Xbox Is Done Hiding It - No More Exclusives? | Defining Duke, Episode 202

[@mysticmase]

"This is an Xbox" podcast 😅

[@Raptorclawz]

It's gonna be Ex-Xbox podcast soon 😂

[@Darklink1017]

Rip

[@Mojaveknight17]

Actually

[@ToxMod]

“PlayStation 5 Pro, also an xbox” - Phil Spender

[@_Meatball_]

Woah 4 hour Duke episode? Lets gooo

[@TRADESMAN-xt4ce]

cog is such a g , seems like such a solid guy and brings a lot to lsm

[@onesowngrief]

Ah. Cog ran into his first real SMT boss that doesn't play around with Null effects and such. Bless him.

[@dillonb7765]

Just a reminder everyone, whether its tumeric or anything else really, taking too much as well as taking it daily can eventually cause other problems. Always discuss with a doctor and keep an eye on how it's affecting your body.

[@timsmyth7942]

too much? yes. daily? not necessarily

[@TonyTynebridge]

This is so true, happened to me with Vitamin D supplements and ruined my health for years, nature provides what we need in life, balance is key

[@cardassa]

Well said. I guess that mental picture of Matty jamming that that root into his face late at night was more accurate than i thought it would be.

[@Pixeltwist22]

Balance is everything. A lot of natural stuff is great, and medicine is great as well. But overindulgence in either is detrimental

[@imo098765]

Add it to your food, you get enough of it

[@gagewesterhouse9558]

Playstation exclusives are almost invariably very well-received. Xbox exclusives are mostly not very well received.

[@MrShika07]

Media bias is well engraved in gaming circles, but it doesn't help that Sony will blacklist you if you give any game a negative review while xbox dose not care because they make money i so many other categories, so in the gaming side as an outsider you look at Media abd think xbox is dead or dying, but then you look at it as an adult through the financial side an see xbox is THRIVING

[@gagewesterhouse9558]

@MrShika07 Wrong. Playstation exclusives are overwhelmingly well-recieved by the AUDIENCE. They all sell very well and are rated very high by the audience. Xbox exclusives (like Halo and Gears of War) are often poorly-recieved by gamers.

[@thelarry383]

@@MrShika07 bro stop. just stop...

[@VerbeekTruther]

@@MrShika07blaming the media and everyone’s biases might work on rage bait channels, but you’re in the wrong neck of the woods for that, brother lol

[@AnEyeRacky]

​@@MrShika07 🤦

[@AstroParrotKing]

FOUR HOUR DUKE. LETSSSSSSSSSSSSS FUCKING GOOOOOOO

[@Rhahdhdn]

The moment Halo launches on PlayStation it’s over.

[@Epiousios18]

Will be great for Halo as a brand, can't wait as a lifelong Halo fan.

[@Lerkero]

It'll probably be halover for xbox, but the halo brand still has potenial on other platforms

[@amuroray88]

Xbox died in 2013 at E3. Because gaming went digital, no one is switching platforms now and losing hundreds of games they bought. Going forward, gaming is basically going to be steam, PlayStation, and Nintendo due to locking people in with their digital libraries.

[@barcster2003]

I'd aruge it died In 2013.

[@victory7763]

@Rhahdhdn it's already over lol

[@MrHardy457]

Everyone on the timeline this week was talking so positively about Stalker 2 going gold, the Indiana Jones Deep dive and the South of midnight doc. Then Phil Spencer just had to open his mouth lmao.

[@fffx2]

He's trying his best to sink the company

[@victory7763]

@@MrHardy457 he's being honest to his customers... and not just the customers on the green console, the customers on the blue and red consoles as well

[@mercurymachines4311]

I’m a huge Indy fan and I think they nailed the look and presentation BUT the gameplay still looks rough to me unfortunately. I think it’s going to disappoint unfortunately, I hope I’m wrong.

