Cockney Gamer

Haha, I’ve no idea how I did that! I copied it over from iPhone notes so maybe something funky happened. I should have gone full on and done it in Comic Sans. Also extra points for you for making up your own Cockney rhyming slang on “gamepass”. Kudos.

I want to thank you all for your comments on this video. This is Reggie from Cockney Gamer! I was looking at the analytics as the video blew up in a 24 hour period (by my standards!) and I saw that there were two external sources driving a bit of this traffic, that being the Flight Simulator website and here. So I signed up to thank you all for taking the time to review it and also address some points. Clickbait title/thumbnail = You know, this is the bit that I hate about YouTube. I agree with you all here. It sucks major donkey d**k, but sadly, you have to dance with the devil. Fun fact, in the first 24 hours of the video it was performing badly (a few hundred views max) and so I changed my title and boom, people clicked on it. I can’t defend the style of it and I myself hate that it has to be this way but sadly YouTube has forced this approach and the human psyche is what it is I’m afraid. However, ALWAYS I make the content of the video as balanced as I can and I think most of you saw that so thank you for staying to the end! Too harsh on developers/game = another fun fact… I paid for the Aviator edition out of my own money. My channel makes around $100 a month, barely enough to pay for my Adobe subscription, the games I review and the music license I pay for (usually I run the channel at a loss). I share that because I am, like you, a fully paid customer and didn’t get it for free or had some ulterior motive. I’m just a bloke that likes to fly. Like you I’m a “simmer”, (albeit a terrible one) and so I do feel let down by Asobo. Not bashing individuals or what people do for a living, but just like I work and you work hard to make money, I’ve invested my own cash in what I feel is a broken game right now. If they released it as a beta, and framed it in a way that we were supporting the journey with them, I’d have still handed my cash over but without the frustration and anger I feel right now. I’m convinced the game will get there, but as of December 2024, it’s a travesty that they charge what they charge for the state of the game and release it as 1.0 with a straight face. Style of video = I appreciate it comes across maybe a bit childish for some. Too much innuendo perhaps. Jokes that are a little close to the bone (I got complaints on the 737 max line). However, that is the style of the channel and for every person that loves it, I know a person will hate it. I always wanted a channel that gave honest, balanced reviews whilst still having a little banter and fun along the way. It’s not a channel dedicated to flight simming (I try and review everything) but there is a focus on simulation games in general I’d say. I didn’t see enough channels out there like that based on this genre that gives an adult humorous take, so I thought “sod it, why not give it a go myself?”. So far it’s been a fun journey and I get it’s not for everyone, but for sure there are hundreds of channels out there which are far more down the line in how things are presented and dare I say, have a very different view to mine. As I say to everyone, watch 5 videos created by people from all aspects of life to help make up your mind on a game. Your opinion matters way more than mine. The most important thing to say though is to thank the people who clicked it and shared their opinion. You guys rock. Whether you support the views you watched or are critical of it, honestly that’s music to my ears. I can’t put my views out in public and expect them to not be criticised. That was my choice and I’ve learnt to accept criticism as positively as I can. I’m a 40 year old bloke, with a full time job, wife and kids and so this is my little escape from bedlam. So I really appreciate you clicking and watching, and I loved reading all the comments along the way. Cheers, Reggie (Cockney Gamer) xxx