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The Xbox Two Podcast is back and this week Rand & Jez will be talking about the news everyone has been waiting for: the CMA has approved the ABK deal and now Microsoft and Xbox officially own Activision Blizzard, when can we expect Call of Duty and Diablo to join Game Pass, Sony PlayStation reveals the PS5 slim and so much more!!
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Timestamps:
Getting ready to go live 0:00
Intro and Housekeeping 6:42
Xbox officially acquires ABK 18:50
Xbox possible next acquisitions? 1:23:38
More ABK discussion 1:32:30
ABK games to Gamepass, Colteastwood joins panel 1:54:50
Speshal Nick joins panel and discusses ABK deal 2:27:00
Sony releases PS5 Slim 2:39:55
Patreon Questions and Closing 3:06:05
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[@RandalThor19]

Thanks for all the support!! Treat yourself to the ULTIMATE gaming companion with Valari! Go to glnk.io/8l99j/xb215 and use our special promo code XB2 to get 15%% off! Timestamps: Getting ready to go live 0:00 Intro and Housekeeping 6:42 Xbox officially acquires ABK 18:50 Xbox possible next acquisitions? 1:23:38 More ABK discussion 1:32:30 ABK games to Gamepass, Colteastwood joins panel 1:54:50 Speshal Nick joins panel and discusses ABK deal 2:27:00 Sony releases PS5 Slim 2:39:55 Patreon Questions and Closing 3:06:05

[@PaulBrereton-wx1do]

Dreamcast .. best console ever!!.. n I’ve had em all

[@jamiechipps2332]

L

[@RandomGuyNB]

Timestamps Getting ready to go live 0:00 Intro and Housekeeping 6:42 Xbox officially acquires ABK 18:50 Xbox possible next acquisitions? 1:23:38 More ABK discussion 1:32:30 ABK games to Gamepass, Colteastwood joins panel 1:54:50 Speshal Nick joins panel and discusses ABK deal 2:27:00 Sony releases PS5 Slim 2:39:55 Patreon Questions and Closing 3:06:05

[@S7eventhHeaven]

Microsoft need to put the entire portfolio of Candy Crush on Xbox ASAP.

[@jimmythegamer2231]

Bruh

[@MzCEO_YT]

Nice music choice! And slick little kill around the corner

[@user-fk7sn7qk3y]

What game is being played in the video?

[@taylo2079]

Rand and Jez I listen to your podcast because I want to hear YOU discuss this topic, because you two can actually have a nuanced discussion. If I wanted to listen Colt Eastwood play console wars for an hour and a half (which I don’t) I’d listen to his podcast

[@GRAMMAN112]

Damn did colt Eastwood bad 😭

[@True77]

Cyberpunk 2077 was always great. Freaking loved it at launch and I'm incredibly excited to do another playthrough.

[@griffinhansen3091]

I think all the different studios working on COD will still be working on it that’s the only way to make one every year. I look forward to see the first one they make under Xbox have to wait a couple of years though cuz they must be working on next years already.

[@RLStine-dk3ux]

What I dont get about the PlayStation "Slim", and it becoming their new standard console... The Spider-Man face plates just did so well! They had to have made a ton of profit selling those cheap pieces of plastic for $50 each, as well as so many people who "upgraded" to the Spider-Man console by buying the SM2 console bundle. Everything except the controller sold out within hours of release. The new Slim console seems to be losing the feature of being able to change out the face plates... I almost can't believe that to be true. Because PS really should have been expoilting this on every exclusive game on their console (even making a deal with Square for FF16). Does anyone know if the faceplates can be swapped out on the PS5 "slim"?

[@mdlowe45]

Would love to see Blackthorne remake or all new game.

