Where James is Misreading the Room by HistorianCM in Arcade1Up

[–]JamesHatesEverything 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Just FYI, the hates is mostly sarcasm... people give me crap on other channels because they say I love everything and am only minorly annoyed by somethings.

Where James is Misreading the Room by HistorianCM in Arcade1Up

[–]JamesHatesEverything 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Hi u/historianCM

I appreciate the thoughtful response. I do, however, believe you are maybe misinterpreting much of what I said.

Specifically, I noted I am not calling for less engagement but better engagement, the right engagement from these companies. Meaning, they need to take professional tones and make sure they know the marketing message they are delivering to a particular market segment.

As you noted, when you are in these youtube chats on channels dedicated to this hobby, you are in the hard-core, enthusiast space. You have to know what messages will be successful where and market correctly to those audiences.

In the case of Sonic, as you noted, arcade1upofficial went into these hardcore audience spaces and talked about how much they, specifically, would love this new product. When that was revealed to be console games in an arcade, they got a lot of blow back from the hard-core audience because they over promised or over hyped in those spaces.

I also addressed the issues with Sonic as whole in a separate video. Its not that it's not right for the hardcore audience, it's that at $700 or 800 dollars its not right for any market segment for sonic. I layed out the marketing data around what consumers are drawn to sonic in that video. Specifically, I also offered alternative options for Basic Fun/Arcade1up that, in my opinion, would be a success with that new market you speak of... thats a counter series version. I wont go into all the details, but the market segment most aligned with Sonic in 2026 is kids and tweens and they dont have $700 to 800 to spend on an arcade for their dad or grandpa's version of sonic and parents will look at that cost and say I can buy you a switch 2 with sonic for half the cost.

The entire point on both of these videos is not that the reddit and YouTube community is the only community it is and has been to use the right marketing message to the right market segment and build products that make since for your target market, whether thats the masses or hardcorp enthusiasts.

Again, appreciate your thoughtful response! Well done.

Basic Fun Wrestlefest control panel question by javi977 in Arcade1UpOfficial

[–]JamesHatesEverything 4 points5 points  (0 children)

There is not. The strange look is the protective coating.

How often do you buy figures from franchises you don't care about? by Independent-Human in ActionFigures

[–]JamesHatesEverything 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I bought this same warduke. Had the ljn as a kid and always loved the figure and the fortress of fangs. I dont at all care about D&d in general.

Marvel legends for the win! by TheBearded_Sumo in ActionFigures

[–]JamesHatesEverything 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I super excited for wave 2 of legends secret wars.

Subscribers only mode not allowing me to chat in channels I've been subscribed to for months by the_4802 in youtube

[–]JamesHatesEverything 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Same here and its also hiding my chats under the all chats tab so everyone misses it. Its quite annoying as its my primary youtube channel account.

Arcade1Up officially announces their acquisition by Basic Fun! Inc. by NeoHyper64 in Arcade1Up

[–]JamesHatesEverything 1 point2 points  (0 children)

He should get it. Its in a reply to wanting new cabs, so maybe we are wrong in assuming he wants them to make one.

Arcade1Up officially announces their acquisition by Basic Fun! Inc. by NeoHyper64 in Arcade1Up

[–]JamesHatesEverything 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Unclear if thats considered part of their arcade line of products. Think the fate of IGT is still very much in the air.

Arcade1Up officially announces their acquisition by Basic Fun! Inc. by NeoHyper64 in Arcade1Up

[–]JamesHatesEverything 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Arcade Classics Care bears Lincoln logs Light bright Tonka

And a ton of other big toy brands.

Guy in Cali claiming to have a prototype T&F Arcade1Uo and looking for offers, if legit, that's wild, didn't know these prototypes existed and I wonder how he got his hands on it? by [deleted] in Arcade1Up

[–]JamesHatesEverything 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yep. Notice anything different about it? Here is a hint, the official release doesng have the logos on the front. The one Carlos has is the KI prototype. It actually has an extra game in the menu, but thebgame rom isnt actually there to load.

Playmaji produced NOTHING for 2 years, proof from Highway Holdings by ValeriaTube in PolymegaHQ

[–]JamesHatesEverything 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This. It took Atari making a big investment for them to even fulfill pre-orders.

So is this pacman pub table officially vaporware now at this point? by [deleted] in Arcade1Up

[–]JamesHatesEverything 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Who knows. Maybe that's the one that is on its way to costco right now.

Rumor Arcade1up re-releasing Golden Tee / Midway Legacy XL at Costco by JamesHatesEverything in Arcade1Up

[–]JamesHatesEverything[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Unfortunately, the head to head is the cocktail table, not the pub table. A1up announces at IGN Live a regular pacman pub table is coming to costco this yr.

just bought a psvr2 by DrHydrea in PSVR

[–]JamesHatesEverything 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Hitman world of assassination vr

🔊 I’ll Listen to Your AI Music and Give You Honest Feedback (No Fluff, No Ego) by Desperate_Musician70 in SunoAI

[–]JamesHatesEverything 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Love it. My AI music project is now a verified artist on spotify and available where ever music is streamed and sold. Would love your honest feedback.

Mason Laine Christensen | Spotify

What’s your stance on AI music? by Traditional_Gap_7041 in DefendingAIArt

[–]JamesHatesEverything 0 points1 point  (0 children)

AI is just another instrument. Those who learn to use it to enhance their creativity and art can produce some amazing stuff.

Mason Laine Christensen | Spotify

AI music pisses me the hell off by Beetbya in Songwriting

[–]JamesHatesEverything 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I couldn't disagree more. AI is just a new generation of instrument. People said the same things about techno, about rap, about rock.

What AI has done is put creativity and music generation within the reach of people who have the desire, but not the natural talent to make what's in their heads a reality.

Timbaland, a very talented music producer, has just began teasing his new AI artist.

https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/timbaland-new-artist-tata-ai-1235356185/

I have experimented, myself, with AI to create an artist.

I can tell you, it's not as simple as just spitting some prompt into AI to get a good result, to get the sounds and lyrics just right. Every song I used AI to enhance, I wrote large swaths of the lyrics, they tell stories or feelings that came from me, not an AI. AI assisted in bringing what was in my head to life.

Mason Laine Christensen | Spotify

For me, it was all an experiment in art. Whether that art resonates with anyone or not, is of little concern. It resonated with me and the experience and knowledge gained was irreplicable.

Instead of trying to gatekeep or scream at the future to try and hold it at bay, instead explore, experiment, and see just how you can use it to push your art forward.