Imagining an exclusive-less Xbox future (feat Parris Lilly and Greg Miller) | Friends Per Second #38
Вставка
- Опубліковано 7 чер 2024
- Go to BUY RAYCON dot com slash friends TODAY to get 15% off your Raycon order, plus free shipping! That’s BUY RAYCON dot com slash friends to score 15% off and free shipping.
--
Oh boy - what a week. We thought Suicide Squad discourse would be top billing (and we did cover that off with special guest Greg Miller) but it turns out something bigger came along: rumours that Xbox are getting out of the exclusives business. We did a deep dive into that with special guest Parris Lilly. To top it all off, we checked in with Keen Games co-founder Antony Christoulakis to talk through the success of Enshrouded as it tears it up over on Steam.
--
Timestamps:
00:00 Catch Up
07:42 Xbox with Parris Lilly from Gamertag Radio + Kinda Funny Xcast
49:02 Raycon (ad)
52:06 Suicide Squad chat with Greg Miller from Kinda Funny
1:25:48 User Question 1
1:35:02 Enshrouded Interview with Keen Games Co-Founder Antony Christoulakis
2:11:29 User Question 2
2:15:21 What We've Been Playing
2:30:13 Show And Tell
2:41:07 Wrap Up
Let's meet our hosts:
- Jake Baldino (aka the Before You Buy Guy) is pretty much the most watched reviewer on UA-cam across both Gameranx and his personal channel ( / jakebaldino . If you're obsessed with Delorians, The Mummy and Pizza you can discuss that stuff with him directly over on Twitter: @JakeBaldino
- Lucy James is a Senior Producer at Gamespot and a Creative Producer at Giant Bomb. She's actually, like, experienced and credentialed and has real life skills and stuff, while the rest of the gang would be funemployed if the YT algorithm didn't kiss them for random, inexplicable reasons.
- Skill Up used to work at McDonalds but he got fired for skimming too many chicken nuggets. He says he regrets it since he hasn't had a better job since.
--
Listen to the Friends Per Second Podcast on your favourite podcast platform: linktr.ee/friendspersecond
Follow on Twitter: / thefpspodcast
Follow on Instagram: / friendspers. .
Follow on TikTok: / friendspersecond
-- - Ігри
Go to BUY RAYCON dot com slash friends TODAY to get 15% off your Raycon order, plus free shipping! That’s BUY RAYCON dot com slash friends to score 15% off and free shipping.
Love the FPS podcast but the gaslighting about the series launch is incredible. The launch was horrible, no launch exclusives except a couple mediocre indie titles. Xbox one and 360 had new great games at launch. Along those lines, the average consumer does not care about Phil’s public persona. It’s about must buy games. That is evident in what Nintendo and Sony do, they don’t care about having a person like Phil and they are killing it.
Jake. What are you saying? 1:12:30 Kill The Justice League is a horrible game premise.
Bring that Parris dude back. I like him. lm curious of his thoughts on other issues.
@@seanguinn the Bot? 😆
When is Jirard coming back?
Ahh, Gifs not Gifts. Gotcha. Was confused for a solid 10 seconds there
Well lol thank you, I had to read your comment to realize it wasn't "gifts"
Yeah I was like "what do we about birthdays and holidays then?!"
I also thought they said gifts for a while..I was like is Christmas and birthdays are cringe. Till I realized how dumb I was
Same
OH MAN LMAO I didnt get that until I saw this comment
My favorite part of the show is hearing jake getting confused by british/Australian slang, then rewinding it to find the exact moment his face shows his confusion.
Honestly tho it's hilarious
Hehe, nice catch. :)
Timestamp?
@@jeremylamb12 53:44. Start here.
I love the guests but it’s so nice having a format where we come back to you three for a small recap / break in-between segments. This podcast is so good.
Greg's comparison of live service games to a desert mirage is so spot on. 1:21:54
Yeah this really hit me as the perfectly simple metaphor
Timestamp?
@@RYUEN765 I got you. Edited my comment.
@@MightyOProductions thank you
I just wanted to comment and say that THIS is how you have a conversation about what's going on with Xbox at the moment. You brought on a reasonable voice in the Xbox community who isn't calling for pitchforks, who is knowledgeable about the ecosystem and he's bringing up valid concerns that a lot of normal Xbox players are having right now in this weird little time capsule while we wait for the big news next week. Parris is great as always.
