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Tis the season

You are forced to fight an identicle clone of yourself. They know everything you know and all of your skills and tactics. How do you win?

dat-soldier

i go for the bals they would NEVER expect this

dat-soldier

by talos this cannot be happening

dat-soldier

ewyy

pls love yourself and stop pre-ordering aaa games

mrphish21

this is a joke but people in the notes are missing the point, so id like to try to explain something… I’m in the games industry, i know a lot of people who worked/work in triple a company positions.

preordering a game does *not* say “i trust this dev and they deserve my money to use to make the game that much better”

what it says is “hey boardroom, i will throw money at anything with this logo, even before i know what the game is like”

that boardroom sees that trend. they see theyve made their money back within 2 months of the game being announced… so the next time a lead comes to them and says “we would like to make this game, heres a budget and a timeline” the execs say “well last time we gave you 100 bucks and a full month, but your fans dont really /care/ what game you make, as long as it has our brand. so heres 75 bucks and 3 weeks. make it marketable”

this means more “pre-order exclusives” like cosmetics or different art, filler stuff that a side team can pump out in hours. every store, every platform will have their own version.

pre-orders do nothing but incentivise the shitty money-sponge practices we all hate in games. the point of a pre-order used to be to ensure you got your physical copy, but with most games being digital license anyway, that worry is unrealistic.

However when you wait for reviews, what you show that boardroom is “what we put out actually matters. if we make a shit game, we get shit sales. when we only give a team 2 weeks and a fiver we get shit reviews.”

so… love yourself, stop pre-ordering triple a games.

ewyy

It definitely wasn’t a joke and this is a very good addition to my post, thank you!! You explained really well what I didn’t feel like doing with my one sentence post 🙏

crazilyawesomeme-deactivated202

They’re coming after us now

tgwdlmreprised

oh wow gen z isnt using a site thats mostly used by 40 year old moms sharing minion memes

cactusrabbit-deactivated2019120

Godspeed, young ones. Succeed where we failed. Destroy the beast.

undercoverwizardninjaturtle

onenicebugperday

Geometer Moth, Rhodochlora sp.? by Andreas Kay

mayflame15

guooey

commradequestions

That is the cutest goddamn thing I’ve ever seen

red-berin

joshpeck

yimra-deactivated20250209

Steve Harvey is the only host of anything that I can appreciate

yimra-deactivated20250209

This feels like a fucking comedy skit, like Steve Harvey has the pacing and comedic timing amazing

13threbagel

[ Video Transcript :

Host : Well, your name is Obu?

Obu : Yes sir!

Host : And your last name is Obu?

Obu : Yes sir

(Audience laughter)

Host : Obu Obu

Woman, off screen : You should ask him what his middle name is

Obu : Steve not ready for that (2x) (incoherent audience laughter)

Host : You don't know how ready I am! (Audience laughs) As a matter of fact, we not doing a damn thing until we find out! (More laughter) What is your middle name, Obu?

Obu : It's Obu. (Louder audience laugh)

Host : Obu Obu Obu

Obu : Yes sir! ( Audience laugh) Gotta show some ID?

Host : (softer) now you gotta show them id. You got it on you?

Obu : So the process I go through, go on check that out!

Host : I'll be damn. (More audience laughter and clapping) Your-- who, who named you, Obu obu obu?

Obu : My father.

Host : Father still livin' ?

Obu, pointing off screen : Yes, sir, he's right up there. (audience claps) Yeeaaa my pops yeeeaaaaaa

(Host walks towards the camera and camera flips back n forth to reveal Obu's dad, followed by more audience laughing n clapping)

Host : Yeeaaa yeaa that's who I'm lookin for! (laughter) What's your name, sir?

Obu's dad bellows with echoey sound : Oo~obuu~