we should call it a "review bloom!"

@BrianAltano

26 күн бұрын

Oh I love this. Genius!

@justinhicks6816

26 күн бұрын

love it!

@applehazeva2739

25 күн бұрын

oddly fitting Chai Humor

@slyisdaname

23 күн бұрын

sounds like something chai would say😂

@Shutupobsessedeurocvck

21 күн бұрын

Ratio

we need to review bomb the Evil Within. That game was way underrated

@OtakuUnderground92

25 күн бұрын

Facts

@Dalgonae

25 күн бұрын

review bloom 😉

@htxflow

24 күн бұрын

Yes bro. Especially the 2nd one

@Deathvalley1980

22 күн бұрын

Agree

Do not buy the game now... the money does not support Tango... it just makes Microsoft wallet bigger so they can buy more studios to shut down.

@Yinzermakesvids

26 күн бұрын

Not sure you noticed but they are a 3 trillion dollar company, people not buying those games won't even dent their wallet

@willissudweeks1050

26 күн бұрын

You probably didn’t even know about tango til this

@belgianbull4722

26 күн бұрын

@@willissudweeks1050 The evil within games, Tokyo Ghostwire,... Tango is well known and loved by Gamers

@miki49

26 күн бұрын

Agreed.

@PerfectFitGE8

26 күн бұрын

@@Yinzermakesvids Microsoft is. The Xbox devision is pure debt.

Do the people who run video game companies even play video games?

@haffyree5576

25 күн бұрын

if they did, video games would have been alot better than what we are getting now.

@xelaander8429

25 күн бұрын

No, they see dollar signs and optimise for that. Gamws is simply a byproduct of said optimisation

@applehazeva2739

25 күн бұрын

The CEO of Baldurs Gate does. Becouse you wont get an better D&D Campaign in Video Game Format anywhere else

@misterscienceguy

24 күн бұрын

​@@applehazeva2739BG2 is better tbh

@cooliostarstache5474

24 күн бұрын

No

Brian is one of the few reasons why I'm still subscribed to IGN. Level headed takes. Love it.

@ericwalker6477

26 күн бұрын

You can tell he’s one of the ppl that want nothing to do with IGN

@CrewDrastically

25 күн бұрын

For me its Luke Reilly

@armanpakan

25 күн бұрын

Same!

@LuiDen

25 күн бұрын

Feel like he really should start his own thing. I'd watch his content/news daily. No annoying voice/intonations at all. Plain, rational and simple.

@BrianAltano

25 күн бұрын

@@ericwalker6477Hey for the record this is 100% bullshit. I love it here and the fact that they encourage me to be myself in videos like this are one of the big reasons why.

Hi Fi Rush is one of my all time favorite games, so I'm absolutely devastated to see the Tango closure, but at least the fans rallying around it is a small silver lining!

HiFi Rush was such a great and fresh new game in a stale bag of chips that is the game industry. It would have done better if there was a physical version, a collector's edition and lots of merchandise for it, figures, shirts, plushies, etc. It needed more exposure.

@JeannieLove

25 күн бұрын

Limited Run Games

@renslo689

25 күн бұрын

@@JeannieLove That money won't help the game. I'm talking more about when it won awards and people talking about it, it should have been taken care of better.

@The80Kat

23 күн бұрын

@@JeannieLovetalking about a place you can get actually physical games, not that scam limited runs

There's gotta be a way for Hi-Fi Rush to comeback to get more sequels or be a franchise

@BUPMY1

26 күн бұрын

Someone buys the IP from Microsoft?

@NickDroid_

25 күн бұрын

@@BUPMY1I doubt Microsoft would give that up even after what happened with helldivers 2

@justifano7046

25 күн бұрын

Why? You(gamers) voted with their wallets and proved they don’t want Hi fi rush

@JlRyer

25 күн бұрын

It will under a new M$ ran studio that American./s Same stuff happened with age of empires and halo wars. M$ got the AOE ip after killing off the dev who worked on Halo Wars 1.

