WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.400 --> 00:00:11.279 You'll be bad. It's the Internet. You're busy. Let's do this for 2 00:00:11.359 --> 00:00:14.800 February twenty first, twenty twenty four. For the next hour or so, 3 00:00:15.160 --> 00:00:18.199 let me help you sort through the world of gaming on Game Mess Mornings Live 4 00:00:18.280 --> 00:00:23.280 with Me Jeff Grubb. Today Nintendo highlighted games from its partners and Elden Rings 5 00:00:23.280 --> 00:00:26.359 back to take over at all video Games. But first, please join me 6 00:00:26.359 --> 00:00:30.079 and welcome me today's co host the Game Mess Mornings. It's Lord Cognito, 7 00:00:30.239 --> 00:00:34.679 cog. How are you doing today, Lord Jeff Grubb in the realm of 8 00:00:34.719 --> 00:00:39.560 the of the mess, of the messy realm. Absolutely God, tell people 9 00:00:39.600 --> 00:00:41.640 like where they can find you, where they should know you from, and 10 00:00:41.679 --> 00:00:44.039 all that stuff. I've been listening to your stuff for a while now, 11 00:00:44.039 --> 00:00:47.039 but I'm happy to have you here. Tell the kids about you. Absolute 12 00:00:47.039 --> 00:00:50.560 to go at Lord Cognito on Twitter or Lord Cognito of the Iron Lord's podcast 13 00:00:50.600 --> 00:00:54.359 Every Sunday is the Lord's Day on YouTube. Also do Defining Do get a 14 00:00:54.399 --> 00:00:57.920 Destiny podcast called The Last Words. So, uh, you know, I'm 15 00:00:57.920 --> 00:01:02.159 all over the place. A podcast and a lot you are podcasting is a 16 00:01:02.200 --> 00:01:03.879 lot is how I would describe it for sure, And you guys go and 17 00:01:04.319 --> 00:01:08.000 you guys have your Lord's Day podcast on Sunday. You guys go and go 18 00:01:08.079 --> 00:01:11.079 and go, And I'm always like, man, that is a marathon. 19 00:01:11.120 --> 00:01:15.200 I'm always impressed. Yeah, it's full life. Little friends love gaming. 20 00:01:15.239 --> 00:01:19.000 We talk about mostly the latest topics in gaming one pm Eastern. We try 21 00:01:19.040 --> 00:01:22.280 to avoid We were trying to avoid the lines of the forty nine ers, 22 00:01:22.280 --> 00:01:25.000 but we just couldn't get out of that. Is it too soon? Is 23 00:01:25.000 --> 00:01:29.079 it too soon? G No? I have accepted what happened. I'm a 24 00:01:29.120 --> 00:01:32.560 real deal, long, lifelong Lions fan, so the idea that we were 25 00:01:32.599 --> 00:01:34.879 even in the conversation for any of that stuff is still very exciting to me. 26 00:01:36.599 --> 00:01:38.319 In a couple of years, i'll become a really toxic fan where if 27 00:01:38.319 --> 00:01:41.920 they're not winning, I'll be miserable. But right now it's like, hey, 28 00:01:41.920 --> 00:01:44.439 they want a bunch and that rules. So I'm good over here. 29 00:01:44.480 --> 00:01:48.760 I'm making due. Future is bright. I'm getting over my heartbreak period. 30 00:01:49.519 --> 00:01:53.400 But other than that, future is bright and gaming looks good right now. 31 00:01:53.439 --> 00:01:57.560 So it's looking good all right, you know what, Let's explain what we 32 00:01:57.560 --> 00:01:59.359 do here, because we got plenty of news, so let's just get in 33 00:01:59.439 --> 00:02:01.879 the show most weekdays, I Jeff Garub will help piece your gaming life back 34 00:02:01.879 --> 00:02:06.920 together. That includes breaking news and maybe even some of our own original reporting. 35 00:02:07.200 --> 00:02:08.599 For all these topics, I'll get the input of a bona fide expert 36 00:02:08.599 --> 00:02:13.360 who will make me look smart. If you are watching live on twitch welcome, 37 00:02:13.639 --> 00:02:15.439 You can always listen to the show later on podcast feeds by searching for 38 00:02:15.479 --> 00:02:20.360 Game Mess Mornings, or find therss on GiantBomb dot com. You can also 39 00:02:20.439 --> 00:02:24.680 catch the show later with chapters and timestamps on YouTube. Hello YouTube. All 40 00:02:24.759 --> 00:02:28.240 right, we have a lot to get into, so let's start the Morning 41 00:02:28.280 --> 00:02:31.680 Mess with the Nintendo Partner Direct roundup. They had a Partner Direct today February 42 00:02:31.719 --> 00:02:36.520 twenty First, this is from my Nintendo News. The newest Nintendo Direct Partner 43 00:02:36.560 --> 00:02:39.719 showcase featured games full of poignant storytelling, puzzling challenges, and blah blah blah. 44 00:02:40.080 --> 00:02:44.680 There was a lot to stand out there. I was pretty happy with 45 00:02:44.719 --> 00:02:46.159 this Direct COG. There was a lot of stuff them in there. For 46 00:02:46.240 --> 00:02:50.400 me, not everyone's super happy. Partner Direct is always going to be hit 47 00:02:50.400 --> 00:02:53.280 and miss, depending on which games in there get you excited or if there 48 00:02:53.319 --> 00:02:57.360 are any and for some people that are like, I am here for the 49 00:02:57.360 --> 00:03:00.479 big things I recognize from Nintendo. So partner Showcase was now going to be 50 00:03:00.520 --> 00:03:01.800 for me, I was pretty happy with it. We can get some of 51 00:03:01.800 --> 00:03:04.719 these ones that stood out. But did you get a chance to watch the 52 00:03:04.759 --> 00:03:07.759 direct this morning? I did. I did I get a chance to stuck 53 00:03:07.800 --> 00:03:12.159 it in? And for me it was it was big because obviously with the 54 00:03:12.759 --> 00:03:16.120 news that's been going to with Xbox lately and the business updates, I just 55 00:03:16.159 --> 00:03:20.400 had a feeling, bru, I just had a feeling that I might see 56 00:03:20.439 --> 00:03:24.159 some things from ten those new partners. Yes, one of their newest closest 57 00:03:24.159 --> 00:03:30.039 partners, Microsoft Xbox Gaming. Yes, yes, So I put the tweet 58 00:03:30.080 --> 00:03:31.719 out and I put a little eyeball eboji and look, you know, for 59 00:03:31.800 --> 00:03:36.000 me, I wanted I guess my thing was always about the messaging, the 60 00:03:36.120 --> 00:03:38.240 verbiage. How would it present? And now it makes sense, you know. 61 00:03:38.680 --> 00:03:42.000 The way I looked at it is, you know, Microsoft got ahead 62 00:03:42.000 --> 00:03:46.120 of it first so that it wouldn't become a complete surprise to probably both bases, 63 00:03:46.599 --> 00:03:49.599 and then here we are. But yeah, I did get a chance. 64 00:03:49.639 --> 00:03:52.360 There's a lot of games that I had my eye on otherwise though, 65 00:03:52.400 --> 00:03:53.719 But I thought it was a solid showcase overall, but we can get it 66 00:03:53.719 --> 00:03:57.280 to the ditty gritty. Yeah yeah, So I mean, let's start with 67 00:03:57.319 --> 00:04:00.960 the Xbox games. Grounded was one of the earlier ones that in there that 68 00:04:00.080 --> 00:04:04.240 I'm a little bit surprised, but I mean, Grounded is not some really 69 00:04:04.240 --> 00:04:09.919 tough game to run, but it's like there's simulation and it's a survival game. 70 00:04:09.960 --> 00:04:12.360 There's a lot of stuff to keep track of, Like it seems like 71 00:04:12.400 --> 00:04:14.919 it might be tough to get running on the switch, and they opened up 72 00:04:14.960 --> 00:04:17.199 like basically one of the first games in there, Grounded coming there, and 73 00:04:17.240 --> 00:04:21.199 then Pentiment got kind of stuffed into the sizzle reel, which we joked about 74 00:04:21.199 --> 00:04:24.360 beforehand, but like that'd be weird if they did that, And then they 75 00:04:24.399 --> 00:04:29.560 did that. Now in context, it's like Pentiment is something I adore. 76 00:04:29.839 --> 00:04:31.480 I love that game. I think about it all the time. It's like 77 00:04:31.519 --> 00:04:36.519 really one of my favorites. But I understand that it's not necessarily even something 78 00:04:36.560 --> 00:04:42.000 that rises to the occasion of getting people excited in a Nintendo direct that is 79 00:04:42.040 --> 00:04:45.319 like lower in as a partner showcase. I'm fine with accepting that it's a 80 00:04:45.399 --> 00:04:47.360 niche game, but it's a really good one. I'm kind of just glad 81 00:04:47.399 --> 00:04:50.879 it was in a direct at all. Those are two games that make a 82 00:04:50.920 --> 00:04:55.240 lot of sense on switch right. Yeah, absolutely, I think they're perfect 83 00:04:55.279 --> 00:04:57.879 fits. I mean Grounded the yard style. You know, honey, I 84 00:04:57.959 --> 00:05:01.279 shrunk the kids the game in the backyard of industry. You know, it 85 00:05:01.319 --> 00:05:03.439 looked great, It looked like it ran great. They had to eat the 86 00:05:03.439 --> 00:05:08.439 playground mode. They're talking about cross play, I believe, and cross shave 87 00:05:08.480 --> 00:05:11.079 and stuff like that, which I think is huge. Yes, I am 88 00:05:11.160 --> 00:05:15.959 concerned about and this is no shade, but I'm concerned about the communication required 89 00:05:15.680 --> 00:05:23.120 for Grounded. That is the Nintendo Online app is keeping piece of shit. 90 00:05:23.279 --> 00:05:27.879 It's it's terrible. I despise it. This whole video idea with Mike Naughty 91 00:05:27.879 --> 00:05:30.800 where where you try to use that thing and it's just half an hour of 92 00:05:30.839 --> 00:05:32.439 us dunking on that and I don't think I've used it since it's terrible. 93 00:05:32.480 --> 00:05:36.120 Everyone just uses Discord instead. So okay, that's probably what will have to 94 00:05:36.160 --> 00:05:39.759 end up happening here. It is a game about like, Hey, I'm 95 00:05:39.759 --> 00:05:42.079 dealing with this giant spider over here. Can you come over and help me? 96 00:05:42.079 --> 00:05:43.839 So you're right that is gonna be a little bit of a headache on 97 00:05:43.879 --> 00:05:46.800 the switch. Yeah, so just just that aspect I was just curious about. 98 00:05:46.800 --> 00:05:49.639 But it's it's perfect to your point with Pentimate, man, same thing 99 00:05:49.680 --> 00:05:53.639 for me. You know, that is one of my underrated gems. I 100 00:05:53.680 --> 00:05:57.040 came in hating on Pentiment because at first I wanted Joshua to do a bigger 101 00:05:57.079 --> 00:06:00.000 game, absolutely, but then when I actually played the game, and I'm 102 00:06:00.120 --> 00:06:03.079 like, the way they are attacking this story in this specific timeline, He's 103 00:06:03.160 --> 00:06:09.279 history, yeah, historically accurate, the multiple perspectives and the way the story 104 00:06:09.519 --> 00:06:13.639 unfolds with the tires together, like to get the themes across about how like 105 00:06:14.160 --> 00:06:17.000 in real life we bury our history and in our personal lives we bury our 106 00:06:17.079 --> 00:06:21.040 history and what what is that? What are the ramifications of that special special 107 00:06:21.079 --> 00:06:25.399 game? Go down to the name, right, It's so deep. So 108 00:06:26.040 --> 00:06:30.800 I'm just excited that more people get a chance to experience that because these two 109 00:06:30.879 --> 00:06:34.120 games, you know, should be should be bigger in my opinion. So 110 00:06:34.360 --> 00:06:36.480 yeah, I think this is cool. These are perfect fit games to kind 111 00:06:36.480 --> 00:06:41.319 of jump into the Nintendo ecosystem and Kle can I give you a little breaking 112 00:06:41.360 --> 00:06:46.079 news all what we got High Fi Rush comes to PS five on March eighteenth. 113 00:06:48.040 --> 00:06:50.079 Who put it? This is? This is a grub exclusive. This 114 00:06:50.120 --> 00:06:56.199 is Warrior sixty four just posted this on Twitter. Okay much, Okay, 115 00:06:56.360 --> 00:07:00.279 yep. It looks like there's a a trailer and some key art here that 116 00:07:00.399 --> 00:07:03.240 is in Spanish, So maybe this got out a little bit early from some 117 00:07:03.279 --> 00:07:09.120 website or something, but hey, yeah, that's that's happening. High Fi 118 00:07:09.199 --> 00:07:11.920 Rush always also definitely seemed like that one that would probably be tough to get 119 00:07:11.959 --> 00:07:14.759 running on the switch, So not surprised that that didn't make them to direct 120 00:07:14.759 --> 00:07:17.680 and is coming to PS five instead. But hey, all three of the 121 00:07:17.720 --> 00:07:21.959 four games so far are now confirmed. We're just waiting on CF Thieves, 122 00:07:23.079 --> 00:07:26.040 which might happen a little bit later that they'll probably have their own, like 123 00:07:26.160 --> 00:07:30.360 separate announcement about that they've been getting that game ready for that song. It's 124 00:07:30.439 --> 00:07:33.199 kind of it's all lining up, And I guess, you know, how 125 00:07:33.199 --> 00:07:38.439 are you feeling about Microsoft strategy here? I think, look, ultimately, 126 00:07:39.120 --> 00:07:43.160 at first I was more so upset about how are they're going to handle the 127 00:07:43.240 --> 00:07:46.560 messaging, and obviously live service makes perfect sense, you know, I thought 128 00:07:46.000 --> 00:07:49.000 anything that's live service needs to be on it. I guess I was confused 129 00:07:49.040 --> 00:07:51.480 initially about High five Rush because I was like, Okay, this is kind 130 00:07:51.480 --> 00:07:55.959 of like their new up and coming budding title. But the way I look 131 00:07:55.959 --> 00:07:59.600 at it is look and if this is about sustainability and the way the industry 132 00:07:59.680 --> 00:08:03.439 is going and they need to do this as as a pivot or a shift, 133 00:08:03.600 --> 00:08:07.160 I'm for it in that respect. So I think the key for them 134 00:08:07.399 --> 00:08:11.279 is just to be transparent, which for the most what they did instead of 135 00:08:11.319 --> 00:08:13.319 name in the four, but maybe that was a legal issue, but they 136 00:08:13.399 --> 00:08:18.040 kind of explained what the four are. So that's where I'm at as far 137 00:08:18.079 --> 00:08:20.800 as you know future. As far as me being on the Xbox platform as 138 00:08:20.839 --> 00:08:24.720 a person who likes the ecosystem, it really doesn't affect me because again, 139 00:08:24.879 --> 00:08:28.399 I get to play these games in game Pass, most likely a year or 140 00:08:28.399 --> 00:08:31.279 a couple of months ahead of release, so it really doesn't affect me. 141 00:08:31.319 --> 00:08:33.159 And if more people get experienced those games, and if they didn't do well, 142 00:08:33.200 --> 00:08:35.559 I have to say this, I have to say. My guess is 143 00:08:35.600 --> 00:08:41.360 that I FI Rush may not have Actually I gotta create you, I gotta 144 00:08:41.399 --> 00:08:43.759 go ahead of it. I just known about you and the one that took 145 00:08:43.799 --> 00:08:48.840 the arrows for every So Bunny, did I take samarrows for that one? 146 00:08:48.559 --> 00:08:52.679 Yeah? I mean the truth. And I've never ever gone off this story. 