Xbox Vs America

Xbox, well, specifically, Microsoft, has been going up against the FTC for a while now.
And finally, we’ve got a trial.
Some things were said, and I’m gonna talk about some of those things.
Not all of them.
But a few.
Sony and PlayStation seem kinda angry, but not that angry.
Real exciting stuff.
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[@this_isnt_patrick]

RIP Pool Cat, you will be missed o7

[@knightwolf1363]

I think he’ll return :)

[@BlueBear13]

o7

[@jaws8621]

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[@benjaminmajeski140]

o7

[@mochi_snek]

i love the floaty chill vibe it gave off

[@LavenderMike77]

Whimsu news is the only journalist we can trust these days.

[@patrickbyrne5070]

And he still gets everything wrong 😏

[@JmMateo933]

Fr

[@greyfalconow9467]

SirSwag makes some nice news series

[@VaeVictus17]

Lmfao hes declaring Xbox is fighting against America 😂. He's such a fake journalist that I honestly see this as a complete joke. Playstation has no case at this point. Jim Ryan debunked the entire case the FTC built for them and the judge drilled the FTC for deliberately siding with playstation over the American consumer. It's the FTC versus the American consumer. Don't be dumb, actually look at the reports coming in from real journalists.

[@someboi4505]

I thought he was a public intellectual and philosopher

[@hoggo3789]

I don't understand how people think things can simply never stop growing... that mentality will only lead to ruin.

[@stellviahohenheim]

it's the same mindset as pyramid schemes, keep finding customers and the thing would never fail

[@kaelmic7476]

Yup thats why the stock market is the worst invention ever made

[@Aerex12]

Nothing wrong with the stock market but there is a problem with only using growth investment.

[@nelsinki5177]

Ponzy scheme mentality, yes.

[@juasjuasi4750]

the thing is that it is how public trade companies are made, all public companies HAVE to eventually fall which is why we have recession in periods.

[@theonebman7581]

Cody finally makes a surprise cameo in a channel owned by his brother after so many years

[@JmMateo933]

Ye

[@5GentleGiants]

Is this canon?

[@RenStrive]

Wait Cody is his brother? Now it's make sense

[@prebo1344]

they are brothers?

[@christopherhervey]

THATS WHY HES SO FAMILIAR

[@SirEvilestDeath]

Microsoft buying back Bungie from Activision then trying to buy Activision would have been hilarious.

[@Legion849]

Activision was the publisher for Destiny they never owned Bungie.

[@EggEnjoyer]

@@Legion849Yes but if Bungie had stayed with Activision, Bungie would yet again be working under Microsoft. And we now know that Microsoft did want to purchase Bungie

[@IAmWarden.]

“Poorly redacted using sharpie” is one of the funniest things I’ve ever heard😅

[@superninja252]

the worst part is that is really is what happenned

[@tomtheconqerur]

​@@superninja252imagine being so stupid that you managed to win. That is what Sony has been since they moved their headquarters to California.

[@Oreobunbunbun]

The Xbox numbering convention is so confusing from an outsider perspective. There’s no consistency, series S, series X, alongside One, and 360. What are all these numbers and letters?? Sony is simple, just consecutive numbers. Nintendo is creative, with a brand new name and theme tied in with a gimmick (excusing wiiU). Microsoft sucks at naming consoles

[@skies1586]

Wait till you see how Sony name their products other than PlayStation

[@rexthewolf3149]

@@skies1586yeah Sony’s naming conventions are really dumb.

[@KingAgniKai]

Sony phones, tv's, computers, and cameras are just as confusing to be fair, lol

[@Gojoe107]

@@kyledcunningham at least it's names and not random letters 🙂

[@Pepperham04]

Microsoft sucks at naming everything. I mean, the Windows versions are JUST NOW getting sequential numbers after decades.

[@brutelogic153]

Goddamn, you put so much effort in your work and it really shows. I know recently you've been feeling stressed for time, just know that I would still enjoy your content if it wasn't as polished as it is

[@sw0578]

I love seeing anti-consumer companies make horrible decisions

[@josephbrown9685]

Reminds me of modern Disney.