@frosted_cupkate

25 күн бұрын

@@justifano7046 'voted with their wallets'? M$ was the one that decided to shadowdrop it, thus murdering any marketing potential it might have had.

The game is currently in Humble Bundle monthly games now

Watch them still use hi fi rush in their sizzle reels next xbox show case.

@AgentOrange88785

26 күн бұрын

Oh you know they will

@chucknorris078

26 күн бұрын

☠️☠️☠️

@TheJohhnyE

26 күн бұрын

Why not? Sony still used Forspoken for a while, even though it got it's studio shut down. 😂

@chucknorris078

26 күн бұрын

@@TheJohhnyE Luminous productions was owned by Square... not Sony... Square shut their doors.

@lemonlime8949

25 күн бұрын

Sizzle reels 😂😂😂😂

the fact that Xbox is shutting down more studios than releasing games pisses me off

@keoki_

26 күн бұрын

You can’t tell me you’re surprised…

@blitzball4lyfe823

26 күн бұрын

Goes to show that Nintendo and PlayStation are on point 🔥

@k3ndo751

26 күн бұрын

​@@blitzball4lyfe823 They're also not on point. :D Maybe Nintendo (haven't heard news otherwise), but Sony/Playstation isn't better at all. :D

@Marky-Mark1337

26 күн бұрын

At least they have Activision-Blizzard 🗿🗿🗿 Playsation can cope

@caio_mancinigtr

26 күн бұрын

@@keoki_ won't be surprised if Ninja Theory is next. Dont think hellblade 2 is gonna do as well as they think

Today is mother's day in Mexico (every may 10th), so happy mother's day moms!

@garrett3726

26 күн бұрын

Does she play Hi Fi Rush?

@dididorin

26 күн бұрын

And is my birthday too and happy mother day to everyone guys

@Mr.MacaronSama_Gaming

26 күн бұрын

Happy Mother's Day

@stealthzi7465

25 күн бұрын

Its fathers day in a few weeks here lol in UK

@ant_47383_uei

25 күн бұрын

happy hi fi rush day to all mothers

I'm waiting for Brian's rant against corporate greed like he did with PlayStation's layoffs!

@BrianAltano

26 күн бұрын

Good news, there are several of them in this episode!

@spazco8669

26 күн бұрын

@@BrianAltano Welcome to capitalism, the backbone of your entire society.

@whatafrog77

26 күн бұрын

Did you watch the first 5 minutes of this 8 minute video? Or just plug your ears and scream the whole time?

@Diggi1027

26 күн бұрын

What does this have to do with PlayStation?

@eihwvz

26 күн бұрын

BOOST

of course the puzzle for animal well requires 50 players. that's the normal lobby size for a halo game.

@IvaN-cf7qt

25 күн бұрын

Is just like halo 2 and 3 ,honestly

❤ Honestly, Sony should do the biggest positive PR and purchase Tango. ❤

@theonewhowrotethis5681

26 күн бұрын

Or Nintendo since they actually give a darn about Japanese studios (still miffed over the dissolving of Sony's Japan Studio).

@TheJohhnyE

26 күн бұрын

How can they buy a studio that doesn't exist? Besides, who wants Tango to make another ubisoft clone open world game with minor stealth and a weak skill tree? 😂

@richied5294

25 күн бұрын

@@TheJohhnyE the people still exist

@diegomedina9637

25 күн бұрын

​@@theonewhowrotethis5681They didn't even bother with the studio that did the Mario and Luigi rpg games (which to be fair Hi Fi Rush sold more than those games did lmao)

@LoliconSamalik

23 күн бұрын

@@TheJohhnyE They already did that with Ghostwire and it didn't pan out. So they were planning to pitch HiFi 2

This overwhelming positive review bomb is a great salute to this studio.

@immatoll4375

26 күн бұрын

Game is in Humble Bundle Monthly. That's the actual main reason for the reviews.

Gotta love the gaming communities backlash against corporate greed.

