Say what you will about EA, I still think it's very progressive of them to let a synth run the company.

@Deadlock239

5 жыл бұрын

The brotherhood of steel tried to warn us dammit!

@patricom05

5 жыл бұрын

I believe they prefer "Artificial Human"

@Tobascodagama

5 жыл бұрын

I bet he leaves the cap off his toothpaste, too.

@RaccoonGrrrl

5 жыл бұрын

@@patricom05 "Mechanical Surprise"

@FREQQLES

5 жыл бұрын

It's not a joke, they found him inside of a meteor.

4:40 "The biggest mistake humanity ever made is getting to know itself better"- Jim sterling 2019 Them's some deep words Jim.

@ElvenMans

5 жыл бұрын

Put that on a T-Shirt!

@eljoel89

5 жыл бұрын

@@ElvenMans I would buy the fuck out of that shirt.

@ty_teynium

5 жыл бұрын

If we went over every brilliant Quote from Jim Sterling. We'd have an Almanac.

@captainsawbones

5 жыл бұрын

@@ty_teynium screw that, we'd have a *religion*.

@spiffy1209

5 жыл бұрын

gold

Nothing brings to mind the picture of an ethical industry like the concept of 'hunting whales'

The term "whale" comes from casino jargon! Where's the argument that micro-transactions aren't gambling, when they are literally using the terminology of that business?

@salsaandbrwx1449

4 жыл бұрын

To be fair, the term microtransactions could Apply to simply buying a cheap indie game digitally and even p2w microtransactions can be honest, you can spend the money on actual things you know youre gonna get by your own choice rsther than some random rng.

@ethericboy

4 жыл бұрын

And its not Loot Boxes anymore but `Surprise Mechanics` :)

@pickelsvx

4 жыл бұрын

Then you have Konami who make slot machines and pachinko games for brick and mortar casinos... Makes you wonder what other publishers and dev outfits do the same, and try to hide it.

@rayrayfouad

3 жыл бұрын

Have u seen NBA2k20....? they are using actual pachinko machines in the game it self ...they just don't care anymore....

@Kairos_Akuma

3 жыл бұрын

@@salsaandbrwx1449 That's not how the games work :) Most of them don't even offer good 'direct to buy stuff' anymore. The awesome shit is in the Slotmachines - I mean lootboxes. And yeah. Using Casino-terms should be a wakeup call for the law-making bafoons. Just watch the legendary "make players into payers " speech Jim showed here in full. It's amazing how few fecks are given about us customers x)

"People want to play games together" Does that mean more local multiplayer games? "No"

@Haan22

5 жыл бұрын

"You can't get them to spend money if they are actually playing together, make them fight each other, matchmake unfairly and display the premium guns that the losers were killed by." - Quite ethical business strategist at [insert favorite AAA-publisher here]

@tabushka292

5 жыл бұрын

@@Haan22 Similarly to how they could have just made free cheat codes in Dead Space 3 that would give resources to those so called "mobile users" who are like "I need this now" "I want this now" if their goal was really what they said, but that wouldn't make them all the money in the world. Yet somehow you still see people defending these companies who blatantly lie like this.

@CustomsByOrangeH

5 жыл бұрын

with only ONE COPY of the game? And give the second player a free ride? Remember when microsoft wanted it so you couldnt even watch a movie if kinect detected a second person in the room?

@remem95

5 жыл бұрын

“Stop being actually social, so you can be more 'sOcIaL'“ I guess

@greenhowie

5 жыл бұрын

"Everyone wants to slay demons... as a FAMILY"

Jim-faced-Cat into sexy Venom is probably the most Jim Sterling opening of any Jimquisition ever.

@effdiffeyeknow5864

5 жыл бұрын

We must start a dreadful movement. To get every cat photo overlaid with Jim mother ******* sterling son!

@DaddysFlipside

5 жыл бұрын

Sounds like fighting game terminology.

@effdiffeyeknow5864

5 жыл бұрын

@@DaddysFlipside Finish him!

Grumpy old bastard here. For me, socializing in video games is a drain of the mental energies that hobbies (such as video games) are supposed to replenish. I play games to escape people, not to be bloody surrounded by them and have them come in and just ninja my god-damn quests out from under me (forcing me to wait until something respawns or whatever). Couch modes? Hell yes. But that's not what's happening here, is it? AAA gaming is a fucking joke anyway - and that's when the games actually friggin' work, which is a whole other topic and *don't even get me started on that*. Thank fuck for indies, and - of course - for Jim Sterling.

@ieyasumcbob

4 жыл бұрын

What's the equivalent of a high five for us anti-socials? A quiet tip of the head and shuffling off to you, sir

"Facebook sure does make a shit-ton of money. Could we produce our own competing service?" "We make games though." "What's your point?" -EA

@noahgray543

4 жыл бұрын

"My point is that we can't do what Facebook does half as well as it does, and frankly sir, we've had multiple years of flops; we dont even make games that well. Plus, every other company is doing the same thing and so there is so much competition we will almost certainly have more flops." Android Wilson: "you're fired."

@crimsonlanceman7882

4 жыл бұрын

If only we could monetarily OWN THE HUMANITY AND EVERYTHING IT HAS EVER POSSESSED.

"People want social games!" The kicker is I actually do want some games to be social. I want social games like they were 10-12 years ago. I remember fondly the days of Halo 3 and Reach, Gears of War 2 and 3, and Modern Warfare 1 and 2 when my friends and I would play and holler at strangers and the strangers would holler back at us. I remember the time when I was 16 playing MW2 talking to a marine that got back from Afghanistan and how cool that was. I remember the time I and other gamers helped a kid in the lobby going through a depressive episode and how heartwarming it was despite how terrible gamers can be. Man those were genuinely great times! You really don't see that much anymore. It's so silent. So yes, as an extrovert I do want social games. The Boss Tweed gaming industry doesn't want that. They want it where if I'm playing RDR2 or Witcher 3 I can be perpetually harassed by others to play a game I do not want to play or buy things I don't want to buy. They want a game where I'm encouraged to spend money and harass others to spend money. That is NOT social gaming. That is a pyramid scheme.

@crazyluigi6664

5 жыл бұрын

Even worse, it's likely a *global* pyramid scheme. One that wants to reach out to the entire world, if it alrea y hasn't done so by now.

@ohnoitschris

5 жыл бұрын

Well said!

