Gamer Traffic Show.
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Gamer Traffic Show.
Will GTA 6 be the first $100 game, PS VR 2 price cut, reaction to Minecraft movie trailer and much more.
A deep dive into the current trends in gaming reveals a significant evolution in console competition, pricing strategies, and game availability, imperative for today’s gamers. The discussion also covers predictions and insights relevant to the gaming community.
• PlayStation achieves sales of over 75 million units
• Concerns over Sony’s shift to live-service games
• Exploration of the rising trend of $100 games
• Implications of pricing changes on consumer sentiment
• Conversation about PlayStation VR's price cut and sales performance
• Xbox's strategies for more games going to PS5.
• Predictions on future gaming landscape for Valve Stream Deck.
Let's do this. Welcome everybody to another episode of the Game of Traffic show. I'm your host, mike Sansom, chilling with my co-hosts Simply amazing how I'm doing today. Everybody give him Mr Amazing. You know what? On today's Game of Traffic show, we're actually going to clap for Mr Amazing, the last Game of Traffic show. We didn't clap for Mr Amazing. Give it up for Mr Amazing. Kalash gave a traffic show. We didn't clap for Mr Amazing. Get up for Mr Amazing.
Speaker 2:That's what I'm saying.
Speaker 1:Yo, today's Game of Traffic show. We're going to talk about this following topics Mr Amazing, playstation VR. Guess what? Slash in price. Is it too late, mr Amazing? We're also going to talk about $100 games. Will that be in the future, real soon? Nope, we're getting today's show to talk about. According to IGN article, playstation has sold over 74 million consoles. Mr Amazing. Over the past generations of the console cycle. For that, mr Amazing, that makes it Mr Amazing. Over the past duration of the console cycle. For that, mr Amazing, that makes it Mr Amazing. Guess what? Rank 13 of the all-time consoles.
Speaker 2:That's pretty good for a five-year existence. Yes, going on five years, I should say.
Speaker 1:And it will surpass Nintendo 3DX that's impressive by next quarter. I believe that it's one of Nintendo's handhelds Nintendo 3DX that's impressive by next quarter. I believe that it's one of Nintendo's handhelds, nintendo 3DS. So next quarter they're predicting that this will happen. This was according to IGN article, mr Mason. What do you think about that?
Speaker 2:that's an impressive feature. I mean anytime you make yourself a history and you're five years in, going on five years in to reach that number benchmark. That's impressive data. So I'm not mad at that. Shout out to PlayStation for that Shout out to PlayStation for that. It's a good system. It is so very well. It came out the box and blowing everything in sight and doing a pandemic and everything it went through. So put up that. Numbers in year five going on year five, that's impressive.
Speaker 1:It's online to meet the PlayStation 4 numbers, not bad. However, it's lagging probably 1.5, well, probably, according to the article, 1.5 million is behind their predecessor, ps4. But, like you said, chip shortage. But like you said, chip shortage, yeah, chip shortage, pandemic, pandemic. That probably played the role. So if that didn't happen, it probably would surpass them. Also, the lack of the scalpers. Also the lack of first-party games.
Speaker 1:Yeah, all that fact, but that all factors into the same thing and the live service nonsense is pulling us which was held up sony's gaming studios producing what they know single, single narrative games. Mr amazing, do too busy making games like concord, supporting games like what's that formware, foam star foam star.
Speaker 2:We don't even know the name of the game. We don't know the game name.
Speaker 1:It came out this year, no, beginning of last year it came out. I think Square Enix was responsible for its atrocity. Mr Amazing, I don't know what the world is saying. Tell people how angry I am. Control, mr Amazing, hold me back bro.
Speaker 2:Like the Rock says, it doesn't matter. It doesn't matter what they do, man, but I mean, what was I going to say, Mike? I mean I don't know what to say. Actually, I got you fresh upset.
Speaker 1:Because yo, I'm upset with Sony. Yes, they sold 75 million plus consoles. So what, mr Maze? You know what? We're the freaking games that we want to play you over there chasing live service games, you know what? And Microsoft, this is the honestly. And Microsoft, this is the chance to really pounce on Sony.
Speaker 2:We said that. I think I said this every year, though.
Speaker 1:Last year, okay, all right, but this year, with Sony chasing live service for the past couple years, microsoft would have been in a good position to really pounce on Sony. I mean, we did a show the other day, but now, but now, since Microsoft, let's keep it 100. Come on, let's keep it 100. This show Microsoft's the third party. A third party all right.
Speaker 2:I think even their going that route which we spoke about in the last show.
Speaker 1:We've been said that I always said that, mike, I didn't mean to cut you off, but I cut you off, that Microsoft History is being a service.
Speaker 2:Yeah, that's the route they're going and they don't have a problem with that. They don't have a problem with that. I think this generally, maybe one more. We could get one more out of them, one more console out of them After that. I think that's it. Oh, that's definitely it.
Speaker 1:That's it. Maybe one more console out of them, and that's it one more console.
Speaker 2:That's it. We'll see how the handheld comes through. Oh yeah, they've been talking about that too, but, as I said, it hasn't been heating up. I haven't heard anything since then.
Speaker 1:I mean we'll see.
Speaker 2:We'll see in the next two years we'll find out, but I feel like with the handheld market, because Steam got that on lock and there's a lot of different PC versions of that.
Speaker 1:But I said that. I even said that when Sony and Microsoft were talking about that, I said, yo, they got to do it now.
Speaker 2:Yeah, and also you got the Switch, which you can consider a hell too the Lite. So, like the hell, market's tricky and if I'm going to get in that market, you got to do it ASAP, because it's not a friendly market. And it's not a friendly market and it's one that Nintendo has a chokehold on, along with different PC variations that we have out there.
Speaker 1:Yeah, I don't know it's going to be tough out there.
Speaker 2:Yeah.
Speaker 1:For Microsoft or Sony. The only thing that will give Sony the leg up is because of the portal.
Speaker 2:Portal yeah.
Speaker 1:And I mean, what do you think if they do come out, if Sony comes out with a handheld? Should this call the Portal 2?
