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[The Fartist]

Not the same. https://osf.io/jrw26/

Imagine defending mainstream media.

 

[Murdoch]

44:27 if you get the feed through Spotify they usually put timestamps in the description

I'm watching on YouTube, which video is it?

 

[ByWatterson]

LOL, keep it up guys.

 

[AmuroChan]

Any specific quote or context on this?
From everything I've heard him say on his show I wouldn't be surprised if he watched Fox new, but it doesn't sound like he is some blind believer who uses that channel to form his opinion and takes everything they say as facts.

I've listened to him since the Beyond days and I've literally never heard him say anything about watching Fox News. If anything he's a huge critic of all things "old media". As far as I know, the only thing he watches on TV is live sports.

 

[Unknown?]

Colin likes Fox News... if you can watch that hyperbole without seeing through the BS, it makes me question his opinion on anything.

I bet your choice of corporate media is so much better though, right?

 

[diffusionx]

Not the same. https://osf.io/jrw26/

IS THAT... AN ACADEMIC STUDY!?!?

 

[DannyDanger]

Damn I wanna watch it

So it's not public yet?

 

[AmuroChan]

Damn I wanna watch it

So it's not public yet?

It will become public tomorrow.

 

[skit_data]

Listening to the episode now, pretty damn insane how it went down. I feel sorry for Dustin but Colins rant was pretty damn fire.

 

[PeteBull]

LOL, keep it up guys.

Talent always wins, lack of talent always loses, they got much worse vs gt times/early eza(coz lost members, all the super woke takes) so ofc less ppl watch/donate, thats how capitalism/competition works, personally i watch everything from kyle's bosman channel coz its at least intriguing, and fresh, instead of super boring like what current eza is.

 

[ByWatterson]

Talent always wins, lack of talent always loses, they got much worse vs gt times/early eza(coz lost members, all the super woke takes) so ofc less ppl watch/donate, thats how capitalism/competition works, personally i watch everything from kyle's bosman channel coz its at least intriguing, and fresh, instead of super boring like what current eza is.

Yes.

And let's do the math: that's $25,000 per month, 300K (plus ads) a year divided between seven people.

This company won't exist in 18 months.

 

[Shifty1897]

I just listened to Sacred Symbols. Really sad to see something like this (continue to) happen, I especially take umbrage with attacking Dustin, who is by all accounts a very nice and thoughtful guy who did nothing wrong. What EZA did is beyond fucked up.

 

[Kenneth Haight]

Just got done listening to this segment. Colin’s justified in everything he said, he does get a bit animated and over-angry but who cares. It’s his show and he has the right to say it as it is.

EZA is pandering to the vocal minority over basically nothing. their agenda is so shallow, no differing view points allowed. truly patehtic. wont be giving them a click ever again even though I do enjoy their reviews at times.

 

[Chuck Berry]

Which episode is this? The timestamp? Is it on Spotify?

 

[DragoonKain]

The episodes hit Youtube at noon EST

 

[StueyDuck]

LOL, keep it up guys.

That consistent decline when it became purple allies or Islas allies or whatever term you want to use.

I unsubbed a fair time before that happened but unsubbed from their YT feeds around the time it became a propaganda outlet.

Without bosman and Jones steering the ship they've lost all credibility.

Honestly Huber, Brad and Don should jump ship before it's completely sunk, do their own thing. Their audience now are shit stains. The same wanks that follow kinda funny, you can see its those mentally unstable losers who pushed Ben out of it. He was having a bad time before leaving, it looked like he felt so pressured to be woke that no matter how woke he was he still got shit online and got attacked and ejected as soon as the ian->Isla stuff happened

Blood to me seems like he'd be pretty happy moving away from gaming altogether and consume it as a past time.

Damiani... well... great Nintendo insight but he doesn't really gel with anyone in my opinion, even the guests he invites on for friend code

 

[Men_in_Boxes]

"Guys, I think there's going to be real pushback if XBox buys another publisher. They just don't need one."

Colin isn't bright.

 

[OmegaSupreme]

"Guys, I think there's going to be real pushback if XBox buys another publisher. They just don't need one."

Colin isn't bright.

What's wrong with that statement?

 

[AmuroChan]

That consistent decline when it became purple allies or Islas allies or whatever term you want to use.

I unsubbed a fair time before that happened but unsubbed from their YT feeds around the time it became a propaganda outlet.

Without bosman and Jones steering the ship they've lost all credibility.