147 00:08:52.000 --> 00:08:54.840 Hi Fi Rush costs this much and it made about this much. That's 148 00:08:54.840 --> 00:08:58.320 how I put it. That's the fair way of putting it. I think 149 00:08:58.360 --> 00:09:01.000 at the time I said it was appointing or something. That's not fair because 150 00:09:01.039 --> 00:09:05.039 Microsoft has their own way of measuring that that goes against that. Not just 151 00:09:05.200 --> 00:09:09.279 like oh, it's how profitable was it like selling retail copies or whatever on 152 00:09:09.360 --> 00:09:13.000 the digital store. That's not necessarily they're measuring it. They have other things 153 00:09:13.039 --> 00:09:16.759 like oh, how it performs in game Pass. And I know that that 154 00:09:16.840 --> 00:09:20.519 Microsoft internally loves that game and loves that studio. What's the name of the 155 00:09:20.559 --> 00:09:26.200 studio now it's blanking on Tangle Game Works. Thank you. I know they 156 00:09:26.279 --> 00:09:28.639 love them, and they're like we and that's why they were like very quick 157 00:09:28.639 --> 00:09:31.159 to come out and counter the story. They're like, we don't want Tango 158 00:09:31.159 --> 00:09:33.799 Game Works to think we're disappointed because we are doubling down on them. But 159 00:09:35.159 --> 00:09:37.919 the reality is the game costs this much, it made this much, and 160 00:09:37.919 --> 00:09:41.320 when they're looking around for ways to keep these studios like, you know, 161 00:09:41.519 --> 00:09:45.039 chugging along. One of the answers being, hey, make more money from 162 00:09:45.039 --> 00:09:46.919 the same game you already made that people really like by putting out PS five 163 00:09:48.240 --> 00:09:50.240 became a pretty quick answer of like, let's just do that for a game 164 00:09:50.279 --> 00:09:54.600 like that that has already tapped out what it can do on Xbox and PC 165 00:09:54.080 --> 00:09:58.600 and in game pass. Yeah. Absolutely, I appreciate your service. You 166 00:09:58.639 --> 00:10:00.720 took a lot of slugs. You took happened, you know, you went 167 00:10:00.759 --> 00:10:03.159 in there, and the life of the inside, of the life of the 168 00:10:03.240 --> 00:10:05.159 land, it comes with the territory. As you said, yes, the 169 00:10:05.200 --> 00:10:09.240 life of this insider. I suppose one thing about I gotta get your your 170 00:10:09.279 --> 00:10:13.080 percentile. Your track record is strong, so you know, it's cool to 171 00:10:13.120 --> 00:10:18.799 see how it played out. And look, ultimately we want Tangle, We 172 00:10:18.840 --> 00:10:22.879 want these people to make money and make these games sustainable and then ultimately, 173 00:10:22.919 --> 00:10:24.440 like the cool thing is this. What I also want to talk about is 174 00:10:24.440 --> 00:10:30.240 that for a whole new audience that never experienced these games right now, to 175 00:10:30.440 --> 00:10:33.679 Xbox has benefit if they decide to do a High Fire Rush too or a 176 00:10:33.720 --> 00:10:37.679 sequel. There is now familiarity. Now people know what that is on the 177 00:10:37.720 --> 00:10:39.720 other plaf what's happening here? Yeah, to generate interest. So I am 178 00:10:39.799 --> 00:10:43.440 coming along. I was, I was struggling to Yeah. I mean, 179 00:10:43.440 --> 00:10:48.519 I I'm a I have a Nintendo fanboy podcast. If Nintendo was suddenly talking 180 00:10:48.519 --> 00:10:52.639 about this stuff, I would be confused and maybe even like as a lifelong 181 00:10:52.679 --> 00:10:56.039 fan and this is childish, I think in my opinion of myself. But 182 00:10:56.039 --> 00:10:58.120 I think I'm would be a little bit hurt and be like, what is 183 00:10:58.159 --> 00:11:00.840 happening here? And I would I would process and I think I would end 184 00:11:00.919 --> 00:11:03.320 up in the same place you are, where it's like, how does this 185 00:11:03.399 --> 00:11:05.679 really affect me? More people are playing these games? Who cares? It 186 00:11:05.679 --> 00:11:07.639 would just take me, like, you know, a day or two to 187 00:11:07.679 --> 00:11:11.840 process that. So I completely understand. Yeah, And the final pointos stay 188 00:11:11.840 --> 00:11:15.399 on. It was just that, you know, for me, from a 189 00:11:15.399 --> 00:11:20.000 Microsoft standpoint, I just wanted them to see the vision through of once they 190 00:11:20.039 --> 00:11:22.960 made the acquisitions of Yes, but as an ABK, how does that look? 191 00:11:24.159 --> 00:11:26.600 You know? Does that improve game pass? And I think this strategy 192 00:11:26.639 --> 00:11:31.600 allows them to still do that while putting these other games that are maybe older 193 00:11:31.799 --> 00:11:33.879 on other platforms. And I'm okay with it now, and I think at 194 00:11:33.879 --> 00:11:37.759 the time, it was when people were first like getting really worried about what 195 00:11:37.799 --> 00:11:41.480 was happening here. They were like that that was something I heard from a 196 00:11:41.480 --> 00:11:43.399 lot of people. I just want those like twenty eighteen acquisitions to have a 197 00:11:43.480 --> 00:11:46.320 chance to come and do what they're going to do, to see if that 198 00:11:46.399 --> 00:11:50.360 can work before we start abandoning everything. And my point was always I think 199 00:11:50.399 --> 00:11:54.279 internally they're looking at the games that they're coming and being like, nothing is 200 00:11:54.320 --> 00:11:56.559 going to have the potential to move the needle like Starfield did, So why 201 00:11:56.639 --> 00:12:00.879 are we pretending that something's going to be as big as that? And that 202 00:12:00.919 --> 00:12:03.519 wasn't even as big as we needed. So I think they were just immediate 203 00:12:03.559 --> 00:12:05.759 like, Okay, let's look at what we're doing and change some things up, 204 00:12:07.039 --> 00:12:09.639 even though obviously they're mostly sticking to the same strategy that they've been having 205 00:12:11.000 --> 00:12:15.759 all right back to the direct Some things that stuck out to me Disney Epic 206 00:12:15.799 --> 00:12:20.080 Mickey rebrushed. I am not someone that ever played Epic Mickey. I know 207 00:12:20.120 --> 00:12:24.120 people mostly found that game to be disappointing, but this looked pretty good, 208 00:12:24.480 --> 00:12:28.559 especially since it's like it seems like it's a updated in multiple ways where it 209 00:12:28.559 --> 00:12:31.639 looks much better than the we game did, and at the same time seems 210 00:12:31.639 --> 00:12:33.960 like they could have a chance to edit what the game was and improve it 211 00:12:33.960 --> 00:12:37.080 in some ways. It's always what I think is a cool thing with video 212 00:12:37.080 --> 00:12:41.360 game remasters is this happens with the Zelda games, where they're like, hey, 213 00:12:41.360 --> 00:12:43.879 we're gonna just like make this section that you guys thought was kind of 214 00:12:43.879 --> 00:12:46.600 a slog a little bit shorter, and now it's edited, and now it's 215 00:12:46.639 --> 00:12:50.320 a much better game, even though we're gonna call it the same exact game. 216 00:12:50.480 --> 00:12:52.840 And hopefully they can do that here. But what's especially interesting is I 217 00:12:54.200 --> 00:12:58.799 had heard about this, and I heard about it alongside the news that Metroid 218 00:12:58.799 --> 00:13:03.320 Prime for might get it's some sort of CG trailer that pops off this summer, 219 00:13:03.559 --> 00:13:05.519 and I was kind of been like holding off on this, like yeah, 220 00:13:05.639 --> 00:13:09.399 waiting to see if some more things would get confirmed from from this set 221 00:13:09.399 --> 00:13:11.960 of leaks I got from the source. And now multiple things have been have 222 00:13:13.039 --> 00:13:16.039 happened, have been confirmed, and I'm like, Okay, I'm feeling I'm 223 00:13:16.039 --> 00:13:18.960 feeling a little bit better about Metro primarily work popping off this summer, So 224 00:13:18.039 --> 00:13:22.080 yeah, I was like, Okay, Wow, rebrushed is here and it's 225 00:13:22.120 --> 00:13:26.440 real. So there we go, and then Penny's big breakaway. That game 226 00:13:26.480 --> 00:13:28.679 looks fantastic to me. I'm a huge three D platformer fancog. I don't 227 00:13:28.720 --> 00:13:31.639 know. Did that set off any bells for you? Yeah? Look cool, 228 00:13:31.679 --> 00:13:35.000 it looks cool. Man. I'm not like like a big connos order 229 00:13:35.000 --> 00:13:37.799 series and stuff like that, but I thought what I saw looked good on 230 00:13:37.799 --> 00:13:41.360 screen. I didn't really have any complaints. I thought this was one of 231 00:13:41.399 --> 00:13:43.200 the ones that I'm like, oh, okay, it was. I had 232 00:13:43.200 --> 00:13:45.840 about like five and that was definitely in the list. I was like, 233 00:13:45.840 --> 00:13:48.440 okay, that got my uh. And we talked about the Xbox games coming 234 00:13:48.440 --> 00:13:52.559 to Switch and we saw there's two. There's actually seven if you count the 235 00:13:52.759 --> 00:13:58.679 five rare games that are coming to Intend to Switch Online. That includes Killer 236 00:13:58.720 --> 00:14:03.799 Instinctive, Battle Toads and Battlemaniacs, Snake Rattle, En'roll, and RC pro 237 00:14:03.919 --> 00:14:05.679 Am, and I think there was one. Oh yeah, so of course 238 00:14:05.759 --> 00:14:09.639 Blast Core. So yeah, I'm excited about all those. I'm a huge 239 00:14:09.639 --> 00:14:13.120 fan of rare Blast course one of my favorite games. So that's really cool 240 00:14:13.120 --> 00:14:16.200 to see people are like wondering, Hey, where the hell is like stuff 241 00:14:16.240 --> 00:14:20.120 like Donkey Kong sixty four. That one is one that seems like gonna make 242 00:14:20.159 --> 00:14:22.879 a lot of sense. I wonder like, hey, where's Diddy Kong Racing? 243 00:14:22.440 --> 00:14:26.559 Yes? Do you buy in to the theory that the reason we're not 244 00:14:26.600 --> 00:14:31.200 seeing those and that's that something like a Nintendo director for a Nintendo Switch online 245 00:14:31.320 --> 00:14:35.879 is because maybe we'll get full fledged remasters of those sold separately or maybe even 246 00:14:35.919 --> 00:14:39.559 like a rain makes I mean, one would hope so, right, I 247 00:14:39.559 --> 00:14:43.120 mean because it seems like curious omissions, right, yeah, yeah, So 248 00:14:43.159 --> 00:14:48.200 part of me is like I'm hoping that teams already have these set aside for 249 00:14:48.240 --> 00:14:50.440 these plays. I would love the remasters of these. People have been screaming 250 00:14:50.480 --> 00:14:54.679 these for the tops for so long, So yeah, I'm leaning on that 251 00:14:54.720 --> 00:15:00.720 direction for sure. I think it's possible that like Diddy Kong Racing uh gets 252 00:15:01.039 --> 00:15:03.399 that kind of tradement. I think Donkey Kong sixty four is such a massive 253 00:15:03.480 --> 00:15:09.519 game that even remastering it might be troublesome. But I don't know Nintendo has 254 00:15:09.559 --> 00:15:13.600 control of those games as well, Like that's a joint that like Rare made 255 00:15:13.679 --> 00:15:16.360 them, But I don't think a Rare has any sort of say in those 256 00:15:16.399 --> 00:15:18.639 games anymore, because they would have given up the copyright when they went over 257 00:15:18.679 --> 00:15:22.519 to Microsoft. So I wonder if these are like these games, these five 258 00:15:22.559 --> 00:15:26.039 games are like yeah, rare. Microsoft have control and they're making deals here 259 00:15:26.080 --> 00:15:28.799 and they're like, yeah, why not just throw those into Nintendo Switch Online 260 00:15:28.000 --> 00:15:33.559 as part of Hey, here's grounded and here is a pentiment. Maybe that 261 00:15:33.639 --> 00:15:35.360 makes some sense. And then Nintendo's like, well, we're gonna do Donkey 262 00:15:35.440 --> 00:15:39.639 Kong stuff when we're ready to do Donkey Kong stuff. But yeah, I 263 00:15:39.720 --> 00:15:41.720 do think it's it's a notable emission. It does stand out. It makes 264 00:15:41.720 --> 00:15:45.679 you think, where are those games? And maybe they have bigger plans for 265 00:15:45.720 --> 00:15:50.200 them. Star Wars Battlefront Classic Collection kind of a surprise. This is a 266 00:15:50.360 --> 00:15:56.200 new, fully online version, a new collection of and fully online version of 267 00:15:56.240 --> 00:16:00.120 those classic Battlefront