This is the video game industry's April Theses. And I love it.

@wug6175

5 жыл бұрын

BREAK THE CHAINS!

@davidbodor1762

5 жыл бұрын

Oh, hi. Didn't think I'd see you round here.

@lizardperson780

4 жыл бұрын

I knew I'd find you here after your new video. It was amazing btw

@gangofgreenhorns2672

4 жыл бұрын

Olly, and Jim should each go on Chapo.

@GeneralissimusStalin17

4 жыл бұрын

@Adoy agreed.

in EU they plan to create an "anti tax haven" law. the law is something along the lines of "you pay taxes where you sell your products, not where your HQ is". so if Activi$ion makes 500M by selling CoD in Germany, they will have to pay taxes to Germany for that 500M at Germany's current rate, or they will be banned from selling their games there.

@demmybane

5 жыл бұрын

That sounds awesome NGL

@guestusersomething4340

5 жыл бұрын

Honestly they make enough money that it would be more profitable to move their headquarters to the US and just not sell to Germany. I don’t know if there’s a real solution at this point Edit: Ok guys I get it pls stop @ing me, my feed is filled with replies to this comment, and I didn’t even remember what I wrote before rereading it

@Redhunt86

5 жыл бұрын

@@SOADandLeftWing too messy for Google , the multi billion dollar tax-evading giant ? GOOD!

@Dojan5

5 жыл бұрын

@@guestusersomething4340 Hopefully it wouldn't just be Germany though, it'd be the entirety of the EU.

@lilianahudler4378

5 жыл бұрын

I've been suggesting that the u.s. do this for fucking years. It's such an obvious solution that I came to it when I was like 15. And you know damn good and well that all of these shithead politicians realized that years ago, but fuck all that because citizens united essentially legalized bribery. The United States is a literally too big of a market to ignore for almost any major corporation. Not a goddamn thing would be lost if we force them to pay taxes if they do business here except for some fucking lobbying money. Cry Me a goddamn River, I don't want to pay for a money pool for Mitch fucking McConnell

Epic: We want to support the devs who make the games* *Does not include Epic employees.

@Dojan5

5 жыл бұрын

That's a facade anyway. We all know that when it comes to AAA developers it's the publishers and their shareholders that gobble up that extra cash. The developers get paid during the game's development (and while working on patches) they don't get any income from the game's own revenue. This doesn't necessarily hold true for indie game developers though. So really, if Steam wanted to make a response to this, they'd offer a curated indie platform where the indie devs get a higher split. I'm a business application developer, and I generally make more money than a developer does at a AAA publisher. It's laughable because those people most likely have more experience, and a better education than me. They went into their field following a passion, and said passion is being abused by their employers. Fuck that shit.

@KuraIthys

5 жыл бұрын

@@Dojan5 It's been well known by anyone that even tried for 5 minutes to be a game developer, and for several decades already, that passion is about the only thing that keeps game developers going. Doesn't matter what discipline it is, be it programming, music, art, etc, going into game development is a surefire way to work double the hours for 70% of the pay you'd get with your skillset just about anywhere else. This has been a long-known 'dirty secret' of the industry, as has 100+ hour 'crunch' periods. (and in fact in many cases even outside of crunch 60-70 hour weeks are 'normal') It's a complete mess, but we all collectively seem to have decided it's OK, and somehow refuse to ever really challenge it. You can't be the lone voice of protest in a company either, because that's a pretty great way to get yourself fired...

@DarkRaven40011

5 жыл бұрын

Pretty sure it doesn't include the game developers either (the actual workers that make the games) only the bosses.

@GruppeSechs

5 жыл бұрын

@@Dojan5 Good thing Epic's paying out the ass for all those Indie devs coming aboard amirite. You're right though. Actual devs don't get jack shit on major titles once it's released. The fact people buy into this is laughable and/or sad. Most devs are contractors on AAA titles these days anyway. Dem sweet contractor royalties and residuals.

@Jay-rn6dt

5 жыл бұрын

@@KuraIthys Imagine if those same people were able to work at peak-efficiency, i.e. not overworked, not worrying about paying their bills. The games industry is just another item in a long list of proof that the best work is done out of passion, not wage slavery. KZreadrs, Wikipedia, pretty much all of what goes on in the Internet are other great examples. Yet people still think we need to keep this outdated system of wage slavery "otherwise people will be lazy and not work" ._.

Can somebody make a supercut of Jim Sterling saying "TRIPLE-A" in increasingly ridiculous voices? I'd definitely THANK GOD for that.

@gogista

4 жыл бұрын

kzread.info/dash/bejne/la2Murx8fJfTYZs.html

@DoomguardKino

4 жыл бұрын

@@gogista You, sir, are the hero we need.

@iamthemouse4483

4 жыл бұрын

Can we also make a montage of every line, joke and skit that Lily Orchard blatantly stole from Jim Syerling?

People need to remember: Legal does not always mean ethical

@wolfraider3

5 жыл бұрын

Hardly any correlation on a lot of topics even

@ShinNisse

5 жыл бұрын

Something Extra Credits never understood.

@amitgabay3721

5 жыл бұрын

Gaming companies: we are sorry what now?

@MumblingSolipsist

5 жыл бұрын

@@ShinNisse I know Extra Credits are known for saying very dumb shit sometimes which is why i stoped watching their vids. When did they say triple A practices were bad?

@ShinNisse

5 жыл бұрын

@@MumblingSolipsist They defended loot boxes on the basis that they were legal. It, however, doesn't justify their existence when you add moral values into the mix.

This is the dumbest Jimquistition opening I've seen thus far and I love it!

@Ulysses12244

5 жыл бұрын

Yeah, right? Carelessly talking about "hatespeech" as if that practically will amount to anything else but "wrongthink"... and funnily enough is pretty much exactly the bleaching brand of equality cAAApitalism want's to broaden their markets, numb and stupify the consumer-scum and paint us all the pretty picture of a kumbaja-society to keep us docile and apathetic.. But it's just a word, it's just videogames.. nothing amount to nothing anyway.. Hey Jim, you just want a clean, just, shit-eating equal P-C-AAApitalism anyway, don't you?!

@ianv.1470

5 жыл бұрын

@@Ulysses12244 oh look a jumped up individual angry at S O C I E T Y

@rhammer6068

5 жыл бұрын

@@Ulysses12244 What the fuck are you on about lol

@captinbunt

5 жыл бұрын

JEWELS

@Nbalko1997

5 жыл бұрын

@@Ulysses12244 Mate, he was talking about the silly intro with the jewels under his hat.

AAA Publishers: "No one is in danger. They're just gonna do the overtime.. Because of the implication."

@robertcooper4th259

5 жыл бұрын

@@robbycooper6787 you are joking is this your impression of an ea employees life and why china

@robertcooper4th259

5 жыл бұрын

why chiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiinaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

@CatsAgainstCommunism

5 жыл бұрын

#1 underrated comment

Jesus the myths about unions in this comment section are staggering. In the UK, we’re encouraged to join a union. And for a few quid a month we get people who negotiate with the company for better pay increases, can attend any disciplinary proceedings to make sure your not getting steamrolled out of your job, protect and fight for fair working conditions and hours, provide legal support in a wide range of situations and generally make sure companies aren’t fucking you around. Countless positive changes to the way businesses treat their employees have only happened because of unions. They are not unchecked gangs of demanding bullies who force small businesses into bankruptcy, it’s not the 1920s anymore. The shit game developers are pulling with their workforce’s is the exact result of no unionisation. ‘Getting another job’ doesn’t work when you have bills to pay or a family to support, work in a competitive industry and have no guarantee that after going through the stress and admin of moving companies, your new employer won’t pull the same shit your old one did.

@ryanbradleyrankin

5 жыл бұрын

Yea organized labor has been demonized over generations by the poeple in power convincing you that Unions don't work because the guy who is less compitent then you is being paid more than you (slightly) and hes fucking over your success, you know.....instead of the greedy fucks screwing you and the other guy over at the same time. Its a systemic issue now.

@cuppateia

5 жыл бұрын

McCarthyism, the red scare, and hegemonic neoliberal propaganda have really fucked Americans up when it comes to like... literally everything involving economic and social theory.

@Nsixtyfourlink

5 жыл бұрын

In the US, the union s have too much power. In a lot of northern states, you are forced to join a union to do any trade job, not asked. They force business owners to pay piss poor labor way too much money who can't be fired. The idea of union is good. But all of them squeeze the companies and businesses for every dime they can. This the business can't afford to hire people they need or lower prices to compete with cheap products.