@NetMoverSitan

5 жыл бұрын

They wonder why sales are "below expectations"...it's because there's a difference between what they believe and what reality is like, they have a severe psychological defect which blinds them to that fact.

@themagalanium9491

5 жыл бұрын

I feel you and I wholeheartedly agree with your concept of social gamers. I wish those days of halo 3 still existed

@TheFranssiBrother

5 жыл бұрын

Best thing about the past multiplayer games was that you could actually call out your opponent for being bad. Now you cant even say gg ez

Hearing them go on about whales unironically is a dystopian snapshot of a morally dead industry.

@samerm8657

5 жыл бұрын

Exactly! I kept thinking about Dishonored 😂

@heckyes

5 жыл бұрын

Unlimited profit at all costs, whether legal or moral has been present in humanity for a long time. Entire Nations have been founded upon this one principle.

@chocoman45

5 жыл бұрын

@@heckyes Back then the merchants still had a concept of "us" they as part of a nation. Now they wish to be above it all.

@comrademartinofrappuccino

4 жыл бұрын

There was no moral standard in gaming from the begining. It is about profit

@jesseteixeira6284

4 жыл бұрын

All industry is morally dead. You can't kill what never lived.

meanwhile there are children who are literally bullied at school for being "default" skin in the hottest games. That's what these companies want when they want social interaction, peer pressure

@brandonporter8509

3 жыл бұрын

The funny thing is I’m sure everyone will say blame The parents or blame the teachers. Here’s a better idea how about we blame the media for commercializing everything. Have you ever Seen someone bullied because they don’t have the cool clothes or because they wear off brand basketball shoes while the cool kids have Jordans or they must be inferior because they still have a hand me Down iPhone 4 instead of a brand new iPhone 12. We have been okay with allowing bullying to be a consequence Of not being rich because the rich can make money by parents caving In and buying things to keep their kid from being bullied. The goal Of the corporations is to teach people if you don’t spend money on our flashy thing your kid deserves To be bullied. The schools aren’t going to stop the bullying because when they try to stop it the teachers get in trouble so the teachers just give up and let the kids be bullied. Why don’t someone create legislation to try and stop the bullying simple because the legislators are in the pocket of the corporations that make money from people just giving in and buying the thing so their kin don’t get punched. And then the bullies get a new batter thing and the cycle repeats and your kid now needs your money for another flashy don’t bully me token.

@revolvingworld2676

3 жыл бұрын

I knew. I keep telling everyone that fortnite and its fans are pure cancer. This is just proof.

"Now with our new social networking systems, we can replace those 5 or 6 old, well-established, friends with 50-60 newer, shallower, friendships."

@Esuerc

3 жыл бұрын

@@lilylopnco As someone who runs a Discord server with 120+ members, and see the same 5 all the time, I totally get it. Sadly.

@Sonichero151

3 жыл бұрын

As someone who's close friends have all left him and desperately uses discord servers to fill the void........ I don't get it.

Social interaction is the exact polar opposite of why I play video games lol

@user-rx3js1no3s

5 жыл бұрын

I play games to escape others and my sad life

@zatank

5 жыл бұрын

Much of the reason I play so many games is because I have little social interaction in the first place lol

@akmal94ibrahim

5 жыл бұрын

Exactly. After exhausting myself having to socialize, I wanna recharge by going home and playing games alone, not having to deal with more people.

@grubbybum3614

5 жыл бұрын

It makes me ill. I hate the feeling that "someon else" is in my living room, when I'm trying to de-stress from work. I now only play singleplayer games, like Bloodborne, Mario Galaxy etc.

@dutchdykefinger

5 жыл бұрын

factorio turns me into a basement dweller lol

6:22 Imagine unironically calling people "whales" and "super-whales" at a talk like this. The way these people de-humanise their customers is nothing short of disgusting.

@jacobsmith4428

5 жыл бұрын

De-humanizing your enemies is often the first step any leader takes, because it allows those that work below you to stop seeing their techniques on them as inhumane. This is manipulation tactics used in warfare being performed so casually in the game industry. Says a lot about how it is these days, doesn't it?

@charlesmelenyzer8919

5 жыл бұрын

In crime it is called 'neutralization' you are trying to convince yourself you are not a bad person for hurting these people. They deserve this. It is a common thread in business and politics these days, dehumanize then destroy.

@OrangeyChocolate

5 жыл бұрын

It's also why the slave trade was ever a thing.

@nhagan001

5 жыл бұрын

@@charlesmelenyzer8919 yeah I have heard about that tactic. It's easy to do something terrible if you have a distinct disconnect from it. Giving it a label that would make it inhumane or inhuman gives you this.... I hesitate to say "reason", but excuse is too weak a word. The technique just seems to flip the right switch more often than not... and people do what you want like you intended.

@chungisyoung4good

5 жыл бұрын

Androids? Nah fukem.

Yes Android Wilson, Social Networking in video games is so important! That must be why some of the biggest games this year have been single-player games.

95% of games I've ever played and WILL play is single player. I pay for the game. period. No preorders. No seasson passes. No m$

@nowonmetube

4 жыл бұрын

And I thought I was one special kind on that 😂

@Craxin01

4 жыл бұрын

I only play a few games that have multiplayer options. And even then, rarely do I engage in playing with others. Maybe a co-op shooter like the Borderlands franchise or building a community in Minecraft. The rest, if it doesn't have a robust and quality single-player experience with an engaging story and fun gameplay, I won't spend one thin penny for it. And microtransactions? We used to call that Nickel and Diming someone, IE, greedy bastards finding ever more excuses to take money they didn't earn.

@augustwest5356

4 жыл бұрын

I'm with you 100% man.

@hamluk_

4 жыл бұрын

if i do play an mmo, and it's super grindy, i just delete it. granted, almost all games i play are free, so i'm not 60-150 bucks in the hole like the poor fucks who fall for these games.

@gum8191

4 жыл бұрын

100% for me.

Switching "Whales" for "Cattle" would imply the business model is sustainable...at least they're not fooling themselves...

@MrZeeky77

5 жыл бұрын

Too real!

@ArifRWinandar

5 жыл бұрын

Cattles implies there's a lot of them. Whales, in the sense of whale hunting, is a better euphemism.

