happy friday! thanks for watching. as usual, let us know what you're playing in this comment thread if you have a spare moment.

@kingshadow8782

24 күн бұрын

Nice.

@kingshadow8782

24 күн бұрын

Resident Evil Village.

@jokigaming2663

24 күн бұрын

The new Solo Leveling game and it's really good

@AshburnDz

24 күн бұрын

Playing Lol

@badlandschugsnumber1fan123

24 күн бұрын

Friday Show May 10 2024 FINAL

Warner Bros is shocked a game the fans never wanted or asked for is flopping? How ignorant must they be

@spacerschoice6451

24 күн бұрын

All new games(outside of sequels and franchises)are games nobody asked for 👍

@estfatul744

24 күн бұрын

@@spacerschoice6451 thats not true at all if you want to be a smart ass

@shabriri_

24 күн бұрын

​@@spacerschoice6451 It is technically a sequel from an already existing franchise tho

@schwubmexx

24 күн бұрын

And as an answer they make more of that crap 😂

@thetrashcanman7537

24 күн бұрын

@@spacerschoice6451thanks for this restarted comment 🤡

It’s like every major game company is competing for who can make the absolute worst decisions.

@thesilentassassin1167

24 күн бұрын

So true lmfao

@WetWattz

24 күн бұрын

At least PlayStation walked their decision back

@omarhanan1

24 күн бұрын

​@@WetWattzit was only because of the immense backlash from the community and the review going down on steam

@WetWattz

24 күн бұрын

@@omarhanan1 Yea but still. They didn't have to. They could have been real dickheads and just kept it that way. But yea it shouldn't have happened in the first place.

@itsmr.rainbow3861

24 күн бұрын

​@@WetWattz I can't believe this is the standard we're thrusted upon by these corporations. We shouldn't be complacent to their greed.

Here is the pattern : 1- Buy any numbers of studios 2-Instruct them to make a game, hopefully a licenced one 3-Gave them a (very) low budget and impossible deadlines 4- Watch them fail 5- Then shut them down

@solarka2128

22 күн бұрын

4 - They somehow make a good game 5 - Shut them down anyway

@kidskinny6636

22 күн бұрын

@@solarka2128*see hi-fi rush*

I will never understand this mentality of "we would rather lose customers and create a bad reputation on us rather than sacrifice our shitty business ideas" Aren't they supposed to be the ones who should study the video game sector and choose the best according to the consumers choices? That's why nobody cares about the opinion of these rich executives

@thesponge836

21 күн бұрын

The way this guy talks is annoying, the fake 'ah'' and 'umm's

Suicide Squad losing millions while Warner Bros talked about still wanting to push for live-service? Guess that turned out well for them?

@gameranxTV

24 күн бұрын

hopefully lesson learned

@JohnClarkW

24 күн бұрын

@@gameranxTV the WB execs still have paying jobs, so that seems like the lessons weren't learned.

@BoyBlunder66

24 күн бұрын

@@gameranxTV Bit late for that. Even if the studio survives this I doubt any of Rocksteady's real talent has stuck around.

@lakonoki9189

24 күн бұрын

@@gameranxTV WB never learn. They always Wanted to Lose

@Bman32x

24 күн бұрын

@@gameranxTVthey haven’t. Multiversus is doubling down on paid seasonal content & they’re more games coming following the Fortnite season pass model.

WB lost 200 mill on Suicide Squad? Good.

@FTChomp9980

24 күн бұрын

Nothing but good news.

@dannyrpt

24 күн бұрын

Very good... Was hoping for more though. Damnit!

@18mvo

24 күн бұрын

Yep. It could've easily been a good game, but they went a different route.

@businessgamerprb5398

24 күн бұрын

Yeah the funny thing is they would just blame the developer after that bad management and just shut down the studio

@princegroove

24 күн бұрын

Bye!

"I know we, the dark elves, are in mid war against the dragons, and we're trying to gather the medieval forces and reforge the sacred sword of Ancalon, but this is a great time to stop at that mcdonalds and eat a juicy big mac and drink a refreshing pepsi. Don't you agree, Galaren, prince of the broken line?"

@stephenlonon4605

23 күн бұрын

This should be pinned

@naplzt4k

23 күн бұрын

so spot on it hurts lol

@Contribute_TakeCare_Learn_Play

23 күн бұрын

Or. If this becomes a trend it's the end for those types of games. Corporate assholes: "medieval game, can we do ads there? Decent human being: no Corporate asshole: well then no medieval game

The bit about ads followed directly by an ad deserves a chef's kiss

In game ads should be a criminal offense if its not a free to play. Imagine spending $60-70 on a product just to get ads

@duckisduckcluck2258

23 күн бұрын

I am okay with ad in video game. Ad, not ads. Just one. They get one slot for the lifetime of the game and that’s it. 😂

@ixinor

23 күн бұрын

​@@duckisduckcluck2258Why would you allow ads?

