing technique and then you feed it. My country has been banning many things. Instaram, Wattpad, Roblox and now they want to ban Tiktok. What are people doing, you might ask? Complain about it in Twitter and forget about it a month later. Same. Issue. We need to wake up and start to protest. We need to NOT buy games whose owners treat us like crap. We need to STOP playing games whose owners treat us like crap. We need to carve a way.

[@hashhashbrowns5381]

Well. People are too comfortable and scared. I can say the same where I'm comfortable. I don't have any idea or care much to start something up. I was a r6 player that quit 5 years ago myself.

[@linkcorriere846]

@@hashhashbrowns5381 People shouldn't be "scared" of not playing a game. I hate CS2 and only play it for drops. As easy as that. I don't give money to the game, I don't entertain the publisher, I just do it for my own profit. People act like there are NO GAMES LEFT other than the most modern CoD and Battlefield titles. Well, BF3 and 4 still lives. Counter-Strike: Source still lives. Half-Life still lives. The problem is that everyone is so blind to the gaming industry as a whole right now.

[@juglansregia1433]

Hey man just a word of encouragement... keep going 💪 🎉 if they wont do it... someone has to🎉✨👍 I appreciate the efforts you undertake

[@CrowAthas]

brother i like your honesty and how quickly you adapt to see things for how they become, its painful and its sad how predatory practices somehow keep winning. May you find wisdom to continue on the right path even when so much darkness lies ahead of us

[@bahshas]

its a sad fact that organized people with money will always win over disorganized people without money

[@davidcarlsson1396]

I feel like if we give bludrake 10 years he will have both organization and money I'm so happy to have watched this video

[@Contentrist]

Find your own favourite indie and cling on to them with all 10 nails.

[@stevenmora240]

You are right, what happens for example with battlefield is that no matter how it goes wrong, for example battlefield 2042, people go and buy it, we the community are to blame for allowing this, if we continue buying they will continue doing what they want.

[@augustschild]

I used to call the kind of project you're talking about in the indie TTRPG space "fire and forget games." designers produce one, publish & sell, and then are immediately off to the races on their next big thing. part of it is the tiny mouse-like attention spans of modern gamers, and the appeal and baited-breath anticipation of "THE NEXT BIG THING!" have you noticed games people won't shut up about finally come out, then suddenly it's crickets until the next big project in development is announced? I think you may be trying to fight human nature. I appreciate your frank and honest discussion of gaming, regardless.

[@DasMonke]

A good example of a project that’s not for personal gain is ISMC2 project arbusto. It’s an Insurgency sandstorm mod that’s worth covering if you can.

[@VESSEL7TH]

ISMC is the reason I played sandstorm as much as I did

[@theflamethrowerman]

Can you make a video on Operation: Harsh Doorstop. I wanna know new stuff about the game.

[@richardwright359]

It's going to the bottom and after that the only way to go is up hopefully you guys are there when it starts to ascend💪😎👍

[@StephenMcGregor1986]

It's the world in general, not just gaming. Every company wants to grab you and shake you upside down for every cent you have and when they are finished they then want to bleed you dry too. Recent examples off the top of my head? That Pelatin treamill thing that ended up hurting or killing someone, apparently in order for it not to do that you needed to pay a subscription. BMW some time back, want heated seats? You'll need to subscribe. I think BMW recently stuck again, something to do with needing a subscription for your headlight features. Some years back, Intel planning to release a "forever CPU", where they lock it down and you pay for bits of it to be unlocked. What about Microsoft, they want you to have a terminal and run your desktop and OS from their cloud servers. They buy so many game companies, time and time again, oh, we won't fire anyone, we promise, BAM! 15,000 employees from such and such laid off ~1 month after acquisition. Google? Now no longer "allegedly" anti-competitive, but absolutely legally so. Game companies, changing authenticity for pandering, microtransactions, DRM, always online crap. How's our awesome digital security going? Hacking leaks everywhere. CrowdStrike and similar events. Everything being made more and more poorer quality and nothing lasting, planned obsolescence on the ever rise. Movies are getting ruined. TV is getting ruined. Games are getting ruined. Tonnes of these companies are all American, can't your pathetic Government do something already? I was an atheist. I looked around the planet and was like, nah, this isn't it. Maybe religion is it. This man made rubbish is utter junk and why did I ever place any hope of any enjoyment what so ever in any of the crap any of us have ever invented? Looks where our technological development has gotten us; almost at WW3's door. Well done humans, we suck.