games from the PS two era, and people are very excited 268 00:16:00.120 --> 00:16:03.360 about these games. I always kind of played them, was like, oh, 269 00:16:03.360 --> 00:16:04.679 this is fine, and moved on pretty quickly. But I know a 270 00:16:04.679 --> 00:16:07.559 lot of people who are much younger than me, about ten years younger than 271 00:16:07.600 --> 00:16:11.759 me or so, who adore these games, and they always yell at me 272 00:16:11.759 --> 00:16:12.679 and be like, no, these are some of the best games of all 273 00:16:12.679 --> 00:16:15.120 time, and so I'm going to play it again, COG and we'll see. 274 00:16:15.120 --> 00:16:18.080 Do you have any love for the Battlefront series? You were in the 275 00:16:18.120 --> 00:16:22.799 same vic. I get it. Yeah, way we're man of a certain 276 00:16:22.840 --> 00:16:26.360 age. Yeah, I'm like, look, I get it. That wasn't 277 00:16:26.480 --> 00:16:29.799 me. But I understand the impact of those titles. I remember when they 278 00:16:29.879 --> 00:16:33.200 dropped and how people were going crazy down of sixty four players and just the 279 00:16:33.360 --> 00:16:36.919 epic scale and taking your character off and all that. Like, I get 280 00:16:36.960 --> 00:16:40.039 it. I get it. So to see that on you know, Nintendo 281 00:16:40.120 --> 00:16:42.440 Switch, Super Doope, Super Dope, that's a big get. I'm gonna 282 00:16:42.440 --> 00:16:45.679 read up some of these other titles and I'll stop if something like strikes my 283 00:16:45.720 --> 00:16:49.080 fancy. You could do the same. Let me know south Park snow Day. 284 00:16:49.480 --> 00:16:53.120 It's that first person or maybe it's third percent of it, but it's 285 00:16:53.159 --> 00:16:57.519 a three D shooter kind of game based on South Park. Another Crabs Treasure, 286 00:16:57.519 --> 00:17:02.000 which I played at Summer Game Fest. It is sort of a underwater 287 00:17:02.120 --> 00:17:06.160 Pixar from soft game and that's actually a good time. I really enjoyed what 288 00:17:06.200 --> 00:17:11.359 I played of it. Contra Operation Galuga. Yes, I'm hoping this is 289 00:17:11.400 --> 00:17:15.119 a good contra. We like get some bad ones, really hopeful that this 290 00:17:15.160 --> 00:17:18.960 is going to play good, play well. I should say this one A 291 00:17:18.039 --> 00:17:21.359 chant helped me out. Is this the developer? Do we find out if 292 00:17:21.359 --> 00:17:25.519 this was INTI Creates or Way Forward, because either one would be pretty good. 293 00:17:25.559 --> 00:17:30.839 I hope this one is a is actually a solid contra. Pepper Grinder 294 00:17:30.240 --> 00:17:33.720 is another sort of indie game that looks like has a ton of potential. 295 00:17:33.799 --> 00:17:37.880 It looks like the old Drill Dozer game for the Game Boy Advance, which 296 00:17:37.000 --> 00:17:41.559 was a game free game. Contra is Way Forward. Okay, that's very 297 00:17:41.720 --> 00:17:45.319 encouraging. Way Forward has put out some great games. They have a B 298 00:17:45.480 --> 00:17:48.400 team as well, but Way Forward's very good. Sweet at games. Getting 299 00:17:48.440 --> 00:17:53.200 multiplayer mode expansion dlc OH, Super Monkey Ball, Banana Rumble. I'm excited 300 00:17:53.200 --> 00:17:57.319 about that because the last Super Monkey Ball didn't have online multiplayer. It was 301 00:17:57.400 --> 00:18:00.000 kind of a pain in the ass that we couldn't do the party modes online, 302 00:18:00.039 --> 00:18:03.000 especially since that game came out like kind of during the pandemic. And 303 00:18:03.039 --> 00:18:06.680 it's like now they're years later, we're getting this, and it' saying, 304 00:18:06.720 --> 00:18:08.920 man that this would have been perfect back in like twenty twenty one, but 305 00:18:10.000 --> 00:18:14.640 hey, I'm not complaining. Glad that complain, not that I'm complaining. 306 00:18:14.839 --> 00:18:19.559 You get it. Pocket card Jockey that the version that got released on app 307 00:18:19.680 --> 00:18:23.960 Arcade is now finally coming back to a Nintendo platform. And then Unicorn Overlord 308 00:18:25.000 --> 00:18:27.400 is the last one I'm going to call out that's from Vanilla Ware. More 309 00:18:27.480 --> 00:18:30.920 Vanilla are games should be on Steam and ben Switch, but hey, at 310 00:18:30.960 --> 00:18:33.680 least for getting the new one. And this continues to look pretty cool. 311 00:18:33.759 --> 00:18:38.880 Tactical fantasy RPG with that awesome Vanilla Ware artwork looks really cool, really look 312 00:18:40.000 --> 00:18:42.319 nice. Absolutely anything else you want to call it from the direct before we 313 00:18:42.359 --> 00:18:48.519 move on. Yeah, I had about five from me. Oh my shout 314 00:18:48.519 --> 00:18:52.200 out on what is it? I believe it's called Inder, Oh not interer 315 00:18:52.240 --> 00:18:57.640 Lili's It's Yes, inter Magnolia, Bloom in the Midst is the more Man. 316 00:18:57.960 --> 00:19:00.480 Yes, like the aust there, and I like that you kind of 317 00:19:00.480 --> 00:19:03.559 get beat the enemies, they kind of worked with you as companions and stuff 318 00:19:03.559 --> 00:19:11.680 like that. I thought that was no Zoo the EA original from Yes Cancerrazo. 319 00:19:11.000 --> 00:19:14.799 Yes, Yeah, and it was cool to see them I'm pulling from 320 00:19:14.839 --> 00:19:18.400 I believe he was at the Game of the Game Awards and you know, 321 00:19:18.519 --> 00:19:21.519 kind of like an emotional trip to his fathers in addition to kind of like 322 00:19:21.599 --> 00:19:26.720 kind of giving me like or mixed with Black Panther Wakanda vibe. Yeah, 323 00:19:26.839 --> 00:19:29.559 that's right. That is this game, and now that is that does have 324 00:19:29.599 --> 00:19:33.200 a striking look. It's a that's out April twenty third. They confirmed, 325 00:19:33.720 --> 00:19:37.359 yes, and then another one towards the end as far as they kind of 326 00:19:37.400 --> 00:19:41.759 rushed. This was right during the penimate sizzle real stuff. I thought, 327 00:19:41.880 --> 00:19:47.440 Kingdom Come Delivery, this is a big deal. That has that version that's 328 00:19:47.440 --> 00:19:49.720 a new version. Has king Kingdom Come been on switch before? I thought 329 00:19:49.720 --> 00:19:53.599 it might have been, But the very re least, it's like, oh 330 00:19:53.680 --> 00:19:57.640 yeah, that reminds me Kingdom Come is still this like really big RPG that 331 00:19:57.680 --> 00:20:02.039 has actually continued to grow and they're still supporting it. And I'm not like 332 00:20:02.079 --> 00:20:04.440 necessarily surprised by that, but it was just nice to be refreshed in my 333 00:20:04.519 --> 00:20:07.559 memory that they're still working on that game. Yeah. I think that the 334 00:20:07.559 --> 00:20:11.119 same thing for me because I had forgot about it. I remember when the 335 00:20:11.160 --> 00:20:12.920 announcement that they were going to do it, but I'm like, this is 336 00:20:12.960 --> 00:20:18.599 an ambitious put that is a huge game. It's like realistic Skyrim and they 337 00:20:18.640 --> 00:20:21.519 did well. So shout out to Warhalls of those guys. But it was 338 00:20:21.519 --> 00:20:25.079 cool to see that that's still coming along and shouldn't geting made ten say, 339 00:20:25.119 --> 00:20:26.960 I thought, really cool. Yeah, and it was. It was one 340 00:20:27.000 --> 00:20:32.400 more. It was like a kind of like an RTS kind of gay I'm 341 00:20:32.400 --> 00:20:36.119 trying to remember the name of it. It was like an RTS slid school. 342 00:20:36.160 --> 00:20:40.160 The artwork looked really cool. Uh. There is a Ranger, a 343 00:20:40.240 --> 00:20:44.759 role playing Avenger. Uh, there's a Gundam Breaker, Fantasy Life I Sword 344 00:20:44.839 --> 00:20:51.519 art online, a snuffkin melody of Mooman Valley Demon Slayer. Let's see if 345 00:20:51.519 --> 00:20:56.920 there's something else when missed. There's the artwork, there's the the Unicorn Overlord 346 00:20:56.039 --> 00:21:00.960 is like the tactical article. Yeah, Lord Lee, you know sword and 347 00:21:00.960 --> 00:21:04.480 Shield got up. Yeah. Fact, Yes, Unicorn aboard has always looked 348 00:21:04.480 --> 00:21:07.359 shit hot, and it looked even better here. So I've been very excited 349 00:21:07.359 --> 00:21:11.799 about that one. Yes, that's definitely one worth calling out. Absolutely. 350 00:21:11.559 --> 00:21:15.759 All right, me just make sure I didn't miss any detail. Yeah, 351 00:21:15.759 --> 00:21:18.839 Penny's Big Breakaway is out today. They announced that was a big surprise. 352 00:21:19.480 --> 00:21:25.799 There was those Nintendo Switch Online games are also coming today, and there was 353 00:21:25.839 --> 00:21:29.519 another pocket card. Jockey was the other one dropping today, stuff like Super 354 00:21:29.519 --> 00:21:30.920 Monkey Balls June twenty fifth. Some of these other ones are like a month 355 00:21:30.960 --> 00:21:34.440 or two or three away. But yeah, overall, I was pretty happy 356 00:21:34.519 --> 00:21:37.799 to direct up until I found out that in Japan they got Mother three added 357 00:21:37.839 --> 00:21:41.440 to the Nindo Switch Online and we're not getting that here. Now. I'm 358 00:21:41.480 --> 00:21:45.920 someone who has like, I think I appreciate Earthbounding Mother from a distance, 359 00:21:47.119 --> 00:21:48.319 but I'm like, this is gonna be the year I'm gonna actually give it 360 00:21:48.319 --> 00:21:51.920 a real shot to get into those games. And I would have really liked 361 00:21:51.920 --> 00:21:53.359 to have Mother three right there to make it a big deal where it's like, 362 00:21:53.400 --> 00:21:56.079 oh, everyone's playing this and now I can hop into that and play 363 00:21:56.119 --> 00:22:00.400 it alongside everybody. But uh, ebe never gonna happen. I don't know. 364 00:22:00.480 --> 00:22:04.720 Yeah, yeah, it don't feel like you got to make that that 365 00:22:04.839 --> 00:22:10.000 other account there, sir. Yes, I gotta log back into what just 366 00:22:10.119 --> 00:22:12.039 Jeff Japan, which is what it's called on my sweitch. I got called 367 00:22:14.400 --> 00:22:18.359 yeah you get it? Yeah again? Oh yeah, I haven't used it 368 00:22:18.400 --> 00:22:21.240 in forever. I forget what game I even got maybe actually, maybe I 369 00:22:21.519 --> 00:22:22.279 use it to get sweak a game. I don't think so. I think 370 00:22:22.279 --> 00:22:26.079 I waited for the English version. All right, let's keep moving along here. 371 00:22:26.160 --> 00:22:30.640 Elden Rings first expansion trailer confirms a June release date. This is from 372 00:22:30.640 --> 00:22:34.680 Tom the Machine. I've been at VGC band I, Namco and from Software 373 00:22:34.680 --> 00:22:38.559 have released the debut trailer for Elden rings highly anticipated expansion, Shadow of the 374 00:22:38.680 --> 00:22:45.359 Urd Tree viewable and now online. It confirms a June twenty first release date 375 00:22:45.680 --> 00:22:48.400 in this year for PS five, PS four, Xbox One, Xbox Series 376 00:22:48.519 --> 00:22:52.480 X, and s MPC. Sometimes I forget that game came out on Xbox 377 00:22:52.480 --> 00:22:56.440 One and PS four and that's still coming out to Xbox one. That's gonna 378 00:22:56.480 --> 00:22:59.359 run on the VCR Xbox One. That's a little bit wild to me. 379 00:23:00.640 --> 00:23:03.359 The old school joint, oh school joint. Yeah you an elderring guy. 380 00:23:04.200 --> 00:23:11.359 I'm not, but I respect power of that, yeah, describing it. 381 00:23:11.759 --> 00:23:14.720 Listen, I'm too old to go through that level of stress of my life 382 00:23:14.759 --> 00:23:18.519 at this point, but I respect y'all because here's the thing, like they 383 00:23:18.559 --> 00:23:22.519 the fact that they translated into that open world and then you can take all 384 00:23:22.559 --> 00:23:25.359 the tackle challenges, the way you want. I did try it. It's 385 00:23:25.400 --> 00:23:29.359 not for me, but I understand the appeal. And this is a highly 386 00:23:29.400 --> 00:23:33.000 anticipated expansion. People have been waiting for a long time, and I'm just 387 00:23:33.079 --> 00:23:36.519 I'm proud of the success of it. Like I'm like, I don't think 388 00:23:36.559 --> 00:23:40.039 they realized what they had and then when you just seen it explode, it 389 00:23:40.079 --> 00:23:41.359 was clearly just doing their thing right. They were just doing their thing, 390 00:23:41.400 --> 00:23:45.720 and they knew that it was like a good game. They make good games. 