Why Aren't Video Game Publishers More Transparent? | The Video Game Pals Episode 31

On this week’s episode of the Video Game Pals, Pete finished Super Mario Odyssey and got into South Park: The Fractured But Whole & Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp, Star Wars Battlefront 2’s sales are suffering and Bungie got caught with their pants down. PLUS: We ask why big publishers and developers aren’t more transparent with their audiences? The show: -What we’re playing -RANDOM QUESTION OF THE WEEK -DA NEWS: 1. CD Projekt Red throwing shade at loot boxes: http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2017-11-19-cd-projekt-red-greed-cyberpunk-2077-multiplayer 2. Star Wars Battlefront 2’s sales in the UK are significantly lower than expected: http://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2017-11-20-uk-boxed-charts-disappointing-debut-for-star-wars-battlefront-ii 3. Gazllion Entertainment has fired nearly all of its employees and is closing Marvel Heroes early: https://www.pcgamesn.com/marvel-heroes/marvel-heroes-shut-down https://twitter.com/reseterant/status/933471709923069954 https://www.polygon.com/2017/11/23/16694392/gazillion-cans-marvel-heroes-team 4. Bungie has changed the XP system in Destiny 2 after players realized it was rigged against them: https://kotaku.com/bungie-changes-destiny-2-xp-system-after-players-discov-1820728952 https://twitter.com/thislukesmith/status/934489098294722560 Meat and Potatoes: You see so many indie developers who get good will specifically because of how they keep an open line of communication with their players. Why do you think we don’t see this same kind of transparency with fans from bigger companies? Do you believe the narrative of the big bad suits vs. the indie artists? Music: "Swanky Ballroom Party For Sophisticated People" by Adhesive Wombat - @adhesivewombat The Video Game Pals is The Pals Network's weekly video game podcast where we talk about video games, the news and how it all makes us feel. The Pals: Pete: twitter.com/Loud_Pete Sean: twitter.com/SeansSoapbox Thompson: twitter.com/RelicVampire Andy: twitter.com/tiger_millions Peggy: twitter.com/MoiraiOW