@TatsuZZmage

5 жыл бұрын

just waiting for the slaughter

@bdrago5420

5 жыл бұрын

Sustaunable unless you burn down the rainforests for grazing lands, or you factory farm them and only feed them corn and they fart out greenhouse gasses. There is no ethical consumption of microtransactions (except maybe Path of Exile or Warframe...)

@wabbajackwabbajack6932

5 жыл бұрын

"Cattle of the Sea" -COME GET UR WHALE BLUBBER M8!!!!

"Let's reach out to the whales and super whales to help us!" - AAA Games Industry, and also Aquaman

@ACKMINDSEYE

5 жыл бұрын

HA! Noice.

@steveweidig5373

5 жыл бұрын

This looks like a job from AAAquaman

When I sit down on my couch to play a game after a long day at work, the LAST thing I want to do is interact with MORE people.

@nathaniliescu4597

4 жыл бұрын

You don't work you neckbeard.

@JaelinBezel

4 жыл бұрын

Hell, im moving out primarily so i can have MORE privacy and solitude.

@zake64

4 жыл бұрын

Nathan Iliescu lmao what? Go be a toxic troll somewhere else

@ty_sylicus

4 жыл бұрын

Amen

@DiscusvissenRocken

3 жыл бұрын

ohh i can appreciate a coop game with a friend or collegue... but when a game forces me to interact with total strangers or spam my facebook friends with stupid "come play this crappy game with me" pop ups in order to progress through the game yeah...that ticks me of. but mehh sometimes i check them out but i am really surprised that people actually spend so much money in those cheap crappy farmville games XD and this is coming from someone who is really impatient when playing a game ^_^ but i would never even consider wasting real cash on those cheap shitty mobile games...

My skin crawls every time clips of that seminar is shown.

@UniversalJuan

3 жыл бұрын

I can't even listen to them anymore when I come back and watch/listen to any eps with them in them. I end up getting so furious not just at the presenter, but that no one in the audience isn't getting up and just screaming out how horrible it is

when Jim's face pasted onto a cat looks better than the Cats trailer

@ElvenMans

5 жыл бұрын

100%

@redmoon383

5 жыл бұрын

I feel like it belongs on r/imsorryjohn

@slashingkatie7872

5 жыл бұрын

Romantic Outlaw I gotta wonder who thought doing the weird live action Cats movie was a good idea. Seriously that had “animated Disney musical” written all over it. Then again Disney just wants to remake shit.

@cryptkeeper08

5 жыл бұрын

lol comical funny i wonder if they shiver from from that frostburn. will they left with thier tongue stuck out or be clever enough to fix it with a little spit shine.

@cyphi474

5 жыл бұрын

Less scary.

I just want to say. The whaling industry exploited its source of income until near (and in some cases, complete) extinction. Just sayin'.

@silverdragon122

5 жыл бұрын

Those who don't learn from history are doomed to repeat it. I rarely buy AAA games anymore.

@mattwo7

5 жыл бұрын

That's what the golden parachutes are there for: When the whaling airship sinks.

@markcobuzzi826

5 жыл бұрын

Not to mention, the famous Megalodon reached such a Goliath size, by turning to large baleen whales as its primary food supply. Yet ironically, it is believed that Megalodon went extinct because it simply became too massive and specialized for its own good. It apparently began to starve itself out of existence, once sudden climate change and continental drift drastically decreased the amount of large blubbery whales available for it to hunt. Coincidentally, the mobile market and TRIPELAAAY industry attained unsustainable growth and have raked in billions of dollars, by almost exclusively targeting “whales” with their predatory microtransactions. Now it is almost a continuous struggle just to keep earning more money for investors and shareholders, and governments around the world are finally starting to catch on to these microtransactions as we have. If loot boxes and pay-to-win mechanics get banned, and these companies suddenly cannot ensnare “whales” nearly as much, then their golden goose will be removed. Hence they are doing everything they can to prevent the “legal climate” from changing. The one key difference is that these “Megalodons” are creatures that I wouldn’t mind seeing go extinct.

@tenyokensekia8088

5 жыл бұрын

@@markcobuzzi826 Sharks are my number one fear in the world next to the ocean, but even I feel sorry for the Poor Megalodon. AAA industry though? They can go extinct for all I care. They are horrible people.

@markcobuzzi826

5 жыл бұрын

@Tenyoken Sekia Yup. Amen to that and thank God for Jim.

My standard routine when playing ANY game with social options: turn off chat, turn off voice chat.

@bloodling3885

4 жыл бұрын

One day they will have it where you have to pay $50 a month just to keep them off because that would ruin the "fun" of the game.

@freelanceart1019

4 жыл бұрын

@@bloodling3885 or selling you $99 for the ability to CREATE YOUR OWN E-PRIVATE servers.

@DiscusvissenRocken

3 жыл бұрын

and then the game will force you to "socially interact" which is in reality "spam your other friends with annoying messages in the hope they can hook people with addiction issues and turn them into piggy banks" in order to even get ahead in the game instead of being stuck on your small starting area with crappy useless shit

Oh sure people want social interaction in games, which is why The Witcher 3, an offline single-player game, has been among the top-selling games on Steam for 4 years in a row.

@DiscusvissenRocken

3 жыл бұрын

my thoughts exactly XD and how did God of War even become such a widely recognized masterpiece by both critics AND gamers alike?... there isn't even online multiplayer or loot boxes ermmm "surprise mechanics" in there -.-

@Kairos_Akuma

3 жыл бұрын

And Sims3 is STILL laughed at for their Social Plattform 😂

I think I'll stick to older single player games and supporting the modding community still around them.

@BriarLeaf00

5 жыл бұрын

@Vorname Nachname Sad but true. Luckily one of the only good things from the coming massive recession/depression around 2020 is a lot to most of these companies will go belly up. Not much of a consolation considering another across the board decrease in quality of life for most of us like the last time, but hey, its something I guess.

@EspectroUrbano

5 жыл бұрын

Don't forget the Indies!

@CraftyArts

5 жыл бұрын

Right I have such a back catelog the only games I buy new are the single player games often times the quirky indie titles, ones like sinking city and hell blade just in a effort to support such ideas.

@belldrop7365

5 жыл бұрын

Don't really have to stick to "older" games. There are still newer games out there that sticks up to day one dlc standards only(because god forbid a game that doesn't have a day one dlcs nowadays, early access indie games included.) EDF5 on steam is one good example. Just cause I'm addicted to it for a week now...