[@ChronoTango]

*EDIT: I completely mixed up in my head my personal experience with Remote Play for Cloud Gaming. Xbox did an okay job with the cloud, the lag wasn’t as bad as say Stadia, perfectly playable, however Remote Play was atrocious unless I was on the same WiFi.* The issue with “cloud gaming” is the input lag. It’s interesting that I heard someone say that it over a decade ago and it seems to be more true than ever. I can hardly deal with the lag between action on screen and the sound having to be routed through my tv before it hits my stereo(since they removed the digital audio output), I cannot endure the input lag from cloud gaming more than about 30 minutes. This gen of consoles is completely stagnant because the state of gaming is nearly impossible to see from a cynical angle. It’s growing more and more common that the most hyped up titles have incredibly lackluster launched, microtransactions have felt like a symptom of poor game design rather than an enhancement of the gameplay loop, the absolute focus on terrible “7 paragraphs to explain why you must go right instead of left” writing and the endless desire to remaster everything under the sun. The Dead Space Remake is an example of the remaster/remake craze, but it at least revitalized the world rather than put a coat of paint on it. Too bad it also falls victim to making things that would have been unlockables in Xbox and early Xbox 360 games into microtransaction trash. I was preyed heavily upon by CoD Cold War. I’m not sure I’ll buy another CoD after seeing the bill I wrecklessly racked up to only see I could have unlocked everything over a few months just collecting free bundles after it’s cycle ended.

[@TheErikjsm]

not saying activision isnt scummy but they did pretty much the same thing with mw19, so maybe you should have looked in to that before spending on mtx its never worth it.

[@Gatorade69]

The first time I tried cloud gaming I didn't think it was that bad. However that was on a TV yet the second time I tried it hooked up to an actual decent gaming monitor the lag was atrocious. I guess I didn't notice it the first time since I was playing with a wireless controller on a mid TV but with wired controllers and a good monitor you can easily feel the lag. Also maybe the game made a difference too. And you have nobody but yourself to blame for buying all those MTX. I played MW19 and all I bought was the battle pass once.

[@zenith251]

Agreed. Cloud gaming, regardless of connection or proximity to server, is intolerable. Hell, I can't even tolerate VSync.

[@Meowblivion]

Nvidia GeForce Now is pretty neat tho

[@Holesale00]

Its as true as it was during the onlive years and g-cluster before that. The infrastructure needed to have a seamless experience just isn't here yet and it wont be coming if ISPs have their way.

[@Priception]

I'm glad you said that Cloud Gaming won't take off. I've been saying this for ages, but people treat Cloud Gaming taking off as an objective fact. Cloud Gaming just doesn't work well on mobile as there are far too many irl factors which will never make it good.

[@baraodascolinas979]

How on earth they expect players on mobile to play console games, it is already hard to play simple mobile games using a touchscreen and a small screen space, let alone the controls that use 10 buttons and 2 finger directions

[@ohmnesia]

Cloud gaming was ALWAYS just supposed to be an additional way to play for Microsoft. Never to replace console gaming. Their xcloud server are literally built out of Xboxss and all the games are built for Xboxes. They literally can‘t just remove the consoles out of the equation.

[@moseyburns1614]

It works fine, have you tried it recently?

[@moseyburns1614]

​@@baraodascolinas979 There are controllers designed a fit a phone inside of them exist, connecting directly to the phone via USBC

[@Priception]

@@baraodascolinas979 Yeah, like try playing a Gamecube game on your phone. It's near impossible with touchscreen.

[@Neillan]

This is my first video from you and I must say, you broke this issue down in a way that both hardcore gamers and casual viewers understand perfectly. Very entertaining and thorough, hats off Whimsu!

[@liamflan9553]

You can’t be a hardcore and casual at the same time lmao, your one people’s

[@alexthewrecker4666]

​​@@liamflan9553ight want to reread that comment a few times *🌚*

[@Larry]

Well, Microsoft has 25 million game pass subscribers, and the activision blizzard deal is going to cost $67 billion. So, just to break even on that deal, each of those 25 million subscribers will need to stay subscribed for the next 320 YEARS!

[@joseaca1010]

Oh man... i mean, even quadrupling those numbers to 100 million users, which would be a huge deal, that still means each of them would need to stay subscribed for 80 years

[@vt3036]

($6.7x10^10)/((2.5x10^7) x $15) Simplify = ($6.7x10^10)/($3.75x10^8) = around 178.67 months 178.67 months/12 months = 14.89 years It would take around 15 years to break even, best case scenario. Tell me if I did anything incorrect. Edit: Accidentally put 6.8 instead of 6.7. Necessary changes have been made.

[@ktdagoat1289]

That's not how business works you know?? COD sales alone can make the money back in ten years, King makes the most money on mobile, Blizzard can make another Diablo in 5 years and make half that back in a year.. It's ALOT of factors your skipping but the main thing is they'll make the money back in probably five to eight years..

[@Larry]

@@ktdagoat1289 LET ME HAVE THIS!!!