391 00:23:45.079 --> 00:23:48.559 But I don't think they were necessarily prepared and I don't think they've said 392 00:23:48.599 --> 00:23:52.440 as much for it to become like the TikTok trend that it became where it's 393 00:23:52.519 --> 00:23:56.039 just like everyone is talking about and everyone has comment on it, and all 394 00:23:56.039 --> 00:23:59.680 these celebrities were playing it. It's like, yeah, that that was not 395 00:23:59.720 --> 00:24:03.640 forle And so to be in the situation where we've been waiting for this DLC 396 00:24:03.759 --> 00:24:06.119 for a while, we've known about it. We knew from the beginning they 397 00:24:06.160 --> 00:24:08.480 were gonna have DLC, but they even said Shadow of the Er Tree more 398 00:24:08.519 --> 00:24:11.079 than a year ago. Now, I think, yeah, so it's been 399 00:24:11.079 --> 00:24:15.640 a long time since we've been like anticipating this got to the point where it's 400 00:24:15.680 --> 00:24:18.480 like, man, this is taking a little bit longer. I think expectations 401 00:24:18.519 --> 00:24:22.240 are very high for this in terms of the amount of content and like what's 402 00:24:22.240 --> 00:24:23.839 possible in it, and I think they're setting it up like, yeah, 403 00:24:23.920 --> 00:24:27.200 this is basically like gonna be a mini sequel built right into the game. 404 00:24:27.240 --> 00:24:30.880 Now, a lot of their DLC does like rise up to that level, 405 00:24:30.119 --> 00:24:33.240 but I think this is going to be even bigger than any one of those, 406 00:24:33.319 --> 00:24:37.480 just by the nature of what elden Ring is absolutely absolutely yeah, this 407 00:24:37.519 --> 00:24:41.759 is huge. But it's side out to the soul's community. I'm just it's 408 00:24:41.799 --> 00:24:45.920 so cool to see the genre get the love that again it almost become mainstream 409 00:24:45.039 --> 00:24:48.200 now, like oh yeah, because you know, always I felt like this 410 00:24:48.279 --> 00:24:51.440 niche thing that the hardcore used to do and challenge themselves and push themselves, 411 00:24:51.519 --> 00:24:55.160 and now you see more of the casuals kind of gravitating towards it, and 412 00:24:55.200 --> 00:24:57.200 I think that's super cool. Yeah, and it's you know, from software 413 00:24:57.240 --> 00:25:02.799 it gets a lot of the credit rightfully so or showing people that this is 414 00:25:02.880 --> 00:25:04.400 a viable way of making games where it's like, hey, we're going to 415 00:25:04.440 --> 00:25:10.079 prioritize animation and there is value in that it's not all about twitchy just I 416 00:25:10.119 --> 00:25:11.839 pressed the button and something happens right away. It's like, no, you're 417 00:25:11.920 --> 00:25:15.039 kind of engaged in this relationship with this game, and that means sort of 418 00:25:15.039 --> 00:25:19.200 a partnership and that's going to come through and the way the game feels. 419 00:25:19.680 --> 00:25:23.519 And they have stuck with that four years to the point where it's like everyone 420 00:25:23.599 --> 00:25:26.319 is now on board with that way of thinking. And that's impressive to me 421 00:25:26.359 --> 00:25:30.799 because I think a lot of publishers got scared off for years because they weren't 422 00:25:30.799 --> 00:25:33.319 a lot of publishers and developers were making games that felt this way. I 423 00:25:33.319 --> 00:25:37.039 think like Lost Planet is one that's getting some like love right now. Now. 424 00:25:37.240 --> 00:25:41.039 Lost Planet is no From Software game, It just isn't, but it 425 00:25:41.079 --> 00:25:44.400 has similar ideas in there, and people are like revisiting that, like, 426 00:25:44.480 --> 00:25:47.759 oh okay, well I do like that kind of thing. Now, maybe 427 00:25:47.759 --> 00:25:51.319 it's time for us to get more of that. And we'll see now going 428 00:25:51.359 --> 00:25:52.960 in and to be like, hey, I'm gonna make a game like From 429 00:25:52.960 --> 00:25:55.400 Software today might be a crazy thing to try to pull off, and a 430 00:25:55.440 --> 00:25:57.720 lot of developers can't quite do it. But yeah, it's a little saturated. 431 00:25:57.799 --> 00:26:03.680 Yeah, that audience ever bigger than ever. Absolutely Elden Rings Shadow of 432 00:26:03.680 --> 00:26:08.400 the R Tree again coming June twenty first. I'm trying, when is that 433 00:26:08.480 --> 00:26:14.519 Horizon MMO or DLC coming? Is there more Horizon stuff for this to overshadow? 434 00:26:14.960 --> 00:26:18.000 Because that continues to happen with Horizon, So they better boot a day, 435 00:26:18.039 --> 00:26:23.039 grow right, just get out of there, save yourself. Though we 436 00:26:23.079 --> 00:26:26.079 say that, I think the Horizon's like the best selling PlayStation game of all 437 00:26:26.119 --> 00:26:30.000 time, so it actually has never heard it. But it's on March twenty 438 00:26:30.039 --> 00:26:32.880 first on PC. Okay, so it has plenty of time. There we 439 00:26:32.960 --> 00:26:36.839 go. Congratulations, but reped a while got them the first time when they 440 00:26:36.880 --> 00:26:40.559 came, Yes, they did. You gotta be careful, move your day, 441 00:26:40.680 --> 00:26:42.039 keep your ego out of it. It gets get the most revenue if 442 00:26:42.079 --> 00:26:45.759 you get excellent. All right, you know what, let's take a quick 443 00:26:45.759 --> 00:26:48.160 break. We'll come back. We got plenty more to talk about. We'll 444 00:26:48.160 --> 00:26:56.039 get to all that right after this. Hello, Hey, Mike, what's 445 00:26:56.119 --> 00:26:59.400 up? What's upbody? Hey, how's it going? I just thought it 446 00:26:59.440 --> 00:27:03.279 was really that so like that Hi Fi Rush trailer, like, let's do 447 00:27:03.319 --> 00:27:07.640 this part of the show real quick. Okay, we're back and we're joined 448 00:27:07.640 --> 00:27:11.359 by special guests Mike Manati. Mike, what do you gotta say? Well, 449 00:27:11.799 --> 00:27:15.799 so that High Fi Rush places A five announcement only happened because the Latin 450 00:27:15.920 --> 00:27:19.400 America Bethesda account released the trailer, Yeah, accidentally, and it since has 451 00:27:19.480 --> 00:27:25.319 already been privated. I'm wondering what's going on there. It maybe arm raining 452 00:27:25.319 --> 00:27:27.000 anyway, It sure seems like that trailer was supposed to go up because a 453 00:27:27.039 --> 00:27:30.279 switch version was going to be announced, and then that got poled and not 454 00:27:30.319 --> 00:27:33.880 everybody got the memo. I don't know, Jeff, maybe I'm reading into 455 00:27:33.920 --> 00:27:37.000 things. I'll let you ruminate on that. You both have a good one. 456 00:27:37.079 --> 00:27:40.440 That's interesting. Yeah, I mean that's that's a possibility. I mean 457 00:27:40.480 --> 00:27:44.160 he's right about the timing, right, because that's how you know, just 458 00:27:44.200 --> 00:27:47.720 the way these things of the are processed, where you get the video, 459 00:27:47.839 --> 00:27:49.960 you get it uploaded, you're waiting for the direct to happen, and then 460 00:27:49.960 --> 00:27:55.079 you just schedule it out. Yeah. Maybe, I mean it also could 461 00:27:55.079 --> 00:27:57.880 be coincidence it wasn't in the direct, but no, maybe there's something there. 462 00:27:59.440 --> 00:28:02.839 Do you think like High Fi Rush is like maybe getting maybe they are 463 00:28:02.880 --> 00:28:04.000 struggling to get it run out on the switch and like that, let's just 464 00:28:04.039 --> 00:28:07.279 hold off until we know it's good. What do you think it's a good 465 00:28:07.279 --> 00:28:10.000 one, man? Because like you said, I mean, obviously we knew 466 00:28:10.000 --> 00:28:12.480 about the assets behind the scenes, and we knew that obviously the different shirts 467 00:28:12.480 --> 00:28:18.720 indicated the platforms that mister Chili was going to be on. So it's a 468 00:28:18.759 --> 00:28:19.680 good question. If I had to guess, go to my head, I'm 469 00:28:19.680 --> 00:28:25.519 just gonna say it's not ready yet. Maybe from a from a technical standpoint, 470 00:28:25.640 --> 00:28:27.119 it may not be ready, just need a little bit more time, 471 00:28:27.559 --> 00:28:30.839 you know, or they just haven't finalized the release day. But it is 472 00:28:30.880 --> 00:28:34.960 strange because you would think that the splash would have happened in conjunction with Pentimate 473 00:28:36.279 --> 00:28:40.000 and what you call it all grounded grinded. So I don't know what's your 474 00:28:40.000 --> 00:28:41.079 thought process here? What do you think you think? Are you thinking is 475 00:28:41.119 --> 00:28:45.960 it more technical or do you think and it's like legal, like what you 476 00:28:45.119 --> 00:28:48.839 did going on it? Like why did it not show? Yeah? If 477 00:28:48.839 --> 00:28:52.559 I had like if I like zoom out and I was like, Okay, 478 00:28:52.599 --> 00:28:55.839 what do I really think it's happened? I think it's probably coincidence, but 479 00:28:55.880 --> 00:28:59.680 I think it's at least worth noting what Mike said that things did line up 480 00:28:59.839 --> 00:29:02.839 and a lot of times that could be you know, a little bit of 481 00:29:02.880 --> 00:29:06.839 smoke, a little bit of fire. Uh. I don't think that's necessarily 482 00:29:06.839 --> 00:29:11.720 happening here, but it's a possibility. Interesting at the very least. It's 483 00:29:11.000 --> 00:29:15.680 the date on that is March eighteenth, That is less than a month out. 484 00:29:15.960 --> 00:29:18.799 So if it's not getting if it was, if it was never supposed 485 00:29:18.799 --> 00:29:22.920 to get announced, that to direct, where was it supposed to show up? 486 00:29:22.440 --> 00:29:26.000 And like, are we going to see that like later today or later 487 00:29:26.039 --> 00:29:30.079 this week? Or does Sony Does Sony have another small little thing, I 488 00:29:30.079 --> 00:29:32.960 mean, who knows. They just had I think they'd just have a state 489 00:29:33.000 --> 00:29:33.920 of play, right, and I just had a state of play. Yeah, 490 00:29:34.200 --> 00:29:37.640 that's my next question for you or the follow up, because I was 491 00:29:37.680 --> 00:29:44.079 curious as far as the PlayStation version and how that would be introduced. Is 492 00:29:44.119 --> 00:29:48.319 it something that Nintendo's being in It lined up most likely with this partner showcase. 493 00:29:48.680 --> 00:29:49.920 You know that they figured maybe they would give it then maybe that was 494 00:29:49.920 --> 00:29:52.920 the initial plan, But I'm just curious, like, well, PlayStation should 495 00:29:52.960 --> 00:29:59.359 ever get to announce any of these Xbox Game Studio games on their stage, 496 00:30:00.119 --> 00:30:06.400 Microsoft would be completely fine with that. And I think that the people who 497 00:30:06.440 --> 00:30:08.880 would have been like, I'm not so sure about that, namely Jim Ryan. 498 00:30:10.480 --> 00:30:14.079 He's like already one foot out the door, ready for retirement. You 499 00:30:14.160 --> 00:30:18.839 know, technically he's technically technically still there. But uh, to Tokey as 500 00:30:19.200 --> 00:30:22.920 the current person running it, and there's a reason we hear from him more 501 00:30:22.920 --> 00:30:25.720 of these days than we ever hear from Jim Ryan. Uh. And I 502 00:30:25.759 --> 00:30:27.880 think to Tokey would be like, yeah, that's that's fine, Like we 503 00:30:27.880 --> 00:30:30.559 don't we have a bunch of partnerships with Microsoft for like the cloud and all 504 00:30:30.599 --> 00:30:34.079 these things, and as you're and yeah, you're just another partner like any 505 00:30:34.079 --> 00:30:37.799 other. Of course you can be in there. You're you're gonna sell games 506 00:30:37.799 --> 00:30:40.559 on here, we get a cut of that money. That sounds great to 507 00:30:40.640 --> 00:30:42.960 me. So I think that he would be completely fine with that. But 508 00:30:42.960 --> 00:30:47.640 maybe I'm misreading it. I don't know the guy answer your question, I 509 00:30:47.680 --> 00:30:51.920 think so. But what does Sony have coming up like that anytime soon? 510 00:30:52.480 --> 00:30:56.599 If they have like a PlayStation showcase, that probably does happen in the early 511 00:30:56.680 --> 00:31:00.000 summertime, late springtime, and we're still a ways out from that, all 512 00:31:00.119 --> 00:31:04.920 right. Speaking of the Sony President he wants Bungie to be better at assuming 513 00:31:04.960 --> 00:31:10.759 accountability for development timelines. This is from Chris Sculliam f VGC GOG. I'm 514 00:31:10.759 --> 00:31:15.400 glad you're here for this one. Sony President. PlayStation chairman Hiroki Totoki has 515 00:31:15.480 --> 00:31:19.200 said Bungie could be better at assuming responsibility for its development timelines. During a 516 00:31:19.279 --> 00:31:25.200 Q and A session following Sony's latest financial results briefing, Totoke was asked for 517 00:31:25.240 --> 00:31:27.359 an update on Bungi and whether he had any initiatives planned for the studio in 518 00:31:27.359 --> 00:31:32.880 the next financial year. Totoke replied that while he was impressed by Bunge's ability 519 00:31:32.880 --> 00:31:36.119 as a video game developer, he felt it could make improvements from a business 520 00:31:36.160 --> 00:31:40.079 perspective. I visited the Bungie studios and had meetings with the management, and 521 00:31:40.160 --> 00:31:42.960 I saw that employment employees working at the studio were highly motivated, showing great 522 00:31:42.960 --> 00:31:47.119 creativity as well as an impressive knowledge of live services. However, I also 523 00:31:47.200 --> 00:31:51.200 felt that there was room for an improvement from a business perspective with regards to 524 00:31:51.279 --> 00:31:55.279 areas such as the use of business expenses and a use and assuming accountability for 525 00:31:55.359 --> 00:31:57.519 development timelines. I hoped to continue to the dialogue and come up with some 526 00:31:57.519 --> 00:32:04.200 good solutions. Now there's there's a little bit more here. But you're someone 527 00:32:04.200 --> 00:32:09.400 that's steeped in the Destiny community. Does what Totokey is saying here encourage you 528 00:32:09.599 --> 00:32:14.079 or are you worried about it? Or what is their reaction? Man? 529 00:32:14.200 --> 00:32:16.599 I am so I'm glad I'm here because this is definitely a talent. I'm 530 00:32:16.640 --> 00:32:21.480 so conflicted on here's the thing. You know, as a lifelong Destiny fan, 531 00:32:21.519 --> 00:32:23.640 Bungee fan, Halo fan, you know, I followed the studio from 532 00:32:23.640 --> 00:32:29.000 the very beginning