@ImAlpharius

5 жыл бұрын

Yakuza series!

Gaming Industry says: "Gaming is social! It's what humans need! That's why we provide it!" Gaming Industry means: "A social environment creates peer pressure and the need to impress others, because a social hierarchy exists now. We can monetize that pressure"

@c1v1lwar24

5 жыл бұрын

Spot on mate 👍

@emceeunderdogrising

5 жыл бұрын

It's exactly what they are doing.

@talynhastime9343

5 жыл бұрын

When people say gaming is social, they mean it's fun to play co-op with a sibling or make a new friend while getting help to run a dungeon or a community-created map. If the "social" part of playing video games is simply to keep up with the Joneses and have my character tricked out with all the pricey mounts and armor and whatnot, then I'd rather not play OR I won't spend money. I don't think I'm speaking out of turn when I say a great part of the appeal of video games, in theory, is that we can escape that sort of shit by being almost guaranteed a reward of some sort for our dedication and personal skills. The way it should be is that we pop into a lobby, look at someone's decked-out armor and mount and say "Wow, this person put a lot of time into this game, and look how far they've gotten. One day that could be me, if I try my best" or "Wow, that person is lucky as fuck with the RNG". Instead my reaction is "Fucking P2Ws ruin everything".

1999 - I need this now, i want this now, i must find a cheat 2019 - i need this now, i want this now, I must pay for microtransactions

“How do whales find your game?” Echolocation, presumably

If I wanted social interaction I'd step out my door more and play that crappy perma death mmo called life.

@murrfeeling

5 жыл бұрын

You just don't like it cause you didn't GIT GUD!

@belisarius6949

5 жыл бұрын

Like, please, just let me play ;-;

@belisarius6949

5 жыл бұрын

@Drexel Petrone Have you tried the Communism DLC? Everything is FREE there :D

@themagalanium9491

5 жыл бұрын

@@belisarius6949 yeah I tried downloading it but it just doesn't work

@Arizonitan

5 жыл бұрын

Drexel Petrone the game mostly sucks because there's no replay value. I mean you can't even return to your character once the game is done

I like how Robo-Wilson doesn't say how players "keep playing the game with friends", it's "consume the content together". Maybe Andrew's one of those Aliens from They Live.

@Formalec

5 жыл бұрын

Wilson has such a awkward why to express himself

Also Darlek Wilson: Socialize. SOCIALIZE. SO-CIA-LIZE!

Unless it's with the bois, I play video games, to NOT interact with people, even if I'm playing with other people, I usually don't get involved in the social aspect.

Them: "People want social games!" Me: *looks at Sekiro (100% offline single player game) sales and Steam stats*

@IAmAnEvilTaco

5 жыл бұрын

But if people don’t want social games, why do we hate the epic store for having weak social features in games, while having exclusives? If the social functionality doesn’t matter, why does it matter which launcher you use? Because most of the beef I have seen against epic store was that it lacked the very features everyone here’s saying they don’t need. Wasn’t that also the beef with the Bethesda launcher?

@Farscryer0

5 жыл бұрын

Might work better with God of War (2018) instead of Sekiro, tbh

@JBHUTT09

5 жыл бұрын

@@Farscryer0 True. I went with Sekiro because I'm currently playing it and it popped into my mind immediately.

@ubiquitouspanda4466

5 жыл бұрын

@@IAmAnEvilTaco it wasn't just the weak social features, it was an amalgamation of bad publicity, making games exclusive to the epic store, and utter disregard for the people they claim to care about Also, why did you shoehorn epic in this episode?

@Hisu0

5 жыл бұрын

@@IAmAnEvilTaco First, people do want social games - but only in addition to normal games, not instead of them. Second, social features of a marketplace have nothing to do with social gaming.

Showing WALL-E when you talked about Android Wilson is not right, because he actually has a personality!! 😄

@bobmonkey420

5 жыл бұрын

Hippic at least daleks will just kill us with lasers , better than being nickled and dimed to death over years

@aestheticmirror9257

5 жыл бұрын

And a heart

@Gojiragon

5 жыл бұрын

And is adorable.

@In.New.York.I.Milly.Rock.

5 жыл бұрын

Even R2D2 has more personality than him, and he's a comedic relief that can't speak.

@mutantfreak48

5 жыл бұрын

Android Wilson also has a personality though - sleazy prick.

Wow how to exploit addictive personalities hmm that sounds like a casino. At least with a casino they give you a nice room and special treatment what does a game give you? Digital currency?

@Raikeran

5 жыл бұрын

not digital currency, a *CHANCE* at digital currency if you pay enough real currency!

@technopoptart

4 жыл бұрын

a nylon bag

@Kairos_Akuma

3 жыл бұрын

@@technopoptart and a moldy helmet.

6:38 "What makes them thick?" That Freudian slip tells you all you need to know about what these people think of gamers.

@ahniandfriends123

5 жыл бұрын

They t h i c c?

@demizson576

4 жыл бұрын

LOL, such an underrated comment! :)

Therapist: Cat with Jim's face isn't real, he can't hurt you Cat with Jim's face: 0:02

@doovders

5 жыл бұрын

Therapist: Jim Purrling isn't real, he can't hurt you @0:02

@acathosh

5 жыл бұрын

Why is your profile pic different in the comment section and on your page D:

@Haan22

5 жыл бұрын

*Confused screeching intensifies*

@KiomonDuck

5 жыл бұрын

0:02 is my phone wallpaper now.

@TheTherapistGamer

5 жыл бұрын

That cat IS real and WILL hurt you.

If they want to give players "choice", why not just include cheat codes, or an option for infinite items? It makes their microtransaction argument dead in the water.

@nickclark1815

5 жыл бұрын

That's how it was before, but the industry learned you can make money off of people's impatience.

@nobodyinparticular9640

5 жыл бұрын

@@nickclark1815 would say justified impatience. I mean If the game is made super grindy AF and with timers that go over 24 hours... Am not saying paying to skip them is good tho. That crap shouldn't be there in the first place.