Speaker 2:But do we consider Portal a handheld?
Speaker 1:It is a handheld device. It's a handheld device.
Speaker 2:I don't know if I could. It's not a true handheld device, though, is it? Yes, by definition, it is a handheld, but it doesn't have the functionality of a handheld where you could go anywhere with it. Doesn't have the functionality of a handheld where you can go anywhere with it, though. That's the problem, you can go anywhere with it. No, but you know what I mean. Like you need a, what do you call it again?
Speaker 1:A connection to the.
Speaker 2:Yeah, a connection to your main system, exactly. So I don't know if I I don't know.
Speaker 1:I don't know, mr Amazing, because even with the Xbox, what do you call the Xbox? What? I don't know why Xbox is so focused the box handheld.
Speaker 2:Why is Xbox even so focused on the handheld? You should be so focused on your system and get some games out. Give me more details. When's Gears of War coming out? When am I going to see the next trailer? Why is Fable, supposed to be the biggest game of the year, being pushed back again? Give me more details, man.
Speaker 1:I mean, yo yo. Phil Spencer said it, I think it was two years ago when he was playing one of the handhelds. I think it was esteemed that he's really interested in getting a handheld system for the Xbox we'll see man if you feel that's what you need, make sure it's right. We'll see, Mr Baysen.
Speaker 2:Well, all those studios ain't bad for nothing. So we'll see.
Speaker 1:Bought it for something.
Speaker 2:Exactly, so let's get these games going.
Speaker 1:That's right, Mr Baysen. Alrighty, let's go to the next topic, Mr Baysen yes sir, I don't know what's next time. Mr Amazing, I'm just joking around people. The next topic is Mr Amazing PS5. All right, what do you think?
Speaker 2:What I think about the PS5?
Speaker 1:No, you don't want the PS5. It's finally announced that Forza 5 is coming to PS5 April 29th.
Speaker 2:Oh, so you got a date to that.
Speaker 1:Yeah, a date to that baby. What do you think about that?
Speaker 2:That's great news. That's great news. I mean, I played Forza 6. Shout out to my cousin, mike, because he used to buy every single one, so I got a chance to play with him on his Xbox when he had that and I enjoyed it. So now to be able to play it on a Sony console is going to be nice. I mean, it's something different besides their number one.
Speaker 2:Gran Turismo, yeah, so it'll be something different. I think it's amazing because it's one of the top games. It's literally one of Xbox's top games, so I think it's a good look.
Speaker 1:What do you think of the price $59.
Speaker 2:Fair.
Speaker 1:I think that's fair For an old game.
Speaker 2:Yeah, it's still. It's a good game, though we never, since we were just getting back Bobo, but on the quality, it's a good game. It's a great game and it's a racing game. Those are almost time that you could say I think it's a.
Speaker 1:It's out of 49. I think 59 is fine, man, I think it's fine, and you know me, I'm just a cheat when it comes to these things too.
Speaker 2:But for what you're getting in a game like that, I think it's worth it, because it's an endless game. You could say Pick it up and play anywhere. It's something that's you know, it's at your leisure. It's not like I beat this board. Nah, man, it's at your leisure, so I think it's it's worth it.
Speaker 1:I'm okay with the $59.99 price point alright, mr Mason, you know what, as we was talking about the Steam Deck sales, I looked it up, mr Amazing. Uh oh, what's up? According to the Verge, it estimated the Steam Deck, the various Steam Deck consoles, consoles have sold, which is the LCDs. Lcd the various Steam Deck consoles that were sold, which is the LCDs. Lcds and OLEDs.
Speaker 2:And now they're up to OLEDs now, yeah.
Speaker 1:Yeah, so it sold between, let's say, three let's go into the article by Verge 3.7 million to 4.0 million units. Okay, comparing the sale numbers, roughly Okay, comparing that, the numbers to previous figures that the PS Vita sold roughly 12 million units Wow, within the same time period and SteamedX been out Wow, that's wow.
Speaker 2:Be honest with you. Steamedx came out when Mr Mason, we can put years now actually.
Speaker 1:SteamedX came out February. Let me see At least four years. It hit North America February 25th 2026.
Speaker 2:Oh sorry, I can't say 2026 because February sorry.
Speaker 1:You got that Back to the Future thing, I don't know February 25th 2022. Okay, so it's been about three years, so the bird's head compared to the PS Vita sold 12 million units within that time period.
Speaker 2:Yeah, but I think, okay, yes, that's impressive and I'm not taking anything away from the Vita. I don't think the Vita was priced as much though. What was the Vita price tag? Because you had one. I think it was $400. Vita was that much when it came out. I think it was $300.
Speaker 1:Because it's about the same price. Then, bro, $300, $400. Vito was $300. Okay, so there's two things that hurt it, though.
Speaker 2:This is why I think it's a little bit skewed Okay.
Speaker 1:Okay, so the price point Go ahead, go ahead. The.
Speaker 2:Steve Deck has three different price points Two or three, it's two, it's two. I think it was three at one point.
Speaker 1:It was three, three, now Go ahead, go ahead, yeah, so all right, let me get to my talking points. Go ahead, go ahead.
Speaker 2:We can look it up. So this is why it hurts the Vita the price, the student price points, the cheaper N1. You don't have that much memory and there was other features, I don't know if my head has to look into it. That kind of hurts. So, meaning you to get the better, to get more money for your buck, you have to go for more money, which we all know for consumers that hurts. Second, this is the one that hurts them the most. Why the cells I feel are not as big is that you can only get the Steam Deck when it came out and mostly, even to now, is through Valve. Valve, where I can just walk into any Blockbuster, wherever it was I don't know what Blockbuster Best Buy, sorry, best.
Speaker 1:Buy Best Buy GameStop Target.
Speaker 2:And I can pick one up at the time. So that's your number one talking point, because it's not as easy. I feel like if the Steam Deck was around anywhere too, it probably would sell more units, because think about it.
Speaker 1:Let me get it. I'm on the Steam Deck website. Yeah, okay, for $400, you get the 256 gigabyte LCD and it's not worth it.
