Top Ten SEGA Fails

It's no use! SEGA keeps messing up, so let's talk about their Top Ten SEGA fails!
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[@DarkEinherjar]

"WHAT IS THIS!? WHAT IS THIS!? WHAT IS MY LIFE!?" -Arin, 2012, about Sonic '06

[@ImmaLittlePip]

"Well I tell you what Arin you can give up now or you can figure it out Because I can't certainly do it without you and I know you can't do it with out me" - Jontron 2012

[@danielwinchester4759]

"I appreciate it man, but look what we are dealing with man!" Arin Hanson.

[@BoopaKing]

"You gotta make a statement, you have to look inside yourself and say: What am I willing to put up with today? *NOT. FUCKING. THIS!"* -Arin Hanson

[@shis1988]

@@BoopaKing I'M OFF! I'm Superman! I believe I can fly!

[@AutZentus]

"Megaman X6 I would replay over this fucking abomination!" The great clement, 2012, the ending to his sonic genesis review (leading into his 3 hour review of sonic 06)

[@davidlewis4245]

Okay, out of all the ways that Josh has concluded the Number 1 segments of these "Video Game Company Fails" list, this one was the BEST!

[@ravnhaveland9594]

First I miss read what you wrote. After that, AGREED!

[@archangelsupreme4963]

Yup

[@bismuth7398]

I respectfully disagree. I found the Rogers and Hammerstein parody to be extremely cringy. And considering that lots of people unironically like the games mentioned, the #1 spot struck me as little more than opinionated whining.

[@joegreen3802]

David Lewis it was very amusing and entertaining

[@michaelbreen7865]

@@bismuth7398 Don't you mean Rogers and Hammerstein?

[@ChaosJesterYT]

9:02 "HEY KIDS, DID YOU KNOW SEGA MAKES GAMES OTHER THAN SONIC Neither did they" Me: *Cries in Rhythm Theif*

[@nekosoravenchannyu]

Some else agrees me! Waaaaah

[@nekosoravenchannyu]

Waaah you even have Phantom R icon!!

[@alyssaagnew4147]

(Heavy sigh) Skies of Arcadia.....

[@SuperPlaytendo]

Your profile pic says it all. Where’s the Rhythm Thief sequel!?

[@GoreHusbando]

Every day, I still await a Rhythm Thief sequel

[@JoeyTurner476]

^^ I actually helped co-write the song at the end.... I love how it turned out! XD

[@mrdzentertainment1062]

You sir, is a mane of culture and grace... ZA WARUDO Doesn't deserve you...

[@jaketucker2559]

I just hope he’s fair when it comes to the argument of whether or not skylanders killed Spyro

[@harrisonmissell1716]

@Joey Turner it turned out as a absolute masterpiece compliments to the chefs

[@betajediwizard5680]

Spoilers! Edit: Okay that was pretty good.

[@kiorili]

thanks for your works ^^

[@ArcaneSeason3]

Sega making more than Sonic? Most people would only believe that when Bethesda makes something finished.

[@Cure_Hana]

They do also have the Project Diva games, if those count.

[@Percival917]

Yakuza: *in angry, hammy Japanese* Am I a joke to you?

[@chriswelch5786]

SHOTS FIRED

[@aliastheabnormal]

An interesting thing is how Sonic X-Treme got cancelled which is by the feud between Sega of Japan and Sega of America. STI couldn't get the game done without Yuji Naka's help and Yuji said fuck you i'm not giving you the Nights engine even if its to save the company. And without it the project collapsed and Sega gave Sonic team Japan the go ahead to make Sonic Adventure for the Saturn.

[@CrazeeAdam]

The sad thing is a lot of their non sonic games are better

[@foxpokemonforever4775]

That musical number for the last entry? Just... Brilliant. Well-played.

[@ragnarok2354]

It's a Reference to PIRATES OF PENZANCE OMFG! Now I can't unsee Sonic as the modern Major General

[@animegx45]

That Sega vs Sega war. Sega: You might know everything I'm going to do. But that's not going to help you, since I know everything you're going to do! Strange, isn't it!

[@pigifi]

This cost Sega the Sega Playstation. After Nintendo's stunt, Sony considered working with Sega to spite them before finally developing the console themselves. Sega of America actually approved the thing, but Sega of Japan being the home base and therefore being the last word didn't like any ideas that aren't theirs vetoed them. The result was pretty much karma, with Sony running both Nintendo and Sega out of the console wars for the next two gens.

[@No_Sleepee]

Oh my god the Sonic Shorts Reference

[@bluestreaker9242]

@@No_Sleepee Which is funny because that bit was a reference to the Sonic CD OVA, the official debut of Metal Sonic and...possibly the weirdest iteration of Sonic ever...and considering the existence of The Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog, that's saying a lot. (Side note, I'm not saying I hated the OVA, in fact, I love it. It has flaws, sure, but it's just too dang much fun for me to care half the time.) O.o

[@thomasedwardharrison2879]

Out of all the companies Josh did, SEGA is the least evil. They are just incompitant

[@orangeslash1667]

@@thomasedwardharrison2879 Wrong, Here are some more fails, Secret level was unable to make GoldenAxe Beast rider a good game because Sega forced them to make the Ironman game at the same time. Dimps wanted Sonic 4 to used sprites but Sega forced them to use 2.5 instead. Sonic Boon was originally going to be on the Ps4 but Sega once again forced Big Red Button to have the game be on the Wii U despite the fact that Cyengine don't work on the WiiU. When Sega fired the dreamcast voice actors for the 4kides actors them didn't even tell them that were being fired, Ryan Drummond himself bought Shadow '05 and discovered they were all replaced with the 4Kids Cast, leading him to contact SEGA only for them to say that all of them were fired and replaced, literally forcing Ryan to contact the rest of the V.A Cast to tell them they'd all been fired from SEGA (Yes, that actually fucking happened).Finally Sega of Europe place Denuvo on the version of Sonic Mania which teciacas issues, so what did Sega do they blamed Christian Whitehead, despite Whitehead saying he had nothing to due with Denuvo. Sega may not be the least evil.

[@phantomslay5612]

Let us all give a round of applause to Josh's epic musical rant of Sonic 06.

[@Hello_World_not_taken]

And here’s a free lyrics It is the very model of a modern game calamity With glitchy graphics, stupid plot, and just a lack of sanity The bad design and car controls inspired much profanity And physics that lack gravity and go for abnormality A barely tested product rushed before it’s true finality The goal: a certain flavored day of Christianity Some beta testing really could’ve helped this sad disaster cease And then we would’ve crowned this mess a modern gaming masterpiece And then we would’ve crowned this mess a modern gaming masterpiece! And then we would’ve crowned this mess a modern gaming masterpiece! And then we would’ve crowned this mess a modern gaming masterasterpiece! Playing different characters would normally be super fun But lack of depth and glitches will make Arin say, “I’m FUCKING DONE” With glitchy graphics, stupid plot, and just a lack of sanity, it is the very model of a modern game calamity! With glitchy graphics, stupid plot, and just a lack of sanity, it is the very model of a modern game calamity! And if you’re probably not awed by glitches killing Sonic dead Anachronistic art design will surely make you scratch your head With Disney creatures next to anime monstrosities The boss deigns and Silver’s voice are atrocities With a plotline so bizarre it’s a completely new reality A timey wimey story that’s ignoring continuity With blaze the cat embracing a peculiar morality And featuring a ship showcasing epic beastiality! And featuring a ship showcasing epic beastiality! And featuring a ship showcasing epic beastiality! And featuring a ship showcasing epic beastiali-ality! Plus fifty thousand loading screens shown every time you do a thing Observing Sonic fall this far, for fans, it’s really gotta sting With glitchy graphics, stupid plot, and just a lack of sanity, it is the very model of a modern game calamity! With glitchy graphics, stupid plot, and just a lack of sanity, it is the very model of a modern game calamity! I’m the Fiery Joker And next countdown decision On December 15th WILL BE ALL THE FAILS OF ACTIVISION!