Honestly Huber, Brad and Don should jump ship before it's completely sunk, do their own thing. Their audience now are shit stains. The same wanks that follow kinda funny, you can see its those mental unstable losers pushed Ben out of it. He was having a bad time before leaving, it looked like he felt so pressured to be woke that no matter how woke he was he still got shit online and got attacked and ejected as soon as the ian->Isla stuff happened

Blood to me seems like he'd be pretty happy moving away from gaming altogether and consume it as a past time.

Damiani... well... great Nintendo insight but he doesn't really gel with anyone in my opinion, even the guests he invites on for friend code

Yep, I was going to say the same. EZA and KF are basically in the same boat. Their content has just become very stale.

 

[StueyDuck]

Yep, I was going to say the same. EZA and KF are basically in the same boat. Their content has just become very stale.

It's a shame really. There was a podcast golden age where we had kinda funny, easy allies, beyond, unlocked, nvc, gamexplain and so on and so forth (too many to list)

And then they all got infiltrated by the mental sickness that is wokeness.

I had loads of these podcast subbed on patreon and YT, now I have basically none besides noclip and even then it's because I find the work good, Danny is still a huge chop like the rest of these idiots but he puts out good shit

 

[Men_in_Boxes]

What's wrong with that statement?

Microsoft doesn't live in the same world Colin thinks it does. If XBox thinks it's in their best interest to buy Take 2 or Ubisoft, they will do so. This "doesn't need" concept is childish and is completely foreign to a company who wants to drive marketshare + revenue + profit.

Colin is saying things I'd hear my friends at the 5th grade lunch table say. Pure childish fanboyism.

 

[saintjules]

Ok, I just read about 15 posts in the EZA thread on the purple site. Doom and Gloom.

Link possibly?

 

[ByWatterson]

"Guys, I think there's going to be real pushback if XBox buys another publisher. They just don't need one."

Colin isn't bright.

He's arguably the smartest person in this space.

What?

 

[graywolf323]

Microsoft doesn't live in the same world Colin thinks it does. If XBox thinks it's in their best interest to buy Take 2 or Ubisoft, they will do so. This "doesn't need" concept is childish and is completely foreign to a company who wants to drive marketshare + revenue + profit.

Colin is saying things I'd hear my friends at the 5th grade lunch table say. Pure childish fanboyism.

…what? Xbox at this point after the ABK acquisition has something like 40 internal studios & nearly double the amount PlayStation has IIRC, they really don’t ‘need’ any more heck you could argue they didn’t need ABK either (since they had more studios than SIE after the Zenimax acquisition)

are you really going to argue that they need Take 2 or Ubisoft? frankly the childish fanboyism is claiming that, not what Colin said (and I’m not just saying that because I’m also named Colin )

 

[OmegaSupreme]

Microsoft doesn't live in the same world Colin thinks it does. If XBox thinks it's in their best interest to buy Take 2 or Ubisoft, they will do so. This "doesn't need" concept is childish and is completely foreign to a company who wants to drive marketshare + revenue + profit.

Colin is saying things I'd hear my friends at the 5th grade lunch table say. Pure childish fanboyism.

Do you really think they could buy up the industry if they wanted? Talk about childish ignorance and fanboyism. They have more than enough ip now to be competitive. They don't need any more at all.

 

[saintjules]

Damn I wanna watch it

So it's not public yet?

It will become public tomorrow.

This it or is it something brand new new?

 

[Men_in_Boxes]

…what? Xbox at this point after the ABK acquisition has something like 40 internal studios & nearly double the amount PlayStation has IIRC, they really don’t ‘need’ any more heck you could argue they didn’t need ABK either (since they had more studios than SIE after the Zenimax acquisition)

are you really going to argue that they need Take 2 or Ubisoft? frankly the childish fanboyism is claiming that, not what Colin said (and I’m not just saying that because I’m also named Colin )

Again, "don't need" is not something companies like Microsoft comprehend.

They don't buy based on needs. They buy based on what will help them achieve more marketshare + revenue + profits.

Twitter blowback from console warriors is a laughable worry for XBox. The question is whether or not it's worth it for them to continue expanding or are they running into diminished returns.

 

[Men_in_Boxes]

Do you really think they could buy up the industry if they wanted? Talk about childish ignorance and fanboyism. They have more than enough ip now to be competitive. They don't need any more at all.

No one said "buy up the industry".

