10 GREEDY Video Game Moves That SHOCKED US

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Sometimes video game companies just get too greedy.
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@WildmanTrading Ай бұрын

If buying isn't owning piracy isn't a crime.

@stlawstlaw7585 Ай бұрын

Amen!

@TheNotSure Ай бұрын

🏴‍☠️

@thefknscarecrow Ай бұрын

It's really not unless you try selling what you pirated pretty much

@alexpaksy9339 18 күн бұрын

"You were good son, real good; maybe even the best."

@Niaaal 13 күн бұрын

To the high seas!

@VonDrinkoften Ай бұрын

Being an older gamer, these are all classic examples of why I've become so jaded with the gaming industry. I tend to avoid online gaming due to toxic communities and player bases so junk like "skins" and assorted cosmetic items are irrelevant to me. I refuse to get sucked in by in-game transactions and totally avoid anything that requires an ongoing paid subscription. Finally, I also totally avoid pre-releases due to the excessive pricing and sorry state many so-called AAA titles get released in. The gaming industry as a whole whether it be developers or publishers need a swift kick in the backside as this consumer has had a gutsful.

@elvis1745 Ай бұрын

same here

@hoodiemelo1565 Ай бұрын

Yup

@trenaceandblackmetal5621 Ай бұрын

Gamers ruined gaming by letting the companies get away with it

@TheLightmanCol Ай бұрын

Amen, brother!

@BigMobe Ай бұрын

Agreed. It was never the cheapest hobby but things have gotten way out of control. Companies are trying to milk every dime they can from people instead of prioritizing fun. I dont wan't to pay for something that will stress me out if I don't continue paying more for it.

@TachiFrypan Ай бұрын

6:10 "But, it's Star Wars, so they know people are just gonna to pay up". *Unskippable Lego Fortnite Star Wars commercial immediately pops up* 💀

@GrenzGengar13 Ай бұрын

Had that "pleasure" too

@Fruitcupper Ай бұрын

😂

@manspiderparkerpeter5810 Ай бұрын

do you have a moment for me to tell you about our lord and saviour, ublock origin?

@jamescopeland6802 Ай бұрын

KZfaq doesn't deserve ad revenue when it censors as bad as the big C.

@12thMandalorian Ай бұрын

this is the way

@bunnerkins Ай бұрын

For anyone that might want to know, Escape from Tarkov has had an illicit community of modders for years, and one such team is called Single Player Tarkov. It gives you the most prominent feature of the EFT Unheard of edition, namely a Single Player PVE version of Tarkov. It does not have Co-op PVE, and it has stated it doesn't have plans to add that. Still, if you play Tarkov and 1) want to play pve and 2) don't want to play pve with your loot goblin comrades, then check out Single Player Tarkov. Edit: oh yeah the best part, there are no cheaters in Single Player Tarkov.

@MonkeyJedi99 Ай бұрын

NO cheaters? I would accept "no cheaters playing with/against you."

@THE_THUNDERKING Ай бұрын

Fika mod for SPT adds coop pve! Been playing it for the last week and it works great. Some setup involved, but once you get it up and running it's everything you'd hope for. Also free.99, not $250!

@VyxelOP Ай бұрын

I still say high-end NFT buys/sells are just a front for money laundering.

@wendahu5943 Ай бұрын

Exactly what I'm guessing too.

@wadysawkostrzewski8557 Ай бұрын

yes!

@Lurch-Bot Ай бұрын

I agree. In fact, having done some crypto mining myself, I'm pretty sure that's mostly a Ponzi scheme and the largest users are money launderers. I would say maybe 5% of coins are actually trying to be legit securities and/or monetary instruments. As for PoW being a vehicle for doing practical work, well, I am still waiting for that to materialize. Still just burning a bunch of power crunching numbers just for the sake of crunching numbers.

@Sobergamer61 Ай бұрын

That’s 100% what it is.

@pagandragon830 Ай бұрын

It totally is. Accountant here btw and also an older gamer (played in arcades and then got an Atari just to date myself dammit). Not only is it that, it's basically saying, "Hey! Give me your REAL money for this FAKE thing that may or may not increase in value." Same thing goes for crypto. Not just that either, those things not regulated at all because our politicians LOVE people who steal money from the working class and/or poor and funnel it to the rich - they do it all the time through the legislation that they pass (or don't as their bribers dictate).

@Assault223 Ай бұрын

Escape from Tokov unheard of community edition

@banana_sackboy Ай бұрын

Tokov

@stageiiwappie950 Ай бұрын

Still ppl gonna play. I quit a long time ago because cheaters will never be tackled and the business model is sus

@gisellegrey5343 Ай бұрын

@@stageiiwappie950 Cheaters? Don't you mean developers? Haha

@stageiiwappie950 Ай бұрын

@@gisellegrey5343 i havent seen proof but the conspiracies regarding bsg profiting on cheaters dont seem unlikely with their business model

@stageiiwappie950 Ай бұрын

@@gisellegrey5343 i havent seen evidence but BSG profiting on cheaters does not look unlikely to me with this business model

@dwightschrute2822 Ай бұрын

You could make this list a top 100. The industry has gone absurdly greedy.

@grahamjudge7852 7 күн бұрын

100 don't you mean 1000 per decade

@Dovah_Slayer 7 күн бұрын

Yeah unfortunately that's why indie devs are rising in power

@SingleWhiteRoses Ай бұрын

Someone needs to explain to me how $700 is a "micro transaction."

