Comments by "Gakusangi" (@Gakusangi) on "Upper Echelon" channel.

  1.  @masterofnegotiation2815  It's just not about the industry to them, it's about having a platform to talk about the things they're very much more invested in, which is... a really really bad work ethic.
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  2. The guy ain't no engineer or scientist, but when it comes to business the guy is pretty genius.
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  3. Just get a bunch of angry moms to talk about it on the news XD
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  4. Plenty of non-Millenials would wanna get in on this too. Wall Street's been sticking it to everyone since forever again XD
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  5. One guy, not even one week. Imagine if he teamed up with one other guy that had a better eye for cinematography and they'd make something that not only could do everything Earth2's presentation did, but probably look and function even better in like a week.
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  6.  @jœyBagg  You don't have to like his ideas or approach, it is most definitely part of the history of Dune.
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  7. Yeah, and this clearly won't go away just because it's bad business. If that was the case, Disney would have rooted this out by now. These people aren't just going away, it's not getting shut down because it's not profitable. Profit was never their goal to begin with. This isn't about good business. No-one was deceived, everyone involved knew what this was. It's about making a massive change to culture, both corporate, pop and more in order to adopted a different ideology and it's weird that it's just not even mentioned in this video. These people are fanatics, the money is inconsequential.
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  8. And mankind as we all know it...apparently.
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  9. Crypto currency investment is already like gambling as it is.
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  10.  @johndoe8442  Hm... should start taxing their American partners over here more to discourage that kind of a business.
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  11.  @siientvoice  Oh I'm not surprised. Look how many people are fine with Activision, EA, and Ubisoft. People defend those cookie-cutter sports games that come out every - single - year, some with notable downgrades instead of just being the same thing from the year before. The main body of "gamers" are pretty... easy.
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  12.  @Francois_Dupont  It's a piece of cinematic history that can't just be reproduced, is already extremely rare and will become even more so with one being senselessly destroyed to try and recoup a foolish loss. Them making a decision to deny that to anyone that would have more respect for it is stupid and selfish and now they're being called out on it. That's what "your actions have consequences" is all about. Also yes, the preservation of history is more important that the ideology of that history, especially since it can be directly compared and contrasted with modern sentiments. Just because an artifact belongs to the Nazi's does not omit it from being a part of history and worth preservation. I'm not even sure why that would be an argument, do you really think that way? That just because it was something associated with a bad group of people, it should therefore be destroyed and completely forgotten? That's how we continue to fail to learn from past mistakes today.
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  13. I hope something gets rolling with this one. It could send a message to anyone thinking about trying this crap in the future.
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  14.  @ZeaDabble  People will stop BUYING bad products with predatory monetization and no ownership of what they buy. So yeah, piracy is almost the only answer until the industry straightens itself up. You offer a good product, with a convenient service, at a reasonable price and people will be WILLING to buy your product instead of seeking it elsewhere. It's why the music industry hasn't collapsed in on itself when pirating music is one of the easiest things you can do.
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  15. You mean hobble something that gets them regular traffic and pleases their ad partners? I can't imagine why they wouldn't.
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  16. Yeah, if I don't get a discount on Cyberpunk 2 for having stuck loyally with this mess, I'm never getting anything from this company again. I have ZERO hours in the Witcher 3 currently, I'm sure I could even refund that too.
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  17.  @gs8494  Because it's still a piece of Dune history, what ultimately led to the David Lynch adaptation (yes, that's divisive but still part of Dune history as well and isn't being actively destroyed) and several concepts in Jodorowsky's pitch books as well as many individuals he brought in for the project ended up shaping sci-fi cinema as we know it. Alien, Flash Gordon, Star Wars- you can see his influence in these and many more that came after, see the names of his initial team all over other projects after he had introduced them. That's why people call it "integral", it's so much bigger than just Dune, but still a part of that universe in its own way that deserves to be preserved.
