DF is my favorite channel on youtube and John's contributions are my favorite part of the channel. If you watch their weekly DF Directs, John is extremely funny. The banter between him, Alex and Rich is so funny. I can watch his retro videos over and over again, they are legit that good. He goes above and beyond and takes great pride in his work and it shows, Chad Warden would be proud. Thank you for featuring him on your podcast.
Ha,ha,ha when he mentioned Sunsoft an Rand & Jez didn't know what he was talking about...it made me realise how ancient I am, because instantly I thought about Aero the Acrobat & that awesome Batman game they did ....Geeez I'm old 😢
Vectorman, such a great game, I miss Sega soo much 🥲 really wish they were still in the console space, the only company I think that matches Nintendo in creativity & fun. Can only imagine what a new Panzeer Dragon, Jet Set radio, Burning Ranger would look like on modern technology. I can only dream now
The one thing that will make the Series S look less appealing is the Switch 2. It will be interesting to see how both of these systems run games throughout the rest of the generation.
Depends on price. The switch is horribly overpriced for a system that (handheld mode) is less performant than the 360. With the steamdeck and ROG, theres no reason for most ppl to get a switch 2 except for the kiddie nintendo games. Its a gimick system and I wish nintnedo would go back to a traditional TV console system and not have devs needing to make such drastic cutbacks in their games to run properly.
My XSS is "adorably digital!" What's so hard to understand? It's tiny and it has an xScreen on it and it comes with me on my travels. It fits in my backpack along with my work MacBook Pro laptop which is not great for gaming. The XSS is so perfectly cute!
@@vinhluu2154 Just get the Series X or the PS5. Series S was a mistake not because it is cheaper but because it is a badly designed console. Had MS listened to developers before designing that console they wouldn't have to hear developers constantly criticise it since it's release.
@@yomamasohot6411 I do have 2 other XSXs in the house. I just can't fit the XSX into my laptop backpack. With XSS and my xScreen or hotel TVs, I don't feel like I'm missing much, if anything.
Here’s my take, I’m all for reviving dead franchises but not at the expense of COD, why would you as a business stop releasing COD every year when it’s the best selling game every year for a franchise like Hexen that will be a nice to have for core gamers but ain’t going to sell significant numbers!
It's about having variety, something that is essential for Game Pass. I still believe that making COD a bi-annual franchise, with perhaps an expansion in the following year is the way to go. It would allow you to free up some support studios to make new or existing IPs. While COD makes a ton of money every year, I feel for the Xbox ecosystem and services like Game Pass, it would be more beneficial to have COD + 2 or 3 other IPs.
John talks about how people expect X and X and X... which is 100% false. look at the top games of the world. they arent "AAA" levels of CGI. they are simple, easy to run, and Gameplay focus games. CS, Dota, LoL, FF14, WoW, Minecraft, GTA (10 year old game), Siege, and so on.
Thanks everybody. 🙏
DF is my favorite channel on youtube and John's contributions are my favorite part of the channel. If you watch their weekly DF Directs, John is extremely funny. The banter between him, Alex and Rich is so funny. I can watch his retro videos over and over again, they are legit that good. He goes above and beyond and takes great pride in his work and it shows, Chad Warden would be proud. Thank you for featuring him on your podcast.
Ah this should be a great conversation.
Well done interview, thanks for producing this! 😊
Awesome guest! Can't wait
Really enjoyed the show. Appreciate you sharing it with us.
Our pleasure!
Such a good chat. Thanks 🙏🏻 fellas. 😊
Ha,ha,ha when he mentioned Sunsoft an Rand & Jez didn't know what he was talking about...it made me realise how ancient I am, because instantly I thought about Aero the Acrobat & that awesome Batman game they did ....Geeez I'm old 😢
Same here. Amazing how "experts" know less than us...
rand is in his 40s.. so it's weird he didnt know sunsoft.
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@@portalplayer I thought this as well, they were one of my favorite Devs in the Genesis days
I was let down when he didn't know who they were, I can picture their logo in my mind as I type.
Awesome show. Jon is a great guest. He needs to be on again for sure in the future.
Damn I was hoping you’d bring in the DF guys soon. Awesome!
John is right. The worst thing about current gen consoles is how long game development is taking.
I live in Oregon. Best Buy. Walmart, X and S in stock.
YAAAAAAYYY love all these guys
We love you.
Great show so far Jez. Bet hanging out with John was great
John could be a regular :) Loved the episode guys!
