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<v Speaker 1>Hey, everybody, welcome to game Breaking News with me Jeff Grub,

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<v Speaker 1>your host from GiantBomb dot com. Thank you for tuning in.

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<v Speaker 1>In this episode, we're going to be talking about PlayStation

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<v Speaker 1>five getting another price increase. We'll try to make it

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<v Speaker 1>a good one for you. It will be because Emma

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<v Speaker 1>Fife is on the show. Emma, how are you doing.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm just great, Grub. I lost my mind over the weekend.

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<v Speaker 3>Oh but I did go to a.

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<v Speaker 2>Bernie Sanders and AOC fighting the Oligarchy rally Los Angeles,

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<v Speaker 2>which was their biggest one yet, thirty six thousand people.

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<v Speaker 2>All those numbers, and that might only be counting the

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<v Speaker 2>people that actually were like in the perimeter, because there

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<v Speaker 2>were a bunch of people that were on the outside

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<v Speaker 2>as well.

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<v Speaker 3>So yeah, that was rad.

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<v Speaker 2>Joan Bias played and so like I truly felt like

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<v Speaker 2>I was at a rally from the seventies in an

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<v Speaker 2>amazing way. Yes, you're right, liberal games media strikes again,

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<v Speaker 2>that's me.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, but no, it was. It was awesome, and uh

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<v Speaker 3>yeah it was it just like it was.

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<v Speaker 2>It was so like chill like again, like people were

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<v Speaker 2>obviously amped up, but like the vibes were very like

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<v Speaker 2>peaceful and we're gonna yeah again. It was like very seventies,

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<v Speaker 2>like give piece a chance, everybody singing. Imagine like this

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<v Speaker 2>is truly what happened over the weekend. So that was

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<v Speaker 2>pretty amazing. Yeah, and then Bernie went to Coachella, so

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<v Speaker 2>that's right.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, my understanding. Those you've got obsessed with something though. Yeah.

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<v Speaker 2>I became a bit of a PopMart collector over the weekend.

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<v Speaker 4>I don't know what that means.

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<v Speaker 2>So PopMart is this, It's just a store that sells

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<v Speaker 2>cute licensed stuff. So they have like a really cute

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<v Speaker 2>line of DC Justice League figures. They have a line

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<v Speaker 2>that they did with like powerpuff Girls. Again, it's like

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<v Speaker 2>a lot of licensed things, but similar to a Sanrio,

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<v Speaker 2>except that they didn't create these characters. They also have

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<v Speaker 2>some just kind of mascot characters. They're not from anything else,

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<v Speaker 2>person say, or they're from like I don't know, a

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<v Speaker 2>like Chinese artist put them in a book kind of thing,

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<v Speaker 2>and uh yeah, so I became irrevocably of Okay, so

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<v Speaker 2>somebody in chat knows what I'm talking about, because there's

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<v Speaker 2>I can't afford the Giant Chopper, and specifically it is

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<v Speaker 2>the Giant Chopper.

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<v Speaker 3>That is Labooboo, which is the creature that has blown up.

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<v Speaker 2>The girls are going wild for Labooboo right now, Okay,

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<v Speaker 2>and I say girls is an all encompassing term. That's

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<v Speaker 2>so I spent my entire Friday trying to get No.

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<v Speaker 1>I didn't entire Friday because I was working, Okay.

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<v Speaker 2>But yeah, this is Labuoboo, and yeah from Dynasty Warriors.

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<v Speaker 3>Okay, different than Lubu from Dynasty Warriors.

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<v Speaker 2>This is la Booboo and she is a little elf

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<v Speaker 2>creature based on Nordic mythology by a uh Chinese artist.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm blanking on the first name, but Loung is his

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<v Speaker 2>last name. And the girl she is, she is the

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<v Speaker 2>moment everyone is trying to get one of these. Uh.

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<v Speaker 3>They sell out immediately.

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<v Speaker 2>On Poshmark Poshmark, I mean they're on Poshmark, Tube, Pop,

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<v Speaker 2>No Climax and Chat. I see you asking about Taykoko,

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<v Speaker 2>and I've become completely obsessed with Tychoko. I literally bought

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<v Speaker 2>a lanyard during a Pop Mart TikTok live stream last night.

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<v Speaker 2>I bought some Blindebox lanyards that are in the Labuobu

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<v Speaker 2>series because one of them is Tychoko.

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<v Speaker 3>So Tychoko is also from the.

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<v Speaker 2>Monsters series, and Taykoko is a little skeleton and it's

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<v Speaker 2>like Labooboo's little boyfriend who she's constantly tormenting.

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<v Speaker 3>It's bad, I've gone crazy.

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<v Speaker 4>It's you know, it's like a a beanie baby sort

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<v Speaker 4>of thing.

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<v Speaker 3>It's totally a beautye baby thing all over again.

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<v Speaker 2>Like that's the thing is that, like I want to

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<v Speaker 2>get more, but I want to like show up at

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<v Speaker 2>a pop mart vending machine which they call roboshops at

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<v Speaker 2>the exact right time to just finally to just like

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<v Speaker 2>find one. You know what it is though, It's like

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<v Speaker 2>there's something fun about it because there is the like,

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<v Speaker 2>I don't know, it's the like physical aspect of it

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<v Speaker 2>and the fact that you can maybe come across them

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<v Speaker 2>in the wild because it is that like beanie baby thing,

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<v Speaker 2>and in a world where.

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<v Speaker 3>So much is where so much is digital, this feels,

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<v Speaker 3>I don't know, this feels kind of fun.

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<v Speaker 2>I got a Yes, I got a Pucky also, So

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<v Speaker 2>this is Pucky also from their line. Pucky is like

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<v Speaker 2>a little baby character, but this is Pucky in a

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<v Speaker 2>cat costume.

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<v Speaker 3>And I got this from the Robust shop. So, okay,

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<v Speaker 3>I've lost it.

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<v Speaker 1>I've totally lost it, but you caught me up because

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<v Speaker 1>I definitely have seen some of these little fellows on

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<v Speaker 1>my timelines here or there, and I just like was

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<v Speaker 1>scrolling past it. Now when I see it, La Boo Boo,

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<v Speaker 1>Is that the character's name?

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<v Speaker 3>Boo Boo?

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, what I'm seeing is a future uh uh a

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<v Speaker 1>costume for Mike Manatti.

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<v Speaker 4>Clearly they have the same exact.

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<v Speaker 2>Right, Yeah, La Boo boo, this this little elf girl

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<v Speaker 2>and Mike Manatti basically the same person.

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<v Speaker 3>That's yes, little mischievous because you know.

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<v Speaker 4>Cause and mischief do the Laboo bo does?

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<v Speaker 1>They do? They ever, like dress up as like one

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<v Speaker 1>of the licenses that they're doing stuff.

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<v Speaker 3>With or what they haven't officially sold that.

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<v Speaker 2>However, they do make clothes for Laboo bo so you know,

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<v Speaker 2>we're just waiting for a uh you know, well, they

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<v Speaker 2>do like figures.

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<v Speaker 3>So for example, there's this whole Labooboo.

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<v Speaker 2>Figure one piece line, which is what we were also

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<v Speaker 2>talking about in chat with the Giant Tony Tony Chopper. Uh.

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<v Speaker 2>But they you know have ones where it's like oh

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<v Speaker 2>but obviously like Frankie is Taykoko, but everybody else is

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<v Speaker 2>just like La Boo boo in different costumes.

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<v Speaker 3>It's wild.

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<v Speaker 4>I'm just what I'm learning.

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<v Speaker 1>I got to keep this. I got to keep this

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<v Speaker 1>away from my kids. That's the most important thing that

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<v Speaker 1>I'm taking away from this conversation. Let's explain what we

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<v Speaker 1>do here most weekdays. I Jeff Grubb will help piece

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<v Speaker 1>your gaming life back together. That includes breaking jan did

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<v Speaker 1>do you have?