[@joypadbandit624]

KING alone will make the money back tonight, let alone when the Activision Acquisition goes through! ROFL! 😂😆

[@sogero2]

Another factor is the games themselves. This doesn't matter for digital, but for those of us who want an undeletable license for a game, disc content matters. Microsoft's "Smart Delivery" is a neat concept for bridging generations of consoles, but you only get the base XBOX One VCR or Series S versions of the games without HD textures and all the other good stuff that would be on a PS5 disc that's playable in 1.0 form without the need to download anything.

[@aaronsondag8347]

Yes because I want to buy 3 different versions of the last of us with small upgrades each time 🙄

[@teamofone1219]

Get that game scratched up then you are out of luck until you can buy another one. Gamers aren’t known for taking care of of discs.

[@sogero2]

@@teamofone1219 The ones I know are not children or a raging drunks, so we don't scratch up our discs. Also modern blurays are pretty scratch resistant and many scratches can be buffed out to play perfectly. If whatever platform you "purchased" a digital game on decides to cancel the game all together, your money is lost too, bro. There was so much noise from Nintendo e-shop closing for 3DS and WiiU and PS Store closing for Vita and PS3 not too long ago. You can't get those games anymore without a real copy or piracy. Think of all the licensing issues that could come along over time with music, artwork, the IPs themselves, and it the downloads gets lost in red tape, but the discs will still be there. I don't trust any digital service to maintain their libraries.

[@thatguythatdoesstuff8826]

​@teamofone1219 Says you, I keep my games, and my thi gs in general, in good condition. I've still got games from the 80s in near perfect condition

[@Yixdy]

​@@teamofone1219a blu ray is a far cry from the DVDs and CDRs of the past my man

[@thecomfyshirt]

When my PS4 utterly bricked out of the blue and I realized it was a sealed box with no access for repairs, I went to PC and never looked back.

[@Gabesgroovin]

Crazy I was just watching the BIG ANNOUNCEMENT vid and then this pops up like magic. Wow. More whimsu is always welcomed

[@Matth3wWoodward]

Like this format, please make some more!

[@TheLaLeeee]

Very interresting and informative, thank you Whimsu!

[@GiantRobotIdeon]

Thank you, Whimsu, very cool!

[@juvenoiachild7675]

The whole time investment thing is pretty obvious. Reason why on the PC, Steam will never be replaced by Epic. Not just the libraries some people ahve built up over decades, but virtual items like CSGO skins worth thousands of dollars.

[@armandostockvideos8386]

So...They shouldn't stop Microsoft from buying Activision? After all, the main concern is Cloud gaming, but if that thing is never going to take off...then the acquisition should be approved.

[@bodaciouschad]

Top tier stuff- that intro was beautiful!

[@daniel_rossy_explica]

The last new console I've ever bought was a PS2 in 2007. It lasted me a while, but It was killed of by a lighting strike. Ever since, I've been playing on my PC. I briefly owned a used PS2 (again) because of nostalgia in 2019, but I resold it shorly aftewards.

[@matti...]

The Whimsu News set featuring Whimsu News, MBA is really nice i still miss the swimming pool

[@RetroHoodie25]

I could listen to the magical cat talk for hours😌 Good video Whimsu👌

[@FairyFarron]

Cloud gaming has worked fine for me though it'll take awhile for it to gain traction if it ever does

[@MarvinPowell1]

The Xbox 360 was my favorite gaming console between 2007 and 2013. But then the Xbox One came out, and... "Well, we have a console for you if you want to play offline; it's called the 360." I legitimately can't understand why ANYONE would own an Xbox nowadays. Hell, I quit console gaming in 2015. "PC Master Race" really is the best gaming experience, I'm sad to admit.

[@josephbrown9685]

I think one of the biggest problems with modern corporations is that they take their long time customers for granted. They spend way too many resources chasing new customers and expecting constant growth while seeming to forget about those who made them successful in the first place. Then it eventually comes back to bite them because the formerly loyal customers grow too weary of being ignored for years despite trying to stay invested in their favorite brands, so they give up and it’s difficult to get them back after apathy fully sets in.

[@Doosteroni]

Hey man just wanna say love what you are putting out bro.

[@dave7886]

This is a gut feeling, but I'm guessing you had some fun with the editing

[@machina_spirit]

The Whimsu cat motif in the opening shot’s ‘NEWS’ graphic was very niiiice Tyler!