I also appreciated how you all seemed to empathize with what a normal Xbox player might be feeling. You didn't dismiss what everyone is feeling at the moment. You took a second to put yourself in the shoes of someone who only has an Xbox and didn't say "Why would anyone be upset at more people being able to play games?"
This isn't about that. I have all 3 consoles and a PC but I prefer Xbox/PC and there are worries for the future.
The unhealthy obsession of some fanboys online has poisoned a lot of the conversation going on. We can all say their behavior is dogshit and needs to be condemned. They need to grow up. They're hurting adult conversations about this stuff. Corporations don't owe us anything. Microsoft will most likely be the 1st to put their games on the other consoles and most people will admit that. Next week will sure be interesting either way!
Great podcast. I'm gonna keep listening
Very well said. As someone who used to play primarily on Xbox since Xbox One and recently moved to playing primarily on PS5, I can clearly see why many of Xbox owners would feel uncertain or even worried. I may be extremely happy playing my games on PS5 now and in the future, but I don't want my Xbox digital library become the sole reason I turn on my Xbox console. MS will do what is best for them as a corporation, but I am hoping Phil has not lost all his influence there yet and can still offer a solution with Xbox gamers in mind.
What the fuck is the Xbox community you just bought the same piece of plastic. I don’t have a “community” for my favorite brand of microwave
@vassili3000 I started with xbox and if they ported all their exclusives to playstation I'd sell my Xbox. I love the controller and layout of Xbox but man there wouldn't be any other reason to stay.
@@kylelopez7631 Well, backwards compatibility with Xbox 360 is still amazing and there are tons of gems from that generation. But I agree with you, if I see the next Gears or Halo on PS5, that will change the way I look at my Series X.
My head cannon has been destroyed! I always imagined Ralph sitting in a basement with no windows like a proper neckbeard. But apparently he has a door that people knock on? I'm in shambles.
It was his child and an indoors knock, so you can hold onto your fantasy for a bit longer! :D
To further destroy your head cannon...we don't really have basements in Australia 😂 also you can see the window in his shot lol
Basements would be really cool here though.
Crazy weird fact, I've heard people don't really own Kettles in the USA.
3 hosts feels a lot better than 4. Ngl. Less chaos more cozy focus less talking over each other more finished sentences
Not like the fourth contributed a ton but petty complaints that they didn't get review code or something. Watch old episodes and you'll notice they weren't super involved anyway.
@@Ashtarte3Dsuper glad someone else said the thing this time since people treated me like a villain for wanting more diverse CEOs a couple videos back lmao
TBH, Jerard rarely said anything anyway. Most of his words were pushing his events or talking about charity; none of which has aged well. He was always the odd man out on the podcast IMO
Yep so much better. Jirrad was too loud and irritating
I think austin could fit well into the group
59:02 worry not Ralph, that joke and cheeky grin did not go unnoticed lol
Haha I didn’t catch that
they are recording this on a chewsday
Very underrated comment^^
*Tuesday, you bloody troglodyte.
As opposed to 'toosday'.
I know there are a lot of gaming podcasts but this one truly is my favorite. Idk if it’s just because it’s only every other week, but every episode drop feels so exciting.
16:00 Cheeky sneaky reminder that Ralph is a dad and a mini Ralph exists! haha
i had no idea! wow that’s really cute haha
@@atlantisundiscovered he tweeted something a few years back when the kid was born but that was it :’)
He’s definitely more private than most, good thing if you ask me. But yeah super cute
I think Xbox dropping out of the console market would be a huge L for us as consumers as that means less competitive pricing for hardware.
Facts, can’t wait for the PlayStation $600
“Less competitive pricing for hardware” dosent sound like a bad thing knowing how fucked it all is right now anyways
Sony kinda already has a monopoly. Xbox is not really a competitor, by their own admission.
lol failed Econ 101 did we? the market simply shifts if Xbox quits, more manufacturers sell components for PC so Nvidia and AMD wont be able to price gouge, that is presuming the dumbass modern consumer controls the market instead of becoming enslaved to corporate greed. if you are stupid enough to pay 10$ for a bag of grapes then they will charge you 10$ for it, im looking at Gen Z..................
@@jacksonjabba you say that but Sony still keeps price under 500$.
They boosted their services coz of gamepass.
You will see less games, higher prices across the board by Sony if Xbox cease to exist in market. Third party will carry them easy.
Burger King is not major threat to McDonald's but still McDonald's treat them as competitor.