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<v Speaker 4>Oh my god, there you see everybody.

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<v Speaker 1>I think, okay, I think that should pop up here

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<v Speaker 1>on the thing here in a second, there you go, everybody.

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<v Speaker 1>There's a little boo boo.

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<v Speaker 3>Here's a boot it.

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<v Speaker 1>All right? Uh yeah, I love that. Okay, you haven't

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<v Speaker 1>started Blueprints. I thought you mentioned Blueprints.

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<v Speaker 4>I did.

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<v Speaker 3>I mentioned that my husband is playing.

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<v Speaker 2>I had intended to start Blueprints this weekend, but then

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<v Speaker 2>I lost my mind.

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<v Speaker 3>But I'm back now.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm like back to my sanity. Uh and Blueprints it's

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<v Speaker 2>going to get started today. But I know that Gabe

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<v Speaker 2>is loving it. He started it and he was basically saying, oh, yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>this is really interesting.

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<v Speaker 3>This is fun. I'm not totally sure what the.

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<v Speaker 2>Game play is yet, but the deeper he's gotten into it,

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<v Speaker 2>the more he's been enthusiastic about it.

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<v Speaker 4>So yeah, I'm Mike.

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<v Speaker 1>Wait, my notes have fully gotten crazy now taking I

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<v Speaker 1>was not taking many notes for a very long time.

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<v Speaker 1>Forty hours. I had a few screenshots, and now I'm

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<v Speaker 1>basically studying for an exam. That's basically what I'm doing now.

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<v Speaker 4>Yeah, yeah, fun stuff. All right, let's get into it.

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<v Speaker 1>PS five prices have increased in some regions, but not

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<v Speaker 1>the United States. This is from Georgiaang at game Spot.

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<v Speaker 1>Let's just read what's happening first. Sony has a notes

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<v Speaker 1>that it has raised prices for the digital and standard

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<v Speaker 1>editions of the PS five console and select regions, but

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<v Speaker 1>not in the United States. However, Sony has also decreased

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<v Speaker 1>the price of the PS five disc drive attachment, which

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<v Speaker 1>I bet it doesn't sell a ton of anyhow, The

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<v Speaker 1>price changes are now in effect. In a statement, Sony

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<v Speaker 1>said it was a tough decision to raise prices and

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<v Speaker 1>it's not the first time. Sony first race prices back

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<v Speaker 1>in twenty twenty two, with a backdrop of a challenging

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<v Speaker 1>economic environment, including high inflation and fluctuating exchange rates. Sony

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<v Speaker 1>Interactive Entertainment has made the tough decision to raise the

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<v Speaker 1>recommended retail price of the PlayStation five console and select

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<v Speaker 1>markets in Europe, Middle East Africa, as well as Australia

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<v Speaker 1>and New Zealand. Here is how the price is breakdown.

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<v Speaker 1>In Europe, the PS five Digital edition will go from

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<v Speaker 1>four hundred and fifty euros up to five hundred euros.

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<v Speaker 1>The standard version that comes with a disk drive, like

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<v Speaker 1>the add on that's included that that's not going up

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<v Speaker 1>in price at all in Europe, but the disk drive

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<v Speaker 1>will go down from one hundred and twenty euros to

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<v Speaker 1>eighty euros. In the UK, the digital edition is going

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<v Speaker 1>up by forty pounds, from three hundred and ninety pounds

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<v Speaker 1>to four hundred and thirty pounds. In Australia, the digital

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<v Speaker 1>edition is going up seventy Australian dollars. The PS five

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<v Speaker 1>standard with the disk drive is actually going up in Australia,

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<v Speaker 1>but only by thirty dollars. And in New Zealand the

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<v Speaker 1>digital edition is going up by sixty New Zealand dollars.

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<v Speaker 1>And then the standard edition with the this dribe is

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<v Speaker 1>increasing by fifty as well, so that means that will

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<v Speaker 1>now be nine hundred and fifty New Zealand dollars. It is.

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<v Speaker 1>You know, I think the initial reaction I had here was, Okay,

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<v Speaker 1>what is what is going on? Why is it everywhere

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<v Speaker 1>except for the United States? The United States is certainly

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<v Speaker 1>one of the factors here in terms of the tariffs,

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<v Speaker 1>and not the tariffs obviously aren't aren't being applied to

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<v Speaker 1>these other countries. That's not what's happening, but it has.

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<v Speaker 1>The tariffs have destabilized the global economy. And when they

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<v Speaker 1>talk about you know, here's Daniel maud A hue Ga

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<v Speaker 1>X on Twitter. I mean, I think he said it

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<v Speaker 1>last night. As soon as I saw this, I'm like, yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>he says, everyone is about to find out that the

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<v Speaker 1>PS five price won't just increase because of tariffs. The

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<v Speaker 1>knock on effect in terms of inflation, exchange rates, and

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<v Speaker 1>macro trends are also impacting global prices. Even if one

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<v Speaker 1>region is impacted, Sony may raise prices everywhere to offset losses.

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<v Speaker 1>You know, things have become so unmoored from a stabilized

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<v Speaker 1>global economy that these companies are like probably looking around,

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<v Speaker 1>be like, we got to make as much money now

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<v Speaker 1>as we can because we don't know what's going to happen.

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<v Speaker 1>In one two years, things could be a lot worse.

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<v Speaker 1>And they do have a guaranteed win here pretty soon, Emma.

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<v Speaker 1>Right with grand theft Auto six, that's I think that's

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<v Speaker 1>really the foundational thing here is Grand theft out of

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<v Speaker 1>six is going to come there. They know there's been

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<v Speaker 1>a lot of people waiting on the sideline. They're going

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<v Speaker 1>to hit those people where it hurts, right.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, I saw your post about that yesterday and I yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>that to me, that is a no brainer. Again, it's

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<v Speaker 2>like we're looking at a destabilized global economy. Uh, as

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<v Speaker 2>far as the US goes, and them not increasing prices here,

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<v Speaker 2>I don't think that that's set in stone, you.

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<v Speaker 4>Know, that's that's that's gonna happen, yep.

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<v Speaker 3>For now.

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<v Speaker 2>But they're they're basically increasing the prices in markets wherein

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<v Speaker 4>Yeah, they know better what's happening in these countries, No.

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<v Speaker 3>Better, what's happening exactly right now?

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<v Speaker 2>You know, we're just kind of I feel like this

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<v Speaker 2>that you know, we're already set at a certain price

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<v Speaker 3>Riding it out right now until.

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<v Speaker 2>They can make a decision. You know, the reason that

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<v Speaker 2>we're unable to order Nintendo Switch tos is because they're

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, they're right, they're anchored to their previous price, so

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<v Speaker 1>they have to work from there. Well, Nintendo did announce

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<v Speaker 1>a little bit of anchor. But they probably feel like

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<v Speaker 1>they launched, which is why they have not announced what's

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<v Speaker 1>happened with pre orders yet, although that could literally happen

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<v Speaker 1>at any second. Ema, we will have to kind of

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<v Speaker 1>The play the PlayStation five price increase will come to

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<v Speaker 1>the United States here pretty soon. They are just waiting

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<v Speaker 1>for the dust to settle, and it's honestly, it just

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<v Speaker 1>So you know, we are here on Monday recording the

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<v Speaker 1>show over the weekend or late on Friday, I think

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<v Speaker 1>there was the announcement from someone. I think it was

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<v Speaker 1>the Customs and Border Patrol, the organization that was like, hey,

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<v Speaker 1>there will be an exemption on electronics and computers from

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<v Speaker 1>China and everywhere will be exempt from these tariffs. So

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<v Speaker 1>for one thing, when that was when that was announced, Emma,

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<v Speaker 1>that should just put to the lie just how much

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<v Speaker 1>but if you make it here and import the processor

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<v Speaker 1>that you need, it would be one hundred and forty

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<v Speaker 1>five percent tariffs. So clearly we knew all along. Obviously

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<v Speaker 1>He doesn't care about us manufacturing, doesn't care about any

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<v Speaker 1>of that. We don't have to pretend that he does.