[@Nickmaster8811]

The original song is a theater song from pirates of the penzance. Title Modern major general

[@Kakuyawolf3456]

You know who ever wrote that(Josh maybe) gad a blast

[@Shevtress]

@@Hello_World_not_taken Stupid plot? Shadow & Silvers stories are still good to this day.

[@michaeljung2270]

“20 years ago the first game boy was released” Game boy launch year: 1989 2019-1989=30 You did an oopsie Josh

[@danielgrotha8764]

NOBODY SAID THERE BE MATH!!!!

[@eldergeek6077]

Your scriptwriter needs a new calculator.

[@Jestahz]

Slip of the tongue. Give him a break.

[@strategicperson95]

So what do we call these little mistakes josh and crew make, cause "josh moment" doesn't have the same fun ring as "jingles moment".

[@ImmaLittlePip]

@@danielgrotha8764 I blame our schools

[@Brilliantlight319]

Didn't Einstien say that the definition of insanity as "Doing the same thing over and over again, expecting different results? I define it as, "Most of Sega's financial decisions."

[@nicholasfarrell5981]

Charity Fields that was Vaas, actually.

[@eroraf8637]

Josh is the very model of a modern gaming analyst.

[@developingopinionmedia2909]

"He has information given with a heavy handed nuking fist"

[@francescolombardi3438]

"he manifests this genius through the construction of Top 10 lists"

[@evanhileman2925]

That demonstration of accelerated linguistic output certainly emphasizes Josh's perspicacity.

[@MrMarinus18]

A big failure of Sega's handhelds were their size. A Gameboy could fit into your pocket while a Gamegear could not. Nintendo made a hard restriction on the size of the Gameboy. They made the outer shell first and the hardware designers had to fit all they wanted into it. Sega though wanted the Gamegear to play master system games and so it was made larger.

[@whitethunder9064]

Yeah, they kind of missed the point hard...

[@MrMarinus18]

@@whitethunder9064 Apparantly there was a lot of back-and-forth in Nintendo as many wanted to make just a portable NES. However that size restriction was something the higher ups and Kompai refused to budge on. It HAD to fit into a standard jeans pocket. They also calculated out what the average time for a road trip in Japan was and mandated that the Gameboy should be able to last that long. Finally they also calculated out a maximum price the device was not allowed to exceed. Mostly that the GB was not allowed to cost more than 3 game cartridges. So Nintendo could have just squished a NES into a box and put a screen and buttons on it like Sega did. But they actually took a good hard look first around how to make it practical for what it needed to do, how to keep it portable and how much people would be willing to pay for it. Once they had all of that figured out and had design perimeters set only then would the actual hardware design begin. That size and power requirement especially was a headache for designers but they largely managed. It was low powered but included a lot of smart features that when utilized well could allow the GB to match or even exceed the NES. The GB is inferior to the NES in raw power but it does have several advanced features that the NES did not have.

[@shadowmariogalaxy64]

Next is Activision? Josh is gonna have a field day.

[@derrickhaggard]

Calling it now the debacle that was Diablo Immortal's reveal will be in the top 3. Say what you will about Diablo 3's messy launch but at least Activision-Blizzard managed to salvage Diablo 3 and turn it into the awesome game that it is.

[@Raf8347]

@@derrickhaggard don't forget Blizzard causing Trouble with China too xD

[@TheAuron32]

@@Raf8347 problem isnt trouble WITH china, its the fact they cant get their lips of its governments dick...

[@Raf8347]

@@TheAuron32 yeah that

[@ethanxpsp2770]

Some of my predictions the call of duty infinite warfare/Modern warfare remastered controversie the treatment of crash and spyro before recently being revived Tony hawk pro skater decline and causing the oversautuerion of the music game genre and toys to life genre and more

[@DRWolf001]

Most Impressive work on the Ending Song here Josh :) How long did that take you to think up so many creative lyrics?

[@mrdzentertainment1062]

That's the beauty of it... those ain't jokes... just the logical keypoints the developers of Sanic 06 skipped

[@KororaPenguin]

[LOADING] *Aristo*: You're good! [LOADING] *Button Mash*: By Lauren and by Bonnie! You gotta be kidding me, game!

[@wattsink2009]

Agreed!

[@asmodeus58XX]

Kinda makes me want to make my own spoof of the Modern Major General song. I mean, EA did it too! Oh wait, that's not a good comparison... even if it was Mass Effect 2.

[@victorhernandez8723]

Gilbert and Sullivan would be impressed by your rendition of “I Am the Very Model”!

[@honchdreigon606]

Okay... To be honest, I really hope someone makes that a standalone video, because that... That was simply amazing!

[@Hello_World_not_taken]

Here! It is the very model of a modern game calamity With glitchy graphics, stupid plot, and just a lack of sanity The bad design and car controls inspired much profanity And physics that lack gravity and go for abnormality A barely tested product rushed before it’s true finality The goal: a certain flavored day of Christianity Some beta testing really could’ve helped this sad disaster cease And then we would’ve crowned this mess a modern gaming masterpiece And then we would’ve crowned this mess a modern gaming masterpiece! And then we would’ve crowned this mess a modern gaming masterpiece! And then we would’ve crowned this mess a modern gaming masterasterpiece! Playing different characters would normally be super fun But lack of depth and glitches will make Arin say, “I’m FUCKING DONE” With glitchy graphics, stupid plot, and just a lack of sanity, it is the very model of a modern game calamity! With glitchy graphics, stupid plot, and just a lack of sanity, it is the very model of a modern game calamity! And if you’re probably not awed by glitches killing Sonic dead Anachronistic art design will surely make you scratch your head With Disney creatures next to anime monstrosities The boss deigns and Silver’s voice are atrocities With a plotline so bizarre it’s a completely new reality A timey wimey story that’s ignoring continuity With blaze the cat embracing a peculiar morality And featuring a ship showcasing epic beastiality! And featuring a ship showcasing epic beastiality! And featuring a ship showcasing epic beastiality! And featuring a ship showcasing epic beastiali-ality! Plus fifty thousand loading screens shown every time you do a thing Observing Sonic fall this far, for fans, it’s really gotta sting With glitchy graphics, stupid plot, and just a lack of sanity, it is the very model of a modern game calamity! With glitchy graphics, stupid plot, and just a lack of sanity, it is the very model of a modern game calamity! I’m the Fiery Joker And next countdown decision On December 15th WILL BE ALL THE FAILS OF ACTIVISION!

[@victorhernandez8723]

@@Hello_World_not_taken That must have taken you forever to memorize the whole song and type the lyrics out for everyone to read!