@Dante1920

23 күн бұрын

Look at streaming services, you can pay a subscription fee yet still have to watch ads on some things.

@ixinor

23 күн бұрын

@@Dante1920 Which is a terrible practice introduced that's ages old.

@hyperturbotechnomike

23 күн бұрын

@@Dante1920 My streaming service subscription costs 0€ and has all regions and languages unlocked. It's called torrent.

Forget EVERY EA game if they release ads in their games. That's it. I'm done.

@derwolf9670

24 күн бұрын

I've been done for years

@DontDoubtOurServers

24 күн бұрын

Is there not ads in every sports game already?

@atomicfatman5000

24 күн бұрын

Luckly I don't think I play any EA games currently so I'm good. But I've got a feeling the FIFA playerbase is not going to care if they add ads.

@derwolf9670

24 күн бұрын

@@atomicfatman5000 I would have to agree

@dreamsickle955

24 күн бұрын

Changing nothing over the last 10 years because they make billions from Ultimate team didn't do it for you?

Current: EA places ads in all purchased games & it’s not just mobile, also for consoles & PC. 1 Hour ago: Modders release free download, bypassing EA in game ads.

@ronnydarko9046

21 күн бұрын

Big shout out to the modding community. You guys are the unsung heroes of today's "modern" gaming. ❤

You can’t spell diarrhea without EA

Ads, games as service, DLC, loot boxes… I’ll just start reading physical books again.

@ericm5315

23 күн бұрын

Check out the Shanara series. The 1st one, even though it's a NYTS, is bad. It's rough and not great. It was written in the 70s and it shows. But By GOD does the author improve in the 2000s. To an insane degree.

@Wakeupgrandowl

23 күн бұрын

Right. Games and streaming have gone to shit.

@triadwarfare

23 күн бұрын

Nah, books are filled with YA Novels that someone had written in like 3 weeks with incoherent story. Next books gonna be written by AI

@LuvLie999

23 күн бұрын

Ps2 emulator has been my savior... rebeat every tony hawk but proving ground... was a blast

@mischarowe

23 күн бұрын

Never should've stopped.

ADs inside of games that buyers pay $70+ for is new low, even by EA standards

@hotloleyn

24 күн бұрын

Ea always hit records with new lows, but they have too much brainless people stil that still spend in they garbage

@BewareTheLilyOfTheValley

23 күн бұрын

FF XV did it, but the in-gamr ad was pretty much foretold by the game having comical commercials with Cup Noodle before release. Then, the mission related to Cup Noodle is played up for jokes and laughs. And depending on which route you choose within that mission, you can net yourself one of the legendary weapons in the game (the mission itself doesn't directly give it to you, but it puts you in its vicinity). The game also has a lot of real-world brands, like Coleman for the camping gear the characters use. I wouldn't want the Cup Noodle ad to be a common kind of thing in games, but it was an interesting way to go about it.

@dr2d2

23 күн бұрын

Yeah but it could add immersion in battlefield. As in if it takes place in modern era. They could have guns and optics with brand names. so it would show up as Sig Sauer mcx spear with sig tango 6t

@ooommm4024

23 күн бұрын

Don't forget that some games may have a physical disc available, but as they require an internet subscription, the game companies can shut them down on a whim and leave their customers with $70+ drink coasters. That was why I am glad I immediately returned my copy of Overwatch. No matter how much bread you add to that excellent game, in the end, Overwatch was still a poop sandwich for one day becoming unplayable. 💩💩🤬

@RedPilledDaddy

23 күн бұрын

Not a new low...criminal. Stop downplaying this Shit

Sims 4 already has ads galore in it. When you're on the title screen there's at least 4 boxes telling you to buy expansions. There's then a tab to view all the expansions you can buy. NOW they've added a button in-game adding a shopping trolley next to your buttons to switch game mode so you can see more expansions you can buy. And before people kicked up a stink about it, it used to pulse. It would continuously grow and shrink to bring your attention to it. Sims 4 has: 15 Expansion packs 12 Game packs 20 Stuff packs 29 Kits That's 76 DLCs. And they've just announced MORE

I honestly love this series. I am not much of a gamer anymore but these videos somehow bring back nostalgic memories of my younger years. I love the casual and genuine tone of these vids of yours. Thank you very much 😮

Imagine playing the sequel to Jedi Survivor in Corusant, and suddenly you see "HEINZ KETCHUP" on a flying vehicle.

