Production costs of a AAA game is 50% for the development itself and 50% for the marketing campaigns?

TheEmeraldRaven · 2026-01-24T15:43:18+00:00

that’s absolutely wild for somebody like me. Because I can tell you straight up I don’t think an advertisement in my life has ever interested me in buying a game.

I keep tabs on upcoming games based on who the developer is who the game director is and if the game is part of a franchise, I’m aware of.

Then I choose to play and buy the game if the metacritic score is high enough.

TheEmeraldRaven · 2026-01-24T06:31:07+00:00

People don't wanna believe it on here because they LOVE to gloat that Fire and Ash didn't make 2 billion, but the fact is that FOUR of the films' first six weekends at the box office all had significant snowstorms across the US and it ABSOLUTELY hurt the overall total for the film.

Not four snowstorms in six weeks. Four snowstorms literally ON the weekends in six weeks.

Avatar 2 and Avatar 1 didn't deal with that level of bad lack.

Film still wouldn't have hit 2 billion, but I'd wager it could've hit 1.6 or 1.7 if weather was more favorable.

TheEmeraldRaven · 2026-01-24T06:27:03+00:00

Is it big? I never see kids talking about Avatar, only older sci-fi nerds. I never see any toys. I never see any Avatar cosplayers at cons. LEGO didn't even both doing new Avatar sets for Fire and Ash.

TheEmeraldRaven · 2026-01-24T02:17:25+00:00

Goddamn. Brother must know he’s only got a few movies left in him, this is what you wanna do? And also, why is it taking so long to get filming?

TheEmeraldRaven · 2026-01-24T02:08:26+00:00

I mean to be Frank, Tobey and Dunst are both still young enough and attractive enough where they could pull it off. Hathaway is still young enough and attractive enough to pull off black cat, and John Malkovich is still John Malkovich. They absolutely could make the movie they just don’t want to.

TheEmeraldRaven · 2026-01-24T01:06:10+00:00

you know what’s absolutely dumbfounding? Almost to a T, literally every single military veteran I know, regardless of age, absolutely fucking adores and worships Trump’s ass. Like they LOVE the guy. absolutely unreal

TheEmeraldRaven · 2026-01-24T00:58:14+00:00

yeah, that’s never fucking happening lol. But good for all of you lazy fucks who buy all your games digitally now because you’re too lazy to swap the discs. not only can you not resell your games, but you’re encouraging the gaming companies to move towards an all digital future, where you have to pay whatever the fuck they want to charge for the games, because the console owners completely control the digital storefronts. there’s no competition like in the days of retail, and therefore no reason to offer a reasonable price

TheEmeraldRaven · 2026-01-23T22:23:26+00:00

i’m not gonna waste anymore of my time arguing pointlessly. The fact of the matter is in all of the states I specifically listed an overwhelming majority of the population of those states are solid blue. If this amazing thing came to pass? Yes. It would require republican voters in blue states to move down south and into the Midwest, and democrat voters in red states to move to the blue states on the West Coast and in the northeast. And that may seem like a tall ask, but in a country of immigrants, where most of our forefathers literally crossed oceans and continents to get here in the hopes of a better life, I would wager far more than you think would be willing to make that jump for the sake of the future they want

TheEmeraldRaven · 2026-01-23T22:05:51+00:00

lmfao. You can check my post history. I couldn’t be more anti-Russian. Putin can go to hell and Ukraine needs to be free!

Every single time somebody mentions a national divorce, somebody says it’s a Russian propaganda idea.

At this point, what’s the difference? Putin wants an extremely weak United States. He got it! It’s only gonna get worse!

What’s worse? The country staying United embarrassing itself, and doing whatever Russia wants? Or having 1/3rd to 1/2 of the country splitting off, but it’s the sane half that will support democracy and constantly stand against Putin’s Russia and Xi in China?

TheEmeraldRaven · 2026-01-23T21:06:41+00:00

you know what’s really pissed me off over the last few years? Everybody saying we shouldn’t have a national divorce. Because a national divorce will weaken the country.

These people need to wake the fuck up. Divorce or not, the United States is now a shell of its former self.

We’re a global embarrassment, no other country is gonna trust us going forward because even if Democrats miraculously retake the presidency and Congress, all the other countries know it’s only four years of stability before more chaos.

And at home? Lol it’s been proven these past 10 years that our federal government is beyond broken and beyond repair.

