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  • @SkillUp
    @SkillUp  22 дня назад +96

    Thank you Raycon for sponsoring this video. Go to buyraycon.com/skillup for 15% off your order, plus free shipping! Brought to you by Raycon.

    • @MacGuffin1
      @MacGuffin1 22 дня назад +1

      Anyone with any skill has already left Apex for the FInals, but go ahead and cash squeeze ur die-hard mouthbreathers EA and see how that goes....

    • @ecfeclipse
      @ecfeclipse 22 дня назад

      I hope these new ones work with PS5!

    • @Vernardo
      @Vernardo 22 дня назад +5

      Dude, Samsung just announced Galaxy Buds3 Pro while he was upload this show episode at the same night. Guess I would buy Samsung over the one Ralph sponsored with.

    • @KeanuCheems
      @KeanuCheems 22 дня назад +4

      Why does the video look like I'm watching it through the five nights at freddy's security camera tablet

    • @92Carnage
      @92Carnage 22 дня назад

      @SkillUp so you didn't cover IGN mistranslating a story and getting Wukong devs in trouble, and now that Wukong devs' building has been vandalized due to this you refuse to cover it again? Wtf are you doing dude? Are you terrified to cover news that might make you enemies of certain big companies? You're just picking and choosing the news at this point. Can't wait until a CEO does something wrong and you jump head first into covering that because you know you're unlikely to cause ripples. What a joke you're becoming.

  • @GeremyG
    @GeremyG 22 дня назад +2063

    Microsoft insisted the Activision merger wouldn't increase the cost of Gamepass. Guess that was a lie. Who could have seen this coming?

    • @leonardchurch814
      @leonardchurch814 22 дня назад +167

      Everyone could tell it was a lie, as if Microsoft wouldn’t raise the price on game pass once CoD came out.

    • @pogo1289
      @pogo1289 22 дня назад +104

      They weren’t lying, they were just going to do this anyway…

    • @thomaswaddell6181
      @thomaswaddell6181 22 дня назад +21

      That was over a year ago and there was no timescale given. 🤷

    • @hugooliveira5578
      @hugooliveira5578 22 дня назад +65

      A CEO that lies??? I'm shocked.

    • @cceffect
      @cceffect 22 дня назад +25

      Would love Sony to take it to court to destroy the merger

  • @MrSTVR
    @MrSTVR 22 дня назад +895

    Shareholders were a mistake

    • @SunlightGwyn
      @SunlightGwyn 22 дня назад +36

      Gamepass was a mistake.

    • @TheLovescream
      @TheLovescream 22 дня назад +11

      If you had parked 100 grand in shares at Microsoft, what would you want them to do?

    • @TheMcgillacuddy
      @TheMcgillacuddy 22 дня назад

      ​@@TheLovescream Boot Matt Booty

    • @ChannelKit
      @ChannelKit 22 дня назад +161

      @@TheLovescream exactly why they were a mistake. Shares just force profit growth and makes the holders the important party rather than the consumer. When you focus only on pleasing shareholders, you risk isolating your customer base.

    • @virgilalighieri7192
      @virgilalighieri7192 22 дня назад +83

      ​@@TheLovescream Who cares what the 1% thinks?

  • @liljoe62799
    @liljoe62799 22 дня назад +198

    The most irritating thing about the GTA V single player DLC story is that there is ABSOLUTELY a timeline in which GTA Online *didn't" print infinite money and TakeTwo used that as an excuse for not being able to invest in more single player content. I miss the days when success for a game meant the developers were given more freedom in terms of creative output.

  • @KoeiNL
    @KoeiNL 22 дня назад +76

    Microsoft heard too many people say that "Gamepass was the best deal in gaming". Can't have good deals when you are Microsoft, you need to make everything as expensive as possible. So they corrected that.

    • @Godot25
      @Godot25 21 день назад +7

      I mean. It's still "best deal in gaming." Ultimate is only one € per month more expensive than PS Plus Premium, while having day one games and EA Play included...
      It's just slightly worse deal than it's used to be...

    • @asdf_asdf948
      @asdf_asdf948 18 дней назад +3

      The people who were proselytizing gamepass as "the best deal in gaming" were all Microsoft employees or ambassadors/influencers. The best deal in gaming has always been buying and owning games forever.

    • @ForgottenShinobi11
      @ForgottenShinobi11 18 дней назад +2

      @@asdf_asdf948 Amen brotha.

    • @Thundermonk99
      @Thundermonk99 18 дней назад +1

      This was never a "mistake" that Microsoft was correcting. Low Gamepass pricing was ALWAYS intended as a loss-leader to scale up the subscriber count and normalize the practice of subscription gaming. Once Microsoft "hooked" consumers, they would then use the levers at their disposal (pricing and access to games) to extract more money from consumers. This is no different from ridesharing or food delivery apps using VC funding to subsidize attractive prices and scale their user numbers, only to increase prices as soon as they gain marketshare.

    • @Joe-ti7qd
      @Joe-ti7qd 17 дней назад

      ​@@Godot25nope. Not at all imo.

  • @potatodadave
    @potatodadave 22 дня назад +473

    Skill up was fast this week catching xbox's price increase of yesterday

    • @frankylampard3931
      @frankylampard3931 22 дня назад +18

      Been looking for a reason to cancel game pass. Thanks Xbox now I have a reason

    • @Alfonso88279
      @Alfonso88279 18 дней назад

      @@frankylampard3931 You shouldn't need any reason other than your convenience.

  • @mkdmc
    @mkdmc 22 дня назад +534

    Finally, Ralph can cover news before it gets posted 4 minutes after he uploads.