@anthonyfernandez82

23 күн бұрын

Very immersion breaking, but at least it doesn't take control away from me

@KeanuChrist

23 күн бұрын

@@anthonyfernandez82 Good point. Now the camera control is taken away from you and the camera then directs your attention to the Hein Ketchup mobile as it passes you before returning the camera back to your control.

@C-S.

23 күн бұрын

​@@KeanuChristif it's done right (depending on the game) it could actually add to the immersion. Imagine playing an open-world game set in a real-world location that actually has real-world products and billboard advertising. No more fake made-up cola drinks and restaurants.

@mischarowe

23 күн бұрын

Eeww.

@chiquita683

23 күн бұрын

Worse than a trans flag?

boycotting is gonna have to become a norm for things to change for the better

@Marta1Buck

24 күн бұрын

Yep, layoffs will happen one way or another. Microsoft proved that.

@NetBattler

24 күн бұрын

Unfortunately some people still feel bad for employees losing their job,I mean yeah I get it but we have no choice because these companies are run by complete idiots.

@rhtz23

24 күн бұрын

I'm down who are we boycotting first?

24 күн бұрын

Yep. But there are too many corporate bootlickers and simps who will by everything from these companies. Until they don't join a big, global boycott, nothing will change. Look, it's all possible to bully them until they broke or change their minds. Helldivers fans, even others who aren't fans of the game united and made Sony reverse their dumb decision. These companies are nothing without customers.

@NetBattler

24 күн бұрын

@@rhtz23 Capcom

If any games company interupts my game time with ads, I will not play their game. To hell with that.

I actually remember the subway restaurants in Infamous. At the time, I thought they were kind of cool honestly. If it's like product placements like in movies and not actual commercials, I could live with that.

I'll be boycotting any studios that put ads in games they expect me to pay for. Amazon tried pulling this crap with Prime. Who are any of these to decide for me on my behalf if they're "tasteful" or "thoughtful"?

@lostpockets2227

24 күн бұрын

i personally wouldnt mind real world ads on ingame billboards but then i can imagine that getting out of hand when a game like God of War has a McDonalds ad on the side of a mountain

@mtnman8783

24 күн бұрын

It won't make a difference. It's just like with micro transactions and loot boxes. There will still be enough people buying them to make them successful

@mtnman8783

24 күн бұрын

​@@lostpockets2227"BOOOOYYYY!!! Fetch me a McChicken"

@RealOGfikey

24 күн бұрын

@@mtnman8783 It makes a difference to me. I don't care what others choose to do with their money.

@Soultaker_For_Hire

24 күн бұрын

​@@mtnman8783 correct. The majority of customers who buy games don't care about that or any online "controversies" they see or read about a game and buy it if looks fun to them.

I thought the only way these companies would learn their lesson is to have big failures like this, but they somehow still don't get it.

@MrSpartan993

23 күн бұрын

Because Advertising Specialists are ACTUALLY the ones in charge, NOT game developers! Money men and people who create adds for a living are deciding what happens when making a videogame at the big AAA companies. They’ll only “learn” when they’re out of business because nobody buys their shit.

Glad you ended with some positive notes after all the obscene closures. Hope everyone at gameranx has a great weekend.

I remember the ill-fated Hellgate London in the late 2000s was going to have in-game ads in the subway sections. The sort of started implementing it right before the game shut down, but it it was only a few announcements or something.

The Ramen ads in FFXV were sooooo incredibly invasive, literally was made into a quest and everything. Money people are ruining entertainment.

@Taijifufu

23 күн бұрын

At least it was funny though.

@DanielMartinez-bf2xg

23 күн бұрын

What was that? I finished the game last year but I do not remember any ramen ads. The only thing I recall is the aggressive Coleman product placement during the camping scenes. I did finish several side quests but not recall any ramen ads.

@IanICee

23 күн бұрын

@@DanielMartinez-bf2xg i forgot about the Coleman ads! That game really did a lot. The ramen spots were all over billboards and then there was a whole mission about going to this branded truck and everything

Now i need the premium EA pack to remove the ads

@gameranxTV

24 күн бұрын

lol

@williamyoung9401

24 күн бұрын

If EA rolls this out, especially for their old titles, I'm done. Seriously done.

@jordanbomb32

24 күн бұрын

​@@williamyoung9401a quick 150 second ad break in the middle of a gun fight is in the best interest of all parties involved. Trust EA. Ea loves you and wants the best for you

@HShango

24 күн бұрын

Hard knock life

@Lord_Itachi8758

24 күн бұрын

​@@williamyoung9401yup ea would be officially dead to me and any other games that do it

Games used always used have Ads. Penguin bars used to appear in Robocod, you had to collect Chuppa Chups in Zool, Cool spot was Coca-Cola, Superfrog was Vimto I think, Crazy Taxi was KFC, Fila and Tower Records? They were massive features. I also loved the Anti-advert in games rant in this video before rolling straight into the sponsor plug.