Could they buy another publisher? Probably.

 

[ByWatterson]

Microsoft doesn't live in the same world Colin thinks it does. If XBox thinks it's in their best interest to buy Take 2 or Ubisoft, they will do so. This "doesn't need" concept is childish and is completely foreign to a company who wants to drive marketshare + revenue + profit.

Colin is saying things I'd hear my friends at the 5th grade lunch table say. Pure childish fanboyism.

They don't need it because it isn't working.

Buying everything and managing nothing well results in market decline, not advancement.

Ask Disney.

 

[OmegaSupreme]

No one said "buy up the industry".

Could they buy another publisher? Probably.

There aren't that many big-time publishers left. I'm not sure you understand what "needs" means. If they make another huge purchase they obviously feel like they need it. I know we talk about ms infinte wealth but they aren't going to spend billions willy-nilly. They want a return on their investments.

 

[AmuroChan]

There aren't that many big-time publishers left. I'm not sure you understand what "needs" means. If they make another huge purchase they obviously feel like they need it. I know we talk about ms infinte wealth but they aren't going to spend billions willy-nilly. They want a return on their investments.

Also, MS already received massive pushbacks from multiple regulatory agencies for the ABK deal. It took months of delays and concessions on MS's part to push the deal through. Colin is right in that the pushback will be even more fierce if MS tries to gobble up another big publisher. The FTC and CMA will be even more scrutinizing next time around if it involves another large publisher.

 

[Men_in_Boxes]

There aren't that many big-time publishers left. I'm not sure you understand what "needs" means. If they make another huge purchase they obviously feel like they need it. I know we talk about ms infinte wealth but they aren't going to spend billions willy-nilly. They want a return on their investments.

Now we're talking about the definition of "need", which is less interesting to me.

Nevertheless, Colin doing the elementary lunch table talking points is pretty cringe. XBox isn't afraid of him crying on future podcasts that they bought Take 2.

 

[OmegaSupreme]

nvm.

 

[Men_in_Boxes]

They don't need it because it isn't working.

Buying everything and managing nothing well results in market decline, not advancement.

Ask Disney.

The ABK deal just went through. Bethesda only recently released their first XBox exclusive.

If you were expecting the turnaround to happen already, you don't know how this industry works.

XBox strategists think in terms of decades. Gamers think in terms of right now.

 

[OmegaSupreme]

The ABK deal just went through. Bethesda only recently released their first XBox exclusive.

If you were expecting the turnaround to happen already, you don't know how this industry works.

XBox strategists think in terms of decades. Gamers think in terms of right now.

You're giving xbox a hell of a lot of credit for some reason I can't figure out. Do you think they planned the abk acquisition 20 years ago? Or was it in order to feed the gamepass machine in an attempt to stay competitive? What sounds more likely? If you really think they have a decades-long strategy what was with the xbox one? That was a horrible fail of a console and a huge downturn from the 360. All part of the master plan?

 

[Dr. Samuel Hayden]

This it or is it something brand new new?

He's right. These people are complete snakes who will stab others in the back at the drop of a hat for the dumbest reasons possible. Fuck em.

 

[Men_in_Boxes]

You're giving xbox a hell of a lot of credit for some reason I can't figure out. Do you think they planned the abk acquisition 20 years ago? Or was it in order to feed the gamepass machine in an attempt to stay competitive? What sounds more likely? If you really think they have a decades-long strategy what was with the xbox one? That was a horrible fail of a console and a huge downturn from the 360. All part of the master plan?

I don't understand why your two scenarios are wrong / put XBox in an unfavorable light?

Microsoft leadership only had a mild curiosity in gaming back in 2002 - 2016. That's why they always operated on a budget significantly smaller than PlayStation.

Then, sometime in 2017 - 2018, Phil Spencer's team convinced Satya Nadella that gaming was a market worth investing in...so Nadella gave them the green light to buy Bethesda + ABK. The effects of which were never supposed to turn the brand around overnight. Bethesda and ABK are about grabbing more and more marketshare over the next 10+ years. That WILL happen unless PlayStations GAAS strategy turns into a massive success.

The GamePass strategy is neither here nor there. Microsoft knows production is what wins wars so they gave themselves a massive production advantage over their closest competitor.

 

[ADiTAR]

Microsoft knows production is what wins wars so they gave themselves a massive production advantage over their closest competitor.

What do you mean by that? I think IPs is what Microsoft bought. So far they haven't done great on production.