@tanatos5

5 жыл бұрын

I work as an administrator at a construction company. I represent the company in all our dealings with the Union and relevant authorities. I am also responsible for filtering all the feedback from our employees (and the authorities are fully aware of it). When I represent the company and our ”issues” to the Union; we are all smiles and roses. ”We provide fantastic opportunities and possibilities to our workers and they/we are all so very happy.” In reality all of us continously work 14 hours a day, 6.5-7 days a week. Our feet are a mixture of bruises and blood (walking on reinforcement etc. 14-15 hours a day for months in S3 shoes does have that effect) and most of us are pretty suicidal. So, what’s the catch? In my case; MY HOUSE is the catch. No job or less paying job= I lose the house (I’m keeping the story very, very short). So; I’m all smiles. Workers are all smiles. Our bosses are all smiles (their smiles are genuine, as you prolly can guess). And to top it all off; I live in a very prominent western country. Sigh.. I could write more but I swear every bone/muscle hurts right now.

@awkwardjoke

5 жыл бұрын

The United States is effectively a cult regarding socio-economic thought. Capitalism with slaps on the wrist for corporations and the bare minimum of social welfare are the limit that you can publicly espouse in the majority of states without being considered an extremist.

"asset flips, broken garbage, hate speech, and Batman: Arkham Knight" why did you say broken garbage twice?

@DirtyDwarfFTW

5 жыл бұрын

How dare you to insult broken garbage by comparing it to Batman: Arkham Knight!

@noesunyoutuber7680

5 жыл бұрын

Nah, I'm pretty sure he repeated Hate Speech.

@NetMoverSitan

5 жыл бұрын

It's worth mentioning twice.

@Azmodeus87

5 жыл бұрын

Why indeed? One more, and he would have rule 3'd it. Which, if you ask me, is just stellar writing.

@fiendwithoutaface6833

5 жыл бұрын

Ouch.

All these 70-100 hour companies are just asking for one of their workers to go postal

@JimRaynorRaider

5 жыл бұрын

Yeah, it's the only I see this bs finally ending :/

@mcmuggin8075

5 жыл бұрын

Ive often thought why it hasnt happened yet, if im disgusted by whats going on i cant imagine also being a cog in that machine.

@exantiuse497

5 жыл бұрын

To them that would probably be a positive thing. You don't need to fire people who are dead

@Sneedboy

5 жыл бұрын

Postal huh? I’d sure love to see that.

@Commanderziff

5 жыл бұрын

The people who made the decision won't care. They won't be there.

This is why unionisation is important and protecting those unions more so.

@Sonichero151

4 жыл бұрын

The police unions have made a very good argument for the Against union side sadly......

@tiagodarkpeasant

4 жыл бұрын

@@Sonichero151 to be fair, game developers don't have the legal right to use violence so it is totally different

@Pixxeria

3 жыл бұрын

@@Sonichero151 police unions do exactly what unions are supposed to do, protec the interest of the category

@wesleythomas7125

3 жыл бұрын

I dunno, when I was part of a union, they just took my money without helping me...

The best predictor of being Rich is NOT about being smarter, hard work, etc. It is and will continue to be having rich parents to give you wvery advantage at every turn

@christopherfryer5816

5 жыл бұрын

The biggest and most relevant advantage being all the money they give you

@Denji2006

5 жыл бұрын

Everything is gatekeepers and nepotism. Even if you aren't related, you gain the favor of someone who is rich and has connections, you're well off. There are plenty of smart and talented people who just don't have the money and don't know anybody that could make a significant difference.

@AnArchyRulzz

4 жыл бұрын

But these people have to claim this society is a meritocracy or else people will realize their success isn't based on merit. Basically they just use meritocracy as a club to beat the poor with, blaming their poverty on not "working hard enough"

@thatgui88

2 жыл бұрын

@@AnArchyRulzz YES. Meritocracy is used to gatekeep poor people for being poor.

@isidoreaerys8745

Жыл бұрын

Meritocracy was coined as a term for a dystopia, where unlike the aristocrats who recognized they truly were priveleged to be born into their fabulous wealth and power and thus sympathized with the poor who did nothing to earn their bad lot in life. A meritocrat believes his wealth is his alone and lords over the poor with contempt and disdain believing it was not opportunity and luck but his own virtue and merit that earned his lot and others are beneath him.

For all the people who claim that workplace regulations are harmful: Look at Europe. In Germany for example, 40 hours a week maximum are legally binding, with a daily maximum, and up to 60 hours a week for a limited time with justification. Yet companies are still internationally competitive, and successful. In fact, economic growth is now hampered due to the fact that there isn't a large enough qualified workforce. How? The employees are far more effective, since they can focus on their work instead of suffering from burnout, worrying about bills etc. Companies also invest far more, instead of paying their top brass undeserved amounts of money (The boss of Activision gets about 4x more money that VAGs boss, which is the biggest car manufacturer on the planet). Just to put things into perspective, the untrained work I do occasionally in my father's business pays more than the 12 dollars an hour some Devs get. And mine includes insurance and payments towards my retirement funds. Edit: Meant retirement plan, which is called 'Rente' here, when I wrote 'rent'

@stinkysquid6533

5 жыл бұрын

Oddly enough, it's really only America as far as I can tell that doesn't have much in terms of workplace regulation. A majority of the rest of the first world has moved on and is doing fine just like you said. So much for the land of the free and the "American Dream".

@Neon_Plasma

5 жыл бұрын

@@stinkysquid6533 Japan is pretty brutal about crunch too.

@spacejunk2186

5 жыл бұрын

Germany is also the largest low wage sector in Europe.

@mayaw.4013

5 жыл бұрын

China’s probably the worst...

@stinkysquid6533

5 жыл бұрын

@@Neon_Plasma yeah japan is another one. think its more of a cultural thing and not because of a lack of regulation as much. Still equally as harmful to the public

The most alarming thing about this video is the image of Jim in an illustrious tailor made suit except he's also barefoot.

@EliasCassab

5 жыл бұрын

wouldn't have it any other way

@greenhowie

5 жыл бұрын

I'm honestly SHOCKED that he wasn't in stilettos. Jim is too pure and wholesome these days.

@spartanhawk7637

5 жыл бұрын

@@greenhowie Anyone else wants him to wear a pair of glass slippers?

@Jame0703

5 жыл бұрын

I mean, it never goes below the waist... It's possible pants aren't a part of it either...

@baneoftechnology

5 жыл бұрын

gotta please the fans somehow

Sure, epic isn't holding a gun to their heads. They're just handing them an active grenade, pulling the pin and saying "if you keep a tight grip long enough, we'll put the pin back in for a little bit".

@gingergamergirl98

5 жыл бұрын

Red King Rauri I get that “Active grenade” is a job (more accurately a way to pay to survive in a capitalist system) and “pulling the pin” is the implied threat of losing the job, but I guess I’m not really following the rest of the metaphor. Which sucks, because it just _feels_ accurate. Care to explain?

@redkingrauri3769

5 жыл бұрын

@@gingergamergirl98 Grenades have a grip that prevent it from going off until it's released, then the timer activates. Working overtime with the grenade is the crunch and letting it go off is getting fired. The pin is the renewed contract.

@gingergamergirl98

5 жыл бұрын

Red King Rauri Thanks, dood :)

@Dontreallycare5

4 жыл бұрын

@@gingergamergirl98 I would say it's even more accurate than just that as well: if you end up just saying fuck it and "throwing the grenade" you have to deal with the guilt of messing up someone else. If you quit, those coworkers you otherwise love working with are the ones slapped with the stress. They aren't just holding your own job and future prospects hostage, but also your sense of community inside the work place.

I've said it before. But what Epic is doing is unsustainable. It's a business practice known as Loss Leader Strategy. At some point old Tim Swindler WILL pull the plug on those deals. But he'll only do it once he's bought enough customers by underpricing on contracts with publishers. The instant he's got "enough" people on his platform, those fancy deals he's giving developers will evaporate.

Someone once told me "To make a million dollars, you start with $900,000"

@Novasky2007

5 жыл бұрын

I was told to sell something worth a £1 for £2 then do it a million more times.