    • @TonyTynebridge
      @TonyTynebridge 22 дня назад +11

      This is Doctor Strange levels of time dilation

    • @awesomemark1234100
      @awesomemark1234100 22 дня назад +20

      This comment gave me a headache with the use of “before” and “after”

    • @dallaspag3663
      @dallaspag3663 22 дня назад +1

      Oh I'm sure something will happen today... I can bet on it

  • @rd-um4sp
    @rd-um4sp 22 дня назад +72

    the _undercharging_ for gamepass is called, in the corporate world, as *user* *acquisition* phase. You lower the price to get a lot of people. When that slows down, you rise the price to what you want since you can 'lock' people there. That was written on the wall for a long time
    and, as for XIV, the speculation is that their server structure was finally not too problematic at launch so they managed to accommodate all people trying to log in, unlike previous expansions.

    • @spazco8669
      @spazco8669 21 день назад +6

      Please, this is no place for facts. It's a gamer channel, please keep your comments to uneducated opinions and outrage. thank you.

    • @nevskrapnevskrap4417
      @nevskrapnevskrap4417 21 день назад +4

      Also commonly referred to as ‘Loss Leader’.

  • @valletas
    @valletas 22 дня назад +50

    Microsoft discovered what happens if you put all your eggs into one basket

  • @thatcyanblur
    @thatcyanblur 22 дня назад +253

    I’ve always been so confused why people thought that Microsoft would be above price hiking and feature cuts for Gamepass. It was inevitably gonna become the Netflix of gaming

    • @Valvad0ss
      @Valvad0ss 22 дня назад +59

      @ch-yq5ynit’s corporate greed that causes inflation. Educate yourself

    • @QPatrickQ
      @QPatrickQ 22 дня назад +3

      All subscription models are increasing prices, it was very obvious this is what would happen when sub growth plateaued

    • @Ziggyvu
      @Ziggyvu 22 дня назад +1

      @@QPatrickQyou just repeated what the first guy said lol

    • @MrSupersonic2012
      @MrSupersonic2012 22 дня назад +8

      Yep, didn't need a crystal ball to see this one coming. For a lot of people Game pass has been a cheap way to play games. But the model was never going to be sustainable in the long term. Of course MS was going to raise the price eventually. I'm so glad I never subscribed to battle pass. I don't go through games as quick as I used to, so game pass was never attractive for me. And now it's even less attractive.

    • @johnwrath3612
      @johnwrath3612 22 дня назад +9

      @@Valvad0ssit’s not that simple. Some degree of inflation is normal. It happens in every currency based economy. But companies also use normal inflation as an excuse to price gouge, too. The cost of eggs back in 2022 is a good example. There was some degree of natural inflation but egg producers also used that as an excuse to jack up the prices by 50-100% in some places, way beyond the normal rate of inflation.

  • @leonardchurch814
    @leonardchurch814 22 дня назад +215

    The FTC fumbled their case against Xbox so fucking hard it’s incredible.

    • @boxhead6177
      @boxhead6177 22 дня назад

      FTC is appealing arguing the judge held the FTC to an impossible standard, claiming they were right to suggest Microsoft would not honor its plans for the company.
      Microsoft now firing people, raising prices, shutting down studios... gives the FTC more ammunition for the appeal.

    • @Ceece20
      @Ceece20 22 дня назад

      Not really, there was nothing illegal or against any established rules of the acquisition. You’re just being tribalistic. Microsoft just has always been a nickel and dime company same as all the others. Still better than Bobby Kotick though.

    • @imo098765
      @imo098765 22 дня назад +26

      because they had no case, Call of Duty is multiplat

    • @bradleyjenkins2271
      @bradleyjenkins2271 22 дня назад

      @@imo098765not only that, but to think Activision is the reason for the increase is just an insane take too
      The economy sucks, everything’s going up, it doesn’t matter what it is
      Would they have not gotten Activision, 100$ the price increase would’ve happened anyway

    • @silvershocknicktail6638
      @silvershocknicktail6638 22 дня назад +75

      Xbox fanboys in the replies, but the entire discussion around the merger was deliberately focused on Call of Duty to ignore real problems, like the owner of a near-ubiquitous PC operating system now owning several of the platform's biggest publishers.

  • @theethanharvey
    @theethanharvey 22 дня назад +236

    looks like someone accidentally exported in 1080i instead of 1080p whoops

    • @Hentiny
      @Hentiny 22 дня назад +54

      I was wondering why the video looked like someone chucked a CRT filter over it

    • @73maplepiper
      @73maplepiper 22 дня назад +20

      Thank you I was freaking out that I time travelled back to the 80s with my oled tv....

    • @ElijahRhyne
      @ElijahRhyne 22 дня назад +8

      You your comment is good when a bot steals it and uses bots to make it the top comment.

    • @tobogranyte
      @tobogranyte 22 дня назад +4

      Glad it's not just me...

    • @tryingtomakeplaylist
      @tryingtomakeplaylist 22 дня назад +6

      I dont normally pay attention to video quality that much but yep somethings wrong here with the footage.

  • @nevobe
    @nevobe 22 дня назад +16

    The thing about Destiny is that its really hard to get into these days. I tried it a few months ago and was bombarded with non linear story and mechanics that were added through the years. The First Descendant is pretty fun, but the main thing is that it doesn't come with a decade of baggage to figure out.
    It would be great to hear your thoughts on the game at launch as a Destiny 2 fan.

    • @MightyManotaur22
      @MightyManotaur22 22 дня назад +2

      I ALMOST came back to Destiny 2 with The Final Shape but after watching some videos there's just way too much going on. I've played a bit of The First Descendant and honestly the gunplay just isn't that good. Nowhere near what Bungie does, which is the entire reason I wanted to go back to Destiny in the first place. They're still best in class at making a shooter feel good. Hoping for Destiny 3 in 2026!

  • @Michael-eb8nf
    @Michael-eb8nf 22 дня назад +192

    1:11 Wislon looks like an absolute psychopath, every time I see that damn picture I am filled with hatred and fear.