@MagicDragonesk

4 жыл бұрын

They're gonna make cheat codes paid DLC (or already have if you count P2W games)

@ferdinandavila-soto7233

4 жыл бұрын

​@@MagicDragonesk Funny you'd mention that. Dead Rising: OTR actually had honest-to-goodness cheat codes as paid DLC way back in 2011. Fred Dutton of Eurogamer pointed this out, and even Jim Sterling made an old video about it. www.eurogamer.net/articles/2011-11-09-capcom-sells-dead-rising-otr-cheats-as-dlc

"Consume the content" - why is entertainment/gaming jargon so terribly horrifying?

@darksidegryphon5393

4 жыл бұрын

Because it actually is.

@haruhisuzumiya6650

3 жыл бұрын

because its casino thinking

Jim, please always take care of your health my man. Nobody can really fill your shoes, and we just need someone relentlessly fighting back against this industry bullshit. Keep doing what you do, Jim.

Social interaction isn't a bad thing when it's genuine, but the kind of interaction promoted by social media and, all too often, games as well is shallow and meaningless.

@SidheKnight

5 жыл бұрын

Exactly. They don't want you to make friends or have a good time with other people. They want you to look at the "Epic Gear" that the other guy is wearing with envy so that you'll spend money to keep up with the Joneses. A kind of social interaction that is only detrimental and toxic.

@zmdumpbox2340

5 жыл бұрын

You are but a means of acquiring social capital. The interaction is transactional by nature. You're just a number. Capitalism, baby!

@youwhatmadeidk

5 жыл бұрын

Yeah I like social interaction in old games like GTA IV and MW2.

@mrjohnnyk

5 жыл бұрын

Yeah it isn't about interacting with people, that is what I was doing with games like SOCOM on my PS2 and the early Xbox Live games. Now a days it's all about getting harassed by random strangers who never speak a word to you so you feel a need to buy the stuff they harassed you with.

@peterclarke7240

5 жыл бұрын

I don't want social interactions in my video games. I get all my social interactions at work, thanks very much. I don't do twatter, skullfuck or anything like that. I hate multiplayer games because people are twats. I want a solid single player core game with occasional coop . Multiplayer should always be side dish, not the main course.

when they say they want 'social interaction' what they really mean is they want 'peer pressure' to buy their overpriced bollocks on the cash shop and their lootboxes. Little billy next door has this really cool skin, you see him walk around in game wearing this really cool skin. this means Little bill is really cool. dont you want to be really cool like Little billy? oh and no one wants to play with a super uncool person like you, you need to be really cool like Little billy. visit the cash shop today!

@silverdragon122

5 жыл бұрын

This reminds me when the cash shop first came out in maple story.

@chrisevison4092

5 жыл бұрын

wasn't there a movie about a Billy walking around wearing skin? Wonder if he should have used the "its just cosmetic" excuse when the police showed up

@abadenoughdude300

5 жыл бұрын

Good thing I'm old and antisocial enough to be immune to peer pressure (at least to this kind).

@sarahperkins6421

5 жыл бұрын

@Greig91 Personally, I like playing dress up in games (I typically spend half of my game time on character customization) and I think that's my crux when it comes to online spending. I'm not there to try and impress anyone if my character happens to have a rare skin. I just want my character to wear whatever I think looks cute, dapper, or funny, regardless of other players' input. If the default skin goes well with something I bought or played to earn as a reward, I'll probably pair them together if that's what I'm feeling that day. Paying more respect to people who don't bother with cosmetics seems like a misunderstanding of the reason why some others may bother at all with it, but that's just my -small essay of personal introspection- two cents. I realize of course that there certainly are try hards out there and a lot of gross elitism within these games, but those people generally aren't very fun to play with in my experience.

@vash_the_stampede6570

5 жыл бұрын

Honestly,Why do these 30-45 Dudes want? They will totally Rob the dead if they had cash on them. BUT THERE JUST STEALING MONEY AND THEN SPENDING IT TO MAKE MORE MONEY STEALING SCHEMES! LIKE WHAT THE FUCK! SPEND IT ON A CAR! OR A HOUSE! YOU FUCKING IDOTS! THEY DO NOT KNOW HOW TO USE MONEY!

"[...]the biggest mistake humanity ever made was getting to know itself better!" - Jim Sterling, 2019

The robot segment had me trying to muffle my giggles at the office. Cheers to the Dalek cameo HAHAHA

@Roxor128

4 жыл бұрын

Honestly, I think these CEOs have more in common with the bloody pepper-pots than most humans.

"As we all know, EA CEO Android Wilson needs Tungsten to live." Lost it at that.

@heno02

5 жыл бұрын

He had me in tears from the moment he started narrating the interview in that robotic voice and once Dalek started to creep out from the corner I had to put my laptop away in order to gasp for air. Andrew Wilson also reminds me of Patrick Bateman. But this is just as gold.

I object to Wall-E being included. He's got more personality then every AAA exec combined.

@darthlazurus4382

5 жыл бұрын

Personality AND ethics!

@StephySon

5 жыл бұрын

And a heart

@tracytron7162

5 жыл бұрын

A. Freeman And R2D2

@talesfromthenuzlocke1619

4 жыл бұрын

I’d prefer Ultron to Andrew Wilson. Not only did he have personality, he didn’t consume and trick people into joining forces with him and then killing and eating them. Unicronic arts....

@nowonmetube

4 жыл бұрын

Don't forget Johnny Number 5 and ED-209

Jim. This really shook me. I never realized the FB games which I played and showed my progress were designed around this concept. Thank you!

I'm against whale hunting, doesn't matter if it's actual whales or troubled people sinking cash into games

If we have Super Whale, we need a BatWhale to fight him. BatWhale v Super Whale: Dawn of Suprise Mechanics

@Marioshrooms

5 жыл бұрын

kamulecPL12 Sounds like a future Jimquisition at the rate things are going.

@grantmiller7257

5 жыл бұрын

MARTHAAAA!!!!

@ArchangelSteve

5 жыл бұрын

"Dawn of Just Cosmetic"

Cats trailer: I am the most disturbing thing you can see Jimbo: Hold my jewels

@TEAMZX

5 жыл бұрын

Bro subcribe my channel.

@puffthecatpuff8931

5 жыл бұрын

Cats needs cat noses.

@HandmadeGoose97

5 жыл бұрын

I think you mean how Jim FIXED the cats trailer

"The cars will fly in the future" The future: DALEK CEO

@Roxor128

4 жыл бұрын

Psychologically they're already there.

"Android Wilson needs Tungsten to live." -I understood that reference.