Speaker 2:It really isn't. Yeah, it's not worth it.
Speaker 1:And for $549, you get the we'll say half a terabyte OLED.
Speaker 2:Yeah, yeah, that's the one that ideally, that's the one that you would want to get at the lowest price point, and the highest price point. Six something probably.
Speaker 1:It's 6.9, 650 people. One terabyte OLED.
Speaker 2:Yeah, well, that's the one everyone would love to get, but the mid one at 550 is the one you want to get, and then the other one that's the one you get when you're me, and then like I said, each one of them has the Well as you go, higher so the pluses of each system.
Speaker 1:Yeah, you know, the higher you go, the longer the battery life, the better resolution, yeah, so.
Speaker 2:More memory, yeah, more memory. And then you go from LC to LE to OLED, so that's a big jump as well, yeah. So I mean, if I was to get one, ideally I would want to get the mid at half a terabyte. That's the one I would want to get, you know, economically for me. Well, actually, economically, I like to get the LCD but LCD's too outdated.
Speaker 1:But if you put extra money, you put 100 bucks extra.
Speaker 2:You might as well just go for the big dog.
Speaker 1:I mean you have to be really big. It's a big investment. Yeah, I think it really. One of my clients have the Steam Deck.
Speaker 2:It's a big boy and it's no joke and it feels what I like about it is it feels good to me. Yeah, it feels natural. I think it personally feels better than the Switch when I was playing it. I like it felt better when I held it in the Switch F.
Speaker 1:The switch felt better you know the scene is a man. It's a man's deck, alright, you know it's a man. That's a man feeling. You know, handheld it felt good.
Speaker 2:It felt good. I can't lie yo you know what I'm saying, so are you still thinking about I mean, you go back and forth all the time about it. What have you decided? You decide you're gonna, you're gonna skip on it.
Speaker 1:It's okay, I watch it, I speak my mind. Mr Amazing, I'm not here to hurt me If I don't buy it. If I don't buy it, vile don't care.
Speaker 2:That's true.
Speaker 1:Vile cares if I give the money to him. They say thank you, mr Sansom. Yo, but at one time let's keep it 100. I'm a big PlayStation fan. I'm a big PlayStation fan. I support her. I barely played Vita, true. I remember when your son was younger, I bought. What did I buy? I think I bought one of those.
Speaker 2:The Nintendo handhelds.
Speaker 1:What happened to it?
Speaker 2:It was his, it was his.
Speaker 1:I don't play handhelds that much.
Speaker 2:But you know why I feel this is a little bit different. Why Is that? With a handheld it was dummy down, versus a console. With these, with the Steam Deck, it's not dummy down. And plus, I drive mostly everywhere. Well, yeah, that's what for you. Yeah, Drive mostly everywhere. But you used to play at work, your other job at night, because you were two jobs, well, three if you come because you were two jobs, well, three should come and give me traffic.
Speaker 1:Can't drop three traffic so help Mike.
Speaker 2:He has already worked one job back in traffic yes, set a GoFundMe for him too, so help him get a second job it's like quit a second job.
Speaker 1:If I do, if I help out, and when the staffs call out, I sometimes as soon as I step in. So yes, it'd be great. Sometimes I might bring the Switch with me and play games. I should be working quick people. Any of my employees hear that I'll be working. Be working y'all. I'm working, damn it Working to get a higher score.
Speaker 2:Exactly Working on that, mario Galaxy.
Speaker 1:Messed up Skippy, but, mr Mason, are you going to get one?
Speaker 2:We've been speaking for years, bob the class. I've been wanting one for a while and then, honestly, I was gonna. I was, I was super close to getting the lcd one and then they dropped the oled. I was like damn nah. I was like it's not worth me getting the lcd anymore.
Speaker 1:Now I want the oled but we live in new york city and crime has been up in the subway. I would not play for the subway?
Speaker 2:it'll be, it'll be. Some would be on some chill thing. Where would you play this?
Speaker 1:Where would you play this at.
Speaker 2:I could play at the house wherever I'm at At work. At my lunch break. I could do it too. At my lunch break I could do it as well. I could play at the house, because sometimes you know, at the house you just just chill and play it. I can make the use of it.
Speaker 1:Not paying attention to my mom, got game and saying Exactly, you're not lying though, or the Knicks are losing.
Speaker 2:Exactly. Knicks are losing Whatever.
Speaker 1:Or the Giants are getting the ass whooped.
Speaker 2:They've been getting the ass whooped for 11 years, man.
Speaker 1:They've been sucking it up lately.
Speaker 2:So get something, go play my the big AAA games. I'm not gonna use it. It'll be for all the games that I missed out. On what?
Speaker 1:indie you gonna play indie games. Cause Steam Deck.
Speaker 2:I might get one or two AAA games too, though but ok, hades 2, which is coming out, yeah they gonna play Cyberpunk any big game it has. I might be lying to you. I ain't not. There's a Hello Kitty game.
Speaker 1:Hello, baldur's Gate, dude. I've even seen Civilization, final Fantasy. Yeah, there's a lot of stuff on there.
Speaker 2:There's a lot of big games. No dude, I will get them, but I'm just saying my main, I have my mains. For example, god of War is my main. I'm not going to be like Dude. I've seen it on there, I've seen the modified. I've even seen Zelda on there yo.
Speaker 1:It's amazing You're talking about yo. Why are you sticking your book on your?
Speaker 2:own. Like am I going to say his name? But like the producer who did the show he goes, I purchased it and I put it on there. So he purchased it. He supported those games, god of War. He purchased it and then he was able to mod it to the system. He purchased it like he said. So you guys got your money out of him. I've even seen those on there and they look amazing.
Speaker 1:And we don't advocate Gamer Traffic Show. We does not advocate that, we don't advocate it. But I've seen it, we've seen it. I've seen it too, so I ain't gonna say yo, what can I say? Would I personally do it? Personally do it? My nephew's a bootlegger, he's bootlegging, he's modifying systems. I ain't say his name aka Chai Chai, but no, but it's still the system. But will you get it? Will you get it before you come out with Steam Deck 2?