[@nihren2406]

I've had this discussion with a lot of people the past few weeks as to where Xbox goes next in terms of acquisitions. I do agree they'll focus on singular studios, a publisher would garner way too much scrutiny and hot off the heels of ABK all the regulators would be on top of Microsoft in an instant. Developers will fly under the radar. Crystal Dynamics and Eidos Montreal are my top picks personally, but they need to secure the Tomb Taider, Deus Ex, and Thief franchises along with them. And there's IOI, Avalanche, and Certain Affinity. Certain Affinity has been a longtime partner on 343's Halo titles, offering support and content. The studio is led by the mind behind Halo 2's multiplayer and is reportedly working on that BR spinoff. IOI has the James Bond game and their other project for Xbox. Hitman shows their prowess. Avalanche will likely hinge on how well Contraband does. If Embracer wasn't in a bad situation I think Crystal Dynamics may have hinged on Perfect Dark, but Microsoft can't afford to wait and see the fruits of that partnership, Embracer could shutter Crystal at any moment.

[@nileshswamy635]

what game r u playing in this video?

[@j0ker51000]

I'm all for the Banjo Bros. but how about the Conker Crew??

[@MonsterXero423]

In fairness to Sony, they reduced the weight by 30% but I don't know if that translates to a 30% reduction in cost. The chips are not getting cheaper. Sony has been losing money on the digital units all along, so the price hike on those sort of makes sense, but removing the stand and selling that tiny wafer of plastic for $30, that's price gouging. I've said all along that the pro would be expensive. Sony sees it as a premium electronic product, so it will be priced as such, like $750 to $800. The silicon is not coming down in price.

[@RadimuxCisco]

When they did the ad read I was in such a bad posture...

[@rager1969]

Australia's ACCC web site still has no update on their decision. Will they approve on Monday or just stay in limbo?

[@eodyn7]

They are irrelevant.

[@anaruenoha9920]

Australia was never important for this deal

[@MonsterXero423]

2:25:02 I have 900 hours into Cyberpunk. I loved the game from the beginning. It was buggy to be sure, but the story was great and the gameplay was very good, albeit a little too easy. Never understood the almost rabid level of hate. I'm not a CD projekt Red apologist but it was always a little too much shade. People just wanted to be righteously angry.

[@fearcry24]

Due to this show, I got the famous gaming pillow you guys have been mentioning. The best assessment ever lol. Amazing pillow for your arms.

[@Kim77133]

I don't usually comment but damn! Love it man..

[@ragbrairider5120]

The code w Valari order & did not take :(

[@MonsterXero423]

Aluminium would be spelled, well Aluminium, not Aluminum.😊 so much for this conTROVersy😅

[@eodyn7]

What were they talking about? There was no Grommash in the trailer. Just BFA cinematics.

[@jez.c]

KZbin won't let me link the thread, I'll put it on discord

[@ONIFIVE]

Would love a Cyborg Hunter Reboot from ABK

[@digitaltiger6705]

I don't know who owns the IP, but i just want Sleeping Dogs to return. That could be a huge franchise if treated right.

[@Mavern567]

I think one good fit for an acquisition would be Platinum games. They wouldn't be too expensive, they don't have a lot of in house IP, they are a Japanese studio and Xbox has wanted to invest more in Japan, and they would make for a wonderful fit for some of the now owned IP such as Prototype.

[@Mavern567]

@@xboxhasnogames2666 ?

[@chrislewis6030]

​@@xboxhasnogames2666Your mom said it's bedtime get off the internet.

[@batosaims]

Remember Jez has an abysmal track record when determining if a game will be exclusive or multiplatform, when in doubt believe the opposite of Jez

[@Ciki92]

Why rush so quickly to finish under 4 hrs?

[@chargasm712]

Crash bandicoot,spyro the dragon and banjo exclusives coing to get some casuals to xbox

[@user-dc1zu2mv7i]

I

[@onyoursix8408]

I feel xbox would find it hard to upset the call of duty machine, if it takes 6 plus studios to make a new call of duty then they would still need 6 studios to make a call of duty! Maybe a new super studio made up of teams from all the current studios who work on CoD?.

[@dustingowens4771]

Design lab guitars

[@MrBradleyjcarter]

Interstate 76 can compete with twisted metal

[@anaruenoha9920]

Nobody gives F about Twisted Metal

[@CallMeBober]

WoW 2 when?

[@ThatVikingGamer]

Question: Do you think Xbox will ever put branding on Bethesda, Activision Blizzard King games? It would have been cool to boot up Starfield and see an Xbox splash screen. It's something small but PlayStation and the MCU do it well.