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<v Speaker 1>But now it's just so blatantly obvious that that was

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<v Speaker 1>a lie, and we can just move on from that.

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<v Speaker 1>But that that okay, computers, cell phones, you know, smartphones, tablets,

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<v Speaker 1>all these things are going to be exempt.

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<v Speaker 4>What about consoles?

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<v Speaker 1>What about Well, we'll hang on, we'll wait and see,

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<v Speaker 1>and then it's like we get to later in the

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<v Speaker 1>weekend and okay, first we hear maybe those tariffs are

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<v Speaker 1>temporary as well. That was Lutnik was on Fox News

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<v Speaker 1>saying that apparently that pissed off a bunch of people

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<v Speaker 1>in the White House. So they're still fighting amongst themselves

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<v Speaker 1>about how they're going to do this. Trump is now

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<v Speaker 1>also saying that they're going to be temporary. He's also

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<v Speaker 1>saying that there's no such thing as any exemptions. Even

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<v Speaker 1>though there's this exemption, does clarity exist. They've clarified the exemption.

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<v Speaker 1>It does not include consoles. So the switch to PlayStation

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<v Speaker 1>five are still going to be subject to all of

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<v Speaker 1>these insane tariffs ten percent from Vietnam, Cambodia, and one

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<v Speaker 1>hundred and forty five percent or whatever it's at now

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<v Speaker 1>for China. So the dust is just simply not it's

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<v Speaker 1>not even begun to settle. It whirling around.

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<v Speaker 2>That's exactly I was gonna say. It's swirling around. We're

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<v Speaker 2>in a we're in a dust storm. Still uh, maybe

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<v Speaker 2>it's not completely blinding us, but it's still it's still

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<v Speaker 1>I want to look away. That's I know that much.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, yeah, yeah, it's you know, I think that the

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<v Speaker 2>solution here is that, yeah, Trump just needs to become

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<v Speaker 2>a hardcore gamer and then he'll exempt consoles.

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<v Speaker 1>Yep, that's that's the solution.

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<v Speaker 3>I mean, that's really what it is. Like, let's let's

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<v Speaker 3>be completely honest. Is he's like, oh, people need cell.

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<v Speaker 2>Phones, so like, but he doesn't see consoles as like

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<v Speaker 2>a thing that people need.

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<v Speaker 1>And then I mean I think, you know, but you know,

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<v Speaker 1>Apple donated a million dollars to his his you know,

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<v Speaker 1>non election campaign or whatever like when he was brought

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<v Speaker 1>into office, and a bunch of other companies like that did,

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<v Speaker 1>and I'm sure that they are using that leverage they

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<v Speaker 1>got from giving money to get an audience with him

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<v Speaker 1>to get him to agree to come over with these exemptions.

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<v Speaker 1>Even they can't get him to commit to him long term,

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<v Speaker 1>which is you know, apparently what was happening inside the

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<v Speaker 1>White House on Friday. So we need to start stabilizing

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<v Speaker 1>things again. Let's commit to long term exemptions. Let's commit

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<v Speaker 1>to just making decisions on all these things and just

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<v Speaker 1>go out there and tell the market what they want

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<v Speaker 1>to hear in a lot of ways. And he cannot

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<v Speaker 1>get to Monday with that. He cannot make it past

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<v Speaker 1>the weekend without throwing a king, throwing you know, wrench

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<v Speaker 1>into the works and messing things up again. So if

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<v Speaker 1>I am one of these companies having to decide the

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<v Speaker 1>price of what my product is going to be, especially

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<v Speaker 1>if I've already been selling it at a certain price

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<v Speaker 1>for several years now, I'm just waiting a little bit

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<v Speaker 1>longer until I get at any information, not all the

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<v Speaker 1>information that's going to be impossible in this environment, but

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<v Speaker 1>any information. And again, they can't wait forever because GTA

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<v Speaker 1>six is coming, and they do want to raise the

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<v Speaker 1>price before that because they have to have wins now,

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<v Speaker 1>because the future is more uncertain than it's ever been.

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<v Speaker 1>I mean, I saw the you know, the University of

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<v Speaker 1>Michigan does a consumer sentiment index. Em it's done it

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<v Speaker 1>since the late seventies. I think it is at its

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<v Speaker 1>lowest point ever. The confidence that the American consumer has

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<v Speaker 1>in the American economy and in their own future is

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<v Speaker 1>at the lowest point it has ever been. That includes

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<v Speaker 1>two thousand and eight, that includes COVID, that includes you know,

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<v Speaker 1>gas shortages in the late seventies. Like it is really bad.

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<v Speaker 1>So like that, like that that should be an indicator

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<v Speaker 1>that people are feeling super queasy, and of course they

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<v Speaker 1>should be.

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<v Speaker 4>Look around.

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<v Speaker 1>The news is terrible. But if I'm a company trying

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<v Speaker 1>to be like, Okay, well maybe we can like you know,

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<v Speaker 1>have a good year this year and next year we'll

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<v Speaker 1>have our some big games and they'll really hit dance

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<v Speaker 1>like now you've got to make money now and hope

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<v Speaker 1>you can then survive whatever happens next. It's rough.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, I mean, you know, it was like even on

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<v Speaker 2>I saw people in chat talking about it earlier the

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<v Speaker 2>well last week tonight. Last night, John Oliver did a

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<v Speaker 2>whole you know, the main segment was on tariffs, and

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<v Speaker 2>one of the big points that.

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<v Speaker 3>They were bringing home about it was that.

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<v Speaker 2>The confidence in the US in terms of being an

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<v Speaker 2>economic partner in participating in the global economy, it's it's gone, like.

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<v Speaker 1>Oh yes, I mean because I mean, like if we

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<v Speaker 1>just like put it in playing terms of what the

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<v Speaker 1>original tariffs were going to do, they were going to

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<v Speaker 1>result in the deaths of thousands of people, if not

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<v Speaker 1>more than that, in places like Cambodia and via places

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<v Speaker 1>that are just kind of getting like especially Cambodia that

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<v Speaker 1>is really just sort of getting its manufacturing up and running.

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<v Speaker 1>They've assembled their entire economy to work with the United

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<v Speaker 1>States and make stuff for us that will buy. And

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<v Speaker 1>this has been very good for both countries. It's obviously

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<v Speaker 1>going to always be an imbalance and we always actually

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<v Speaker 1>that's sort of the evil we've accepted to be. Like, well, slowly,

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<v Speaker 1>over time, their lives will improve. We've even seen this

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<v Speaker 1>with China and all this stuff, and then to pull

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<v Speaker 1>the rug out from underneath them would have just absolutely

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<v Speaker 1>killed thousands of people. And that was his idea. That

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<v Speaker 1>was the whole thing, is I'm gonna hurt these people

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<v Speaker 1>because the number that says USA on this side is

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<v Speaker 1>lower than this country over here, like Cambodi's got a

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<v Speaker 1>higher numbers. That drives me insane. It's like, oh my god,

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<v Speaker 1>people don't deserve to die because you don't understand what

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<v Speaker 1>you're looking at, So how can anyone trust us? Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>it's you just can't. So it is going to be

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<v Speaker 1>he changes his mind or gets distracted by something else.

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<v Speaker 1>It has permanently wrought damage on the trust of this country.

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<v Speaker 1>So back to PS five price increase. Yeah, I'm with you.