Speaker 2:that's the funny thing. It's so funny you said that because I think it coincides. I think now I'm at the point where I want the price to be lower. So I think with Steam Deck 2 coming out, I can probably get that OLED 151 for like 300, probably because they're going to drop the prices, of course.
Speaker 1:Do you think they're going to drop it that low? I think they will. No, they won't.
Speaker 2:You're dropping a part 2. You have to. The LCD was the price of the top. It was the top of the price of that. They're not doing that. They did it already. They did it already. Why would they not do it again? Remember, before the OLEDs were out, there was three versions of the LCD, also at the same price point.
Speaker 1:So what the hell, Go ahead. Okay, what the hell the Steam Deck 2 is going to cost.
Speaker 2:It might be the same price as those. It it might be the same price as those. It might be the same price as those. It's just that they're going to whatever new features they have, those are going to go down. So I can see the half-tire right now. It was what? $550, right, it was $550. I can see that going down to about $100 more to $450.
Speaker 1:I don't know. It depends on how you price seem that too Our price, how you price Steam Deck 2. I'll price. Let's say we keep Steam Deck 2 at the same price as the higher quality Steam Deck now and put the original Steam Deck OLED at $400.
Speaker 2:The.
Speaker 1:OLED, the You're talking about the. Oled 1TB for $400.
Speaker 2:That's a good price still too.
Speaker 1:And put the new Steam Deck $700, too.
Speaker 2:Yeah, but you don't have to go up on the price. You don't have to go up on it. You can keep the price as is what? Steam Deck 2? $650. Yeah, you can keep it at $650. You can keep it at $650. You don't have to go up because it's like it's a pricey thing already. You can keep it at $650. I mean, if you're going up another $100, that means you added extra, more memory.
Speaker 1:Something big was added to it as the verse said, it's within the time period PlayStation Vita sold more wait, wait.
Speaker 2:I didn't hear you say that again in the same time period yeah, the.
Speaker 1:Steam Deck's been out. The PlayStation Vita was considered a freaking lost to Sony. Yeah, Sold more units.
Speaker 2:Yeah, but we discussed why though.
Speaker 1:Yeah, because PlayStation is a bigger brand.
Speaker 2:Yes, and also it was more accessible. Yes, it's true, it's accessible. I think if Steam Deck was more accessible, it would have more. I'm not saying it would have been better than Vita, but the sales would be better you get more advertising in the stores. Yeah.
Speaker 1:It's like the Steve Dex advertiser during Christmas time.
Speaker 2:It doesn't Remember. We're over here.
Speaker 1:I don't think we see it on YouTube videos.
Speaker 2:Even when they had it in the GameStop, I was like, oh, you guys got Steve Dex, he goes. Yeah man, we subbed. I don't see them anymore, though. I don't know what happened. I guess they sold out.
Speaker 1:Plus he's in Manhattan, the big city. So yeah, somebody probably saw Yo picked it up.
Speaker 2:Yeah, of course, of course. But they had him, but no, I saw them in Long Island. They were at the one at Roosevelt Field.
Speaker 1:Mall. It was a big wall. I can see somebody picking that up, Not true? I can see somebody. Yo you got, oh shoot, you gonna go pick it up, and they probably have like three.
Speaker 2:Yeah, they didn't have too much of them, but I did see them in stores though Well, GameStop to be specific.
Speaker 1:We'll see. All right, mr Mason, let's go to games, mr Mason, but $100 games. Yes, Well that would be an Audi, mr Mason. According to an article in Newsweek Eplon, cd, matthew Ball says Rockstar Mega Hit could push it to the game industry to strive for $100 games if Rockstar puts their price between $80 to $100 for the next Grand Theft Auto, which is Grand Theft Auto VI. Mr Amazing, tell me, this is not so, mr Amazing.
Speaker 2:I mean, yeah, with the freaking massive development costs, I can see where they would want to get $80 to $100 on it.
Speaker 1:And so when the licensing costs? But some games, like Spider-Man 2, cost over $300 million to make. Yeah, some of the Call of Duty's almost cost close to a billion dollars to make.
Speaker 2:Yeah, so they want to recuperate somehow. How do you recuperate? You recuperate by the sale of the game. But it would be an epic fail for the industry if they did that. It would be a fail Because now, what constitutes as a AAA game? You know, like what constitutes the $100 point, $8 point or $6 point? What constitutes that? Is it how long the game is? Is it how long it took you guys to make the game?
Speaker 1:Where do we put the licenses?
Speaker 2:What constitutes the thing? It would be a very bad thing. And what's going to happen? Gamers will be resistant to this. And what games will be resistant to this? The numbers are down and boom, you've got a problem now with sales. So no, I don't see this happening. I do think you can get away with $100 games, with very minimal games. I think maybe five games at best you can get away with $100 points.
Speaker 1:Let's keep it real. Yeah, call of Duty is a $100 game.
Speaker 2:Yeah, that's what I'm saying. There's five games you can get away with, and they're one of them too.
Speaker 1:you get a couple. You go online, you get a couple of maps for Call of Duty and you get the campaign for 70 bucks.
Speaker 2:Yeah, but you end up buying additional All the additional stuff.
Speaker 1:you're paying over $100.
Speaker 2:Yeah, but when you do it in increments like that, you don't feel it because you're not buying up for 400. But when you, if you think about it yeah man, you don't spend over $100 on there buying stuff but you don't see it at the time.
Speaker 1:I'm not going to pay the. That's why I told you, cole, doing four maps online. Four maps and the storyline game, the zombie. I forgot the zombie mode.
Speaker 2:Yeah.
Speaker 1:People might not.
Speaker 2:They won't be through that, Because when you see a one and a zero, you're like you're not getting things different. It, because when you see a 1 and a 0-0, you're like you're not getting things different. It's a different feeling, yeah, but let me ask you a question, because you're a big fan of this game Spider-Man 2. Or just Spider-Man, whichever one you prefer. If they told you it's a $100 game, would you get it?