@IWLGaming

5 жыл бұрын

How do you make $900,000? Start with $500,000. How do you make $500,000? Start with $100,000. It's true that (if you know what you're doing, and a bit lucky) money grows faster the more money you have to start with. But It's also true that you can make small amounts of money grow, depending largely on how much you're willing to risk. Kinda like how everyone laughed at trump's "loan of a million dollars" thing saying "oh well it's easy if you have that!" No, no it's not. What are you going to do with that million dollars that's going to let you not only pay back the loan, with interest, but make you a billionaire? It's not that easy, or more people would be going to banks for an investment loan.

@brainflash1

5 жыл бұрын

Or get a loan from your dad.

@LuizAlexPhoenix

5 жыл бұрын

My boss says there only needs to be someone selling and people will buy it. Makes sense, people often buy things like food and water to not die.

@richanddarksbane1439

5 жыл бұрын

What if they're selling absurdly small strands of twine?

It's hard to believe we can't go as little as one week without hearing something shitty about the games industry

@commietearsdrinker

5 жыл бұрын

It's the normal now. For pretty much anything actually, but mainly the entertainment industry going down the drain because of greed or politics.

@brothersanguinary9072

5 жыл бұрын

That's what happens when money becomes the main mover in a system. Soon enough it becomes the ONLY consideration.

@prdeadpool1380

5 жыл бұрын

Especially when other channels focus on bullshit irrelevant stuff in gaming like "sjws and NPC" and not the important stuff

@n3rdm4n

5 жыл бұрын

The bigger something becomes, the easier it becomes to see the ugliness. It's much better than some other industries that rely on conflict metals and/or sweat shops, to be fair. Soon enough there will be enough trained game developers in the developing world that the jobs will start going there and you won't hear more about horrible work conditions but rather "they took mah jerb!"

@janedoe4929

5 жыл бұрын

@@prdeadpool1380 Because there audience wants to ignore the real issues and get pissy if they don't feed their outrage and they want to make money.

You can rob someone without having to put a gun to their head, then you can say "I didn't put a gun to their head" and walk off merrily with their money.

@stevevondoom4140

5 жыл бұрын

better almost to do the old confidence trick and get them to hand it to you willingly and with a smile , full of naive hope. than technically (outside of theft by deception laws) nothing was stolen , just "invested"

@totetoresano

5 жыл бұрын

Yep, that's called taxes.

@joke-wo4ye

5 жыл бұрын

@@totetoresano Your boss extracts more of your surplus value than taxes ever could

@totetoresano

5 жыл бұрын

​@@joke-wo4ye not really. Sometimes you don't even generate a surplus or generate a negative one because you are not productive enough to cover your salary and other expenses but you receive your pay anyway. In that case you are the one robbing without a gun. It is easy to see just one face of the coin.

@TheSeptet

5 жыл бұрын

@@totetoresano Compared to the amount of money most jobs produce, the amount that workers get paid for that job is pitiful.

I would like to correct one datapoint, Metro Exodus is not an Epic exclusive, I found it on Piratebay and I found it to be a very enjoyable game.

@manhphuc4335

5 жыл бұрын

Tanya Sapien tks mate, time to bitch slap the big man. I’ll wait a year to buy Metro Exodus at discount price on steam. Hohoho

@StrazdasLT

5 жыл бұрын

Piracy is actually a great example of open market. Competition is a plenty and they actually compete (as in they can have same content on their site and you choose the site you enjoy more). That being said, go to private trackets you scrub.

@chabbab6698

5 жыл бұрын

Piracy will get you busted, sooner or later. Almost no one knows how to be secure while doing it.

@dragoon1090

5 жыл бұрын

@@chabbab6698 VPN

@StrazdasLT

5 жыл бұрын

@@chabbab6698 Not really. Outside of admitting to piracy it is very hard to get a conviction, as there is no good way to prove it (torrent software data is untrustworthy and not acceptable as proof in court).

One of the commenters I got in the previous Epic abuse video told me that wanting the law to hold companies accountable for abusing their employees was entitled and fascist. And that wasn't even the worst commenter I had to deal with.

@tycho7006

5 жыл бұрын

Funny considering most of the morons calling for that appalling, dangerous shit often have some pretty fascist sympathies

@belgariontheking1

5 жыл бұрын

@EBE Say they do quit. What do they do about money? It's not like they can quit and new work right away. What do they do about homes? About their family? Food? Money? Bills? A car? All of that can go away without money. That's why people have to stay because without money you will die. And that's why there has to be regulations.

@baljot1231

5 жыл бұрын

EBE consumer and employee boycotts don’t work and if you had your way children would still be working in coal mines

@OurBenefactors

5 жыл бұрын

@EBE "lol guys just quit your job it's so simple" -- someone who has never had to provide for themselves or others

@AlexMagusaka

5 жыл бұрын

"They can quit their job. There are 7 million + open jobs in the US today. I'm sure plenty of those are related to programming of some kind." "Hell, if they really wanted, they could work in a completely different industry. Nothing is really stopping them." ""Boycotts don't always get me what I want, boo hoo". Fuck off you crying bitch." "Maybe they should be saving their money. Maybe they should consider moving." Ooh, spicy pro-corporate speak, there. The check's in the mail; you will eat well this month.

Jim this is why you don't show what is under the hat. Now the Boglin jewels are lost and must be gather again by Adventure Boglin.

@Reddsoldier

5 жыл бұрын

Boglic the Boglin

@CeHee123

5 жыл бұрын

Somebody make that a game!

@OriginalTheUsername

5 жыл бұрын

Boglin Slayer*

@Priestofgoddess

5 жыл бұрын

That is how you keep your adventurers busy. :D

@shlabulax9047

5 жыл бұрын

@@CeHee123 And it should be sold on the Jimporium.

Friendly reminder when Cyberpunk 2077 releases, it will be DRM free on GOG. I love GOG.

@TinyNiord

5 жыл бұрын

Zeke That Gamer Geek I certainly hope they'd release their game on their own platform.

@piratemeatball

5 жыл бұрын

CDPR's also not innocent when it comes to long work weeks and crunch.

@skirmich

5 жыл бұрын

Serious question.. Why do I care about DRM If I buy the game? RE2 has Denuvo but I haven´t had a single issue with it.

@Dojan5

5 жыл бұрын

​@@skirmich I can think of a few reasons. DRM limits how you can install it. For example, The Sims 2 is pretty tough to get working on modern PCs thanks to its SecuROM DRM being incompatible with Windows 8+. With DRM free copies, you're able to just download the game and truly own it. If a game has DRM, you're allowed to operate only within the scope that the DRM allows. Some 10 years down the line that game might not be playable anymore because the DRM won't let you, and there won't be anyone that cares enough to update the game's DRM and make it playable again. DarkSpore has its DRM in the form of an always online server connection. When those servers shut down, DarkSpore became unplayable forever.

@cormoran2303

5 жыл бұрын

@@skirmich Denuvo is proven to cut your framerate. This creates situations where illegally cracked copies run BETTER than legally purchased copies. Publishers who use Denuvo are punishing their customers and ONLY their customers for something they didn't even do.

I'm genuinely happy that Willem Dafoe is getting more involved with the Jimquisition again. Thanks, Willem.

@shirshanyaroy287

5 жыл бұрын

Don't mention it

Please never stop talking about the crap of the gaming industry.

@noahbossier1131

5 жыл бұрын

Talk about the crap of movie studios as well. VFX artists go through the exact same crap.

@brandonsmisek6334

4 жыл бұрын

This is like every industry. It’s a system problem. It’s a capitalism problem.

Every day we are a little bit closer to the megacorps of cyberpunk fiction.

@Bob_Beaky

5 жыл бұрын

We're already there. They just hide their shittier practices in small, poor countries where the media doesn't pay much attention. :(

@VM-hl8ms

5 жыл бұрын

always add example or two when making such claims.

@GruppeSechs

5 жыл бұрын

@@VM-hl8ms Google, Amazon, Disney, Tencent, Activision, the Coca-Cola Company, fucking Nabisco, etc, etc.

@namkha209

5 жыл бұрын

We already have rentable bunk pods. It's cyberpunk already.

@Wriph

5 жыл бұрын

Not quite there. They don't straight up own countries or have private armies...yet.

Honestly I thought about this whole "gun against head" argument and think that yes, studios aren't putting guns to worker's heads, it's workers putting guns to their own heads and contemplating financial or literal suicide.

Old games aren't safe either: Psyonix the creator of Rocket League just joined the dark side. Also you didn't mention the worst thing about Tencent; they're the bank rollers of the Sesame Credit system in China. Ya know the one the most insidious form of people control ever created.

Jim, how did you think the jewels thing was supposed to go down?

