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Crimson Desert Studio Shares PLUMMET After Reviews - Kinda Funny Games Daily 03.19.26

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Greg says Crimson Desert hitting two million sales does not surprise him, but ten million in a week would.

1. Kind of Funny Games Daily on March 20, 2026 centers on three gaming news items: Crimson Desert sales, a Nintendo Switch 2 revision, and Netflix’s Assassin’s Creed series. 2. Blessing Adeoye Jr. hosts with Greg Miller, who reacts to the news, jokes through the transitions, and steers the discussion toward sales, hardware, and adaptation details. 3. The episode asks what matters more for Crimson Desert: its two million sales on day one or the community response to its controls and performance. 4. IGN’s Wesley Yin-Poole is cited for reporting that Crimson Desert sold two million copies worldwide one day after launch on PC, PS5, and Xbox. 5. Pearl Abyss says it will listen closely to player feedback and work to make improvements quickly, which Greg treats as the most important part of the announcement. 6. The hosts point to mixed user reviews, nearly 250,000 concurrent Steam players, and complaints about clunky controls and performance issues. 7. Greg says he was not surprised by the two million sales because the game had enough hype to move units regardless of Metacritic scores. 8. He says the 10-million prediction from an earlier conversation would be the number that truly surprises him. 9. The Crimson Desert discussion turns into a longer argument about whether the game can improve enough over six, twelve, or eighteen months to bring players back. 10. Greg says he did not find the combat, controls, or exploration compelling enough to return just for patches. 11. He compares the response around Crimson Desert to subreddit arguments about blurry visuals and players posting clips of clunky movement. 12. He also says some players are already calling the release version different from the build they reviewed, which makes the live-service-style patch cadence more interesting to him. 13. The Nintendo segment reports that a Switch 2 revision with a removable battery is being developed for Europe first. 14. The reason given is the European Union’s right-to-repair regulation, which pressures companies to make battery replacement easier. 15. Greg says he loves the idea because his current Nintendo Switch battery is poor and he dislikes replacement processes that force a new device purchase. 16. The hosts compare Nintendo’s likely approach to Sony’s DualSense battery access changes and Apple’s more repair-friendly phone designs. 17. The Assassin’s Creed segment says Netflix’s live-action series has started filming and will take place in ancient Rome in 64 AD. 18. Greg and Blessing react to the announced cast names and to the official graphic, which Greg says looked so odd that he wondered if it was a joke. 19. The tone stays conversational and off-the-cuff, with long tangents, listener super chats, and repeated side jokes about Dropout, Sonic, and school-age kids. 20. Listeners who follow gaming news, hardware regulation, or franchise adaptations will get the most out of this episode, while people avoiding Crimson Desert discourse may want to skip it.

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