Studios Admit Games Got Worse

0:00 Man, games these days are so dumb.

0:02 I wish we could go back to the good old days of 2016/2017/2019.

0:08 I'm assuming that's what several game publishers

0:10 thought we'd want since at least three massive

0:13 live service games are releasing classic game modes

0:16 for the sake of nostalgia and perhaps regret.

0:19 For starters, last week Apex Legends announced a limited-time launch royale mode

0:25 that takes the battle royale hero shooter back to its 2019 launch state.

0:29 This comes a couple weeks after EA CEO promised large

0:33 systematic change for the game in response to admitting monetization targets.

0:38 The best way to do that, I guess, is to temporarily undo the years of updates

0:43 and balance patches they paid developers for.

0:45 Money well spent.

0:46 Meanwhile, Overwatch 2 is finally getting 6v6 matches

0:51 as part of the similarly limited-time event Overwatch Classic.

0:55 The mode will, likewise,

0:57 restrict players to the original 21 heroes and their launch abilities,

1:01 almost making Overwatch 1 playable inside Overwatch 2.

1:05 This is the best thing to happen to Overwatch since launch,

1:08 the first launch, not the sequel launch no one wanted.

1:12 The only way it could be better is if the classic mode became permanent.

1:15 That's actually what Epic Games is doing with Fortnite.

1:18 After the massive success of the limited-time Fortnite OG experience last year,

1:23 the developer is bringing the mode back forever next month.

1:28 I'm going to make some 8-year-olds cry.

1:30 Dropping Tomato Town.

1:32 You know, that's not just what I say when I go to the farmers market.

1:35 We finally know exactly what patents caused Nintendo

1:38 and The Pokémon Company to sue Palworld developer Pocketpair in September.

1:43 In a statement released on November 8th,

1:45 Pocketpair revealed the three specific patents

1:48 they are being accused of violating,

1:50 and they seem to be exactly the ones everyone thought they would be.

1:54 There's two patents that have to do

1:55 with aiming and throwing items, like Pokéballs, at creatures in a field,

2:00 and one more patent that has to do with riding characters.

2:05 Riley.

2:05 Pokémon.

2:06 Presumably Pokémon.

2:07 If you find Nintendo being able to patent these things a little suspect,

2:11 just wait, it gets worse.

2:13 Based on Pocketpair's statement, all three of the patents were applied

2:17 for and officially granted after Palworld had already released.

2:21 And I know that makes it sound like this is a supervillain

2:24 plot by Nintendo to use the law to irrevocably destroy a potential competitor.

2:30 And I would agree with you if Nintendo

2:32 wasn't suing them for just a little over $60,000.

2:36 Is that going to cover the lawyers' costs?

2:38 It's about sending a message.

2:39 Meanwhile, Palworld was the top downloaded game on PS5

2:43 in Japan last month thanks to its launch on October 4th.

2:46 Honestly, being sued by Nintendo is probably just

2:49 amplifying Palworld's image as a sexy bad boy.

2:53 Sony President Hiroki Totoki has claimed

2:56 the PS5 Pro's price didn't negatively impact sales,

3:00 as first noted by video game reporter Genki JPN on Twitter.

3:05 I'm very happy Totoki feels that way,

3:07 but maybe he shouldn't be making such assessments

3:10 less than a week after the console launched.

3:12 I Call me crazy.

3:13 There's also some reason to doubt Totoki's conclusions.

3:17 For starters, a lot of PS5 Pros were bought by scalpers.

3:21 Perhaps even worse for the Pro's sales figures,

3:24 those scalpers are having a difficult time reselling

3:27 the consoles because there's still plenty of supply in stores.

3:30 Now, that could mean that Sony made more than enough supply,

3:34 but it could also mean demand wasn't as large as expected.

3:38 Whatever the case, we're very happy to report that some scalpers

3:41 are being forced to resell their PS5 Pros at a loss.

3:45 Just take a moment and breathe that in, everyone.

3:48 That's the smell of what we can accomplish

3:50 as a society by not buying into the FOMO.

3:53 Don't buy anything, really.

3:56 Minimalism.

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4:56 Do you ever feel like you know too many things?

4:59 Looking to hear less details?

