Ubisoft F*CKS Gamers Again...

0:00Finding ways to be financially savvy is a smart move, and knowing you could be saving money for the things you really want, like that dream home or new ride, is a great feeling. That's why the State Farm personal price plan can help you save when you choose to bundle home an auto. Bundling. Just another way to save with the personal price plan. Head to statefarm.com to get a quote. Prices are based on reading plans that vary by state. Covered options are selected by the customer. Availability, amount of discounts and savings and eligibility vary by state. Well, it looks like Ubisoft is kind of doubling down on you not owning your games. We've talked about this before that their CFO, I think, said something a couple of years ago that, you know, gamers need to get used to not owning their games. And then Xbox was trying to throw gamers a lifeline. And they're like, well, we've got this new digital program. And you basically can convert your disk into a digital, you know, follow you and have to buy your your game again.

1:00Well, now Ubisoft is not participating in that. Square is not participating in that. Because if if you do that, right, you're probably not going to buy the latest digital version that they come out with. The re re re re re remake, you know, whatever game it is. You want to play digitally, you have to go re by the game. You have to go re by the game. Yeah, we're not going to do that. That's that's really. But somebody else could own the game and let the friend bar, what to make a digital copy of it. You know what I mean? So that's the stale they're not going to have there. Well, that's what happened with them when voodoo slash fan dango, whatever they're called now was doing the thing where you could redeem your DVD for a digital copy. You think of your code, the digital code and then the DVD and people were taking the digital codes and selling them. They were selling the codes and they were also going to like libraries and checking out the movies and then take it, take in the movie for them. Because you can only do it once, right? Because whatever the serial is on the first, you could you could you could take that code and get it for digital for free. Yeah, yeah. So that's what was going on. And so we'll see we'll see how this

2:03pans out for them. But Ubisoft, they are so hard up for cash at this point. And then Square Soft, there's been a lot going on there because they're talking. I'm just saying. I like to bear with their Square hard. Like, like, like, there's a lot of soft sales. Anyway, well, it has it has been like they're they're trying very hard to course correct. They made a lot of huge mistakes with Western IP. And there was talk that they might even go private at some point because of just how disastrous things have been for them. But they are starting to, I guess kind of turn things around a little bit, but they're not going to let you have that that digital copy for free. Are you kidding? We need some money. That's money on the table. I'm charged with galore, you know? Right. So let's let's talk about this before you get into it. Any further please subscribe for more pop culture news views and rants guys you'll get. Who have you do? Go out clownfish TV.com. That's clownfish TV.com for more clownfish TV podcasts and videos you will not find anywhere else. In fact, since we're talking about physical gaming and owning your stuff, I actually put a video up last night telling about

3:07the mod retro. So you can go check that out on clownfishTV.com. So thank you very much for that. Yeah, let's take a look at this. It's come from gaming Bible. Major studio snub Xbox disc to digital program, which is bad news for sassans creed and file fancy fans. Well, sassans creed fandom is on the decline in file fancy fans are all old as F at this point. They said the average age of a file fancy player is like 37. Yeah. So it's because you know, the young people don't play in those games. They're playing like fortnight things like that. You know, Minecraft, stuff like that. Well, that's why they're putting everything in the fortnight. Like, oh, if you like this character, you can you buy this game with this character or whatever, but they don't they don't actually file fancy. They're going to kind of crisis mode right now. And I think I'm magic the gathering cards have have helped them out tremendously because, you know, those sold really, really well, but I think it sold to older people. Whales or it's just middle aged whales. You know, I'm not a whale because I'm not that rich,

4:07but there were people paying through the nose for magic cards. And again, you know, they're targeting a certain audience. And I think this is kind of the same audience that, you know, grew up with a lot of this stuff that just it has not transferred to the next generation. So, you know, they have to get the most amount money they can. And that's probably part of the decision too. They're like, well, they'll buy it again because, you know, there are moments that define who you are and who you're becoming. And when those moments arrive, what you drive should rise to meet them. The Range Rover Sport commands attention from the very first glance. Every line, every detail engineered for impact inside refinement takes over with sculpted 22 way heated seating with available massage and a 13.1 inch touch screen that puts everything with an easy reach. But the Range Rover Sport isn't just about luxury. It's about uncompromised performance too, delivering a powerful agile drive that feels as confident as it looks. And with nearly endless ways to personalize from interior finishes to wheels to unique colors and accessories, your Range Rover

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6:16you're going to have to pay extra for it. And then other gaming places don't want you to do it anyway. Isn't that convenient? Like, oh, this great new feature we have. All except planned wrong. Yeah, it's all part of the plan, guys. Oh, you want to play your old games? Oh, awesome. You can do that for 50 bucks an hour. Sure, go for it. Now it's become clear, not every physical game can be downloaded and some developers appear to have opted out of the chance for the green team to digitize their old games. Xbox gamers report Ubisoft and Square Enix titles are unavailable on disk to digital. According to multiple posts on X and Reddit, Ubisoft and Square titles are reportedly throwing up an error when trying to be downloaded on the disk to digital program. Players are met with messages stating digital license unavailable and this game is not participating in digital licensing. This means franchises like SAS Street Far Cry, Tom Clancy, Final Fantasy Dragon Quest and Kingdom Hearts won't be able to be downloaded from physical

