Sacred Symbols, Episode 273 | They Are Who We Thought They Were (Video)

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Fernando Amigon

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Fernando Amigon

Doritos Chips in Canada giving away 30days of Gamepass Ultimate.. Bags are promoting xbox games i saw Redfall, Forza Motorsport, Madden 24 and Starfield designs. point of the story.. What is Redfall.. the bag doesnt do the game any favours

Richard Court

colin breaking my heart forgetting ni no kuni! only pokemon like i could get into… also persona has pokemon elements

Josh Ashley

We act like every company wouldn’t lose their minds trying to acquire Nintendo if they were magically up for sale

OCEL0T

Dustin summoning Holly w the coffee, and then Colin saying "Konichiwa" with an emphatic smirk on his face, was fucking hilarious

Cun

Other Pokemon style games... Shin Megami Tensei (and Persona) is essentially a pokemon game, but with a much darker style. Digimon: Cyber Sleuth is another one. Also there was apparently one called Micromon, but I haven't played it. Unfortunately Playstation doesn't have Cassette Beasts yet, but it's another one like that for Steam and Xbox.

Kaz Redclaw

Our current way of making AIs has a bit of a flaw when it comes to data input. We're really starting to see it in ChatGPT now. As the data on the internet gets filled with AI generated content, suddenly the input to the AIs is filled with AI generated content, and as AIs eat their own tails they tend to get more and more erratic and unrecognizable, introducing lots of errors... AIs can't generate new art without having an input from humans, so if we outsource all art to AIs, then it will eventually deteriorate into uselessness.

Kaz Redclaw

Every single person agrees that cars made by hand back in the day were much better than they are now. Pots and pans made by hand, washing machines, dryers. Everything made in a factory partially by automation lasts like 25% of the time that they used to last when they were made by hand. So save the fucking pity party for "creatives". Lets not pretend that they are unique flowers in this garden of automation that has fucked everything up and NOBODY, NOBODY SAID ANYTHING.

Luke Silletta

Colin *might* want to play through Alan Wake's American Nightmare before AW2. It seems the new game may have some crossover with the "Scratch" character from American Nightmare. American Nightmare is a great game in its own right anyway.

While it isnt sustainable in current market, these reports show Game Pass has been profitable which Colin vehemently disagreed with for years at this point. Though with COD coming, and little to no game releases for years pre Starfield, I think its quite impressive their sitting at a constant 25-30 million sub base. It means thats basically their floor no matter what.

Joe B

Nice to see Dustin back!!

Pyo

Have you tried Battle Bit? Three dudes did what a thousand couldn’t, completely brought back the battlefield magic. I’ve been completely addicted to it

Travis Johnson

About the discussion of the new battlefield game getting , the community at large still has no hope in a new game. If you look into battlefield 2042 dev cycle they had multiple studios and said the same thing that they're saying about the next battlefield game. Honestly I just don't think they have it in them anymore RIP battlefield

superbadisfunny .

Great episode guys one of the more memorable ones, and by the way I loved hearing about Dustin's Japan trip. But I gotta ask. Are we getting a sacred symbols Dad hat or what? That's a day one for me 🤑🧢

Frank G.

Microsoft not being able to manage there own studios then wanting to buy Nintendo is pretty funny

Walker Simmons

It kinda comes up every now and then, but please do not shorten the podcast arbitrarily. It’s perfect. My 2¢

Caleb Greer

Holy Christ, had no idea what Dracula Flow was but I am thoroughly entertained by that. " I don't give a fuck if I go blind, I didn't need to see the price tag anyway" had me in tears.

Jordan Moyer

The level of financial literacy some people have is worrying tbh

Deemac

People need to understand there is a difference between revenue and profit. Too many people say xbox made 3 billion off of gamepass, not understanding that's not minus their operating cost.

Angel DeJesus

IF YOU WANNA CROWN ‘EM THEN COWN THEIR ASS!

Brent

I truly appreciate Colin's analysis of the industry. I actually wish you would have touched on Phil's email discussing how digital storefronts/gamepass disrupted the industry and the business models of publishers. I think your analysis has holes in it missing some of that context. Your view of Gamepass being stagnant with 25 million subscribers in a down year of content was portrayed negatively. Them staying flat or around 25 million is not their goal and I'm not trying to spin it positively. However, when you look at the content they landed during 2022 and how they were able to retain subscribers. It's not a complete L. You're right, it doesn't consist of 3rd party AAA games. Nor did they release any big AAA exclusives. However, they still get all that revenue as if they did. 2022 for them, in a world where they don't have gamepass and depended on 1P game sales to sustain their ecosystem. Their revenue/profits would have been a joke. Gamepass is in large part how they managed. I'd get the unsustainable costs if they were landing 3P AAA games. However, like you noted, they don't even bother with those. As it'd bust the budget but also 3P publishers don't get any of the benefits such as the subscriber growth. The service sells on the promise of 1P day and date games. What people don't realize is that Xbox has turned their 1P into recurring revenue VS blockbuster one-time releases. It's substantiated with their revenue/profit as a platform holder. When your business model is only predicated on big releases/IP, you have less flexibility to take risks. Let alone make new IP. Recurring revenue is predictable and easier to forecast which allows more maneuverability. Games and movies are not comparable since movies are only monetized once. Games are monetized through various means. It's already a long write up but I truly plead with anybody reading this to read Phil Spencer's email on how Gamepass and digital storefronts have disrupted the industry. New IP curation and all that are mentioned. It's such good insight. Literally if you just love gaming and not a particular piece of plastic. You'll learn so much.

Kbr Sports

Multiple things can be true. Regarding Alan Wake: Yea, the game is still great. It’s undeniably great. Also, yea, the combat hasn’t aged very well and gets stale near the end of the game. Regardless, bring on Alan Wake 2, which looks incredible

Zeke the Plumber

Xbox literally stands for everything i loathe about the modern gaming industry. Subscriptions- check Full games not on disc- check Ads, Ads, Ads- check No Disc Drive, and the all digital perhaps even cloud only future?- Check Really hope they mean it when they say they will bow out of the gaming space by 2027 if G Pass Revenue stays stagnant. Good please leave and take your subscription based, all digital, games in the cloud future with you!

Stinkling

Shout-out to Dennis Green

Daniel Murray

Go time

DarthLemon616

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FourEyes Malone