@jabrilanderson8365

5 жыл бұрын

Dark Star Mike well obviously he didn’t think it would go down ... the back of his shirt. 😉

@Sorrelhas

5 жыл бұрын

I think he wanted them to be perfectly stacked on top of his head, like a cartoon.

@codyw518

5 жыл бұрын

gravity

@chloraloner7

5 жыл бұрын

I love it when a goof goes horribly right.

@Kletian999

5 жыл бұрын

Jewels is the best gag I've ever seen him do.

I repeat. Unions can work. We have a game developers union here in Finland.

@AcidUsagi

5 жыл бұрын

@@Christianityunmasked pros of a union still outweighs the cons. And you can boycott as much as you like and yet still companies richer than anyone else wilö continue to profit. Plus its far more easier to organice than hope that EVERY GAMER IN THE WORLD will join a boycott.

@josh-oo

5 жыл бұрын

@@Christianityunmasked Listing boycotts done by stupid people for stupid reasons isn't making your stance look reasonable.

@Moshpitti

5 жыл бұрын

@@Christianityunmasked Are you new to Jim's videos, or do you really need this guy to reiterate what Jim has been saying for months?

@mrECisME

5 жыл бұрын

If they all wanted to leave and get other jobs they could. Why do you need a union when you can strike by simply leaving? Also, IT jobs are global so whats stopping them outsourcing the work to Asia?

@Macauley1514

5 жыл бұрын

@@josh-oo i think the point he was making is the fact of boycotts do work it doesn't matter if you agree with the reasons for the boycotts or not.

VIDEOGAME CO-OPERATIVES RUN BY GAMERS AND GAME DESIGNERS NOW

its nice to see comrade Jim speaking the name of the source of so many problems in the games industry

"but but you are working a dream job that every other person only dreams to to have" - gamestudio CEO

@ciCCapROSTi

5 жыл бұрын

I mean that's the truth. Demand for those jobs is higher than the supply, so the employer can do shit. It's exactly the reverse in other fields. If you are a developer and can't find a job in a week, you are probably shit. If you want to work on games, well tough.

@ohwowitsthatguy9154

5 жыл бұрын

Made a nightmare.

@jerryblue017

5 жыл бұрын

@@ciCCapROSTi False. If demand is higher than supply. The employer would do its best to keep them there and not drive them away.

At this point idk which one would be more interesting to see: 1. Steam waking up from it's decade old slumber. 2. The "AAA" industry collapsing. Also: *Loved* the opening!

@therealbahamut

5 жыл бұрын

My money's on the collapse.

@cousinvinnie6222

5 жыл бұрын

I'd go with option 3. The rise of the Indie scene to take the AAA industry's place, hopefully leading to a gaming renaissance.

@Krysnha

5 жыл бұрын

Triple AAA game industry colapsing, because i wander if these CEO, will do what old magnates do when the great depesion hit. Jump from building

@Eccegato

5 жыл бұрын

@@cousinvinnie6222 Then those indie developers will just corrupt with greed and turn into another AAA developers in time, repeating same old slimy money making scheme which former AAA developers did all over again.

@therealbahamut

5 жыл бұрын

@@cousinvinnie6222 That would be a happy plot twist indeed. That's quite an uphill battle though...

If the Epic Store is the reason Valve will actually make Half-Life 3 I'm going to eat my non jewel-filled hat.

@firehazard4676

5 жыл бұрын

metfan4l I mean, I won't buy HL3 if that's the case. Their fans have been begging for them to make it for so long, and it would no doubt sell well enough to say they have an excuse to print free money so to speak. But they finally do it to when a competitor pops up? Nu-uh. Fuck. That.

@arr165

4 жыл бұрын

Well not exactly hl3, but... what's your current hat status?

Steam does have one other big bullet that Epic can't handle. Steam Sales. With the massive amount of games already on the platform, when they pull the trigger in summer and winter, the amount of stuff you can get for pennies on the dollar is astronomical. That's Steam's biggest and strongest weapon, bar none.

@FishOnHead

5 жыл бұрын

It would be, except if you look at the trends the extremity of those sales has lessened greatly. More and more the games just aren't cheap enough, and so many of us game hoarders have so many that it's not worth it to buy even more at the price. Generally in a sale I used to buy plenty of things; as my library grows more robust, and the offerings become less enticing, now in a sale I *might* buy one or two things, and often not a direct result of the price. If they're going to fight Epic with sales, they're gonna have to step their game up.

@Gilbals

5 жыл бұрын

@@FishOnHead I agree that even I've bought less over time, but that's because I have a lot of what I want. If you think of the new kid on the block, when they get hit with "All of Square's shit: 3 dollars" You even look past DRM at that point. New consumers or people with PC's finally able to dive into the wider pond of the content do typically go on a bender during sales.

@ChristianNeihart

5 жыл бұрын

@@Gilbals the constant sales have served to devalue the games on Steam, among other things. I'm slowly moving my library to GOG but the migration has been slow because Steam has conditioned me and a lot of other users to hunt for deals, paying less than sticker price.

@Gilbals

5 жыл бұрын

@@ChristianNeihart I wouldn't call it devaluation. I'd say it's smart shopping. If you're hype for a game, you'll buy it new. If you're broke or tight on cash, wait til the sale. If you have interest in it but not enough for the current price tag, wait. It's no different that going to a sale at a clothing store or cutting coupons. A smart shopper is one that waits for deals. An impulse shopper is what makes you money. Also, many games don't go on the sale list until they've been out for a bit. If a game is on sale within its first month, that can say a lot about a game, no?

@ChristianNeihart

5 жыл бұрын

@@Gilbals if I may disspell l (sp?) The analogy a bit, clothes and groceries (if that is what you are referring to when you say "cutting coupons") are commodities you need far more than say a video game. Also as a counter point, I would like to point your attention to this article: www.businessoffashion.com/articles/intelligence/can-american-retailers-department-stores-jcrew-gap-quit-the-discounting-promotions-drug

The epic claim of thm pulling away from exclusives if Steam matches their cut makes no sense because: 1- EPIC charges processing fees to the purchaser. Some payment processors charge an extra fee for processing fees. Steam eats that fee from their split of the revenu while EPIC ADDS that fee to the purchsers bill. 2- STEAM takes 0$ from key activations from 3rd party sellers. You bought a game from Green Man Gaming or Humble Bundle that came with a steam key? Valve gets 0$ from that sale. 3- STEAM has more features. Features cost money to develop, improve, maintain. Steam has a butt load of features that are missing form the EPIC game store so comparing steam to egs is comparing apples to oranges. It's like comparing a Kia Rio to a fully equipped Toyota Avalon. Sure they are both cars but the Avalon has way more going for it.

@MrCoincash

5 жыл бұрын

It makes sense to me. They are basically saying if they take away literally their only advantage they're going to give up the idea because they have no interest in actually being competition, just to rake in cash by putting in near zero effort and running a monopoly racket. If they can't do that anymore they will just focus on Fortnite and UE.

@crazyinsane500

5 жыл бұрын

Yeah, kinda weird that Jim keeps parroting that statement verbatim without question. Like, it factually has nothing to do with the cut and everything to do with the bribe they get for exclusivity.

@ChristinaWintherLolk

5 жыл бұрын

Don't forget Steam has many projects going on, CSGO, DOTA2, Steam VR etc. and Epic Games only got fortnite.

@ShapeshifterOS

5 жыл бұрын

More like comparing a Kia to a Lambo. Epic doesn’t have shit.

@Th3madjackal

5 жыл бұрын

And let's not forget that Tencent is lurking in Epic shadow since they own a pretty sizeable chunk (48-49% i think) of the company shares and with their shady tactic and background (censorship, stealing/selling data etc) i wouldn't be surprised if it was a move by them to take over the Western PC gaming market in an attempt to replace Steam to sit on an even bigger pile of money.

Huh....I always thought it was a Boglin controlling him Ratatouille style...

@jabrilanderson8365

5 жыл бұрын

MackOfHearts 😄you receive much love from me

@KuroKarma

5 жыл бұрын

me 3

Piratebay's sure going to be busy in September.

@HookahOtaku

5 жыл бұрын

ARRRRRR

@deathmourne1

5 жыл бұрын

I hopwe it sinks due to butthurt gamers

@Dante3214

5 жыл бұрын

@Crystal Dreams www.lifewire.com/top-torrent-sites-alternatives-to-kat-2483512

@hypergrad2254

5 жыл бұрын

Unless you live in Australia Then you're three billion miles in the paint

@gunnerr8476

5 жыл бұрын

@Crystal Dreams Try IGG Games.