    • @link5688
      @link5688 22 дня назад +31

      The correlation rate of Executives and Socio/Psychopathic people is far above the societal norm. So you're almost certainly right

    • @AC-hj9tv
      @AC-hj9tv 22 дня назад +6

      Half life G Man irl

    • @LadyLoki6664
      @LadyLoki6664 22 дня назад +9

      “Rise and shine Mr. Freeman.”

    • @daurykais
      @daurykais 22 дня назад +8

      What you think corpos are ran by non psychopaths? LMAO

    • @steveguyman
      @steveguyman 22 дня назад +5

      no way he's not a genuine pyschopath. i look in those eyes and there's simply no genuine soul in there.

  • @millimads
    @millimads 22 дня назад +39

    The video quality is low for some reason, 1080p feels worse than 720p. Thanks for the news btw.

    • @UncleJemima
      @UncleJemima 21 день назад +5

      it's 1080i for some reason, and the interlacing really throws me off. guess somebody accidentally flipped a switch before rendering 😰

  • @davidvertigan8606
    @davidvertigan8606 22 дня назад +61

    did y'all render this video.....interlaced?

    • @Andrejko2
      @Andrejko2 22 дня назад +1

      I noticed that as well. Maybe due to copyright? It's just from game videos

    • @wasteurtime5677
      @wasteurtime5677 22 дня назад +2

      Yeah I noticed it too. Not really liking it.

    • @Houldey
      @Houldey 22 дня назад +4

      I had skipped a few weeks of this so was wondering if the videos always looked this shit, but no - i'm getting flashbacks of having to deinterlace shit at uni. Ugh - if anyone from shill up sees this, please fix your render settings or use better b-roll. *edit* nvm, its not just the b-roll from one game, its present in all of it. lawd.

    • @concinnus
      @concinnus 22 дня назад +1

      I thought at first that it was YT rolling out a new Adblock punishment, but no, it's just this vid.

    • @concinnus
      @concinnus 22 дня назад

      @@Andrejko2 Not just the gameplay; it's even in the ad read, just less noticeable.

  • @lordoaf
    @lordoaf 22 дня назад +118

    I guarantee an AI wrote the intro to that apex legends post

    • @theofficialpollo
      @theofficialpollo 22 дня назад +19

      "Hey apes!" Would've been better

    • @mechanicalmonk2020
      @mechanicalmonk2020 22 дня назад +1

      You can't guarantee it.

    • @gracelandtoo6240
      @gracelandtoo6240 22 дня назад +8

      Yes they can. They can't prove it, but they can still guarantee it.

    • @flamingo_with_tophat296
      @flamingo_with_tophat296 22 дня назад +2

      I mean if anything this is the soulcrushing emails that humans don’t want to write, Iam honestly ok with this being ai

    • @JJJBunney001
      @JJJBunney001 21 день назад +1

      Do you guys think corporate douchebaggery didn't exist before AI? This definitely came off as an out of touch media manager writing this, not AI

  • @ReachTea
    @ReachTea 22 дня назад +11

    Gamers need to learn an important lesson, the more money you give a service, the worse the service gets, period.

  • @joshuaellis3051
    @joshuaellis3051 22 дня назад +76

    26:57 he says it is "on all platforms bar the Switch" while there are literal joycons on the screen lol

    • @DuyLeNguyen
      @DuyLeNguyen 21 день назад +12

      That's because it was already out on the Switch a few months ago. This upcoming release is for all the other platform, so the statement is correct, this release will be for all non-Switch systems.

    • @gebii-
      @gebii- 21 день назад +1

      yeah that confused me too haha

    • @DaveVoyles
      @DaveVoyles 21 день назад

      I always thought he was saying “via the switch” and it never made sense

  • @mdh_masalewale8681
    @mdh_masalewale8681 22 дня назад +117

    26:55
    "arrives on all platforms bar the switch" while the trailer shows how to use your joycons OMEGALUL

    • @boxhead6177
      @boxhead6177 22 дня назад +20

      So used to hearing him say "Bar the Switch" I didn't even notice. Lol!

    • @The.Nasty.
      @The.Nasty. 22 дня назад +11

      Literally shows switch joycons AS HE SAYS IT 😂😂😂

    • @cultofpersonality1145
      @cultofpersonality1145 22 дня назад +4

      Literally came to say this lol.

    • @KekoBass
      @KekoBass 22 дня назад +5

      Who the hell says omegalul unironically in 2024

    • @GeorgeNoiseless
      @GeorgeNoiseless 22 дня назад +15

      That's because it's already on Switch since April

  • @FuriousDevi
    @FuriousDevi 22 дня назад +15

    Anyone looking for a quick answer: Gamepass PC only gets 2 dollar more expensive - Console Users get F*ed hard with massive price increases!
    Microsoft further paving the road for a future without consoles.

  • @epiceg9464
    @epiceg9464 22 дня назад +196

    before anyone tries to defend Microsoft for their changes, please remember this. They can change the definition of what a 'day one game' is and will bend that definition to milk customers dry. my advice if you wanna protest, cancel your subscrption. They wont listen until it hurts their bottom line

    • @reservoirfrogs2177
      @reservoirfrogs2177 22 дня назад +7

      They won’t listen even when it hits their bottom line. Let em take the L

    • @xblmamisliebhaber5772
      @xblmamisliebhaber5772 22 дня назад +7

      Dunno what you talkin about. MS run the upgrade gamepass core to ultimate way to cheap since it started. used 3years for 130€ and now since they changed the price it went down to 2 years (in my case for 150€).
      Its still a good price for the amoung of games.
      I dont wanna know how many people have a sub in netflix, prime, and whatever is out there without even using it. The "free" days are over, you all want to get paid!