[@bluestar5812]

As a Sonic fan, the though of Microsoft acquiring Sega scares the shit out of me. A large company going after every single Sonic fan game and other fan works would mean the absolute death of the Sonic Community. I don't like how Sammy handles Sega, but I'd rather leave things like they are now. At least it seems they are putting more effort to revitalize their brands beyond just Yakuza and Persona, as their games' division is starting to outgrow their pachinko business.

[@andyscoming4919]

From soft would’ve been BOMB if bought. Throw them souls on GP boyyyyy

[@Netspyer]

that redacting with the sharpie 😂😂😂

[@JessieJTS]

Line Rider? I remember that. Also Funky Truck and Ball Revamped. Those were the days. We need Ball Revamped on mobile. I feel so old right now

[@aaronsondag8347]

Redfall was a failure, Halo is not. In fact more people have been coming back and playing it.

[@PoleTooke]

5:05 lol thank you, Temple Run is still what a mobile game is to me

[@willcooper8028]

I thought Microsoft offered PlayStation like 7 more years of COD? Maybe I’m wrong but that’s definitely what I heard

[@BlueEyedVibeChecker]

The agreement was 10 years if memory serves correctly. I don't get why Sony was mad, the best selling games on there were always third party outside of the OG PlayStation. PS: Gran Turismo PS2: GTA San Andreas PS3: GTA V PS4 GTA V PSP: Liberty City Stories PS Vita: Minecraft They'll be fine with or without Call of Duty.

[@ProffyChaos]

But then we gave Nintendo who brought a new console with no carry over and it is selling incredibly well. It is interesting because I think Microsoft might be looking at this and thinking we should definitely stay cross platform with CoD because but only will it help keep regulators off our backs BUT it makes a ton of money and we can focus on mobile users, get them into game pass through the mobile route.

[@thekingofmoo4346]

That mouse cursor onscreen for a lot of the video was physically painful

[@Benkssm]

What’s the song at 0:52? I gave your soundcloud a gander and couldn’t find it

[@jhandcockful]

Line Rider, what a throwback

[@frankfroggy]

I gotta say, Sick intro.

[@cya5983]

I’m gonna miss this channel. Some of the best damn videos on the youtubes.

[@cheezyfriez12]

Have you tried using data recovery software to recover your old assets? Deleted files are only truly deleted when you overwrite them with new files.

[@Абдулло-щ3е9э]

The absolute rage that would have come from Japan is Microsoft bought Square Enix is unimaginable.

[@shamefuldisplay9692]

I like how I've watched all the streams, yet this video just now got to me.

[@ThatWolfArrow]

I'm gonna have to disagree with you on people valuing stuff like their existing game libraries, achievements, and the like. And thats due to the fact that the average consumer simply doesn't play older games. This isnt just reflected in the sales of rereleases or ports, but also the simple fact that major game releases, on average, sell much more than they did in the past. A perfect case of this is Resident Evil 2. The original version of game has been rereleased on multiple platforms over the years, but its remake still outsold it.

[@FrogmanLeaps]

I travel for a living and I love playing games on the cloud. I also play cod mobile with my series s controller. And fortnite mobile. Hate people don't like playing mobile when they aren't home. Brings me back to the psp days. I emulate a lot of psp games on my phone too

[@HornetMain]

2:11 They were going to buy Team Cherry? God dam.

[@Daisy-uw5oz]

I threw up out of the window of my dad's car while watching this video, good stuff keep it up

[@DjKlzonez]

You sound like that KnowledgeHole guy

[@mokarokas-1727]

It's KnowledgeHob. Serving knowledge well done.

[@sirlimen333]

*Knowledgehollowhusk actually.

[@lvasquez1123]

I LOVE your new format. Welcome back

[@LordBeef]

IMHO, Annapurna or Paradox would be the coolest acquisitions for me

[@chris7263]

I feel like I've watched you disintegrate into chaos for so many years, and now you've begin to reintegrate into coherence and purpose. What a journey it's been. You're a cat now, but we all change with the passage of time.

[@soundrogue4472]

10:30 the rest of the IPs can be written off as tax write offs because said IPs under the tax law being quote, "losing value" so no it's not a waste of money.

[@orangeapples]

Do keep in mind that Sony spun PlayStation into it’s own company years ago. It would probably be good for Microsoft to do the same for Xbox.

[@antgrantrant]

Whole intro was pretty sick. Dig it

[@tacuacito6416]

Whimsu has achieved thumbnail perfection.

[@essidus]

Looks like something straight out of MTV, or Space Ghost Coast to Coast.

[@danielallen7384]

@Whimsu my guy, what are you talking about? Sony hasn't invested into they're own cloud infrastructure. Microsoft has invested trillions into their cloud infrastructure. Sony is paying Microsoft to use their Azure cloud infrastructure. As far as digital information goes, all that information is stored on servers owned by Microsoft. Not Sony. Saying Microsoft could never compete with that is laughable.