[@zerotheauramaster6936]

Good list. The way how SEGA treats Sonic is just disgusting. Sonic is one of my childhood heroes and nostalgic icons along with pokemon and seeing what happened to it really is sad. Also that last part with Sonic 06 was masterfully hilarious. It has chaos expected for a calamitous game. You make some good points and your top 10 company fails lists are really interesting, as I can learn more about gaming itself, from games to background and more. Very well done.

[@thomasedwardharrison2879]

At least SEGA treats their fans with respect unlike Nintendo

[@sunlitsonata6853]

The good news is that Frontiers, Prime and the second Sonic movie seem to be looking up for it

[@HyperSonicXtreme]

Sonic Frontiers, the movies, Prime shows Sonic is getting back in track.

[@toonzach2870]

Top ten Activision fails? HELL YES

[@gratuitouslurking8610]

I honestly wonder if he had anyone slated for this specifically before and changed it due to the most recent pyre-raising, or if that was his intention, but yeah, good timing. Bring out the marshmallows, the coals are still warm!

[@timmyreobed5043]

@@gratuitouslurking8610 My personal theory is that he was waiting for the next Blizzcon, and that this latest act of theirs was a giant coincidence.

[@zeldasmetaknight]

Hey buddy, how can we make crash team racing better? Some new characters and tracks, maybe add crossover characters like Spyro. No that’s stupid, let’s add microtransactions when we get good ratings, then add it later. Microtransactions is the future of gaming.

[@keybladeoverlord]

Considering Activision has been around since the days of the Atari 2600, I am sure they have a whole lot of fails to go over.

[@toonzach2870]

@@keybladeoverlord The first real third-party company. And boy oh boy, what an.... "interesting" legacy.

[@RE-ol5ws]

Me: This was inevitable. This video: I am inevitable.

[@RE-ol5ws]

@@FantasyDepression Of course someone was gonna make that freaking reference.

[@magicmonkeyking4137]

@@RE-ol5ws he had to.

[@christsdisciple3105]

@@RE-ol5ws The reference was inevitable.

[@mysticmind4563]

@@swagjames6458 Yes...one can hope.

[@BlueFlagAlpha]

Is that a sandwich?

[@mileshk8083]

If I have to pick 2 more fails from SEGA I would choose these ones: - There's also some times SEGA develops IP's that are ONLY EXCLUSIVE to Japan for their consoles, that never see the light in the rest of the world; one of the big examples is the Sakura Wars series, a strategical game featuring mechs but also a date simulator, where you are the new commander of a secret army, disguised as a theatrical group, and you can choose which of the girls you want to have at the end of the game. There are 5 games of this franchise, featuring armies from Japan, France and US, but the world only had access to the last game, and a few cameos (the most recent was in the Project X Zone games for the 3DS). - If SEGA has a potential MMORPG shouldn't it presented to the rest of the world? Of course I'm talking about Phantasy Star Online 2, one of its most profitable games, that, once again, is exclusive to Japan. It has a long lifespan, maybe even higher than Final Fantasy XIV Online, but never got a port to the world. It was that bad, that fans had to make drastic measures to not only have a somewhat translated game port, but also a cruiseship exclusively for those players. But if there's a bit of light of hope is that SEGA understood some of its mistakes. PSO2 is finally making is way to the world, and some old IP's are coming back.

[@AutZentus]

PSO2 is going to be exclusive to xbox one though. Where is the love for switch and PS4 owners, even PSvita owners who still have a vita (seeing as that game was on that system). Also the next sakura wars is being made by a newly formed sonic team in the US I believe.

[@KOkami03]

Didn't the latest Sakura Wars also get released in America?

[@orangeslash1667]

@@KOkami03 The problem is that Sakura got turned into an action game.

[@black97_0]

18:37 till the end: "A very model of a modern game calamidy" Why is this song not on iTunes jet?

[@s.p.d.magentaranger1822]

When a Joshscorcher video has a song, prepare for it to be EPIC!!

[@toonzach2870]

I won't lie, as a Sonic fan, this one is going to hurt. And I know it's well deserved, but still, please.... be gentle.

[@spellcrafterstories]

There probably be no mercy

[@daniellado2523]

Sonic games are just given to B teams as some sort of learning curve for the developers. But Sonic Mania was handled by fans who knew their material and code already.

[@bluekirby64]

ToonZach It ok to be a Sonic fan besides it seems every big Fandoms has few bad fans in them just keep enjoying the things you like

[@rhymetimeguy7560]

Nope, you get a song.

[@toonzach2870]

@@rhymetimeguy7560 Yep, and I gotta be honest: it was pretty glorious.

[@WolfDB]

Josh's hitlist of "Fails" videos --EA -- --Konami -- --Sony -- --Capcom -- --Microsoft -- --Ubisoft -- --Bethesda -- --Square-Enix -- --Sega -- Activision Blizzard (either on its own or part of Activision) Bandai Namco WB Games 2K Games (Gearbox and/or Rockstar possibly separate) Valve Nintendo

[@DragoSonicMile]

Wait, is it safe to make videos that criticize Nintendo yet? I thought there were still bots hitting those.

[@medoagamer9497]

Let's keep this fail train going.

[@xtiandg0914]

You can probably Epic Games, THQ, and CD Project Red. The former two are obvious, but Project Red had quiet a number of screw ups people forget or aren't aware. Good example being the the Subnautica lawsuit or some design flaws with the original Witcher. We might also add in the lawsuit by the writer of the Witcher. There's really no such thing Ashe perfect company. Other things I can think of are NIS.

[@toonzach2870]

Atari?

[@BlueFlagAlpha]

Naughty Dog fails?

[@LegendPurpleDragon152]

Pleeeeeeeeaase tell me you’re gonna release that song cover as a separate video. I cannot tell you the fun I had trying to sing along with that

[@Nickmaster8811]

Though ur comment is 3 years old if you want the song this originally came from it is from Gilbert and Sullivan's pirates of the penzance the modern major general's song.

[@hyliandoctor]

Sonic '06 is so ironically iconic, there was a sort of podcast featuring the Sonic and Eggman voice actors where they (in character) quote Arin's meltdown of, "you gotta look inside yourself and say, 'what am I willing to put up with today!?'"

[@codexenon1996]

the moment I saw the thumbnail I whispered... oh no...

[@j.j.pearson4162]

@@markerikson7423 OH MY GOOOD!

[@stardusttodorki2679]

Some people in the sonic fan base who posted pictures that would you need eye bleach

[@dragonthunderx3250]

Predictions: 1. Sonic 06 2. The legal problems with Ken Penders 3. Not fully utilizing the power of their consoles which lead to them signing a contract with Nintendo, resulting in Sonic and the secret Rings, Sonic Lost world, etc. 4. Sonic Boom Rise of Lyric 5. Night Trap 6. Keeping their insane deadline policy, despite this biting them in the butt numerous times 7. The marketing for the Dreamcast 8. Making promises they can’t keep 9. The treatment of their other IPs that isn’t owned by another company and isn’t named Sonic the hedgehog. 10. Nostalgia pandering to an audience that has already grown up and moved on. Like the old sega ceo said “They seem to have made the wrong decisions for 20 years.”