    • @trentgaskill1278
      @trentgaskill1278 22 дня назад +8

      @@epiceg9464 why would I cancel a good deal

    • @Giliver
      @Giliver 22 дня назад +9

      ​@@xblmamisliebhaber5772meh its not a good price since most people don't even utilize it properly.
      Most people that buy gamepass would be better off buying the games outright

    • @AJediKnight1
      @AJediKnight1 22 дня назад

      @@xblmamisliebhaber5772 This is what i usually do although when September 18th 2024 comes around you can only stack up to 13 months. And mine doesn't run out until next year so i cant stack it, im pretty sure if you try to stack when you already have a current membership it will give you a message saying you already have gp core/ultimate please give this code to a friend. Honestly i wasn't planning on renewing as i want to play the games i own.

  • @vedaryan334
    @vedaryan334 22 дня назад +27

    Btw on that hotline miami thing , anyone who wants something like hotline miami thats also its own thing i can't recommend katana zero enough. Amazing weird trippy story, gameplay is amazing where you are a sword wielding samurai killing thugs with guns , and you can parry bullets in bullet time but by the end you'll be good enough to do it in real time which feels amazing

    • @JohnDoe-uf3lj
      @JohnDoe-uf3lj 22 дня назад +1

      OTXO also isn’t a bad spiritual successor

    • @ember4303
      @ember4303 20 дней назад +1

      There's also Garage: Bad Trip and Hong Kong Massacre. Neither are particularly long games but they're both solid hotline Miami type experiences

    • @MrBlueWaooWaoo
      @MrBlueWaooWaoo 19 дней назад

      KATANA ZERO SWEEP
      TEN BILLION COPIES SOLD IN THE MONTH OF JULY

    • @cassun603
      @cassun603 18 дней назад

      oh yeah its amazing

  • @ClexYoshi
    @ClexYoshi 22 дня назад +22

    EDIT: I learned some information that suddenly makes this seemingly pedantic hate of Dawntrail make WAY more sense. Trans rights are human rights.
    yeah, the Dawntrail reception is... honestly very odd to me? I quite enjoyed what Creative Business Unit 3 laid down with a 2-tiered story about legacy and moving forward while paying proper tribute to that mantle you wear going forward. I liked the new cast and was generally greatful that the more narratively explored characters took a supporting role.
    It's refreshing not having everyone worship the ground the Warrior of Light walks upon and having it be all about the WoL. that's been the chief complaint I've read in reviews.

    • @Sasorislovery
      @Sasorislovery 22 дня назад +10

      I feel like a lot of people walked in expecting something as grandiose as Endwalker was when that should have never been the case. Endwalker was the finale to a 10 year buildup and the devs have already been saying that this is basically a vacation from everything and was going to be experimental. Seems like a lot of people didn’t like that the spotlight wasn’t constantly on the anymore either but I personally loved going to a new place I know nothing about and acting as a new warrior’s mentor.

    • @Albern1
      @Albern1 21 день назад

      I feel like people forgot we weren't the main focus of the story until Shadowbringers. Heavensward had Alphinaud and Stormblood had Lyse as their MC's, so it's fun just being along for the ride on this adventure again!

    • @lookyhyur5584
      @lookyhyur5584 20 дней назад

      I've been seeing a lot of people who didn't enjoy the story being told they didn't like it because they weren't the center of attention. Personally I would of loved a good story where I was a side character.

    • @LuckyTrouble777
      @LuckyTrouble777 19 дней назад

      I freaking loved the DT story. I appreciated just being along for the adventure and being a highly skilled friend, while the world and character building were both excellent. I did all the story and have done nearly all the side content, and I have zero complaints. I actually like it far more than Endwalker. I feel like the dungeon and trial design are tighter, while Endwalker felt like it wasn't really made for me as someone that only started playing when 6.2 was the new hot patch. Dawntrail feels like it was made for anyone new or old to get invested in.

  • @AlwayzFresh
    @AlwayzFresh 22 дня назад +69

    Yikes, this is very bad. I was already on the edge of canceling my gamepass sub since I don't play many Xbox first party games anymore. I never play Cod, so no value there. Peace Xbox.

    • @svcolonel89
      @svcolonel89 22 дня назад

      But your subscription isn’t changing though

    • @LogicbyDesign
      @LogicbyDesign 22 дня назад +5

      @@svcolonel89if he doesn’t use ultimate it is

    • @immorttalis
      @immorttalis 22 дня назад +12

      I recently cancelled my sub too. It's just been sitting there "just in case", but the truth is that it's just free money I've been bleeding to Microsoft for most of last year.

  • @Wraiven22
    @Wraiven22 22 дня назад +13

    19:12 “Transfpormers” I thought it was going to be a parody game because of that 😂

  • @Shinigginaz
    @Shinigginaz 22 дня назад +29

    ok what the hell is with the aggressive interlaced effect on this video

  • @DanXcel
    @DanXcel 22 дня назад +15

    If people are upset with the new Gamepass offerings I suggest voting with your wallet and cancelling your subscription.

    • @gamingcantina9157
      @gamingcantina9157 22 дня назад +3

      I'll just keep getting my game pass ultimate subscription off a key selling website for 10 bucks a month lol

    • @AA-BB
      @AA-BB 22 дня назад

      No thanks

    • @yomamasohot6411
      @yomamasohot6411 22 дня назад +1

      ​@@AA-BB are you upse5 with new GP prices?

  • @GlitchKnight
    @GlitchKnight 22 дня назад +113

    Ah yes, the enshittification begins

  • @ToothpasteJuice
    @ToothpasteJuice 22 дня назад +10

    I was just about to get game pass ultimate because I have an Amazon fire stick, but damn, in this economy??

  • @AgnizSky
    @AgnizSky 22 дня назад +19

    Is it just me or does this video have weird horizontal lines all over, reducing the visual clarity of the video, even at 1080p quality?

  • @queenmarsia
    @queenmarsia 22 дня назад +199

    just cancelled my gamepass subscription!