[@deinoguy856]

Couldnt agree more :(

[@gooddoggo3547]

My biggest wishes for this channel was more Operation Harsh Doorstop development insight videos. So this is a win for me. Goodshit.

[@GreenOne01]

After the controversy with EFT, I put that game down completely. I bought the STALKER trilogy & played through those. Really looking forward to STALKER 2! I played Anomaly for a while & had a lot of fun with that. I also bought & started playing Vintage Story. We have to vote with our wallet, but we also need to understand the value of engagement! Like you said, massive review bombs just seem to drive sales even higher. We need to WALK AWAY from industry practices that clearly don't serve us well & look toward other opportunities! We need to talk about the values we uphold & live according to those values. I have absolutely been voting with my wallet AND with my time/engagement, and I've been talking to people about it whenever it comes up. No gameplay experience is worth living in a world where abusive, predatory practices are so extravagantly rewarded & I refuse to believe that there's nothing we can do about it. I walked away from a game I absolutely loved (one of my favorites of all time) because of some trashy people who chose to act in a predatory, abusive manner toward their players & I don't regret it at all. There are plenty of other fun things to do. 😁

[@bahshas]

i understand what you're saying i think it would be very interesting to watch videos about ai and how it relates to OHDs development

[@KiLDELTA]

Being mainly a VR gamer, I love UEVR allowing me to play OHD through VR. I do hope someday Bluedrake will allow VR modders to access the source code for this game to be able to have full VR support for us to have proper manual reloads when playing VR.

[@zacklightning3277]

hey man you're still attracting new poeple, im one of them, even if it's small amount you are doing more than 99% of us will likely ever do towards this cause.

[@shadowpuma5382]

A.I. is gonna destroy big studios.

[@Wobbothe3rd]

It's going to help them.

[@kaapokoodaa]

@@Wobbothe3rd It could do either or both or neither.

[@oliverfalco7060]

AI is going to completely destroy humanity

[@ThommyofThenn]

I'm no advocate for blindly charging into things in any sense but in this case, the big studios entirely sowed the seeds of their own destruction. They had every opportunity to do better and listen to fans, to build something positive. But they chose to wallow in greed and indolence

[@feversection9713]

Cope, nothing in the last 20 years harmed corporations

[@ltonchis1245]

Your Game needs to be known as Open Source COMMUNITY Game, that's the future of all software, it's beating premium software

[@whatandwhy810]

id love to know what projects u respect as it is becoming harder to find good games

[@Phoenixstorm36]

Honestly AI is a double edge sword, it's ignorent to only see only see one side no matter if posetiv/negative. I just hope the posetive ones will outweigh the negatives in the future. Much respect to your decision and congratulation that you hade it so far, best of luck Sir o7

[@harrison6082]

Welcome to the data sci major club. I wish you the best. Its certainly a tougher major to get. Its usually near the top of the list in terms of difficulty. Stick with it, you got this! Cool! Also, returning to University and getting a master's in data science seems to be a hot topic in some ways.

[@harackmw]

Good luck with your studies bro~ Always appreciated your honesty in these videos;the only thing I miss is the sliding chair into camera view from the old total rants from an age ago. 😉

[@coldturkey5333]

This is why I switched to playing board games instead It’s a thousand times more enjoyable

[@mechaslav8520]

I mostly play games from smaller publishers right now anyway because I dont like the current AAA formula. This doesn't really effect me.

[@davidcarlsson1396]

I soo look forward to someone with such grounded beliefs and values posting CS related videos. Tell us where we can support you in your studies (as a study circle rather than economically)

[@results4526]

Kudos! I'm pursuing certifications in the related field of GIS and may take some Data Science and Data Visualization classes as well!

[@xjuliussx]

i'm not buy any of the big companies trash since 4-5 years now. I am lucky because i am into old games and getting frustrated by any the market has to deliver from so called AAA. I support indie studios.