Crazy thing about Jim is how his content evolves and its relevance increases as time goes on. Thank god for Jim.

Tim Sweeney: I'm here for the developers. ALSO Tim Sweeney: I'm going to work you animals to death! Produce more code or you get my whip!

@akaimizu1

5 жыл бұрын

Cormoran he’s definitely not the same Tim Sweeney that I knew back at College Park MD. Heck, I remember back when he had many of us playing ZZT, in the computer labs. A game he self-programmed, by the way. He’s having his HOOK moment. He’s become a pirate. I could see his early successes would make him big, but never expected him to jump the fence. It is very very unusual for a software developer, turned boss, to create anything but a more pleasant developer atmosphere. Usually it is a corporate person who is not sympathetic to their position. :)

@LATEXXJUGGERNUT

5 жыл бұрын

Awww, but Extra Credits praised him as a good guy, surely that justifies the complete abuse of a Malignant Narcissist! m.kzread.info/dash/bejne/dp2d3Kdtk7Grcaw.html

@crazyinsane500

5 жыл бұрын

@@LATEXXJUGGERNUT Extra Credits also keeps James Portnow on the payroll and say loot boxes are amazing and should be kept in the industry. They've lost their integrity some time ago.

@ccproductions5262

5 жыл бұрын

you think upper management whips the workers themselves? what is this, revolutionary France? you'd have to be in the same room as the peasants to whip them. Sweeny has people for that now.

@Reaverbot7

5 жыл бұрын

@@crazyinsane500 They had integrity? When?

You've gotta give Epic credit: instead of being the "underdog" to Steam that people might champion and be happy to flock to, they've managed to somehow be worse. And make gaming on PC a worse experience. Now That's What I Call Capitalism

@kyotheman69

5 жыл бұрын

why society is going crumble if this continues

@josephhuggins5394

5 жыл бұрын

thank god for jim, and consoles

The hat trick you pulled was truly breathtaking. No only did it have me on the edge of my floor in anticipation, but I had to rewind and watch again to make sure my brain was properly processing the visual stimulation inbound. Great bit!

Hey Jim, can you start linking the articles you talk about and reference in the video description? I'd like to read some of them for myself.

@KarolaTea

5 жыл бұрын

+

I was expecting a large pile of pogs under the hat, but I guess you can use jewels to buy pogs

@uzimyspecial

5 жыл бұрын

why not a pile of pugs

@Texelion3Dprints

5 жыл бұрын

I was expecting a boglin controlling Jim mentally.

@TheMusesOrg

5 жыл бұрын

I thought it would be Willem Dafoe

@LeftIsRightCD

5 жыл бұрын

Are they Alf pogs?

@Xtapp

5 жыл бұрын

Jewels can be used to buy goods and/or services.

did we just confirm Jim is money bags from Spyro.

@dafire9634

5 жыл бұрын

Yes

@sirapple589

5 жыл бұрын

“Go ahead Spyro, if you have money to spend I’m here to relieve you of the burden”

No such thing as "unchecked" capitalism. Just capitalism. Exploitation of the work force is not a flaw, it lies at its very core.

@berjanbeen7188

5 жыл бұрын

I mean the unchecked part does imply that if there are no rules/laws to regulate them and power to enforce those, this is the expected effect. There exist a lot of countries with better consumer and worker protections than the USA and from what I can see the US used to be better as well.

@AkuTenshiiZero

5 жыл бұрын

The free market extends to more than just products and consumers. A job is much like a product, and a worker like a customer. If you are getting a shitty deal, why are you still there? There are plenty of other places to work, nobody is forcing these guys to stay in an abusive job.

@llm20756

5 жыл бұрын

@@AkuTenshiiZero I'll just ask my bills to wait whilst I find a new job after leaving my current one. I'm sure the leech- I mean landlord will understand fully.

@AkuTenshiiZero

5 жыл бұрын

@@llm20756 You know it is possible to apply for a new job while still working, right? Stop making excuses.

@AkuTenshiiZero

5 жыл бұрын

@@llm20756 Also, that "leech" owns and maintains the building you live in. What, do you think magical fairies are the ones fixing your plumbing?

"Stab your dog for an extra 20 $" Made me spill my water lol XD

@TheRhetoricGamer

5 жыл бұрын

My response was "Nah, they'd never stab my dog for 20 bucks. Too much effort for them."

@colinboots8694

5 жыл бұрын

@@TheRhetoricGamer lol

@OmegaBladeAlpha

5 жыл бұрын

Great now there's jewels *and* water on the ground.

@spybird5870

5 жыл бұрын

They'd stab your dog for a penny too.

I purposely did not go into Game making because of these horrible conditions to make literally video games. General Software development has it's horror stories, but good god it's not so industry wide that you can make a once a week video on how [Insert Company here] is abusing their employees

@ACogloc

5 жыл бұрын

Me too, happily working in a FAANG, hopefully this means talent will go missing, and wages will increase, that's how capitalism works.

@oldleatherstocking3185

5 жыл бұрын

Oh, work for a big company do ya?

@PixelPigEntertainment

5 жыл бұрын

TheAmazingDolphin Me too. Out of high school I was excited to get into a job doing anything to do with games but I didn't have the money, so I waited and worked, and the more I waited the more stories of these abuse scandals that surfaced. Dodged a bittersweet bullet I guess.

@markfromtinder9616

5 жыл бұрын

Me too dude. I'm 27 now. And I'm glad I didnt go to school for it. Now I'm making my own

@Jame0703

5 жыл бұрын

@@ACogloc Sadly, the video game industry relies on a mix of enormous amounts of bright eyed out of university talent, and jaded, but optimistic old timers. I don't think the industry will change without unionization or restriction. Like most capitalism sadly, if they know they can get away with exploitation, there's every incentive to keep doing it.

How can one claim to sell more copies if you only sell it in one place? Am I the only one who thinks that's kind of weird?

@ZeKuso

5 жыл бұрын

*"I have sold over 1M copies of this game!!!" -"Yeah... But this is the only place you can get a copy of it" *"IM SORRY, I CANT HEAR YOU OVER THE MILLION COPIES OF THIS GAME I JUST SOLD"

@charlesHC

5 жыл бұрын

Yeah seriously, what the fuck? If it would not have been an exclusive, it would only have sold more copies. Their logic makes no sense.

I think I have a good comparison for all this: Sports. Which is to say, cheating at sports. If you play a sport against others who are, more or less, of the same skill and ability as you, you expect to *usually* have a more or less equal ability to win or lose. If suddenly you found yourself losing by a long-shot, and later on you found out the other person/team started taking steroids, you would feel wronged. You didn't take them, you trained hard on your own, and you thought your opponents had as well. So how was your game at all when the other side cheated so? For businesses, especially big business, it's effectively the same thing. If you, theoretically, had the money to start your own game company to compete with all the other AAA game companies out there, you would be competing with companies essentially taking 'steroids', which is to say, they're willing to do WHATEVER IT TAKES to turn over as much profit, and with that profit, they can do more to compete against your company as well. So unless you basically go to their level, you are honestly going to be falling behind unless the whole system collapses (which tbh I doubt), as no matter how much money you make, they'll simply make more, and they'll use it to go against you.

@KingOskar4

5 жыл бұрын

In all multiplayer games I played, there has always been someone who grows too fast with microtransactions, it is like cheating but legal. Thinking you need to cheat in order to keep up with competition is just not right.

"They're AAA publishers and they'll stab your dog for an extra $20" rofl

Ah, yes.. The generous split for publishers. While developers don't see a single cent. Not to mention 3rd party key distributors.

@gautiergary8604

5 жыл бұрын

I hate to say it but devs have to go on strike and put these companies in their place

@francoiscoupal7057

5 жыл бұрын

@@gautiergary8604 Or self-publish. But not everyone of them can. Maybe the practical answer would be to have more options in the publisher market, then the store front market. There is a lot to change, like Jim said. It's part of a system where not the people who augth to get rich can.

@gautiergary8604

5 жыл бұрын

@@francoiscoupal7057 I agree with that. I just feel bad for the devs, I don't really what they can do. Thinking that so many assholes sit on millions when literally all the credit should go to the devs always sickens me a bit

@stygianinflatableboat6613

5 жыл бұрын

And how actual small indies don't make Epic's Cut. But you can be sure as fuck anything 2k and Ubisoft shits out will be bought as an exclusive and accepted immediately.