[@carlbloke8797]

Dragon thunderX wait the old SEGA CEO said that?

[@dragonthunderx3250]

Carl Bloke yep

[@aliastheabnormal]

At least he didn't get it as bad as Bernie Stolar. AKA the guy who Sega hired to ensure the success of the Dreamcast and then got fired for doing just that.

[@carlbloke8797]

aliastheabnormal That’s fucked up

[@AutZentus]

Which old ceo of sega? If you're talking about hayao nakayama he's the reason for the "wrong decisions" for those 20 years.

[@WillRennar]

15:05 - "For the record, I won't be discussing the obvious." Especially since those guys actually went back and got it right. Gloriously right, I would add.

[@lunatic0verlord10]

17:50 It's a shame, really. I really would've liked to see something along the lines of Sonic and the Three Kingdoms. With Big as Xu Chu and Eggman as Dong Zhuo (though I'm still not sure who would be Lu Bu).

[@HolyGoddessMotherAnne]

Tails?

[@lunatic0verlord10]

@@HolyGoddessMotherAnne Ha ha ha no.

[@RoninZeroReaper]

Shadow?

[@lunatic0verlord10]

@@RoninZeroReaper Possibly.

[@HolyGoddessMotherAnne]

@@lunatic0verlord10 I think I get the joke.

[@BugsyFoga]

I don't believe I'll forgive Sega for smashing the potential for both 06 and Boom for rushing the shit out of them .😔

[@espurrseyes42]

They REALLY screwed up Sonic Adventure 3. You'd think they'd be able to get the thing they got right 2 twice before (4 if you count Heroes and Shadow, the latter of which at least played decently despite everything else) right again, but they just had to rush the game and try to cram so much stuff into it.

[@NeoSaturos123]

In the case of Sonic Boom the problem was not just rushing, but also forcing the devs to make the game with the CryEngine and on WiiU. When CryEngine apparently plain doesn't work on WiiU and CryTek had to make a special WiiU version of it for Big Red Button.

[@user-ow6vw7ov7e]

Sega didn’t make sonic boom big red button did

[@junofoster656]

@@user-ow6vw7ov7e they kind of did, they told Big Red Button what to do, Big Red Button was just hired hands for Sonic Boom and Sonic Forces.

[@UltimateGamerCC]

with the story of '06 it was doomed to fail, they went way off the walls for a sonic game, we got a love story between a blue hedgehog and a redhead who evidently will get down with animals. plus many of us Sonic fans were pretty convinced that we didnt need yet another hedgehog in the mix either.

[@amirgarcia547]

Sega truly does what Nintendon’t. Which’s releasing a console on the same day it’s revealed, horribly mismanaging their own mascot’s series and pretending that only 3 of their franchises still exist. Also, that song at the end was brilliant, and I totally can’t wait for the Activision fails list!👍🏽

[@natk205]

Nintendo dominates Sega in the long run. Forces was severely out-beaten by Odyssey, they STILL have franchises that audiences enjoy (Zelda, Pokemon, Kirby, etc.), they made a CGI film and release it without extensive redesigns AND redeemed Sonic by inviting him to Super Smash Bros from Brawl onwards in several months following Sonic 06.

[@egomegayolo4127]

Someones been watching Gilbert and Sullivan. That or Freemans Mind. Maybe a fan of Mordin Solus character

[@LinkMarioSamus]

Does Activision include Blizzard?

[@azogdefiler25]

3? Lol

[@amirgarcia547]

Azog Defiler Yes, that being Sonic, Yakuza and Valkyria Chronicles. At least if we don’t count franchises that they own but are still published by other companies, like Bayonetta and SMT/Persona.

[@dakotasan8719]

Ken Penders doesn’t seem to realize that he’s widely reviled in his industry

[@ridleyisbored.5393]

There's no comic artist/author I despise as much as him. I'm fully aware that there are far, FAR worse *coughcoughFrankMillercough* but he's the one I personally hate the most.

[@AutZentus]

Ken Penders isn't the only bad egg regarding the sonic comics. The person discussed in this video here is the one responsible for starting the sally acorn hate train that plagues the sonic fandom to this day. Also Iann flynn tributed to the hate train by making sally (the reboot version after the sonic and megaman crossover) into a lesbian and crushing on her a.i. nicole in the name of sonamy. kzbin.info/www/bejne/g5mWeqpqqNOWrKs

[@LegendPurpleDragon152]

AutZentus 1. That video doesn’t have anything addressing Ian Flynn’s statement, that video’s about John Gray and his role in starting the shipping war. 2. Ian Flynn did NOT make Sally into a lesbian, he said in a twitter post that it was an interesting idea to mull around. A ‘what if’ scenario. He never officially did it.

[@AutZentus]

@@LegendPurpleDragon152 "That video doesn’t have anything addressing Ian Flynn’s statement" Did I say anywhere that it did? No I only brought Ian flynn up as part of a side note.

[@LegendPurpleDragon152]

AutZentus My mistake. It just seemed a bit odd to mention Flynn then suggest a video on John Gray. My bad

[@MajorTeag]

It's sad that the Dreamcast failed, as it was a really powerful console. It's failure falls squarely on Sega's shoulders though. Ironically, one of the reasons it failed, though not the only; was the Saturn. When Sega cancelled the Saturn abruptly and without another console to fill the void, many customers went to other consoles, namely the PlayStation. So when Dreamcast came out, most of their loyal fans had moved on and were willing to wait a year for the PlayStation 2. There were other factors too of course, like the poor marketing, uncomfortable controller etc.

[@deciduous_reaper]

Also would’ve wanted a Dreamcast growing up since it was the only system that had very good Fighting games but yeah never had a Dreamcast growing up

[@MajorTeag]

@@deciduous_reaper Yeah, it had Marvel vs Capcom 2, Soul Calibur, not to mention Grandia 2 and a Record of Lodoss Wars game. Most of them did come to PS2 eventually, but still would have been nice to play it earlier.

[@davidharrington4828]

18:40 okay everybody I think Josh’s flame of sanity has finally been snuffed out, personally I’m shocked it lasted this long.

[@roselily20062]

David Harrington It reminds me of a tongue twister we do in theater

[@SuperStarlena]

I really want that as it's own video!

[@whitedarkness5508]

Can someone please give that man an award

[@davidharrington4828]

Evelyn Conaton ah yes modern major general is a classic

[@christophershackelford7162]

Well, at least SEGA treats their fans well. I mean Sonic Mania was created by fans of the series. And they praise any fanmade content. Despite their flaws, SEGA is still a good company in the eyes of their fans. When it comes to Sonic, I only consider two games to be bad; Sonic '06 and Sonic Boom: Rise of Lyric. Everything else ranges from okay to amazing.

[@derrickhaggard]

I agree with you completely.

[@Underworlder5]

sonic 06 does have two benefits though: the poor game design can be pretty fun to break, making it fun in its own right, and the music is genuinely good. seems like sonic team always succeeds in the musical department even if the game itself is underwhelming

[@psychie8625]

I'm one of the few who likes Shadow the Edgehog.

[@christophershackelford7162]

@@psychie8625 Same here buddy.