[@emptysoul2757]

Looks like an 8. Nothing crazy good or bad

[@illestcatnnebraska7331]

Looks like a low metacritc game 😮

[@icedcapplord710]

@@emptysoul2757 When did 8 suddenly become "nothing crazy" on a 10 point scale lmao. Y'all have been trained to undervalue absolutely anything critically

[@emptysoul2757]

@ whatever helps you sleep at night 👍🏻

[@Kneefill]

If I was steam and seeing xbox being phased out into just a publisher why would i want to help them by putting my store front on their hardware and then giving them a cut of each sale? I feel like multiple store fronts on a middle mans hardware/platform that’s already in third place just makes very little business sense for competitors. If they’re wanting to be aggressive of course.

[@icedcapplord710]

This entire strategy hinges on Microsoft seeking participants, and the truth is they need everyone else, but everyone else doesn't really need them right now. Same with them putting stuff on PS5 and Switch, because Sony is never going to reciprocate by dropping a God of War or a Spider-Man on Xbox in return, and Nintendo obviously isn't going to put something like Metroid Prime 4 on Xbox or whatever. They'd probably rather just take advantage of the fact that their competitor is completely capitulating, and that they get to take a cut off all their software, because that's exactly what Steam is doing right now. They're already participating in a capacity that wholly benefits both Microsoft and these other parties mutually, but not to an extent that one is at a clear disadvantage, which Valve would be by allowing Microsoft to dig into the passive income Steam just gets by being Steam

[@mwm1145]

From what I understand there would be no deal with valve just like there isn’t one for steam on windows, it would essentially be the same thing as the pc experience with a console interface.

[@justwait9822]

Ive been saying all along itd be like the asus rog ally. Asus doesnt get a cent from games, they just make hardware and people access steam on it. I dont think gabe would care to give ms a cut of games sold from the steam platform when valve is making a steam deck already.

[@rilentkiller]

Gabe has openly said hed sell to Microsoft if it came down to it.

[@CasualViewer-t4f]

@@rilentkillerI’m finding the opposite with a google search. Do you have an article handy that talks about this?

[@yaboiflats6986]

Xbox selling its exclusives elsewhere is a mistake unless they dont care about having people buy xboxs

[@neophenom]

They don't care, because people are already not buying it.

[@icedcapplord710]

They literally just launched a marketing campaign about how you don't need an Xbox to play Xbox because everything's an Xbox now. I'm pretty sure them not caring about their console sales is a fact of life at this point.

[@cardassa]

This was always the plan but they goofed up so many times i dont think enough people care about the brand or the hardware at this point.

[@MrShika07]

Microsoft and Xbox make consoles because they want that at home in couch customer who not getting a pc. The market is still bringing them money people act like 30 million is a small number. That's just series X not counting S or the new white nonsense

[@icedcapplord710]

​@@MrShika07 30 million is for both consoles, not just Series X. It's on track to trail behind Xbox One's lifetime sales

[@kadabur]

W Cog, for someone like myself that hates cooking cause its time consuming. that airfryer is so key for steaks/salmon/wings/burgers etc so many recipes that are max 30 mins

[@Synchro789]

The struggle with the air fryer for me is keeping it clean 😢

[@desertgsrider1]

I have an addiction to wings and I make them 4-5 times a week. I know make them in the air fryer and they are just as good as oil fried! Dust with flour/cornstarch/baking powder and sauce after done. It's a gamechanger to the point I even bought a much larger fryer a few weeks ago.

[@desertgsrider1]

@@Synchro789 Just spray the bottom tray and the top of the food well with cooking spray before cooking. Then when you flip or shake the basket it still keeps it easy to clean.

[@kadabur]

@@Synchro789 when extra lazy i pull all the things out and steam clean it

[@kadabur]

@@desertgsrider1 100%

[@logan_sunday]

Hope Xbox fans enjoy Death Stranding. It's undeniably unique. I played it right before my first kid was born, and Death Stranding weirdly made me feel a lot more "ready". It will always hold a special place in my gaming heart.