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  18. We can only PRAY someone finally gives this site some actual competition to force it to become more user and creator friendly. We've been waiting for that for YEARS!
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  19. Because we're still waiting for lizard people, aliens, and the set they filmed the fake moon landing on to show up.
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  20.  @papapawpaw8877  Then we'd better make sure to set an example with Twitter.
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  21. Having good sponsors is invaluable for content creators because otherwise they'd be entirely beholden to the Ad revenue of YouTube. It is good to moderate who you support, but it's equally important not to instantly jump onto a bandwagon and run out partners without doing your due diligence.
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  22.  @BlizzardofOze  That's because it's not true XD
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  23. Zuck's ai has advanced enough to actually somewhat resemble a human at this point.
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  24.  @dragonriderabens9761  That's definitely a fair point.
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  25. Not to mention, it's never gonna happen in an industry where the only regulation is handled by the people making the games. There is no self regulation, it was never a thing, and it never will be! That's not how these businesses operate.
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  26. Boy, I'm sure it sends a great message of tolerance and acceptance to these children when they're harassed and potentially have their futures put at risk. It'll really help them learn to not resent others for purely superficial or entirely irrational reasons. I'm glad this reasonable, responsible adult was here to change their lives for the better. This one has me fuming, I'm can't believe behavior like this is being tolerated anywhere. What the hell is wrong with everyone? How is this being allowed to happen?
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  27. And I mean, he never seems afraid to put himself out there, even if it does make him look like a fool at times. Of course his upbringing and near constant wealth (I mean he born into wealth too), he can't possibly have the same perspective of reality that regular people have, it's just not possible.
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  28. I feel like a PSA needs to get made about this, this is stupid enough to be considered dangerous.
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  29. It would require the businesses benefitting frim their market to have principles that outweigh their avarice. As well as leadership willing to oppose China rather than haggle with them.
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  30.  @robosergTV  That's two ways of false equivalency there, buddy. 1) The Witcher 3, was a massive triple-A title, with a ton of money and marketing behind it, and two previous games to help the developers work out what sort of game they wanted to make, it wasn't anything very brand new, it wasn't made with a tiny team of developers, and it wasn't made on a tight budget. 2) The GotY edition is after the game the base game was already successful. It includes all of the bug fixes, and some of the DLC content (if not ALL of the DLC content) and is a version that cannot even be compared to Vanilla Withcer 3, let alone a game like Greedfall, which hasn't even had time for a couple of patches yet. The fact that the GotY Edition is selling for the same price ($49.99), is because it's already been out for years, and been successful that whole time, so they needn't charge any more for it. Greedfall is brand new, and the devs are trying to make sure they make back the money before they start thinking of putting the game on sale. As I said, false equivalency, these two games are NOT equal to each other at all in the way they were made, or who made them.
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  31. It's a crime to destroy something like that.
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  32.  @OrtonHeadXIV  Just adblock, whenever possible.
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  33.  @sciencemile  From the sounds of this review, I'd say it sounded like game mechanics. I would imagine it helps to be familiar with the table-top game to understand how some things work in this game. If you are concerned about lore, it is Faerun, or the Forgotten Realms, and there's...an extensive amount of literature on it.
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  34.  @i-never-asked-for-this  So AT&T wanted to make sure they had a return. Yeah, not any better. There's a lot of horror stories around AT&T and it's... well it's monopolies, and how it devoured any competition it might have.
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  35. Before they start changing the rules so this can't be done at all, we need to hit them on multiple other fronts. There's other businesses they're hedging their bets on, that could bring them to their knees before they completely change the game.
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  36.  @velessia4840  Amen to that! It's not entitlement to expect a measure of satisfaction and quality from a product you pay for. Back on topic, I think this game is gonna get pass barring anything SUPER game breaking being discovered, and it still has a little support time to get some fine-tuning if it's really necessary.