and to see where they are all the different iterations and relationships 533 00:32:29.000 --> 00:32:31.440 they've had, my audience activision, the whole thing, and to see where 534 00:32:31.440 --> 00:32:35.160 they are now with Sony. So I'll say this, Look, they clearly 535 00:32:35.319 --> 00:32:38.119 Destiny clearly missed their internal targets. You know what is it about forty five 536 00:32:38.119 --> 00:32:42.519 percent? And thus final shape had to be delayed, which is their huge 537 00:32:42.519 --> 00:32:46.039 experience. They're really banking on this because of the failure that is Destiny Lightful 538 00:32:46.319 --> 00:32:51.119 did not hit. It was definitely the narrative was not strong, and they 539 00:32:51.160 --> 00:32:53.599 lost a lot of player base. Also during the time the frustration of the 540 00:32:53.599 --> 00:32:59.200 player base, they felt they were being over monetized, and now we understand 541 00:32:59.200 --> 00:33:02.160 why they need that revel They needed that income to come in. So now 542 00:33:02.200 --> 00:33:06.920 that the timelines are missed. To me, when I hear Pete Parsons from 543 00:33:07.039 --> 00:33:09.519 you know, CEO Bungie and now I hear it to Toky, this gives 544 00:33:09.559 --> 00:33:15.799 me the impression that they are going to tighten ship here. And the reality 545 00:33:15.880 --> 00:33:19.680 is this from my understanding, the way the board is constructed with Bungie, 546 00:33:20.480 --> 00:33:24.599 if they continue to miss targets there is they're at risk of having their board 547 00:33:24.720 --> 00:33:30.160 dissolved and having Sony retain you know, ownership of that. And that is 548 00:33:30.160 --> 00:33:32.440 something based on what I know from Bungie, that is something they do not 549 00:33:32.559 --> 00:33:37.720 want independence to avoid that. Yes, exactly, that's a situation where it 550 00:33:37.880 --> 00:33:42.400 might not be avoidable. It's eggs rough and that's the scary part because it 551 00:33:42.519 --> 00:33:45.240 may be out of their control. And here, you know, the other 552 00:33:45.240 --> 00:33:47.640 thing about hurricanes talking about what I was laughing when you're reading is he just 553 00:33:47.680 --> 00:33:53.079 recently made this similar statement when going through all of PlayStation's studios talking about an 554 00:33:53.119 --> 00:33:57.880 aggressive PC push. It's almost like, hey, you guys are great people, 555 00:33:58.039 --> 00:34:04.440 you're motivated, you work hard. But about these profits though about my 556 00:34:04.640 --> 00:34:07.960 money. This is what you get with the CEO. The financial guys get 557 00:34:07.960 --> 00:34:12.440 in there and they want to maximize profits. So that's what I see here. 558 00:34:12.480 --> 00:34:15.719 And look, I'm pulling for them. I'm pulling for Bungee hardcore. 559 00:34:15.840 --> 00:34:17.559 You know. They taking more time to get the final shape. It's down 560 00:34:17.559 --> 00:34:21.280 delayed till June. Yes, we'll see what happens by what it's going to 561 00:34:21.320 --> 00:34:23.320 come out like it about a week right, Yes, yes, that's the 562 00:34:23.320 --> 00:34:25.840 crazy thing and the way I'm happy because now get a chance to play final 563 00:34:25.840 --> 00:34:31.079 fantasy said making birth and you know, without my destiny addictioning around it. 564 00:34:31.320 --> 00:34:36.880 So I like that part. But I'm worried because it's like if it doesn't 565 00:34:37.000 --> 00:34:40.800 hit, what happens, right, Yeah, we're they're in an inflection point. 566 00:34:40.840 --> 00:34:45.280 This is very serious for Bungie. So I'm pulling for them, but 567 00:34:45.320 --> 00:34:47.760 we'll see what happens. This is this is Haroki's world right now, and 568 00:34:49.039 --> 00:34:52.119 I'm seeing the groundwork being laid on how things are gonna get run. Yes, 569 00:34:52.280 --> 00:34:55.760 so I mean and what you're speaking to there is like the real concern 570 00:34:55.800 --> 00:35:00.920 for Bungie and Bungee came into the Sony project where it was like, we 571 00:35:00.000 --> 00:35:04.519 are going to have our control, and that is like baked in. We 572 00:35:04.559 --> 00:35:07.599 are actually not even a PlayStation company. We're a Sony company. And that 573 00:35:07.760 --> 00:35:14.800 is like a distinction that they remind PlayStation about frequently. And now that has 574 00:35:14.800 --> 00:35:17.400 had to get quieted down a little bit because the money, the money's gone 575 00:35:17.400 --> 00:35:21.280 away for the most part, and so now they're looking like, oh shit, 576 00:35:21.639 --> 00:35:25.000 we need help from Sony and we can't. That means PlayStation and we 577 00:35:25.000 --> 00:35:29.400 can't be throwing our weight around so much anymore. So they're already losing some 578 00:35:29.480 --> 00:35:32.800 of that swagger that they came in with. Now swaggers, you know what 579 00:35:32.920 --> 00:35:37.960 is that? But like control the board of directors, that is that does 580 00:35:38.360 --> 00:35:43.960 act as a line of demarcation between Bungee and Sony, and then PlayStation, 581 00:35:44.559 --> 00:35:47.440 you're right, could evaporate in a moment if they don't meet certain metrics, 582 00:35:47.760 --> 00:35:52.280 and that is yeah, right, we don't know what that looks like, 583 00:35:52.599 --> 00:35:55.039 but as it stands right now, they're in desperation mode trying to make sure 584 00:35:55.039 --> 00:35:59.079 that this next thing hits. And to add on the other thing, the 585 00:35:59.119 --> 00:36:01.679 other concern a lot of friends of mine who are fans of Bungee is that 586 00:36:01.920 --> 00:36:05.400 It's kind of a dual role because not only do they have to worry about 587 00:36:05.400 --> 00:36:09.400 their ips themselves into successive destiny and obviously marathon, but then you are now 588 00:36:09.880 --> 00:36:15.480 the advisor to their live service portfolio, which is a huge undertaking, right, 589 00:36:15.760 --> 00:36:20.800 and some people call it brain drain. Are they being you know, 590 00:36:20.840 --> 00:36:24.079 are their resources enough for them to be able to do both things efficiently? 591 00:36:24.400 --> 00:36:27.760 Right? And that's the question. And again I'm hoping I'm pulled over, 592 00:36:27.800 --> 00:36:30.000 but I did. He have rumors that they assisted what hell divers too, 593 00:36:30.000 --> 00:36:32.199 but I'm not sure I got to day. I wouldn't be surprised to that. 594 00:36:32.199 --> 00:36:36.400 I mean from the beginning, like when that was first announced, even 595 00:36:36.400 --> 00:36:37.880 before Sony came out and said what they were doing, I'm like, this 596 00:36:37.920 --> 00:36:42.599 is about them coming in, having someone that actually made a live service game 597 00:36:42.719 --> 00:36:45.280 teaching everyone else how to do it. It was so clear from the very 598 00:36:45.320 --> 00:36:47.639 beginning. So every project that has even a little bit of live service stuff 599 00:36:47.679 --> 00:36:52.159 going on, I am sure that Bungie got involved in some way. It's 600 00:36:52.159 --> 00:36:54.800 definitely what I've heard from people that are there, and it's like, yeah, 601 00:36:55.000 --> 00:37:00.360 does that affect Bungie's core competency about them taking care of their jacks. 602 00:37:00.800 --> 00:37:05.360 I would hope not, but yeah, who knows, we'll see. I 603 00:37:06.199 --> 00:37:09.800 mean, in terms of timelines, let's just real quick on that. Do 604 00:37:09.880 --> 00:37:15.440 you feel like the games, the updates for Destiny are coming out at a 605 00:37:15.480 --> 00:37:20.599 clip that you're happy with or do you think at them advancing that timeline would 606 00:37:20.599 --> 00:37:23.519 be very beneficial to you as a player. Well, it's beneficial to be 607 00:37:23.679 --> 00:37:27.519 for them to take as much time they need to make Final Shape right. 608 00:37:27.800 --> 00:37:31.679 Final Shape needs to hit in the manner that tak And can hit and Forsaken 609 00:37:31.760 --> 00:37:36.760 hit. Those are their special moments where they really got it together. As 610 00:37:36.760 --> 00:37:38.440 far as the carent updates. Right now, they're in a tough spot because 611 00:37:39.239 --> 00:37:44.199 everyone knows there's a delay, so player count is down until the big expansion 612 00:37:44.239 --> 00:37:47.480 comes out, and then you've got all these rival games right now that's just 613 00:37:47.639 --> 00:37:52.039 killed it. We see hell Divers out here, we see Power World out 614 00:37:52.039 --> 00:37:55.119 here. The competition is so intense. It's not like back in the day 615 00:37:55.159 --> 00:38:00.840 where they were kind of like the sole console mmo, you know, thing 616 00:38:00.960 --> 00:38:04.199 in town, and they were able to get away with the good will that 617 00:38:04.239 --> 00:38:07.400 The main problem is this, Jeff, is that Budie has some of the 618 00:38:07.880 --> 00:38:10.000 one of the best communities I've ever seen. I'm talking about loyal die Hard 619 00:38:10.480 --> 00:38:15.639 and that what happened recently was a breaking point. And that's the first time 620 00:38:15.679 --> 00:38:19.440 I seen content creators say hey, yeah, I don't know looking from it, 621 00:38:19.519 --> 00:38:22.280 looking at it from the outside, I had never seen it go that 622 00:38:22.519 --> 00:38:25.119 hard where it was like, no, we actually are moving on from this. 623 00:38:25.239 --> 00:38:29.760 Yeah, that was surprising. That was surprising. So again I'm pulling 624 00:38:29.800 --> 00:38:31.079 for them. One thing about Bude, I'll say is in their defense, 625 00:38:31.280 --> 00:38:36.679 they're kind of like that kid who like who kind of coast through school just 626 00:38:36.920 --> 00:38:37.840 you know, it gets a little sixty five, he gets it, you 627 00:38:37.840 --> 00:38:42.480 know, season he just gets by, but when it's time for final report 628 00:38:42.519 --> 00:38:45.920 card or final market period, he aces it. So I'm hoping they continue 629 00:38:45.920 --> 00:38:50.639 their magic where it's like, oh dad, and this now sounds a lot 630 00:38:50.679 --> 00:38:53.719 like a Jeff Grubb to me. Hell yeah, I'm really for we was 631 00:38:53.760 --> 00:38:59.639 that kid, I was good homework, not doing homework, kidding me, 632 00:39:00.119 --> 00:39:02.519 give me that test, no problem. When it comes to that final fit, 633 00:39:04.559 --> 00:39:07.320 we own. No, how's my time to shine? That's right, 634 00:39:07.519 --> 00:39:12.000 exactly? All right, Well, well let's stick with the Sony news in 635 00:39:12.039 --> 00:39:15.320 Totoke Sonya is likely to launch a PS five Pro this year, according to 636 00:39:15.440 --> 00:39:20.239 analysts, is from Tom the machine I've in at VGC. A number of 637 00:39:20.239 --> 00:39:23.440 games industry analysts have reportedly said they're expecting Sony to launch a PlayStation five Pro 638 00:39:23.480 --> 00:39:27.960 console later this year. It was recently claimed that the platform holder is planning 639 00:39:27.960 --> 00:39:30.079 to release a PS five Pro console in late twenty twenty four, and that 640 00:39:30.159 --> 00:39:36.199 it will feature a proprietary d LSS like solution. A bunch of analysts are 641 00:39:36.199 --> 00:39:38.679 saying this, and I think coming out of that most recent financial report, 642 00:39:38.719 --> 00:39:40.840 things begin to line up where it's like, oh, yeah, they probably 643 00:39:40.840 --> 00:39:45.320 will do that. There's a couple of reasons. The big thing that stands 644 00:39:45.360 --> 00:39:47.880 out to me, COG is that when you look at that financial report and 645 00:39:47.920 --> 00:39:52.360 they talk about revenues being way up, not being able to sell it as 646 00:39:52.400 --> 00:39:57.719 many psfos as we want, but we really got her own profits because we 647 00:39:58.280 --> 00:40:00.239 discounted the PS five in a lot of plays to sell as many PS fives 648 00:40:00.239 --> 00:40:04.719 as possible. Well, now you're going into next year and you're not going 649 00:40:04.800 --> 00:40:07.559 to be able to sell as much because a lot of people that were waiting 650 00:40:07.599 --> 00:40:09.679 for a sale already jumped on those sales. So things are going to be 651 00:40:09.719 --> 00:40:15.320 tough unless you could do two things up that average sales price by putting out 652 00:40:15.320 --> 00:40:19.119 a PS five Pro that is very likely going to be six hundred dollars, 653 00:40:19.159 --> 00:40:22.320 and you know the subhead there is that sets up next gen to be either 654 00:40:22.360 --> 00:40:25.119 six hundred dollars or more because now you've got people used to that. So 655 00:40:25.159 --> 00:40:30.079 that is part of that stepping up that ladder. That is what's happening there. 656 00:40:30.239 --> 00:40:32.000 Also keeping the average sales price high is going to help them. But 657 00:40:32.119 --> 00:40:37.719 also putting out a new PS five pro it works. It's the Nintendo method 658 00:40:37.760 --> 00:40:39.960 for generations. Now, hey, there's a sucker out there called Jeff Greb 659 00:40:39.960 --> 00:40:43.559 and there's a lot of people like him. If we put out a slightly 660 00:40:43.559 --> 00:40:45.880 different model, he's going to buy that hardware again, and then he's either 661 00:40:45.880 --> 00:40:49.639 going to hand his old one to a friend or to a cousin, or 662 00:40:49.679 --> 00:40:52.960 he's going to sell it on the secondary market for a lot a lot less 663 00:40:52.000 --> 00:40:57.519 money. And that's going to create new users by charging the same person again, 664 00:40:57.760 --> 00:41:00.559 so that hardcore audience will show up for it. And that is something 665 00:41:00.639 --> 00:41:05.360 that also seems like would be a great benefit to PlayStation at the moment, 666 00:41:05.400 --> 00:41:07.800 because what This all goes back to and this is part of what the concern 667 00:41:07.880 --> 00:41:10.719 about them. Hey, BUNGEI were worried about how much money you're making. 