Nothing makes a game less fun than being forced to talk to strangers. Edit: Keyword: “forced”

@Voxavs

5 жыл бұрын

World of Warcraft would disagree

@OkamiZone

5 жыл бұрын

Speak for yourself, random KZread commenter.

@gregstinkston7634

5 жыл бұрын

Modern Warfare 2 search and destroy was fuckin funny as hell back in the day very racist though so y'know... oops

@mcbadrobotvoice8155

5 жыл бұрын

Unless its toon town. But that game was shut down so bad example.

@SidereusOfTheFallen

5 жыл бұрын

Let me tell you. Overwatch reddit: "If you're doing solo queue you're just asking to be paired with crappy players, you have to go with a 6-man team, the game was engineered for that." An online competitive FPS with a matchamaking based on a complicated (albeit very crappy in the result) algorithm that should measure skill and pair people based on that. Because fuck yeah, I *NEED* friends that play the same game to enjoy said game. Of course.

Ironically, I believe, the term whale for big spenders comes from the gambling industry. If the game industry starts "comping" whales with small perks like the equivalent of hotel rooms like the casinos do, we know how closely they are learning from that industry.

@mrjohnnyk

5 жыл бұрын

Yeah whale is a classic term for a big spender at a casino.

@fallwitch

5 жыл бұрын

They do. Every game keeps track of their whales accounts. If a whale sends an issue to technical support they will get a good outcome even if the issue at hand (like a technical problem) can't be fixed they will usually get comped either in game currency or items from the in game stores.

@doomyboi

5 жыл бұрын

MMOs will actually do this.

@silverdragon122

5 жыл бұрын

I think it was used ironically by gaming communities in the beginning.

@labetenoire

5 жыл бұрын

Free to play games do stuff like this a lot. Like if you used to spend but stopped, they will notice this and everyone over you a "free gift" or a one time only discount. Not to mention the games start free from the beginning which is the same as when a casino gives you a few chips for attending a show or something.

*Pulls up video while not paying attention* *Looks up at the strange silence* *Sees Jim Sterling as a cat* *Slowly backs away*

I like how Nintendo did it with the switch. I can screenshot or record a snippet, add text and share on Facebook. That's built into the system and it allows me to share my game experiences with my friends without it messing up the games themselves for no reason.

Referring to big spenders as 'Whales' was used by casinos for decades before the video game industry picked it up.

@assassinxex

5 жыл бұрын

Almost like, like, they are gambling

@QuantumParticle

5 жыл бұрын

@@assassinxex No, it's sUrPrIsE mEcHaNiCs

Wow you got the famous internet feline JIM PURRLING??

@seanomatopoeia

5 жыл бұрын

Damn you beat me to it

@JimSterling

5 жыл бұрын

This is top tier.

@christraven

5 жыл бұрын

I smell a new wrestling gimmick for when SterDust gets retired...

When you wake up, proceed with gobbling on your breakfast, and the first thing you see is that thick Venom reaction of Jim... ah, the day starts good.

"The socially accepted way of interacting in your game should be pegging."

“I grow weary of this impudent push for social multiplayer gaming!” - Kratos (Game of the year winner, 2018)

"Super Whales" >Gang Orca I love this channel.

Developers: “We want to make games more social.” Also developers: “We’re introducing more anti-toxicity measures.”

@darksidegryphon5393

4 жыл бұрын

They don't seem to understand that it's in our nature to be shitty to each other. We're still animals. Animals with clothes, yes, but still wild fucking animals.

I just pirated the complete collection of The Sims 3, win-win on my part, I don't give EA money and save that money to get a better pc and pirate The Sims 4 further not giving EA any money

Oh, they don't call their players "Cattle" because the grocery industry already coined that term for it's employees.

@crackingbreznuts3343

5 жыл бұрын

Dude where do you work, I love my store. I mean Vons hasn't treat me that badly. I mean 8 hour shifts do kill your legs and I'd like 15 minute breaks rather than 10 but at least they're still paid.

@ManiManiPlays

5 жыл бұрын

@@crackingbreznuts3343 Oh, I work at an independent chain that runs throughout Alberta. They refer to employees nipping off of shrinkage as "grazing", among other things.

Your videos about microtransations/lootboxes should become a lecture at school. Young generations and people need to get informed in general about this. I even dare to say that you should get an education award for your work in this matter. One cannot stress enough how important your work is and I am sure that you helped out many people with raising the general awareness about this topic!!! Thank you.

@pyrenviii3053

5 жыл бұрын

Yeah! I didn't realise how serious this whole thing has been until I watched one of his videos on the matter

@samerm8657

5 жыл бұрын

I know where you're coming from. But lets say that kiddies get to watch some of Jim (fuckin) Sterling (son) in class, and SUDDENLY the pog-fucker shows up... You know the one that fucks pogs 😂 or the Cereal humunculo delivers "pre-milked" cereals 😨

@Jack-jb4qd

5 жыл бұрын

They should probably teach kids how to cook, clean, pay bills and manage emotions too. All sorts of crap you need to know doesn't get taught at school when you really think about it.

As someone with literally zero friends, I absolutely disapprove of the multiplayer future of video games.

Continuing to tackle the big stuff! Hats off as always, Jim.

Mother: "You need to get out and meet people instead of saying inside playing video games all day!" Kid: "BUUUUTTT MOOOOOMM! This is me going out and meeting people!"

@1krani

5 жыл бұрын

"I _AM_ socializing, R-tard! I'm logged on to an MMORPG and earning XP with my party using Teamspeak!" Randy: "...Uh'm not an R-tard..."

Man, do I miss the GC, Xbox, PS2 days. When the primary purpose of a game was an escape, and $60 got you a complete experience.

@johnnypatterson7512

5 жыл бұрын

Well if dumbass people would stop buying into this current day shit we could go back to those times.

@RemixedVoice

5 жыл бұрын

@@johnnypatterson7512 That will never happen. People are way too engaged with mobile and casual gaming for corporations to ever go back from the revenues that they create now.

@thegamegarage69

5 жыл бұрын

those days were so long ago that you forgot that games were only 49.99$ , until the 360/ps3 when they all went up to 60. not only did you get the whole experience, but it was also cheaper, and ps2/3 online was free like pc

@RenegadeVile

5 жыл бұрын

@@thegamegarage69 For PS2 you did have to buy an add-on for internet but I suppose that's not really anyone's fault. The PS2 had just not been desogned with online multiplayer in mind.