    • @RedwolfEDC
      @RedwolfEDC 22 дня назад +8

      Cry baby 😆

    • @unnamed3086
      @unnamed3086 22 дня назад +25

      I don’t mind a price increase given the cost of ABK, however, the way they handled this was awful. They claimed back in June that game pass console would have black ops 6 day one only to completely remove it as an option. I’m at my last stage of justifying gamepass so another price increase will be the end of my subscription also

    • @theydisintegrate
      @theydisintegrate 22 дня назад +34

      I cancelled mine after a few dozen hours of Starfield

    • @AlwayzFresh
      @AlwayzFresh 22 дня назад +23

      Same, I was already on the edge for last few months and this just turfed it's value for me since Cod is a no go. Peace Xbox.

    • @hugooliveira5578
      @hugooliveira5578 22 дня назад +1

      Mine is active until August 2025. Let's see if I continue my subscription after that.

  • @LilFeralGangrel
    @LilFeralGangrel 22 дня назад +44

    Subscription services inevitably enshittify. Happens every time.

    • @Spartanfred104
      @Spartanfred104 22 дня назад

      It's called capitalism, they are capitlising on the fact that everything cost more so why the fuck not?

  • @tinfoilfox
    @tinfoilfox 22 дня назад +63

    Why does this video look interlaced? or like it was filmed off a monitor?

    • @aumshukla3178
      @aumshukla3178 22 дня назад +8

      Exactly my thoughts! I was like wtf is going on!

    • @gastondelacaze4863
      @gastondelacaze4863 22 дня назад +6

      Same! I thought my monitor had an issue, but no.

    • @james-andrew-adams
      @james-andrew-adams 22 дня назад +4

      Yep, it hurts my head. It's really rough.

    • @tb_eest
      @tb_eest 22 дня назад +6

      I assume some sort of misconfiguration when exporting the video from whatever editing software was used.

    • @codyforet8394
      @codyforet8394 22 дня назад

      Glad it's not just me

  • @Texelion3Dprints
    @Texelion3Dprints 22 дня назад +5

    "The six people who bought a Wii U". No, only one person bought all six : Scott the Woz.

  • @ChannelKit
    @ChannelKit 22 дня назад +85

    Microsoft only knows two things: Raise price and layoff employee

    • @mitchkeith6872
      @mitchkeith6872 22 дня назад +11

      And release mediocre 30 fps exclusives

    • @SageWon-1aussie
      @SageWon-1aussie 21 день назад +5

      Hey, they also buy good games and ruin them.
      Check Diablo and CoD next year heya.

    • @csortitoutseul
      @csortitoutseul 21 день назад +3

      What about buying up and coming studios and then shutting them down 😢

    • @mreel3488
      @mreel3488 21 день назад +2

      Like Sony.

    • @ChannelKit
      @ChannelKit 21 день назад +1

      @@mreel3488 braindead response

  • @mikesadorf
    @mikesadorf 22 дня назад +7

    Really appreciate all of the hard work that goes into everyone of these videos, and no shade to the editors, but what on Earth happen to all of the gameplay footage this week? Crushed bitrate and...is that interlacing? I know Australia has bandwidth issues, but talk about a throwback to the early days of RUclips compression.

  • @Juno500
    @Juno500 22 дня назад +6

    It's not surprising at all that Dawntrail's launch would have more concurrent users than ShB or Endwalker, they've added at least 16 more servers since EW came out- they simply have more capacity. EW's launch was a mess particularly because the pandemic and chip shortage meant that Square could not get the supplies necessary to build more servers, and as such they were not able to expand capacity to meet demand.

  • @micheljolicoeur6094
    @micheljolicoeur6094 21 день назад +3

    The kicker for First Descendant that all Warframe players will notice is that there is NO player to player trading and that the items to double you mod capacity can only be bought with real money. You get two Exchangers (FD equivalent of WF pototoes) during the campaign, the rest must be purchased for real money.
    Also, remember six months ago Nexon was fined for removing chase loot drops in Maple Story..

  • @fracture4047
    @fracture4047 22 дня назад +7

    The dog winning that game was unexpectedly hilarious and heartwarming

  • @Vinn_Tree
    @Vinn_Tree 22 дня назад +39

    Damn studio closures and then price increases. Wow so surprised

    • @Shiv-ym1rr
      @Shiv-ym1rr 21 день назад +1

      Something something best economic system ever invented

    • @fred6907
      @fred6907 17 дней назад

      @@Shiv-ym1rr As if you could replace it with ANYTHING better.

    • @fred6907
      @fred6907 17 дней назад

      The market is insanely oversaturated, of course there's going to be layoffs. I could be an unemployed bum playing videogames 24/7, and I have NO chance of catching up to all the releases. This applies to any market that is flooded with garbage quality crap. That's how the free market regulates itself, by going towards equilibrium.

    • @Shiv-ym1rr
      @Shiv-ym1rr 16 дней назад

      @@fred6907 exactly, there's never been anything better

    • @Shiv-ym1rr
      @Shiv-ym1rr 16 дней назад

      @@fred6907 come on bro, everything is getting more expensive, people are getting shot because of the colour of their skin and billionaires are stealing our money. Why do you even follow skill up, he's unapologetically anti millionaire CEOs

  • @HollowHouse3
    @HollowHouse3 22 дня назад +15

    Is it just me or are there like weird scanlines on the gameplay footage?

