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The Console War, p98

September 23, 2024 by Tim


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taboo
taboo
10 days ago

Now – that – are some highly defined muscles 😀

foducool
foducool
10 days ago

the chain represents the stand sold separately?

Eldest Gruff
Eldest Gruff
10 days ago
Reply to  foducool

Sure, he looks all tough and macho, but these guys wouldn’t be staring at awe if they knew this new guy was discless.

Urazz
Urazz
9 days ago
Reply to  Eldest Gruff

And had no stand as well.

ACasualObsession
ACasualObsession
8 days ago
Reply to  Eldest Gruff

Dudes clearly on gear. I hear that abusing that shit makes your disc shrink.

GUNnibal
GUNnibal
10 days ago

Yeah, wouldn’t want to get acCOSTed by that guy…

Matt Braddock
Matt Braddock
10 days ago

“PayStation Pro. Now with exclusive 100 dollar Condord tax, because we need to recuperate the 400 million dollar loss from the biggest flop in the history of video games.”

Eldest Gruff
Eldest Gruff
10 days ago
Reply to  Matt Braddock

I’m honestly surprised Concord isn’t getting its own Console Wars post.

Nothing like your R&D department spending eight years to develop an overhyped, amazing new weapon, which turns out to be a basic semiautomatic that excels at absolutely nothing, and when your soldiers go out in the field they discover a design flaw where the bullet doesn’t actually shoot forward, but backward.

PS5 already felt like PS4 Pro Plus. I’m sure there are plenty of people interested in sinking hundreds more in chasing even more diminished returns; it holds zero appeal to me.

Kevin Greenbaum
Kevin Greenbaum
9 days ago
Reply to  Eldest Gruff

I’m still enjoying my PS4, but they have finally released enough games for PS5 that didn’t also come out for PS4 so I’ll have to get the new one eventually.

PhobosRising
PhobosRising
9 days ago
Reply to  Eldest Gruff

I know on Steam it was an interesting phenomenon. The store page had a horrible score and less than 1k reviews. The discussions in other FPS had people trying to latch the success and enthusiasm attributed to one game onto Concord. Then there was the bigoted ones who I’d love to sell a faulty riding lawnmower to, preferably one that flips. Never seen a game so objectively small on steam get so much unwarranted political hate.

Last edited 9 days ago by PhobosRising
Matt Braddock
Matt Braddock
9 days ago
Reply to  PhobosRising

Not unwarranted, and not political hate. The game wasn’t hated because it had a political message. It was hated because it had literally nothing else to offer. No ingenuity, no interesting characters because they were as uninspired and average as possible in order to not offend anyone, no interesting game mechanics, no comprehensive story that could be somewhat engaging… Every single element of the game was designed based on a market statistic or a DEI checklist. It had nothing to offer, and the most unique thing about it was the pronouns of the characters displayed on the selection screen. But… Read more »

leduk
leduk
9 days ago
Reply to  Matt Braddock

“no political message”
also
“dei everywhere”

I dont care about concord but you’re still full of shit (and also not telling the truth but hey, that’s internet)
also wtf is “toxic positivity” lmao…you gamergate dudes are pretty pathetic

Vice Versa
Vice Versa
8 days ago
Reply to  leduk

Ummm. I don’t think he said it had no political message – he said it was the only thing the game had.

Also “toxic positivity”, however dumb that sounds, was a quote from an interview with one of the developers or something (didn’t delve too hard into this).

PhobosRising
PhobosRising
8 days ago
Reply to  Vice Versa

He was stating the stuff I read was apparently not political hate despite I would bet a week delay on tim’s next comic that matt responded knee-jerk without reading those problematic posts. That or he did, and is defending them for some disturbing reason.

PhobosRising
PhobosRising
8 days ago
Reply to  Matt Braddock

Matt, I stand by my statement regarding the garbage I was reading. The concord people were annoying me with their attempts to advertise, but there was clear statements of bigotry, from responders, that really sounded like they their family tree moved to Argentina at some point before being a highlight at Charlottesville. Warhammer fanboys are known for an aggression quirk, this was above that. I played outside a training base. My tolerance levels includes a high degree of shittalking, it was our way of letting someone know they were fully in the warhammer tabletop community. What was in the forum… Read more »

Urazz
Urazz
9 days ago
Reply to  Eldest Gruff

Yeah, you’d think you’d see a strip of Concord blowing up in the face of PS4s and such when fighting.

leduk
leduk
9 days ago
Reply to  Eldest Gruff

could have been a nice game
internet decided otherwise and sony conceded

Norbert
Norbert
10 days ago

Good job with the headband = side stripes 😀

ears
ears
10 days ago

Context?

Mr. X
Mr. X
10 days ago
Reply to  ears

PS5 Pro

DanVzare
DanVzare
10 days ago

I know I’m probably in the minority here, but I miss when these were more one-off jokes. You know… like when you would use the first panel to set the scene, then the second panel to develop it further, the third panel to have something unexpected happen, and then the fourth panel to show the result of that unexpected thing. Heck, I even liked it when you would sometimes take that formula and spread it across a four-parter. Each page being one part of the joke, but each page also being funny on its own. But when you spread the… Read more »

Quilla
Quilla
10 days ago
Reply to  DanVzare

Well, you’re right. You’re probably the minority

Darkhorse
Darkhorse
10 days ago
Reply to  DanVzare

I think it is more a difference in humour. Instead of punchlines shouted at full volume the humour requires a slight investment of the reader. These two are staying in shape, but are overshadowed by the new guy (ps5 pro). The closest to a punchline is the high def reference, which is a reference to both the quality of the screen, as well as the highly defined muscles. Such humour isn’t for everyone. Though I do not really see the differences in humour with the other pages, except possibly the delivery. I’ll say it definitely isn’t 20 pages. This is… Read more »

Moe
Moe
10 days ago
Reply to  DanVzare

Actually, I think this is indeed a one shot; I expect Wednesday will not be Console Wars P99, but time will tell!