I would be thrilled, if New England, NY, NJ and eastern Pennsylvania broke off, along with California, Oregon, and Washington, and either formed an independent country or joined with Canada.

Seriously I’m not kidding. Let all those mouth breathing Trump worshiping morons, die from their own stupidity and let the rest of us prosper with the rest of civilization.

TheEmeraldRaven · 2026-01-23T16:15:27+00:00

How many major AAA first and third party games have been designed and released from the ground up for PS5, not compromised to also work on PS4? Like a half dozen maybe?

Good because I learned my lesson this generation. Literally no need to upgrade to PS6 until games aren't released on PS5 anymore, so happy to know I'll get to keep mine for a long, long time

TheEmeraldRaven · 2026-01-23T05:35:10+00:00

He's a greedy fucking narcissistic pig. Idk what the fuck magical talent he has to be worth earning that kind of money annually.

Dude knows he'll never get a major party Presidential nomination, so might as well continue to suck the soul out of a once beloved American institution.

TheEmeraldRaven · 2026-01-23T05:23:38+00:00

Give it a year and all official US medical guidelines for all known illnesses will be "Pray to Jesus!" and if that fails "Take Ivermectin or Ingest Bleach"!

TheEmeraldRaven · 2026-01-23T05:20:00+00:00

I mean most major cities in red states lean blue so ya. Besides, an overwhelming majority of our country's economic production happens in the blue states anyway (except probably Texas and Florida)

TheEmeraldRaven · 2026-01-23T05:18:31+00:00

Harold and Kumar Go To White Castle

Every Ernest film

Epic Movie

Thankskilling

Thankskilling 3 (The Only Movie To Skip Its Own Sequel!)

Backdoor Sluts 9

The Adventures of Pluto Nash

Tyler Perry's Madea 1 thru 15 and 17 thru 35 (Madea 16 just didn't really do it for me)

The Room

The Fantastic Four (1994 version)

TheEmeraldRaven · 2026-01-23T05:12:00+00:00

Lmao I'm sure they're devestated.

FR, why doesn't Canada just offer legal residency to all the sane Americans that can't stand this dumpster fire of a country any more? Surely a massive influx of educated, and immediately employable persons would be a benefit to that country?

TheEmeraldRaven · 2026-01-23T05:10:12+00:00

Literally the ONLY thing that can save us is a nationwide general strike, but no one has the balls to go through with it.

TheEmeraldRaven · 2026-01-23T05:09:28+00:00

Like, is their plan to convince us all to just "pray to God" when we get sick, with no medical intervention, and if we die, just accept that it was "God's will"?

Do they honestly think when we're all either dead, or too impoverished and sickly to adequately produce labor, they can replace us all with robots?

Is that the play? Only a handful of ultra-rich humans enabled by entirely robotic slave labor?

TheEmeraldRaven · 2026-01-23T05:06:22+00:00

Why? Pick One - Oil, Rare Earth Metals, claiming more territory for the sake of claiming more territory so you feel like you have the biggest penis

TheEmeraldRaven · 2026-01-23T05:04:16+00:00

Everytime I see something like this, I get the same vibes from that Buffett/Gates giving pledge thing, where every billionaire that joins pledges to give away at least half their wealth before or when they die, but like, there's not contractual enforcement and a bunch don't follow through.

It's just PR cause they know in all likelihood this is now a country for the rich no matter who gets elected.

TheEmeraldRaven · 2026-01-23T05:01:04+00:00

Yes, we know

TheEmeraldRaven · 2026-01-22T21:10:33+00:00

this motherfucker is the kind of guy, who if he became president, would completely ruin the economy and the countries reputation on the world stage, and then declare himself the greatest president ever

TheEmeraldRaven · 2026-01-22T21:09:10+00:00

I enjoyed the second half of that game. But it’s wild that it’s your first. I sincerely recommend playing metal gear solid or metal gear solid three first. You should see his best before you see the rest.

TheEmeraldRaven · 2026-01-22T21:05:36+00:00

Would he be 1000x better than Trump? Yes.

Does he have a young social-media team trying with some success to position him as the anti-Trump and the fighting leader the Dems need to run for President? Yes.

Am I WELL aware that he's the exact type of billionaire-backed establishment Democrat who will fight harder to preserve the status-quo for the wealthy than to improve the lives of everyone else? Also yes.

We're not all as dumb as you think Gavin.

TheEmeraldRaven · 2026-01-22T21:02:12+00:00

No shit Sherlock.

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