30 in 60 Episode 37 - Aspirational Content

EPISODE 37
Date 2/16/2019

Full show notes/timeline here: https://pastebin.com/5zBPJviE
Check for a link in the description of this podcast.

Intro Music and Outro Music
Offical Over 30 Clan Theme Song "Fuck Yeah!"
Written by BlackDeath produced by Undergunned Productions
https://soundcloud.com/undergunnedproductions

HOSTS
BlackDeath
Nubs
NukeLaCoog
T Nitti
DK Bossman

Pre show bullshit

SHOW START

CLAN INTRO / SOCIAL MEDIA CONTACTS
www.over30clan.com
Twitter and Facebook @over30clanusa
www.twitch.tv/over30clanusa
soundcloud.com/over30clan
iTunes search for "over 30 clan"
Our blog GamerViews blog.over30clan.com


STATE OF THE CLAN
FNG BREAKDOWN FOR January
registered	98
applied		63
pc		27
xb		13
ps4		23
underage exceptions 4 (3 approved)

FINANCIAL REPORT
PAYPAL 	$881.37
BANK 	$636.05
Total 	$1517.42

Paid bills in January
None

GIVEAWAYS - January
None

*** STEALS AND DEALS ***

Games with Gold
Bloodstained: Curse of the Moon ($9.99 ERP): Available February 1 to 28 on Xbox One
Super Bomberman R ($39.99 ERP): Available February 16 to March 15 on Xbox One
Assassin’s Creed Rogue ($29.99 ERP): Available February 1 to 15 on Xbox One and Xbox 360
Star Wars Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy ($9.99 ERP): Available February 16 to 28 on Xbox One and Xbox 360

Playstation Plus
PS4
For Honor
Hitman: The Complete First Season

PS3
Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots
DiveKick (Cross-buy with PS Vita)

PS Vita
Rogue Aces (Cross-buy with PS4)
GunHouse (Cross-buy with PS4)

Note: February 2019 is the last month for PS3 and PS Vita updates.

Steam Specials
Tom Clancy's Rainbox Six Siege $9.99
Astroneer $23.99
Borderland 2 $4.99
Rocksmith 2014 Edition Remastered - $8.99

*** UPCOMING CLAN EVENTS / ANNOUNCEMENTS ***
Forza 7 Racing League - Season 3 has kicked off - you can still get in on the action.  This seaons will consist of 12 weekly races.  Races are conducted on Friday nights at 11pm EST and streamed live.

o30c Government style shutdown.  No official dates as of yet but we will be closing new registrations / applications while we work on our website refresh.

Please ask an admin or moderator before you create an in-game entity to represent the Over 30 Clan.  Also if you'd like to volunteer to manage any of these in-game groups please contact an admin or moderator either on our website or within Discord.

*** GAME PREVIEWS / HYPE ***
[0:08:00] Anthem - DK Bossman
[0:51:20] The Division 2 - NukeLaCoog
Apex Legends - ???

*** GAMING NEWS / RUMORS ***
[1:13:30] Video Game Flops
The biggest names in games have stumbled this year as marquee titles flopped and online spending came up short. Electronic Arts shares tumbled 13% on Feb 6 after the company confessed that some of its biggest releases disappointed.

Take-Two Interactive Software Inc fell by a similar amount after forecasting sales this quarter that were US$100mil (RM406.65mil) below Wall Street forecasts.

“The market is still healthy,” Blake Jorgensen said in an interview (CFO for EA). “The bad news, it’s very competitive.”

Battlefield game was the biggest disappointment of the year, selling a million fewer copies than hoped, Jorgensen said. The company delayed the release by several weeks to correct some bugs, putting it in the thick of a competitive holiday season. Its core Madden NFL title also fell short, and the FIFA soccer game was flat from a year ago.

Electronic Arts is looking to improve sales of Battlefield V by including an every-player-for-himself battle royale mode – like Fortnite – but that won’t come until later in the current quarter, Jorgensen said.

BF1
PC 	0.77m
PS4 	7.26m
XB 	5.13m

BF5
PC 	0.10m
PS4 	2.22m
XB 	1.55m

Madden 18
PS4 	2.62m
XB 	1.91m

Madden 19
PS4 	2.21m
XB 	1.51m

FIFA 18
PC 	0.08m
PS4 	11.80m
XB 	3.14m
Switch 	1.10m

FIFA 19
PC 	N/A
PS4 	9.15m
XB 	2.22m
Switch 	0.75m

Activision Blizzard Inc, down 48% from its October high, had a similar disappointment with Destiny 2 and it's recent expansion. So much so, that the company cut its ties to the developer, Bungie, a move that could cost as much as US$400mil in lost sales this year.

Destiny
PS4	5.76m
XB	3.41m

The Taken King
PS4	2.18m
XB	1.27m

Destiny 2
PS4	4.14m
XB	2.35m

Forsaken DLC
PS4	0.36m
XB	0.13m

The game everyone is chasing seems to be Fortnite, the phenomenally popular free-to-play game from Epic Games. The success of Fortnite is forcing competitors to adopt similar models. Electronic Arts, for example, just released a free-to-play game called Apex Legends, that like Fortnite, generates revenue from in-game purchases. On Feb 7, the company said Apex signed up 10 million users in 72 hours, faster than Fortnite initially.

Fortnite Users (all platforms)
Jan 	2018 	45m
June 	2018 	125m
Nov 	2018 	200m
Averaging 78.3m players a month online

Activision is issuing refunds if you purchased Guitar Hero Live between Dec 1 2017 and Jan 1 2019.  Although they haven't officially stated as to why it's not difficult to piece the puzzle together.  The game relied on "live services" to play and the game's server infrastructure was taken offline Dec 1, 2018 removing most of the songs and content from the game (leaving only 23 original that shipped at launch).

If you want to request a refund follow this link
https://support.activision.com/CS_Form?id=a1f0B00000CjSJk

Will this be a roadblock for "live services" in the future?  Or will the consumer just have to accept this?  Will it be a hidden (fine print) disclaimer in future EULAs?

*** STEAM AWARDS ***
[1:36:30]
Game of the Year:
PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds (winner)
Monster Hunter: World
Kingdom Come: Deliverance
Hitman 2
Assassin's Creed Odyssey

VR Game of the Year:
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim VR (winner)
VRChat
Beat Saber
Fallout 4 VR
SUPERHOT VR

Labor of Love:
Grand Theft Auto V (winner)
Dota 2
No Man's Sky
Path of Exile
Stardew Valley

Best Environment:
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt (winner)
Subnautica
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
Far Cry 5
Dark Souls III

Better with Friends:
Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege (winner)
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
Payday 2
Dead by Daylight
Overcooked! 2

Best Alternate History:
Assassin's Creed Odyssey (winner)
Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus
Hearts of Iron IV
Sid Meier's Civilization VI
Fallout 4

Most Fun with a Machine:
Rocket League (winner)
Euro Truck Simulator 2
NieR: Automata
Factorio
Space Engineers

Best Developer:
CD PROJEKT RED (winner)
Ubisoft
Bethesda
Rockstar Games
Digital Extremes Ltd.
Square Enix
Capcom
Paradox Interactive
BANDAI NAMCO Entertainment
Klei

[1:42:00] ROUND TABLE

[1:54:00] PRE SHOW / POST SHOW BULLSHIT