@salyer125 Ай бұрын

Micro for rich people cause their pockets are macro

@dafff08 Ай бұрын

wheres the crew? revoking everyones access to a game that could be played offline is one, if not the worst violation of consumer rights.

@Nicholasmcmath-cr1xl Ай бұрын

Same

@Elwaves2925 Ай бұрын

It's terrible but it's not an example of greed. It belongs on a list with a different theme.

@tubensalat1453 Ай бұрын

@@Elwaves2925 Well, they did say players should just buy one of their other games...

@konrad8541 Ай бұрын

That's not greed, just irresponsible.

@dafff08 Ай бұрын

@@Elwaves2925 of course its greed. if it wasnt they would have patched it properly. by entirely removing it, they want you to focus your time and money on their new live service garbage.

@ormondbeachr1 Ай бұрын

If you spent 900k on a land in a gotcha game you deserve to no longer have 900k.

@Mrchair905 Ай бұрын

Yeah that’s just a stupid tax lol.

@JackieFrankieful Ай бұрын

whoever spent 900k is a billionaire or have billionaire parents. so its chump money for them. It's like for you $10

@chocochoco5186 Ай бұрын

Its prolly money laundering scheme

@Roxus1 Ай бұрын

Wth is a gotcha game

@hoid9407 Ай бұрын

@@Roxus1gotcha or "gacha" games are games that are microtransaction-heavy to the point that the core gameplay of the game is centered around the microtransactions and nothing else.

@masonfurlow1453 Ай бұрын

The razor mask is absolutely insane. I can’t believe someone even had that idea much less made it an actual thing.

@homerhat420 Ай бұрын

It's always morally ok to pirate Nintendo software.

@gulfcitynd Ай бұрын

That depends if it's a older game sure but a newer game not really

@ThatAnArchyDude Ай бұрын

Always 💯

@0niisama Ай бұрын

Yeah, always.

@yourgenerickid1109 Ай бұрын

Don’t forget Ubisoft games.

@ProwerTheFox7 Ай бұрын

@@gulfcityndnah, fuck em they’re greedy as hell.

@richardrussell7082 Ай бұрын

'Early Access' is a myth (aside from the Steam 'paid Beta' version). If people are able to play the game, then it's launched, it's live. Those who chose not to pay the extra money are instead forced to wait an extra 3 days after the game launches before they can play it.

@Astraeus.. Ай бұрын

Reminds me of a couple times moving in to new apartments and the landlord would let me in a few days ahead. Like sure, it's "early access" but I already paid rent for the 1st month and there's obviously nobody in there at the time, so functionally speaking it's "ready" to move in to. Same logic applies to games, if it's ready for people to be playing normally then it's launched. Pay-walling early access is just a bullshit cash grab.

@Roxus1 Ай бұрын

What a dumb comment lol. 'Early Access' is a myth? 😅 You don't know what you're yapping about

@Unknown_Genius Ай бұрын

@@Astraeus.. They cash in on FOMO, same as any other pre-order bonuses. I can count on one hand how many games I've pre-ordered, and those are the few games that I'd have pre-ordered either way (so thanks for the extra stuff I guess?) - no amount of early access or extra things is going to change that, but apparently it does work well enough to get people to buy it somehow.

@NachoDramis Ай бұрын

What a pleasure to see BSG and it's latest Tarkov move roasted here. Thank you for that.

@dannylojkovic5205 Ай бұрын

And the game hasn’t even been released yet!

@Tex_actual Ай бұрын

the star citizen rant had me rolling

@chrisp.2544 Ай бұрын

The irony of him saying "99% of the ships will never be completed" while the beta footage entirely consists of ships that are in game right now.

@Sur3shot17 Ай бұрын

And it was the player base that wanted the Legatus pack

@graxxor Ай бұрын

Yeah. Funny thing is you can play for $45 during a sale and just buy $300 ship in game with in game credits…

@MrCanadianhero Ай бұрын

@@chrisp.2544 posts like this piss me off when talking about SC because it always comes from people who don't actually research anything on the game. yes it has been in development for a long time. but there are over 200 ships/vehicles available to fly in game right now (with varients) and there is a lot to do when you are a new player. yes there are bugs. but you don't have to buy any ship with real money other than a 45 USD starter pack. people only spend more to support the project. and yeah the player base wanted the expensive pack and you can upgrade your old pack to the new updated back for the price difference. and all that price is, is the cost of everything in the game if purchased separately with maybe a slight discount.

@Tex_actual Ай бұрын

@@MrCanadianhero hey man you are free to spend your money how ever you want. But I will judge you, so get over it. It’s not our fault you like to role play as a whale.

@vcdgamer Ай бұрын

Is anyone else surprised at this point that a lot of the bad moves here were made by either EA, Konami or Ubisoft?

@GothicMetal669 Ай бұрын

I wish I could say I were surprised by Sony's recent idiocy, but I'm not.

@khalidalnajjar1558 Ай бұрын

Dude I opened a ticket in Skull and Bones asking for a way to reset my progress which I did during the beta to test the game. I clearly mentioned that I don't remember any of the game systems and I need to reset my progress. And their official reply /solution was " make a new account and buy the game again."