Stu has been doing a really good job with the podcast edits. The extra effort that's been going to the video over the past few months hasn't gone unnoticed.
40:30 thank you Ralph for saying what I've been screaming into the abyss since that Kinda Funny interview. This industry lives and dies by the GAMES, regardless of how you obtain them, how you pay for them, and how many teraflops you use when you're playing them.
It's incredibly frustrating to hear Phil saying that great games won't change their situation, because great games changed Sega with the Dreamcast, they changed Nintendo's situation with the Switch, they changed Sony with PS4, and they defined the Xbox for two generations.
If you can be the "third place" that buys Activision for 70 billion, you can also be the "third place" that invests like crazy in ideas from all the studios you now have, and use those games as an entry point to your platform.
I don't know if games changed Nintendo's situation with the Switch. The Switch was sold out everywhere with only one great game for months after launch, and it was a game available for their previous console. Many of the best selling switch games are literally ports of Wii U games, including the best selling Switch game. Interesting hardware and great marketing saved the Switch, alongside a single killer release title. I know many people who got a switch not for the exclusives, but for the portable component for playing games they could play elsewhere; a niche now better served by handheld PCs, sure, but a niche held solely by Nintendo for a while.
Exactly. People also forget to compare this to the different streaming services. A lot of people actually pay for more than one like Netflix, Amazon or Disney....so why not just have one? And I attribute that to, not just cause they are cheaper than gaming, but because of their exclusive content
@@godminnette2 The portable factor and strong third party support was crucial, I agree. But after Breath of the Wild, they had new Mario games. Smash Ultimate and Mario Kart held them for several years. They revived Kirby, and Metroid with Metroid Dread. Metroid Prime 4 is probably a next-gen game at this point, but at least we know that it exists. Nintendo and Playstation are usually good reporting what titles we can expect from them in the upcoming years. I feel that Xbox failed on this during the Xbox One generation, and have just started doing it this gen. I'm personally interested in Hellblade, Indiana Jones, and Avowed.
@@manuelcruz8905 Mario Kart was literally a port with the DLC included, Smash 4 was nearly as good of a game as Ultimate (and some would argue was a better game from a competitive standpoint, but that doesn't drive sales), Kirby Star Allies was a poor entry, and Dread wasn't released until long after the Switch was an incredibly success, so it's not relevant here. The Switch was a success even when it was just a Breath of the Wild machine with some third party titles; nothing exclusive.
From what I heard, Kirby and Dread were well received by critics and players alike. My overall point is that platform holders shouldn't ignore making games internally, and selling them on their own hardware, much less claim that it won't change the public perception of their platform. During the Xbox One generation, both Nintendo and Sony did this quite successfully, at least in terms of attracting old and new audiences: if I wanted the new Mario, Zelda, or another Nintendo franchise. I knew what to buy. Same with Uncharted, God of War, Horizon. For Xbox, it was two mediocre Halo games, and Crackdown 3. I hope Indiana Jones and Avowed might start putting Xbox on a similar track to Playstation and Nintendo
I thought the gang was talking about gifts in the opening section, until Lucie brought up soundboards. Like, first I thought they were discussing normal gifts, then gifts in the context of like... Gifting Nitro or some such? Then realized, lmao.
Same bruh
my love language is gift giving. Had me reconsidering life for a second lmfao
This confusion could have been avoided if they had pronounced GIF correctly 😋
@@NoizeTankaah yes, "Jraphics"
@@andrewibarra3101 ahh yes, “SCUB-buh” diving, not “SCOO-buh” diving 😂
This show is way better now with just the three of you. 👍
I can’t even listen to the older episodes anymore when I am searching for something they reported on because I disliked Jirard then and now I can’t stand the dude
@@reiddutchess9955I also wasn't a fan of his EVER lol
@@DV-ou1yu agreed
I do like a guest to appear sometimes
Same here, now they can actually chat about things without jirard randomly going “my dead mom…”
This whole discussion just serves to remind me that I still desperately want a PC port for Bloodborne.
Fall of Civilizations is an incredible podcast, maybe some of my favorite documentaries period
"Allow myself to introduce myself" had me dying lmaooo
Skillup dude good job on the interview with Parry. Love how you keep pressuring him and asking the hard questions.
“I think retail still matters”
When the shopper walks through the store, and doesn’t see Xbox physical games, but does see PS and Switch physical games, which one you think uninformed mommy and daddy are going to buy?