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  37.  @TheGuardDuck  That was debunked when people that didn't use crafting still had the save corruption.
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  38.  @AngelOfDæth_4  And it isn't just a matter of overblown expectations like people want to write it off as, it's not just a matter of the bugs either. I had realistic expectations, set for me by games that came previously like Fallout: New Vegas, the newer GTA entries, and Red Dead. These featured fleshed out systems with a lot of immersive side features, and mini-games that made the world feel alive and always gave you something to do. They were also very open, allowing for multiple approaches, lots of dialogue options, and a variety of equipment you could just pick up and use if you found it or bought it. These aren't high expectations, they're simply what you SHOULD have, what people would expect from your competition in this genre. CDPR made it clear that they have almost no idea how to make a game like this. It isn't just the bugs, it's how they've designed this game from the ground up. It isn't just unreasonable expectations, it's a failure to meet a standard that's already been set by other games.
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  39.  @gstylez0107  So really it's just that there's a group on Twitter hoisting this abortion of narrative up? Because I haven't even seen it suggested on Netflicks yet.
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  40.  @boobah5643  Not everyone is PewdiePie or Mister Beast with a million subscribers donating single dollars so you can make an actual living on this. Imagine trying to run a Patreon while living someplace like California and just how much money it could cost not only for a workspace and equipment for productions that would be worth watching, but also paying your rent and bills. Patreon is nice or a little extra or when you've already made it to enough subscribers to matter. Hell, most people out here run AdBlock so you wouldn't even make ad revenue, how many of them do you really think would pay regularly for content they get for free?
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  41.  @Francois_Dupont  ANY book burned is a bad thing.
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  42. That will largely bank on if this split is successful and how deep into their contracts they are. Mergers are just out of the question, which is why Blizzard will never break from Activision. They are the same company now.
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  43. Also the gun vendor at your apartment complex has the same components for sale.
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  44.  @Mortiel  I mean, it's not like Elon doesn't have some stupid stuff you can call him out on, but it's always weird when UE covers him. It feels like he's looking for something specifically on the man for some reason.
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  45.  @handsomebear.  Sadly, to the mainstream, video games are still regarded as "children's entertainment". On top of that, the demographic for game streamers goes from like 12 to 30 year olds, meaning that a LOT of them will be people under 18.
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  46.  @xanthosamoni2072  Amalur was a bit worse for being part of EA and releasing with a line-up of extra goodies like collector's editions, a season pass for a trickle of DLC content along the way, and all the other money-grubbing crap that EA pulls. Amalur could have stood on its own if it hadn't been marketed by EA cash machine structure the whole time. I still very much like the game, I wish it had gotten a fighting chance, but alas, that's not the universe we live in.
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  47. I have to disagree here, there are plenty of great games, even games that are staples, and changed the industry forever, that never required anything outside of them to appreciate. Not every game is Dark Souls, and benefits immensely from an active community. Do you think anyone needed outside research for games like Tetris, or Mario? What about Pacman? Barring those old examples, what about a game like Halo: Combat Evolved, or Mortal Kombat, or Grand Theft Auto- you get what I mean? There's literally hundreds and hundreds of games that contradict this point.
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  48. ​ @chrisll3438  I didn't say anything about a "monopoly", I said specifically that I'm not sure you can call it much of a "choice" if one of Epic's biggest selling points are making exclusivity deals with products that are in high demand. This filters customers directly to their store front since you can't get the "exclusive" product anyplace else. It's also not like when Valve has an exclusive title, because that's typically Valve making it or an extension of a Valve product. Epic does exclusivity deals with games that aren't even produced in-house or based on their in-house properties. It's not hard to see what they're doing.
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  49. Yeah, the quality of life stuff is frustrating and no doubt intentional on Blizzard's part.
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  50.  @dragonquest8ftw1  No, lots of people came forward in the forums with the the same problem whether they touched the crafting system or not. It would speed up the process, but wasn't the root of the problem.
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