Folks, we're nearing Christmas and it seems to be a jolly good time, is it?
Well not so much. Throughout the last week or so, it seems some bad omens have been popping up in the industry from consoles going horribly wrong to Youtube's constant flagging.
Well, let's round up the following Industry Done Goof segments
1) Killer Instinct Tournament spoiled by XBone 24 hour check in
Call this the worst thing to happen to any gaming tournament. During a Killer Instinct tournament, the XBox One lost its connection and the game was stopped completely.
To the announcer's cries of "Xbone, no!" the console boots players
back to the main menu and the "Do you own this game or app?" message
pops up.
"If you have a game disc, insert it now," read the on-screen
instructions. "If there is no disc, make sure you are signed into Xbox
Live. If you don't have rights for playing it, you'll need to buy it at
the Xbox Store."
The prompt did not give competitors, who were playing together
locally, the chance to save their progress and the battle was being
livestreamed through Twitch at the time. From the video, it appears that
the prompt was triggered when the Xbox One lost connection to the
internet. The competitors were unable to continue from where they left
off and the video ends with the announcer seeking help in restarting the
game.
Well that's going to look bad on Microsoft's part if you can't play a tournament with a derped console.
2) Youtube's flagging simulator
Recently, many users are angry at Youtube over its videos getting flagged, meaning that any revenue made on Youtube videos all thanks to its overuse of Content ID as stated below
According to TubeFilter, YouTube told these MCNs last week
that it would begin pre-screening a sample of their affiliates' videos
for copyright violation before the video posts to YouTube in a process
that could take as little as a few hours or up to a few days. The
pre-screening system is also based on good behavior, so to speak, and
affiliates who are never caught uploading copyrighted material will be
checked less frequently.
That system seems to be causing some problems now, as popular YouTube
channels are seeing a spike in copyright violation notices, which
caused YouTube to remove ads from the video but not to necessarily take
it down. For many very popular channels, this means a significant loss
of revenue.
Really scary. Many believe that 1st party companies are flagging videos based on copyright content. But the real detail of this is even deeper. So deep that it might be scary.
What's more, the copyright violation flags seem to come from third
parties that don't own the rights to the game in question. As VentureBeat reports,
a lot of the videos flagged have been pre-approved by game publishers
for monetization on YouTube and Twitch. But in one example, a YouTuber
received a copyright violation notice for including video of Metro: Last Light from a company called 4GamerMovie. Deep Silver, the company that actually owns Metro: Last Light told VentureBeat that “it fully permits YouTube creators to monetize videos featuring their games.”
Yep. How's that for scary? When an unknown source that doesn't own the right to a franchise manages to trick Youtube into flagging a video for copyright violations, you know something is wrong.
3) EA under fire
They say when a game is bugged, developers will try to fix it up and call it a day, right? Not so with Electronic Arts. Recently, a group of shareholders have filed a lawsuit against EA for lying about its game Battlefield 4
On Tuesday, securities law firm Robbins Geller Rudman &
Dowd LLP filed a complaint that will likely lead to a class action
lawsuit against Electronic Arts in the U.S. District Court for the
Northern District of California on behalf of Ryan Kelly and anyone else
who purchased EA stock between July 24 and December 4 of this year.
The complaint names EA as an entity as well as a few top EA men --
including Peter Moore, Andrew Wilson, and Blake Jorgensen -- as
defendants, alleging that they violated the Securities Exchange Act of
1934 and knowingly or recklessly made false or misleading public
statements about the quality of Battlefield 4 in a gambit to juice
sales.
The complaint alleges that senior EA executives knew -- and did not disclose to the public or public shareholders -- that Battlefield 4 was a buggy, incomplete mess that would not be able to function as advertised if it was released on schedule.
An incomplete mess? How dare you. It's not a glitch, it's a feature.
But of course, EA had to sp...I mean defend this one. With a bit of insult to injury applied
Once again, there are a few good quotes cited in the complaint, including a statement
from an EA representative to Polygon's Dave Tach that read: "First, we
want to thank the fans out there that are playing and supporting us with
Battlefield 4. We know we still have a ways to go with fixing the game —
it is absolutely our No. 1 priority. [...] We're not moving onto future
projects or expansions until we sort out all the issues with
Battlefield 4. We know many of our players are frustrated, and we feel
their pain. We will not stop until this is right."
The complaint further alleges that EA senior executives sold stock at inflated prices prior to the release of Battlefield 4, thus profiting from hype surrounding the game.
For example, the complaint alleges that EA CEO Andrew Wilson sold 40,000
shares of stock at a share price of $25.50 on July 26, with proceeds
from the sale totaling more than $1 million -- $1,020,000, to be exact.
Ya know what? I think I'll just sit this one out.
4) Yoshi's Island invades Sonic Lost World
Okay. So this isn't a You Done Goof moment. But it's still something I wanna bring up.
Last week Wednesday, SEGA released a new DLC for Sonic: Lost World on Wii U. But what makes this DLC rage worthy isn't because it's 100% free, but because of the content on it. That's right. Yoshi's Island.
The Wii U version of Sonic: Lost World is getting two
exclusive add-ons, one of which is a Yoshi-themed level that is
available now as free DLC, Nintendo president Satoru Iwata announced
today during a Nintendo Direct presentation.
Both pieces of DLC are levels are based on Nintendo franchises.
"Yoshi's Island Zone" is a side-scrolling Sonic level that's filled with
"Yoshi-themed thrills," said Iwata. That includes pipes, coins, Shyguys
and piranha plants, along with Sonic's traditional loop-de-loops.
"Yoshi's Island Zone" is now available as a free download in the Wii U
eShop. Iwata did not provide details on the other DLC level.
Actually, he did, as rumor has it the next DLC may be a Zelda themed DLC and it may be due out sometime next year. So Sonic fans, keep your eyes peeled, for Ganondorf may have snuck into this Sonic game to give the blue boy a run for his money.
Works Cited:
Polygon
Ars Technica
Gamasutra
Polygon
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