5:01 Ask your doctor if Quickbits are right for you,

5:03 but we did already, and they said it's fine.

5:05 Two California gamers are attempting to launch

5:07 a class action suit against Ubisoft over the company's

5:10 decision to shut down the servers for The Crew

5:13 and offer no offline solution to continue playing.

5:16 In order to explain the situation to a judge,

5:19 officials who tend to be, let's say, a little longer in the tooth,

5:23 the plaintiffs' lawyers compared the situation to buying

5:26 a pinball machine only for the manufacturer

5:28 to break into your home years later and steal the paddles and bumpers.

5:33 Look, your honor, it's like when you buy a set of jacks from the corner store,

5:37 but then Old Man Withers, the storekeeper,

5:39 snatches the ball and throws it on the roof.

5:43 Rockstar quietly dropped an update for the Grand

5:46 Theft Auto Trilogy Definitive Edition on PC, PS5, and Xbox Series X and S,

5:51 which fixes quite a few of the heinous

5:54 bugs that plagued the launch of the GTA 3,

5:57 Vice City, and San Andreas remastered game bundle back in 2021.

6:02 All platforms now have the classic lighting

6:04 option first added to the mobile version.

6:07 You can run while aiming with any gun now, just like real life.

6:10 Rain and shadows are better, and the logo for Grove Street Games,

6:14 the studio that originally worked on the remasters,

6:17 is gone from the opening splash screens.

6:19 For GTA fans, it might be time to boot up

6:22 the game and give it the old Ah, Here we go again.

6:26 Runescape creator Andrew Gower has asked players to give his new RPG,

6:31 Brighter Shores, a second chance after

6:33 a purposeful design decision caused mixed reviews.

6:36 Brighter Shores' content is composed of episodes,

6:40 which don't technically share progression.

6:42 Gower has explained that the progress you

6:44 made in previous episodes isn't taken away,

6:47 it's just locked to that episode's area.

6:50 This design choice was made for many positive reasons,

6:53 such as to avoid penalizing players who can only play for so long.

6:57 However, I feel like something is lost in immersion when

7:00 you have to change jobs just to move to another town.

7:03 Unless you've ever emigrated anywhere.

7:05 During a Q&A at an official Sonic fan meet,

7:08 Sonic x Shadow Generations producer Shun Nakamura expressed

7:12 openness to remaking or remastering several past Sonic games.

7:17 These included fan favorites like Sonic Adventures 1 and 2,

7:20 but also titles with a more mixed reception

7:23 like Sonic Heroes and the infamous Sonic 2006.

7:26 To clarify, no one was pointing a gun at Nakamura or his family,

7:30 and he has expressed similar desires in the past,

7:33 leading to the inevitable question, why?

7:36 Perhaps if a remaster were to fix the terrible loading times

7:39 and change the camera angles so they no longer murder the player,

7:43 that might have some value,

7:44 but if you get rid of the stomach-turning human/hedgehog romance subplot,

7:49 is it really even Sonic 2006 anymore?

7:52 What emotional beats can I add to justify this kiss between Sonic and a woman?

7:56 Why do you need justification?

7:58 It's love.

7:58 And are you upset that the KF Console,

8:01 the PC designed to keep your fried chicken warm, never came out?

8:06 Well, now you can.

8:07 Three people in the audience just like, "Yeah, hey!" Well,

8:10 you're in luck because Pizza Hut has created the pizza warmer,

8:15 a 3D printed box to keep your pie nice

8:18 and warm using the delicious air exhaust from your PS5.

8:22 A little bit of magic dust helps it a lot It helps the flavor.

8:26 If for some reason you want to season your pizza with PlayStation farts,

8:30 you'll need a 3D printer with a 15-in by 15-in print bed.

8:35 Okay.

8:35 You'll also need a foil tray to place inside the warmer to keep the pizza safe.

8:41 Or, hear me out, preheat your oven to 150

8:44 to 200° Fahrenheit and just put the pizza in there.

8:48 So.

8:48 It's where food's meant to go.

8:49 And just That's another idea.

8:51 It's designed for it.

8:52 Here's another hot tip, come back on Thursday for more gaming news.

8:55 It'll be just the two of us, and Jacob, and Hi.

8:58 and several thousand other people.

9:00 We're going to have a great time.