[@Altoryu]

@@psychie8625 I didn't mind it but my god it was the first introduction I think of the new VA of Vector and how irritating it was. *sigh* I miss the VA for him in Sonic Heroes

[@JustAnotheNeoSilver]

I'm torn on the whole neglected IPs bit. I mean, on the one hand, yeah, some of it (NiGHTS) is always going to be niche and stuck languishing in obscurity, or stuck in an "only in Japan" existence (Phantasy Star). But on the other hand, we end up with blatant cash grabs like Golden Axe: Beast Rider that's right next to Sonic '06 in how poorly a game can be handled. Am I wrong in thinking it might just be better for Sega to let its IPs lay fallow than to churn out shovelware like the more recent Sonic games?

[@TheOneTrueOtaku1]

Funny little factoid, Edgy the Hedgy’s dark and gritty, gun toting, ambivalence was at least partially done because of fan demand. If anyone ever say gamers know better than developers, well, ya know.

[@jrhamari]

That still gets me every time. Even as someone who unironicly enjoys the game.

[@prettyinpink903]

Same. It’s honestly not as bad as people say. And fans kept asking SEGA to giv Sonic a gun, which would hav been very out of character. And they realized that they could use Shadow to satisfy fan demand

[@autobotstarscream765]

On the other hand, it shows SEGA listens to the fans.

[@argonaut640]

Modern Major General I see you're a man of culture as well.

[@francescolombardi3438]

Modern Man of Culture.

[@s.p.d.magentaranger1822]

Well..he WAS in the Marine Corps.

[@acemeister1624]

predictions of Top Ten Sega Fails: Sonic '06 Sega Saturn Sonic Boom Rise of Lyric

[@GirlyChanger3098]

Ace Meister the lack of passion in sonic games is more like it. It’s kinda sad

[@SupergamerX]

Holiday Rushing their products Sega Genesis expansions That horrible gba port of Sonic 1 Their former partnership with ATGames (I expect this one would be low on the list since they learned from this mishap eventually and did the microconsole themselves)

[@trishoverman47]

I would say oversaturating the heck out of Sonic and neglecting most other IPs.

[@GirlyChanger3098]

trishoverman47 and I’ve heard they even added Sonic for an hidden character in Super Money ball:banana blitz

[@acemeister1624]

Zerukin good thing I didn't got that Sonic 1 GBA

[@emeraldspark101]

That song at the end was friggin EPIC, Josh!

[@psychie8625]

Imagine on April 1st, we get Top 10 Atari Fails.

[@victorhernandez8723]

E.T. and the great video game collapse of ‘83

[@BlueFlagAlpha]

Atari Flashback

[@larrychilders6599]

Atari's now safe with Goku

[@mix3k818]

How about top 10 Accolade fails?

[@MoostachedSaiyanPrince]

Yeah, I had a feeling everything related to Sonic would be grouped together as one massive failure, and that it would take the number one spot. I mean, when you think about it logically, it HAD to be this way. Otherwise, about half the list would be nothing but Sonic. Edit: Sonic 06 was a shitstorm of epic proportions, but the one thing I feel it had going for it was it's villain. Eggman is my favorite Sonic villain overall, but Mephiles was pretty damn good too, especially for a single game villain who disappears after the end of the game. Plus the design of his crystallized form when you right him as Shadow and the music for that fight are both amazing.

[@prettyinpink903]

Can’t forget Silver. As awkward as his first forey into the series was, i overall think he was a good character. Sonic 06 also introduced the idea of Shadows inhibitor rings to the games, which r honestly one of the two good things, in my opinion, to come put of the anime. Dark Sonic is the other

[@MoostachedSaiyanPrince]

@@prettyinpink903 I honestly can't say I agree about Silver, but I don't think I've played any of the recent Sonic games he's been in. I just don't like that (in 06 at least) he feels like a complete ripoff of Future Trunks from Dragonball Z, but I think his design is cool at least. I will agree about the 2 only good things from Sonic X bit though, and really wish we've seen the Dark Sonic concept used elsewhere since then, in games anyways, as I am pretty sure they've used it in the Archie Comics before.

[@prettyinpink903]

Moostached Saiyan Prince they teased at it a bit with Darkspine Sonic, but it would b cool to see it. And Silver has gotten a lot better with time, now that the developers know wat to do with him. He’s a much more developed character, has been better integrated

[@Cure_Hana]

For Activision, I can already name three things that’ll likely be on the list: - Skylanders temporarily killing Spyro more than the Rabbids almost killed Rayman. - The embarrassing crossover of Crash Purple and Spyro Orange. - The Crash TR: Nitro-Fueled micro-transactions.

[@espurrseyes42]

Are we gonna count the China thing since Activision owns Blizzard?

[@hariman7727]

@@espurrseyes42 Hooo boy... that's a can of Dune sized worms.

[@greatsageclok-roo9013]

Um, Crash/Spyro Fusion (the international names for Crash Purple/Spyro Orange) isn't Activisions fault. The IP's were owned by Vivendi when that happened.

[@LightningStarSC]

No! That's the biggest problem with Classic Spyro purists: always claiming that Skylanders killed Spyro when it was the only thing preventing Spyro from being lost to obscurity! That claim is stupid and unfounded! The fact that purists are still rabid about this issue to this day shows how terrible they are! In fact, they still hate on Toys For Bob (the developer behind the Reignited Trilogy) either because of developing Skylanders or because they claim that the Reignited Trilogy was an inferior experience compared to the originals!

[@greatsageclok-roo9013]

@@LightningStarSC Classic fans for you. Not much better in the Crash community, unfortunately. In fact, that goes for pretty much ANY fanbase. All I have to say is 'genwunner' and you get the point.

[@Byakkoya11037]

Don't know if you knew about this Josh but it was actually SEGA's nonensical demands that killed Rise of Lyric, not Big Red Button. Matt McMuscles talked all about that a month or so ago.

[@victorhernandez8723]

16:26 Whoa! Those were shockingly wise words from Knuckles!

[@CrasherX2000]

Ok... That serenade was so ingenious that Josh briefly ascended this reality before coming back to Earth and announcing Activision fails (which I could’ve sworn he already did, but eh) Awesome work on the list btw!!

[@sarahebris]

People are saying that serenade is an Animaniacs reference but I can't find the original song

[@dimentiorules]

@@sarahebris it's called Modern Major General from an old musical.

[@sarahebris]

dimentiorules thanks

[@SmashAgent]

This list was very well done, I look forward to these everytime. It didn’t just talk about the fails with Sonic and instead focused on bigger more notable fails and honestly, with the number 1 spot I feel like the treatment in development isn’t the best and can just be easily fixed if you have the fans make both the 2D and 3D Sonic games, much like with Mania, and have Sonic Team work on the other IPs so they can potentially make notably more money. Though the games you mentioned in the number 1 segment are mostly just down to opinion as a lot of fans love Unleashed now and some games like Shadow or 06 can be fun to make fun of. Still makes a lot of sense why you put it at number one.

[@LordTyph]

Honestly, SAGE could be used as a way to scout out good potential game developers if you were smart about it. Sega's sitting on a gold mine of creative talent that they could tap quite easily. One that'd not only let them get some potential life into their commonly used franchises but let them have breathing room to start using their lesser used ones.