668 00:41:10.840 --> 00:41:15.239 Is Phil Spencer's just just said it in one of these interviews. The console 669 00:41:15.280 --> 00:41:20.039 industry hasn't really grown in about six years. It is the same number of 670 00:41:20.079 --> 00:41:23.039 people spending about the same amount of money. And at a certain point you 671 00:41:23.239 --> 00:41:27.880 have two options. You can either make more money from those people by coming 672 00:41:27.920 --> 00:41:30.119 up with ways to you know, fleece them with nickel and diamond then with 673 00:41:30.199 --> 00:41:36.039 DLC or micro transactions, or by putting out hardware that's more expensive, or 674 00:41:36.280 --> 00:41:38.119 you can grow the audience. And Sony's in a situation where like I think 675 00:41:38.119 --> 00:41:40.719 they're like, well, right now, we have to make more money from 676 00:41:40.719 --> 00:41:44.840 the people that are like our most diehard fans, and so here we are 677 00:41:44.840 --> 00:41:47.679 PS five pro very likely for this year. What do you think you nailed 678 00:41:47.679 --> 00:41:51.880 it? I'm in complete alignment. I think that you know this is this 679 00:41:52.079 --> 00:41:54.639 definitely answers that question. Obviously, they're not happy with a lot of the 680 00:41:54.639 --> 00:42:00.679 internal targets that they did not hit from from console and revenue, and look, 681 00:42:00.840 --> 00:42:02.840 you know, I'm kind of the same Verson too. Like you give 682 00:42:02.960 --> 00:42:07.960 me a PS five Pro that allows you to hit maybe sixty frames and a 683 00:42:07.960 --> 00:42:10.599 lot of these games, or you know, in conjunction with an upcoming you 684 00:42:10.599 --> 00:42:14.119 know, Grand Theft Auto even though it's not coming out this year, but 685 00:42:14.239 --> 00:42:15.519 next year that'll be a big release to kind of tie. I don't know 686 00:42:15.519 --> 00:42:17.440 if they were able to get the marketing rights for that, but that would 687 00:42:17.440 --> 00:42:22.400 be huge to associate that platform with it. But I think it makes sense. 688 00:42:22.440 --> 00:42:25.480 I mean it's this is to me, PlayStation is at that point where 689 00:42:25.639 --> 00:42:30.800 they're just the brand dominant entity and people look at them the way you look 690 00:42:30.800 --> 00:42:34.039 at Apple, like I know, so I know people like that this is 691 00:42:34.079 --> 00:42:37.559 an Apple hole. We don't have Android, like I know that guy, 692 00:42:37.639 --> 00:42:42.000 right, So it's like, you know, PlayStation is at that point and 693 00:42:42.000 --> 00:42:45.159 they're counting on that brand strength to get people to buy and then this will 694 00:42:45.159 --> 00:42:50.000 be a premium product six D dollars. So dlssens excites me, you know, 695 00:42:50.079 --> 00:42:52.760 I like the techniques and stuff that utilize there for getting more performance out 696 00:42:52.800 --> 00:42:55.920 of these consoles. I'm curious to see how when you know, the digital 697 00:42:55.920 --> 00:43:00.039 foundaries and everyone gets ahold of these you know PS five PS five Pro, 698 00:43:00.400 --> 00:43:05.440 you know comparisons how much of a jump it does. But yeah, this 699 00:43:05.480 --> 00:43:07.840 is on schedule. The rumors have said, you know, stated this, 700 00:43:07.920 --> 00:43:12.159 but in order for them to kind of accelerate their financial they're hoping for this 701 00:43:12.239 --> 00:43:15.760 thing to really hit big into people, to double dip, triple dip or 702 00:43:15.960 --> 00:43:19.039 you know, get into this ecosom with a new product. So we'll see 703 00:43:19.039 --> 00:43:22.760 how they hail it. I'm curious to see those games around the window because 704 00:43:23.400 --> 00:43:28.519 I also believe for Rokis Tolkie made a statement stating that hey, not many 705 00:43:28.800 --> 00:43:32.400 first no more first party games coming out from the first party from existing not 706 00:43:32.440 --> 00:43:36.239 even second half of the year. For the whole upcoming fatal year, from 707 00:43:36.320 --> 00:43:38.800 from April of this year through March of next year, they will not have 708 00:43:38.880 --> 00:43:45.800 any franchise sequels. Basically, so new new Triple A games from existing franchises. 709 00:43:45.880 --> 00:43:47.719 That does not discount Hey, Blue Points got a new IP coming, 710 00:43:47.920 --> 00:43:52.679 maybe maybe that comes out this year, but that or you know, there's 711 00:43:52.719 --> 00:43:54.199 a number of things that could happen. I keep saying, I hear about 712 00:43:54.239 --> 00:43:58.840 Astro. I hear more and more about a new Astro game coming that probably 713 00:43:58.880 --> 00:44:00.119 lines up with the launch of a new Heart where since that's what they always 714 00:44:00.159 --> 00:44:02.360 do with Astro, but man, please just make that a real game. 715 00:44:02.960 --> 00:44:07.480 They'll have something, but it is they're You're right, they're definitely like looking 716 00:44:07.519 --> 00:44:09.639 around for man, we got to make some some waves here one way or 717 00:44:09.679 --> 00:44:13.599 the other, because we're not going to have the next Naughty Dog game, 718 00:44:13.760 --> 00:44:17.000 and we're not even going to have the next uh uh like Ghost of Sushima 719 00:44:17.079 --> 00:44:22.199 games, So that's right, part yeah, yeah, but I want to 720 00:44:22.360 --> 00:44:24.519 and I want to see how they navigate that. So one is usually clever 721 00:44:24.679 --> 00:44:30.880 with third party exclusive kind of deals to kind of like the obvious example there 722 00:44:30.960 --> 00:44:35.880 right where they're like people just associated that with PlayStation five to such an like 723 00:44:35.920 --> 00:44:38.800 an aggressive extent that it was like kind of a really impressive moment of marketing. 724 00:44:39.039 --> 00:44:40.880 How they were able to pull that off, and it was the right 725 00:44:40.920 --> 00:44:45.119 game at the right time to sew a lot of that stuff. So yeah, 726 00:44:45.119 --> 00:44:47.159 I think the PlayStation is going to keep looking at opportunities like that, 727 00:44:47.320 --> 00:44:51.719 not that there's a million of those out there, there aren't, so yeah, 728 00:44:51.840 --> 00:44:54.519 yeah, absolutely, no, I agree. For Microsoft, we already 729 00:44:54.559 --> 00:44:59.280 kind of know they're not going to respond with their own Xbox Pro model. 730 00:44:59.440 --> 00:45:02.400 Now I'm I am not super concerned about that. For one reason, I 731 00:45:02.440 --> 00:45:07.960 have one it's called my forty ninety in this machine good you good place all 732 00:45:08.000 --> 00:45:12.800 those games, So I'm good. But the other thing is, like Microsoft 733 00:45:12.840 --> 00:45:17.480 has been working on DirectX versions of machine learning to improve the way games run, 734 00:45:17.800 --> 00:45:22.079 and I don't necessarily think that they're going to need a pro to update 735 00:45:22.119 --> 00:45:24.440 a lot of that stuff to like maybe put that in to the Xbox and 736 00:45:24.480 --> 00:45:30.239 maybe like they have their version of DLSS ready to go as a software update 737 00:45:30.360 --> 00:45:34.320 for the Xbox and so they get a lot of that same juice without having 738 00:45:34.360 --> 00:45:37.679 to require you to buy new hardware. And that could look really good. 739 00:45:37.800 --> 00:45:40.039 Now, it won't change the calculus. People who want to get excited about 740 00:45:40.039 --> 00:45:44.440 new hardware are going to be more excited about new hardware. But I think 741 00:45:44.480 --> 00:45:47.159 this puts Microsoft in a situation where they can wait till that twenty twenty six 742 00:45:47.199 --> 00:45:51.960 and then put out a new generation then kind of way ahead of when PlayStation 743 00:45:52.000 --> 00:45:54.199 would be ready to put out there. So I'm with you. Now here's 744 00:45:54.199 --> 00:45:58.039 the question, gro you know that twenty twenty six, how we look in 745 00:45:58.119 --> 00:46:00.119 right now, how we feel it about this? I still feel pretty I 746 00:46:00.159 --> 00:46:04.880 think it's I mean that seems pretty likely. I mean it could easily. 747 00:46:05.119 --> 00:46:07.320 It could easily go into twenty twenty seven. But I think the way that 748 00:46:07.320 --> 00:46:12.440 they're talking about it, and they're already mentioned, hey, the biggest technical 749 00:46:12.519 --> 00:46:15.519 leap and all this stuff, I think they're ready to go hard and have 750 00:46:15.599 --> 00:46:19.280 something that is going to replace this generation in twenty twenty six. So that 751 00:46:19.280 --> 00:46:22.639 would give them like about a six year life cycle, and I think they 752 00:46:22.639 --> 00:46:24.480 would be happy to move on from that at that point. It's not like 753 00:46:25.039 --> 00:46:29.920 they're, you know, married to their install based the way that Nintendo and 754 00:46:29.920 --> 00:46:31.719 PlayStation are. That is a good point, and the way I look at 755 00:46:31.760 --> 00:46:36.119 it is almost like a soft reset almost in the terms of a three sixty. 756 00:46:36.199 --> 00:46:38.400 You control the narrative, you dictate when you drop, as opposed to 757 00:46:38.599 --> 00:46:42.599 always dropping at the same time. Ye PlayStation, they got to get out 758 00:46:42.599 --> 00:46:45.119 of that, right, It's a bad test to do for them. It's 759 00:46:45.199 --> 00:46:47.000 not a good place. You have to dictate terms on your own and separate 760 00:46:47.039 --> 00:46:50.400 that. So I'm with you, and here's the key thing for me where 761 00:46:50.440 --> 00:46:53.000 I do agree with them your thought process as far as they're not going to 762 00:46:53.039 --> 00:46:57.760 do a system right now. They may do like a slim or revision like 763 00:46:58.679 --> 00:47:00.199 all of us. Yes, yeah, see that. But as far as 764 00:47:00.239 --> 00:47:06.119 like upgrading the hallway like a true next step, if twenty twenty six happens, 765 00:47:06.199 --> 00:47:07.840 that makes sense. The other thing is between now and twenty twenty six, 766 00:47:08.199 --> 00:47:14.679 Xbox is in a unique position. They actually have the software lineup between 767 00:47:14.760 --> 00:47:17.119 now and then to hold them up, as opposed to the Xbox one X 768 00:47:17.199 --> 00:47:22.400 days when they were just relying on the performance of outperforming in the third party 769 00:47:22.400 --> 00:47:24.400 games with PlayStation I think that's gonna be huge for them. Mouse. We 770 00:47:24.440 --> 00:47:28.679 know about the Vial the hell Blades, but I think my booty said ten 771 00:47:29.320 --> 00:47:31.960 games this year for the next year. Yeah, and then he named a 772 00:47:31.960 --> 00:47:35.480 bunch and he did not name ten. So there's some stuff that we don't 773 00:47:35.519 --> 00:47:39.400 even know about. Yeah, yeah, tell you. There's a one that 774 00:47:39.639 --> 00:47:43.840 I'm still hoping that I heard about years ago. There's a Wu Tang game 775 00:47:43.840 --> 00:47:45.960 that's supposed to be like the Blow It's like, man, that would be 776 00:47:46.000 --> 00:47:51.159 really cool. Just having each one of those guys be a different class. 777 00:47:51.199 --> 00:47:53.679 That would be very cool. But I haven't heard much about it for years, 778 00:47:53.760 --> 00:47:58.000 so I need that thirty six. I hope it's still happening. That 779 00:47:58.039 --> 00:48:05.039 would rule we are sticking with Xbox News now. Xbox's strategy doesn't quote Hinge 780 00:48:05.039 --> 00:48:07.880 on people moving all digital, says Phil Spencer. This is from Luis Joshua 781 00:48:07.920 --> 00:48:13.199 Gutierrez at GameSpot. Physical media is slowly going the way of the DODO, 782 00:48:13.280 --> 00:48:15.880 but appears that Xbox isn't giving up on it just yet, despite having a 783 00:48:15.920 --> 00:48:21.519 disc list console. In an interview with game File, Xbox boss Phil Spencer 784 00:48:21.559 --> 00:48:25.039 shared his thoughts on physical media by explaining that Xbox is supportive of physical media, 785 00:48:25.079 --> 00:48:30.880 but we don't have a need to drive that disproportionate to the customer demand. 