I'm actually glad that the Helldivers 2 community fought Sony back and actually succeeded. I hope it inspires more gaming communities to fight these faceless corporations

@richizzle39

12 күн бұрын

Can you imagine if the Minecraft community got as upset with Microsoft for the same exact thing 😂😂 the smearing of Helldivers/Sony was just people crying like babies because Steam fucked up and sold it in regions it shouldn’t have.

Xbox : Let's buy all the studios!!! * A few months later* Xbox: Let's shutdown a few studios!!

@gameranxTV

24 күн бұрын

makes no sense

@KnightSoulsG

24 күн бұрын

​@@gameranxTVMust make business for them somehow 😅

@lochlannach7

24 күн бұрын

No, Xbox, that's not how you eliminate the competition.

@fleetadmiralj

24 күн бұрын

I wonder how much of it is wanting the IPs without wanting the studios (and of course the studios likely aren't just going to sell them the IPs)

@poodlemuffin

24 күн бұрын

If it’s anything like other industries, the licences have value to their investors. A lot of it is about owning a portfolio of titles, even if they aren’t actively producing anything based off them.

Something else that sucks about Tango’s shutdown is that those devs were on vacation. It was Golden Week in Japan and that’s a huge holiday there. That’s almost the equivalent of getting fired over the Fourth of July break here in the states. They wanted Japanese devs, but fired them for no reason. They say they need another Hi-Fi Rush, but shut them down. It’s *your* fault you shadow dropped it and released it on game pass so people can pay it for almost free. No one told you to spend $70 BILLION on stupid purchases, Microsoft. You were spread thin? Hire people, you’re worth THREE TRILLION Never had an Xbox and now this would definitely never make me want to support that garbage company. Sony ain’t perfect at all, but Microsoft still managed to one up them in assholery

@perisemiotics3204

23 күн бұрын

just my opinion but I think this is a case of pure corporate cannibalism - on one hand they squash smaller studios who actually develop good games to "retire" some of the competition, and on the other they suck and siphon their talent into their mega AAA projects. ofc they'll say bullshit like they can't afford to run these smaller studios [cackles] but saying bullshit as press releases is what they do best.

I remember splinter cell double agent on 360 had ads in the multiplayer mode. You’d see a random ad on the billboards on the maps.

Love the ad insertion immediately after the discussion of ad insertions. Very tasteful.

@AquamentusLives

23 күн бұрын

You aren’t paying anything to watch this video.

Imagine if they made another good single player game. They'll somehow blame players for Suicide Squad's failures instead of upper management forcing the devs to make it.

@imnotmike

23 күн бұрын

Yeah, but the problem is that at the same time Suicide Squad was bombing, all anybody could talk about was how great Helldivers 2 was, which just tells them that the problem is that they spent too much money on Suicide Squad, because Helldivers 2 was also a live service game, but it was cheap to make. So in the future they'll just try to pump out more of this crap, but they'll put less work into it. We'll get a bunch of live service crap games that are worse than Suicide Squad before we get another good Arkham game.

@Yusa25

23 күн бұрын

Live Service is a crime in a singleplayer game world. A seperate game thst has nothing to do with anything is okay but not batman and especially not Arkham Batman..

@richizzle39

12 күн бұрын

It’s like there was a smear campaign against Suicide Squad for being open about the fact that offline wasn’t ready at launch 🤣🤣

My concern is that AAA publishers start to insist on an ads tier at the normal price ($70) or offer a premium no ads version of the game ($90). For all the controversy this would generate we all know it only would take one GTA size game doing it to make it industry standard. If they make it shiny enough we will eat it right up.

@starjadiancloneinvestigato1772

24 күн бұрын

and the worst part about it is that there are enough schmucks with poor self control who will pay that extra $20 to make this profitable for the publishers

@stageiiwappie950

24 күн бұрын

Piratebay exist i dont pay for steam archievements and a soulles industry

@mmo5366

24 күн бұрын

Speak for yourself mate, I’ll never eat that shit- have some personal standards!

@Gizzor

24 күн бұрын

yeah i just wont be buying games, thats a step to far but gta sucks up all the casuals so they'd get away with it because they wouldn't care

@Bob_Smith19

23 күн бұрын

I’ve been sailing on the high seas for decades. Zero chance I put up w/ ads in game. There are to many great old games that I haven’t played.

First time watching one of your vids, and I just have to say, what a great outro! : )

I appreciated the irony of the sponsored section coming immediately after the bit about EA thinking about in-game adverts.

Fifa and Madden players would absolutely sit through ads in game. Or more likely pay to skip them.