@kokobeatz7222 Ай бұрын

Lmfao

@Dovah_Slayer Ай бұрын

Wow just just wow

@Anthonybrother Ай бұрын

definitely not putting a penny into Trackmania, then.

@sugrivaveganhotdogs8374 Ай бұрын

That isn’t even micro transactions anymore that’s just straight transactions

@xRoeJogan Ай бұрын

Only mentioned off hand in the video but I’m not at all opposed to $70 or even $80 games if they’re releasing a FINISHED AND QUALITY product. N64 games were $60 in 1996. It’s honestly impressive pricing has been so stable since then considering dev time is like 5 times longer. Would like to see how the price of gas or milk compares to almost 30 years ago. It’d be cool if the extra money went to devs getting railed by crunch and polishing the product but I know it wouldn’t.

@justinlast2lastharder749 Ай бұрын

N64 games were between 45 and 60. It depended on the game because some games had higher quality cart components. It went down drastically though after launch to mostly be 45-49.99. They were expensive because they were Cartridges. Now Games are mostly Digital, so no longer have the physical components costs excuse for pricing. Games should be no more than 50 new.

@xRoeJogan Ай бұрын

@@justinlast2lastharder749 a new AAA (I don’t think they used that terminology at the time) was always $60. PlayStation and Dreamcast discs were $50, so the cost of the cart was $10 give or take. My point is that since ‘96 minimum wage (in my area) has gone up around 300% and the cost of living has probably gone up more than that. Ocarina of Time costs about $12 million to make while BotW cost around $70 million. That’s 600% more. Sure they save a boat load in distribution costs and the player base itself is an order of magnitude larger but it still doesn’t cover the difference. Part of the reason there’s so much chaos in the industry is horrible management, but the other reason is their margins are quickly shrinking and they’re scrambling to try and find a way to keep the business model afloat.

@TopDawgGamingOffical Ай бұрын

Top 10 games that left us with a cliffhanger

@nanojump338 Ай бұрын

Yeah sekiro😂

@omarhanan1 Ай бұрын

@@nanojump338Not a cliffhanger but great potential for a sequeal

@dustinsmith16 Ай бұрын

Days gone

@SquallRanger Ай бұрын

The Order

@dansmith1661 Ай бұрын

Mega Man Legends

@PsychoRavager Ай бұрын

Corporate greed and boot-licking whales effectively killed AAA gaming. Pathetic.

@Dovah_Slayer 7 күн бұрын

Yeah..... yeah

@heinrichmuller7974 Ай бұрын

i'm not that old, but i still look back and remember fondly the days when the purchase price _itself_ was the entry fee into whatever game world you just purchased ...

@3up3rn0va Ай бұрын

Games are so cool and fun but can be ruined practically overnight by greedy practices. We can’t have fun I guess.

@is370 Ай бұрын

Great timing haha

@crentistismydentist Ай бұрын

Please make a list of 10 funniest video games

@michaelwesten4624 Ай бұрын

number 1: dark souls, because it's so bad it's hilarious

@thesilentassassin1167 Ай бұрын

Good idea

@mr.s9783 Ай бұрын

Portal 2 is S-Tier

@lawrencetalbot8346 Ай бұрын

There are some really funny old school games from original Xbox/PS 1 and 2 era. They don’t really make many funny games anymore

@crentistismydentist Ай бұрын

@@lawrencetalbot8346 I wish they made more games like Total Overdose. Comedy is such an underrated genre.

@SizzlordTheExiled Ай бұрын

The Helldivers devs in discord have even said that people need to leave a negative review, attempt a refund (even if it doesn't go through they track the numbers), and stop playing the game. Because Sony isn't listening to them and if the gamers can pull their fingers out we might be able to save this game. If you love helldivers 2, you're gonna have to hurt the thing you love to save them. UPDATE: WE DID IT GIRLS AND BOYS! DEMOCRACY WINS!! SONY HAS REVERSED IT'S DECISION AFTER MAJOR BACKLASH. FOR SUPER EARTH!!!

@wes1164 Ай бұрын

Short term pain, long term gain

@prabhiboyal7459 Ай бұрын

Idk mann. Look at how quick studios have been getting shut down. I hate the move sony made, but i also dont want sony to cut their losses of the whole thing when its players tank

@newjersey973 Ай бұрын

This sounds stupid

@tygeta9851 Ай бұрын

@prabhiboyal7459 they are a 3rd party studio , not owned by Sony. Cutting ties would actually be a good thing.

@WeKNOWTHETRUTHITSUNDISTPUTED Ай бұрын

@@tygeta9851Sony owns the helldivers ip thoa so they could easily strip them of the license but they could go off and do there own thing I guess

@tzeffsmainchannel Ай бұрын

1:41 I'm *laughing out LOUD* with Falcon! 😂 That really sounds funny!! 🤣

@MoA-Reload... 25 күн бұрын

My all time favourite is back when Wargaming started dabbling in their Dockyard Marathon missions. A few years ago on the run up to Christmas they had a Dockyard to get what the community still calls the USS Pay2Rico because if you wanted to skip the grind you could throw nearly $400 at them to get it. What you got was the Tier 10 premium ship USS Puerto Rico with perma camo plus all the awards for the mission chain. If you wanted to grind the mission however...well it was set up as the perfect example of a sunk loss fallacy. The mission chains were grouped and each group opened up to a schedule in such a way that you had a certain amount of time to get it done and the objectives they put in there were insane. Some were purely RNG based on top of that. You could of course throw money at it to speed up your progress BUT the catch was if at the end of it you fell short of the finish line, tough. Either pay up even more money so you have something to show for it or don't get the Pay2Rico. Where it got hilarious was a community stream by WoWs official on Twitch when chat challenged Wargaming to have a member of staff sit and play to prove it could be done. The response was "we can't do that. We have jobs and are very busy here" 😂

@lakshyakumar1851 Ай бұрын

4:51 speaking of overly-priced pre-orders, I don't know how many other people notice this but whenever you want to buy a game, the first thing you will see is the Gold/Ultimate Edition of the game that is $90+. The Standard $70 versions will always be last in line which is a very shameful thing to do.