 

[ChorizoPicozo]

What do you mean by that? I think IPs is what Microsoft bought. So far they haven't done great on production.

They are not even trying to think things through

 

[Chuck Berry]

Ooooohweeeeee that was a good one, Colin. (Still doesnt top the 2016 election results reaction though )

Man I love seeing him fired up and defending his brand and homies. He really is the only one out there who does this shit with any real integrity.

 

[Men_in_Boxes]

What do you mean by that? I think IPs is what Microsoft bought. So far they haven't done great on production.

They. Just. Bought. A. B. K.

Why do y'all think doubling the size of your production will yield results overnight? Bethesda only just recently started pumping out XBox exclusive games less than a year ago.

The momentum has only just begun for XBox.

 

[ADiTAR]

They. Just. Bought. A. B. K.

Why do y'all think doubling the size of your production will yield results overnight? Bethesda only just recently started pumping out XBox exclusive games less than a year ago.

The momentum has only just begun for XBox.

Could be. We'll have to see where they take it. So far, looking at Bethesda, I wouldn't be optimistic, but things could change.

 

[diffusionx]

They. Just. Bought. A. B. K.

Why do y'all think doubling the size of your production will yield results overnight? Bethesda only just recently started pumping out XBox exclusive games less than a year ago.

The momentum has only just begun for XBox.

just hang on, Xbox-sisters, it's happening.... sometime... sometime...

 

[MacReady13]

Brilliant and savage rant from Colin. They screwed over Dustin and it was a pathetic move from people who listen to those compete fucking morons over at resetera. I struggle to understand how anyone in their right mind would simp for those fucking losers at resetera. Boggles my mind.

 

[Men_in_Boxes]

just hang on, Xbox-sisters, it's happening.... sometime... sometime...

No one with a brain said that before the Bethesda + ABK purchase.

Just because you listened to XBox fanboys when XBox was operating on a shoe string budget, doesn't mean things aren't obviously changing for XBox.

I also like how Colin said "Maybe ABK turns into Embracer group in terms of game quality". The ridiculous fanboy takes are nauseating coming from him.

 

[SteadyEvo]

Do you really think they could buy up the industry if they wanted? Talk about childish ignorance and fanboyism. They have more than enough ip now to be competitive. They don't need any more at all.

But are they competitive at the moment? If not more isn’t a bad thing. I want more acquisitions just to hear fans complain

 

[Chuck Berry]

Brilliant and savage rant from Colin. They screwed over Dustin and it was a pathetic move from people who listen to those compete fucking morons over at resetera. I struggle to understand how anyone in their right mind would simp for those fucking losers at resetera. Boggles my mind.

Absolutely out of fear. Im guessing a massive amount of patrons of theirs are from there. Need to kowtow to maintain funds.

But as Colin was saying, EZA is a sinking ship anyways at this point, so fuck em.

 

[diffusionx]

No one with a brain said that before the Bethesda + ABK purchase.

Just because you listened to XBox fanboys when XBox was operating on a shoe string budget, doesn't mean things aren't obviously changing for XBox.

I also like how Colin said "Maybe ABK turns into Embracer group in terms of game quality". The ridiculous fanboy takes are nauseating coming from him.

I mean, maybe. It's not like MS has handled prior acquisitions that well. Nokia, Skype, LinkedIn, just off the top of my head. And while LinkedIn still exists, it's mostly because MS has left it alone to operate the way it always had, it hasn't changed thier business or anything. And it's also not like MS have handled their internal games that well, either.

 

[Shakka43]

The ABK deal just went through. Bethesda only recently released their first XBox exclusive.

If you were expecting the turnaround to happen already, you don't know how this industry works.

XBox strategists think in terms of decades. Gamers think in terms of right now.

*Their third.

 

[VideoGameEnjoyer]

Talent always wins, lack of talent always loses, they got much worse vs gt times/early eza(coz lost members, all the super woke takes) so ofc less ppl watch/donate, thats how capitalism/competition works, personally i watch everything from kyle's bosman channel coz its at least intriguing, and fresh, instead of super boring like what current eza is.

Of all the million+ youtubers out there trying to get into the gaming scene, I think Bosman is heads and shoulders above everybody at just delivering his thoughts in a reasonable and funny way. He's by far my favorite and wish he had a way bigger following, or even just a dedicated thread. He's great at what he does.

EZA lost 90% of their talent when he walked imo