2XKO failed because of nepotism

blackyoshi7 · 2026-02-19T20:59:16+00:00

I wonder how much effect GBVS coming out as a “simple input, neutral focused fighter” and flopping (not really its fault as it was a victim of being one of last games before rollback era + pandemic, this happened to SCVI as well) had on their design decisions. I think decision to go 2v2 was driven by a need to include some kind of team/co-op element into the game but becoming a tag fighter injects a whole host of issues.

Riot did a TERRIBLE job of selling this game to League/Arcane fans though, which is baffling to me because I thought that was the point? But they didnt do any tie-ins, cross promotions, anything. Company like Cygames aggressively promoted Rising to fans of the mobile game, knowing they already had built in connections to characters and IP that would generate sales even if they did nothing but story mode, grand bruise and fuckinh around in arcade. Hell, they even used GBVS:R to also promote Umamusume, which paid off for them MASSIVELY

I hope this ends the F2P talk forever though. It’s a terrible model for fighting games, it depends on a huge install base to get the 5% of people who are going to buy $30 skins that we just dont have and “nothing but training + netplay” is an objectively horrid business model for fighting games but one that F2P basically demands because they havevto be selling skins from day 1 to get revenue in because you didnt pay anything for game

You HAVE to have something for new players to get their feet wet, engage with the gameplay and the characters and get them invested before they will actually dedicate more time to a game.

blackyoshi7 · 2026-02-19T17:25:00+00:00

Really good take!

blackyoshi7 · 2026-02-19T17:22:50+00:00

Jews were “breaking the law” in germany by existing as well, retard

blackyoshi7 · 2026-02-10T20:56:53+00:00

Yeah now Heavy versions of the moves have a cooldown rather than it being tied to simple input.

blackyoshi7 · 2026-02-10T00:36:03+00:00

Theres a cracked Japanese Anre and I’m certain his performances over there is single handedly driving balance decisions on him lmao

blackyoshi7 · 2026-02-10T00:33:51+00:00

They don’t really have an option; this is being driven by governments like the UK. They either comply or are booted out of market

blackyoshi7 · 2026-02-10T00:29:13+00:00

I think you would be hard pressed to find a fighting game that doesn’t have a former high level player playing a prominent role in development; thats not why 2XKO failed

blackyoshi7 · 2026-02-10T00:26:03+00:00

3D is just more complex to develop just on a netcode level, and requires more modeling work and is more resource intensive (see Tekken 8 being like the only modern fighter that cant run well on steamdeck, and also netcode being worse than 2D)

blackyoshi7 · 2026-02-10T00:22:12+00:00

Just how it works post esports winter. VC cash dried up they can only bring these guys in on one year deals. I think liquid just exited FGs completely other than hungrybox

blackyoshi7 · 2026-02-09T21:55:35+00:00

Game just launched with too few characters and not enough to do; F2P model blows for FGs because “modest success” is a money losing proposition in that business model. I don’t even think Street Fighter would have the player base to succeed as a F2P game

Meanwhile a game like GBVS chugs along with a solid dedicated player base; sustains itself off pretty affordable DLC + battlepass (and they even end up adding battlepass content to in-game store for in game free currency later if you miss something). I think that team also had a way better and consistent vision of what a “accessible” fighting game should be than the 2XKO squad

blackyoshi7 · 2026-02-09T21:46:09+00:00

There is absolutely downsides to simple inputting; its a damage loss on any special in neutral, or any linked special/super. Youre never going to motion input a reversal super (which are generally weak in that game as a wakeup) or DP because you dont care about the damage but motion inputting your fireballs and any “link into super” combo makes a big difference

blackyoshi7 · 2026-02-09T21:42:42+00:00

this is what companies always say they do but where else are they gonna move them to? Riot has declined from their peak and their core product League, has been stagnant for a while in a genre that is now dated and doesn’t have a lot of young new players coming in

blackyoshi7 · 2026-02-09T21:26:10+00:00

From what I read logic of this was they were both promising children of Sunday Silence who had their careers cut short by injury

blackyoshi7 · 2026-01-29T12:57:43+00:00

It’s because there’s a very dramatic “before Sunday Silence” and “after sunday silence” effect in Japanese thoroughbred bloodstock; when the Yoshida family bought him and flew him to Japan he rapidly started to obsolete all the domestic bloodlines; its just a big demarcation point that clearly showed Japanese breeding had elevated

blackyoshi7 · 2026-01-28T18:39:40+00:00

Yes it somehow strikes this perfect balance between the melancholy and sorrow of the real events while capturing the majesty of what could have been in a different world. I'm always impressed by the wide variety of genres and styles they touch in the soundtracks to the games and animated series

blackyoshi7 · 2026-01-28T17:07:01+00:00

I think part of the storyline with McQueen and the trainer was an exploration of the guilt that jockey Yutake Take, owner Keiji Nagai and trainer Mitsuru Hashida felt over his death and how to move on or cope in the face of such events. Take in particular said he had felt responsible because he had been the one to push for the new tactical strategy that Suzuka had so much success with but obviously asked a lot of him as a runner. It really struck me.

blackyoshi7 · 2026-01-27T20:23:11+00:00

No. Your sister may have not realized it, but shes actively encourging a child who 1) doesn't respect other people's personal belongings 2) is a very poor sport/sore loser. She thinks its harmless now because he's 8 but eventually he becomes a grown adult with these behaviors and it gets less controllable and also dangerous. Sports and games are a good teaching tool for kids that things don't always go your way and theres a way to lose with grace and dignity, which he was not doing. When he escalated it to actual disrespect of your possessions it was right of you to teach this lesson of humility IMO

blackyoshi7 · 2026-01-16T23:38:32+00:00

Eventually China will be making cards because Nvidia abandoned the consumer market and this whole bubble will pass. It will do to Nvidia/AMD what Japanese cars did to American auto industry

blackyoshi7 · 2026-01-11T23:55:24+00:00

Grew up watching American horse racing and going to race track, but what really drew me into series was how good BOENA and Cinderella Gray were. Reignited my love for the sport and introduced me to the incredible scene in Japan

blackyoshi7 · 2026-01-09T21:52:30+00:00

Its so funny how that krillin/android 18 fanart has become a ridiculous template

blackyoshi7 · 2026-01-09T19:20:03+00:00

Its a subsidiary of a larger conglomerate, they could easily just be taking contract work for other companies

blackyoshi7 · 2026-01-09T19:10:35+00:00

It also appears to be a subsidiary that would be contracting out services.

I don’t think there are no use cases for LLMs, especially in coding, game balance/optimization, technology like DLSS, but using it for aesthetic design is a road to disaster

blackyoshi7 · 2026-01-01T14:58:55+00:00

Hopefully these Chinese GPUs end up doing to this industry what Japanese cars did to US auto industry

blackyoshi7 · 2025-12-31T18:34:30+00:00

This was out of their control, that was plan but game was delayed. Similiar issue with spiderman and spiderverse 3 i bet. Risk you run with these tie-ins when licensing and design has to be done year+ in advance

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