[@CasualViewer-t4f]

It’s hard to say what Xbox does better than anyone else at this point. On PC I’d rather play through Steam. Lately PlayStation’s streaming quality has inexplicably gotten better than Xbox’s. Finally, when they make a handheld, why would I buy Xboxes over everyone else’s? I just don’t know who these moves are attractive to. It’s a shame. I’ve owned an Xbox every gen since it launched. This gen will likely be my last.

[@barcster2003]

My guess is its Xbox seeing what sticks. Which will be none of it because Xbox doesn't know what it's doing. Like you said on PC it's steam On console it's likely playstation Nintendo has the handheld market

[@jayallen9198]

I’m never buying another Xbox again. I’ve purchased 9 in the past.

[@the_iron_rook]

Hulkenberg is GOAT'd as a character. She'd get along very well with Sasha from AOT.

[@PeopleCallMeQ]

"he aint like the sneakers i had on" lmaoooooo

[@TonyTynebridge]

Cog its over bro

[@d.bcooper876]

So let me get this straight. People think Sony games will come to xbox because of ds1 but not acknowledging the fact that the LEGO horizon game is skippibg the xbox console only..

[@barcster2003]

Hopium I guess. There's 0 reason for competitors to bring games to Xbox.

[@arg_9584]

Truly an Xbo- wait 4 hours? Truly a PEAK Xbox podcast!

[@admiralalyssa]

Metaphor high key requires too much grinding to have a Callander system. This game isn't Nocturne-level crazy but entering a dungeon and having to farm MP just so you can keep grinding MP without burning a day is so tedious. Especially since the mage is out here just restoring one MP per overworld slay. I just ended up abusing party stack passives with 4 merchants. No more tactics, no more MP recovery, no more testing archetypes just beating people down with money the using the seeds to level up the jobs. I hope ATLUS fixes the balance in this game cause this is Persona 4 (ps2) level bad where you cling to every soda can and had to have Narukami use only phys skills.

[@James-u1y]

I don't think you actually need to restore MP because of how many extra days they give you at the end of the game, people just do it because they like doing the dungeons in one day. I enjoy the combat enough to get into a chill flow-state, but I can see some not liking it. Then again though I prefer this light grind and length over P5Rs length and grind.

[@admiralalyssa]

@James-u1y I felt the grind was much easier in P5R, most of the work was just fusing a proper persona for Ren and buying the SP adhesive from Takemi. I felt like my time was very limited in Metaphor as the gauntlet runner took days to get to the dungeons, and if I wanted to tackle every optional dungeon like COG was doing, I had to one-shot them. After all a day wasted getting your MP back is a stat boost or a social event that was missed. I don't like playing with guides so every day counts when I'm not following an optimized path.

[@Radio_CosmicRay]

You can easily farm mp items from some enemies and cook mp items...

[@Ramona122003]

3:01:13, the Switch's biggest market is 35 and older, which is about the same market as the PS5 and Series. Not sure why people still act like the Switch is for kids to teen when we literally have data from Nintendo showing the age breakdown. People who buy handhelds don't really care about 'high performance'. As much as a success as the Stream Deck is, it still hasn't sold as much as the Vita, which is considered a failure sale-wise.

[@netwatch7261]

That's because a new pc handheld drops every week lol Gabe couldn't care less about steamdeck when every handheld pc is downloading steam day one. Steam wins regardless of the handheld brand. This is exactly what Microsoft wants. Make a console, but make your games avaliable anywhere and everywhere because you're getting a cut regardless. It's a pretty smart business tactic imo.