[@SmashAgent]

That’s why I love this series so much. Even after it’s fails it gets back up and keeps going for the people that do love it. Even if the critics aren’t so kind. The series never really has to be one thing, it always wants to give something new while still appreciating the old. It’s the definition of perseverance in gaming and entertainment culture. Although SEGA themselves don’t really seem to see that development need a little bit more care and still manages to give the fans a fun time. Other companies go absolutely above and beyond with it and it’s incredible. Dare I say Paramount is at least learning from their mistake with the first trailer for the Sonic Movie, they acknowledge they messed up and are fixing the main problem being whatever the heck the old design was and if it was any other person working on a video game movie that got that much backlash they would’ve just done nothing because they know they’ll still get some easy cash. But it seems like they might actually be trying, we just didn’t see that much of it.

[@orangeslash1667]

@@LordTyph Sega only cares for Pachinko and arcades sells more than console games. Until 2020 for obvious reasons.

[@gamemasteranthony2756]

Yeah, about that Ken Penders thing... As an addendum, I feel we should talk about SEGA's lack of love towards the fan communities who still like the other stuff. Specifically: Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog, Sonic SatAM, Sonic Underground, the Archie Sonic comic, the Fleetway Sonic comic...and let's throw in the OAV for good measure. Rather ironic too, considering Sonic Forces is pretty much a SatAM game. Eggman/Robotnik takes over the world...Sonic and friends form a band of freedom fighters to fight back...fans can insert themselves into the story (as an avatar for the game or as a self insert for SatAM fanfiction). BTW...bonus points for the "Modern Major General" thing at the end. How many takes did that take you?!?

[@ChaoticTeen16]

That Sonic 06 serenade was just perfect

[@Master_WannaBe_]

According to the podcast Business Wars, the developers that Sega contracted to make game for the Saturn were PISSED when they heard the Saturn announcement at E3 because their games wouldn’t be done until the holiday season.

[@ytmcztmc9096]

Kind of hoping we get a Bandai Namco fails eventually.

[@ethanxpsp2770]

That would be interesting especially since I can't think of any street fighter x tekken was largely blamed on capcom I mean Namco probably did get blamed as well but like I said capcom mostly got all the blame and the recent Mrs Pac man debacle going on is largely at games being assholes

[@redseagaming7832]

I'm waiting on the 10 fails of Nintendo

[@Sugarman96]

@@redseagaming7832 he's really sitting on that one, I'm surprised he's been holding off on talking about Nintendo's screw ups.

[@mariamorn]

If that's becoming a thing, the butchering of Soul Calibur V should at least be a dishonorable mention. I am so surprised we got Soul Calibur VI out of the ashes of that mess.

[@redseagaming7832]

@@Sugarman96 maybe because joshscorcher has to keep track of what Nintendo is doing right now as screw-ups for example their online for the switch is terrible

[@AnthonyMtheGamerArtist]

Welp, that "Uh... meow?" aged well. >Sonic Movie gets redesign and outsells Birds of Prey on OPENING DAY That's not much of a fail anymore.

[@M644theawesome]

As well as the Shenmue comment

[@snowheartsoftflake8036]

I grinned like an idiot for that song especially adding in the kaboom. AMAZING job!!!

[@capbottle1483]

I'm still cheesed that Sega forced the whole Two DImensions (Modern and Classic) and Worlds (Sonic's and the Human World) rules onto the IDW comic series.

[@dragonthunderx3250]

Especially when they could’ve easily established that the human world is the main-line world, while the world with anthropomorphic animals could’ve been the sol dimension as humans never appeared in that dimension besides Eggman Nega.

[@andrestewart2316]

And folks complain about KHs continuity lol, unfortunately this is another example of the fan's knowing the franchise better the developers. For awhile I didn't know Silver OR Blaze's place in the new timeline (since 06 erased itself from the continuity) however I watched a couple vids explaining the new timeline; essentially Sonic Rush took place after 06, then Sonic first meets Silver in the rivals games, then Rush Adventure takes place and finally Blaze as well as Silver actually first meet each other (in the new timeline) in Sonic Colours DS.

[@AutZentus]

@@andrestewart2316 And that means eggman nega comes from another dimension entirely seeing as he goes between screwing with blaze and silver at the same time. This does make me ask why does eggman nega flip flop his allegiance with eggman and how is it that either sonic, tails, and maybe knuckles not recognize or realize that the eggman they face with is really eggman nega.

[@devinjohnson9133]

This list was a bit of a tough one, while I didn't know about alot of these things, though most of the list were little blows, and the last one, ouch, as a long time Sonic fan, it hurts, I even loved Sonic Unleashed on the PS2, it had some more depth with the Werehog leveling up as they beat the baddies and collecting their energy, learning new moves and getting more health and shield What I'm saying is, the list was cool, had some unexpected picks, and....I cannot deny the first pick, Sonic has been horribly butchered, and I cannot deny it at all or else I'd just look like a blind fanboy, I wish SEGA just cared more, they are lazy, period

[@orangeslash1667]

Sega only cares for Pachinko and arcades sells more than console games. Until 2020 for obvious reasons.

[@autumbreeze1129]

I actually really enjoy Shadow the Hedgehog and Sonic Unleashed. Now, that could be because I hadn't been able to play any Sonic Games since the original on the Sega Genesis back in the late 90s due to my family not having enough money for me to just buy others, but I honestly really like them. Plus, you gotta admit, the songs for Shadow the Hedgehog are pretty damn good

[@MrMarinus18]

One Sonic series that seems very overlooked are the Nintendo handheld ones. I love Sonic Rush for DS.

[@Squiggles01]

"Play the Sega Saturn... Or eles!!" Segata Sanshiro is a freaking Legend!

[@Nazo-kage]

Here’s another honorable mention kind of boo-boo I’m Sega’s part. Microsoft wasn’t the only company that came to them with an offer for a consul. After the humiliating incident of Nintendo dropping Sony, Sony had decided that they were going to keep up the momentum and make their own counsel but before they did that they actually went to Sega and offered to team up with them to basically get back at Nintendo just imagine if the PlayStation had actually been a Sega product. But the people at Sega actually turned them down because Sony had no experience in the gaming market and so they felt they would weigh Sega down. Irony can be painful.

[@mrdzentertainment1062]

And in the end, Videogames have suffered because of the Butthuerrt Sony Crporation.. we've gone from rampant, unsupervised tgame development t6hat leads to crap to the literal extinction of the Video Game console, save for the Switch (Anyone that says that the PS3, 4 XBOne and XBox 360 are videogame consoles isn't just wrong... it's brain doesn't work and don't qualify for the denomination of Human)

[@mrdzentertainment1062]

@@Carsonj13 You obviously don't know squat about the videogame industry's story. Sony wanted to get in on the Videogames Market, so they approached Nintendo with the idea that would become the PlayStation and Nintendo said... "Ok, cool" but then realized that, if they were to do sony's idea they'd actually lose the consumer's trust, so they tried to do it with Phillips, only to realize that, were they do the cd addon for the SuFami / SNES, it'd be a repeat of every sega hardware fail, so they pulled the plug. To this, Sony, the massive butthurt they are, decided to release the device they had as a stand-alone, offering 3rd parties not only more storage and supposedly easier coding processes, but COMPLETE FREEDOM ON DEVELOPMENT. Sony wasn't going to quality control things the way Nintendo had, so the devs could make any and all piles of garbage they wanted, which let M$ know that they could make gaming hardware and offer the same freedom to make crap. Had Sony not been butthurt, MS wouldn't have tried its paw on gaming, or if they tried it'd just be another small fish on a smaller pond...