Speaker 1:No, exactly it's not a $100 game. Hey, it's passionately, basically, when they say DLC pack, it only costs 100 bucks. Yeah, so that's. It only costs 100 bucks. Yeah, so that's no problem. It's like this is a special edition, it comes with.
Speaker 2:It comes with a statue, it comes with this and that, whatever.
Speaker 1:Yeah, you're lucky, you get a statue with special editions. Yeah because yeah, but you get extras. But I got to, I paid for the first season pass yeah, you're paying additional for something that's coming out.
Speaker 2:Yeah, so I paid for that. So, yeah, you know what I'm saying but since we're on the topic, I want to ask you what are your top, what are the five games that you would pay $100 for?
Speaker 1:it's not many to me, mr man, not many to me, Mr man Not many Give me your top five. Man, I don't even have a top five. Do I have a top five?
Speaker 2:I don't have five games. If it's not your top five, give me five games.
Speaker 1:The only games. I will say that if I'm a Call of Duty fan, that's the main game I play Call of Duty, that's it Straight up. Remember Call of Duty. You get a zombie mode, multiplayer matches, getting a campaign that I can see if I was a dedicated call. Do you play? Yes, I will get that. Yes, I will get that a Grand Theft.
Speaker 1:Auto for the story mode and the online mode. Would I pay $100 for it? $80 I would be willing to play for, but the content we see they always come with content yes, but unless even that's kind of difficult, I guess, grand Theft Auto, what else? At least there's not many games I'll pay $100 for. That's fine. I don't have no top five to say no, I don't pay $100 for. No God of War.
Speaker 2:I would. I'm not paying $100 for no God of War I would. That was one of mine.
Speaker 1:actually I would. I'm not paying $100 for Uncharted.
Speaker 2:Uncharted. Haven't been out so long.
Speaker 1:I can't even count that in Beyonce's sheet. I'm not paying $100 for Halo.
Speaker 2:I'm not a Halo guy, so I wouldn't pay that either. I'm not paying $100 for Gran Turismo, I think that one you can actually.
Speaker 1:I think you can.
Speaker 2:I disagree with that one.
Speaker 1:If you're going to pay $100, what are you getting for the?
Speaker 2:$100? A massive game like that that's endless with perks and features. I think you'll pay $100 for it.
Speaker 1:Am I paying extra? Am I paying extra for the DLCs?
Speaker 2:Remember, a $100 game has to give you more. That's what I'm saying, so like if I don't pay a hundred dollar game, for example. Mr.
Speaker 1:Maze. There's a hundred, there's sixty dollar games yeah, ten dollar games. That's four, fifteen hours, ten hours exactly, I know but I'm saying games like that are not though.
Speaker 2:Like, for example, this is what I'll pay $100 for. Go ahead. I disagree with you. I would pay $100 for Forza or Gran Turismo. Good for you, I'll pay $100 for it. I don't mind, I will pay $100 for fighting games. When I see you do it, then I believe you. Well, that's fine, but you know, if it has to be, it has to be. I will also pay $100 a season pass for the next two, two season passes. I'm okay with that.
Speaker 1:Yeah, but come on A final game with two season passes.
Speaker 2:I'm okay with that.
Speaker 1:You're asking for two season, but you're not getting a two season pass For no. Yes, you know, they're not going to do that. They're not going to do that.
Speaker 2:You want my money right. No For a hundred bucks will you get the first, because that's how much it's going to cost anyway 30 bucks. It's going to cost 30 bucks anyway for a season, fast, for a first one. So yeah, with Costos I'm actually getting the better end of this deal now but now with that.
Speaker 1:Oh, if you want the special edition, what am?
Speaker 2:I saying 150 bucks, 150, probably 150.
Speaker 1:So it's like I don't know about that, mr Mason. I mean, now you're going, now I'm pushed in the realm of asking for more money, that's why publishers would thank twice before doing this.
Speaker 2:That's why I don't think it's going to go there. I think maybe we'll see $80. I think that's more realistic. $80. I think $80 you can get away with it, but $100, that's when you're like whoa Shout out to Gina. We went and bought Street Fighter 2 for $79.99,.
Speaker 1:I think we paid During that time period. There was a lot of fluctuation in games. There was a set price, but there was a lot of fluctuation.
Speaker 2:Yeah, we paid like $70 for Street Fighter.
Speaker 1:Even the PlayStation 3, xbox had a little fluctuation in games. There were certain games that might cause you might use Matter of fact. Let's give a good example might call you might use. Matter of fact, let's give a good example. Remember to remember 2k madden. Remember 2k mad, I think also was 2k nba. Remember they came on 19 dollars. Yeah, they stole the market.
Speaker 2:It must have hated them. They did. If it's brought up the license, it for like 10, 15 years they still have it.
Speaker 1:They still got it all right n know right. They still got it. Nfl license held hostage by EA. Yeah.
Speaker 2:So that goes to show you. And the thing was that you jump a $20 game and the game is amazing. Yes, I have it too. That game that was the birth. Nfl 2K was amazing. Nba 2K look what that turned into. Be that live, okay. Look at what that turned into.
Speaker 1:Be that live. Do people know?
Speaker 2:what FA Live is. These people don't know what live is anyway.
Speaker 1:People are like what FA Live is. That's this, Except Tyler.
Speaker 2:Yeah well, he's an old head when it comes to basketball.
Speaker 1:You know what I'm saying, but, mr Payton, you got anything else to say about this topic. Nah, that's it All, right, mr Amazing? Um, so we both saw the uh PlayStation Showcase. On that state of play state of play yes, so what's your, uh, what's your take from it?
Speaker 2:uh, okay, I'll start off so few things that I I saw that I like, I did like uh, oh hold up. Okay, go ahead. Shinobi, art of Vengeance yes, that stood out to me. As you know, I was a take two head, so I definitely did like what was it called? Again? Spitfunk Fiction yeah, that was my game I'll get. Because of that. I'm not a big Borderlands fan, but I think Borderlands 4 looks pretty good.
