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if game developers made cake instead

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The video leverages highly relatable industry tropes and recognizable brand archetypes to create a punchy, fast-paced skit that resonates with a specific, passionate audience.

Summary

A creator uses a skit to humorously compare the business practices of various major video game companies to a bakery selling cakes. The video satirizes common gamer complaints like microtransactions, lack of innovation, and high prices.

Structure

1Introduction of the premise
2Satire of Ubisoft and Game Freak
3Satire of Nintendo
4Satire of EA and Guerrilla Games
5Closing joke

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if game developers made cake instead Ubisoft Game Freak Nintendo EA Games Guerrilla

Transcript

Hey, you want to try our new cake? This looks exactly like your last cake. What? No, the last one was white, this one's cream. Hey, our highly anticipated new cake is out, here you go. This is worse than your last one. I think you forgot a few ingredients. I'm going to be honest, I think your cakes are getting worse and worse each year. Oh, okay. Well, if you don't want it. No, I'll take it. Hey, I got a cake here a couple years ago, do you guys still sell that? No, and also go to hell. You can have this one instead. It's $800. Oh, okay. Well, I can't afford that right now. When's it going to go on sale? When's it going to go on sale? When's it going to go on sale? You can eat my shit. You want some cake? It's free, cuz it's several years old. It also has no frosting. Oh, you want frosting? Okay, that'll be $50. I worked really hard on this cake, please enjoy it. Who wants our cake? This keeps happening.