    • @gee-forr
      @gee-forr 22 дня назад +2

      Same for me. Must be a bad render :(

  • @Reelix
    @Reelix 22 дня назад +14

    A question you ask is why someone would play The First Descendant when there's Warframe (And Destiny)
    The simple answer? I've literally done everything in Warframe. 6,000 hours, L4, own everything, done everything, enough plat to buy whatever I want, etc.
    It's more something to pass the time in the genre whilst waiting for something new from DE :p

    • @jesse1086
      @jesse1086 22 дня назад

      plus the onboarding for those 2 games sucks for new pkayers. Ive tried them both this year when suicide squad gave me the looter itch but couldnt scratch it. Destiny is loaded with DLC locks. almost everything you try to click is blocked by dlc. warframe was just confusing. i literallt couldnt figure out what to do.
      furthermore, idk what people have against the gameplay. I started out with Boob Window (the freeze character) and her abilities trumped anything i played in my 10 hours in destiny in terms of fun. In destiny i had like a grenade, a float, and a healing circle? with her i got a grenade, this cool ice trail abilities that gives a speed boost and laces the ground with freeze, a sick frozen attack that underhand chucks freeze at enemies stopping them in place , and a high damage ultimate blizzard to take down huge groups. Super fun, super engaging, and thats just one character. ve unlocked 3 for free in the first week. destiny i dont think i ever got to change. same with warframe. Not to mention - GRAPPLING HOOK BABY. Very fun universal mechanic.
      even furthermore, whats witht he lack of nuance in regards to the store? there are ultimate characters, and they cost $50 yes (theres 3 of them) but the remaining 12 characters are literally $6 a piece. and ALL of them are unlockable for free with gameplay. I think the player count really shows the truth here. theyve got a good game with good bones and it will only get better as time goes on. meanwhile warframe and destiny are DINOSAURS. very good games but very old. same reason people will play concord and that marvel hero shooter when they come out. overwatch is 9 years old bruv.

    • @deathgorilla782
      @deathgorilla782 21 день назад

      ​@jesse1086 the shooting in Descendant doesn't feel as good as in Destiny or Warframe, the shooting is what gets me.

  • @mukkah
    @mukkah 22 дня назад +11

    4:46 EVERY GAMER who gives a sh!t about games and is tired of being bleed for $$ needs to listen to this bit
    ~a random canadian subscriber dude

    • @Drstrange3000
      @Drstrange3000 22 дня назад

      I'm so tired of the manipulation. FUCK THESE COMPANIES.

  • @pongsapaksajjapong7728
    @pongsapaksajjapong7728 22 дня назад +13

    Am i the only one seeing this video is 1080interlaced?

  • @call_me_maple
    @call_me_maple 22 дня назад +7

    Not gonna lie, all this talk at the beginning of the financial side of gaming made my eyes glaze over. They're getting greedier and screwing over consumers in the process. I'll just continue to stay far away from Apex and honestly anything that modern day EA has to offer. But it's sad to see what's happening at Xbox with the gamepass situation, that used to be a genuinely excellent deal, too bad, guess I won't be renewing my subscription after all.

  • @Jwh019
    @Jwh019 22 дня назад +6

    If there was a speed run for good boys, Peanut Butter would hold WR.

  • @peterj4741
    @peterj4741 21 день назад +2

    Holy sh* t that Andy Williams closeup was terrifying

  • @danf6513
    @danf6513 22 дня назад +68

    The not so subtle anti-corporatocracy in SkillUp videos unironically makes a great channel even better

    • @mr.p215
      @mr.p215 22 дня назад +2

      if you ofcourse ignore the fact that he simps for Xbox most of the time.

    • @katamarankatamaranovich9986
      @katamarankatamaranovich9986 22 дня назад +16

      I wish more people would mention CEO payouts when reporting layoffs to expose the corporate "we had to do it" bs

    • @danf6513
      @danf6513 22 дня назад +6

      @@mr.p215 eh? he does? hadn't noticed that and I'm a PS5 and PC enjoyer

    • @ericwindsor339
      @ericwindsor339 22 дня назад +5

      @@mr.p215 how does he in any way simp for Xbox lmao. If anything the one he simps for the most is Nintendo, and its always justified when he does

    • @DEETEE818
      @DEETEE818 22 дня назад +1

      @@mr.p215 this can’t be serious

  • @richardsylvester4518
    @richardsylvester4518 22 дня назад +81

    Another nail in the xbox coffin

    • @unnamed3086
      @unnamed3086 22 дня назад

      @@richardsylvester4518did you watch Xbox’s showcase? They have a better lineup of upcoming games than any other platform

    • @camper5579
      @camper5579 22 дня назад +15

      Its starting to be hard to find a place for more nails

    • @Metalmanijak
      @Metalmanijak 22 дня назад +6

      Everyone with more than 2 braincells saw this coming from miles away

    • @Syldarin
      @Syldarin 22 дня назад +6

      @@Metalmanijakits that a defence of Xbox scummy practices or just stupidity?

    • @LogicbyDesign
      @LogicbyDesign 22 дня назад +6

      @@Syldarin no I think he is just being sarcastic and saying that anyone paying attention saw this coming and the idiots are the ones who defended these mergers and shady practices. He wasn’t defending Microsoft lol

  • @jonathanstorms4530
    @jonathanstorms4530 22 дня назад +7

    Getting a Squad Busters ad during the Squad Busters segment is the highlight of my day. Felt appropriately intrusive for the product.

    • @greed-1914
      @greed-1914 21 день назад

      Stuff like that just reminds me that companies are constantly tracking what we do. I get ads for games when the video subject is customer backlash against a game. All it does is recognize that the words were said and pull an ad. There is no understanding of context.

  • @Zamuel7
    @Zamuel7 21 день назад +5

    This video look 720p , interlaced, and less than 30fps. Not sure what happened, maybe you used the wrong codec when exporting the vid?

  • @ScytheNoire
    @ScytheNoire 22 дня назад +5

    Why are all the video clips interlaced?

  • @dottormaelstrom
    @dottormaelstrom 22 дня назад +7

    Is there something funky going on with the interlacing or is it just my phone?

  • @mitchellwallace5419
    @mitchellwallace5419 22 дня назад +2

    Please bring back the "Please Don't Skip This" so many great indies and smaller titles I'd have loved a full review from you this season.