[@alastordemonboy2396]

I wish I could hire you guys to make a game. Cause I really love your position. It’s one I hold, and I have a sweet game idea, and I want it to be either 100% offline, or single player, but with very few features needing online only.

[@gforce7569]

Bluedrake42 I have been a fan of your channel since the early days of Project Reality, Keep following your heart man, and your success will continue to grow.

[@GamesforCykits]

Yea a lot of things are changing. . . i miss old blue, I miss you covering crazy games that came out or early look at games like ILL or that dead space like game

[@lospe85]

8:45 holy cow... are Helicopters already implemented?

[@worldbrake1667]

You sir, are speaking fact. That's why i support you

[@matro951]

The problem with the monopolys is they release games that are not even half done and just expect us to accept that they have to patch game for years before it's any good

[@OnTopAStemOfThornsARose]

Goodshit on the schooling! Rooting for you Drake!

[@VectorMonz]

It isn't entirely hopeless. A lot of AAA games are losing money for monopoly companies. Concord is the most significant example as of recent. This has been happening in the TV and Movie industry as well. It's going to be slow because media takes a long time to produce so the backlash will come in due time. Hopefully it will be enough in the long run.

[@fabrizzolla]

@Bluedrake42, What advice would you give to the two young developers behind the game Bodycam, considering how disruptive the concept of their game is and that, even in early access and with so many issues, it has already sold more than 700,000 units? Am I wrong to think that we are looking at something with huge potential that could fail due to the inexperience of the two guys behind Reissad Studios?

[@Bluedrake42]

I personally didn't have a good experience with that studio. Frankly, I consider Bodycam to be an example of how far things have seemingly regressed, even in the indie space. - Game is online only. - Game consists almost entirely of marketplace assets, not created by that team. - Game concept is ripped from another studio, capitalizing on a social media trend that didn't originate from Reissad. - Game is full priced, earning an absurdly disproportionate amount of money compared to the cost of developing the project. - Everyone still purchased the game and almost every social media influencer who received a free Steam key to the game endorsed it. A few years ago, this exact same game would have been condemned. However, for whatever reason... that mentality has shifted completely. The studio behind Bodycam hasn't done anything illegal, but as far as the growing trend of studios pump and dumping high-priced low-effort content that copies ideas from social media trends... it is a prime example of how that issue has recently reached an extreme.

[@Wobbothe3rd]

There are already plenty of Bodycam clones.

[@mapesdhs597]

As with so many topics these days, content creators really should be using other platforms aswell, such as Rumble, Bitchute, Locals, Minds, etc. Relying solely on YT is a terrible idea, has been for some time, ie. don't hold all one's eggs in a single basket. A common approach is to utilise multiple platforms, but upload some stuff that only appears on non-YT sites, in order to help them grow. Some rely increasingly on merch of various kinds, others on ad-reads, etc. Btw, my even mentioning Rumble in a post means this comment is likely to be deleted by YT, that's how bad it is now. Cool to hear about your Masters acceptance! Best wishes for that! Way back I had considered returning to uni to do an MPhil (then later maybe a PhD), as it happens also in AI (though it was a very different field back then, the early 2000s), but in the end I decided not to because of the way academia was changing, becoming riddled with politics and wasteful spending. Regardless, I hope your studies work out well. There's certainly a lot of potential for AI to be genuinely benefical in games (I was interested in persistent NPCs that could "learn" in some manner), but atm AI is an overhyped nightmare in so many ways, pushed more for commercial exploitation and the erosion of civil liberties. As with so many new tools, it's easier to use it in bad ways to make a quick buck or acquire more power. Maybe things will change for the better in the future, who knows. Alas a lot of it is tied up with wider issues, especially collectivist politics.

[@widowmaker7831]

You see you dont start the frog off in the boiling water, you got to sit him in at room temp then slowly increase the temp till he boils alive. You think it's just the gaming industry that is like this? It's so much more and so much worse than just the gaming industry. Dark times are ahead.