[@rockyriley63]

1:18:00 Cog pantomiming everything Matty says has me rollin

[@jermelpurse3018]

Sadly, in America, a lot of people aren’t offered true vacation time from work or they can’t afford to take a vacation day because it’s just a day off. It’s not a paid day off. I just took our entire week off never done it before I would always take sporadic days throughout the year, have a great employer and they give lots of vacation days. It’s just this was the first time I decided to use my vacation days for an entire week off. It was amazing to literally not do anything just to and only do what I wanted to do. If I didn’t wanna do it, I didn’t do it. I don’t want oatmeal for breakfast today. Fine. I won’t have oatmeal today. That’s what I get. I thought I would want to play lots of games. I did get some metaphor, but actually, I found myself reading and just laying in bed. Everyone take vacation days even if you just take off a Friday and a Monday to give yourself a four-day weekend do it. I know some employers reimburse you for vacation days. You simply don’t use. It’s extra money. You can get back each year but I’m telling you money isn’t everything take the vacation day

[@sombrerosamurai]

I've always been a console guy, but I've mained Xbox since the 360 days and I'll probably just be more of a PC gamer now

[@CalvertE98]

I come for the Duke and stay for the whole duke

[@jackgarratt5094]

Love the passion from both of you in the what we’re playing section this week! Both happy and deep in the games. Matty death stranding is brilliant keep at it! Loved hearing you talk about it🙏🏻

[@dxthing7477]

This is a Xcrap podcast

[@Epiousios18]

Keeping something like Halo multiplayer off of PlayStation only hurts Halo as a brand in terms of growth potential and barely helps Xbox anymore. I'd wager most of the people who complain about Halo going to Xbox don't even play the game a week or so after release. The hardcore Halo fans just want more people playing Halo.

[@DrwZacc]

I don't think Sony handheld coming out first will impact an Xbox user that is already into their ecosystem. Plus, if MS does truly go 3rd-party they we'll be able to have other storefronts that PS will most likely not have on their handheld. Also, MS should work more on an Xbox OS frontend that can run on any PC rather than worry about hardware. The $1000 console comment was more for the next Xbox system than the cost of the PS5 Pro. Let's not get it twisted the evolution everyone wants for the next gen is going to be pricey.

[@lascellj9221]

Great episode! Love the part when you guys gave love to Sabotage studios. Did you guys know that The Messenger and Sea of Stars take place canonically in the same universe? Not to spoil too much but just keep in mind the possibilities of time travel in The Messenger and think of how that concept could pan out. The new DLC for Sea of Stars is supposed to potentially go into how the two games are connected even further!

[@markshorthouse8564]

Lol indiana jones looks dumb in first person

[@Synchro789]

Just leaving a comment for the Dukes to show some love for the algo 🔥

[@thewhitewolf4968]

I love when COG talks about Metaphor ❤ I'm literally at the last boss now and for me the game has taken a bad dive 😢 I feel like it's being extended for the sake of extending. I wonder what you think COG because the pacing could of been better at that part of the game.

[@thepews1511]

26:40 6 months for Death Stranding 2 is nuts 😂 Yall got it the same day as I could stream it to my TV. Do you expect DS2 on Luna in 6 months?

[@James-u1y]

The reason people rarely tall about Tencent acquisitions is because they never publicize it as loudly as we see reporting on Xbox or Sony.

[@TheRealJackArthur]

Bangin’ episode this week boys. Fun listen 🤟🏻🤟🏻

[@billclay2701]

Don't know how you guys do it. Xbox has been so wtf since the Xbox One.

[@James-u1y]

I've commented a lot already but this episode has been 10/10, so my thoughts on the 3-year wait for the Xbox handheld is pretty dire. If they are so slow as to need another 3+ years then I don't see them succeeding to the degree they need. My reason for saying this is simple: Valve will likely have the 2nd generation Steam Deck out by that time, Steam has already said they want more time between their handheld releases for bigger upgrades to give value to the consumer, within those 3+ years we will likely have more options for handheld hardware and Valve will not sit on that hardware and will have a product at that time cutting away Xbox’s potential slice of the market. After this, it's a snowball effect, Legion, Ally, Sony, and Nintendo will all get ahead and Xbox will be left in the exact same position as their mainline console is now. Last place or even worse the consumer has no money to spend because they've already bought every other handheld they would've wanted from Steam, Nintendo, and the heavier performing option from Asus. They needed to get something closer to the Switch 2 rather than 2+ years after it. I could be wrong, but I have a gut feeling Steam Deck 2 will get ahead and suck up the market from Xbox.