@Paulafan5 Ай бұрын

Remember when games came with those features standard? The true cost of a full game is a lot more (in some cases).

@cjyoung5635 Ай бұрын

@@Paulafan5remember when you had to mail in your game to playstation underground for dlc? Bet you don't because it was a pain and 50/50 you don't get the game back that you sent in. (you had like a 5% chance they'd send you a care package of goodies with it though)

@Elongated_Muskrat Ай бұрын

No one was shocked, just disappointed.

@Dahvine 8 күн бұрын

“ if you have 48,000 dollars , GET A HOUSE ! “ 😂😂😂 bro spitting facts to small brains out there and i love it

@USMC-Goforth Ай бұрын

The biggest issue with microtransactions is that streamers and content creators wont stop buying them. Apex for example, 1 content creator buying both heirloom items in a season along with the boosted battlepass is around $350. Thats not including any extras from the store, and thats at a rate of every 90 days. 365÷90 is about 4, so they are making $1400 off streamer purchases at a minimum.

@lunasmokezim1718 Ай бұрын

Hmmmm... How about Sony throwing Devs and players under the bus in order to pad Monthly Active User numbers?

@JoJoZaka Ай бұрын

did you cry this much over Microsoft needing a Microsoft account to play halo and minecraft realms? or red dead needing it for online?

@Elsinnombre-ez5dn Ай бұрын

@@JoJoZakahush 🤫🤫🤫

@KahlevN Ай бұрын

@@JoJoZaka Are those services region locked for over 100 different countries?

@adamcaretta4715 Ай бұрын

@@JoJoZaka why did Sony sell a game in a country they KNEW would lose access in a couple months?

@n.a31214 Ай бұрын

@@JoJoZakamake me a sandwich

@sithvol Ай бұрын

Great timing on this one with Sony murdering Helldivers 2 this week. I can't wait to see Falcon's take on that.

@WeKNOWTHETRUTHITSUNDISTPUTED Ай бұрын

Still around 96,000 players on steam and more on ps5s they’ll be fine just a bunch of crybabies

@mr.s9783 Ай бұрын

^ Found the bootlicker.

@Snoy_Fly Ай бұрын

Helldivers 2 started going down (player count) since Stellar Blade came out.

@Unknown_Genius Ай бұрын

@@WeKNOWTHETRUTHITSUNDISTPUTED Yeah, them selling the game in countries that can't create a PSN account, fully knowing that they take their access away in a few months sounds just like crybabies, doesn't it? The game literally got removed from sale in about 200 regions today, 200 regions that they knew would loose access when putting it on sale.

@Cloaker86 Ай бұрын

Shut up man... People still play it and PSN accounts are free... You dont even need a BS launcher like with rockstar

@stlawstlaw7585 Ай бұрын

Paradox should be on this list with basically all their games...

@OlivioSarikas Ай бұрын

imho the main reason for the high UBI prices is to get people to sub uplay+ - because otherwise their subscription doesn't make sense as all their games are time-eaters that can easily swallow 100-200 hours each and are on sale very often

@georgelooney8949 Ай бұрын

The two biggest issues with the video game industry, imo, are corporate greed and DEI.

@anthoniG Ай бұрын

Might be silly question, but what is DEI please?

@JamesF0790 25 күн бұрын

@@anthoniG Diversity, Equality, Inclusion. It's an effort to increase the participation of historically under-represented groups. Some people get unreasonably angry with it and blame it for every problem in the industry

@Cardali Ай бұрын

I know some people from gaming communities who purchased the 48k ship back in Star Citizen. They're literally millionaires. Property guys, successful retirees, high end IT guys. All of them are really humble, but will admit that for them it's not a big deal to drop that kind of money. Most of them are actually investors in a lot of game studios and don't see it as different.

@Darkprosper Ай бұрын

Yes, I would be surprised if anyone bought that 48k pack for the content. It seems to be just one way to make a large donation to the devs, what you get in return is secondary. Still a horrible investment though, the ratio of money invested to content produced is staggering.

@Moscatinka Ай бұрын

Having lots of money does not make throwing money away less stupid, just less painful.

@HallowedKeeper_ Ай бұрын

I've heard of a guy who used his and his (Ex) wife's down payment on a house to buy that ship

@chrisp.2544 Ай бұрын

@@HallowedKeeper_ It's not "a ship", it's "all the ships". Which doesn't stop $48K USD from being a lot of money, but it does change the $ to ship ratio. (About 200-250 ships from recollection).

@graxxor Ай бұрын

@@HallowedKeeper_ stupid people will be parted from their money without Star Citizen.