SvarroVarro
SvarroVarro
9 days ago
Reply to  Moe

Time does tell, but in this case Tim beat it to the punchline. 😄

Darkhorse
Darkhorse
9 days ago
Reply to  Moe

Tim will tell*

leduk
leduk
9 days ago
Reply to  DanVzare

dont you dare not to be an absolute fanboy, the crown will downvote you to oblivion if you have your own opinion!

Urazz
Urazz
10 days ago

Surprised we didn’t see the PS5 Pro fall over since it doesn’t have a stand. Or we see that he’s mute because he doesn’t have a disk drive.

Quinn
Quinn
9 days ago
Reply to  Urazz

Maybe with another angle we’ll see that he skips leg day.

Jesse
Jesse
10 days ago

Yet another comic where I have no idea what it’s referring to, and no link for explanation

Danidas
Danidas
10 days ago
Reply to  Jesse

Its the PS5 pro that was just released and is just a beefier PS5. Hence the overly muscled dude that looks different as the new recruit with gold chains to represent the insane cost of the PS5 pro.

Jesse
Jesse
10 days ago
Reply to  Danidas

Much appreciated!

LazidMD
LazidMD
10 days ago
Reply to  Danidas

announced*. Not released yet 😉 (Nov 7th)

Danidas
Danidas
9 days ago
Reply to  LazidMD

Aka why its still in boot camp then.

CTOWNS
CTOWNS
10 days ago

One of these days console companies might try encouraging more proper games being developed (without resorting to bulk borderline shovelware games to pad their numbers)

Eldest Gruff
Eldest Gruff
10 days ago
Reply to  CTOWNS

With how much AAA games cost to develop today on modern hardware? Preposterous.

PhobosRising
PhobosRising
9 days ago
Reply to  Eldest Gruff

I always thought “AAA” was a marketing tag that has zero actual relevance on the overall quality of the product. It’s not a guarantee on any level except an excuse they use to jack up the price. If you got 400 people trying to do the same thing, all you end up with is awkward conversations in a stall and toilet roulette.

PhobosRising
PhobosRising
9 days ago
Reply to  PhobosRising

Actually, this might be part of the issues. So many squeaking shoes from costco-value-packed restrooms, nobody can hear each other or concentrate over the sound.

Eldest Gruff
Eldest Gruff
9 days ago
Reply to  PhobosRising

It’s a generalization on budget. For a modern title, that is best seen in the scope of the game’s graphics. I say “preposterous” because gamers upgrades from a PS3 to a PS4 to a PS5 not because the controller looked nicer each time, but because they expected to get games of a higher graphical quality. That drives prices up. That must be met either by more copies sold, or more post-purchase content sold. It is far, far, FAR smarter for a company like, say, Rockstar, to make one really good game and focus all their attention on making it better… Read more »

Ocramot
Ocramot
10 days ago

What do you mean you’re interrupting Lucas an Ben’s storyline on that cliffhanger??

Lycanclaw
Lycanclaw
10 days ago
Reply to  Ocramot

Right?! That is a serious cliffhanger! I do get if they need a break, and hey, that’ll have us begging for more! I’m so excited to find out what happens! Maybe a mental break of Console wars will ease the tension, hah.

toughluck
toughluck
10 days ago

OH COME ON!!! I was expecting 24 pages in the Analog and D-Pad arc, and there were just 21?!

Timmeh
Timmeh
10 days ago
Reply to  Tim

“perfect spot”=”the spot where I give the most aneurysms”

Lrbearclaw
Lrbearclaw
10 days ago
Reply to  Timmeh

It’s just a One-Shot to keep you edging before seeing the climax of events.

Think of it as a commercial break. (“We’ll Be RIIIIIIIIIIGHT Back.”)

Jacob
Jacob
10 days ago

Loving the Wintereenmas chain, wonder if that’ll be a shop item someday 😉

Mastacheata
Mastacheata
10 days ago
Reply to  Jacob

Given how badly recent product ideas have done, I don’t have much hope.

Sian
Sian
10 days ago

beefy unit … probably doped, and ultimately not much good

Del Cox
Del Cox
9 days ago

Nooooo! We’re leaving it as a cliffhanger?! Dangit!

PhobosRising
PhobosRising
9 days ago

Was that Playstation Mr. T? Mr. P, if you will.

DevMerlin
DevMerlin
9 days ago

Wait … who’s side is he really on with that D-Pad emblem? Does he worship the world’s version of Gunpei Yokoi?

BakaGrappler
BakaGrappler
8 days ago

All this lead up, and it turns out the guy can lift just barely more then the original PS5s…

Soeroah
Soeroah
8 days ago

Seems like bro is compensating for something

plastichairball
plastichairball
8 days ago

Thank the heavens that there is now an option to search by topic so that I can browse only the console wars and avoid the rubbish that is starcaster and that DnD content.