[@jimmythegamer2231]

Yeah tbh I think Xbox should put their logo front and center on all of their first-party games, but they only do it with games published under the Xbox Game Studios label and not the ones under Bethesda/Zenimax or (most likely) Activision-Blizzard.

[@blindfirestar2601]

@@xboxhasnogames2666why are you here go be somewhere where your happy and can talk about things you like

[@anaruenoha9920]

@@xboxhasnogames2666 Xbox has too many games

[@chrislewis6030]

​@@blindfirestar2601This dude is here because this is the only place. Humans will interact with him.

[@Axle999]

They could make it only by that, using money

[@deadplanet2397]

Colt: sorry I know I got off an a tangent here Rand: yeah this is a long ass seguey. Welcome to the biggest issue with colts show imo. Colt says a lot without saying anything sometimes. Spends a lot of time fluffing up one point instead of getting to it and moving on. Love both their shows though.

[@nightsprings6920]

There was a rumour a few weeks back about a new Spyro to be announced later this year

[@dbcooper409]

1:07:34 Rand sounding like an evangelical preacher 😂

[@kuricosmos]

Great show gents, happy belated to Jez ^^ (I'm surprised he's older than me, wowzers)

[@l.i.t4430]

I but

[@TheNomad1990]

1:57:17 colt joins. I leave. Colt spews nonsense, good dude but he will take a bullet for Xbox.

[@natedogg248]

Very true

[@jimmythegamer2231]

Colt is perfectly fine, if you think he would take a bullet for Xbox, you should watch Colt's videos right after Redfall dropped.

[@thetybproject4616]

@@jimmythegamer2231 before redfall came out he was calling it a masterpiece he only backtracked because everyone hated it If everyone said the game was a 6/10 he would’ve called it a 10/10 but because the game was so ass he was forced to call it bad he’s a blind fanboy

[@mrmiyagi8433]

Hi, I'm Tom Warren's source. Thanks for the kind words.

[@strongium9900]

Get Ubisoft.

[@urmie]

IOI and Asobo are next.

[@anaruenoha9920]

IO interactive should be on Microsoft's list along with Crystal Dynamics and Eidos Montreal

[@ryanhodgson5979]

Haha Jez as i predicted this guy 😂 your such a bean

[@supremeblack1994]

SEGA next and they have everything they need

[@wolfwinter5033]

If they did then guess what all SEGA games will be exclusive to Xbox and PC only

[@kevinlist3330]

​​@@wolfwinter5033not all ABK games are exclusive so why would all SEGA games be🤷 so that doesn't make sense 🤷

[@marko813FL]

EA

[@jackd6148]

Microsoft is acquiring more than Sega.

[@IMDLEGEND]

YES YES YES! I want that more than anything else!

[@simonbrandy9662]

I wonder if Activision can put their Spider-Man games onto Game Pass? That would be hilarious.

[@iaqh]

They can't, Sony has a contract with Marvel that they have the gaming publishing rights for Spiderman, this one isn't permanent like the movie rights but they can still renew it every year.

[@thetybproject4616]

They can’t there’s a reason they aren’t on the backwards compatibility games

[@thegamegeezer5424]

Let’s bring back Conker before Banjo

[@anaruenoha9920]

@@xboxhasnogames2666 Phil is G.O.A.T

[@chrislewis6030]

​@@xboxhasnogames2666Phil Spencer makes more in a week than you would your entire life cry more at somebody who's more successful than you

[@serialkiller77]

We need a hero to do time stamps on these shows 🤦🏻‍♂️

[@stevenkennedy6870]

Time to buy Sega next

[@anaruenoha9920]

That will be most boring acquisition

[@ryanlewis4556]

I'd like to see Xbox acquire Asobo and Certain Affinity before going after another Publisher

[@jimmythegamer2231]

And maybe they should Crystal Dynamics, Eidos Montreal, or Gearbox from Embracer as well, considering Embracer is desperately looking to sell off some of their studios

[@ryanlewis4556]

@@xboxhasnogames2666 Hahahaha cry more kid

[@chrislewis6030]

​@xboxhasnogames2666 You mentioned a cult yet you're the one doing cult. Like behavior going on to every single comment. Trying to indoctrinate and preach your ways..... sounds like a cult.

