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Last of Us Season 2 Finale Viewership Disappoints - Kinda Funny Games Daily 05.27.25
Tue, 27 May 2025
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Chapter 1: What happened with The Last of Us Season 2 finale viewership?
Maybe I will make a backlog.
Sometimes you embrace it, Bless. Sometimes I might just embrace it. Sometimes you got to embrace the backlog. And most importantly, sometimes you got to dive into the backlog. Yeah.
Because that's what you've been doing. I've been jealous.
We're caught up in the rat race of Snowbike Mike playing nothing but Call of Duty Warzone and Fall Guys. We got Fortnite dropping a Star Wars collab. And it's like, hey, we're in it. I get it. But you know what? Sometimes you can hit pause. It's going to be there waiting for you. Yep. Go play that old game. Go. I played some Splinter Cell last week. How's your stealth gameplay?
How's my stealth gameplay? Are you nasty with the stealth?
Mike, I love stealth. I'm fucking dishonored. Metal Gear. Splinter Cell, I never got around to, though. I played Conviction. I played Conviction.
Oh, you're playing Conviction. I finished it. You finished it? Yeah, great short game. I was awful at the stealth. Which was wild, Bless. I really tried, but every time I found myself just fumbling the bag. And of course, as you know with conviction, if you stealth take someone out, then you get the ping system, the mark system, and you can do the cool finisher takedowns.
I probably did that maybe five times total out of my seven hours. I could not figure it out, Bless, for the life of me. Are you a stealth person? But I had a blast.
I'd like to be stealth. Do you like stealth? Yeah, I love Hitman, of course.
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Chapter 2: Why is Star Wars Battlefront 2 trending again?
The next five years, even.
I don't think... Is it an EA thing? Yeah, I mean, well, they got to figure out Battlefield first, right? Like, Battlefield's got to come first. And then, yeah, licensing out with Disney and figuring out where we can come back with that. I think Disney has done a really good job letting others play in the Star Wars universe.
and letting people get their hands on this IP and other IPs that, like, have done well. But, I mean, it would be hard not for Disney to be like, yeah, you can make another Battlefront, right? But EA is also in a spot where it's like, EA is like Ubisoft trying to pick a winner here and stick with that right now. Yeah, that's my thing is I think...
From the Disney side, Disney seems to always be down for Star Wars games, right? They always want that to be out in the ether. A few years ago, I put up a blessing show that was all about Star Wars video games and how there's a lineage, right? Star Wars is practically a video game franchise in a lot of ways when you look at all the different games that have come out.
We've had two different Battlefront series over the years come out, right? So I think... Disney is always looking for what's next for that and what makes sense for that. And then from the EA side, I think if there's money in it, I don't see why not.
I understand the thing of the last, I think, especially Battlefront 2, you had that rough beginning there with the microtransactions and the loot boxes, and I totally understand the idea of Disney being like, fuck that, we're not working with them anymore on this thing, this is trash. But I think the recovery has been so good.
You know, like, I think seeing these player numbers still resurge, right?
It reminds me of seeing Skate 3 over time where streamers will play it and then, you know, their audiences will hop in and then you see those Skate 3 numbers sustain so much and then you see the audiences demand for Skate 3, like, month after month, year after year, to then finally EA's like, fine, we're gonna give you the next Skate game. We're gonna give you the Skate 4. I think...
battlefront obviously like there's there's the audience that's hopping into to two i would be so fascinated to see if that turns into people being like yeah where's three yet like give us three like we want battlefront three and how much of that then can translate into ea and disney talking being like the numbers speak for themselves like we gotta give them what they want because do you
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Chapter 3: How will the Nintendo Switch 2 support USB mouse?
Honestly, at the end of the day, I think they're going to attain the same sales numbers they would have done otherwise. But I do wonder how those week one sales would have shifted. Because I think they would have sold more. I think they would have to have sold more on week one.
But regardless. Yeah. I mean, this was one. People were worried it was going up against Oblivion. They thought this was going to be overshadowed. And it's just nice to see that no matter what, good games are going to just be played. And people are going to jump right over to them. It also shows that team, right? That's a small team that we've been talking about. Made a really great game.
