Journal of Other Forum Analysis

[Taco Bell Tower]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/god-of-war-ragnarok-debuts-on-steam-with-nearly-23k-ccu.986607/#post-128970366

This feels kinda misleading, this game just came out today and it's not even the weekend yet. I feel like this isn't a good indication of how this game is going to perform on steam.

The same could be said about FFXVI
https://www.resetera.com/threads/it-is-amazing-how-final-fantasy-xvi-has-come-and-gone.984126/

[Taco Bell Tower]

Anytime someone brings up the Concord budget it has risen by another 50 million

Re thread was instantly locked 

https://www.resetera.com/threads/sacred-symbols-concord-was-the-most-expensive-game-sony-has-ever-released-at-400mln-budget-was-internally-referred-to-as-the-future-of-playstation.987219/

B-Dumbs

Colin Moriarty is a banned source due to his association with gamer gate.

[Greatness Gone]

ATTN: Matt Reeves, acclaimed screenwriter PlaSma has some tips:

https://www.resetera.com/threads/the-script-for-%E2%80%98the-batman-2%E2%80%99-is-finished.987267/#post-129002412

Cool. Now cut like 40% of the pages and only keep the important stuff. The first movie was like an hour too long and its pacing drove me crazy.

Please Note: PlaSma is in the process of writing a GRRM-inspired fantasy novel (with in-depth lore featuring a wide pantheon of gods) and has already written stage plays and DnD campaigns (featuring magitek armor crabs and the train from Stephen King's Dark Tower franchise).

He's also written a treatment for a new Silent Hill game (please ignore the fact that this treatment is a copy-pasted synopsis of Stephen King's It).

[BananaBlast]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/kotaku-concord-director-steps-down-as-studio-behind-historic-playstation-flop-waits-for-sonys-decision.986304/page-11#post-129002313

And considering the person that made the thread for the Colin tweet changed from a Stellar Blade avatar to a Space Marines avatar on the day the CEO endorsed that YouTube comment, I hardly believe it was an accident.

Bag 'em and tag 'em folks...daywalking chuds have nowhere to hide while Sheriff Valkaria is in town.  

God, like I said before, what a fucking little pussy ass BITCH 

I just cannot imagine, a grown adult human being, being so mindbroken over an avatar of...... let's see here.... two characters from two mainstream video games available for the PS5, that sony themselves have openly promoted 

Nope, but the combination of those specific IPs as his pfp as well as the sources he cites are a dead giveaway.

Mentall. Illness.

[NekoFever]

Look at us, talking about games and having contrasting opinions without anyone having their lives ruined

Benji will go through and ban everyone he disagrees with once we’ve moved on.

[DavidCroquet]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/kotaku-concord-director-steps-down-as-studio-behind-historic-playstation-flop-waits-for-sonys-decision.986304/page-11#post-129002313

And considering the person that made the thread for the Colin tweet changed from a Stellar Blade avatar to a Space Marines avatar on the day the CEO endorsed that YouTube comment, I hardly believe it was an accident.

Bag 'em and tag 'em folks...daywalking chuds have nowhere to hide while Sheriff Valkaria is in town.  

God, like I said before, what a fucking little pussy ass BITCH 

I just cannot imagine, a grown adult human being, being so mindbroken over an avatar of...... let's see here.... two characters from two mainstream video games available for the PS5, that sony themselves have openly promoted 

Nope, but the combination of those specific IPs as his pfp as well as the sources he cites are a dead giveaway.

Mentall. Illness.

Has someone alerted them about undercover chud Kyuuji? Lots of positive Stellar Blade posts during release, just sayin...

[Greatness Gone]

also, FF power rankings:

A Tier: Tactics, 9, 10, 12, 16
B Tier: 4, 6, 7
C Tier: The rest aside from...
Z-Tier: 2, 15

[Greatness Gone]

(legitimately dont remember any tracks from 16, 

[BananaBlast]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/kotaku-concord-director-steps-down-as-studio-behind-historic-playstation-flop-waits-for-sonys-decision.986304/page-12#post-129004920

wonkybump, convicted of having eve from stellar blade and warhammer space marine avatar, responds:

Hello. I changed my avatar on the day I bought Space Marine 2 and started playing because it absolutely blew me away. I don't follow gaming blogs, neither most of the peripheral drama surrounding games tbh and I'm not well versed in backstories of any particular journalists. I also I think it's just my bad luck than whenever I get hooked on a game and post to share my excitement it turns out it's the top wrong thing to do of the moment.
I love videogames and all I'm doing here is sharing opinions I have on them. Sometimes strong opinions, sure, but I hope we're all here because of our passion for this amazing hobby and I don't see how that might come across as ill intended. Best wishes

Now we wait......