@arkos4637

24 күн бұрын

Problem is it doesn't matter when nobody was actually playing or buying the game...... Like it was available to 25 million people at no extra cost and purchasable and only 3 million people touched it and less then 7% on Xbox/Game Pass/Game Pass PC bothered to finish it and we know more people on console played AoE4 a freaking RTS then Hi-Fi Rush. Like Helldivers 2 worked because people actually play it but that is not the case for Hi-Fi sadly.

Yes, Mothers Day this Sunday in Australia….I think our Father’s Day is on a different day though as its in September

I'm still waiting for the physical hifi. I'm moving over to all playstation as much as possible moving forward and had enough of xbox.

@dethskullcrusher

26 күн бұрын

Same, PC (Steam), Playstation and Nintendo all the way.

@sgtskully_0411

24 күн бұрын

And technically Hifi is on ps5 now

@The80Kat

23 күн бұрын

Couldn’t support this game at all because the lack of physical

Shout out to Dunkey and BigMode.

Man I’m gonna miss The Evil Within :(

@BrianAltano

25 күн бұрын

Me too. Adored those games.

Brian is unhinged, let it out sir

Thank you Brian! ❤

Sarah (president of xbox) really gives me cooper's wife vibes (fallout show)

@paranoia_xo

24 күн бұрын

Just another dead eyed corporate drone

@cooliostarstache5474

24 күн бұрын

Greed never changes

Sunday is Mother’s Day here in Australia, too!

Sony Should Get them to make Sunset Overdrive 2

LET BRIAN COOK IGN

The amount of weird sad schizos in the comments that keep claiming Hi-Fi didn't sell well is so bizarre, obviously it didn't do ridiculous CoD slop numbers but it literally BTFO Forspoken (which had like a month headstart) WHILE on gamepass. We literally have the MS statements about how it vastly EXCEEDED their expectations. Hi-Fi did as much as spreading through word of mouth could have done since that was the games only real marketing, the game is a true underdog story and hopefully returns someday in some shape or form.

Lol the its always sunny reference

A hi fi rush 2, or spiritual sequel because of copyright, on PS5 would be the best revenge ever.

maybe the "games industry" should make games that people actually want to play, not games that consulting firms want to make?

Why TF would Microsoft acquire so many studios and start closing them down? Sarah Bond should fire herself too

Animal Well reminds me of Fez. Deeper meaning to the world and its secrets.

3:23 that response about the "The ganes we make, the devices we build... etc" reminded me of "Connor Roy was interested in politics from a very young age"

Props to Steam for letting comsumers speak their mind. Unlike imdb who deletes reviews

It’s a great game why would they close it

@TheJohhnyE

26 күн бұрын

Because nobody bought it

@rossman8919

25 күн бұрын

they closed it to save money because they wasted all their money buying blizzard

Thanks Brian You a real one.

"AAA" gaming seem quite determined to kill all optimism for anyone working in those spaces

Hi-Fi Rush was one of their best games of all time. The music, the gameplay, all of it was too amazing to ignore. Xbox gone screwed up in closing down these studios. The president is foolish and not even a gamer to think we don’t need these studios anymore when in fact they give us what we love.

Woa, this game looks amazing. Gonna buy it now

"We have a long term commitment.... to give you more CoD in the future for Xbox!!"

Such a wonderful game! bright colors, not a brooding depressing thing in sight, and fun (what a concept!) 🤦‍♂️

Love to see all those positive reviews! This was the best game Xbox studios has released in how many years?? To treat their talent like this and just weeks after they won BAFTA awards. Absolute insanity from Microsoft leadership.

When they shutdown tango, doesn’t their employees just transfer to another department or something?

@JeannieLove

25 күн бұрын

If they did, why did a now former employee, former due to the closure, post an image of all the rewards the game got? Usually companies are also open about moving people.

@Argonian0727

24 күн бұрын

Yes they all get taken to a nice farm in the country!