And now it's selling well. And, you know, hopefully their future is secured. They're going to look at the next one and go on for the next project, which will be great to see.
Yeah. When are you hopping in?
Yeah, Bless, that's a fun one for me, is when am I hopping in? I was happy to watch everybody, of course, from the review team, be so jazzed up about it, scored so high. Now to see the world go out there and celebrate it, it seems like everybody is kind of, if you jumped in on it on launch, slowly starting to say, hey, I finished it, I'm moving on. And so that means it's time for Mike to jump in.
So now everybody's been spoiled, now it's my turn to jump in without having to worry about spoilers. So I'm excited. I'll probably play it... July to August window, if I'm being real. Lamont Liles in chat says, Mikey not playing it, lol. You better watch out. Well, okay. If they got a Lulu, a Tidus, okay? A Tidus? You got a Tidus in there? I'm in. You got a Unalike character? I'm in.
Because I played the opening. A lot of people forgot I played the opening of this. And I really enjoyed it, of course. It's really, really dope. But, yeah, I was on the other side doing Oblivion.
I think you'll fall in love with this game. I think July to August area makes sense. Because, like, also, I don't... July doesn't seem as stacked as I would have thought. If, like, at least... If you're not as into Nintendo.
There's games everywhere.
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Chapter 4: What are the sales numbers for Expedition 33?
You know, Bless, I appreciate that we're going into their back catalog, but here's what I want them to do. What's that? Give a little ring-ding to the Knockout City people. Bring back Knockout City for me, okay? Back up that Briggs truck. It doesn't mean anything to your backlog, but let's help them out. That was a great game.
Let's help him out. Are you talking to Capcom specifically? Yeah, I'm talking to Capcom. I don't think Capcom even knows what Knockout City is. Need to call the Knockout City group because I want that game back. See, I called. Who published it originally? Was it EA? Was it an EA original?
Yes, it was an EA original.
Dellon Studios, I believe. Yep. I think EA should make the call and be like, yo. Bring them back. We got to bring you back. Knockout City 2. And we're going to lead this into an EA Sports Big revival.
Okay, now let me bring back to Capcom one more time. Yeah. Capcom made some of my favorite games, Dead Rising, correct? Yes. Where's Dead Rising at? I mean, you had the remasters. Three and four. Three and four. Not as good as two and one. One and two. I'll give you that. And probably put a bullet in the zombie's head in number four. But we got to bring those back.
We got to find a way to maybe make a new one or give me a remaster of two. But, like, what are we doing with that franchise, Bless? Do you think...
They're looking at their catalog and they're like, oh, we're on such a win streak. Let's not ruin that.
I mean, yes, but open world zombie game. Now, back in the early 2000s, Bless, that's a slam dunk.
Think about those words you just said. Open world zombie game. Do you know what year it is? It's a slam dunk in the 2000s. It is 2025. You're talking about something that's a hit in 2011. I think that still could be a hit. Bring it back. I think a Dead Rising. Yeah, I think a new Dead Rising would be fine. I think it'd be good.
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Chapter 5: What upcoming games should we look forward to?
Dansby Swanson. Okay. More than Rob Patt.
Yeah, because everybody's saying that.
This is Dansby. Dansby with a beard. Dansby clean shaven. I don't know what this guy's talking about. No, you don't see that? No. Do you see it? No, I don't see it either. Kevin, can you look up Dansby? But I also didn't see much of Rob Patton in that. Like, I see Rob Patton, but I don't see Rob Patton.
I see so much Rob Patton. What's the last name? Swanson. D-A-N-S-B-Y. Yeah, Chad, this is who he's saying that Gustav looks like. I don't see Gustav in this guy.
It looks like Rob Pat, like, for sure.
You think this guy looks like Rob? No, no, no, no.
I'm saying, like, Rob Patterson looks a lot like, yeah.
Yeah, no, I see.
Maybe that thick mustache that's getting me off.
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