Everyone is going digital though..
This myth exists since the 80s. I don’t buy that „uninformed mommies or grannies“ are really a big sales factor all things considered 😆
@@dusermiginte4647
No, not everyone. There are more than enough fans of physical media
@@ninochaosdrache3189 Well, obviously the market points that way so....
No Blockbuster first party games released with the console, killed them.
😂😂
I'm so happy you guys mentioned Indika! I'm stoked to play it when it releases and there's not been much hype around it. It's such a brand of weirdness we don't get enough of in the horror-esque genre.
The damage was done by Don Mattrick and they never recovered.
He must have been a Sony plant. No-one could have done a better job of destroying the Xbox brand! 😂
@@randompseudonym4519 Phil and the game doing a pretty good job right now 😂
@saesang35isnt it hilarious phil does not get the hate of other ceo and yet he has failed miserably for so long and said really stupid shit like games don't matter
@@samgoff5289
They don't. If they did, I'd have bought a Sony console after the PS2.
If Phil says things like 'even if we made the most amazing games we will not catch Sony' then he might be just as big of a problem...
Yo, point of order. All the interviews showcased in the episode are fire. Multiple perspectives and it feels like everyone was weighing in at a even level between each of the hosts and the guests
I 1000% love when people reply to me in gif form
I’m fat
Greg was awesome with this crew. He's much better when he's not the smartest in the room, if that makes sense. He laps everyone on Kinda Funny
Yes, I totally agree. I think he pulls back a bit out of respect, but it made me enjoy his presence in this podcast more than his usual.
I think a big point is that Sony is already doing this to a degree, by adding their titles to PC. The only Sony exclusive title still on PS5 from launch is Ghost of Tsushima, and that's definitely coming down the line at this point.
As PC is basically synonymous with Xbox at this point, the only natural expansion is PS5 or Switch. Where else do they branch out to expand their brand with Sony even sharing their brand to PC.
Wasn't the ratchet and clank game still ps5 only? Also you got gt7 which is on ps4 also but I don't think that's coming to pc.
Demons Souls?
I didn’t realise Jake blow dries his hair normally, I thought he was just naturally windswept and glorious!
Ah yes my favourite podcast, the old friends per second podcast
I think the performance of exclusive games like redfall and starfeild made Xbox change strategy.
Especially Starfield…
Redfall got dumped out and no real support to fix it properly. Very poor.
@@michaellitten4538 Starfield was the nail in the coffin for me - i jumped ship to steam right after seeing the debacle unfold
Forza was pretty meh🤷 too unfortunately 😓
I think they've been planning that for years, especially with them getting game pass to other platforms but PC and Xbox. I can see Xbox trying to make a deal to have game pass on Nintendo and Sony hardware one day, since it's already on the smart tvs and phones. Microsoft has always been a software company first, in fact, 85% of their revenue comes from software. I don't think they will stop releasing Xboxes but I don't think hardware is their focus, if it ever was.
I appreciate you guys so much for taking the time to answer my question. I 100% agree with Jake with his comment about the shift in gears some games take. FPS is my favourite podcast and you just made my day.
great question!
For a sec i thought you were saying gifts 🎁 are cringe lol
This whole thing is bizarre.
Only cause MS spent like a year and a half battling anti trust claims with the acquisition of Blizzard etc. So if you were going to adopt multiplatform .. why not say it earlier in court to avoid all the mess they had to deal with
I think that final decision is the result of the lawsuit. The powers that be could see they could make more money selling games to more people instead of focusing on selling hardware, if that's the case. And yea I agree they couldn't just drop all hardware in the short term future.
Pretty sure this news is fresh and must be coming from top of MS (e.g. shareholders). Could be that they told Phil that they cannot wait for 5-10 years for this deal to start bringing returns and needed some short-term results. Offering existing games on other platforms could be just that.
You didn't pay much attention to the ABK court news. MS has been saying numerous of times that ABK acquisition that it's NOT about exclusive. It's about content and especially the mobile. Pretty much everybody in the industry has no problem with the acquisition except Sony. Nintendo will keep doing their own thing, Nvidia and others will keep doing the streaming platform. It was Sony worry about their own online/live service future and caused this mess.
@@samic IIRC they were downplaying the whole thing to make the legislators approve the whole thing, but I am sure exclusivity was always part of their long-term plan. Maybe not anymore.
Holy crap. What a good episode with legendary guests.