7:18disks to become digitized. That's a blow for Final Fantasy and Assassin's Creed fans with a range of old school games passing the test of time. They're still relevant today and you cannot, you cannot access them. So, so I said Reddit, wouldn't be surprised that some publishers want to resell their games digital only so they can double dip as much as they can revenue wise. Exactly. Pretty much exactly what they're doing. That's what it's all about. It's all about double dipping. They're like, oh, well, no, we can't do that because they're sitting there like counting their chickens before their hatch. They're like, oh, wait. So, Sony is going to go to the digital only. That means all those people that bought our old asphalt fantasy games from 15 years ago have to buy another copy if they want to play it. Current Gen hot damn. We're going to make more money those whales are going to pay us again, but that's not what's happening. So, I don't know. I don't think people are going to. I really don't think they're going to. They'll just keep their old console not buy the PS6 or 7 or where the hell is coming out. Xbox has already revealed that not every game will end up on the program. It's also worth noting that most of the old Assassin's Creed and Final

8:22Fantasy games are available on Game Pass. Historically, Square has always lead in favor of PlayStation with Final Fantasy series. Ubisoft has weighed either side, etc. It basically just sounds like yeah, they're not going to go. They're not going to go for this. It says the scary precedent for Microsoft that studios can choose to opt out with others potentially thinking about doing the same with new game releases. That's it. They might be like, well, why are we laying people basically have a free copy of the game again that they bought 10 years ago? I mean, because you've digitized a copy. Yeah. Yeah, there's math because it's a same damn game, but we don't want you have played digital as you buy it again. Give it discount. Give it discount. You can upgrade to digital for 20 bucks. That's what switch does. Yeah, it's a switch does. Oh, you want better graphics from your switch one game. That's next to $10 or $20. I know people were pissed about it. I mean, customers, I think they're paying it. But yeah, but ultimately people are just getting

9:22tired of being nickel and dime. So we're just going to they're just going to do themselves in it. It's going to have to hit. There are moments that define who you are and who you're becoming. And when those moments arrive, what you drive should rise to meet them. The Range Rover Sport commands attention from the very first glance. Every line, every detail engineered for impact. Inside refinement takes over with sculpted 22 way heated seating with available massage and a 13.1 inch touch screen that puts everything within easy reach. But the Range Rover Sport isn't just about luxury. It's about uncompromised performance too, delivering a powerful agile drive that feels as confident as it looks and with nearly endless ways to personalize from interior finishes to wheels to unique colors and accessories, your Range Rover Sport becomes unmistakably yours. For those who expect more from every moment, there's a vehicle designed to meet it. The Range Rover Sport exclusive offers available now explore further at Range Rover dot com.

10:23Peak the people are just not going to pay anymore. And like Disney started to find that out with their not to scary Halloween party up to keep raising the price on it. And this year something are not selling out because they've hit peak what people want to pay until they reach that with gaming and people stop buying shit. They're going to keep raising the prices because they're waiting to see where the line is drawn and they won't go over that. So as long as they will keep buying it, the line's not going to get drawn. That is true. So I guess the guy who found it was Stallion 83 on X and people were asking like what was the purpose? I said I'm confused. People want digital licenses as games are not. This is having your cake and eating it too. So basically you get to play it digitally on the current gen consoles and you also get to keep your physical copy. But that's not what they want. This guy says, fuck you, be soft. All my homies hate you be soft. This person says it's actually a blessing. You'll know which companies don't give a damn about gamers and which companies to avoid. Well, Ubisoft already said it. They basically said the quiet part out loud and they said that we're

11:24going to monetize monetize, monetize gamers and you need to get used to not owning your games because that is the end goal. The end goal. I thought, your game is going to open the door though. And from there, it's going to be well, like we're seeing now, if you want to play more than so many hours, you get to pay more money. You buy the game, you buy the console, but you actually play these games. You got to pay more. Yeah. And it's okay. So Bandai and Sega also aren't allowing it. So these are all pretty big players. Now, I know Sega is actually going to keep making physical discs. But I'm like, what are you going to make them for? Because if the PS6 is not even going to have a disc drive, what's the purpose? Yeah. It's like we make a discs for. And like I said, I think we need to, I think we need to go back to this where we have actual consoles with actual cartridge, or discs that you plug into the machine and you buy it once and you own it. But they don't want that because they want everything to become a subscription. That's what this is all about. This is what the end goal is. And eventually, even your console will probably become a subscription.

12:28They want you to rent your console, rent your games, pay them $50 to $100 a month every month from now until the end of time to access stuff that you technically bought, which is bullshit. Yeah. So anyway, we're going to wrap it up. Yes. Paul, please subscribe for more pop culture news views and rants. We'll talk later. Bye. Rathaus is up to something big. The famous Flats brand has reimagined their iconic point shoe to be better than ever to celebrate its 10th anniversary. Rathaus made the point even more beautiful and comfortable than before. Every closet needs a little black flat and Rathaus makes the best one of all. Discover the point at rathaus.com and learn why this timeless shoe is so special. That's R-O-T-H-Y-S dot com. Finding ways to be financially savvy is a smart move and knowing you could be saving money for the things you really want, like that dream home or new ride is a great feeling. That's why the State Farm personal price plan can help you save when you choose to bundle home an auto. Bundling, just another way to save with the personal price plan.

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