@juanfranciscovillarroelthu6876

5 жыл бұрын

Emulators 4 the win

On top of what you mentioned, I sometimes wonder if part of the reasons they are able to dupe people into believing social gaming is the future is that old misconception that gamers are secluded, don't interact with others, don't have friends, etc... and by making social gaming they are trying to nab people who want to prove others wrong. Wouldn't' be the first time companies used existing social misconceptions for social engineering.

EA exec: Gentlemen, we have met our quarterly earnings goal of 100% of the money in the world. Shareholders: That’s nice, now make 10% more next quarter and every quarter after that. EA exec: Sure!

People who like human interaction dont play online games because online gaming is toxic af

@caliggyjack7480

5 жыл бұрын

People who like human interaction don't play Video Games in general.

@nicknevco215

5 жыл бұрын

or gamers ask/beg to be able to mute everyone.

@xFirebird925x

5 жыл бұрын

This is the truth.

@beskamir5977

5 жыл бұрын

Good point, if you like human interaction then playing online games is a good way of making you hate human interaction.

@grayaj23

5 жыл бұрын

@Hardcore Gamer This is why Barrens Chat was ahead of its time in pre-battlegrounds WOW. We hated everyone equally no matter if they were (/channel R Lee Ermey's torrent of slurs here). Well, everyone who wasn't Horde (but also Horde too because we knew we were worse than everyone else combined).

Offline singleplayer games are king and will always be king.

@Diphenhydra

5 жыл бұрын

ΛutistiЄ yeah... but playing uno with your friends is a hell of a good time, sooooo.

@davidking6242

5 жыл бұрын

Coach co-op is the crown prince then

@MrOrdosan

5 жыл бұрын

"singleplayer games are dying" said the company taht only sees total money gained and not total games sold.

@fumarc4501

5 жыл бұрын

Started playing skyrim for the first time last month. I’m happy offline.

@utisti4976

5 жыл бұрын

@@davidking6242 That's exactly right. :P

*holds my copy of Persona 5 close* “You’re the only friend I’ll ever need...”

@JaelinBezel

4 жыл бұрын

Pokemon: "I can't believe you'd cheat on me like this!"

I regret to inform you dearest sir that "arena" is not actually in Pittsburgh, that's in DUNBAR, slightly over an hour SOUTH of Pittsburgh, and is in reality the sad remains of the closed-down movie theater in a mall I spent far FAR too many years roaming around and shopping in back before it became a glorified flea market in more recent years. Fortunately, you will also apparently be in town in time for the last day of the Fayette County Fair, the fairgrounds are literally right down the road at the next intersection of the highway from the mall, so there's that to enjoy while you're there. (PS- the address of the mall may say Lemont Furnace, but that is indeed all part of DUNBAR, a town you will likely never see because it's over the hill beyond the fairgrounds in a little river valley and looks a bit like one of the towns in Fallout76, but nicer.) I wish you a safe journey and may you enjoy your adventure to the mountains of southwestern PA.

As someone with social anxiety, this dynamic the gaming industry is taking really really blows. I find myself playing older games that don't have some forced DRM or online only horseshit

@andybeans5790

5 жыл бұрын

Yup, I'm HFA and I've more or less given up on my PS4 because virtually all the games around demand social interactivity. Perversely, I find myself playing Warframe because it never demands interaction but rewards playing publicly. I get a little buzz out of helping strangers out, even if talking to them is difficult.

@samerm8657

5 жыл бұрын

Yeah, I also reccomend good indie & early access games. The ones with caring devs and live community are very good, Rising world for exampel

@MetalheadSean666

5 жыл бұрын

Same boat mate, I think I’ve played maybe 3 recent games I’ve mostly been playing ps2 era games recently and boy do I miss not having micro transactions shoved in my face every couple of minutes

@TheToastedBiscuit

5 жыл бұрын

As much as I've been following the dumpster fire that is the AAA industry, I haven't seen any of this b.s. first hand 'cause I've moved over to indy or "AA" style games that are largely unaffected. There's tons of games coming out this year and the next that aren't out for your wallet, unfortunately it takes a little digging to find some good ones that appeal to your tastes.

@AlphaladZXA

5 жыл бұрын

@@samerm8657 it's what I do I love my switch for the indies I can play anywhere

Wouldn't it be great to pay some money, and gain a product? Like, a complete, functioning, enjoyable product to spend my time and money on?

@silverdragon122

5 жыл бұрын

That's the craziest thing i've ever heard.

@chaossmith3864

5 жыл бұрын

Believe it or not... It used to be like that! lol

@daemonisedone4256

5 жыл бұрын

Back in the good old days.

@fatcat1250

5 жыл бұрын

_"enjoyable product to spend my time and _*_money_*_ on? "_ You've been conditioned far worse than you think you are.

@Sir_Uncle_Ned

5 жыл бұрын

Or, better yet, a complete, functioning, enjoyable product that never needs updates and that you can just shove into a slot and play.

Excelent Dalek bit, Jim! Regards, Fellow Misanthrope

Good work as always Jim, though I was thoroughly distracted by the anime pics you put throughout lol

I've abandoned games that required a certain number of "friends" in order to advance. Aviator was fun until they changed it to require a certain number of fellow players.

@Nulthazor

5 жыл бұрын

jenbdiamond So it’s an MLM basically

"The biggest mistake humanity has made is getting to know itself better" Jim Sterling XD

@akaimizu1

5 жыл бұрын

gator007 seriously. He could come Up with book worthy quotes like this. This HAS to be in a movie.

@PLKinka

5 жыл бұрын

Reminded me about "People as things, that’s where it starts.” “Oh, I’m sure there are worse crimes . . .” “But they starts with thinking about people as things . . . ” from Carpe Jugulum

@KoffinKat

5 жыл бұрын

@ gator007 So true, though! We humans are nowhere near as advanced as we think we are. And some things, we just straight up make worse by our constant meddling.

I really miss the good ol' early days of MMO's. I "socially interacted" a lot more on these games... Bring back RagnarokOnline maybe?

@ZionSairin

5 жыл бұрын

I think I saw an ad claiming it’s back on mobile. Not the same. Probably tons worse.