[@mcjk0592]

It’s all a ticking time bomb and also a big distraction. Everyone loves these war sims, while real wars are occurring overseas. Our involvement in these real wars is increasing and soon, we will be plunged into it. The game industry is just another head of the beast that is milking us for all we have. Keep doing what you are doing Connor. I love OHD and what you guys are doing with the project. Ready for full vehicles launch.

[@ThommyofThenn]

2:35 "playing a game you bought is a privelage not a right!"

[@holymegadave]

Thats why im hoarding legally owned older games in my drives! i have plenty of the most underrated games stored. Im like a squirrel haha... im only buying new stuff from indie studios or games that are consumer friendly.

[@Thoran666]

I have some hope that once the gambling mechanics will be banned in Europe or limited to games rated 18+. One "new" thing I like is buying cosmetics to support the game. I won't buy cosmetics for a game I barely play but I'll be interested in new skins after a few months of playing.

[@RedactedBrainwaves]

I'm happy for you seeking your masters degree. I'm on the same field (still working on getting a bachelor's degree in Computer Science) but there's a fair chance AI won't be so hot by the time I graduate so I'm not pursuing it aggressively. It's an interesting field though, for sure, and you getting in now will probably do wonders for your career.

[@mrpugster]

Worked in IT for 20+ years, 25 if you count the computer science degree till I finally got out, it's a never-ending slog for sure.

[@RedactedBrainwaves]

@@mrpugster College where I live nowadays is indeed a slog

[@Jordan-ql6tm]

Well said agree with everything you just came up with, and frankly you're not a Debbie Downer you're being an absolute realist. I'm an Xbox series X player right now but frankly after several years I'm about to build a PC again because console gaming is essentially dead because of the exact stuff you're talking about right now. There are financial holding firms that are coming out buying all these games and these IPS up putting in microtransactions for cosmetics which are completely worthless and what they do is fire the dev team afterwards and then let the game the IP completely die which is insane. Yet people keep buying the same crap over and over again this is why I want to build a PC specifically to play your game and several others but your game has been the idea I've been looking for for a long time

[@lithium84]

These days whenever a new game is announced it fills me with dread instead of excitement, especially when its a game from a franchise I used to enjoy... Sad times these are.

[@SuarSatya]

Even for movies and series, the new ones are mostly bad and lazy in writing and editing, just looking for profit by streaming online. I then tried watching old movies a and still enjoyed them. Thank you for your transparency, please don't make Skynet. 😁

[@92keys524]

Congratulations on your admission to graduate school!

[@JonPL]

Congrats and good luck with master's degree.

[@a1534-d7k]

sucks but too many people are npcs that cant stop themselves

[@nikelon8227]

If you want an online multiplayer project that has to keep servers running to survive for a long time it NEEDS to have some sort of microtransactions and i am happy to see games with skins for real money because when i see that i can rest assured that this game will have a long life unlike Starbase as a good example of a not free to play game that could not keep it running because they relied only on initial game purchases which was very stupid tbh. And Once Human as an example of a PERFECT microtransactions policy ( cosmetic items only that won't affect your performance ) and it can stay free to play and live for a long time because 1) there's a financial support for the game ( cosmetics ) 2) you can go crazy with cosmetics in a relatively short time and low effort ( compared to DLCs or new vehicle/player models ) so it'll be easy to add content so that people want to buy more. While other games do it completely wrong and die off very fast. TLDR: Microtransactions in games are good when done right, ensuring long life of a game.

[@chopchopofficiel]

My last mistake was Diablo 4. I was already losing trust in many studios; my last Battlefield was Bad Company 2, and since then, I don’t even watch EA game trailers anymore. I completely agree with you, but I wouldn’t be as negative because I believe we’ve already reached the turning point. When I buy a game, I see it as a vote, like political activism-I’m not just buying the game itself; I’m also buying the ideology, the long-term vision of the developers. And watching your latest video where you talk about bipods, weapon balance based on their ability to rest on certain surfaces, I thought, ‘WOW, are there still people who care about game design and just want to make good games? I should give them my money to empower their project.’ The big studios had too much of a head start, and their infinite marketing budgets have tanked way too many mistakes, but that budget isn’t infinite, and I’m seeing a lot of small projects starting to directly compete with the big fish. BattleBit is the perfect example. Yes, maybe players forgive too easily, but this game proves that the only thing everyone is really waiting for is a good game.