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<v Speaker 1>It'll probably go to the United States here pretty soon.

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<v Speaker 1>I think the switch to probably still will see something

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<v Speaker 1>or very well could Xbox should go up in price.

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<v Speaker 1>But everything's going to go up in price now. Inflation's

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<v Speaker 1>going to come roaring back.

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<v Speaker 3>It's going to come roaring back, as you say though,

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<v Speaker 3>for the world.

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<v Speaker 4>Yes, yeah, everyone's going to pay the price of this.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, everyone is going to pay the price.

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<v Speaker 1>Yep. You know, if things were starting to calm down

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<v Speaker 1>with inflation, they were starting to calm down with exchange

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<v Speaker 1>rates a little bit, they were, they were bounced around

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<v Speaker 1>for other reasons. But now all this stuff has completely

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<v Speaker 1>thrown that stuff into chaos again. And so if you're

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<v Speaker 1>Sony looking around like, okay, we have to do this

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<v Speaker 1>now because we can get away with it now, and

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<v Speaker 1>of course that's always how it goes.

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<v Speaker 4>These companies do what they can get away with.

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<v Speaker 1>Worth pointing out. I guess for now, the PS five

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<v Speaker 1>Digital Edition in most of these countries now is actually

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<v Speaker 1>more expensive or the same price as the switch to.

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<v Speaker 1>The switch to got announced and was looking kind of

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<v Speaker 1>rough in comparison because it was more expensive than a

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<v Speaker 1>PS five Digital edition. Well now the PS five Digital

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<v Speaker 1>the digital edition now, so it's like, Okay, Nintendo maybe

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<v Speaker 1>benefits a little bit, but I think people already feel

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<v Speaker 1>like that's expensive and they're having a hard time just

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<v Speaker 1>to find that and PS five being you know, getting

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<v Speaker 1>a price increase won't necessarily make them feel better, all right,

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<v Speaker 1>So yeah, we talked about this. Unlike smartphones, Nintendo switch

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<v Speaker 1>to and other video game consoles won't be exempt from

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<v Speaker 1>Trump tariffs. This is from Jordan Miller at VGC. US

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<v Speaker 1>President Donald Trump has announced that smartphones, computers, and other

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<v Speaker 1>devices will be exempt from his tariffs, but video game

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<v Speaker 1>consoles liked a nintend switch to, will not, and a

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<v Speaker 1>notice published over the weekend US Customs and Border Patrols

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<v Speaker 1>tax which is set to set to send tech prices

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<v Speaker 1>skyrocketing due to the large number of components manufactured in

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<v Speaker 1>China and the assembly of products themselves. It was estimated

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<v Speaker 1>that new smartphones laptops would increase in price by hundreds

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<v Speaker 1>of dollars, but the new exemptions have lessened the potential

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<v Speaker 1>impact of these products. I you know, once again, you know,

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<v Speaker 1>we're kind of just gonna have to wait and see

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<v Speaker 1>what happens with all this. But I think this is

424
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<v Speaker 1>just a perfect example of how unclear messaging makes everything

425
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<v Speaker 1>so much worse. I mean, people were messaging me all

426
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<v Speaker 1>weekend or tagging me on social media saying, hey, look

427
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<v Speaker 1>is this good news? Are the consoles going to be exempt?

428
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<v Speaker 1>It's like, I don't know, We'll just where it's gonna

429
00:22:51.799 --> 00:22:53.079
<v Speaker 1>wait and we're gonna find out more. And I was

430
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<v Speaker 1>expecting the worst, and here we are. What do you

431
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<v Speaker 1>think Nintendo does next? Do you think that they can

432
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<v Speaker 1>just come out and start selling it at four hundred

433
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<v Speaker 1>and fifty dollars in five hundred with Mario Kartworld, keep

434
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<v Speaker 1>it at a similar price, try to get all the

435
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<v Speaker 1>systems from Vietnam that they can, and reintroduce pre orders

436
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<v Speaker 1>here this week or are we still waiting for a while.

437
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<v Speaker 2>You know, I think that that is likely what they

438
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<v Speaker 2>will attempt.

439
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<v Speaker 1>To do.

440
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<v Speaker 2>Because you know, obviously again it's like we have all

441
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<v Speaker 2>the stories about the stock that's coming from Vietnam, where

442
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<v Speaker 2>there's going to be a lesser teris it. I don't know, Yeah,

443
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<v Speaker 2>I mean, ultimately Nintendo wants to be able to move

444
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<v Speaker 2>product in the US. It is a giant market, and

445
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<v Speaker 2>so if they can basically put aside a certain amount

446
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<v Speaker 2>of stock of the console that they can then pre

447
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<v Speaker 2>order to the US, so they know that they can

448
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<v Speaker 2>solid at that price point and they're not going to

449
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<v Speaker 2>take a loss on it because it was you know,

450
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<v Speaker 2>manufactured within this exemption period. Yeah, I mean I think

451
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<v Speaker 2>that that is likely what's going to happen.

452
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<v Speaker 3>I just think that in.

453
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<v Speaker 2>Terms of those pre orders coming up, uh, it's going

454
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<v Speaker 2>to be a limited stock, so it's going to be

455
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<v Speaker 2>extremely difficult to get one of those consoles and then

456
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<v Speaker 2>you know, then then you know, reassess for release.

457
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<v Speaker 1>Yep. I think I think that they'll probably right have

458
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<v Speaker 1>to just make a move here pretty soon, try to

459
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<v Speaker 1>try to like I don't know, hope against hope that Yeah,

460
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<v Speaker 1>that they see a stabilization here and that things kind

461
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<v Speaker 1>of just revert back to what they were because you said, I, well,

462
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<v Speaker 1>we tried a bunch of stuff, and now you know,

463
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<v Speaker 1>I got all the deals I wanted, so we're going

464
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<v Speaker 1>back and I won. Hey, everybody, aren't you sick of

465
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<v Speaker 1>winning already? I think he could do that move, and

466
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<v Speaker 1>I think they're hoping for that, but they just don't know.

467
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<v Speaker 1>So maybe they just pull the trigger on pre orders

468
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<v Speaker 1>as is right now, and then if you know, tariffs

469
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<v Speaker 1>on Vietnam go back up like they're set to do

470
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<v Speaker 1>after that ninety day pause, they will then have to

471
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<v Speaker 1>raise prices at that point. But in the meantime, I

472
00:25:19.160 --> 00:25:20.839
<v Speaker 1>think they're like, let's just go with it, because we do.

473
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<v Speaker 1>They do have quite a few switch tos in America

474
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<v Speaker 1>right now. They are shipping a lot from Vietnam at

475
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<v Speaker 1>a ten percent tariff, so they'll lose money on those,

476
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<v Speaker 1>but I think they're ready to do that, and then

477
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<v Speaker 1>you know, from from there, I think they will just

478
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<v Speaker 1>have to be more ready and more on their toes

479
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<v Speaker 1>and ready to respond depending on what happens next. And

480
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<v Speaker 1>that's yeah, that's rough stuff, all right. Let's take a

481
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<v Speaker 1>quick break. When we come back, we'll talk about the

482
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<v Speaker 1>other news, including Marathon getting its gameplay reveal and how

483
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<v Speaker 1>everyone's feeling about that. We'll talk about that right after this.

484
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<v Speaker 1>All right, let's get back into it. Me and Emma

485
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<v Speaker 1>are still talking about the news, including Marathon gameplay revealed.

