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Giant Bombcast - 08/30/16 - Episode 445
- Thread starter daydream
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Antiwhippy
the holder of the trombone
That's what she said?
In NYC for a month, I believe he'll be back for PAX.
Gotcha, thanks.
Technosteve
Banned
I enjoy the OP any dota talk?
MrTroubleMaker
Gold Member
I missed it live again, thanks archive!
SolicitorPirate
Member
Does Jason talk about God Eater?
MassiveNights
Banned
America mocking in GTA is pretty good from my perspective to be honest.
LurkerPrime
Member
I misead Danny as Dan earlier... I feel bad.
ShakaEdit:
ShakaEdit:
It'd be fine if it was funnier
The punchline has been "Ha capitalists" for too long
Death Metalist
Member
Aww yeah, Castlevania OT. Perfect. Great episode as well.
Zeouterlimits
Member
Zero dotesI enjoy the OP any dota talk?
also no Austin so i doubt we'll get another good Beast crew QL for it.
Mad Season
Banned
What's the NMS timestamp? I want to listen on the plane
It's mostly low hanging fruit and hasn't had much variety since the early ones
Yeah, some of it can be alright, but it really is on the nose and repetitive now.
I guess there is value in being blunt but none of the satire is insightful or clever.
MetroidPrimeRib
Banned
Danny I'm American and when I landed in Los Angeles it was immediately reminiscent of GTA V looks wise.
Fantastical
Death Prophet
Jeff's criticism is not that it isn't good but that they haven't evolved their satire.
A Pretty Panda
fuckin' called it, man
Did the advertisers get Jeff to mention an anime character for the Tuxedo ad
The difference os that Dan actually likes those bands and their music. He's not wearing this to be trendy.
Indeed, there are many weird and sometimes frustrating things about Dan Ryckert, but I've always felt he was earnest in his enjoyment of Skynrd and Thin Lizzy et cetera
SatelliteOfLove
Member
Brad also knew a good bit about Trails of Cold Steel 2 during those release talks but is trying to keep that naughty "Anime Editor" sign off his desk again ever since Austin left but we're on to you, Brad.
Baron_Calamity
Member
A bunch of stuff Jeff comment on is just theming at this point. I don't believe that Rockstar continues to do "ammunation" because its still funny as much as they know a large percentage of their audience expects that to be in their GTA game. The story of GTA V wasn't much of a commentary of America as it was a parody of the A-team.
Well, at least for the 404'ing it panel at PAX, it does list this:
Brad Shoemaker [Anime Editor, Giant Bomb]
IT WILL NEVER LEAVE HIM.
m_shortpants
Member
Had no idea Dan got engaged. Congrats to him!
chromatic9
Member
For anyone on the Bombcast looking in and wondering how Polyphony keeps going, is Sony propping them up? They simply sell lots of copies. GT5 cost 60 million to make, even being very conservative factoring in price drops it has to have done 200-250 million and you also had some decent DLC for GT5. GT5P probably paid for GT5 before hand.
I doubt GT6 cost anything close to 60 million to make, should be a decent profit there even though they released while PS4 was out and was kind of silly. I skipped it but bought the previous titles and will get a PS4 one day for GT Sport.
GT6 also passed 5 million, this is an older picture
I doubt GT6 cost anything close to 60 million to make, should be a decent profit there even though they released while PS4 was out and was kind of silly. I skipped it but bought the previous titles and will get a PS4 one day for GT Sport.
GT6 also passed 5 million, this is an older picture
funkystudent
Member
For anyone on the Bombcast looking in and wondering how Polyphony keeps going, is Sony propping them up? They simply sell lots of copies. GT5 cost 60 million to make even being very conservative factoring in price drops it has to have done 200-250 million and you also had some decent DLC for GT5. GT5P probably paid for GT5 before hand.
The old joke was that basically every single GT game on its own (pre GT6) outsold the entire Forza franchise at the time. Gran Turismo was a sales beast. GT6 not so much but it was released at a bad time on the wrong platform.
Still... PD are a shit studio who have been coasting or making bad decisions since GT3. Kind of want GT Sport to fail just to light a fire under them.
chromatic9
Member
Yeah, future of GT might not be so rosy, I think GT6 was a misstep others claim the genre or GT is dying. We'll have to see what GT Sport is, how much it cost to make and sales first. I would've thought a GT7 on PS4 releasing in 2018/19 would've been back to business for PD but we'll never know.
Regarding Forza sales, with Horizon and Motorsport releasing each year I'm sure they do well these days.
Regarding Forza sales, with Horizon and Motorsport releasing each year I'm sure they do well these days.
The huge popularity of GT was always a bit baffling to me. It's so technical.
It's good to interrogate every person wearing a band shirt from before their time to make sure they are actually a huge fan of those bands. If not, one must rend their garments with rage. How dare these people?
I listen to a lot of gaming podcasts, and this week I've heard the No Man's Sky refund controversy mentioned on Giant Bombcast, The Patch, DLC, and the Giant Beastcast.
Each one had slightly different takes, but they all were pretty consistent in saying that playing any game for 25-30+ hours and requesting a refund afterwards seems unreasonable. Interesting that all those separate groups had essentially the same viewpoint when there's been such an outcry over it in forums. Even guys like Jeff Gerstmann, who routinely bash broken or poorly optimized games, said they thought it was excessive.
Each one had slightly different takes, but they all were pretty consistent in saying that playing any game for 25-30+ hours and requesting a refund afterwards seems unreasonable. Interesting that all those separate groups had essentially the same viewpoint when there's been such an outcry over it in forums. Even guys like Jeff Gerstmann, who routinely bash broken or poorly optimized games, said they thought it was excessive.
DoctorPayne
Banned
Wow, like 45 minutes of moralizing about game refunds and anime rips. This is really compelling stuff.