@seand7042

24 күн бұрын

I would say no WE won't but I haven't bought a Madden since 2005

@thelaughingrouge

24 күн бұрын

They pay 60 or 70 bucks for the exact same game year after year, why wouldn't they put up with ads?!

@youngmerc7717

24 күн бұрын

I don’t even play sports games but you people are ridiculous lmfao, complaining for other players is about as Karen as it gets for video games holy shit

@wearyolive76

24 күн бұрын

@@youngmerc7717 i think its cause we love video games.. i want fifa to improve but since people keep buying it the game wont improve.. so yah we care if other people buy it or not cause it is affecting us and not being karens. Maybe use atleast a cell of your brain to think why people are complaining about stuff instead of just being a moron.

@hotloleyn

24 күн бұрын

@@youngmerc7717 because those brainless "players" still throw money to ea bullshits

Seriously, are there no laws for these big companies against what they're doing, buying out their competition and then closing them? It kind of sounds like a monopoly

@MrSpartan993

23 күн бұрын

They are getting some mild scrutiny actually in certain countries and it has passed the attention of higher ups SOMEWHAT but it’s just not ENOUGH of a true monopoly…YET. It might be getting there soon though.

@JustAroadcone

23 күн бұрын

There's like one person in the Us govt. trying todo anything about this stuff and she's the most unanamously disliked person in the government.

@daksans6764

22 күн бұрын

​@@JustAroadconeLina Khan??

@richizzle39

12 күн бұрын

Ronald Reagan got rid of regulations for corporation, trump only perpetuated the problem, you can thank the republicans.

Jake: Ads are received very poorly. Also Jake: HERES OUR SPONSOR Jk, I generally love all of your sponsors tbh.

I just got let go yesterday as a 3D artist for a marketing agency. I’ve been making my own games for years and landed a job utilizing the 3D skills gained from game dev. The company I worked for has cut 10% of their staff and I was unfortunately in the minority. And yep, was due to budget cuts and a need for year over year financial growth.

If they just made a great Superman game(we’ve been asking for that for over a decade!!) or remaster Arkham origins, there would be no drama. Easy money with these ideas.

@scorpion40k

24 күн бұрын

They won't do it, they actually REJECTED a Superman game proposal

@gameranxTV

24 күн бұрын

would love a good superman game

@scoso1313

24 күн бұрын

It’s just like Star Wars, it would be so easy to make endless profits if they’d just make what their customers wanted but these people seem intent on destroying every IP they have access to

@Brandon-tn4zl

24 күн бұрын

except rocksteady didn't make arkham origins

@flyingplantwhale545

24 күн бұрын

Could have done Batman Beyond.

EA trying to add ads into their games is the most EA thing that's ever EA'd

I’m not surprised that Microsoft botched all these companies considering how they grossly mishandled Rare and did dirty my boy Banjo Kazooie.

The dynamic add, I think that Trackmania 2020 already has this. A lot of the tracks have Billboards, with both adds for other tracks but in competitions also for other things. I get it, when most players are free players.

EA getting worse isn't suprising but adding advertisement to videogames is just dumb.

@patrickgoulet8170

24 күн бұрын

It should be in some shitty free to play version not the full game

@furyrust

23 күн бұрын

What worse is other company might follow them afterwards 💀

Love the fact that you rolled into an ad right after talking about EA including ads in games 😂

@gameranxTV

24 күн бұрын

lol WHOOPS

@williamyoung9401

24 күн бұрын

Use Brave (browser). No more ads.

@rekarpnevik

24 күн бұрын

@@gameranxTVdon’t pretend it wasn’t intentional 😂

@omen7168

24 күн бұрын

I felt that too literal 🙄

@princegroove

24 күн бұрын

Yep, everyone has a price. 😂

I remember playing Crackdown in 2008 or so and seeing billboard ads for “One Missed Call” and other movies that came out around that time. I thought it was cool.

The big deal is that companies wont want their in game ad shown as we are exploding heads off. Which means the badass games wont get made and everything will be sanatized like social media and movies.

Imagine playing the newest fifa and at the end of the match being offered an ad to get double rewards

@gameranxTV

24 күн бұрын

wow

@itekku2986

24 күн бұрын

Didnt EA already add Netflix etc. ads into their sports games some years ago? Edit: it was Take2 not EA, my bad.

@rangersnut

23 күн бұрын

Truly disgusting. EA games turning into Mistplay

Regarding ads in games, there's a few ways they can go about it; 1) The least intrusive way would be product placement, but they'll likely opt for 2) unavoidable commercials in the middle of gameplay

@ForestRaptor

24 күн бұрын

Both should be non starters. You are paying hard cash for temp access to a game, that now would serve IRL adds? Fucken as if we don't have enough of those ecery waking moment

@kingdomh2lover

24 күн бұрын

Ads when you fast travel or have loading screens

Great video! Have a good weekend, Gameranx! Playing Indika and Tales of Kenzera

I find it interesting how Jake mentioned the way games would contain ads but never talked about Cyberpunk 2077, the game that was overloaded with ads....