Speaker 1:actually I was the same borderland stuff.
Speaker 2:That looked good, though. Same board and stuff. I'm sure you're gonna go with WWW. I'm gonna get that we put laughs.
Speaker 1:I got trade that in get some money for this year.
Speaker 2:We got definitely gotta play that yeah, and I know you, I know you're gonna run to the store get the new Sonic.
Speaker 1:Interesting it look bad, it look bad. Where does it come?
Speaker 2:you know, what they come out let me see if I read that Sonic Bros World. I don't see it. I think they had a beta recently that we missed out on.
Speaker 1:I think the beta came out last week. I didn't connect to the other beta.
Speaker 2:I think the beta came out.
Speaker 1:Final Fury.
Speaker 2:I didn't connect you like Monster Hunter.
Speaker 1:It looked kind of good. Actually, I'm not a fan of it, but it looked good though.
Speaker 2:IGN gave you a good review on it. This is the one I was really intrigued, but I couldn't tell if it's a new one, which I doubted because it's too soon, or it was a DLC. Was the Lies of P? I couldn't tell either, because I was like, is that a new one already, because I think it's two swords, I have another one, or is this a DLC? So that looked good, though, and obviously the big one for me was Metal Gear Snake Eater. I'd never play that, so this would be the perfect time for me to get that, but that'll come out to the summertime. It's going to fall.
Speaker 1:Actually, what did you think about the big reveal at the end.
Speaker 2:Shows nothing, cyrus? Yeah, it didn't show nothing. Think about the big reveal at the end. Shows nothing, cyrus. Yeah, it is. Show nothing, so I couldn't get hyper about it. I thought the game that ties out of Nalleation that was interesting game, that was were you hyped to see Days Gone. Did you think you could bring that back? For 10 bucks extra? You could get the Horde no featured, all that other stuff.
Speaker 1:Launched April 25th. No, Nah, not for you. I have the game. I throw the Horde mode Maybe.
Speaker 2:I might dip into that. What about Directive 8020?
Speaker 1:The game for the woman who plays the Bond movie yeah. I might dip into that.
Speaker 2:You know what I'm trying to dip my kind of. I think you could get the first one as well. Too Well, this is the first one. They got the new one coming out in 2026. Anamusha.
Speaker 1:Oh yeah, that's coming out in 2026. The new one, it look good.
Speaker 2:And then the remastered one comes out. The PS2 classic one also comes out too. Did they drop that same thing, or? Or it's coming, I can't remember. Now Anamusha, the PS2 remastered version, that's also dropping.
Speaker 1:I don't know if it came out already. It didn't come out.
Speaker 2:Yeah. Yeah, that looks pretty good too. I mean, there's other games, but those are ones that stood out for me. You had anything to add to it let me see this one gets what hell is us yeah?
Speaker 1:and there's another game. I don't ah, shoot, I didn't write it down, I'll think of it, okay. Okay, I think I'll let you know. Metal, metal Eden is like a shooter that ain't too bad either like a state of play, no state of play. This is my overall impression of the state of play. It reminded me of the Xbox state of play, where they every all they missed was World when they announced the World Premiere. Yeah, cause only it was a rush.
Speaker 1:There's many games there and I like that, but the problem is we're the first party games, true, and I think the live service thing, that live service push, really screws Sony over. I think when they mention live service push, when Jim Ryan mentioned we'll have 12 or however many live service games, how's that going to work? Because you're going to have one player. You're going to come out one this year and come out one eight months later. So is one going to capitalize themselves on the other one Good. Later. So is one going to cannibalize itself with the other one Good question I mean how you.
Speaker 1:So that makes no sense. So I don't know. This one is true. This one is true too. I mean, what's going to differentiate that one from this one? That's true. Good question, because even with games come on now. No, I'm sorry. Lack of creativity in the game industry. Every game looks like a freaking sort of A copy of another.
Speaker 1:Yes, no creativity, my man. Everybody's walking around with swords. They're running around with monsters Jumping in the air. That's what we see now it is. There's no shooter, mr Maze. That's what we see now it is. There's no shooter. Third-person shooter. There's no action game like Uncharted. I'm seeing the same thing over and over. You're right. I got to wait for Doom to come out and be excited about a game.
Speaker 2:I'm not sure what you're saying but that shooter can look pretty good than what we mentioned.
Speaker 1:Shooter can look pretty good, don't we mention? Come on, Mr Shooter.
Speaker 2:But, mr Amazing Metal Eden, that didn't look too bad to me.
Speaker 1:Every game is called something. You have a sword, you run around with a female guy. You run around, you run with your sword. Oh look, it's the same thing. I've been watching the same game.
Speaker 2:Yo go make your own mic. That's it. I ain't got to make a demo.
Speaker 1:Come on, mr Toto. Come on, how do you feel about that? I see what you're saying. Come on, you look at the trails. How many games you don't see with Smile, with A Sword running around? No, but you're right. But my thing is, that's always.
Speaker 2:In video times or in a Japanese setting. Okay, I'm biased because I love Japanese games. Come on, mr LK but it's the same thing. It's the same concept, but the games are the same. Like you play Risen Rona, you play Go Tsushima and then you could play Onimushu. You're going to have three different experiences, though I kind of disagree with you. Yes, my thing is, it's so much you can do, Like what do you expect? Tell, do you expect?
Speaker 1:Variety. I mean, this is variety. All the other games have a variety. Yes, well, okay, a remaster Men don't get solid stick either.
Speaker 2:Yes, oh, I'm actually hype about that because I never played the other ones.
Speaker 1:I'm hype about it, but can we have someone else? Can we do something else? Can we do something else with Spazian?
Speaker 2:I don't know. I disagree with you. I'm okay with this. I'm okay with this. I'm okay with this movie.
Speaker 1:I'm okay with this. I'm okay with this.
Speaker 2:It's like movies, it's like it's only so much movies you can make. I mean, movies are going to be a love story, it's going to be a shooter, it's going to be a Marvel.