486
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<v Speaker 1>Marathon is a new extraction shooter from Bungie, launching on

487
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<v Speaker 1>September twenty third, and alpha signups are open now. Bunchie

488
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<v Speaker 1>showed off gameplay over the weekend on Saturday, and it

489
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<v Speaker 1>looks promising. The game putrid a new unique art style

490
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<v Speaker 1>and fast paced skill based combat, but it's high difficulty

491
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<v Speaker 1>and gear loss upon death may deter casual players. The

492
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<v Speaker 1>game will be a premium product with seasonal content updates

493
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<v Speaker 1>including new weapons, mods, runners, and cosmetics.

494
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<v Speaker 4>Concerns remain about the game's price.

495
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<v Speaker 1>We'll talk about that more in a second, but first

496
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<v Speaker 1>potential for mainstream success is a question mark as well

497
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<v Speaker 1>because of Bunchie's history with live service games and PvP balancing.

498
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<v Speaker 1>And this game is very much about you know. It's

499
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<v Speaker 1>pvpve it's an extraction shooter. You go into the world

500
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<v Speaker 1>with a team of three. It's you know, and I

501
00:26:54.559 --> 00:26:58.119
<v Speaker 1>think it's six three player teams. You're all going after

502
00:26:58.440 --> 00:26:59.960
<v Speaker 1>loot and trying to get as much as you can,

503
00:27:00.079 --> 00:27:03.039
<v Speaker 1>and the players that could survive and actually extract get

504
00:27:03.079 --> 00:27:05.880
<v Speaker 1>to keep to their stuff, cash that in or do

505
00:27:05.960 --> 00:27:07.599
<v Speaker 1>whatever they're going to do with it, and then use

506
00:27:07.640 --> 00:27:10.279
<v Speaker 1>those resources to go into the next you know, it's

507
00:27:10.319 --> 00:27:12.319
<v Speaker 1>a compound interest game. We have a lot of compound

508
00:27:12.759 --> 00:27:15.759
<v Speaker 1>compound interest games where it's like, oh, I've had some success,

509
00:27:15.799 --> 00:27:17.400
<v Speaker 1>and now I can use that success to have even

510
00:27:17.440 --> 00:27:22.960
<v Speaker 1>more success in the next round. I am interested in this,

511
00:27:23.519 --> 00:27:26.559
<v Speaker 1>but I also mostly interested because I think Bungie still

512
00:27:26.599 --> 00:27:30.000
<v Speaker 1>makes the best feeling shooters, So I want to play

513
00:27:30.000 --> 00:27:34.039
<v Speaker 1>their new shooter and we'll see if extraction can work

514
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<v Speaker 1>for me.

515
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<v Speaker 4>I really have not you know, this is a genre

516
00:27:36.559 --> 00:27:38.079
<v Speaker 4>I've not really touched much.

517
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<v Speaker 1>And it's because it doesn't sound appealing to me, Emma.

518
00:27:42.000 --> 00:27:45.119
<v Speaker 1>But I bet if I get in there with a

519
00:27:45.200 --> 00:27:48.160
<v Speaker 1>crew of people, and you know, I'm playing it with

520
00:27:48.200 --> 00:27:50.920
<v Speaker 1>some friends every Friday night or something like that, I

521
00:27:50.920 --> 00:27:52.039
<v Speaker 1>bet I would be into it.

522
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<v Speaker 4>These games are very popular, But how are you feeling

523
00:27:55.160 --> 00:27:55.519
<v Speaker 4>about it?

524
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<v Speaker 1>What do you think the chances for success for marathon

525
00:27:58.039 --> 00:27:59.400
<v Speaker 1>are standing at right now?

526
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<v Speaker 2>So looking at it again, it is not my kind

527
00:28:04.000 --> 00:28:06.480
<v Speaker 2>of game. It's not my genre. Good luck to them.

528
00:28:06.640 --> 00:28:10.240
<v Speaker 3>It looks cool. I like the art style, so at

529
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<v Speaker 3>least that.

530
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<v Speaker 2>Is putting you in a place where it just doesn't

531
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<v Speaker 2>look like a you know, black and brown and tan,

532
00:28:20.799 --> 00:28:24.759
<v Speaker 2>low color grading call of duty, so that at least

533
00:28:24.799 --> 00:28:29.960
<v Speaker 2>gives it, in my mind, a chance to attract attention

534
00:28:30.200 --> 00:28:33.119
<v Speaker 2>and have people decide, oh, okay, we're gonna try this

535
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<v Speaker 2>game out.

536
00:28:33.759 --> 00:28:36.920
<v Speaker 3>However, I do think that it is a.

537
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<v Speaker 2>It's a mistake in this day and age to have

538
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<v Speaker 2>a high level of difficulty.

539
00:28:47.599 --> 00:28:49.400
<v Speaker 3>And I'm not saying like, oh, we should make games

540
00:28:49.480 --> 00:28:51.200
<v Speaker 3>easy so everybody can play. That's not what I'm saying.

541
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<v Speaker 2>What I mean is that there needs to be adaptability

542
00:28:57.920 --> 00:29:03.240
<v Speaker 2>so that you can attract more casual players, because I

543
00:29:03.440 --> 00:29:10.960
<v Speaker 2>feel like that is something that Bungee has even struggled

544
00:29:11.039 --> 00:29:13.839
<v Speaker 2>with in the past in terms of having these big launches,

545
00:29:13.920 --> 00:29:17.000
<v Speaker 2>because their games look cool and they feel good to play,

546
00:29:17.119 --> 00:29:21.920
<v Speaker 2>so people show up, but then they end up in

547
00:29:21.920 --> 00:29:28.519
<v Speaker 2>a position wherein oh the now, only a hardcore collection

548
00:29:28.640 --> 00:29:32.759
<v Speaker 2>of people pick around for it. And again I'm not like,

549
00:29:32.960 --> 00:29:36.759
<v Speaker 2>I'm not trying to say you need to make this

550
00:29:36.880 --> 00:29:40.279
<v Speaker 2>game for everyone. I just think that there needs to

551
00:29:40.400 --> 00:29:48.319
<v Speaker 2>be some level of being able to retain players who

552
00:29:48.680 --> 00:29:55.000
<v Speaker 2>are interested and get into it, but you don't want

553
00:29:55.039 --> 00:29:57.759
<v Speaker 2>them to get to a level where it's more frustration

554
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<v Speaker 2>than fun.

555
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<v Speaker 4>Yeah.

556
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<v Speaker 1>I am trying to, like look at the Steam concurrent

557
00:30:04.039 --> 00:30:07.279
<v Speaker 1>players right now, because I agree with everything you're saying

558
00:30:07.440 --> 00:30:11.200
<v Speaker 1>that there are so many barriers to me seeing the

559
00:30:11.319 --> 00:30:15.599
<v Speaker 1>enjoyment in an extraction shooter. Now, I am someone who

560
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<v Speaker 1>has often enjoyed pushing through barriers or having a game

561
00:30:18.079 --> 00:30:19.920
<v Speaker 1>that pushes against me and forces me to play in

562
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<v Speaker 1>new ways.

563
00:30:21.000 --> 00:30:23.359
<v Speaker 4>So I don't think that's inherently a problem.