[DavidCroquet]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/kotaku-concord-director-steps-down-as-studio-behind-historic-playstation-flop-waits-for-sonys-decision.986304/page-12#post-129004920

Hello. I changed my avatar on the day I bought Space Marine 2 and started playing because it absolutely blew me away. I don't follow gaming blogs, neither most of the peripheral drama surrounding games tbh and I'm not well versed in backstories of any particular journalists. I also I think it's just my bad luck than whenever I get hooked on a game and post to share my excitement it turns out it's the top wrong thing to do of the moment.
I love videogames and all I'm doing here is sharing opinions I have on them. Sometimes strong opinions, sure, but I hope we're all here because of our passion for this amazing hobby and I don't see how that might come across as ill intended. Best wishes

Uh-oh. Didn't anyone tell Wonkybump that one of the worst things you can do when accused of being a chud on era is defend yourself? 

He might as well post "heil Trump" and talk admiringly about a woman's breasts!

EDIT: I spent too much time curating the perfect joke and got scooped!

[Uncle]

B-Dumbs

Colin Moriarty is a banned source due to his association with gamer gate.

bullshit, this is why he's a banned source:

[Taco Bell Tower]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/kotaku-concord-director-steps-down-as-studio-behind-historic-playstation-flop-waits-for-sonys-decision.986304/page-12#post-129004920

wonkybump, convicted of having eve from stellar blade and warhammer space marine avatar, responds:

Hello. I changed my avatar on the day I bought Space Marine 2 and started playing because it absolutely blew me away. I don't follow gaming blogs, neither most of the peripheral drama surrounding games tbh and I'm not well versed in backstories of any particular journalists. I also I think it's just my bad luck than whenever I get hooked on a game and post to share my excitement it turns out it's the top wrong thing to do of the moment.
I love videogames and all I'm doing here is sharing opinions I have on them. Sometimes strong opinions, sure, but I hope we're all here because of our passion for this amazing hobby and I don't see how that might come across as ill intended. Best wishes

Now we wait......

He's so gonna get banned for that bold.

[DavidCroquet]

Is there any Colin <-> Gamergate association at all, regardless of how strained? Or is this tweet the whole thing, because it happened during Gamergate times?

[DavidCroquet]

Well BananaBlast, when you're right, you're right. Valkaria IS a pussy ass bitch.

I apologise if it was just coincidences. I'm probably overly on alert over these things after how gaming discourse has been, particularly in the last few months.

I'm almost disappointed.

[Polident]

Anytime someone brings up the Concord budget it has risen by another 50 million

Re thread was instantly locked 

https://www.resetera.com/threads/sacred-symbols-concord-was-the-most-expensive-game-sony-has-ever-released-at-400mln-budget-was-internally-referred-to-as-the-future-of-playstation.987219/

Somebody could correct me on this, but everything I’ve read about Concord paints it as the biggest media flop from a business perspective. The Borderlands movie lost less money. It’s odd how rapidly it’s been dumped into the memory hole.

[Taco Bell Tower]

Well BananaBlast, when you're right, you're right. Valkaria IS a pussy ass bitch.

I apologise if it was just coincidences. I'm probably overly on alert over these things after how gaming discourse has been, particularly in the last few months.

I'm almost disappointed.

[nachobro]

(legitimately dont remember any tracks from 16, 

MYTHOS

[HaughtyFrank]

Well BananaBlast, when you're right, you're right. Valkaria IS a pussy ass bitch.

I apologise if it was just coincidences. I'm probably overly on alert over these things after how gaming discourse has been, particularly in the last few months.

I'm almost disappointed.

I wonder whose alt that is. Came crashing in at the end of August, already has over 200 posts and acts like they own the place

Edit: Top of the page Baldurs Gate goodness

[BananaBlast]

Oh yeah, he's definitely going to get banned. I actually read it slowly this time, and Ree absolutely hates people who politely shrug off taking part of their schizophrenic witch hunts. It's wrongthink for pointing out that there's a wrongthink mentality.

If he gets banned, I won't be surprised, but still speechless because this is what they actually ban people for. So a zig-zag surprise, I guess.

Well BananaBlast, when you're right, you're right. Valkaria IS a pussy ass bitch.

I apologise if it was just coincidences. I'm probably overly on alert over these things after how gaming discourse has been, particularly in the last few months.

I'm almost disappointed.

It's almost respectable that they realized they're in the wrong, but still fuck them for even accusing someone over such an insanely pointless and fringe thing to actually get "alarmed" and upset over.