[@AmIWhoIThinkIAm]

Doom Guy in Halo against the Demon possessed Zerg. A Diablo 2 clone, on mobile with Candy Crush style mini-games stitched on.

[@kyrudo]

0:48 I hoenstly thought for a second something to do with Puerto Rico was gonna be in this video xD

[@ClaytonOHara]

the theme song went hard bro

[@SionBarzhado]

“Please welcome, Head of Xbox Game Studios: Matt BOOTY.”

[@soulhandler2227]

That pointlesshub cameo was a nice surprise

[@Gnilretsam]

11:46 I think what Phil meant is "everything that is available for PlayStation, will stay available. Any new IP, lol, you can just go F yourself!"

[@gemstone7818]

yeah this was a good episode of Whimsu

[@Web720]

My fave part about this trial is that ABK admitted their move to bring over CoD to Battlenet failed.

[@leanderbarreto980]

What was this channel called in the old days

[@nocapsbb]

intro slaps

[@aaronsound]

Wild video, thanks a lot, had no idea

[@kitestar]

Rip poolcat and his very chill pool

[@jonahfalcon1970]

Hey look, all the companies were the ones you speculated on MS buying were really considered.

[@sirlimen333]

Please, I need the sequel to the Scooby Doo video.

[@keinname2481]

table underbodylights!

[@gunnerroo6514]

I have to say this video wreaked of "my console is better than your console" and it's off-putting.

[@xXSoulGeoXx]

10:20 gotta be honest it makes sense though most of Activition Blizzard's IPs pretty much are getting so much bad blood with their fans Overwatch killed the momentum they had by cancelling the PVE Diablo IV seems to be a disaster involving microtransactions World Of Warcraft has pissed off their players and lossing player count the sexual harrasment problem with Activition Blizzard's employees Boby firing tons of people, and getting more money in the process most of their IPs dead because every developer they had gotten now work in the COD mines King is the most valuable asset here honestly

[@Ludmarus]

I love this new format!

[@missilelaneost.v1340]

Cloud gaming doesn’t work because not have super great internet, I’d rather wait 2 days for a game to download and play it with no input lag at 1080p than have the game now but at 340p and laggy as hell, sure freeing my hard drive from the burden of carrying my gamepass game would be nice but for me and a lot of others it’s just not possible

[@Netist_]

my man has a real-ass intro now god damn

[@tootsie_]

Every time I check in on this channel it's been rebranded

[@PerezJakub]

That intro slaps

[@devonwilliams5738]

You can probably try file recovery to get the pool back.

[@plushiesdx]

10:43 Rovio was just bought for $775M, so that's something

[@marcmoore7724]

I could see cloud gaming be popular on other systems (buy a Switch and run an Xbox). I honestly thought that was the direction things were going a while back

[@marcmoore7724]

I'm surprised Sony is worth that much less than Microsoft? Like it makes sense, but wasn't it originally a Japanese megacorp?

[@ViperGTS737]

well, its becoming a reality now

[@themcfunnel]

0:25 Now I know that my money will be well spent

[@josephbrown9685]

I will probably never buy an Xbox again after this generation. They’ve really dropped the ball on exclusives and I haven’t enjoyed game pass as much as I thought I would. I definitely don’t care about gaming on a mobile device.

[@christophercarrasco154]

Glad SEGA was like "Naaaaaaaaaaah. We're goooooood." I'm assuming this had to do with successes like the Sonic movie. Btw LOVE this new news segment you're doing. Very informative.

[@PKdororo]

Sega and capcom specifically have had their gaming renaissance this and last generation. There was a time where the two companies were jokes. I'm so happy that they've fixed their issues and have become some of the best companies making third party games.

[@theaccount4100]

you live in seattle bro? we should link if you do

[@yy-oi6kj]

that's a cool news logo

[@5GentleGiants]

0:48 ayyy i knew you were the same guy

[@711ramen4]

Wish Microsoft got Square. Maybe we would've gotten an Einhander game.

[@MarkMann1]

I’m surprised there wasn’t any mention of Capcom

[@udsting]

I like this format, you sped it up a lil bit didn't ya 😅

[@EIGHTMAG86]

This production is fantastic

[@floberts49]

Imagine not using the all mighty power point

[@kingoftheshadowland]

I like this format

[@AlejandroRodolfoMendez]

If you or the public is brave enough to edit, you can recreate the pool cat from previous videos footage.