564
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<v Speaker 1>But you know, I think when we throw out a

565
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<v Speaker 1>lot of stuff like the Eldering night Rain is a

566
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<v Speaker 1>multiplayer focused game, and even that other one that they're doing,

567
00:30:31.960 --> 00:30:34.880
<v Speaker 1>the dust Bloods, that's multiplayer focused, and people are like, well,

568
00:30:34.920 --> 00:30:37.920
<v Speaker 1>that's a mistake, and it's like, well, you know, multiplayer

569
00:30:38.000 --> 00:30:40.920
<v Speaker 1>games are the most played games. They just are. They

570
00:30:40.960 --> 00:30:42.960
<v Speaker 1>just are by far the most played games. Look. I

571
00:30:42.960 --> 00:30:45.400
<v Speaker 1>mean you can look at Steam. Multiplayer games always have

572
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<v Speaker 1>more players than a traditional game, and that's not just

573
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<v Speaker 1>like you know, oh, concurrence, but definitely concurrence also they

574
00:30:52.920 --> 00:30:55.880
<v Speaker 1>sell better. And now that has gone up and down

575
00:30:56.000 --> 00:30:58.519
<v Speaker 1>and fluctuated over the years, but traditionally it's been very

576
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<v Speaker 1>true that multiplayer games tend to sell better. So there's

577
00:31:01.359 --> 00:31:04.200
<v Speaker 1>an audience out there for multiplayer games, and it's maybe

578
00:31:04.279 --> 00:31:06.839
<v Speaker 1>not the audience that always tunes into this show. It's

579
00:31:06.880 --> 00:31:08.880
<v Speaker 1>definitely not the kind of thing. I'm not catering to

580
00:31:08.880 --> 00:31:12.480
<v Speaker 1>that audience. There are people who do, so it's not

581
00:31:12.599 --> 00:31:14.720
<v Speaker 1>the first thing I think of, But I'm like, okay, well,

582
00:31:14.759 --> 00:31:18.119
<v Speaker 1>then what about extraction shooters specifically? And I'm like, you know,

583
00:31:18.240 --> 00:31:20.440
<v Speaker 1>I don't is Escape from Tarkoff even on Steam.

584
00:31:20.480 --> 00:31:22.759
<v Speaker 4>I don't know if it is. I don't think it is.

585
00:31:23.200 --> 00:31:25.240
<v Speaker 1>I don't think it is. I don't think it is.

586
00:31:25.279 --> 00:31:26.720
<v Speaker 1>So that's not going to show up on the most

587
00:31:26.720 --> 00:31:29.160
<v Speaker 1>play games, but that's sort of the one that sort

588
00:31:29.160 --> 00:31:31.799
<v Speaker 1>of dominates that genre. Still. There's also you know, the

589
00:31:31.920 --> 00:31:36.039
<v Speaker 1>Hunt Showdown, you know that is on Steam, but that

590
00:31:36.039 --> 00:31:39.480
<v Speaker 1>doesn't have like one hundred thousand concurrens or something like that.

591
00:31:39.599 --> 00:31:42.759
<v Speaker 1>I'm gonna find to hear Hunt Showdown eighteen ninety six,

592
00:31:43.240 --> 00:31:45.519
<v Speaker 1>you know, it tops out at about twenty five thousand

593
00:31:45.559 --> 00:31:48.799
<v Speaker 1>concurrent players, which is you know, far away from the

594
00:31:48.799 --> 00:31:51.319
<v Speaker 1>top fifty, let alone the top the top ten. So

595
00:31:51.359 --> 00:31:55.279
<v Speaker 1>it's like, you know, okay, a battlefield game coming out

596
00:31:55.319 --> 00:31:58.079
<v Speaker 1>and being not having a single player campaign, Okay, that

597
00:31:58.119 --> 00:32:01.480
<v Speaker 1>makes sense because you don't Those games have get to

598
00:32:01.519 --> 00:32:04.960
<v Speaker 1>get hundreds of thousands of concurrent players sometimes and they

599
00:32:04.960 --> 00:32:06.720
<v Speaker 1>can kind of push through any of these things where

600
00:32:06.720 --> 00:32:08.920
<v Speaker 1>it's like, oh that's niche or whatever, it's not something

601
00:32:08.960 --> 00:32:10.559
<v Speaker 1>I want to play. It's like, well, there are a

602
00:32:10.599 --> 00:32:13.119
<v Speaker 1>lot of people who do want to play it. I

603
00:32:13.160 --> 00:32:17.759
<v Speaker 1>don't think extraction has had that moment yet where where

604
00:32:17.799 --> 00:32:20.200
<v Speaker 1>it's like it's had It's Fortnite or it's Call of

605
00:32:20.279 --> 00:32:23.680
<v Speaker 1>Duty or it's Halo to sort of bring it to everybody. Now,

606
00:32:23.720 --> 00:32:27.880
<v Speaker 1>Marathon could be that, And if it is, I do

607
00:32:27.920 --> 00:32:31.559
<v Speaker 1>think there's obviously something to this style of play. Developers

608
00:32:31.559 --> 00:32:32.920
<v Speaker 1>seem to like it a lot. I think that's why

609
00:32:32.960 --> 00:32:38.039
<v Speaker 1>they keep making Extraction modes. But in this moment, it's

610
00:32:38.079 --> 00:32:39.960
<v Speaker 1>just so much easier to see all the ways this

611
00:32:40.079 --> 00:32:44.079
<v Speaker 1>won't work than how it will. But of course I think, Emma,

612
00:32:44.240 --> 00:32:47.240
<v Speaker 1>if it is fun to shoot things in Marathon because

613
00:32:47.240 --> 00:32:49.519
<v Speaker 1>it's a bungee game, I think that's going to go

614
00:32:49.640 --> 00:32:52.359
<v Speaker 1>a very long way to getting it over the top, right.

615
00:32:52.799 --> 00:32:54.000
<v Speaker 3>Yeah, I think so.

616
00:32:54.519 --> 00:32:58.599
<v Speaker 2>I guess also that it's a lot of discussing happening

617
00:32:58.599 --> 00:33:02.680
<v Speaker 2>in chat right now. Is the reality that this is

618
00:33:02.720 --> 00:33:07.599
<v Speaker 2>not a free to play and obviously we saw how

619
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<v Speaker 2>well that went with Concord.

620
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<v Speaker 3>Not the same.

621
00:33:12.000 --> 00:33:15.559
<v Speaker 2>Kind of game at its core, per se, except that

622
00:33:15.640 --> 00:33:18.640
<v Speaker 2>they're both shooting mcshoot shoots.

623
00:33:19.240 --> 00:33:21.119
<v Speaker 3>So I guess I.

624
00:33:21.240 --> 00:33:30.319
<v Speaker 2>Do wonder if it is going to attract enough attention

625
00:33:31.519 --> 00:33:35.279
<v Speaker 2>while asking people to pay money to play it.

626
00:33:36.160 --> 00:33:39.079
<v Speaker 1>Yeah. So, I mean that's the other conversation here. Marathon

627
00:33:39.119 --> 00:33:41.640
<v Speaker 1>won't be full price. A bunch of says it will

628
00:33:41.680 --> 00:33:44.039
<v Speaker 1>be a quote premium title, so it's not going to

629
00:33:44.039 --> 00:33:47.119
<v Speaker 1>be free to play. This is from Evan Campbell at GameSpot.

630
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<v Speaker 1>Even after a reveal showcase over the weekend, there was

631
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<v Speaker 1>confusion about one crucial aspect regarding Marathon, the game's price point.

632
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<v Speaker 1>Developer Bungie has clarified that the Extraction Shooter won't be

633
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<v Speaker 1>a quote full price title. However, the entry the entry

634
00:34:01.960 --> 00:34:05.160
<v Speaker 1>cost still hasn't been detailed, with that info apparently arriving

635
00:34:05.240 --> 00:34:08.960
<v Speaker 1>in the summer. Originally, GameSpot's Marathon preview noted that the

636
00:34:09.000 --> 00:34:11.559
<v Speaker 1>game would be full price. Since Bungie has referred to

637
00:34:11.599 --> 00:34:14.760
<v Speaker 1>the shooter as a premium title on Twitter, Warrior sixty

638
00:34:14.760 --> 00:34:18.119
<v Speaker 1>four shared those details before the official Marathon account stepped

639
00:34:18.159 --> 00:34:21.400
<v Speaker 1>in to spell out the current pricing situation for Marathon. Yes,

640
00:34:21.480 --> 00:34:24.320
<v Speaker 1>it's described as a premium experience, but it won't carry

641
00:34:24.360 --> 00:34:28.280
<v Speaker 1>a premium price tag. Think seventy dollars what the entry

642
00:34:28.280 --> 00:34:30.079
<v Speaker 1>costs will ultimately be for the game. We'll have to

643
00:34:30.079 --> 00:34:32.639
<v Speaker 1>wait for a few months though, So it's coming out

644
00:34:32.639 --> 00:34:35.239
<v Speaker 1>in September. I think, you know, at one point it

645
00:34:35.280 --> 00:34:38.599
<v Speaker 1>did it leaked or maybe it was speculator, or maybe

646
00:34:38.599 --> 00:34:41.599
<v Speaker 1>it showed up on a store a forty dollars price tag,

647
00:34:42.519 --> 00:34:45.440
<v Speaker 1>and I just think everyone can't help but go like Concord, right.