I wonder whose alt that is. Came crashing in at the end of August, already has over 200 posts and acts like they own the place

Cerulean_Skylark? Sensui_tomo? SOLDIER?

......Oh wait, nevermind there's too many of these freaks with the same NPC brain. Who the hell knows this point.

[Greatness Gone]

I lowkey still can't believe FF16 was even made

these niggas made a fuckin AAA shounen manga god of war

i understand it's not what people wanted, but as someone who fucking hates the new soyboy sad dad god of wars and love the OGs, I was enamored

[Uncle]

Is there any Colin <-> Gamergate association at all, regardless of how strained? Or is this tweet the whole thing, because it happened during Gamergate times?

I didn't look very hard but I think he supports the idea that people have had it with modern audiences shit and that there's nothing wrong with tracking sweet baby's involvement etc

[BananaBlast]

Yeah, from my brief googling and from my memory, nothing really seems to point to Colin being a legit gamergate supporter or some sort of racist alt-right chud that they have demonized him as.

Much of the demonization stems from that one harmless joke tweet in 2017 that got him blacklisted from his former nerd workplace group.

Also because this is Ree, you have to swallow all the mentally ill leftist agendas and endorse them. If you speak out against any of them in any noticeable capacity, while being accused of anything outside the herd, you're in the wrongthink pile.

[Propagandhim]

That thread is hilarious.  "THERES NO WAY IT COULD COST 400m.   IT DOESNT ADD UP TO MY CALCULATIONS.  Ok.  Thanks for your budget analysis guy who works at Women's Foot Locker.  How the fuck would you know how much it could or couldn't cost?

[Nintex]

The thing with BioWare and Dragon Age is that the transbians are right that BioWare was always more open to having relationships and romance in their games compared to other developers. However, they're trying to 'reverse' engineer that as BioWare "exclusively" pushing the woke gay shit and always being about the rainbow flags and "representation" and nothing else.

But once again the woke maniacs and their corporate masters are creating a false narrative which will most likely sink another videogame. In Mass Effect you could be a soy Picard-like gay man but also literally a space racist banging Ashley Williams and she let you just because you hated aliens as much as she did (it is very difficult to hook up with Ashley otherwise). The game was fun because you had those options (even if they toned them down with each sequel). 

Mass Effect was as much about having the option to date people of different genders as it was about Miranda's amazing ass.
But the latter has been flushed down the toilet in favor of TOP SURGERY SCARS.

The story is probably the same woke shit. No option to be evil just neutral good or gay af.  

This is why my interest in the new Mass Effect is below 0, it'll either be as boring and lifeless as Starfield or there will be an alien race with rainbow colors literally shaped like cocks hobbling around on planet super gay.

[malfoyking]

(legitimately dont remember any tracks from 16, 

nope. don't remember any of it.





These 3, I will always remember. Godlike music.

[Nintex]

As usual ResetEra has no idea how game development works. The costs of Concord aren't just the wages of developers. 

First, there is the acquisition, which at the time they bought it couldn't have been cheap. Once Sony bought it, they also had to pay for all the operating expenses. So we're talking rent (most studios are in expensive city centers), electricity, water and everything else. Everyone needs multiple work stations, meaning a powerful PC and a bunch of PS5 devkits (although sometimes these are shared). If they WFH that also means company laptops. In addition they need network infrastructure, servers and everything else for the backend. These companies usually offer great perks for employees and soy milk ain't cheap either. Neither are software licenses, enterprise software is expensive.

Finally there is the distribution of the game. There is a physical version and they expected a big hit. Shipments aren't as high as they used to be but even if they just allocate 10k units to 50 markets, that's 500k copies that had to be produced, shipped and delivered. However, I imagine for a Sony first party game that number is closer to at least a million units (500k US, 300k UK/EU, 200k AU/MEA).

There is a whole lot of different expenses and it adds up over the years. I wouldn't be surprised if that $250 million is a low estimate and they were already knee deep in preproduction for new Seasons/DLC and possibly sequels. I bet Sony's financial staff is currently working hard to find a way to make this 'look good' in the books without having to do a $300 - $500 million write off for not just the development but the predicted revenue too.

 

[DavidCroquet]

I think Concord is fascinating overall.

Defenders are not willing to admit the game was mid (let alone bad). Not willing to admit the developers of the game bear any responsibility for this shitshow. Not even willing to admit that the game...cost money to make? 

What is even the point of all this? If the game "only" cost 35m to make, it's still a huge loss. Even if it was FREE to make, it was a catastrophic blow to the brand. 