[@Lerkero]

4 hours? The dukes are reaching sacred symbols levels of discussion time

[@JonathanB34]

Health is wealth tip. Add dead hangs to your daily routine. They improve grip strength, decompress your spine, and help’s correct your posture.

[@stin_dips]

I try to temper my expectations, especially for "smaller budget" games, but for some reason I have high hopes for South of Midnight. I have a slight bias since some of my family is from the south, but none the less I am excited for the vibes, story, and style.

[@toomastom3827]

LMAO Cog's handheld predictions are WAY off 😂😂😂😂

[@icedcapplord710]

The Halo Digsite crew are an unspoken hero in Master Chief Collection's rehabilitation efforts. They dropped two other things with that Halo 2 E3 2003 demo remake that are not being talked about as much but are still super cool to see, which one of them was a complete restoration of Alpha Moon, which was a cut campaign level that was going to be set on Basis (the moon of Threshold which was the planet Installation 04, or Combat Evolved's ringworld, orbited around) and it was about the Arbiter basically leading a coup on a Heretic camp after the uprising with the Sanghelli. The other thing they've been working on was a complete recreation of Halo's Macworld 1999 demo when the game was first announced. Originally it was going to be a Mac/PC game that was already converted from an RTS (think Bungie's other game Myth), to a third person shooter, and the level they demonstrated was very clearly an early prototype of a Silent Cartographer-type biome. These are content drops that only the most hardcore "if you know you know" Halo fans will actually get mileage out of but it's so cool that 343/Halo Studios is giving the community this robust of a platform. The only downside in either case is that it's Steam-only because Xbox/Windows Store doesn't support mods which I sincerely hope changes in the future because it sucks that especially people on console can't play these little nuggets of history

[@smokedcheese2942]

23:03 I'm a bit older than Matty but I was still in primary school when Halo 2 released. Still, I had the metal special edition which came with the Making Of footage, and I've always dreamed of the E3 demo because of that.

[@kbelflower]

The Falcons shirt always gets me because I live in Warner Robins, Georgia and used to love watching the Falcons each year 😂❤️

[@justspartan13]

Keep on keeping on Matty!! Curious to hear where he stands on DS👍

[@veritas4230]

I love that Matty is enjoying Death Stranding! especially with the additions from the Director's Cut. There's so much more to the game than it first lets on

[@east00]

Matty said Xbox had good exclusives this gen, what good exclusives? Trash Hi Failed Rush? Or maybe Deadfall and Hellno Incomplete were good? Lol

[@SwordANDbored84]

Don’t forget fart in the wind Hellblade 2 or starfield

[@14_IQ.points]

Cog not passing the drip check for a boss fight in Metaphor is insane. And super happy that Matty's enjoying Death Stranding. Comment boys rejoice. Wait at least a year before trying Disco Elysium or we'll have nothing to complain about.

[@Fellipe2k5]

Hold the red line bots 😂

[@MvbnFhfg]

no red lines anymore brother 😂😂😂😂

[@facundoarc3104]

Good for you Matty for having a new perspective in relation to Death Stranding but maybe next time be more open to the audience recomendations and less reactionary to games that you have not played. The amount of shit you gave to that game was tiring and uncalled for imo. Also, the plot and events seems weird but they all make sense inside the logic of the game world. its like reading a very creative/inventive Sci fi novel.

[@luisortega9196]

Great episode ! I’m currently playing dragon age origins for the first time and I am hooked what a masterpiece

[@KWally]

Wasnt 5 years frem the previous announcement date, it was 5 years after DS launched. Colin thinks this was always the plan.