Speaker 1:I mean, yeah, but have the Marvel Cinematic Universe people Half day, half day, yeah, look at Marvel still blowing up. We talking about the Marvel movie, the Marvels, that crap.
Speaker 2:You saw that crap they're blowing up still that movie sucked. You talking about Captain America? No, Captain.
Speaker 1:America movies do.
Speaker 2:The numbers are pretty good on that. Actually the numbers are right.
Speaker 1:Pretty good, Michael. No, it's not pretty good. I disagree with you. No, it last podcast. No, Mr Amazing, stop it. That was all right to me the Marvel movies suck, suck. You're talking about suck because of the quality of the movie or you're talking about the sales. It's also both the quality and the sales suck.
Speaker 2:General, you're talking about the recent one.
Speaker 1:The Black Widow movie didn't sell that well Well that didn't do.
Speaker 2:well, I know that.
Speaker 1:Come on, mr Vance, stop the nonsense. Pew will get burned out.
Speaker 2:Well, they keep making it, so it can't be that bad.
Speaker 1:That's the reason. It can't be that bad I mean, like I said, you have a right to your opinion. Everybody has a win over.
Speaker 2:I see what you're saying, but I'm a big Summer Ride guy, so I don't mind those, especially the big AAA games, yeah, but it's like.
Speaker 1:It's like okay For the mid-tier games like Astro Boss is very good that was very good, actually Very good.
Speaker 2:You know I love that game, but let me just I don't want to dwell on this too long you can see the same thing, but it's like me saying oh man, they came out with Street Fighter, they came out with Fatal Fury, they came out with Mortal Kombat, they came out with Soul Calibur. They're all fighting games, but they're all different types of fighting games, but at the end of the day, they're all fighting games. So it's like so you see the same thing. No, you're not seeing the same thing, because they're all different types though.
Speaker 1:Soul, that game, that game, socal, is based on weaponry. Okay, that's based on weaponry.
Speaker 2:No, but I need more. I just need Friday. Against the General. What it's like if you say I'm saying the same thing? No, it's not. They all bring different things to it.
Speaker 1:It's just a difficult genre to compare. It's like saying, before EA took over Madden, okay, that was a monopoly. Though that was a monopoly, there was several different football games, yeah there was several different football games. Yeah, you had, yes, one of the yes two came, but then it became this mainly two, because everybody else just couldn't handle it or just absolutely sucked yeah, I'm more good at disagreeing because I'm okay with it, as what you're saying it's not variety.
Speaker 2:I'm okay with it as what you're saying is not variety. I find variety in it. You're saying it's the same thing, but I see variety, so we'll agree to disagree on this one. I do see variety in the gaming out there now.
Speaker 1:I wish you had a YouTube chat that showed people father, this is the same thing we're seeing. But yeah, but it's okay to do this.
Speaker 2:I don't see nothing wrong with that being the same thing, as long as it's not the sad same game I'm playing. It's like if I'm playing I don't know the name of a recent game we both played Spider-Man and then I go play Uncharted and I see Uncharted climbing the walls like Spider-Man. Then I got a problem. Then I got a problem.
Speaker 1:We're going to wrap it up, I don't think the same thing. We'll wrap it up All right, we'll continue.
Speaker 2:What's the next?
Speaker 1:We'll wrap it up. We'll wrap that up. Let's go to the next topic. Mr man, this is I can see it right to my opinion, there's nothing wrong, nothing. Your opinion is wrong and my opinion is right. Most of my opinions are always right. You know, what I'm saying. Alright, mr Mason, let's go to the Trailer of the Week. The Trailer of the Week is Minecraft. I know I'm pulling the barrel, I'm pulling the barrel.
Speaker 2:Minecraft, yes, a movie. Yes, I didn't even know they had that to be honest with you.
Speaker 1:What's? That drop this is the second trailer. Mr Mason, I thought they had a first one.
Speaker 2:No, I didn't want you to do it. Is this straight to Netflix, is it?
Speaker 1:Mr Amazing, you know what to do Next to no Monarch Out trailer one, two, three. Let's see the trailer. Not really, Is this straight to?
Speaker 2:Netflix. No, shut the hell up. I didn't even hear about this. This is crazy.
Speaker 1:Shut the hell up In the overworld. Anything you can dream about, you can create. So they built all this. Yeah, most of it Hold up.
Speaker 2:That thing doesn't understand a word you're saying.
Speaker 1:We're talking Life here was perfect Until one day, flint and steel. We came across the nether, a place with no joy or creativity at all. What are you making? If they get their way, this beautiful world and everything in it Will wither and die. It means goodbye brother. No, it doesn't. Don't look at her, it does. If we want to save this world, creativity is key to survival. Now, what Elightra wingsuit? Bye bye world. Creativity is key to survival. Now what Electro wingsuits? Bye-bye.
Speaker 2:Those things work right, absolutely Coming in hot, I got something for you. I love you Alice.
Speaker 1:Oh my gosh, I was so so.
Speaker 2:This place makes no sense.
Speaker 1:Let's do this.
Speaker 2:You want me to fight the chicken Chicken jockey? Yes, oh no, Not again, oh my God oh my God, Are you all right, Mr Amazing?
Speaker 1:the Minecraft movie starring Jack by Jason Samoa, Mr Amazing, coming out April 4th. Do you green light? This trailer, yellow light or red light? This trailer, Mr Amazing?
Speaker 2:It's not for me at all, but I'm going to green light it because of the name.
Speaker 1:Why are you lying to me? You said you're going to see this on day one. It's coming out in 3D, Mr Amazing. I'll get it by 3D glass. I'm going to be chilling you do that.
Speaker 2:You do that. You like it. It is not for me, but I am a smart man. I'm going to agree like this because I think this number is going to do. I think the number is going to be crazy on this do you think there's a past Super Mario?
Speaker 2:ooh, good question, very good question. No, super Mario is too big of an icon, even bigger than this, even bigger than Minecraft, you know, and Minecraft is big, we all know that. But I think that Super Mario sells itself because you got a hero, you got a family, a household name in Mario. Where Minecraft is, what's the main guy's name? Do you even know it? Yeah, exactly.