Please keep Jimquisition Star Willem DeFoe on the payroll.

I like this version of Bejeweled better than the vanilla one.

@kennethbaker5573

5 жыл бұрын

Fancy seeing u here

We might as well change the name game developers into something that actually reflects the current state of game making, art slaves.

@gingergamergirl98

5 жыл бұрын

Orotasan Sad but true. Doesn’t mean things can’t get better, though :)

"In the language of the Ordos there are no words for the concepts of trust or honor; there are more than three hundred for the concept of profit."

@SoulOfTheWinterWolf

5 жыл бұрын

Wasn't expecting a dune reference here

@lettuceprime4922

5 жыл бұрын

Holy shit. Bless the maker and his fucking water.

@TealWolf26

5 жыл бұрын

Videogame industry is CHOAM confirmed.

Anyone who uses the "It's not against the law!" defense genuinely worries me. Yeah, just because it's not against the law doesn't suddenly make it not morally despicable to do. This is why laws change over time.

@Blood-PawWerewolf

5 жыл бұрын

Review Shark that “law” has been weakened over the past years and more benefits the rich, greedy corporations and much less on the consumer. As well as the consumer protection system is likely dead as of 2016.

@ReviewShark

5 жыл бұрын

@@Blood-PawWerewolf Exactly. This is why it must be changed for the better. Unfortunately though, keeping big money out of politics probably isn't going to be possible for a good while.

@markcobuzzi826

5 жыл бұрын

To prove your point, slavery in America was also once “not against the law”.

@digitalspecter

5 жыл бұрын

I guess those people go fuck their friends' spouses and talk shit behind their backs because "it's not against the law".

@IWLGaming

5 жыл бұрын

True, but there are also legal systems in place to fight it. I see so many people complain about companies like EA, but very few of them boycotting them.

Personally, I was expecting a tiny Boglin to be under his hat.

Jim, I super appreciate your videos properly laying the blame for the game industry's failures at the feet of capitalism! Keep em coming!

I used to pull 60-80 hour work weeks doing traffic safety for roadside construction. Our crunch time was something like work 3 weeks straight (12+ working hours plus 4 hours travel) and 2 days off. Rinse and repeat. >wake up at 3am >travel 2.5-3+ hours to job site, start ~6:00/6:30am >stand in place, hold stop sign on pole for roughly 12 hours/day (5/10 min break every hour or so if you have enough people to cover) deal with idiots who seem to think our big, bright orange or fluorescent yellow construction signs (and myself) are there for decoration. >the odd driver speeds past me into construction area (and into oncoming traffic. Not uncommon but happens) gets stopped by a construction worker, proceeds to yell at him (almost ready to drag the poor fucker out of the car and beat the ever loving crap out of him but gets stopped by foreman) >end of day, pack up and go home. Get home somewhere around 9/10pm. Rinse and repeat until the end of the season. >gets hard to think critically after a few days, reaction time drops significantly (which, in this line of work can be very dangerous) Not trying to have a pissing match but I can relate to stress brought on by crunch (match is pretty even). Also have a ton of stories. including one about a dude who placed a Mannequin dressed up in traffic gear in his place so he and anothe guy can take turns napping/keeping watch for about a half an hour at a time. It was on some backwoods road that literally nobody uses. You still need to be there for legal reasons.

@Maradrafts

5 жыл бұрын

I just... Hope you're experiencing better working conditions at the moment, man. And that you 're happy and rested.

@rebornkusabi7264

5 жыл бұрын

Huh, I guess that's why all of the work you guys did is shit and everything is being fixed now by Dominos, or just one bad dice roll away from murdering innocent people. I don't know why you sounded like you took pride in being overworked lol

@SergeiGurlukovich

5 жыл бұрын

That mannequin thing sounds pretty funny.

@Zack-dk3pt

5 жыл бұрын

seriously what good paying high demand business doesn't have a "Crunch period". it is not abusive as the law defines and the workers are willing to put up with it so i don't see anything wrong with it.

@solhsa

5 жыл бұрын

Not a pissing match; your situation as you described was inexcusable. Yet: in game development, or any programming, the situation is kinda worse, because most of your development time inevitably goes into fixing bugs. Bugs are generally mistakes, some of them are unavoidable due to the complexity of the systems, but others could be avoided if the developers were clear headed. Which they won't be due to crunch time. Which leads to more bugs, and more work, more crunch time..

I guess you could say that opening was kind of a gem.

This is peak Jimquisition thank god for Jim

It must’ve been quite an honor for Willem Dafoe to be in the same room as Jim Sterling

Thanks for making this video and not being dismissive of the issue and those who are concerned about it.

I’d write a witty comment, but I’m too busy thanking God for Jim. Thank God somebody with a platform and more than an ounce of integrity is finally bringing these issues to light. Something needs to change.

@thomasjenkins7506

5 жыл бұрын

if you are thanking god for jim, it's pretty clear you are incapable of writing a witty comment.

@thomasjenkins7506

5 жыл бұрын

@Andrew Cargil finally, someone with some sense.

@whatdoesthisthingdo

5 жыл бұрын

@@thomasjenkins7506 And if you are not thanking God for Jim, then it's pretty clear that you are incapable of recognizing one.

@thomasjenkins7506

5 жыл бұрын

@@whatdoesthisthingdo jim is just a man with a patreon that encourages him to say certain things in order to keep his job.

@whatdoesthisthingdo

5 жыл бұрын

@Andrew Cargil I don't buy these games, and I am sure that I am not the only one. Doing nothing and hoping that everyone will follow is not a reliable tactic when exploitative measures are used to maintain profits.

Paying publishers to make exclusives for your platform should be illegal. It's anti competition and ultimately anti consumer.

Jim, I think that's the best intro skit you've done in ages. Good luck getting those jewels off the floor within the next 20 years though!

Even getting more bodies doesn't always work, it's like saying 9 pregnant women can have a baby in a month. These things take time, and having more people around doesn't always make it more productive.

@solhsa

5 жыл бұрын

9 pregnant women CAN have a baby in a month, if it's pipelined. ^_^

@oftinuvielskin9020

5 жыл бұрын

I know this isn't what that quote is referring to, but theoretically if the company, instead of hiring a number of people and overworking them, shifted to hiring, let's say, double amounts of people initially and giving them all reasonable hours working them in shifts that would make things more efficient, right? Because everybody is able to give their all with the time they've got? But instead these companies prefer to work a few workers so much that they eventually get burned out and have to be replaced by totally new people who need additional time to get familiarized with the project. That doesn't make sense to me.

@solhsa

5 жыл бұрын

@@oftinuvielskin9020 Read the book "mythical man-month". Basically the problem comes down to communication. If a single person can do a job, there's no communication overhead. The more people you add, the more communication overhead there is. It's kinda like the rocket equation; the more fuel (or "bodies" in this case) you add, the more fuel you need.

I would have purchased Metro: Exodus during launch week if it was on Steam or GOG. I would have purchased Shakedown: Miami on launch _day_ if it was on Steam or GOG. Now, I'll pick them up on sale in a year _if_ I get a chance. I hope the quick cash was worth it, because I know I'm not the only person that feels this way.

@robhans5

5 жыл бұрын

If it was na Epic, Steam and GoG you still would buy on Steam. If Epic store had the same features that Steam has or even slightly better, you still would buy it on Steam. As so vast majority of people that won't buy Epic exclusives. And majority of everyone else. For Epic you are not target audience, they even don't want you near their shop. They target audience is people that don't care but if they had to choose Epic vs Steam, they would buy on steam.

@ColtaineCrows

5 жыл бұрын

I will always buy a game from GOG over Steam or anywhere else if possible.

@mjc0961

5 жыл бұрын

How much does everyone want to bet that this guy buys Shakedown Miami on launch day anyway? i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/image/upload/s--W8ZYHe9O--/c_scale,f_auto,fl_progressive,q_80,w_800/18j48weujcgewjpg.jpg

How. How on this somewhat good earth did that clip from Lift Off end up at 5:58 - do you realise how obscurely early 90s Australian that show is? It boggles the mind. Well played.

I had to rewatch the portion of the video that had "A Rich Man's World" playing in the background because I am foolish and started singing along. I greatly enjoy these videos by the way

Obligatory comment calling Jim a communist for saying Capitalism has flaws.

@Graknorke

5 жыл бұрын

Half the people calling him a communist to insult him and the other half calling him a communist as a compliment.

@ihaveasecret9539

5 жыл бұрын

Jim is a communist. And that’s awesome.