[@AnEyeRacky]

I agree with him actually, 5 years to the date seems planned. Had to have been written into the contract between Kojima and PS

[@cardassa]

I wouldn't call it a plan per se but one I think one of the stipulations sighned between Sony and Kojima was that he would gain back all rights to his game after a certain amoubt of years so thwre was always this distinct possibility that it would eventually show up on xbox.

[@vchair23]

Enjoyed this a lot. And like Cog said appreciate Matty having some taeks, but then going back and actually playing his comparisons to reassess. #Iwantaredline

[@liaminwales]

WB cutting Quidditch from Hogwarts Legacy was a big mistake, that live service addiction.

[@thewhitewolf4968]

Matty, i just wanted to say thank you for recommending Kingdom come deliverance So far i am enjoying it 🎉

[@IfYouSeekCaveman]

Very excited for Matty's thoughts on Death Stranding. Thank you for your service!

[@_GntlStone_]

Wonder how my release day copy of Dragon Age Origins will run on my new 9800x3D & 7900XT 😻 Glad to do a build before the expected tariffs.

[@jermelpurse3018]

I know it sounds good to make another Arkham game, but WB faces a really big problem if they do profitability. Making an Arum game will not be cheap. It will be a great game most likely but it’s not gonna be cheap and it’s going to take years and then you have to sell. The problem is the cost of developing games has gone up so much it’s difficult to break even you have to sell more copies than ever just to say we broke even. This eats into just how profitable even your biggest games can be. It makes it so that unless a game is a home run success that it’s not very profitable. Remember when you make a game, it only needs to break even it needs to bring in enough money so that you can make the next game, still have money left over. Think about how much money you need to make on a game then if a game might cost you $150 million to make. You need to make $300 million plus some more. In order to break $300 million in sales at a $70 price tag you need to sell 4.28 million copies of a game. That just brings in enough money to make this game and potentially your next game even though that your next game will cost more than this game but let’s just keep it fundamental. Now you need to actually be able to tell investors not only did we break and only can we make the next game but we can show you, so you need to go beyond 4.28 million copies. And investor wants to hear really high return on investment numbers I don’t wanna hear you made $70 return on investment when you have millions of shares of stock out there you need to bring some cash, guess what you need to sell several million copies more. To be honest if you’re going to put out game at a minimum you need to sell 7 million copies. And you will be held to the Harry Potter standard because why would I take this money and make an Arham game when I could’ve made a Harry Potter game that would sell more copies. You think these companies are chasing the service golden goose but they aren’t. It’s just so much more costly developing one game at a time and one slip is all it takes to screw you over for years to come. If you can capture that live service, golden goose, even if you have a mishap slip or fall major dip for your company service golden goose can do more than keep you afloat. The Service golden goose has turned Ten Cent into a powerhouse in the gaming industry. They literally say here’s some golden goose money to keep you afloat. Think about that the golden goose for one company is keeping other companies afloat. Don’t think for one moment every other gaming company out there isn’t looking at that they would be foolish. They would be foolish not to at least try and make a golden goose for themselves.

[@toosavagegamingx]

Hyped to get Stalker 2, Indiana Jones, and Sniper Elite on gamepass. Definitely next up after Death Stranding! Hope they keep bringing stuff like this forget that CoD trash.

[@jermelpurse3018]

Ten Cent does get to say in censorship and that’s because that company has to answer to the Chinese government long-term. If they put something in a game that the Chinese government doesn’t like they get a phone call and telling them take it out. It’s not about censorship now it’s about restriction. That’s already in place before you even start making moves.

[@Tatman2TheResQ]

In regards to Judas, why does the game "have to deliver big" just because they announced the game awhile ago and it looks cool?

[@Lerkero]

Its kind of interesting because one of the reasons why ken levine formed a new team is so that he could direct games that need fewer resources. But now, the game has taken years and may have still ended up requiring more time and money than it was worth

[@James-u1y]

Obvious, to live up to previous work and he chatted it up a couple times over the years. You make your bed you sleep in it.