@ZeldaSam1 Ай бұрын

3:17 "What are ya gonna do?" Me: "Play something else!!!"

@Dovah_Slayer 7 күн бұрын

Yeah just don't pay them eventually they'll learn once their profit drops

@memorimusic420 Ай бұрын

CSGO/CS2 skins: "Im gonna pretend like I didnt hear anything" 😂😂

@brandonmcintyre652 Ай бұрын

Helldivers 2 number 1 at the moment because of Sony

@Siegfried96 Ай бұрын

Look up the definition of greedy...free ≠ greedy

@RickJPG Ай бұрын

@@Siegfried96 Sony locking out over 100 countries from a game they purchased, just to inflate their PSN numbers to appease shareholders, doesn't seem greedy to you?

@whymysockswet7279 Ай бұрын

@@Siegfried96 sony wants to inflate their numbers with those accounts, which makes them money. So just cause its free FOR YOU doesnt mean it wasnt a greedy move.

@chadbizeau5997 Ай бұрын

Sony is charging extra for HD2 after players bought it?

@misipapa3626 Ай бұрын

@@Siegfried96 Yeah, selling the game in countries where you can't register a PSN account is tottaly not greedy, sure.

@chicagoparker Ай бұрын

When you find out that a horse in WOW made more profit for blizzard than the entirety of all starcraft 2 sales.. you understand more thoroughly why companies do this, and why you cant get funding for an RTS game without a massive IP.

@kahlidlynch3864 Ай бұрын

Just want to clarify for the Tarkov stuff, EOD owners get access to PVE forever after the community boycotted the game, BSG currently in damage control over it and will likely lose majority of the player base if they don't amend it

@stevec6228 Ай бұрын

Falcon you are the best man!! I love the way you describe stuff!! Good job and keep up the good work 👍

@jaydeebow6431 Ай бұрын

How Sony didn't make the list is baffling. They just keep making the most ignorant decisions.

@rashido_grey Ай бұрын

Judging by the turn around time on their videos, I suspect they missed the final cut by a day or two before this was uploaded and scheduled to release.

@WeKNOWTHETRUTHITSUNDISTPUTED Ай бұрын

Not really that bad of a decision and if your not in those countries then quit crying and play the game

@songyani3992 Ай бұрын

@@WeKNOWTHETRUTHITSUNDISTPUTED I was accused of defending Sony when I said I've had PSN accounts for three different regions and Sony hasn't banning any of mine, despite People claiming they do to say people can't just register a free PSN account from different countries. People just want to jump on the hate wagon and ignore reality

@Cloaker86 Ай бұрын

PSN accounts dont cost money

@WeKNOWTHETRUTHITSUNDISTPUTED Ай бұрын

@@songyani3992 yea I’m convinced that the last what 2 years or so every game has to have controversy. Thoa I really don’t think this is a big deal at least it’s not a launcher there forcing you to use idk a big nothing burger to me

@geniusgfx Ай бұрын

I guess EA is in the Part 1

@jantebergan6602 Ай бұрын

Can you make a video about gaming companies that did microtransactions correct? Like games that are actually worth buying into to play, get stronger, and enjoy?

@TheLightmanCol Ай бұрын

Falcon's sense of humor is almost as good as gaming itself. 😂❤🦅

@privacyvalued4134 Ай бұрын

When there are thousands of great games available for dirt cheap or even free, there's never a valid reason to shell out $100+ for a single game. Even $50 for one game is somewhat unjustified. For example, about two years ago, I picked up about 200 games for $10 in one of those massive game bundles. I'm still working my way through that bundle and it was a totally legal/legit bundle. Most are cheesy little indie games, some are total trash, but some are decent AA titles.

@SilverSpectre266 Ай бұрын

As cynical as it sounds, for most of these I feel like you deserve to have your money ripped from you if you actually bought into any of this. Who is paying 48k for a freaking ship? At this point Star Citizen is trying to be EVE Online without actually having a released game, and at this rate theyll never have to release it. And who is still out here trusting anything from Molyneux?

@The80Kat Ай бұрын

You absolutely right

@dead_man_sleez Ай бұрын

These are my kind of videos. Just saying. Love the research behind this. Thaaaanks Falcon.

@markittystuff Ай бұрын

I love videos like this that are obviously very topical and relevant to news that's been going on. It's like seeing an artist make a diss track and knowing the bars that are gonna flow and just waiting for them to drop in the song. I love it. We shan't let these acts of greed go shall I say "Unheard of"?

@berkay2410 Ай бұрын

Was this pre-planned or you guys put this together right after Helldivers 2 incident? Catching the wave with this one 🏄‍♂

@MrFarquar Ай бұрын

Was clearly on the heels of Tarkov, just a bonus for clicks that Sony fucked up hard this week too 🤣

@tygeta9851 Ай бұрын

As they should. It was a 💩 move .

@0ptera Ай бұрын

Sony never misses a good fuck up.

@hughanthony9500 Ай бұрын

I see they've now backtracked wildly after people rightly bombarded the game with negative reviews.

@inquisitorichijou883 Ай бұрын

"It's Star Wars, so they know people are gonna pay up." Considering how Star Wars is perceived currently, I wouldn't be so sure.