I really like how frequently you guys have game devs on this podcast. This is something we don't really get anywhere else. Keep it up!
to be honest we really shouldn't be finding this surprising considering they've been making it clear for quite a few years that they've wanted to take the xbox game pass route and wanted that to be the future of microsoft's and xbox's gaming brand rather than the consoles themselves. while i admit that we've gotten to this point faster than i expected (if it's true and not rumors), we shouldn't find it surprising
Exactly true and MS has always been a software company that also makes hardware and not vice versa, so I am not even a little surprised.
So how much of all Gamepass users are on the console though? If they stop making boxes they will lose so many users
Jake chose violence right out the gate. 😂😂
Been replaying the MGS series recently and had more fun with games than i've had in a very long time.
Great guest as always, another great episode
I had a dream a couple years ago that all exclusives were multiplatform and no longer exclusives it’s crazzy how Xbox is giving into that dream
I think SkllUp is 100% right & Phil Spencer was totally wrong when he said a great game would not "move the needle". The xbox brand found it's initial success from one must play game, Halo. There are many, many people with great xbox memories, if great exclusives appeared on the platform many people that have been forced to switch to Playstation would buy an xbox as a 2nd console. I sold my series X after playting the OK Halo Infinite campaign as there was just no system selling games on the platform at all. And even now 3 years later we only have Forza Horizon 5 as the closest thing to a universally loved system selling game. Xbox are 3rd place totally because their games are 3rd place and well below the standard of other platforms.
Love the colab
As a fan of both fps & kf, i was so excited for this episode. Been smiling all the way through. Great job guys
Is this the Greg miller from ign back in the day???
KindaFunny crossover lesgo
"We gotta give harry Potter a gun" fucking love Jake
this episode is spice per second and i love it
Soundboards are so being kept on mute
Skill up, I just wanted you to know I absolutely love your voice.
1:10:29 that Pinky and the Brain reference caught me off guard lol
indika was a great showing! i really was surprised by that one, great demo
I've been in a coma for 4 months, can't wait to see my favourite four podcast.
Sure it’s not Alzheimer’s and you just forgot? If there’s a charity I can donate to to help!…
I’ve been waiting for this episode
The cross over episode I never knew I needed 😭
Man this episode is packed as hell!
As a PC owner, i haven't felt the need to purchase a Microsoft console since the Xbox360, and even then it was only for Halo, Gears and Fable XD.
I haven’t felt the need to buy a Xbox game since Cuphead (is that theirs?)
@@marwynthemasterful6369cup head was timed exclusive but it was also on pc
Fr, at best you get early access, but I'd rather just upgrade my pc@@Joe-no7gs
@@Joe-no7gs For Playstation and Nintendo exclusives. You understand my point, but your comment was kinda weird.
As a PC owner myself i see no point getting any of the consoles besides maybe Switch because of their exclusives. I mean Xbox adds their first party games at launch on both PC and Xbox, Playstation seems to be opening up to get more of their games to PC too, sure it may take a year or so after the PS5 release but still.
Love you really lean into the aspect of FRIENDS per seconds. It’s like Batman brave and the bold where you come for Batman but get cool guests on every week. Come for the trio but always love a new guest! (Weird analogy I know )
I'm glad to hear someone finally talk about mortal sin! Such a great game.
Love This Show.....Just Chill ND talk Games Industry Or games
Before I buy a console (usually one per gen) I look to see which has the games I want to play. This Gen it was the Switch.
The only near term play I see with Microsoft is publishing their Xbox titles on other consoles for full retail price, while reserving Gamepass access for those same games exclusively for PC and Xbox consoles. Curious to see what Phil Spencer reveals next week.
Jake's face when Ralph confesses his love for Mean Girls
3:23 “we’re gonna be talking about suicide” out of context is wild
Sony is publishing TLOU2 remastered, Rise of Ronin, Hell divers 2 and Stellar Blade. For third party exclusives it’s FF7 and Pacific Drive. Nothing too massive but a lot of variety and a lot of games. All these games are coming just in the first quarter, when you step back and look at it, it’s quite a good time to have a PS5
Dont say that too loud or someone will scream, "where are the first party titles?" Lol
Hell Divers 2 is freaking awesome too. PlayStation really cares about the quality of their exclusives it's obvious. What was the last truly good co op experience? That prison game? The division? We've had so few so thankfod for helldivers 2
Not only that, you can only play FF7:Rebirth, Rise of the Ronin and Stellar Blade on PS5. If you are interested in one those games then you need to get a PS5.