[@Tatman2TheResQ]

@@James-u1y did you just like your own comment? 💀

[@MistahKurtz1979]

Death Stranding is one of those games you really have to see through to the end. Some frustrating elements, but the payoff is really good.

[@Gagi69]

I miss the ham radio Podcast 😢

[@WAR904]

1:24:53 don’t waste your cash panic buying, these all run better emulated anyway

[@BNLReactions]

Is he talking about the dragons in the metaphor section? Ik they have the one hitter attack

[@desertgsrider1]

Matty, I hope you can reset over the holidays as I know how work can cause health issues. Just a thought from some random KZbin commentor: maybe x4 a year pre-record a Dukes episode about past games/consoles/etc and then have that come out when on vacation. Just let us listeners know in advance and I'm most would be fine with it. Do the same with MrMatty Plays and get a week every 4 months with no work.

[@iceburg2k]

Great episode 👍🏾

[@jordanwang1035]

I think with correct direction and really solid writing John Cena could pull off Shepard. He wouldn't be one of my top 3 picks, but I can see the vision. For the love of God, please have good writing...

[@James-u1y]

Damn the Mass Effect show is sounding like a shit stain of a mess, I’ll wish them luck and hope for the best.

[@ryanhodgson5979]

After every sex scene John Cena just waves his hand and disappears and the woman is just like god damnit not again he does this every time

[@StephenTheZ]

In regards to the Sega delistings, it's pretty obvious that they're prepping a new collection. That said, for the Genesis/Megadrive collection specifically it exists in physical form on console anyway. So you can just go grab a copy for like $20 if you want. Also: extremely confused how Cog can say that Xbox doing day and date PC versions was foresight, which at this point it's obvious it's what killed the Xbox brand as a whole. Like, they didn't get some "win" by getting rid of exclusive games on their console. It's literally the thing that killed them dude lol.

[@MvbnFhfg]

no more lines anymore

[@gothichellokitty]

quick correction - steam has 40 millions active users, but has mich much more total users. anyway, love the length and content of this episode!

[@binshakbooga9238]

Daily active or monthly active?

[@gothichellokitty]

@binshakbooga9238 concurrent, so all at once. steam has 132 million monthly active users. sorry about that! i thought i wrote the word "concurrent" before the number "40", but i forgot. thanks for the correction!

[@binshakbooga9238]

@@gothichellokittyit's all good. Both are crazy high numbers, I'm always confused when publishers outside of Nintendo skip PC for large amounts of time after release. The platform never stops growing lol

[@James-u1y]

@@binshakbooga9238yeah its insane, especially when you consider the 40m concurrent is people logging off and being replaced by someone new constantly, like when someone leaves a game lobby and it gets filled in by someone new. Crazy growth these days.

[@persies4397]

Fallout 3 or NV remasters are a long time coming. Don't even need to change any systems just updated graphics and playable without mods on PC and it's good to go.

[@notimportant8643]

2:38:42 dude play stalker, I promise you that it's worth the time. First game can be beaten in 12 hrs or less. No other game like Stalker either

[@superbadisfunny]

3 podcast in a row where matty mentions the controversy that happened to him recently but literally never speaks about it. At least speak on it at this point if you going to keep tip towing around it. It would be appreciated to hear the story from you. I've heard more from Colin than you about it.

[@ScottyDo3sntKnow]

This whole thing about Bethesda not knowing how popular fallout tv show would be, I don’t agree with it.. they wouldn’t have greenlit the show otherwise 😂 they knew and they didn’t care enough to do anything worthwhile with the games to align it, they took the money from the show with minimal work

[@ArkaneRogue]

Matty's take on Sea of Stars grammar/writing seems well off the mark for me. I thought it was great and haven't heard anyone else ever mention it... 🤔

[@James-u1y]

I think they had a couple patches changing dialogue fixes but I didn't focus enough in the singular words to know how the grammar was, I definitely found the story subpar though. I only say subpar because the game is so great outside of writing that it makes the writing feel worse than it is. I noticed a few others mention writing being their only negative as well over the year.

