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5 min read"We Have a 100% Success Ratio"
When a former Concord developer took to Reddit to plead with gamers not to judge Bungie's upcoming extraction shooter Marathon before it releases, Asmongold's response was blunt: "Well, welcome to the fucking jungle, bitch. There's precedent for this, and it sure seems like there's a one hundred percent hit rate."
The core argument of this episode is straightforward: the gaming community has become remarkably accurate at predicting which high-profile games will fail, and developers who ignore those signals are making a conscious choice. Asmongold runs through a list that includes Concord, Assassin's Creed Shadows, Redfall, Skull and Bones, Starfield, Avowed, Star Wars Outlaws, Dustborn, Flintlock, and others. "How is it that every time that the internet decides that the game is going to be garbage, it's garbage?" he asks. "We do have like a 100% success ratio."
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What you'll learn
- 1 (00:00) **Concord Dev Defends Marathon** - Asmongold reacts to a former Concord developer urging players not to judge Bungie's upcoming game Marathon too soon, setting up the episode's central debate.
- 2 (03:03) **"Some Games Deserve to Be Aborted"** - Asmongold reads his own reply to the developer's post and expands on why he believes character design is a primary driver of failure.
- 3 (05:38) **Reading the Developer's Reddit Post** - Asmongold reads the full text of the former Firewalk Studios dev's message, interjecting his own commentary throughout.
- 4 (08:33) **"You Don't Even Understand How You Fucked Up"** - Asmongold pivots from sympathy to critique, arguing the core problem is the industry's refusal to acknowledge why these games fail.
- 5 (10:53) **The Emperor's New Clothes** - Asmongold identifies the systemic problem within the games industry that prevents honest feedback from being heard.
- 6 (11:57) **"The Only Person Who Wins Here Is Me"** - Asmongold acknowledges the dogpiling on the developer but frames it as a consequence of the industry's dishonesty.
- 7 (14:18) **When Was the Last Time Gamers Were Wrong?** - Asmongold challenges the developer's premise by asking the audience for counterexamples of games that succeeded despite negative pre-release sentiment.
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