Let’s talk about the current video game landscape

[The Wolf Among You]

Is it not insane to anyone else how much of the online gaming community is constantly in a back and forth?
The console wars used to be “my system of choice is better than yours because I say so.”, but now it’s well beyond that tolerable simplicity.
The amount of misinformation, over-exaggerations, doublespeak, I’ll-fitting comparisons etc..
Not to mention the media, and their clear bias towards certain platforms. I like Kinda funny, but their overemphasis of GamePass is so transparent, especially from Greg Miller. Like, come on, man. Destin Legarie stay saying some I’ll-informed shyt etc..

How does my Coli brehs feel about this?

For me this shyt is slowly stealing the joy I grew up with reading/listening to video game discussions.
And some y’all are guilty too.

 

[Gizmo_Duck]

Is it not insane to anyone else how much of the online gaming community is constantly in a back and forth?
The console wars used to be “my system of choice is better than yours because I say so.”, but now it’s well beyond that tolerable simplicity.
The amount of misinformation, over-exaggerations, doublespeak, I’ll-fitting comparisons etc..
Not to mention the media, and their clear bias towards certain platforms. I like Kinda funny, but their overemphasis of GamePass is so transparent, especially from Greg Miller. Like, come on, man. Destin Legarie stay saying some I’ll-informed shyt etc..

How does my Coli brehs feel about this?

For me this shyt is slowly stealing the joy I grew up with reading/listening to video game discussions.
And some y’all are guilty too.

The “media”

 

[The Wolf Among You]

The “media”

To be fair, the media is heavily connected with the industry.
Greg Miller and Colin Moriarty to this day still have dinner with Shuhei Yoshida.
I don’t think it’s possible to keep the two separate.

Also, Hard8 is a PlayStation fanboy in denial, and has been flown out by Rockstar, so he can’t really talk too much.

 

[Gizmo_Duck]

To be fair, the media is heavily connected with the industry.
Greg Miller and Colin Moriarty to this day still have dinner with Shuhei Yoshida.
I don’t think it’s possible to keep the two separate.

Its funny you bring up GM because kinda funny is probably the most unbiased game show/podcast out imo

 

[The Wolf Among You]

Its funny you bring up GM because kinda funny is probably the most unbiased game show/podcast out imo

Kinda Funny is, but Greg, Tim, and Paris are not.

 

[Gizmo_Duck]

Kinda Funny is, but Greg, Tim, and Paris are not.

I think the difference is Parris is obviously being paid by microsoft while the former two aren’t really in anyones pocket.

 

[The Wolf Among You]

I think the difference is Parris is obviously being paid by microsoft while the former two aren’t really in anyones pocket.

This is what I’m referring to in my OP.
How exactly do you know Parris is being paid off by Microsoft? And why is Greg immune to this speculation? He’s been a PlayStation fan his entire career, he’s buddy-buddy with multiple Sony execs/developers past and present etc..
With that said I don’t think either of them are paid off.

 

[Gizmo_Duck]

This is what I’m referring to in my OP.
How exactly do you know Parris is being paid off by Microsoft? And why is Greg immune to this speculation? He’s been a PlayStation fan his entire career, he’s buddy-buddy with multiple Sony execs/developers past and present etc..
With that said I don’t think either of them are paid off.

I mean, he literally has been paid by microsoft, not some conspiracy shyt. I’ve never seen Greg or Tim do actual shows for sony

 

[Gizmo_Duck]

its also why there are so many “leaks” from xbox from people like Jeff Grubb, and Jez Corden, Tim Warren, etc. They literally let them leak stuff and talk up microsoft because they use it as publicity. They feed them information in hopes that they keep on talking about the platform. It’s why so many people listen to their podcast because they get that information.

Sony and Nintendo would never allow people to freely leak big games every week. Obsidian themselves let Jez come to their studio and write articles about everything. Theres a lot of astroturfing you don’t know aobut

 

[The Wolf Among You]

I mean, he literally has been paid by microsoft, not some conspiracy shyt. I’ve never seen Greg or Tim do actual shows for sony

Greg hosted onstage interviews at PSX 2017 though. And he was repping Kinda Funny as a company while doing it.

 

[MeachTheMonster]

Lol at @Gizmo_Duck proving OPs
point.

Sony stans wild

 

[The Wolf Among You]

Lol at @Gizmo_Duck proving OPs
point.

Sony stans wild

Meach, what are your thoughts about the current state of video game discussion, and do you think your stanning plays a part?

 

[MeachTheMonster]

Meach, what are your thoughts about the current state of video game discussion, and you think your stanning plays a part?

I entertain myself by trolling Sony stans. My little smilies ain’t doing nothing.

As far as your overarching point. I agree. Lots of video game discourse is about fighting over nonsense, and generally very negative despite the medium being at its biggest and best right now.

Most video games media are just stans with a platform. They get clicks by speaking to stans. Don’t bother me though, I still get to play what I like to play and laugh at the stans feverishly fighting for their piece of plastic.

 

[The Wolf Among You]

I entertain myself by trolling Sony stans. My little smilies ain’t doing nothing.

As far as your overarching point. I agree. Lots of video game discourse is about fighting over nonsense, and generally very negative despite the medium being at its biggest and best right now.

Most video games media are just stans with a platform. They get clicks by speaking to stans. Don’t bother me though, I still get to play what I like to play and laugh at the stans feverishly fighting for their piece of plastic.

Exactly. Even today I see people picking on little bugs in Forbidden West making a bigger deal than it’s worth, but on the other side people are attempting to paint it as if those bugs are being faked.
It reminds me of when nikkas was blowing smoke through their Xbox Series X, and burning the plastic of their PS5.

 

[Gizmo_Duck]

I entertain myself by trolling Sony stans. My little smilies ain’t doing nothing.

As far as your overarching point. I agree. Lots of video game discourse is about fighting over nonsense, and generally very negative despite the medium being at its biggest and best right now.

Most video games media are just stans with a platform. They get clicks by speaking to stans. Don’t bother me though, I still get to play what I like to play and laugh at the stans feverishly fighting for their piece of plastic.

Ahh…. The “im above and and im just trolling everyone else i swear “ verbiage that everyone is gonna come in here and say.