[@broshtheprosh]

i bet that were going to have another video game crash then a company revives it like nintendo did in the 80s

[@LRK-GT]

IMO. the Gaming Industry is in its death throes, and they're milking and actively addicting as many customers as they can. Unless there's legislation or some other major 'event' that prevents it, the mass-proliferation of AI/MI is going to allow individuals to build new and/or radically modify existing games.

[@Ciborg085]

You can post stuff about AI here for sure. From what i have heard AI is not as hot rn, investors are realizing that AI doesn't make as much money as they thought.

[@Bluedrake42]

I think the reason AI isn't making investors money is because of all the other companies (like Facebook) that just completely kneecapped the entire industry by releasing their models as free and open source. I don't think Wall Street expected that. I, however, am very happy about this. AI may not be making investors money, but I think that is a good thing... because AI is still absolutely helping other people. I wouldn't measure how impactful AI has been by how much money investors are making off of it. Investors not getting a return just means they failed to exploit AI and force people to pay more money than they should for it. That's a good thing in my opinion though.

[@Ciborg085]

@@Bluedrake42 I mentioned investors because it seems that developing some of this AI models isn't cheap, looking by how rich Nvidia is becoming by selling their chips. But yea i agree that models becoming free and open source is a good thing.

[@RHaenJarr]

We really need a good alternative to this website.

[@D4RKxMARAUDER]

regarding the predatory practices of microtransactions its ultimately up to the people and their wallets. people need to be more disciplined and less materialistic when it comes to silly skins and senseless purchases. vote with your wallet. people will learn, but they clearly aren't mature enough nor respect their wallets and hard earned cash (or moms credit card)

[@kwattigor]

i stay away from these kinds of games and when i put my foot down i dont spend money on these games anymore but sadly most players as you said dont stick to their guns

[@TurkishZombie]

Ignoring them is a great advice. Let's do it.

[@kBitre]

If tripple A gaming keeps going on their trend theyll end up defunct anyways, giant corpos NEED all their games to apply to a wide audience which will make the masses eyes glaze over eventually because you can only sustain copy/paste games for so long (games like cod), theyll go to indie devs IMO. btw 34m isn't a big deal if on 1.5x speed.

[@azriel9479]

Live Service/online only games should be outlawed.

[@philswift791]

I just do other things I haven't played a AAA game since Cyberpunk 2077. I only bought it after it was a decent game and on sale.

[@CapitalGearGaming]

3:40 Look into the Stop Killing Games initiative, US may be a lost cause but EU? Not so much, and if it works in EU it could bleed into the states.

[@PewMeowPaw]

do comments confuse youtube trends? Mr. Beast, Space Marine 2, Jake Paul nah... Am happy for you, you achieve alot, also you kind of motivate me to study again. I would watch some of yours AI videos :). GL

[@sirretsnom3329]

I stopped buying new games especially the woke agenda pushing games. I actively search for smaller indy games and older games that go on sale. I have been screaming about all of these issues and blows my mind that gamers are either this dumb, easily manipulated, lazy, or of short attention spans that want ez mode. Again, just blows my mind. On a side note: I have always streamed and played what I want, when I want. I have no desire to be content creator famous seeing what happens to so many in the long run. I also stopped streaming to the KILA - Killers in Lethal Alliance YT and Facebook channels in fear of some live-stream getting the entire channel yeeted for wrong think which would delete decades of Competitive Melee gaming and gaming history. I am already perma banned from Twitch and I say good riddings. So now, I only stream on Rumble, Dlive, and Kick. The point I am making here is for you to do you. Be honest to yourself and what you create and support. You will find the audience you need instead of the audience you want. The audience you want or think you want is simply not worth bending the knee.

[@BearerOfLightSonOfGod]

I think that for triple A games not for indie developers. I believe you'll be able to make triple A like games from your house and play with friends regardless of monopoly patents and ect. This is due to ai and all you need is to purchase a powerful pc or laptop and have a bit of creativity or a KZbin diy.