648
00:34:45.760 --> 00:34:49.239
<v Speaker 4>And yeah, it's definitely like that is.

649
00:34:49.440 --> 00:34:51.960
<v Speaker 1>The bad taste that's still in Sony's mouth for sure.

650
00:34:52.360 --> 00:34:55.519
<v Speaker 1>The owners of Bungee got in a lot of people's mouths.

651
00:34:55.880 --> 00:35:00.760
<v Speaker 1>And I think if we look around at the market,

652
00:35:00.840 --> 00:35:02.559
<v Speaker 1>if you are one of these people making one of

653
00:35:02.559 --> 00:35:05.960
<v Speaker 1>these games, Emma, like even a battlefield, yeah, you gotta

654
00:35:06.000 --> 00:35:08.039
<v Speaker 1>be like, maybe we got to find a way to

655
00:35:08.039 --> 00:35:10.639
<v Speaker 1>get this free to play. I guess so hard to

656
00:35:10.639 --> 00:35:12.639
<v Speaker 1>compete with Fortnite so hard to compete with so many

657
00:35:12.679 --> 00:35:16.320
<v Speaker 1>these other games that are you're free or so old

658
00:35:16.519 --> 00:35:18.920
<v Speaker 1>that everyone just already has them in their stands.

659
00:35:19.199 --> 00:35:20.000
<v Speaker 3>Yep, exactly.

660
00:35:20.599 --> 00:35:21.360
<v Speaker 1>Yeah. I mean.

661
00:35:23.039 --> 00:35:29.440
<v Speaker 3>It's like, how do you make the Fortnite model work

662
00:35:29.679 --> 00:35:30.719
<v Speaker 3>in other games?

663
00:35:30.760 --> 00:35:34.519
<v Speaker 2>Because I have a bunch of friends who are deeply

664
00:35:34.559 --> 00:35:38.840
<v Speaker 2>into Fortnite, they're also deeply into purchasing Fortnite skins. Yes,

665
00:35:38.960 --> 00:35:45.559
<v Speaker 2>so it's finding ways to make those in game transactions

666
00:35:46.199 --> 00:35:47.559
<v Speaker 2>feel worth.

667
00:35:47.599 --> 00:35:50.320
<v Speaker 3>It is kind of the key to.

668
00:35:51.800 --> 00:35:58.360
<v Speaker 2>Finding the way to make your premium game free to play.

669
00:35:59.199 --> 00:36:03.360
<v Speaker 1>Yeah, it is, you know, and I don't have experience

670
00:36:03.400 --> 00:36:05.800
<v Speaker 1>with extraction. Christian I know in chat who I know

671
00:36:06.000 --> 00:36:08.480
<v Speaker 1>loves Extraction Shooter says he's never played a free to

672
00:36:08.480 --> 00:36:12.159
<v Speaker 1>play extraction shooter that has worked. I can imagine that,

673
00:36:12.239 --> 00:36:15.480
<v Speaker 1>like balancing the in game economy, you know, separate from

674
00:36:15.519 --> 00:36:19.039
<v Speaker 1>your real world spending is crucial to making that feel fun.

675
00:36:19.079 --> 00:36:22.239
<v Speaker 1>That's the stuff that does appeal to me, like risk reward,

676
00:36:22.360 --> 00:36:23.840
<v Speaker 1>being in the moment being like I have a lot

677
00:36:23.880 --> 00:36:27.480
<v Speaker 1>of stuff. Should I just be prioritizing surviving now? Or

678
00:36:27.559 --> 00:36:29.760
<v Speaker 1>I see a big shiny thing over there, I want

679
00:36:29.760 --> 00:36:33.000
<v Speaker 1>to go get that as soon as you tell me, well, yeah,

680
00:36:33.039 --> 00:36:34.760
<v Speaker 1>you can go get that, but someone on the other

681
00:36:34.800 --> 00:36:36.960
<v Speaker 1>side of that hill it's probably waiting for you, and

682
00:36:36.960 --> 00:36:39.119
<v Speaker 1>they probably spend one hundred dollars to get stuff. You know,

683
00:36:39.159 --> 00:36:40.960
<v Speaker 1>obviously it doesn't have to be paid to win, but

684
00:36:41.000 --> 00:36:42.960
<v Speaker 1>if if they like look cooler to me. And that's

685
00:36:42.960 --> 00:36:44.760
<v Speaker 1>one of the things I'm getting out of out of

686
00:36:44.800 --> 00:36:47.639
<v Speaker 1>like doing all this work and trying to extract. That

687
00:36:47.679 --> 00:36:51.239
<v Speaker 1>can also poison the well of feeling good about the

688
00:36:51.280 --> 00:36:52.320
<v Speaker 1>extraction loops.

689
00:36:52.360 --> 00:36:55.159
<v Speaker 4>So it's got to be difficult to make this make sense.

690
00:36:57.800 --> 00:37:03.679
<v Speaker 1>Gotcha game, gotcha game, Just wi fus, that's always the answer.

691
00:37:04.920 --> 00:37:08.519
<v Speaker 1>We'll see. I think it looks cool and I'm gonna

692
00:37:08.519 --> 00:37:11.159
<v Speaker 1>try it. I want an extraction shooter. I want to

693
00:37:11.199 --> 00:37:12.960
<v Speaker 1>like have an experience with one. I think I'll just

694
00:37:13.039 --> 00:37:14.440
<v Speaker 1>save it for this one. This will be the one

695
00:37:14.480 --> 00:37:18.000
<v Speaker 1>I actually go in with. All right, let's update on

696
00:37:18.199 --> 00:37:20.559
<v Speaker 1>Oblivion and the shadow drop. Last week, I think it

697
00:37:20.559 --> 00:37:21.880
<v Speaker 1>was last week on this show, am I.

698
00:37:22.039 --> 00:37:22.800
<v Speaker 3>We were talking about it.

699
00:37:23.000 --> 00:37:24.880
<v Speaker 1>We were talking about it, like, yeah, yeah, it should

700
00:37:25.039 --> 00:37:27.320
<v Speaker 1>shadow drop at any moment, you know. I'll give people

701
00:37:27.360 --> 00:37:30.119
<v Speaker 1>a week now, the week of April twenty first, So basically,

702
00:37:30.159 --> 00:37:33.840
<v Speaker 1>the last week of this month, next week, essentially, so

703
00:37:35.280 --> 00:37:37.639
<v Speaker 1>that it should shadow drop then, which I think, you know,

704
00:37:37.719 --> 00:37:40.559
<v Speaker 1>other people have said, but I've gotten separate confirmation that

705
00:37:40.559 --> 00:37:44.079
<v Speaker 1>that's going to be the case. So shadow drop last

706
00:37:44.119 --> 00:37:47.000
<v Speaker 1>week of the month. I'm man, I am. I'm getting

707
00:37:47.000 --> 00:37:49.920
<v Speaker 1>excited for this one, although I imagine I'll still be

708
00:37:49.920 --> 00:37:51.880
<v Speaker 1>playing Blueprints by then. I'm like, I'm going to spend

709
00:37:51.920 --> 00:37:53.840
<v Speaker 1>the rest of this month, the rest of this month

710
00:37:53.880 --> 00:37:56.719
<v Speaker 1>playing Blueprints, and then hopefully I can wrap it up

711
00:37:56.719 --> 00:37:58.360
<v Speaker 1>and be ready for Oblivion. We'll see.