@RokushoTheRavager Ай бұрын

Yea, I'm not so sure this game will be the success they think it is. There's already plenty of red flags turning me off completely, and it sucks because the gameplay reveal actually looked pretty cool when I initially saw it.

@loribroadbent8573 Ай бұрын

My son is a Star Wars fan, and even he wonders why they won't just let it die "gracefully".

@wizenedoak5046 Ай бұрын

@@loribroadbent8573 It shouldn't have to die imo.... I feel like the only reason folks want star wars to die because Disney messed it up....if that hadn't happened I'm sure people wouldnt call for letting it die....though I understand the call for wanting it to just be put to rest, Disney really screwed up.

@Paulafan5 Ай бұрын

Star Wars lost it's magic completely. The Mandalorian (season 1) was great, but it just didn't have the impact it should have. The soul-crushing trilogy just killed Star Wars for me.

@Lurch-Bot Ай бұрын

You know, they weren't happy with three film trilogies and countless video games; they just keep churning out content. Definitely jumped the shark with baby Yoda. I was a fan of Star Wars until Lucas destroyed the original trilogy and gave us Jar Jar Binks. Meesa thinka yoosa need a something something new. Now, if you don't mind, I'm off to watch Katee Sackhoff play Starbuck, something actually worth watching. Maybe watch the original original Star Wars trilogy, which I have on VHS. I've got my original Kenner action figures around here somewhere....Maybe I'll just play with those and reminisce about a time when Sci-Fi was actual art.

@velvetine74 Ай бұрын

As a 41 year old patient man I have learned to wait a year or two before buying a game. They are almost always going to go on sale and have received patches. Do this for a few years and it's like getting a constant stream of new games anyway. if it's a multiplayer game and it's any good, the servers will still be working anyway.

@USMC-Goforth Ай бұрын

The best and my personal favorite host. Your dope Falcon💯

@joshuaash3149 Ай бұрын

Here's the thing: as much as I would agree with Falcon here, it occurs to me that these game producers wouldn't be charging extra if NO ONE PAID FOR THEM! The problem is that a bunch of people who have enough money that they don't have to think about where they're spending it are paying for these things. If no one at all purchased the Unheard Edition of Tarkov or if no one purchased the gold or ultimate editions of Star Wars Outlaws, eventually they would be forced to either stop these extra transactions or lower the prices, but as long as idiots are buying, those companies are going to charge more. If you want to be angry at someone, don't be angry at Ubisoft for trying to make money, be angry at the idiots who encourage them by throwing money at them without looking at what they are buying.

@laxsmart5308 Ай бұрын

An actual protest is simply not buying it. Good man.

@seanmalloy0528 Ай бұрын

So, people with more money than sense

@andrewszilagyi7907 Ай бұрын

Couldn't have said better 👍

@MrBeetsGaming Ай бұрын

Just because some people allow themselves to be taken advantage of doesn't mean you shouldn't be angry at the company taking advantage......

@TheKickPuncher Ай бұрын

Nope. People run companies too you know.

@jackprice4959 Ай бұрын

Can you guys do a list of the times game companies laid off their workers, turned around, and gave their executives a huge bonus? Great leadership, Take2.

@Sergiblacklist Ай бұрын

A bonus that could have paid their entire staff 100k each and then given themselves a massive bonus too. Just not as big without

@tonydalimata Ай бұрын

Y-tube doesn't allow videos that long.

@raghav47i Ай бұрын

Should make a video on "the rise and fall of Helldivers 2" what a tragic story, we may loose another good game company because of big house game companies 😢

@WeKNOWTHETRUTHITSUNDISTPUTED Ай бұрын

The game is doing very well despite the crying you twittilers can’t keep crying about every thing as if it’s a big deal

@9th_Cloud Ай бұрын

Didn’t expect to see the star from hunger games in one of your videos 😂

@Gamingauth0rity Ай бұрын

No Helldivers. Honorable mention. Love timing after Helldivers 2 debacle.

@zachtwilightwindwaker596 Ай бұрын

How is that a greedy decision? This video is about greed, not dumb decisions even though it usually is dumb.

@MrNochannelhere Ай бұрын

You could say the Star Wars issue has been a total...Jabbacle. YYYEEEEAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHH

@danede3635 Ай бұрын

Seeing All this I'm so glad I took advantage of the borderlands series major discount on black Friday where they sold almost the entire borderlands series minus tiny Tina's d&d and its dlc for like 50$. As a borderlands fan this was a steal.

@GTR24 Ай бұрын

Your best thumbnail by far

@IdontagreewithYoutubesgu-hq7xf Ай бұрын

There are so many jack-ass people who blow their money on these games and they are really ruining it for everyone else. Just mind blowing and really greedy

@ericgraham2781 Ай бұрын

How do you feel about constructive criticism?

@Mrchair905 Ай бұрын

*their, should be “they blow their money” not “they blow there money” lol.

@IdontagreewithYoutubesgu-hq7xf Ай бұрын

@@Mrchair905 I was typing fast and most the time I never corrct my mistakes as I don't care and don't have the time to fix comment

@Dovah_Slayer 7 күн бұрын

The only choice is to strengthen consumer protection in the US because we cannot stop these morons from paying for this bs

@metalhedp8ntbll Ай бұрын

Yeah it’s Star Wars but it’s also Ubisoft. Their games suck and they’re too damn greedy

@MrFarquar Ай бұрын

Ther greedy, but I wouldn't say they suck. Only Ubi game I didn't enjoy was Watchdogs, so side stepped 2 and 3. Other than that I've been happy with my AC, FC, GR, those are wins all round in my book. Also, never paid more than 75% for an ultimate edition Ubi game, most well below 50%. That's value for money for the amount of game you get.

