Garry Newman shared his opinion on the launch of S&Box and their plans to improve it under the @Eridiium's video. "The launch was shit. The free weekend was shit. We wanted to float under the radar on launch and build up, but we didn't. It was crap, it has burnt bridges and made people angry, it's given a negative view of s&box, it's turned the gmod community against it. We can't get away from that, we fucked it. We weren't ready and we fucked it. We know that, you know that, we fucked it". Garry still likes the sausage-like models, but they are giving up on them and moving towards realistic human characters. They are also changing Playfund to help people find high quality games easier and stop incentivizing low-effort content by greenlighting or blacklisting projects from the monetization program, while switching maps and games to a Steam Workshop style subscribe/install model. "There being too much content is a problem. It's no good having 20 good games on the platform when they're swimming in the sea of 500 tech demos and clickers. We're going to address that, we already have plans". Garry thinks the situation is deflating, demoralizing, and embarrassing. With AI, this is either the worst or the best time in history to launch a UGC platform. For context: Sid (@Eridiium) is one of the few content creators actively covering S&Box and communicating with the community. In the video, he criticized many aspects of the platform and suggested himself for the role of community manager.