Dunkey deserves all the success in the world! Cheers mates 🍻

Tango works downfall was sparked by ghost wire tokyo, they spent so much resources into that game for years for it to not even performed well in the market, Hi-Fi rush was only delaying the inevitable unfortunately.

Brian, you are not on NVC enough.

Maybe Microsoft will sell it off if they think it's worth something.

a woman who has never touched a videogame in her life trying to run a videogame company *shrugs* what else is new

Sony Should Get Them to make an Across the Spiderverse Game

Always a pleasure to listen to you Brian.

Are you an independent studio? Are you thinking about being under the ☔ of one of the big boys?........ DON'T!

Tango vs Cash

It should be called Review Booming, not Bombing

Shortsightedness is the word.

The score is 7

Hi-fi Rush is the best game to come out of Xbox in maybe a decade and they close the studio. This is why they can’t compete. Take the hit on this studio to maintain a compelling portfolio. Gamepass is slowly becoming the unsustainable snake that is eating itself.

@JeannieLove

25 күн бұрын

Ouroboros?

Since hi fi rush never came out physical it will be removed because of music licenses just watch. Should’ve had a physical release

@tihontihon7161

24 күн бұрын

Apparently we will get a physical release. Limited Run confirmed it just recently, but didn’t state the exact date of the phys release

This and sea of thieves need to go to nintendo switch

Great video IGN!!!

Xbox still owns the IP for these studios games and can still create sequels to them with basically the same people they would just be under a different studio name.

Sony should purchase them

hmmm Review Fireworks.... doesn't sound half-bad

@deadaxe1648

25 күн бұрын

maybe we called review building

The expectation of infinite growth goes in the face of every known economic principle. HFR offers such a unique gaming experience but these money grubbing vampires only want to support the next 2k COD micro-transactional black holes

Wait to buy under $5.

Review Rush! 🤑

XboX.... Never really hit the mark... Did it

Remember when IGN was still trying to sell they were a journalism organization and not a marketing based one? ...wait, what, they are still doing it?

@BrianAltano

25 күн бұрын

What are you even talking about.

@mycroftwilde4742

25 күн бұрын

@@BrianAltano Lots?

@BrianAltano

24 күн бұрын

@@mycroftwilde4742 You wrote a bunch of drivel.

@mycroftwilde4742

24 күн бұрын

@@BrianAltano 😂 🤣

Now to review bomb cod

@bigtone231

26 күн бұрын

Cod fans are too dense for that😂

@Marky-Mark1337

26 күн бұрын

​@@bigtone231they will silde cancel to the next game

@schwubmexx

26 күн бұрын

Or better. Millions over Millions shouldn't buy this Crap anymore

Would've been better in Sony's hands.

Games are expensive to make, and unfortunately, if they don't sell well enough, then the studios struggle to survive. We all have games we love but just didn't make sense financially for the company.

@coshvjicujmlqef6047

24 күн бұрын

sell well but still underperforms the QQQ index fund, they will be gone too.

More people raging about Tango's closure than bought their games..

@venomfuryx3250

26 күн бұрын

Yup

lol yes. Hello from Australia, it is Mother’s Day here. we also have mothers 😂

Kind of useless as a protest, no? Just makes the game more appealing for people to buy, that money goes directly to Microsoft. If you want to hurt Microsoft you would have to actually reviewbomb the game since that would hamper sales and lose MS money. But that's obviously not fair on the developers (but neither is getting closed down by MS). The only way to win is not to play.

I'm sure MS is happy to get all the extra sales for Hi Fi while the people who made it are out looking for a new job.

Love you Brian!

xbox division has outgrown and makes more then the other departments of microsoft,this is corporate greed at the finest

Sarah Bond is so incompetent

😐Fire Sarah Bond and Phil Spencer.