[@victory7763]

They havent been "hiding it" for a long time now. How many different ways do they need to tell people?

[@barcster2003]

It's been clear to me for a while. Some people still clinging onto hope that somehow Microsoft will make Xbox exclusives.

[@bimastrike87]

Kinda getting tired of the beginning of every show Matty venting and bitching about his personal health problems. Like yeah dude we all have something that digs at us, you're not special.

[@James-u1y]

Just use video chapters and skip the beginning since you've got enough time to comment about it, it should be an easy fix.

[@DetroitsReaper]

We need to give Xbox credit for the great amount of promo they had this month so far they usually drop the ball so hard but this month they been in there bag. Indiana jones gameplay, south of midnight previews and doc, world of Warcraft stream, overwatch classic drop etc we shit on them for marketing but they killed it this month imo other then the this is xbox ad bs lol but even that was a good commercial even if i disagree with the idea of it.

[@onetickhaole1109]

1:56:48 yo this mass effect tv show is looking like borderlands movie levels of bad. Bad writer, bad producer, and terrible casting if you got John cena playing a main role. 🤦🏻‍♂️

[@frankkent5567]

“Xbox is done hiding it - The brand is a failure.” FTFY

[@Keyawnce]

Marvel rivals is fine I promise

[@TakeTheLeepx]

51:02 S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2 will sneak up on you? I see what you did there :P.

[@toomastom3827]

An Xbox is going to be seen as a follower reagrdless of launching first because Sony already has two (well three with the streaming device) where as Xbox doesn't....😅

[@MerelyMarcos]

3:37:37 yo yall funny ash

[@yodanerd]

How the hell does Amazon have Ron Moore doing God of War and the Fast 9 guy doing Mass Effect. It’s literally backward. Put Ron Moore who worked on next generation, Made Battlestar Galactica 2004, and made For all Mankind on Mass Effect you idiot execs. 🤦‍♂️

[@KennethV45]

#BringHaloModsToXbox

[@CharityDiary]

Xbox will not have a handheld, it will be cancelled. PlayStation will have their own handheld, and in 2-3 years Game Pass will be on it. Microsoft may eventually release some sort of handheld PC that can also do Game Pass, but Xbox hardware itself is absolutely done. No reason for it to exist.

[@James-u1y]

Since they've already mentioned it, they wont cancel it. When business people actually being something to light when your high up the chain like a CEO that means it's been in development for years already.

[@barcster2003]

I believe it will have a handheld but what's the point if all the games are elsewhere.

[@salmark9080]

Matty the reviewer and game developer can’t see why kojima is genius smh. People don’t understand that there will never be an open world stealth game like mgs v again

[@James-u1y]

I also don't think he's a genius, he's got cool ideas but I haven't seen anything insanely cool from him in regards to genius levels for awhile. He could be incredibly intelligent, but I see no reason to call him a genius.

[@salmark9080]

@ playing mgs2 since I was a kid to an adult and seeing it in a different perspective as I get older makes me appreciate it more and more. In addition death stranding, is a historic timeline of gaming from the platforming to the shooting all coming together with a profound deeply bold pro life message

[@object2b]

clueless

[@Erlaxis]

Rolling the eyes at the title 'no more exclusives?' I mean, why do you people continue to this to yourselves? Phil could come out tomorrow and announce the next Halo for PS5 and people would still say, 'but is it really not going to be exclusive anymore?' Is Phil really so good at ruining xbox slowly enough so that gamers never realize their console is over? Is he really so much smarter than xbox fans? I cannot believe it.

[@cahilldrew]

i love that you all love Death Stranding!!! (been a long time coming ;)

[@HaloReachAr0und]

dukes

[@fordee8]

I want a modern cowboy game. Like GTA but you’re robbing people on their ranches