[@thesyndicatea.t.k7528]

actually hilarious how big devs like ubisoft think they can release stinker after stinker and the consumers will just eat it up forever, i bet ubisoft is having second thoughts right now

[@SiCSpiT1]

I'll watch videos about AI and data science, it's pretty much all I watch on youtube anymore anyways. Most of the newer shooters are just second job sims, the industry crash can't come soon enough.

[@CowCommando]

I take it Bluedrake hasn't heard about the initiatives started by Ross Scott of the Accursed Farms KZbin channel. He's trying to use legal processes to start a conversation amongst EU lawmakers concerning some of these trends you've mentioned in the gaming industry. It doesn't have anything to do with the KZbin content creation side of things though.

[@tottistenstrom815]

Would actually be exciting hearing you talking more about A.I, hope you ser this message, been following you many years, and you are doing an amazing work with OHD, And awesome to hear you following your dreams! Go forward brother 🫡

[@StephenMcGregor1986]

I will own nothing and be happy soon, I've made progress towards this very idea Hunting, camping, survival skills, hiking, fishing, gardening Cheaper than technology. Less stressful than being on today's technology. More rewarding too. Keeps ya healthy and out in nature. Plants don't f*** me. Plants don't exploit me. Plants don't require an always online connection. Plants don't require DRM. You can even "pirate" a plant, via propagation and it's free and moral, plants don't give me excuses. Plants don't require a subscription. Plants have no adverts on them. Plants don't track my data. Plants don't get my data stolen. That's it, I will soon replace all people..... with plants. I suggest we all do the same; would help with inflation too; everyone growing their own gardens etc. I can dream, keep arguing and complaining, seems to be the only thing us humans "achieve" these days besides a whole bunch of war and bloodshed.

[@johnjohnjohn1838]

isnt 'voting with the wallet' completely contradictory to the existence of Monopolies?

[@Bluedrake42]

At this point the only real way to vote against these trends with your wallet would be to abstain from buying anything at all… because yes, the monopolies more or less own everything now. I understand that not purchasing anything is unrealistic for most people, which is why I said this issue is mostly inevitable. So yes, that’s the primary reason for my shift.

[@ronbaer67]

@@Bluedrake42 how many years are you on?

[@Ciborg085]

@@Bluedrake42 i mean yea, just don't buy the shitty games, and if you really want to play thos shitty games, you can always find them at sea

[@holymegadave]

@@Ciborg085 hehe at sea nice way to say it

[@sophia_comicart]

OHD is just way ahead the curve man. The game is looking super crispy but if it’s going to lead the movement you and all of us want, i always figured it was going to happen after the game was fully ‘done’ to where even total casuals see it and want to jump in. Gotta make the competition jealous. I was kinda expecting this video at some point and bar the financial difficulties it’s all super exciting. Congrats on the masters course.

[@gamersbilingue8653]

That thumbnail and shirt thought u had converted to mormonism

[@Simmons1968]

Anyone else see how fresh drake looks? Holy shit!

[@shotgun1995hot]

Atleast i didn't my part, i jave stop purchasing OOD, ubihard, DA games for almost 5 years. Only supporting game which give access to game which is still own by me, even after the company has gone belly up

[@sumpurnis]

I don't mind that model just because I have my own head on shoulders to filter out games which I like, which sucks money from wallet and games which are basically a scam from a get-go (Ubi, EA, all the major companies). I still play Enemy Territory (Legacy edition, made by fans - for fans), I still play PoE, I still play RtCW multiplayer. I have figured out games I really LIKE and ENJOY, and keep playing them, supporting them with occasional micro-transactions and/or donations to those who keep the history alive. I am not interested in graphics and hype. I am interested in investing MY time in something I enjoy and like.

[@TorQueMoD]

I hope that your predictions won't come true, but they are seeming to go that way right now, and you're not wrong about anything you've said.

[@rjamz6758]

Future games will be mostly pay-to-win. I wonder what other genre of games does bluedrake like to do sometime in the future.

[@Omega59er]

Where did you get accepted into a Graduate program? I've been considering UofL, but their IT programs seem lacking, and the school focuses more on medical stuff.