  • @AltEzio15
    @AltEzio15 22 дня назад +4

    Nintendo publishing a weird teaser trailer for what is seemingly a first party M rated horror game like 45 minutes before this video went up is absolutely the This Week In Videogames Curse

  • @MrCoolinschool
    @MrCoolinschool 22 дня назад +55

    “One pull is an S tier Estinien, the next is an F tier Lyse”
    Fucking OOF 😂

  • @guillermomillan3525
    @guillermomillan3525 22 дня назад +27

    This will clearly help on the stagnant increase on gamepass subs...

    • @shittysingingaccount
      @shittysingingaccount 22 дня назад

      They clearly don’t think so…and tbh they have the better insight

    • @greed-1914
      @greed-1914 21 день назад +3

      It's the same thing as video streaming. They are giving up on increasing subscribers and focusing on squeezing the ones they have.

  • @TroneFP
    @TroneFP 20 дней назад +2

    Mr. Shill, you mentioned the 49 people sacked from Gameloft in Toronto but forgot about them closing a studio in Cluj Napoca with over 150+ people :P.

  • @DerpyDerpums
    @DerpyDerpums 22 дня назад +3

    I work in a warehouse and the heat makes me want to die. That's how my dry July is going

  • @Solo13508
    @Solo13508 22 дня назад +19

    As someone who has loved Apex Legends ever since season 0 it really is disheartening to see EA throwing away years worth of goodwill. I only hope that this gets reverted and somehow the game will survive through all this.

    • @muzamilnabinadroo
      @muzamilnabinadroo 22 дня назад +3

      If you are calling the way EA has been torturously monetizing Apex legends for the past 4-5 years as a Goodwill then i think you are either too rich to feel the brunt of the monetization or you haven't played the game at all.

    • @Solo13508
      @Solo13508 22 дня назад +2

      @@muzamilnabinadroo The "goodwill" is the clear love and dedication that Respawn has put towards the game, not monetization. My point is that it's a shame to see all of that being tainted because of EA's stereotypically money-grubbing attitude. Would've thought they learned their lesson back during the Battlefront 2 fiasco but I guess they still don't understand that corporate interference will never make gamers happy.

  • @dallaspag3663
    @dallaspag3663 22 дня назад +3

    I love getting reminded of the day before scam everytime I click a skill up video

  • @datacentre81
    @datacentre81 22 дня назад +2

    Take a drink every time SkillUp says that Horizon isn't a very popular IP

  • @ern_hrothgar
    @ern_hrothgar 22 дня назад +6

    Horizontal lines in that video makes me sick 💩

  • @darker15243
    @darker15243 22 дня назад +3

    The boku news is huge for anyone who is a fan of the incredible action button reviews

  • @PhantomHalf
    @PhantomHalf 22 дня назад +3

    Fucking wild how you remake dead space have it be insanely good and then immediately cancel it

  • @jaidonxc
    @jaidonxc 22 дня назад +2

    Editor did you dirty at the end of the demon slayer party segment 💀

  • @jimmya486
    @jimmya486 22 дня назад +4

    Dry July?! In new Orleans it won't stop raining! Lucky you!

  • @MrDiemudda
    @MrDiemudda 22 дня назад +3

    I can hear the smile in the voice when mentioning Mods for Stellar blade 😂

  • @Lord-Cyrus
    @Lord-Cyrus 22 дня назад +10

    This was the least surprising thing Xbox could do imo. A price increase was always in the cards and only putting new games Day 1 on Ultimate was something I personally found a sensible idea months ago to not make Xbox bleed cash with every new release. Game development is expensive and, because Game Pass massively cuts into sales, they wouldn't for all eternity subsidize it.

    • @ellipsisYTB
      @ellipsisYTB 22 дня назад +8

      I wish the 'games' that they spent so much money on developing were any good. They have absolutely nothing to show for after all these years. Only price increases for Gamepass.

  • @Julio0o
    @Julio0o 22 дня назад +2

    The enshittification of Game Pass has finally arrived. It was inevitable, but it had a good run

  • @Road_to_Dawn
    @Road_to_Dawn 20 дней назад +1

    17:52 My Japanese is still a WIP so correct me if I’m wrong, but I believe “Boku no Natsu Yasumi” translates to “My Summer Break” or “My Summer Vacation”, which is probably the most cozy-game title I’ve ever heard lol

  • @robs_at_it9579
    @robs_at_it9579 22 дня назад +5

    I think its hilarious how everyone only blames EA. My bet, Respawn is just as much at fault, they're most likely just like bungie.

  • @Camad
    @Camad 22 дня назад +4

    What the hell is going on with the visuals in this episode? It actually hurts my eyes a little bit. I assume it's to avoid copyright strikes, but there has to be a better way than whatever youve tried here.

  • @AlafinGaming
    @AlafinGaming 20 дней назад +1

    FYI Cataclismo is comming out on 22.07, they moved the release of early access.

  • @Lucax97
    @Lucax97 21 день назад +1

    The problem with Gamepass is that it isn't Netflix or Apple Music. Those are entrenched services which have long shaped how we consume music and film/tv.
    Gamepass is still relatively new, and given it's attached to the worst selling console, they don't have a level of command over their customers that Disney does when they increase their prices.

  • @yeetskeetbam6918
    @yeetskeetbam6918 22 дня назад +45

    Well, here goes XBOX axing their already dwindling console series.

    • @Yetewt
      @Yetewt 22 дня назад +2

      Lol do u know how many good games are on gamepass? Like bffr.

    • @yomamasohot6411
      @yomamasohot6411 22 дня назад

      I would be surprised if they manage to outsell Xbox One this gen

  • @justindenton599
    @justindenton599 22 дня назад +4

    19:10 Man I fucking love some Transfpormers

  • @maximnewman2483
    @maximnewman2483 22 дня назад +4

    Ralph did you just say all platforms bar the switch in reference to the Demon slayer game? The footage you’re showing there is it running on the switch, with the joycons being on the screen. Unless I misunderstood what you said.