Speaker 1:Tyler, what's the guy's name?
Speaker 2:in Minecraft Exactly Steve, exactly you. The guy's name on Minecraft Exactly Steve, exactly you have to ask about it, steve, you guys should great-great-grandma should tell you who Mario is the favorite plugger. Ain't nobody know who Steve is. If you know, you know. But Mario, everybody knows. So no, I don't think it's going to surpass Mario.
Speaker 1:But I think they'll sell Captain America to Brave New.
Speaker 2:World.
Speaker 1:Of course it is Okay okay, I'll try to get a free bet. Yo, everybody's going to make an announcement. I still didn't get my wings.
Speaker 2:that Guard lost but I'm still waiting for it.
Speaker 1:Yo, it's coming. Yo, I went for Hooters. You know Hooters might close down All of them.
Speaker 2:Yeah, they're facing, they're facing. I'm just like that Could be Mr Mays.
Speaker 1:I want my damn wings for the gold now.
Speaker 2:That sucks, hey career. Fried chickens are just as good, buddy.
Speaker 1:Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. All right, I'll take that too, feeling that it might be a hit it is.
Speaker 2:It's going to be a hit. It's going to be a hit. I'm going to green light it. It's a hit, but I'm not going to see it though, but it's going to be a hit, Mr Mays is going to have his friend bootlegged and put on his machine. I was never a Minecraft person, but I'm smart enough to know when you see what's going to%.
Speaker 1:All right, mr Mazin, let's go to our shout-out of the week.
Speaker 2:Uh-oh, we got a shout-out of the week.
Speaker 1:Steph Curry, Golden State Warriors. Other night he said, yo, yo, you must have forgot. 56 points, Mr Mazin, and a win, Steph Curry still playing 54. 56. 56?, 56. Tyler, how many points did Steph Curry score? 56. That's coming from a Golden State Warrior fan Inside a fan. Mr Mason, all right, shout out to him.
Speaker 2:Shout out to him, wait 36 now 36, now I think he's about 36. Still like the baby assassin. Yeah, yeah. No, I'm not mad at that shot of the week. They were left for dead and all of a sudden, with the trade of Jimmy Butler, that team is backing on. But so yeah, I'm not mad at it.
Speaker 1:Don't get mad. Ups is hiring Dope.
Speaker 2:I just want to say that.
Speaker 1:I don't know why Shout out to Biggie just passed away too. Yes, mom just passed away, unfortunately.
Speaker 2:But Mr.
Speaker 1:Amazing. Let's go to our Should we Care? Top of the Week, mr Amazing, yes, should we Care Top of the Week After two years, sony has, two years later, after Sony has released the VR2, mr Amazing, it finally slashed the price. Mr Amazing, march the VR will be $400. Starting March 1st. Mr Mavis is a couple of days away Popping off. Let's pop the bottles. No one's selling these too damn late.
Speaker 2:Do you think I care? You guys should have been done that. I figured they thought they could get the sales off the PC.
Speaker 1:So I guess that was not working well. If they're still snatching the price, yeah, but the price was $550 retail.
Speaker 2:Was it at $300 or $400?
Speaker 1:It's $400 now, hmm.
Speaker 2:But Sony, do this to yourself. The biggest mistake you did was not making it backwards compatible.
Speaker 1:That's a big issue. I still have games for it. Big problem, that was the problem.
Speaker 2:Yeah, that was the problem, though you should have made it backwards compatible.
Speaker 1:You made the backwards compatible. You made backwards compatible. That system would have sold way better.
Speaker 2:I mean a few of them. I remember I bought it was on sale. Yeah, you did. How much did you get? 400? I got less than this 350.
Speaker 1:350. Oh wow, less than this man that's. It was used, it was cheap, that wasn't brand new man, that's at Yo, I snapped it up, son. So should we care a lot, a little or not at all about that?
Speaker 2:Not at all, because the system itself is just not doing well for me. I'm not going to go down that road.
Speaker 1:Well, I didn't know, mr Mays, I haven't played it yet, but I'll have to. We'll give a better opinion. Recycle that. That'll recycle your opinion. Give me your opinion next week, okay. Once you try VR? No, no, it's fair.
Speaker 2:But the reason I gave it that not based on the quality of the thing, I'm not basing it on that, I'm basing it on the fact that it's just too late.
Speaker 1:I think it's just VR in general. It's not. It's not as popular as it was. Especially when the pandemic came in the VR world was popping up.
Speaker 2:That closed down.
Speaker 1:It was supposed that closed down. They posted a VR big center in Connecticut. That never happened. That really damaged the VR we'll say community and it just hasn't popped off like people thought it would yeah, that's.
Speaker 2:That's why it went. Not at all, because not because of the actual games and stuff, no, because it's not taking off as it was supposed to and also the games too, miss Maisie.
Speaker 1:Yeah, it helps, but like Miss Maisie, I was wondering if you could pick on the VR system. Try it next yeah, we'll try it and we'll come back and we'll be in it. But, as I would say, I care very little. Because is this? Is this why? Maybe, maybe one more year, playstation VR, probably?
Speaker 2:unless, unless the PC version is ticking off. Yeah, let's see yeah.
Speaker 1:So we'll see and probably say they didn't do much. They did more advertisement in the VR. The first one, that's your question.
Speaker 2:It would never happen.
Speaker 1:It would never happen no, it's not going to Xbox yeah, do you think?
Speaker 2:if they said you know what, put it on Xbox, we don't care?
Speaker 1:you think, that would help it. How many units, but I sold what 30 that's true, why, why, why waste? More time and resources that's true, you're right, you're 100% right. Alright, people, you say you don't care, not at all. A little. I don't care, I care a little, but I just think it's too late. But let's make. We'll give his opinion of the VR and you'll see the quality. You might just say, yo, sony wasted potential. But, like I said, sony's fault is just the way VR is going at this time.
Speaker 2:Yep, exactly that's my take on that.
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Speaker 2:I hope you had a good time.
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