786 00:48:30.159 --> 00:48:34.719 We ship games physically and digitally, and we're really just following what the 787 00:48:34.719 --> 00:48:37.480 customers are doing. And I think our job is running Xbox. In running 788 00:48:37.559 --> 00:48:40.599 Xbox, is to deliver on the things that a majority of the customers want, 789 00:48:40.760 --> 00:48:45.280 and right now a majority of our customers are buying games digitally. Spencer 790 00:48:45.320 --> 00:48:49.800 then explained that gaming consoles themselves have kind of become the last consumer electronics device 791 00:48:50.119 --> 00:48:52.400 that have a disk drive, and this is a real issue just in terms 792 00:48:52.440 --> 00:48:55.880 of the number of manufacturers that are actually building drives and the cost associated with 793 00:48:55.920 --> 00:49:00.599 those, and when you think about cogs that were not you about cogs that 794 00:49:00.599 --> 00:49:02.639 we're going to go put in a console. And as you have fewer suppliers 795 00:49:02.639 --> 00:49:06.840 and fewer buyers, the cost of the drive does have an impact. I 796 00:49:06.840 --> 00:49:08.159 didn't really think about that, but that's a good point. You know, 797 00:49:08.400 --> 00:49:12.960 drives were dirt cheap for a long time because they were in everything, so 798 00:49:13.320 --> 00:49:16.079 the the you know, economies of scale would kick in. And now that's 799 00:49:16.559 --> 00:49:20.840 beginning to erode because no one's using dis drives anymore. So you've got to 800 00:49:20.880 --> 00:49:22.519 go find the one or two suppliers that are still making them, and now 801 00:49:22.519 --> 00:49:24.719 they can charge a bit more because you're like, oh, you're going to 802 00:49:24.760 --> 00:49:28.239 buy twenty five million of these over the next five years, and that's just 803 00:49:28.280 --> 00:49:30.360 for Microsoft. Okay, well we got you a little bit here over a 804 00:49:30.440 --> 00:49:36.320 barrel, so we're going to take that now. It's probably not still that 805 00:49:36.559 --> 00:49:38.760 not too expensive. I don't think these things are costing seventy dollars per system. 806 00:49:38.800 --> 00:49:44.480 They're probably still like ten dollars to put in. Yet I think he's 807 00:49:44.519 --> 00:49:47.079 probably I think he's half telling the truth when he says we are going in 808 00:49:47.079 --> 00:49:51.039 the direction of where the audience is going, where the customers are and most 809 00:49:51.079 --> 00:49:54.119 of the majority of them are buying digital. I think that happens when you 810 00:49:54.159 --> 00:49:58.800 sell a cheaper version that doesn't have a disk drive. That's just like you 811 00:49:59.239 --> 00:50:01.679 like kind of in urge people to move in that direction. And we know 812 00:50:01.760 --> 00:50:05.480 that that's this is where they want to end up because it's more beneficial to 813 00:50:05.519 --> 00:50:07.480 them. Right. So, but are you buying what Phil Spitzer's here that 814 00:50:07.480 --> 00:50:10.119 they're going to keep doing physical games in one way or the other for the 815 00:50:10.280 --> 00:50:15.239 foreseeable future. I mean, I think it's just a matter of time before 816 00:50:15.400 --> 00:50:17.159 it slowly starts to phase out. I mean, we just got to be 817 00:50:17.199 --> 00:50:20.400 honest. Yeah, we just gotta be honest with the nature of it. 818 00:50:20.400 --> 00:50:25.039 And literally the service that they're backing their future on with game Pass is an 819 00:50:25.039 --> 00:50:29.800 all digital you know service. So I see it, you know, I 820 00:50:29.840 --> 00:50:34.239 get it as a person who respects game preservation. You know, I understand 821 00:50:34.280 --> 00:50:37.280 the concerns overall where people who are against this, but I just think it's 822 00:50:37.320 --> 00:50:39.320 the way of the industry. I mean, we're from that era, like 823 00:50:39.400 --> 00:50:44.039 I mean, we had the VHS takes, we did the Blockbuster. I 824 00:50:44.119 --> 00:50:45.760 know how it is. I remember when Netflix used to come with a disc, 825 00:50:46.119 --> 00:50:51.039 you know, to your house. The game of a game fly and 826 00:50:51.079 --> 00:50:53.400 all that stuff. So look, I get it. I think it's ultimately 827 00:50:53.440 --> 00:50:58.880 a situation where I mean Xbox tends to be clairvoyant where the industry goes. 828 00:50:59.119 --> 00:51:01.920 The key for them is just sometimes they're messaging and maybe not being maybe being 829 00:51:02.039 --> 00:51:06.639 too aggressive to the push. So I think that's what this is. Phil 830 00:51:06.679 --> 00:51:08.239 has got to like still, they learned, they learn from the Xbox a 831 00:51:08.239 --> 00:51:13.159 little bit. They're not going to be super aggressive and completely stamp it out 832 00:51:13.360 --> 00:51:16.199 just yet, but it's clear it's a it's a pheasing out. You gotta 833 00:51:16.440 --> 00:51:22.119 ease them into it. That's how it's like an interception instead of a push, 834 00:51:22.320 --> 00:51:23.320 like I think the Xbox one. It's like, we are pushing you 835 00:51:23.400 --> 00:51:28.000 this direction because we are coming off the Xbox three sixty. We're feeling really 836 00:51:28.039 --> 00:51:30.880 good about ourselves. And then they realized really quickly. It's like, oh, 837 00:51:30.920 --> 00:51:32.800 we did not have the power to shape the market that we thought we 838 00:51:32.880 --> 00:51:37.159 had. So what's an alternative way to get to the same end that we 839 00:51:37.199 --> 00:51:38.760 want to get. Well, let's have a little bit more patience. Let's 840 00:51:38.960 --> 00:51:43.280 see the trends and let's go meet them there down on the down the like 841 00:51:43.400 --> 00:51:45.039 on the far side of the timeline, and here we are on the far 842 00:51:45.119 --> 00:51:47.639 side of the timeline, you know, so far removed from the launch of 843 00:51:47.639 --> 00:51:51.440 the Xbox One. And turns out that we kind of ended up where they 844 00:51:51.440 --> 00:51:53.840 thought we were gonna end up anyhow, just they could not push because people 845 00:51:53.880 --> 00:51:57.480 would push back. But if you go to meet us there, we will 846 00:51:57.519 --> 00:52:00.719 just kind of gladly walk ourselves there. And here we are. Yeah, 847 00:52:00.840 --> 00:52:06.039 it's uh, I mean, what what physical media looks like on next Gen? 848 00:52:06.119 --> 00:52:09.039 I'm still not really sure because I think both the PS six and an 849 00:52:09.159 --> 00:52:15.119 Xbox next Gen launch with like digital only and then you buy a disc drive 850 00:52:15.679 --> 00:52:19.880 and then you can't get that generation. It seems like we are there for 851 00:52:19.920 --> 00:52:23.880 that and then and then what which games actually get physical releases at that point? 852 00:52:24.000 --> 00:52:28.280 It's probably just the biggest ones and they don't get physical releases until they 853 00:52:28.320 --> 00:52:30.880 know their hits and then they sell them as one hundred dollars collector's editions only. 854 00:52:31.320 --> 00:52:35.320 And so it's going to very quickly, like now that we're there, 855 00:52:35.559 --> 00:52:38.320 it is going to be like that the straw that that you know, collapses 856 00:52:38.360 --> 00:52:42.559 the camel's back, and we are going to be on the other side of 857 00:52:42.599 --> 00:52:45.480 it, and suddenly it's like, oh okay, only like Boulder Skate three 858 00:52:45.519 --> 00:52:47.639 is already one where it's like at that, damn sure, like a physical 859 00:52:47.719 --> 00:52:52.519 right on like all stuff, and then you get the Collector's edition and stuff. 860 00:52:52.800 --> 00:52:55.880 Uh physically yes. So it's weird out there. It's going to keep 861 00:52:55.880 --> 00:53:00.960 getting weirder. But Microsoft has something for you if you don't want to have 862 00:53:01.039 --> 00:53:05.639 on your games really in any way. Phil Spencer said at least ten percent 863 00:53:05.719 --> 00:53:08.800 of all Xbox gaming is cloud based at the moment. This is firm Jonas 864 00:53:08.880 --> 00:53:14.000 Mackie at Game Reactor. Microsoft went all in on cloud gaming when this generation 865 00:53:14.079 --> 00:53:16.320 started, and a game Pass Ultimate subscription makes it possible to play most of 866 00:53:16.360 --> 00:53:20.440 the games without the need of a PC or an Xbox, but despite the 867 00:53:20.480 --> 00:53:23.079 many advantages, it wasn't very popular at first, although it seems to be 868 00:53:23.119 --> 00:53:28.039 picking up the pace recently. In an interview with journalist Steven Tatillo and shout 869 00:53:28.039 --> 00:53:30.639 out to Steven, he did a great job with this interview, the Microsoft 870 00:53:30.719 --> 00:53:35.400 Gaming boss Phil Spencer revealed there was a time when we weren't deploying more server 871 00:53:35.440 --> 00:53:37.840 blades because we had more supply than we did demand for the server acs that 872 00:53:37.920 --> 00:53:42.599 we had in place. That's clearly not true today. So he said, 873 00:53:42.679 --> 00:53:45.679 he goes on to say ten percent of Xboxes like gaming time. I guess 874 00:53:45.679 --> 00:53:49.760 I'm not even sure how he measures it, but that is happening on the 875 00:53:49.760 --> 00:53:52.000 cloud, and he says it's growing, And maybe the key thing here is 876 00:53:52.039 --> 00:53:55.800 it's growing with an audience that wasn't already playing on Xbox. This is a 877 00:53:55.880 --> 00:54:00.519 new market for them, which is what they claimed to be going after the 878 00:54:00.639 --> 00:54:02.960 entire time of cloud. Are you a believer at this point, Cog? 879 00:54:04.960 --> 00:54:08.079 Look, this is where the this is where they want to go, and 880 00:54:08.119 --> 00:54:13.039 there is growth there. They are seeing it trend upwards slightly. Now, 881 00:54:13.360 --> 00:54:15.079 the key for me with them is always going to be the software. It 882 00:54:15.159 --> 00:54:19.519 has to be compelling software to get you on there. And then obviously the 883 00:54:19.559 --> 00:54:22.079 advancements in technology where we you know, improve the latency, you know, 884 00:54:22.119 --> 00:54:24.800 substantial. So I wouldn't say like we're going to be doing these super fast 885 00:54:24.840 --> 00:54:29.119 twitch you know kind of kind of game, you know, competitive games on 886 00:54:29.159 --> 00:54:30.480 it, but there is an audience from me. I remember there were a 887 00:54:30.519 --> 00:54:35.159 couple of games that came out and they were talking about how how well you 888 00:54:35.199 --> 00:54:37.679 know, they were surprised how well he performed in Cloud And I think the 889 00:54:37.760 --> 00:54:39.079 key for them is also going to be these kind of markets, whether it 890 00:54:39.119 --> 00:54:45.000 be international who may not buy the traditional console, right, and the upcoming 891 00:54:45.079 --> 00:54:47.639 nations to be like all right, now everyone here buy a five hundred dollars 892 00:54:47.639 --> 00:54:52.559 console. No way, no way, right that that's gonna be huge for 893 00:54:52.599 --> 00:54:57.159 them. I'm very curious when now the ABK is part of the fold and 894 00:54:57.320 --> 00:54:59.679 you know, the Call of Duties and those things, the diabolos and those 895 00:54:59.719 --> 00:55:02.719 things are able to get into the service, how does that also affected because 896 00:55:02.719 --> 00:55:07.599 these are a lot of a lot of household mega titles that are under that 897 00:55:07.760 --> 00:55:10.199 umbrella. And yeah, this is something it's interesting that they said that they 898 00:55:10.239 --> 00:55:13.800 you know, they were at time they weren't deploying more cloud server Blaze, 899 00:55:13.800 --> 00:55:16.480 but that has changed now. So they must be seeing something internally on an 900 00:55:16.519 --> 00:55:20.760 uptick to continue to push in this direction. This is part of their pillars 901 00:55:20.800 --> 00:55:23.599 with Cloud Mobile, you know, this is all part of this whole vision 902 00:55:23.639 --> 00:55:28.119 that they're going for. Right, and Mike's and chat He's like, you 903 00:55:28.159 --> 00:55:30.559 know, he's pretty skeptical of the cloud and he's like, I already kind 904 00:55:30.599 --> 00:55:32.800 of I don't even believe that number he thinks ten percent is too big, 905 00:55:32.840 --> 00:55:36.760 and I get that. I get that reaction, but you got to like 906 00:55:36.800 --> 00:55:40.760 look in the context of this, like the cloud is easily accessible by a 907 00:55:40.880 --> 00:55:45.400 vast number of people that would have never bought a console, so you're gonna 908 00:55:45.440 --> 00:55:49.039 you literally are talking about billions of people now who have access to this, 909 00:55:49.159 --> 00:55:52.760 and it still only makes up ten percent of the Xbox business. It's like, 910 00:55:52.239 --> 00:55:55.920 actually, that is the number that can easily be truthful because it's like 911 00:55:57.000 --> 00:55:59.760 it was supposed to be taking off and like finding all these people that were, 912 00:56:00.039 --> 00:56:00.920 hey, I want to play games and I could string this on my 913 00:56:00.960 --> 00:56:04.840 phone. Great, and it's like, well, it's still struggling to convince 914 00:56:04.880 --> 00:56:07.880 those people, even in markets like you know, India and they have literally 915 00:56:07.880 --> 00:56:10.639 a billion people. In China has literally a billion people, and they're not 916 00:56:12.119 --> 00:56:15.119 jumping on board of this immediately to make it like the biggest thing that that 917 00:56:15.280 --> 00:56:17.639 Xbox has. I don't know ten percent can make sense in that context. 918 00:56:17.639 --> 00:56:21.199 I think, yeah, I get it, I completely get it. Uh, 919 00:56:21.320 --> 00:56:23.920 finally, did you see this King Makers game cog not. I gotta 920 00:56:23.960 --> 00:56:28.119 take them tak a look at it. Yeah, I'm gonna and I'm gonna 921 00:56:28.159 --> 00:56:30.679 play the trailer for everybody, let me get that going just a second. 