Relink and while not exclusive I’m playing persona 4 remake.. like my backlog is huge.
Past Lives is my favorite movie from last year, along with Godzilla Minus One. And I would put Past Lives up there with the Before Sunrise/Sunset/Midnight trilogy for just good simple relationship movies.
Before Trilogy gang rise up!
@@Joe-no7gs Before Sunrise 1995, followed by Before Sunset in 2004, followed by Before Midnight in 2013.
All the same people, in different ages of their relationship every 9 years.
LOVE past lives, awesome to see that call out. It's definitely not for everyone because of the type of movie it is but it truly is amazing. Hope it wins best picture!
Great podcast!!
Xbox has already left the console space and if the leak is true that they're gearing up for a digital only console then it almost confirms they don't care about it
Sony and Nintendo don’t do reactive communication for a reason. It’s bad. Being chummy with your fans is BAD.
I really like the show and tell at the end.
Man i didnt know how funny and charismatic Greg Miller was lol he should be on the podcast more he adds a nice element
Great conversation with Paris but I really think you are all underestimating the power of FOMO. If Xbox were to move to timed exclusivity, yes there would be people that just get a PS5 but there would be a lot of people that still get an Xbox or PC so they don't have to wait. You all mentioned 6 month timed exclusivity. I think that's unlikely. I think 1 year is way more likely and that's a long time to wait to play a game you are interested in.
I think if Xbox does this, it possibly could be because they've seen the success playstation has had porting to pc. There's a lot of double dipping and Xbox likely sees the value in shipping a game on Xbox/PC and then getting a brand new hype cycle when it comes to Playstation a year later. They'll get more sales via PS and the hype cycle with convert into a sales/engagement via gamepass surge on Xbox and PC as well.
(geek face on) Ivy is a child because it's kind of like Groot when he comes back as a sapling
Doesn't make it any less weird
@@user-to1su2iy4dweird in what way? There's a talking humanoid shark and a dude with a ring that controls light lol it's not that crazy
Gay people
Super geeky to know something about the MCU!
...ie some of the most popular shit out there, lol.
I loved DCU online! Glad to hear I was not the only one to enjoy it!
luv guys thanx for everything
Psychonauts 2, although being an Xbox studios game, is on Playstation. It's a weird one too since it's not really an Xbox original, the first one came out on PS2 etc back in the day and 2 had been in development for a long time before it became an Xbox studio.
It's kinda like senuas sacrifice, they've not really developed the idea or the game just bought the rights by buying the studio
I'll tell you why it came to the ps4. It's not out of the goodness of Ms' heart. They did it because they were bound by a contract. Double fine raised money through kickstarter and promised to deliver a ps4 version. When it eventually got bought by MS, they still had to deliver on the promise they made to their investors. Do you want to know how scummy MS is? They made an XSX version but not a PS5 version for psychonauts 2 because they were not required to by law. They could have easily greenlit a ps5 version for goodwill but didn't.
The first Psychonauts was on OG Xbox.
@@noahDnewport yeah I was waiting for this because I put "PS2 etc" you seem to think I was omitting other platforms.
I'm aware but it wasn't an Xbox exclusive or Xbox studio at that time. It's not their original IP, the sequel was already in development for years before MS decided to buy them out.
The whole thing is probably being overblown. All they'd have to do is timed exclusives and they could keep their console fans.
I think the substitution (whether intended that way or not) of “this week in the way back” which was kinda a Jirard thing, with “show and tell” has been excellent and i personally like it more since its more varied and nerds love nerding out about things they love no matter what it is
Another great episode I always look forward to this podcast there's always so much gaming news these days so many great indies and all sorts of
Ahh, they were talking about GIFs in the beginning. Here I was thinking 'what's wrong with gifts?' :D
PS I can see Xbox trying to make a deal to have game pass on Nintendo and Sony hardware one day, since it's already on the smart tvs and phones. Microsoft has always been a software company first, about 85% of their revenue comes from software. I don't think they will stop releasing Xboxes but I don't think hardware is their focus, if it ever was.
I would love it if you guys had someone from Last Stand Media on as a guest in one of the FPS shows!