@Evilfetus15 Ай бұрын

guild wars 2 is a buy to play game that charges for extra character slots. It comes with 5 though but that's not enough for all the classes. doesn't really bother me as guild wars is a great game and fairly cheap, but I thought it was worth mention since the Survive Slots came up!

@meric12131415 Ай бұрын

I'm glad gameranx chose number 6 to be the razer mask debacle that was all too funny and even just hearing about it makes me laugh so hard right now 🤣

@Southernbredbread Ай бұрын

Pathetic how 6/10 of these were post 2020…

@SEGSnews Ай бұрын

Actually crazy that this video was made without Helldivers in mind. Just kinda shows how often publishers do this that a video with no mention of HD basically outlines the situation perfectly.

@dmaster5556 Ай бұрын

I love the sass in Falcon's voice whenever he's talking about "rare" items or "ultra deluxe" special bonuses. It's almost as if you can hear the quotation marks as he's speaking lol. And then he goes and rips the bandage off by following it up and saying it's all virtual video game crap at the end of the day and none of it is real lmao.

@acrius Ай бұрын

I needed this! Thank you, Falcon. These guys are already making tons of money without ever needing to implement these scams and still it seems like it's never never enough.

@jonrios1389 Ай бұрын

Sony with Helldivers requiring a PSN account when you’re playing on Steam

@chadbizeau5997 Ай бұрын

Play an Ubisoft game, EA game, or Microsoft game from steam.....

@ondrejkasparek576 Ай бұрын

Where is greed in that? Just stupidity.

@sakuyasama8986 Ай бұрын

Is that greed lool go back to school

@Snoy_Fly Ай бұрын

Like Microsoft, Activision, EA, Ubisoft and others…oh no😱

@dansmith1661 Ай бұрын

@@chadbizeau5997 I'd rather play a good game.

@swapnilm.parmar7280 Ай бұрын

I am SO HAPPY for mentioning Apex Legends. seeing tarkov's edition price didn't even phase me because Apex players have been spending $150 (mutliple times) for years.. i have 4 heirlooms and only 1 of them was free.. so i am guilty of giving them around $450 (atleast)

@Sergiblacklist Ай бұрын

Why did you do that. If you'd thrown that at bitcoin you would've made money 😂

@secondaccount5978 Ай бұрын

then was have Santa Monica Studios giving us a top tier DLC for free. Props

@BlueLightningHawk Ай бұрын

Ah yes I remember Maple Story and Combat Arms. The purgatory of my childhood.

@dannejohanni7251 Ай бұрын

Nr 1: Raising game prices from $60 to $70, yet still releasing them unfinished, riddled with glitches and bugs, showcases a level of greediness that's deeply disappointing and unacceptable.

@Paulafan5 Ай бұрын

Some games are actually a lot more expensive. Games used to release with all those available features, but now you have to buy the "special" editions (released on the same day) to get them. At least, some games. Other games (ie Elden Ring) release with all features. If Elden Ring was released by (insert greedy company name here) then you wouldn't get the full game.

@thebattlestation7113 Ай бұрын

When I read the video title, I immediately thought, "Oh, Falcon is going to have fun with this one." I was not disappointed.

@Project_K-2 Ай бұрын

I was a very avid player until a few years ago and this kind of practice made me care about upcoming releases and going from buying 1 or 2 per month to just 2 or 3 in a full year. Currently, I only stick with remakes (as most of them don't have DLC) or games that already released all paid DLC, launched a complete edition of that game, and are at a discounted price.

@chrisdoran3673 Ай бұрын

I was about to sit down and eat my lunch but after watching this video I've lost my appetite. Such a shocking and disgusting display of greed. I'm glad there's people like you that are willing to shine a spotlight on these kinds of shenanigans. Thank you Falcon.

@Lurch-Bot Ай бұрын

This is just the tip of the iceberg. What happens in the game industry is relatively tame compared to some of the exploitation going on in this world.

@Bella_Kilcher Ай бұрын

No helldivers. Should been honorable mention.

@cybersoldierforever Ай бұрын

That’s what I said as well.

@ishimarukenta007 Ай бұрын

How is Helldivers "greedy"? Because they're asking for a free PSN account? I don't see that as greedy. If you look at Steam, it's always said it needs a PSN account. It's not Sony's fault for people not reading. I'm not defending a billion dollar company, but people should have read clearer.

@funguy9177 Ай бұрын

@@ishimarukenta007region lock exist

@drivennale8551 Ай бұрын

@@ishimarukenta007 sold in 150 countries that are region locked from PSN services (definitely not legal). Then there is the requirement for Picture ID and face scan for account creation in other areas. Follow that up with how many data breaches Sony has had, not exactly the Company you want to trust your identity to.

@Dzantro Ай бұрын

@@funguy9177 well if it does blame those regions government not sony lmao

@negatron313 Ай бұрын

Nexon has been doing this with all their games: Maple Story. Mabinogi, and Combat Arms all had that issue

@VictorHugo-hx5iw Ай бұрын

For those of you who are not familiar, EFT here in Brazil, the ultimate version, used to cost R$1000,00, and our minimum wage is R$1200,00. That is already outrageous, but now if you want to play the Coop mode you basically need to pay ANOTHER R$1000,00. BSG killed itself with that move, and I honestly don't know why they just didn't choose the cosmetic microtransactions route...