@sulunia5063

5 жыл бұрын

@@ZionSairin Sadly, you're correct. Has a third of the maps, game lags like crazy when there are 10 people onscreen (even on emulators), maps are waaay smaller...

I don't understand how this isn't criminal.

EA: I struggle with the concept that we're a bunch of bad guys, and called nasty things. The Effing Public: Then stop treating us like animals who are there to be basically butchered! On a more serious note: When I was growing up I learned that killing whales and dolphins was bad and that these animals need to be protected and preserved. That those who targeted whales and dolphins were the most heinous of people and were in the same category as people who poach tigers, elephants, and gorillas. Yet to these people, treating humans (to some the highest order of most sacred life) as dolphins and whales (something also held as sacrosanct) and then both these things are ripe for exploitation? How much more dehumanizing can a company get?

"The Socially acceptable way of behaving in your game, should be paying"... "The Socially acceptable way of behaving in your game, should be paying"... "The Socially acceptable way of behaving in your game, should be paying" "The Socially acceptable way of behaving in your game, should be paying" "The Socially acceptable way of behaving in your game, should be paying" "The Socially acceptable way of behaving in your game, should be paying"

@haruhisuzumiya6650

3 жыл бұрын

thank god ill never develop games for free to play gacha.

The Android Wilson voice made me laugh so hard I shed a tear. Then I remembered the power that douche wields through pure exploitation and greed. then cried a little more.

I want an 2 hour long loop of jims Cat face .... "memories" .... :)

"Hey why don't we make a video game and sell it to people?" - The Ghost of AAA past

If I want SoCiAl EnGaGeMeNt, I would rather play with people I know, and play something more intimate like a co-op campaign, not go out and scream with randoms who's momma is bigger.

Its so fascinating Id love to go to one of these talks Just to see Its almost like a Ted Talk But for squeezing blood outta stones

concept of "Escapism" says more about the world we live in now, than anyone would like to admit

Because P2W is getting so much backlash they need to target the Social Gamer to whom cosmetics are the psychological manipulation lever.

@etaknar

5 жыл бұрын

Too bad Warframe already exists and is controlled by a small tight band of developers rather than a huge mega Corp. . . Never mind, that is actually f-ing great.

@TheRitva26

5 жыл бұрын

Warframe is P2W

@TheRitva26

5 жыл бұрын

@@devaunbeats you win in warframe by getting friends to grind loot with. you get friends by impressing people woth your character's appearance. to do that you need fancy skins. you can buy these skins. case closed

@retrofraction

5 жыл бұрын

devaunbeats You knows Warframe has a new frame every 3 months at an $80, $50, $20 package. Sure you can do it all Free, but to keep up with the Jones it’s gonna take cash and crazy amounts of hours to get all the research completed.

@patlefofort

5 жыл бұрын

Basically the normies that care more about their social status than games.

I honestly hate Facebook and Twitter. That's why I always loved video games... because video games are NOT Facebook or Twitter Edit: Or Snapchat, or Instagram, or Tik Tok, or whatever else is social media.

@HelloChief117

5 жыл бұрын

I've never actively used any of these social media and I never plan to. Mostly because I couldn't care less about social drama and all that crap.

@swinelias

5 жыл бұрын

I never used any of the applications mentioned except Facebook. I just use it for homework from my high school.

@rm9308

5 жыл бұрын

@@always_serpico I actively try to get away from KZread. One day I will succeed. I hate-love it and I don't want any more, but every time I need to learn something I end up on a tutorial video and that little red number on the bell grabs me by the eyeballs again...

@skyeplus

5 жыл бұрын

I mostly use facebook for authorization on various web sites and not for social interaction.

@rm9308

5 жыл бұрын

@@skyeplus Facebook sells everyone who uses cookies, even those who don't have explicit Facebook accounts. They scrape everyone's information from other sites without consent and assign everyone an advertising ID. Zuccy is fucky.

First they came for the Facebook games. I did not speak up, because I was not on facebook. Then they came for the Mobile games I did not speak up, because I was not a mobile gamer. Then they came for the Online shooters. I did not speak up because I was not an online shooter. Then they came for the single player games. And there was no-one left to speak for me.

I have a big issue with the word "consume". The word "consume" implies a finite one-time action of a product that will require repurchase if wanted again. We do not "consume" games. We play them and re play them after purchase any time we want. Sometimes 20 years later if you were smart and bought them physically. Games are not food or fuel. Games are art. Albeit ranging from zero to De Niro. One does not "consume" art, much like one does not consume a match of Football. Whoever associates such terms to gaming is absolutely illiterate and lacks the appropriate and basic dictionary understanding.

Sees intro. *PTSD flashbacks to Cats trailer*

@branimirstoilov8640

5 жыл бұрын

My condolences! (hands over Brain Bleach)

@bjaanderson

5 жыл бұрын

Let's start a support group. 🤗

@cormoran2303

5 жыл бұрын

Can't sleep, cat will sing Memory. Can't sleep, cat will sing Memory. Can't sleep, cat will sing Memory.

@ConnorTheUndying

5 жыл бұрын

They'll get us. And it'll look like a bloody accident.

@proteus2103

5 жыл бұрын

Oh that's what that was... I was confused.

The contempt that this guy Jorgen actually has for gamers is breathtaking - calling us whales. He thinks we are like the humans in The Matrix to be milked for anything they can get.

@ZakTheFallen

5 жыл бұрын

Really it's the gambling industry that came up with the term, for players with lots of cash and are easily addicted to games. They've been milking their players for far longer, and now the gaming industry is using the same tactics. Yes, it's extremely offensive and de-humanizing...and honestly, that's the point of it. They don't want to feel like their customers are people, they want to remain distant and only look at the ridiculous profits that flow in.

@alexpotts6520

5 жыл бұрын

And sadly, he's right. Sure, most people playing these games can resist (and even more people can just not play them in the first place), but they're going after the most vulnerable.

@Earthstar_Review

5 жыл бұрын

Look at his body language. It's so disturbing.

@cloudyskiesnow

5 жыл бұрын

Do these scumbags not realize that they're being filmed, or that archived video is a thing?

at work so I can't read through the comments to see if anyone's brought this up but there's another aspect to this I think Jim missed. There's a new phrase in the tech industry. "Data is the new oil". I think they want to be a social platform not just to keep people hooked and all that, but to also collect, analyze and/or sell their info.

100% spot on with this one Jim!!!!