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5 min read"This Is Pathetic" | Asmongold
Electronic Arts' stock dropped 18% after the company warned that financial results would fall short of expectations. The culprit: two games that sold poorly, including Dragon Age: The Veilguard, which reached only 1.5 million players during the quarter—roughly half of what the company expected. For Asmongold, this is the latest in a pattern he says has become predictable: games that were widely expected to be bad come out, sell terribly, and lead to layoffs. The real story, he argues, is not just that Veilguard failed, but how the people who defend such games react when they do.
The "Modern Audience" Argument and Its Flaws
The episode centers on a Reddit post from the Dragon Age: The Veilguard subreddit claiming that the game's reputation was "damaged by the anti-woke crowd" before it even launched. The post argues that negative YouTube videos and critical press created a toxic environment that scared off potential customers. Asmongold reads this with visible exasperation. "They're right," he says. "The amount of negative videos and negative press that people put out about the game absolutely damaged the game. That's why people put out the negative media and the negative press. That was the goal. Mission accomplished."
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What you'll learn
- 1 (01:32) **Dragon Age: The Veilguard Confirmed a Financial Failure** - Asmongold announces that EA's quarterly report confirms Veilguard sold about 50% below expectations, calling the sales "pathetic" and "embarrassing."
- 2 (03:48) **The "Golden Parachute" Problem - Director Flees Before the Fallout** - Asmongold criticizes Veilguard director Corinne Busch for leaving BioWare just days before the failure report, calling it "roaching out."
- 3 (05:59) **The "Anti-Woke" Blame Game - Reddit Post Breakdown Begins** - Asmongold reads a top Reddit post claiming Veilguard's reputation was "damaged by the anti-woke crowd" before launch, then tests the claim by searching YouTube for the game.
- 4 (09:31) **Critics Frame Veilguard as "Media" First, Not a Game** - Asmongold dissects the post's framing, noting the OP treats Veilguard as political media rather than a video game, which reveals their ideological bias.
- 5 (11:17) **Corporations as Parasites on Cultural Movements** - Asmongold pivots to a broader critique of how companies adopt progressive ideology as a marketing tactic, not genuine belief.
- 6 (12:50) **The Self-Regulation Problem - Why Extremism Destroys Movements** - Asmongold argues that both left and right fail to rein in their extremists, leading to self-radicalization and shrinking audiences.
- 7 (14:08) **Reddit's Censorship Culture and the "Bigoted Dog Whistle" Label** - Asmongold reacts to a commenter wanting mods to remove any post with "bigoted dog whistles," noting this is a demand to censor criticism of BioWare or the game itself.
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