922 00:56:30.719 --> 00:56:34.719 Where did I put that? Uh? I have it over here. Basically 923 00:56:34.760 --> 00:56:39.280 it it starts off looking one way and then it quickly changes into a different 924 00:56:39.360 --> 00:56:44.320 game. Uh. And I type this in YouTube real quick. It's kind 925 00:56:44.320 --> 00:56:49.800 of amazing. So it looks like a total war game or maybe a city 926 00:56:49.800 --> 00:56:52.320 builder. And where are you at in the trailer? Have you? Have 927 00:56:52.360 --> 00:56:54.360 you gotten to the to the turn? Yeah, your face is pope, 928 00:56:54.480 --> 00:56:58.960 I'm at I'm literally at the pot right now with a pickup truck and they 929 00:56:59.039 --> 00:57:01.360 going through what it's like? You know what? It reminds me like cavalry 930 00:57:02.000 --> 00:57:08.239 with like it's just as wild. Actually it's pretty cool. Yes, So 931 00:57:08.440 --> 00:57:12.880 how many p seasons sprites? Well, that's what that's what. It kind 932 00:57:12.880 --> 00:57:15.480 of looks like an Earth Defense Force, but it doesn't look like shit. 933 00:57:15.960 --> 00:57:19.360 It's kind of kind of amazing. But the guy just pops out of the 934 00:57:19.639 --> 00:57:22.239 pickup truck. Okay, the game starts. It's medieval. There are people 935 00:57:22.320 --> 00:57:27.559 like suits of armor, and it's like ancient villages and and there's a big 936 00:57:27.599 --> 00:57:30.320 battle and then all of a sudden, there's a pickup truck driving through a 937 00:57:30.320 --> 00:57:31.159 city. He goes through a portal, ends up back in the time, 938 00:57:31.199 --> 00:57:34.840 and it just starts driving through a bunch of these guys in the suits of 939 00:57:34.920 --> 00:57:37.840 armor, and then he steps out with the handgun and just shoots one. 940 00:57:38.400 --> 00:57:44.039 So it's insane. I think this is one of the best video game trailers 941 00:57:44.079 --> 00:57:46.119 I've ever seen, and I bet it'll be a pretty decent time. Apparently 942 00:57:46.159 --> 00:57:51.280 it has co op online all this stuff. That's gonna be a fun time. 943 00:57:51.440 --> 00:57:53.920 So yo, yeah, I'm glad you put me onto this. This 944 00:57:54.119 --> 00:57:59.800 is hilarious. I love the complete merging of two worlds and tell me would 945 00:58:00.079 --> 00:58:02.760 since and didn't put it together. And again it's giving me. You ever 946 00:58:02.760 --> 00:58:06.360 played this game Chivalry Chevaly too? Chivalry? Yeah, absolutely, which is 947 00:58:06.400 --> 00:58:10.280 just hilarious. But now in a modern person in that you know port you 948 00:58:10.280 --> 00:58:13.280 know, the fact that he got the trailer or to go to a horseback 949 00:58:13.360 --> 00:58:15.960 is hilarious. I'm done. This is hilarious, like the kind of thing 950 00:58:16.000 --> 00:58:19.320 where someone was playing Chivalry and it's like, wouldn't be cool if we had 951 00:58:19.320 --> 00:58:21.480 a mod where we could just like bring my truck in here and just mess 952 00:58:21.480 --> 00:58:22.719 people up. Yeah, And then all of a sudden, like now at 953 00:58:22.719 --> 00:58:25.159 the very end of the trailer, he's in the future. I don't know, 954 00:58:27.119 --> 00:58:30.159 there's something happening here. This game looks relief really come in. Yeah, 955 00:58:30.239 --> 00:58:34.400 I'm in making me too. Yes. And I saw it yesterday and 956 00:58:34.519 --> 00:58:36.719 like some people were like, this is the crazy trailer and I started it 957 00:58:36.760 --> 00:58:39.960 and I'm like city build or whatever, and I like stopped watching. And 958 00:58:40.000 --> 00:58:44.880 then today Dan was telling me, hey, no, watch that it really 959 00:58:44.960 --> 00:58:46.679 does go places. I'm glad I found it. But yeah, we'll see 960 00:58:46.719 --> 00:58:50.039 if it comes out twenty twenty four. It's gonna be an early access. 961 00:58:50.239 --> 00:58:52.159 I'm looking forward to it. Oh run destructively does Zoe Hanley, who wrote 962 00:58:52.159 --> 00:58:55.440 the headline for this, and it's called it an isa kai, which is 963 00:58:55.480 --> 00:58:59.199 like that the Japanese thing for like, oh, like a kid in King 964 00:58:59.440 --> 00:59:02.719 King Arthur's or like someone from one timeline going to another timeline and stuff like 965 00:59:02.760 --> 00:59:06.239 that, and something about that where it's like this is an isa kai, 966 00:59:06.360 --> 00:59:08.679 like kind of an anime manga thing. I'm like that, this just feels 967 00:59:08.679 --> 00:59:12.599 like someone being a jackass and making a fun game for the hell of it. 968 00:59:12.639 --> 00:59:15.760 Does not feel like the person that made this whatever say the word isakai, 969 00:59:15.800 --> 00:59:19.800 But I still still like that one hundred percent agree. This person having 970 00:59:19.840 --> 00:59:22.280 a ball, they have it a good time. Oh yeah, this team's 971 00:59:22.280 --> 00:59:25.480 having a blast. All right. Let's see here, we have a poll 972 00:59:25.599 --> 00:59:29.280 question from yesterday. Let's get to that. Are you going to try at 973 00:59:29.360 --> 00:59:32.039 least one of Hi Fi, Rush, Pentiment Grounded or Sea of Thieves on 974 00:59:32.079 --> 00:59:37.679 PS five and switch. I am going to vote yes, and thirty three 975 00:59:37.679 --> 00:59:39.639 percent of people said yes, twenty two percent said no, and forty six 976 00:59:39.679 --> 00:59:45.159 percent said I already played those games on Xbox and PC. And so basically 977 00:59:45.159 --> 00:59:49.199 they abstained. More people than not are interested in this though in terms of 978 00:59:49.239 --> 00:59:51.480 like, hey, if you if you haven't played them before, all right, 979 00:59:51.599 --> 00:59:53.679 is this a good thing for you? Yeah, thirty three percent versus 980 00:59:53.719 --> 00:59:57.880 twenty two percent. And that's not too surprising. Many of these are very 981 00:59:57.880 --> 01:00:00.760 good games. Yeah, no, absolutely. And I think what it is 982 01:00:00.760 --> 01:00:02.280 is, you know, let's be honest, a lot of people, once 983 01:00:02.320 --> 01:00:05.960 they're in an ecosystem, they're kind of married to it, right, you 984 01:00:06.000 --> 01:00:07.960 know, whether it be Nintendo and PlayStation, and I think it's one of 985 01:00:08.000 --> 01:00:14.000 those situations that once they see the game on their platform, and if there 986 01:00:14.039 --> 01:00:16.079 was a curiosity, it's going to be satiated. People are going to try 987 01:00:16.079 --> 01:00:19.480 it and then it's the new audience, and I'll ask I had a question 988 01:00:19.480 --> 01:00:22.320 for you, what do you think in reference to switch I thought maybe they 989 01:00:22.320 --> 01:00:27.000 would wait, like in terms of switch to, you know, a potential 990 01:00:27.000 --> 01:00:30.400 super switch, but these are looks like they come into the base switch. 991 01:00:30.480 --> 01:00:31.760 Yeah. I mean, you know, they didn't say anything about sea if 992 01:00:31.800 --> 01:00:35.760 thieves. I think I could still see that one going to the switch to. 993 01:00:36.000 --> 01:00:37.639 I thought high five Rush might even wait, but we'll see if that, 994 01:00:37.760 --> 01:00:39.840 Like now it's getting anough for PS five, maybe that still does get 995 01:00:39.840 --> 01:00:44.119 announced for switch To. But if that doesn't run at sixty frames per second, 996 01:00:44.159 --> 01:00:45.440 that's a rhythm game that kind of requires that. I bet they do 997 01:00:45.599 --> 01:00:49.400 be like, actually, let's pull the plug on that and wait and see. 998 01:00:49.440 --> 01:00:52.360 So I thought, technically, yeah, I mean switch To that's coming 999 01:00:52.360 --> 01:00:55.400 out March next year reportedly, now, so it's gonna be a ways out 1000 01:00:55.440 --> 01:00:58.719 and your Microsoft, just if you can get a run on switch, just 1001 01:00:58.760 --> 01:01:01.039 go for it. That has a one hundred and thirty five million units out 1002 01:01:01.039 --> 01:01:04.679 there, you're going to probably sell pretty well, So why not go for 1003 01:01:04.719 --> 01:01:07.920 it. I have a new poll question. We'll get to that here in 1004 01:01:07.920 --> 01:01:09.199 a second, but before we do that, KG, why don't you tell 1005 01:01:09.199 --> 01:01:12.639 people where they can find you on the internet what you have going on? 1006 01:01:12.800 --> 01:01:15.320 All that good stuff, no doubt. Yeah. So at Lord Cognito on 1007 01:01:15.360 --> 01:01:21.239 Twitter of the Iron Lords podcast every Sundays at Lord's Day, we usually go 1008 01:01:21.320 --> 01:01:24.280 one pm Eastern Standard Time, rocking down talking about all the latest game news, 1009 01:01:24.320 --> 01:01:27.960 Lord, King, Lord, Addic Lord. So my brothers just shout 1010 01:01:28.000 --> 01:01:30.000 out to shout out to all of them. Gain was cold cool, cool 1011 01:01:30.039 --> 01:01:34.039 to see you the pullow we pulled up, you know, say you pad. 1012 01:01:34.039 --> 01:01:36.599 Oh that was so dope. That was what I just came out for. 1013 01:01:36.639 --> 01:01:40.519 That absolutely. I also do Define Due mister Maddie plays again Xbox Focused 1014 01:01:40.559 --> 01:01:45.679 podcast and then we're the Ebontis and thy guy Travis of IGN. I do 1015 01:01:45.440 --> 01:01:49.840 the Last Word, which is our Destiny focused podcast, and that's usually on 1016 01:01:49.840 --> 01:01:52.079 Thursdays on a Bontis channel. But yeah, man, I just loved the 1017 01:01:52.119 --> 01:01:55.599 podcast and shout out to shout to you at the Delaware man got to see 1018 01:01:55.599 --> 01:01:59.239 how the New York game it was we presented out there, and we're just 1019 01:01:59.239 --> 01:02:00.800 trying to do different things and keep growing the brand in the pocket and also 1020 01:02:00.800 --> 01:02:06.159 shout out to Lords'gaming dot in it. That's our site and media platform. 1021 01:02:06.199 --> 01:02:08.880 We news reviews, all types of opinion pieces and shout out to the team 1022 01:02:08.880 --> 01:02:12.880 over there that really puts out the work and I get to look good and 1023 01:02:12.880 --> 01:02:15.199 take credit. Hey, that's part of the hustle, right, Yeah, 1024 01:02:16.360 --> 01:02:19.840 you guys are out there. You guys are always trying to make it happen, 1025 01:02:19.840 --> 01:02:22.679 and I always appreciate that because that's the only way anything gets done, 1026 01:02:22.719 --> 01:02:23.719 is if you go out there and do it yourself. And I think you 1027 01:02:23.880 --> 01:02:28.119 just subscribed to that. I appreciate that. I recognize that. Thinks too 1028 01:02:29.039 --> 01:02:31.519 new pole question. What grade would you give the Nintendo Direct partner showcase A, 1029 01:02:31.639 --> 01:02:35.320 B, C, D or F. I we'll have that up on 1030 01:02:35.719 --> 01:02:39.119 YouTube dot com slash Giant bun Bomb underneath the community tab there you'll be able 1031 01:02:39.159 --> 01:02:44.079 to find that and we will discuss it on games Mornings here on Giant Bomb. 1032 01:02:44.400 --> 01:02:46.960 Tomorrow morning. Speaking to Giant Bomb, what do we have happening Later 1033 01:02:47.039 --> 01:02:52.320 today? Blake Club returns. Mike Manati will be going back into into Mortal 1034 01:02:52.400 --> 01:02:57.320 Kombat Michtology sub Zero. He could he might beat it. I've never seen 1035 01:02:57.320 --> 01:03:00.239 anyone beat this game before. Cog He's gotten very deep into it, kind 1036 01:03:00.280 --> 01:03:04.320 of got the hang of it. So that game is a magical really just 1037 01:03:04.320 --> 01:03:07.679 a piece of crap and it's kind of amazing in every way. So we've 1038 01:03:07.880 --> 01:03:10.239 really enjoying that. That'll happen at two thirty pm Eastern time. Everybody tune 1039 01:03:10.280 --> 01:03:14.960 in. That's the normal time for Blake Club. We will also have Voice 1040 01:03:14.960 --> 01:03:17.599 Small Dumb Truck you PF this week. Might play some old Super Mario Maker 1041 01:03:17.639 --> 01:03:21.679 stuff since that's about to go offline. Might spend some time with that, 1042 01:03:21.880 --> 01:03:23.800 and maybe I'll fit some hell divers in there. If that game is gonna 1043 01:03:23.800 --> 01:03:27.719 work, we'll figure it out. If you get on them service, get 1044 01:03:27.719 --> 01:03:30.000 them on them service. And that's a good game though. I'm just waiting 1045 01:03:30.000 --> 01:03:31.840 to it to settle it. Then I'm in. Also, we have a 1046 01:03:31.880 --> 01:03:37.119 special episode of BombCast Revengeance tomorrow. Who knows why we made it on Thursday 1047 01:03:37.119 --> 01:03:40.000 instead of Friday. I guess you have to tune into find out. All 1048 01:03:40.079 --> 01:03:43.719 right, God, thank you so much for spinning today talking with me about 1049 01:03:43.760 --> 01:03:46.079 video games. Man. I deeply appreciate it. Oh love grub Man, 1050 01:03:46.199 --> 01:03:49.760 love what you do. I love it the chance we get a chance to 1051 01:03:49.920 --> 01:03:52.159 inter rack and work with each other. Love the energy is dope, community 1052 01:03:52.239 --> 01:03:54.679 is super cool, and I just love that you love games. You know, 1053 01:03:54.760 --> 01:03:59.519 that's what they'd always resonates with you and your energy has always been a 1054 01:03:59.639 --> 01:04:00.519 one man. So when I got the call, I said, I got 1055 01:04:00.519 --> 01:04:04.239 to come through the realm of a mess. You know, it's not that 1056 01:04:04.280 --> 01:04:08.719 bad around here. We'll definitely get you back on you were a great guest, 1057 01:04:08.760 --> 01:04:11.119 and get the rest of the lords on as well. I love those 1058 01:04:11.119 --> 01:04:14.800 guys, so we'll make that happen. Thank you again, Thank you everybody 1059 01:04:14.880 --> 01:04:16.320 for watching. You're one of the best audiences in gaming. In fact, 1060 01:04:16.320 --> 01:04:18.760 you're the best. Until next time, have a good one, take care 1061 01:04:18.800 --> 01:04:20.440 of yourself and goodbye.