Glad to have John as an ally for physical games on the walledGarden of console.
How many physical games exist on the open platform of pc? :P
Plok seems like Vectorman. Loved those games on Sega Genesis!
Vectorman, such a great game, I miss Sega soo much 🥲 really wish they were still in the console space, the only company I think that matches Nintendo in creativity & fun. Can only imagine what a new Panzeer Dragon, Jet Set radio, Burning Ranger would look like on modern technology. I can only dream now
❤👍Xb2 with John Linneman. 👍❤
Awesome guest
Excellent content man.
Ys: The Vanished Omen
Try it if you can get hold of a copy
The one thing that will make the Series S look less appealing is the Switch 2. It will be interesting to see how both of these systems run games throughout the rest of the generation.
Depends on price. The switch is horribly overpriced for a system that (handheld mode) is less performant than the 360. With the steamdeck and ROG, theres no reason for most ppl to get a switch 2 except for the kiddie nintendo games. Its a gimick system and I wish nintnedo would go back to a traditional TV console system and not have devs needing to make such drastic cutbacks in their games to run properly.
@@zybchkiddie games 😆 they actually have some very adult games. I’m with you on overpriced but Nintendo makes some really great games
The Switch is more powerful than a 360
@@TheCollectorofWorldsThen why doesn't it feel like it🤨🤔
@@ItachiUchiha-jv3rf Maybe because you're an Anti-Nintendo hater 🤷♀
Game preservation for offline digital games can be done with console emulations as a backward compatibility option.
Paradroid '90
needs a DF Retro
My XSS is "adorably digital!" What's so hard to understand? It's tiny and it has an xScreen on it and it comes with me on my travels. It fits in my backpack along with my work MacBook Pro laptop which is not great for gaming. The XSS is so perfectly cute!
🤣🤣😅
Your Macbook Pro isn't the only one not great for gaming. You've got 2 of them.
@@yomamasohot6411 what don't you like about your XSS? What do you use instead?
@@vinhluu2154 Just get the Series X or the PS5. Series S was a mistake not because it is cheaper but because it is a badly designed console. Had MS listened to developers before designing that console they wouldn't have to hear developers constantly criticise it since it's release.
@@yomamasohot6411 I do have 2 other XSXs in the house. I just can't fit the XSX into my laptop backpack. With XSS and my xScreen or hotel TVs, I don't feel like I'm missing much, if anything.
What John wanted to say is. There is no way u can do unreal 5 nanite and lumen with high resolution and 60fps on console. Some things have to give.
Damn I really wanted to listen to this but y’all made Johns mic sound horrible
It's just Discord *shrug*
It only happens a few times for a couple minutes. Doesn't ruin the whole interview. This is one of life's little challenges worth powering through. 😊
Pirates to the rescue!
Here’s my take, I’m all for reviving dead franchises but not at the expense of COD, why would you as a business stop releasing COD every year when it’s the best selling game every year for a franchise like Hexen that will be a nice to have for core gamers but ain’t going to sell significant numbers!
It's about having variety, something that is essential for Game Pass. I still believe that making COD a bi-annual franchise, with perhaps an expansion in the following year is the way to go. It would allow you to free up some support studios to make new or existing IPs. While COD makes a ton of money every year, I feel for the Xbox ecosystem and services like Game Pass, it would be more beneficial to have COD + 2 or 3 other IPs.
Didn't know you guys were such fans of DF, thought you mainly downplayed them. Great stuff tho!
Only criticism I've ever given df is how it's been used in console wars, we talked about that in the show too. Can't really deny their expertise.
@@jez.c Perhaps it was my mistake. Cheers
Just let Jez do the talking please. He actually asks good questions. Notice how Jon has no interest in Jezs boring rambling questions
Jez and Jez?
the rush to 4k gaming. goodbye AA and AAA variety.
PC exists.
Certainly your point on consoles is mostly valid though.
@@glenmcl I've seen 4090's struggle on some modern games. $1500 card. I don't know.....the rush seems to be on all platforms.
John talks about how people expect X and X and X... which is 100% false. look at the top games of the world. they arent "AAA" levels of CGI. they are simple, easy to run, and Gameplay focus games. CS, Dota, LoL, FF14, WoW, Minecraft, GTA (10 year old game), Siege, and so on.
Those games aren't easy to run. They have a lot of shit going on.
@@Vyyc-m9g .,...what are you talking about aren't "Easy" to run. they are the easiest to run by design? go look at benchmark.