@blackwood4734

5 жыл бұрын

Comrade Jim Stalin

@jaklawrence4301

5 жыл бұрын

I don't think anyone who calls him a communist actually knows what a communist is, or what communism is, or really much about anything really.

@iron1349

5 жыл бұрын

@@ihaveasecret9539 he does wear alot of red

Epic: Developers need to be treated better and given a bigger cut Also Epic: Lets make our developers work so much some of them break down and cry :D Fuck Epic. They know Steam cant match the 12% cut when they offer way more than Epic does. Even if Steam wasn't updated once since 2010, it would still be way ahead of Epic. I also want to say, when is EVERYONE ELSE going to improve? Steam has issues, but it is by far the best gaming platform. The biggest issue it has, and some people don't even care, is lack of curation. But in terms of features and user friendly features? It puts everything to shame. On top of being the first they've also been the best. So when is it time for other launchers to step up? Hell it even puts PSN/XBL to shame. Those charge you to play online and charge you 10 bucks just to change your name. Both of which Steam offers for free.

@WybremGaming

5 жыл бұрын

Origin is the best client. Steam works great on old ass pc's from the 90's. IT's lazy, they better revamp the whole client.

@DatGrunt

5 жыл бұрын

@@WybremGaming lol.

@elcheshireilustracion9396

5 жыл бұрын

I honestly prefer GoG to Steam.

@gryffehondor4236

5 жыл бұрын

@DatGrunt : I think itch.io is offering a great service actually ! I love using their shop, they always have such an interesting selection of games !

@ohnoitschris

5 жыл бұрын

Don't forget to compare it to mobile app stores too. What a nightmare.

great to see you talking about these issues mate

FYI, Orcas are known to hunt and eat even great white sharks. They'll flip them over (which immobilizes sharks), then make a bite near the liver, and then squeeze the liver out through the cut to eat it. So it's not true that "the only thing that stops the shark is another shark." Sharks can also be stopped by highly aggressive, organized, and intelligent murderwhales.

@spampants5155

5 жыл бұрын

Also orcas aren't actually whales, but murderporpoises doesn't have the same ring.

You think it would cost as much as 20$ to get the AAA industry to stab a dog?

@branimirstoilov8640

5 жыл бұрын

I bet Bobby Kotick does it for 5$ to his own dog!

@Faebiebot

5 жыл бұрын

probably more like $5

@wariodude128

5 жыл бұрын

Give them a dime and they'd even clean up the mess they made after doing so.

@GhostedJackal

5 жыл бұрын

Well, I imagine it would be less like 20 to stab a dog to death, and more like 4.99 per individual stab, 9.99 for using a non-plastic knife, 20 for the blood cleanup DLC...

@nfzeta128

5 жыл бұрын

No you guys misunderstand. They *could* do it for less but they'll try to drag as much money out of said person as possible before actually stabbing the dog.

I live in a US State with a "At-will employment" law. More or less means that a company does not have to have reason to fire you. Edit: I used the wrong term. Fixed now

@KomamuraSajin

5 жыл бұрын

That's country-wide with varying wording. Where I'm at they call it "at will employment". Funny how they make both sound as if they put the blue collar worker first, but in reality it protects large companies from legal backlash when they do shitty things to their workforce. How do you think it got that way? American politics are all about who can line a politicians pockets the most. That goes for both Dems and the Repubs. This country isn't for the people, by the people, it's for the corporation, by the corporation.

@CatacombD

5 жыл бұрын

@@KomamuraSajin To be fair, there are some legitimate concerns addressed by those laws. (at least in my state) Namely, unions making deals to force employers to redirect wages from non-union workers was entirely unacceptable. Unions should be a source for vetted labor, not a glorified protection racket.

@CSryoh

5 жыл бұрын

I thought that meant no company could force you to be a part of its union. (google it) also you can quit without a 2 week notice.

@UVAmatsuo

5 жыл бұрын

@@CSryoh Sorry I am not well versed in the Legal jargon but I think I fixed it to the correct term...

@domscards

5 жыл бұрын

It's "right to work" in Wisconsin. Fucking disgusting that Scott Walker and his Koch sucking friends pushed that through, and of course all the brainwashed working class, poor Republicans think Walker had their best interests in mind. Fucking nuts how much the right ignores everything except for minorities, immigrants, and feminism.

Screw steam for keeping filling my games list with crappy hentai games despite how many times I ignore them. Screw Epic for bribing blood thirsty publishers and trying to force gamers to use their pathetic excuse for a store and screw the game publishers that go to Epic for being greedy asshats and despite what they say, I am 100% certain their workers (i.e the actual Dev's) see none of the benefits of Epics bribe money, only the golden elite and their REAL clients (investors) Thank God for Jim!

@KingOskar4

5 жыл бұрын

...Isn't your reccommended list or Frontier of games based on what you buy?

@DarkRaven40011

5 жыл бұрын

@@KingOskar4This is the New & Trending list on the front page. Ideally it should populate on what you have played or own but apparently not! So much anime and I have zero in my library...please somebody make it stop.....Still better than the cesspit they call EPIC

@Garrette63

5 жыл бұрын

You can control your feed. You can block adult games from your feed. Your feed is filled with games that are popular, or games that share similar tags with games you already play. The whole "filled with shovelware and porn" argument is a huge lie, since Steam won't show you those things unless you teach it to.

@Herkan97

5 жыл бұрын

@@DarkRaven40011 I hate weeb shit too and I never see it now, you just gotta keep pressing no on all of it and it'll go away. Only time I see weeb shit is when I actively look for it. If you have done a lot of filtering already, contact support and ask them what's up?

@Herkan97

5 жыл бұрын

@@Garrette63 Have you seen the video Jim references in this one? His agenda is pro-censorship, he wants Steam to remove whatever he doesn't like, even when Steam offers GREAT tools to filter! kzread.info/dash/bejne/q4l8zpuThMu-hZM.html I want me to filter, Jim wants daddy to filter for him.

Already looking forward to the next couple of Mondays when Jim keeps finding jewels in the studio.

The most important thing I learned...Jim films barefoot! Your move fetish community.

@madamek8656

5 жыл бұрын

Mr337M he doesn’t wear pants either

Every time Visceral gets brought up it makes me sad. That was an insanely talented and passionate group of people, and I honestly think EA had them make Hardline knowing it wasn't really their wheelhouse just to use its poor performance as justification to eventually yeet them out of the company.

@solhsa

5 жыл бұрын

Things aren't always black and white. As someone from EA explained it in a seminar, EA is kinda like rocket fuel. You have game studios that have kept the fire going for some time by doing whatever it takes. If EA didn't step in, the fire would eventually go out. Then EA comes in and pours rocket fuel into the fire. A lot of people get burned.

@FishOnHead

5 жыл бұрын

@@solhsa That sounds like a piss poor paraphrased justification of what @lilspikeywikey is saying anyway! That's not even insightful; it's vapid and frankly says little about their actual operations other than that they buy up companies that are "burning out". You know, like Bioware, and Visceral. What an ignorant statement. They buy them while the fire is hot, and burn the fuel twice as hot until it goes out "twice as fast" so to speak, which is clear looking at pretty much any of their acquisitions.

@Tysonyar

5 жыл бұрын

You are giving EA way more credit than it deserves. It isn't devious - just incompetent. No person in business makes an investment in order to figure out a way to squander it. But it still happens more often than not.

@LdyVder

5 жыл бұрын

It's the same thing EA is doing to BioWare. Having them make games that are not their specialty and they are failing at it.

Jim you're making quite the impression around the tube. I've been seeing a lot of Jimqiusition clone channels popping up. You were the FIRST. Lest we forget.

That is an impressive collection of Boglins. And I love all the Mysterios... Mysterioes? Mysterio's? I'm unsure of the proper grammar this late after so many drinks.

EPIC HAT JEWEL REVEAL!! (GONE WRONG!! NOT CLICKBAIT!!)

@dawdledev

5 жыл бұрын

You may see yourself out.

@domscards

5 жыл бұрын

[GONE SEXUAL]

How many bucks for 100 Jewels Jim. What can buy from your store with Jewels Jim. I NEED JEWELS JIM

@jabrilanderson8365

5 жыл бұрын

Lakerdas Pastos we need to band together and buy Jim shares, majority shares in some random company just to see what he does!!!

@Maradrafts

5 жыл бұрын

@@jabrilanderson8365 Oh man, what I'd give to see Jim on a Shareholders' Meeting for Activision (to say nothing about EA!)