@schwubmexx

26 күн бұрын

Yes please. Especially useless Philly Boy

@dethskullcrusher

26 күн бұрын

Naah, fire XBOX from your libraries, from your houses and TV's. Buy only Playstation, Nintendo and PC (Not Xbox Store obviously)

@TheJohhnyE

26 күн бұрын

Why? Just because a few studios you never heard of and weren't making any money got closed down? 😂

@schwubmexx

25 күн бұрын

@@TheJohhnyE They werem't making anything cause that Shithead Spencer wasn't using them

For this amazing decision by Microsoft they deserve the award 🖕🏻 take this Microsoft and Xbox it's all yours 🤣🤣

Glad that IGN is finally calling Xbox out. It's been a longbtime coming. Xbox has and always will be terrible for gaming.

@Argonian0727

26 күн бұрын

lol Microsoft shut down a company who makes shitty games. Yeah let’s call them out.

@giullianpadilla361

26 күн бұрын

​@@Argonian0727which games?

@PerfectFitGE8

26 күн бұрын

@@Argonian0727 Yes we should call out a company when they make bad decisions. We also shouldn't trust a company that said they were going to invest and make the studio better to then turn around close shop.

@quizkill

26 күн бұрын

Whoa they haven't been bad for gaming. Them being in the console space forced the competition to be better, which is great for the consumer. Unfortunately these current shutdowns are a pretty shitty move by Microsoft though.

@TheJohhnyE

26 күн бұрын

​@@PerfectFitGE8they did invest. And we got redfall from one company and a game that won awards and praise but nobody bought from another. 😂

REVIEW MOONING ..

Maybe if more people actually played the game rather than just talked about it for console wars nonsense, Tango wouldn't have been shut down. Hell, people probably didn't even have to buy the game for Microsoft execs to see it as a success. Simply having a lot of people play it on Game Pass would've likely been a positive metric. But across both consoles & PC, it seemed only critics & a handful of people actually played the game. Everyone else either tried to belittle it in fanboy arguments because it was associated with Xbox, or the opposite group used it brag about how it won more awards than Spider-Man 2... but not even playing it.

You see Microsoft this is why everyone goes to PlayStation instead of Xbox this is why we can’t have nice things!

A bunch of people are pretending it meant a whole lot to them so they can feel like they are a part of something.

@miki49

26 күн бұрын

Just another Microsoft tool, worse than the paperclip

@TheJohhnyE

26 күн бұрын

​@miki49 but he's absolutely right. The terrible sales numbers back up his statement.

@newusername1884

26 күн бұрын

How can this typical Gamers™ cynicism comment receive so much support ?

@GreaterPhenom

25 күн бұрын

​@@TheJohhnyEThe game was on Game Pass day 1.

then its not getting bombed, change the title

Bra stop trying to make it seem like this game should have saved the studio. The other games it released were failures. Just cause this game succeeding doesn't make up for the major failures of the other games. So cry harder it wont make difference. The facts don't agree with you. The studio failed.

nice game

One corporate shitshow after another..Sony..Microsoft

Brian You are amazing 😂

Loved Hi-Fi Rush, it’s a pity we won’t see Hi-Fi Rush 2, neither will we see the Evil Within 3. Xbox is a huge mess atm.

this game looks silly.

what if we boycott Gamepass until they resurrect the studio?

@coshvjicujmlqef6047

24 күн бұрын

Then gamepass is removed. Gamepass is not profitable at all.

Capitalism in it's present form.

Microsoft has enough money to make stupidly high priced companies to not do anything with them but not to keep a small double A studio okay

@coshvjicujmlqef6047

24 күн бұрын

Their stock underperforms and the PE ratio being too high this year. That is why they have to do massive layoffs.

xbox isnt doing great, so microsoft spends billions buying studios. when that doesnt work, they shut down studios. maybe the problem is you, xbox

Yeah.. didnt play anything microsoft in 3 years. And prob never will again.

I'm just gonna post here to laugh in case MS announces a new studio born from the death of the few presented. It's easy to dump on big companies, but as you said, there was no real reason to close some of them unless you want to consolidate talent.

Sony RN 💰

Still mad Microsoft purchased Rare Studios & completely shelved Perfect Dark for DECADES 🤦🏿‍♂️