They have had Gene on twice
1:30:25 - People underestimate the value of a good backlog - I've literally been just playing through old games and actually started writing/talking about and found it's helped me get through games because I sometimes can really bounce off them
Lucy's "it's the bat!" made me laugh way more than it should at 1:24:20.
don't have to imagine. were already experiencing it
Maybe my lifestyle is ancient compared to them kids today, but to me X box has always been irrelevant, cause all their games are also on PC, and I can not imagine my life without having a decent PC, even if I am not much a gamer. People say to me that smart phones replaced PC's, and to me that's insane. I know X box is cheaper, games are usually optimized there at least, but PC is PC, I will never live without it, so I will never have to buy actual X box.
P.S. Is it just me, or youtube lagging like crazy unless you turn off adblock extension? Touche UA-cam, touche...
Lmao this aged like milk. The guy who spread the original rumour has walked it back and said he was wrong and fed bad info! People really believe anything huh???
PlayStation will end 2024 without a single first party exclusive release and only 1 in 2023. Xbox has had many more with only Redfall being a flop. Fanboy narratives are wild.
@@baundiesel is that true? I swear Helldivers 2 was first party right? Or am I thinking of another game?
@@bandanna2388 Helldiver's 2 is sorta weird because Sony owns the IP but it was made by a 3rd party studio. Kind of a... "Second Party" game I guess? It's a fucking cool game though and funny enough is a good argument for games being on multiple platforms. lol
crazy how greg miller's charisma levels are always a 100. great ep lads
Maybe show gameplay from games that get mentioned? Would be fun to see the games you guys discuss in case we arent familiar with them.
One aspect of speeding running I really enjoy is the no hit runners. there are guys that do all the souls games front to end without getting hit. It is really nice because they arent worried about time, just execution and its much more chill than your standard any% runs
As a PS5 user, not so sure putting Xbox exclusives on the PS5 is a good idea. Competitors apply downward pressure on Sony, the PS5 (or any product, really) is only as good as it is given that Sony _really_ want to stay at the front. i mean it's great for us in the short term given we don't need to buy XsX for Halo Infinite, StarField, Senua HellBlade2, and whatnot. But's prolly not good for the market long term.
Makes money sense for Microsoft
100%. Competition is great. Hopefully PS gets some one day. Cause Xbox peaked with 360, which launched an entire year before PS3 and still lost out on sales in the end (PS3 stayed in the market a year extra, but let’s be honest, when do more sales happen? The first year of a console, or the last?), and has gone down hill ever since. It’s sucks, but you can’t force people to support them when they release crap like Redfall and Starfield (that one is more polarizing).
Personally I would LOVE valve to take another crack at their steam machine console thing. With the success of the steam deck I think people are more ready for valve hardware (as long as they can keep the price reasonable. Which was the problem with the first steam machines).
No need to imagine. We've been living an exclusiveless Xbox for the past 10 years.
Listening to podcast through my raycon everyday earbuds, thanks to fps for shouting them out!!! I have 2 pairs 1 for work and 1 for home
Pacific Drive was my favorite demo so far
Not trying to stir up controversy, but I think the show is better without Gerard. You 3 just seem so genuine and your energy is happy and infectious. Keep up the great work!
One big thing that no one mentions is day one PC releases. That actually made it so I didn’t need a Xbox anymore. And I have a lot of friends who stopped buying Xbox for the same reason
There is LITERALLY no reason to buy an Xbox if you have a PC. Full stop. Cant say that for PS5
You are still buying Xbox though. That's the point. They don't handcuff you to an outdated console if you don't want to be by making you wait 4 years for their exclusive games to hit PC. It's not like hardware is a money maker for them or PlayStation either.
@@baundieselI’m really not though. $10 GPass rentals twice a year and your good. Xbox ain’t releasing that many games. Last year all I wanted to play was Lies of P, Wo Long, and Starfield (the only Xbox game). Only had to sub March and September.
If I was buying games I’d be spending $120+. Instead I’m spending $20. This is why they need to sell games on PS now. I’d also buy my shit on Steam, not MS store.
Let’s not forget 5% of GPass subs are probably paying $1/month or whatever too. Sweet for you, not sweet for Xbox.
i will always have respect and deep admiration for ralph because he doesn’t let bullshit slide when someone says some thing that can be seen as fanboy-ish stuff. please never change
thanks
Haven’t seen Greg in a while, he’s looking old lol
Not gonna lie, those PS5 boxed copies for Gears and Starfield look dope.
jake's hair is so pretty
i'm jealous every time i see those shiny black waves 😂