@Ithtorukk

5 жыл бұрын

$5.99 for 50 jewels, if you want 100, you'll need to buy the 500 jewel filled hat(hat not included), discounted at $44.99 .

@ManoredRed

5 жыл бұрын

@@Maradrafts If those shareholders did not know the meaning of "nerd rage" going into that meeting, they would certainly walk out knowing it.

@CataclysmicCharizma

5 жыл бұрын

JEEEEWELS!!

Hi, this is me in 2021, and the Epic Store *still* does not have a shopping cart. In the meantime, Steam has revamped it's entire UI, improved performance across the board, and has added tons of support for VR.

Isnt this just the starbucks aproach? Just bleed em out cuz you can take the financial burden till you're out of competition?

Imagine what would happen if all the people left their jobs, like all at once. Try and replace all the talent then.

@shadethorn3121

5 жыл бұрын

yea like we could have workers strike at the same time, like in 'union'

@araxiel569

5 жыл бұрын

@@shadethorn3121 but that sounds like socialism! The games industry is going to be like Venezuela!

@MrCoincash

5 жыл бұрын

Being a game dev is one of the most sought after positions. If everyone quit all at once they would have 5 times over the naive young people to take their place. As it is the industry is largely a meat grinder with a constant revolving door.

@crazyinsane500

5 жыл бұрын

They already kinda do that at some companies where they hire an employee for about, say, 3 weeks and fire them one day after because they're legally forced to pay things like health insurance if an employee stays on for 4 weeks. That, and the threat of blacklisting if an employee quits during crunch time, are big reasons why unionizing and protests in the games industry don't work.

@pedrogomezid

5 жыл бұрын

RandoDil347 there’s enough capitalist bootlickers

Tim Sweeney also tries to equate Epic's value to consumers to Steam's. Look we all know Steam has its problems but it definitely offers a lot more than Epic in terms of convenient features like community building, universal and in depth controller support mapping, cloud saves and more. Epic takes a small cut and does lil to nothing for consumers besides it being a launcher. Hell in 2019 we got an offline mode in EGS in February. FFS an offline mode had to be added to an online launcher for games that could be played offline.

@francoiscoupal7057

5 жыл бұрын

Basically, like Jim said, when Steam is "the good guy", you know the industry is shit. Like saying the Soviets are "good guys" in WW2 because they opposed the Nazis. Low bars make heores of everybody I guess.

@MohitKumar-jf8lz

5 жыл бұрын

Could you plz tell me the downsides of steam genuinely asking

@ryanjones_rheios

5 жыл бұрын

@@MohitKumar-jf8lz I'd figured it was the laziness of their content regulation primarily. Also the same downside that every platform but GOG has atm - you don't own a hard copy of your game because the DRM features act as something of a policing gate for Steam. Which people value at different levels - I'm not buying from anywhere but GOG anymore because of it, but I think I care more than avg joe

@MohitKumar-jf8lz

5 жыл бұрын

@@ryanjones_rheios yes drm point is valid I agree with that bit I don't agree with the asset flip argument there are several ways to discern if a game is bad or not I haven't bought a bad game yet and to be honest you can tell by just looking at the screen shots of the game

@Jonathan_Wick

5 жыл бұрын

Legionnaire Sprinkles I equate both Valve and Steam to be equally as awful. What little effort Valve puts into Steam makes it better then Epic games launcher, however Epic’s effort goes into making UE4, which is in turn free to use, and inexpensive to publish a game on, extremely powerful, and such. So Valve gives back by making a good launcher, Epic gives back by making a fantastic engine. Both companies are shitty. Ultimately one has to step up and be the good guy.

I remember that time someone in my family opened a box that had some glitter in it, and we were finding it everywhere for months, just that tiny little bit when it opened. So it's like that, except tons more, they're sharp, and probably not vacuum-able. My simultaneous condolences and endless respect.

Gamers: please realize that its passionate, innovative, and creative developers that make great games and not some invisible hand created by free markets. Democratize the gaming industry!!!

The more I hear about people having these massive overworked schedules, the sadder I get, messed up how little value our time is to...higher ups.

@prouddegenerates9056

5 жыл бұрын

It almost killed me once, 17 days straight

@prouddegenerates9056

5 жыл бұрын

Still managed to be poor

I was expecting a smaller hat. I haven't had my expectations subverted this well since The Last Jedi.

@sirapple589

5 жыл бұрын

Was The Last Jedi a good or bad subversion to you?

@NikolaiMcCartney

5 жыл бұрын

I loved The Last Jedi. It verted me in all of my expectations.

@mrbigglezworth42

5 жыл бұрын

@@sirapple589 the kind where someone lovingly bakes a birthday cake for you with custom icing designs, the works...but hid a big ol' dog turd in it as a surprise filling to subvert your expectations of cakes being tasty. That kind of subversion.

@cashnelson2306

5 жыл бұрын

@@sirapple589 "this well" wasn't a clue? Movie's good.

@MyScorpion42

5 жыл бұрын

@@mrbigglezworth42 Wow that's so weird how you changed your name and profile picture like that

Nice Job and well said... You just forgot to "Drop the Mic"

The Epic Brutality Of -Unchecked- Capitalism

@Starwarsgeek-98

5 жыл бұрын

*Liberty Prime would like to know your location*

@AncapOtaku

4 жыл бұрын

this is not the fault of capitalism stop blaming capitalism for every little fucking problem that happens in every industry I'm getting so sick and tired of people that want to bash capitalism but they don't even know what the fuck capitalism is capitalism is the free market it is market anarchy you cannot have that when the government is regulating the market that's called corporatism or a mixed economy.

@codysellers4151

4 жыл бұрын

@@AncapOtaku some regulation needs to be in place. Robber barons and trust titans existed, and screwed over their workers, long before the video game industry came along. the things Jim talks about in these kind of videos has happened before and can happen again if given the chance

@AncapOtaku

4 жыл бұрын

@@codysellers4151 UM no because when you regulate that market thats how you get corporatism and lobbying

@codysellers4151

4 жыл бұрын

Ancap Otaku research the robber barons and trust titans.

I've always wondered what Jim's family jewels looked like

@Hemostat

5 жыл бұрын

They're so little

@fearlessjoebanzai

5 жыл бұрын

Funny, I always just figured that they would look like a spoopy squid!

@shlabulax9047

5 жыл бұрын

The jewels of the Sterling dynasty.

@dollors1

5 жыл бұрын

He's got a lot of brains, and he has a lot of shoopah

@jones81381

5 жыл бұрын

@@Hemostat But he has a lot of them lol

Also The game industry just strips all power from developers. Since games take forever to make, if you leave your first job (even if your being abused) before you ship a game good luck ever working in the industry again atleast without some paycuts or being forced to work at smaller studious

@KrazyKain

5 жыл бұрын

With early Access and live services when is a game truly "shipped"?

@thomasjenkins7506

5 жыл бұрын

what are you blathering about? strips the power away from devs? that's any line of work for a subcontractor, which devs are. sub contractors have no power in any line of work. if you don't want a AAA publisher telling you how to make your game, don't go to work for a AAA publisher. this isn't rocket science.

@virgenfj

5 жыл бұрын

Unless your under contract. They can come back and sue the game devs if quit

@thomasjenkins7506

5 жыл бұрын

@@travisseagroves7713 so what? who cares if they get bought out. if you don't want to work under those conditions, quit. jesus fucking christ, you are whiny little child. no one is forcing these devs to work there. maybe don't focus on getting a job in an absolutely bloated field?

The Jewels bit going haywire is an apt intro to a video such as this.

I was a Six Sigma green belt for Aviva (a mix between a data analyst and a business consultant) here in the UK, and the capitalism shown by the AAA gob-smacks me every time. One of the things I will always remember with Six Sigma was the push for customer satisfaction and trying to understand a customer's needs, because if you can't get these right, why would a customer choose to use your company again? This seems to be completely missing from the AAA's/ISP/etc, and it amazes me how some of these companies are able to stay in business, and then I remember microtransactions. With regards to good customer service, I've been dealing with Linx (not Lynx or Linux) due to the Windows 1903 update bricking my tablet. Linx did not give me the information I needed, no, they send me everything I needed to rebuild the tablet's main drive including a USB containing Windows and all of their extra software. All at no cost to myself. I did not ask for this, but they sent all anyway. Linx, a small tech company, did not meet my expectations, they smashed my expectations. I don't expect this everytime, but these AAA's could do with learning from Linx's tech support.