I'm shocked why rocksteady even made it , it could easily made a mediocre Batman game and earned millions. No question asked

@omen7168

24 күн бұрын

Greed

@seynpurrp

24 күн бұрын

Sweet baby inc

@mirrsavv

24 күн бұрын

@@seynpurrp it has nothing to do with them, WB is just greedy trying to capitalize on the multiplayer live service trend without realizing you actually have to make a good game if you want people to spend money/time on it

@TheFreshSoundsFlorida

24 күн бұрын

​​@@mirrsavvActually it has EVERYTHING to do with them since they wrote the crappy story, with the crappy dialogue and oh yeah, inserting their crappy ideology. They played a huge part in it.

@TheFreshSoundsFlorida

24 күн бұрын

​@@seynpurrpexactly. They destroyed the game

Depending on the game, i think ads could work if the company being advertised gives you something. For example, you get McDonald's skin or weapon that gives you a perk or boost to stats. Of course, this should be a free skin or weapon since we would be using the skin or weapon to essentially be the ad.

There were Subway [Sandwich Shops] in Infamous 2. Only distracting bc I don't remember literally any other real brands being around in the city besides that.

0:35 **Suicide Squad Loses Millions** I'm shocked, SHOCKED I tell you! Well, actually not that shocked...

You’re absolutely right about the situational practicality of ads in games. In racing / sports arena / real city games, we generally WANT 1:1 environmental accuracy. The cruel irony is that they can’t always get that and only have a couple companies paying for in-game advertising each title, so we get stuff like Same Two Billboards for Hours and NYC as Specific Energy Drink Hellscape.

The original Alan Wake had ads for Motorola all over the game, and it didn't hurt the game at all. I have never heard anyone complain about the ads in Alan Wake. Product placement ads can actually improve a video game by making it feel more real. I personally find the generic white packaging in the vending machines in Control somewhat distracting and immersion breaking. I think the game would be better if there were actual name brand items in there.

here's my very nuanced take on EA ads: they're not doing it because they have to make money - but because they want to make _more_ money. Simple as that, it's a bottomless pit of profit greed without any thought really anymore for quality of the experience. About video games "dying"... I get your point but me, I think I've always had like 100+ games yet to install in my library, and easily some 500+ games I"d really love to play one day on my wishlist... maybe I'm just an outlier but if there's one thing I'll never have enough time for are video games left to play.

Distracting ad: Norman Reedus chugging cans of Monster to be a better mailman post-stranding

@gameranxTV

24 күн бұрын

i like to pretend that Kojima paid Monster to have it in his weird random game lol

@someone-wo5nu

24 күн бұрын

​@@gameranxTV same lol.

Man Blood Money was a good game. The last level had such bad graphical glitches on XBOX that I'm surprised I was able to beat it. Time to revisit. Thanks Jake!

@gameranxTV

24 күн бұрын

Do it!

SONY/Playstation is still preventing the purchase and play of HD2 in all countries where making a PSN account isn’t possible, so damage is still present

@richizzle39

12 күн бұрын

Is it the countries or Sonys fault psn isn’t available in their country?

@richizzle39

12 күн бұрын

Also shouldn’t Steam have not sold the product to companies that required a pan account? It was part of the description of the game when it released.

Live service must be free and have good gameplay and story. Don't make people pay for a game that was half assed like Suicide Squad where villains really never use guns in the comics or movies unless it's their specialty

In game ads... Jeez that brought back some memories... Battlefield 2142 - a company literally called IGA, In Game Advertising, partnered with EA to place ads in 2142. It was a PR disaster and never made it to the live game once it launched. You may remember seeing billboards with Jeeps on them in the game - those were the "placeholders" that became permanent once the whole thing was thankfully abandoned. It absolutely grinds my gears that the fools who have failed upwards in these studios cannot even see their own past failures...

I'm glad Jake wears such unique shirts. It makes scrubbing past adds waaaaaaaay easier

I agree with you, if they wanna put ads on the game they can do it as long as the ads seems natural on the game, i dont wanna pay $70 on a game just to have pop ups of BK on the menu or god forbid 30sec interruption for an ad.

Videogames are about having fun, but lately... the past 3 years lately... they've been making me incredibly jaded. Especially now that other sectors, such as car companies, coming with things like subscription services, day 1 DLC, microtransactions, something that was started in the gaming industry.