[@mrdzentertainment1062]

@@Carsonj13 I'm not talking about just shovelware but real bona fide resources waste *cough*GTAasaseries*cough*. While is it true than the claims (founded mind you PS2 was a nice console) of the PS2 power drew M$ to dip in the market, the $$$ was still the deciding factor, as evidenced when they gave up after the original X Box (from the 360 onwards, Microsoft has made Accessories for TV that play games on the side). the buying and closing development studios is another strong reffeal to my reasoning. again, had Sony not been so butthurt, M$ would have kept overcharging for software 'til the end of time

[@BugsyFoga]

Sega :"Where we make Sonic games and throw are other franchises into the pit of the forgotten. 😄👌

[@hariman7727]

The rumors I heard was that Sega kept THE SAME PEOPLE ONLY ON SONIC FOR AS LONG AS POSSIBLE, which resulted in Sonic Unleashed... with the concept being leaked by a guy who said that's exactly what happened. They burned out Sonic Team, so Sonic Team burned down Sonic.

[@CMGThePerson]

Didn't they also do that for sonic?

[@larrychilders6599]

* cries in Earthworm Jim*

[@thomasedwardharrison2879]

Alex Kidd DX

[@JGhostie]

While I do agree it was a scumbag move to lie about the makers of Forces, I want to point out that Big Red Button were not at fault for Rise of Lyric. Yes they made the game, but as Matt points out in his "Wha Happun" video, it was mostly (if not entirely) SEGA's fault due to their constant meddling. Also I can't seem to find any information proving that Big Red Button worked on Forces. Yes the image in the video shows they've worked with SEGA, but that's obviously on Rise of Lyric for the Wii U.

[@harrisonmissell1716]

1:18 *JOSH NO YOU KNOW THAT THE INTERNET WILL INTENTIONALLY TAKE THAT THE WRONG WAY*

[@Arson_Hole]

18:39 Not since Freeman's Mind have I heard such a beautiful cover of Modern Major General

[@sonic0919]

WHERE'S MY CHORUS?

[@kieravermeal9127]

The thumbnail is pretty funny and well done! Uh oh, Activision's next... Are you doing all of the companies, then doing Nintendo as a grand finale?

[@victorhernandez8723]

I was hoping that Nintendo would be next on the chopping block.

[@mystery8820]

I mean despite success, even Nintendo has it’s share of unlucky failures. Their name means “leave luck to Heaven”, after all.

[@kieravermeal9127]

@@mystery8820 Oh yeah. They've definitely had some mistakes **coughWiiUcough** Also, I never knew their name meant that!

[@mix3k818]

Right off the bat, we all know what's going to be Nintendo's number one. Come on, we all know what happened in the early to mid 90's.

[@mystery8820]

I’m betting Virtual Boy.

[@introvertedgal2427]

14:22: *Kid Scratches Chalkboard* SWEET MOTHER OF BABY JESUS HAVE MERCY!!!

[@christinalittleton2242]

KZbinr(s): Cold in my professions, warm in my friendships, I wish my dear Sega, may it by actions rather than words, to convince you that I love you. Sega co.: *copyright claim* KZbinr(s): *writes a love song to Sega* Sega co.: *copyright claim*

[@thomasedwardharrison2879]

Sega is much better now

[@FrostTheHobidon]

Sonic 06, Shadow the Hedgehog game, and Sonic Boom Rise of Lyric were the biggest mistake.

[@tominator6684]

It’s not SEGA that makes a good Sonic game anymore. It’s the fans. Take Sonic Mania, for example.

[@FrostTheHobidon]

Tominator 6 true

[@prettyinpink903]

Honestly, Shadow the Hedgehog isn’t awful. It’s certainly not great, but I don’t think it deserves quite as much hate as it gets

[@seroujghazarian6343]

And unleashed

[@ericwijaya2119]

@@tominator6684 heck one fan managed to make Forces better by putting in a Chaos 0 boss battle as an extra stage! That alone should tell you how the fans know how to treat sonic better than sega. Well... For the most part.

[@luigissidekick861]

20:27 GET YOUR PREDICTIONS READY EVERYONE!!! FINALLY DOING ONE OF THE WORST COMPANIES EVER MADE!!

[@luisisthenamelitn6978]

But he already did a countdown on EA

[@reddeath5791]

Luigi’s Sidekick Activision is only 3rd worst, first is Konami, then EA, and THEN Activision

[@markhenderson9507]

@@reddeath5791 Well, out of the three they make the worst games. Actually, out of all the triple A companies they make the worst games.

[@reddeath5791]

Mark Henderson Yeah, True, but Konami and EA are straight up evil, EA sweatshops their employees and Konami is basically a ruthless dictator. This is coming from someone who doesn’t really know too much about Activision but I doubt anyone could be more evil than EA or Konami, which is why I consider them worse than Activision.

[@Cure_Hana]

Considering that Activision owns Blizzard, I’m wondering if Josh is going to address their recent actions of banning a Hearthstone player from tournaments because he publicly supported Hong Kong protests against China; or if Josh is going to wait for the dust to settle first.

[@vampenga9277]

That musical number at the end was absolutely glorious ^^ I'm kinda surprised the mishandling of Aliens Colonial Marines wasn't on here, but like Sonic 06, I guess it's been done to death at this point. Regardless, loved the video and eagerly awaiting the next one!

[@KOkami03]

From the Future, so this might be mean of me, but... 15:11 *Movie Sonic hands Josh a fork* "Eat your words... NOW!!!"

[@theenderengineer1943]

Had a feeling Sonic would have a big entry on the list.

[@MaoriGamerDood]

OH BOY THE NEXT ONE IS GONNA BE A FRIGGIN RIDE! And this one was already crazy so better get extra prepared for the next one. Nice song BTW Josh.

[@ko9killer]

Your modern Major-General parody is freaking fantastic, Commander Firebrand

[@HyruleSwordsman94]

The Ken Penders thing is more on Archie than Sega. The moral of the story is if you ever make a contract with someone, KEEP A COPY OF THE CONTRACT.

[@superjk-2.0]

Sonic Unleashed is a good game with both gameplay styles. Also you can like one style but not the other but the hole game is not bad.

[@zaneheaston8254]

The Activision Fails List is going to be more crowded with entries than BlizzCon would have attendees

[@s.p.d.magentaranger1822]

Dude... That ending was perfect!!! Your dancing segments freaking killed me 🤣

[@JuriAmari]

I love the ending of this video. Best parody of Modern Major General I’ve come across. Also looking forward to you ripping Activision a new one! I’m surprised you didn’t do an honorable mention of Sega’s attempt at a rating system and the subsequent trial in the US that encouraged the ESRB to get created - in particular the company’s rep for the case making super awkward statements and pretty much started the console/company war we know today - most famously between Sega and Nintendo. And this is why Geno is still in an interdimensional prison and not in Smash. At least he has some company in Mallow. Edit - to clarify, Sega’s attempt to do a rating system and the subsequent adoption of the ESRB is a pretty good outcome. It’s just the way they executed it in practice and in the hearing came dramatically at their own expense.