It's not even ponies...it's fucking weirdos who--I must stress here--definitely, 100% did not even play the damn game!

[Hap Shaughnessy]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/i-think-i-am-not-happy-in-my-relationship-anymore-but-the-reason-makes-no-sense.987432/

Hello Era, you guys have been immensely helpful to me in my previous threads, and I think most of you are more mature than me. That's why I need help.

I am going to do my best to summarize all my feelings and that's why I am taking my time to write these words. It took three days to write this down.

I've broke up with my toxic ex-GF more than a year ago. The first 3 months were difficult but after those months, I feel like I am free and reclaiming my independence felt extremely good.

After some time, I felt like I was ready for a relationship but this time I was more experienced, and I promised myself I won't make the same mistakes, and I'll find someone who really cares about me.

From time to time, I felt lonely, and I started to search for someone to date.

It felt like I could date anyone I wanted. Models could get in line to date me. Of course, I know who is out of my league, but you get the idea.

2 months ago, I've met with someone, and we start seeing each other. It was like flirting. We go out and spend some time together. We had so much fun when we were together. We always had moments like "Oh wow. 4 hours have passed?". It was so fun, and I was happy. And after a month we start dating and now we are officially a "couple"

We've been dating for a month, and she is really into me. That's why what I do for her doesn't feel like a responsibility, I become happy just for making her happy.

Now you probably said "Dude, what's your problem then?"

All right. It will sound funny, but I'll do my best to explain it. When I was a teenager, I watched Buffy the Vampire Slayer and I had a crush on Buffy (we all had, right?). I don't know why but my attraction was into blondes after that. When we were debating about Elena or Chloe (from Uncharted) with my friends back then and I was always #TeamElena. So, in real life, I always wanted to date with a blonde girl.

I always wanted my ex to dye her hair to blonde. I was always like "Wow. She looks gorgeous." when I see a natural blonde in a movie or TV show (Yes, I know they are extremely rare)

Well, my current girlfriend is a natural blonde and has blue eyes, but she is not like Scadinavian women blonde. More like darker blonde but it's obvious she is a blonde. You know what I mean, right?

Anyway, I really like spending time with her but since we start dating, my mind had a factory reset and my attraction went into brunettes. It might sound funny, but I stopped watching movies or TV shows because I'd be jealous if I see a couple with a brunette woman in it. And it's not just about her. I just can't find blonde celebrities attractive like I used to. I don't know what happened to me. It makes me really upset because I should be happy because everything is going well.

At the same time, I have two fears. The first one is, I feel like this because she is "too good" to me. I remember it didn't feel like it with my narcissist ex. Because it was up and down. But it wasn't natural. I was manipulated. But will it always happen? Will I get bored if a woman is "too nice" to me?

Second one is, I am not a relationship type of guy. What if you get bored when a relationship gets serious? I am afraid of this because I want to have a family with a wife and kids.

I tell myself that it's just a hair color. Not a big deal. But I find brunettes way more attractive now. I was watching a movie, and the woman has dark hair and thick eyebrows. She was gorgeous. She was more beautiful than any other blonde woman I've ever seen. But I wasn't always like this. Beautiful woman is beautiful woman. Doesn't matter if she is blonde or brunette. But it happened after I started this relationship.

Two days ago, me and my friend were talking and he said "Man, I think blonde hair is so 80s. Brunette women are way more attractive." I felt like I was going to cry.

And because of this I hate myself because I am in a great relationship. A relationship I always dreamt of.

Well to be honest, I am not Henry Cavill either. I know my league. But sometimes I feel trapped because of this. I don't want to break up with her just because of this. I know I'll lose a person who likes me for what I am. I was 100% honest with her about everything. She accepted my whole personality. And she will be really upset. But I want to overcome this problem of mine. Maybe, I'll just ask whether she can dye her hair dark.

I think I'll start therapy. I hate myself.

[Boredfrom]

(legitimately dont remember any tracks from 16, 

nope. don't remember any of it.





These 3, I will always remember. Godlike music.

 

Jesus Christ.

[HaughtyFrank]

I think Concord is fascinating overall.

Defenders are not willing to admit the game was mid (let alone bad). Not willing to admit the developers of the game bear any responsibility for this shitshow. Not even willing to admit that the game...cost money to make? 

What is even the point of all this? If the game "only" cost 35m to make, it's still a huge loss. Even if it was FREE to make, it was a catastrophic blow to the brand. 

It's not even ponies...it's fucking weirdos who--I must stress here--definitely, 100% did not even play the damn game!

AMA. I played a whole match of concord during the beta



(It sucked).