These Companies somehow manage to make things worse than they already are :)

EA is adding ingame ads? My opinion is still the same about them lol.

As much as the AAA news sucks, I appreciate that you took the time to mention smaller games and good moves done by AA devs. Makes me feel a lot better about games overall, I’m just gonna shift over to AA/indie stuff for the foreseeable future. Lots of steam gems to find

A lot of these companies are doing this whole ad thing because they want to keep the cost of games down. Games should be over 100 USD per game by now. They were already 50-60 USD back in N64 Days.

I love bit where Jake followed the complaint about ads in a game with an ad in a video. That’s just where we’re headed, folks. Companies make less money on initial purchases, so they seek income in other places, in EVERY place. That means, “Can we sell ads here?” We as gamers aren’t customers, we’re the product. The advertisers are the customers.

@Nova3482

24 күн бұрын

Are you paying to watch this video?

@Fit_and_Found

24 күн бұрын

@@Nova3482 Fair enough point. No I am not, and I get that adding space for an advertiser in a free video is WILDLY different than adding an ad within a fully priced game, I was only pointing out something that I found funny.

@imnotmike

23 күн бұрын

@@Fit_and_Found But seriously think about this. Put yourself in their shoes. Let's say you own a business. Maybe you own a gas station. And you're doing okay. You're making enough money to get by. Some months can be a little tight. And then some company comes in and offers to pay you $1000 a month if they can put an ad for their product on your front door. Do you tell them no? What's the downside? Why not take that extra money for basically nothing? You have something valuable, in that you have an area that a lot of people frequent, and people are willing to pay money for access to that resource. You personally have no use for that space. Anybody who sees it is already coming to your store, so it does nothing for you to advertise there. It's only valuable to others. Should you waste that resource and refuse because... well, I can't really even think of a justification for it. Just because. Because a bunch of anonymous keyboard warriors would claim to be so offended by the idea of ads that they will never shop at your store again, when in reality they probable would never even notice, and probably aren't even your customers in the first place.

@HanuNL

23 күн бұрын

Jake always wears different clothing when doing the advertising stuff which makes it really easy to skip forward. And the show isn't 70 dollars

@TayR0C

23 күн бұрын

​@Nova3482 yes, internet service is expensive, especially where I live.

I think EA gets away with so much shit because the people who play their games are people not in the gaming space. They can make their sports games just absolute dogshit but those consuming it will still eat it up.

Games like dirt rally have adds in them which are cool, such as banners with your favourite SIM retailers on them.

The problem with in game ads that exist in the environment is that there's never enough variety so it breaks immersion. I remember way back when Crackdown 1 came out it had billboards throughout the city and all of them were for a Dodge truck. It makes sense for Dodge because why would you want to spend money on advertising and have to compete with other ads for the player's attention and retention? However, every corner had the same truck ad, and it was distracting.

I remember Shadowman’s protagonist Michael LeRoi was wearing Diesel jeans, and I always liked that. But that was one of the few times I felt product placement was well fitted in a videogame

@gameranxTV

24 күн бұрын

Diesel jeans in Devil May Cry 2 as well lol

@Judas_Krimson

23 күн бұрын

@@gameranxTV Right, I didn’t remember that!😆🙌🏽

I feel like these major companies are trying to recreate the success of Larian with BG3 and their only thought process is “we are a bigger studio with more money so obviously we should be able to do it every single time”.

@ShadeGuitarist1

23 күн бұрын

The only issue is that they try recreating that success without the love that Larian poured into BG3.

The original crazy-taxi had real-world locations, KFC, Pizza Hut etc. They had to remove those locations from the game for legal reasons. Ads in games (if done right) could be a way to add real world locations back into games. I wouldn't mind seeing a Popeye's instead of a Cluckin' Bell in a GTA game 😂

I remember Mark Hamill saying, quite clearly, that he wouldn't play Joker anymore since Kevin Conroy was no longer with us.

WB post $200M loss from GaaS crap, while doubling down on MOAR GaaS crap? Exec madness, making perfect sense!

YESSS RELEASED BEFORE NOON PST, I can enjoy this during my lunch again :,) thank you

@gameranxTV

24 күн бұрын

enjoy lunch!

I'm going to call it right now. With the ultrafast storage we have today, load screens are virtually non-existant. I see greedy publishers putting artificial loading screens back into games with ads on them.

I played a game set in Akihabara and it had real world AD'S on the advert screen and it made sense as that is exactly what happens in Akihabara however they were only ones appropriate for Akihabara and not say advertising coke, Nike or something that would not be on screens in Akihabara.

Tango games shutting down is so much pain to me . We'll never get evil within 3.

Boy oh boy has the industry been eating itself lately.