[@nationalsoccrchamp23]

Def spread it out and fill gaps where they need to

[@ThatVikingGamer]

If Xbox has any clue they will revive MLG. Sony has cornered the fighting game eSports space, Xbox can easily corner the FPS space now. It's easy marketing and a mass scale with huge influence.

[@dgm123x]

Happy Birthday Jez!

[@kyofox010]

F banjo give us conkers

[@boris3973]

The problem with series s is that devs have to downscale which is much harder than upscaling. There would be no big problems for devs to up the native resolution and crank up some of the settings for a mid gen refresh.

[@anaruenoha9920]

I'm not sure which publisher Microsoft should go for next if they should even but for developers Microsoft should definitely go for Crystal Dynamics, Eidos Montreal and IO interactive

[@farhanprine]

Not seen Sony fans so bitter. They're on Era trying to find any angle they can to diminish this game changing moment. Now it's MS can't manage & non-organic growth. Quite pathetic. The upcoming Xbox revenues talk will be particularly delicious, wont be long until they out do Sony, looking forward to the Sony tears.

[@user-bv2ze9jj2k]

jghjghjgh

[@philipporter3288]

Still got the ftc yet. Sorry my bad i think there's a $29billon court case apparently Microsoft ows

[@WalkBesideMe]

They already passed by them in August

[@845madhatterni]

Big reach to derail the deal

[@kevinlist3330]

It's a lot harder to break up the merger now it's been approved and gone through, the FTC is just wasting money.

[@eodyn7]

If they couldn't get the injunction they are not going to get a divestiture. The burden of proof is far greater.

[@anaruenoha9920]

FTC is toothless barking dog. They can bark all they want but they can never bite

[@armando_az1]

How do I block this channel, im a PSN user,

[@kennethkessler371]

SEGAAAA!

[@anaruenoha9920]

Meh

[@chrislewis6030]

No.....

[@wolfwinter5033]

I'm like the only playstation fan here and i'm probably going to get made fun of or something but oh well

[@ElFenixNocturno]

Don't worry guys, i asked him

[@wolfwinter5033]

@@ElFenixNocturno What do you mean?

[@emptysoul2757]

@@ElFenixNocturnoThank you! I was going to

[@DuKe_X3]

@Wolfwinter key word is PlayStation Fan not pony you’re welcome here We are fans of gaming on any box I own both consoles Xbox is the go box but I like PS also

[@stevenkennedy6870]

@@DuKe_X3 Exactly play my Series X and hop on my PS4 to play my backlog of games on their

[@dandiaz19934]

These guys are talking platitudes out the wazoo. Seems like just about anybody can make a podcast nowadays lol

[@DeesBees76]

Xbox still hasn’t figured out that you can’t buy people’s love. Gamers love Nintendo and PlayStation, but no matter how many publishers or developers Xbox buys people will continue to treat the brand as the red headed step child of the industry. The fact that fanboys are celebrating this brand that is built on buying stuff other people made breaks the cringe meter. Even Halo was not something Microsoft made, they just bought it to be a launch game for the original console.

[@krazyd0nut404]

Wtf? You talking about? Is this the new spin for u fanboys? Look if a company offer a product and service u want, you support it. Wii U suck and People didn’t support them. Same with with ps3 and Xbox one. Gamepass is going to offer a lot and that alone people will come over to the service. The mass meaning the casual, which don’t love brands, that’s for fools.

[@eodyn7]

OK PONY

[@80slowlander78]

Dude, do you think that Sony was there along with the Fairchild Channel F commedore 64, Atari 2600, NES, Sega Genesis to name a couple. Bloody hell no, they came on the scene in september 1995. Microsoft already published 30 games by then.

[@nrXic]

The first thing Sony did when they entered the industry was by a hardwood manufacturer and Europe's largest publisher. They outspent SEGA and Nintendo in marketing with their deep pockets.

[@DeesBees76]

@@nrXic Microsoft has been in the console business for over 20 years now. Only now are they buying up entire publishers because they have failed to create their own games and studios. This Activision purchase is pure desperation.