@Luciphell Ай бұрын

0:48 "Starting off with the inspiration for this video, CIG's 'Escape From Tarkov'"

@jormungand72 Ай бұрын

what is CIG?

@papa_andy4497 Ай бұрын

@@jormungand72CIG is Cloud Imperium Games who is the development studio responsible for Star citizen. I believe that’s what he is referring to.

@jormungand72 Ай бұрын

@@papa_andy4497 ah, that makes sense, I thought Star Citizen was developed by Roberts Space Industries

@papa_andy4497 Ай бұрын

@@jormungand72 RSI is like the website where you buy shit from them. RSI is also a in-game ship brand.

@cybersoldierforever Ай бұрын

No helldivers. Should been honorable mention Update: Sony changed their minds and removed the PSN update.

@yolanda8563 Ай бұрын

Creating a FREE account is greedy?

@ZinoAmare Ай бұрын

what did hell divers do?

@burnoutxboz Ай бұрын

@@yolanda8563 No. But selling a product to a region where you are planning in restricting the access to your product in that region later on, is in fact pretty greedy.

@pyro_lc4248 Ай бұрын

@@yolanda8563 yep its greedy when you cant even create that required account if you live in one of the countries that PSN wont allow you to

@kylestewart6224 Ай бұрын

@@pyro_lc4248how does that make them greedy?

@Franic19 Ай бұрын

Ah yes, the Diablo 3 Auction House. I loved this thing for how game breaking it was, not because I spent any real world money on it, because I think that's a dumb investment to make. I just had the idea of getting the gem that makes all weapons it's socketed into level 1. Then go on the Auction House, look for any high level legendary weapons in there that are dirt cheap which are about to expire and bid on it, winning mostly everything easily, having access to weapons that haven't dropped for me or for second characters with said gem in the weapon for early game use. I remember that I got Skorn and other weapons like that that way. It was incredibly fun to work smart with in game currency, instead of paying insane amounts of real money for pixels.

@alterman08 Ай бұрын

hey Falcon. thanks for the narration bruv

@tripledair Ай бұрын

"A MINORRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR"

@inGraffitiWetrust Ай бұрын

tbf star citizen is actually starting to look real good with the upcoming patches but yeh... even tho i did hit "vip" i would never spend 48.000 on a ship pack what makes playing the game useless as u got all the ships already xD

@Suave_Gaming Ай бұрын

I'm not defending respawn, but it wasn't just for the 1 winged angel deathbox, you got the buster sword Hierloom too. I think you ended up getting about 40 cosmetics in total, some of them were useless like stickers

@gnaruto7769 Ай бұрын

Damn that whole Star Citizen segment was dishonest as hell.

@WasephWastar Ай бұрын

not really

@gnaruto7769 Ай бұрын

@@WasephWastar Have you played it in the last few months? no? thought so

@tixnofal0971 Ай бұрын

Helldivers 2 is the saddest thing this year

@Mrchair905 Ай бұрын

I feel so bad for the devs at Arrow Head, Sony really screwed them over big time.

@Paulafan5 Ай бұрын

I'm surprised at how ignorant a lot of players are to the fact the devs don't make decisions like that (95% of the time). The devs have to go along with it and can't say what they really think of it

@airbornejesus3845 Ай бұрын

I wonder if the old diablo dupe trick still works. Where you make a hard copy of your character file with the items wanted, then do whatever with said items, then go back it and replace the existing character file with the backup file. Now of course this was an old dupe tech on pc for diablo 1 or 2.

@Magicmushroomboi Ай бұрын

How tarkov tried to play off the fact that a new game mode is not considered dlc is probably the most wild part of the outrage. Idk how their legal team isn’t freaking out right now since they inevitably will get hit with a lawsuit in the coming weeks.

@TheMIKEHOOLI Ай бұрын

With Star Cit Ive only spent $40 for a starter ship then just grind the shit out of the armour stealing missions and you can make enough to buy some dope ships like the sentinel Sentinel is the shit

@VerdePenguin Ай бұрын

Considering Nintendo's history with Ladies of the night it does not surprise me them branching back to their roots of sketchiness

@mr.noname9416 Ай бұрын

Surprised RuneScape 3 not being mentioned, with the battlepass saga

@ThickmoidYeast 5 күн бұрын

I didn't even KNOW Star Wars Outlaws was at thing until I bought a new intel processor to build a PC and got it as part of a bundle. They're charging THOSE prices for a game I have never even HEARD OF

@graxxor Ай бұрын

You’re not quite right about Star Citizen. They put a vote out to all backers in 2014 to finish the planned game or start DEV again from scratch with a new engine. 80% voted to start again.

@SerenityGS Ай бұрын

Can confirm. I was part of that 80% vote. A decade on, and I still stand by it. Even in Alpha, Star Citizen is still more fun than almost any AAA game.

@graxxor Ай бұрын

@@SerenityGS me, too. I voted for a rebuild from scratch and have enjoyed following the game’s progress ever since. And i feel like this last couple of years that progress has been accelerating markedly.