Yeah I know that business talk. "Why'd we lose $200 million? Because last year was OUT OF THIS WORLD!! WE'RE SO AMAZING WE CAN'T EVEN KEEP UP WITH OUR OWN SUCCESS!!" I really REALLY would like to know the actual gross profit on these kinds of games...I mean profit AFTER stuff like taxes, labor costs, expenses, shipping, etc. Stuff like ads in-game? Surely it can't just be pure unadulterated greed. Surely they feel like they have to do stuff like take the price up. They HAVE to know how bad this makes them look.

So glad you mentioned Animal Well, I hear it's like Halo 2 meets Halo 3!!

People need to not buy ANY EA game if that's the case in order to protest ads on a game!! Now that's ridiculous I might end up putting my controller down if it takes off

Was an XBox gamer til a year ago when I got a PS5. Possibility of Dishonored 3 as an Xbox exclusive made me question my decision, but my choice just continues to be reaffirmed. Kinda sad.

@Skateandcreate9

24 күн бұрын

PS5 is the place the be for consoles bar none

@lochlannach7

24 күн бұрын

​@@Skateandcreate9 Unfortunately, Sony isn't that good of a company, it's probably the least shittier at the moment, but with the things they've been doing lately, and how they also have worked with SBI recently, I don't see a very bright future for then either.

@Verchiel_

24 күн бұрын

not trynna be elitist or anything of the sort but i'm glad i grew up with PCs. Never owned a console (closest to that is the steam deck i got just a couple months ago) At this point in time the only console exclusive game i crave to play is god of war ragnarok, because the previous game was an absolute blast. And i'm happy to see sony bringing more exclusives to pc for that reason. Looking towards the future the only other console exclusive that'll probably suck to miss out on is GTA6, because rockstar hates PC players.

@tonecapone8021

24 күн бұрын

I've been in the Xbox eco system since the 360 days. I bought a GPU for my computer and signed up for Steam a couple of months ago. I'll keep playing my XBSX, but when it's time for it to be replaced, I'll transition completely over to PC. If I bought a game on my Xbox, and it's available in the Windows store, I can download & play the PC version. So, that's a big plus for going PC -vs- another console.

@cenciende9401

23 күн бұрын

That is the most illogical thing I've ever seen commented. Xbox is by far the better console and best value console particularly with a Gamepass subscription. Not having much in the way of first party titles isn't a big deal in these crossplatform times, even PS exclusives are on PC which is why I haven't touched my PS5 in a year and it's not like there are many of those, an entire console purchase isn't worth like 4 games

I remember EA patching some faulty advertising signs in f1 while me and my friend couldn't finish a co-op season because of the bugs.

The problem is these executives can only see one thing: lines. Lines that must eternally go up. Infinite growth. Without it, their stock values would drop back down to earth.

Depends on what kinds of ads we're talking about. Ads dont have to be bad. People think of intrusive pop-ups when think of ads, but it could be a lot more benign, like the billboard saying Coca-Cola instead of some made up soda. I wouldnt really care about that, and if it gives them money then alright, fine by me.

At this rate the future for games is gonna suck

@JohnClarkW

24 күн бұрын

"At this rate the future is gonna suck" Here I fixed it for you

@saibakookami

24 күн бұрын

@@JohnClarkW i know what I said another punctuation police I'm so of sick you people you have no reason to have a problem with how I type so go away why can't you people just leave me tf along

@BoyBlunder66

24 күн бұрын

Why? Sure, a lot of the major studios are crumbling under their own stupidity, but more and more non-AAA titles are making it big in light of that, and some studios like fromsoft and Capcom are on top of the world right now, even if Capcom has their own issues. Studios will either shape up or crumble, and there will always be up-and-comers more than ready to take their place and fill their niche.

@scuderia9215

24 күн бұрын

100% we are literally seeing the downfall of so many things in real time

@saibakookami

24 күн бұрын

@@BoyBlunder66 we don't need more ads there so annoying

In game ads were kind of already a thing. I assume they're talking about video ads you have to sit through, because in Burnout 3, they had billboard ads for Tiger Woods and axe body spray.

That's exacly what I was thinking when you said it, the NFS Underground ads. Those weren't too bad

IRL advertisements in-game is nothing new to EA. EA already attempted this in 2006 with Battlefield 2142.

@Ryan61121

23 күн бұрын

Yeah I remember adds on billboard’s in Bad Company.

Don’t EA already have ads in their sports game? Depending on where you are the ads on boards are different

It was creative when EA had ads related to other games they made inside various games (like some of the billboards in Burnout Paradise, or what was displayed on the screens in Sims 3), these were unobtrusive and just a fun easter egg. But putting in annoying ads in paid games, that is un-called for!

Complaining about Ads... right before going into a Vessi Ad is honestly hilarious😂😂