[@Izanagi-Arsene]

i figure a lot of these will involve sonic or the other games they seem to forget exist

[@UltimateGamerCC]

well due note that it was SEGA's new chairman who basically told everyone to abandon the old IPs, that's why there's been nada but ports and new stuff until the recent announcement of SOR4.

[@demanic6159]

@@UltimateGamerCC any reason why they said that?

[@UltimateGamerCC]

@@demanic6159 the new CEO simply believed that old franchises would be a waste of cash and wouldnt bring in new fans, which i guess some dipshit straight out of business school and puberty at the same time would think that stupidly as to pretty much discard a game company's legacy to the wayside and magically only new games are gonna round up sales...

[@BlueFlagAlpha]

@@UltimateGamerCC that CEO is an idiot for thinking that way

[@UltimateGamerCC]

@@BlueFlagAlpha lol yes that is very much the consensus on that little twat and i doubt that will change unless he changes his mind.

[@tvccreator_elysius]

Josh, that remake of "I Am The Very Model of a Modern Major General" at Number 1 made my day. Thank you. :)

[@agwebkinz11]

Dude. That serenade is GOLD.

[@SciRei7H3dEG3NeR4T3]

Y'know... when I was a kid, me and my siblings always thought when the Sega logo appeared they said "Big Hug", and we would hug each other every time the logo appeared.

[@Sjono]

I can’t find any sources that say Big Red Button were the actual developers of Sonic Forces. Can you provide any links to back up that claim?

[@jingusflorpus4274]

you're not gonna find anything, because that's not true.

[@blueblur98]

it's completely false.

[@mechashadow]

I can see how it’s his number 1 fail now

[@prettyinpink903]

Big Red Button only does the Sonic Boom series

[@orangeslash1667]

@@blueblur98 Sega loves to blame others.

[@Lightgod87]

That segment at the end... I'm feeling so goshdarn old. Is that a reference to the Season 3 finale of ReBoot?

[@Aeoncalcos91]

The song in question is Modern Major General from The Pirates of Penzance. It's been used in a handful of other things too including Animaniacs and of course, ReBoot. (Glad to see someone else remembers that show!)

[@Lightgod87]

@@Aeoncalcos91 Yeah, I realized this after the fact and watching some coments, so yeah... I learned something new. I didn't know it was a song from an opera. My memories of the melody went with what I said, so... yeah.

[@spongebobplushiestuff8612]

Modern major general was also used in veggietales

[@brianvanbenschoten193]

That last musical section.... PURE AWESOME!!!!!

[@poissony]

I admit...Sonic Unleashed and Sonic and the Black Knight are guilty pleasures for me. While they might not have been great games to play, I did quite enjoy their stories (as long as you played Unleashed in the Japanese dub). Shadow the Edge Heg is more of a "So Bad It's Good" game for me.

[@runedragon1985]

Unbelievable finale for this countdown, Firebrand, being to able to keep the entire meter of Modern Major-General is a hard thing, but you knocked it out of the park! To be fair, Sega Japan's advertising of the Sega Saturn graced us with the epicness of Segata Sanshiro, who is just the best bad-ass ever, as he's played by none other than Hiroshi Fujioka, the original Kamen Rider Takeshi Hongo.

[@alcatrazjyh6293]

What a musical way to end a countdown of Sega's fails! Almost reminds me of another song I heard involving a doctor naming all the diseases and disorders his patient has...

[@favillionbellarion9655]

15:42 dont u mock honeybadgers those bastard will rip 2 shreds.

[@ddawgmcdawg213]

2:38 Actually the first Game Boy was released 30 years ago in 1989.

[@galfinsp7216]

Still impressive on how much has improved.

[@cybercritic8834]

Okay, place your bets. How many times for sonic, and which placement.

[@luigissidekick861]

1, but it’s was basically every single one put into it

[@Stingray_614]

This one should’ve have been a special Top 50, cause lord know you’ll need all the slots for sega.

[@sten2184]

Nah for Activision

[@ChiefMedicPururu]

Let's not exaggerate, bro. 10 is well enough.

[@thomasedwardharrison2879]

No. Out of all the video game companies that Josh made, SEGA is the least evil.

[@orangeslash1667]

@@thomasedwardharrison2879 I think SquareEnix and Namco is the least Evil, they at least make games. Sega only cares for Pachinko and arcades sells more than console games. Until 2020 for obvious reasons.

[@thomasedwardharrison2879]

@@orangeslash1667 imagine a line, on the far left you will find indie devs and hello games (least evil), between that and the middle you will find Namco and Sega (not really evil, but can be a jerk). In the middle you will find Capcom, Sony and Microsoft. In between the middle and far right you will find Nintendo and Ubisoft (assholes) and on the far right you will find EA and Activision. And on Mars you will find Konami

[@RavenRyy]

Great list Josh, loved that song at the end. One thing that surprised me was that you didn't mention the Piracy problem the Dreamcast had. The fact that a SEGA of America programmer called Gary Lake actually put instructions on how to Pirate Dreamcast games on one of the games (Sega Smash Pack). It's a wee bit of trivia in the grand but I thought it a fun fact.

[@brien6172]

Well done on the parody of "Modern Major General". Many a chuckle has been had.

[@swagjames6458]

Yes! He’s doing a Top 10 Activisions Fails List!

[@luigissidekick861]

Oh this one is gonna be fun Especially with what they did to a certain Bandicoot and also COD recently

[@manuelalbertoromero9528]

@@luigissidekick861 So should we add the Blizzard debukcle, seeing that they technically own it?

[@luigissidekick861]

@Manuel Alberto Romero I actually forgot about that actually But yes that to especially

[@derrickhaggard]

Calling it now Diablo Immortal's disaster of epic proportions concerning it's launch and the controversy Blizzard got themselves in by supporting China's decision to say "screw you human rights" due to canceling the subscription of a Hearthstone player from Hong Kong when said player got into hot water with the Chinese government by calling out the Chinese government's refusal to allow basic human rights in the country.

[@Underworlder5]

@@derrickhaggard except allowing him to do it would cause them to lose favor with china, which could result in mass unemployment and a huge financial loss. they were stuck between making two equally bad decisions. like it or not, their only goal is to sell games, not fight for a cause. the problem is that so many people seem to think this is a matter of "right vs wrong" and judge too easily

[@sonicmaster95]

I will contest a little bit on SEGA not using other franchises as they do seem to be trying again. Notably with the House of the Dead remakes aimed for Switch, the new Sakura Wars game and Remaster of Monkey ball banana blitz. Though I will not deny that before recent years it felt like Sonic and Yakuza was the only series they ever did.

[@TheSentinelStone]

A Modern Major General homage to top things off? An exquisite finale Scorcher!

[@behindtheheart6512]

Josh probably had a lot of fun with the sonic 06 segment

[@Alpha-oo8]

Wow... that was quite the final section. Wasn’t thinking I’d be seeing Gilbert and Sullivan today...

[@bellarkcox1243]

Ah, perfect timing I just finished making dinner.

[@reiyujigo]

The Sonic 06 Serenade was amazing and funny with the pause in the middle where Josh is just...having a good time🤣🤣 It was fun singing along

[@TheRealKoltoroc]

The Sonic 06 segment was beyond glorious. well, done, VERY well done.