    • @DuyLeNguyen
      @DuyLeNguyen 21 день назад

      That's because it was already out on the Switch a few months ago. This upcoming release is for all the other platform, so the statement is correct, this release will be for all non-Switch systems.

  • @blary5298
    @blary5298 22 дня назад +4

    First Descendant story, monetization trash but the game-play is actually fun. I haven't spent a dime and still having fun 15 hours later.

  • @Kai-hn3ux
    @Kai-hn3ux 22 дня назад +6

    Bye bye game pass

  • @thefella131
    @thefella131 22 дня назад +43

    Brb just going to cancel my subscription.

    • @s4ds4d
      @s4ds4d 22 дня назад

      🧢🧢🧢

    • @cwj2733
      @cwj2733 22 дня назад

      @@s4ds4d cap to stop giving a shit company your money. what a shill

    • @AA-BB
      @AA-BB 22 дня назад +4

      No you’re not

    • @ghostfvce0
      @ghostfvce0 22 дня назад +4

      No you’re not, you’re going to keep paying and thank MS for at least lubing it up before they put it in.

    • @JGarrison51285
      @JGarrison51285 22 дня назад +1

      If y'all are crying about having to set aside a measley $20 Bill every thirty days to keep your sub up then what else will you cry about how much electric you pay this month?🤣

  • @StarScream777
    @StarScream777 22 дня назад +2

    Xbox showcase: Play day one on gamepass
    1 month later: so that was a lie

  • @S0ulGh0st
    @S0ulGh0st 21 день назад

    The dog playing is one of the most wholesome things it'll happen this year!

  • @The_Drewid
    @The_Drewid 22 дня назад +4

    Am I crazy, or is there some serious video compression in this episode? Even with the quality set to 1080.

  • @Epicguy456
    @Epicguy456 22 дня назад +45

    It’s almost like a subscription model is not a sustainable business strategy

    • @imo098765
      @imo098765 22 дня назад +6

      not growing in 2 years would do that, selling less than Xbox one in the US would do that too

    • @matsuu4203
      @matsuu4203 22 дня назад +7

      It works (see FFXIV, carrying Square Enix's ass before ff7R and 16) its just that you actually need to be putting in effort with your product and not just be in it for the money to ensure people stay and continue to subscribe.

    • @Giliver
      @Giliver 22 дня назад +9

      It literally is though wtf are you on about?
      Where do you get this stupid idea that it isn't? Because countless devs have come out and said otherwise.

    • @kamurotetsu4860
      @kamurotetsu4860 22 дня назад +5

      A Netflix style of games vs an FF14 MMO subscription is not the same thing. Game Pass and PS+ is not sustainable.

    • @Tracker947
      @Tracker947 22 дня назад +3

      It's sustainable, which is the problem for Microsoft. They don't want to sustain, they want to keep pushing for more and more.

  • @RafunkV
    @RafunkV 21 день назад +1

    The interlacing combined with youtube bitrate is destroying my eyes. Why is it like this lol

  • @LesserKnownMedia
    @LesserKnownMedia 21 день назад

    That interlacing is pretty rough. Not sure what's going on, but hope it gets sorted out soon. Thanks for the news/content!

  • @maskedspartan7397
    @maskedspartan7397 22 дня назад +4

    Guys, stop paying for subscriptions, stop buying battlepasses, stop playing games that enforce these. Speak with your damn wallets. Buy Pokemon cards or something. At least those are tangible, accrues value and are yours to keep forever

  • @nikzah5041
    @nikzah5041 22 дня назад +2

    Is it just me or the video looks interpolated?.. Like 1080i would look, lots of thin horizontal lines

  • @njsteere
    @njsteere 22 дня назад +2

    Battlefield 2024
    Transpformers
    26:59 “all platforms bar the switch” as joycons are on screen
    Ralph about to go spray water at Austin thru the bars of his editor cage 😂

  • @izzy4bitney
    @izzy4bitney 21 день назад

    Not me getting a Squad Busters ad right after that segment started 😅

  • @producedagains808
    @producedagains808 22 дня назад +12

    Let’s gooooooo. I’ve been commenting this every “this week in video games” for many months now 😂

  • @furyrageguy5728
    @furyrageguy5728 22 дня назад +6

    Ah classic CEOs, they announce huge layoffs and right after that they increase the price for their services

  • @Jean-Poule_II
    @Jean-Poule_II 22 дня назад +2

    Not MICROSOFT trying to build a huge gaming and entertainment empire/monopoly! 😱😱😱 Who could have seen that comming! Hopefully antitrust regulations will be enforced by the respective offices and agencies to protect customers and ensure this doesn't happen! 🤞🤞🤞

  • @Rugerfred
    @Rugerfred 19 дней назад +1

    The quantity of interlace in this video is killing me.

  • @FruitPnchYan
    @FruitPnchYan 22 дня назад +10

    is it just me or does all the gameplay footage look pixelly or something?

    • @wsl107
      @wsl107 22 дня назад +9

      It is interlaced for some reason.

    • @boxhead6177
      @boxhead6177 22 дня назад +1

      Interlacing artifacts from RUclips playing silly buggers with the compression.

  • @97BEHEMOTH
    @97BEHEMOTH 22 дня назад +9

    Oh is it really dry July already? And I was just about to sign back up for games pass… back to the bottle I guess

  • @TReynard11
    @TReynard11 22 дня назад +1

    Great video as always but nothing on the Riven remake?! It's doing very well!

  • @heromedley
    @heromedley 22 дня назад +2

    ngl ZZZs gacha doesnt even sound as predatory as the whole apex battlepass fiasco.