712
00:37:59.000 --> 00:38:02.000
<v Speaker 3>Yes, yeah, I'm excited about this.

713
00:38:02.440 --> 00:38:04.800
<v Speaker 1>We still, I mean, they have still not like announced

714
00:38:04.800 --> 00:38:08.400
<v Speaker 1>any events, right for Microsoft. They announced something for for June,

715
00:38:08.840 --> 00:38:09.920
<v Speaker 1>for the Summer Game Fest.

716
00:38:10.000 --> 00:38:13.360
<v Speaker 4>Yes, but I don't know, I don't know where this

717
00:38:13.400 --> 00:38:13.719
<v Speaker 4>show is.

718
00:38:13.800 --> 00:38:18.119
<v Speaker 2>Yeah, I believe too that basically like what what Microsoft

719
00:38:18.239 --> 00:38:21.760
<v Speaker 2>Xbox was saying for Summer Game Fest was that they

720
00:38:21.800 --> 00:38:30.320
<v Speaker 2>were only doing the press conference. And yeah, but still,

721
00:38:31.280 --> 00:38:34.880
<v Speaker 2>but that that'll be after Okabe drops.

722
00:38:35.239 --> 00:38:37.119
<v Speaker 1>Yes, that'll be long after Oblivion drops.

723
00:38:37.159 --> 00:38:39.559
<v Speaker 4>That's right, So yeah, we'll see. This will have to

724
00:38:39.559 --> 00:38:40.239
<v Speaker 4>be something else.

725
00:38:41.039 --> 00:38:43.960
<v Speaker 1>I guess people have heard maybe there's an Xbox event

726
00:38:44.000 --> 00:38:46.400
<v Speaker 1>happening on the twenty third I just haven't seen that anywhere,

727
00:38:46.480 --> 00:38:49.840
<v Speaker 1>so I don't know. But yeah, hey, next week, let's

728
00:38:49.840 --> 00:38:52.519
<v Speaker 1>get let's get down. I'm ready to go back to oblivion. Uh.

729
00:38:52.679 --> 00:38:56.480
<v Speaker 1>Mafia the Old Country release date revealed on Steam. This

730
00:38:56.519 --> 00:38:59.760
<v Speaker 1>is from Insider Gaming. The release date for Mafia the

731
00:38:59.800 --> 00:39:02.360
<v Speaker 1>Old Old Country has seemingly been revealed in a blog

732
00:39:02.400 --> 00:39:05.880
<v Speaker 1>post published on Steam a short while ago. It looks

733
00:39:05.920 --> 00:39:08.159
<v Speaker 1>as though the game will be released on August eighth,

734
00:39:08.320 --> 00:39:11.639
<v Speaker 1>twenty twenty five. Previously, the game only had a window

735
00:39:11.760 --> 00:39:14.920
<v Speaker 1>of twenty twenty five, so this narrows it down. Mafia

736
00:39:14.960 --> 00:39:17.719
<v Speaker 1>the Old Country was first teased in August at Gamescom's

737
00:39:17.760 --> 00:39:21.039
<v Speaker 1>Opening Night Live ceremony. They fuller trailer dropping in December

738
00:39:21.079 --> 00:39:24.519
<v Speaker 1>twenty twenty four at the Game Awards. Take two could

739
00:39:24.559 --> 00:39:28.119
<v Speaker 1>have a stacked released release slate lineup now with Mafia

740
00:39:28.119 --> 00:39:30.599
<v Speaker 1>the Old Country, Orderlance four, which I think is actually

741
00:39:30.639 --> 00:39:32.559
<v Speaker 1>coming up the same day as Marathon, which is a

742
00:39:32.599 --> 00:39:36.599
<v Speaker 1>little weird, and GTA six all dropping within mere months

743
00:39:36.639 --> 00:39:39.840
<v Speaker 1>of each other. Yeah, you ever spend any time with

744
00:39:39.880 --> 00:39:43.760
<v Speaker 1>the Mafia games? I tried the first couple and just

745
00:39:43.800 --> 00:39:45.599
<v Speaker 1>never could get into them.

746
00:39:45.719 --> 00:39:45.800
<v Speaker 2>No.

747
00:39:46.360 --> 00:39:48.159
<v Speaker 3>I was like, is this like The Godfather?

748
00:39:48.320 --> 00:39:51.119
<v Speaker 1>The game Yeah, it is like Godfather the game, which

749
00:39:51.159 --> 00:39:54.559
<v Speaker 1>is action not that bad. You know, it's an open

750
00:39:54.599 --> 00:39:58.039
<v Speaker 1>world crime game. They try to add a little different

751
00:39:58.199 --> 00:40:01.400
<v Speaker 1>the flavor on top to be a GTA without being GTA,

752
00:40:01.639 --> 00:40:04.480
<v Speaker 1>And you know, I think they're all right, but they've

753
00:40:04.480 --> 00:40:07.800
<v Speaker 1>never been great, I think, and I've always wanted them

754
00:40:07.800 --> 00:40:09.880
<v Speaker 1>to be like kind of just get up that next level.

755
00:40:09.920 --> 00:40:10.920
<v Speaker 4>I hope this one does it.

756
00:40:11.719 --> 00:40:13.400
<v Speaker 1>But yeah, this is one that they I think they

757
00:40:13.559 --> 00:40:15.880
<v Speaker 1>kind of made in response to In this they being

758
00:40:15.960 --> 00:40:19.719
<v Speaker 1>Hangar thirteen the studio in response to their last game

759
00:40:19.760 --> 00:40:22.920
<v Speaker 1>getting canceled several years ago during the pandemic. They were

760
00:40:22.920 --> 00:40:25.599
<v Speaker 1>working on like a shooter with like magical powers and

761
00:40:25.639 --> 00:40:29.920
<v Speaker 1>stuff like that. And I think that we're gonna scrap

762
00:40:29.960 --> 00:40:32.239
<v Speaker 1>that go back to Mafia, and here we are. It

763
00:40:32.239 --> 00:40:34.000
<v Speaker 1>feels like kind of a quick turnaround. But I have

764
00:40:34.039 --> 00:40:36.079
<v Speaker 1>no idea what development. Maybe they were working on this

765
00:40:36.119 --> 00:40:38.360
<v Speaker 1>in conjunction with that and it had been in the

766
00:40:38.400 --> 00:40:40.440
<v Speaker 1>works for years and now they're ready to go.

767
00:40:40.559 --> 00:40:44.800
<v Speaker 2>Yeah, or they just turned that into this and in

768
00:40:44.840 --> 00:40:48.159
<v Speaker 2>this Mafia you will be able to do wizard spells.

769
00:40:48.639 --> 00:40:51.039
<v Speaker 4>Okay, I'm down there.

770
00:40:51.039 --> 00:40:51.519
<v Speaker 2>It is.

771
00:40:53.079 --> 00:40:59.119
<v Speaker 1>Warlock Mafia. Yeah, let's actually just it would be a

772
00:40:59.159 --> 00:41:02.719
<v Speaker 1>shame if I were to finstrate you magically through this window. Yes, yep,

773
00:41:02.800 --> 00:41:06.679
<v Speaker 1>I would. I would definitely be excited about that. Yeah.

774
00:41:06.920 --> 00:41:10.760
<v Speaker 1>Take two's lineup does look pretty good. They are if

775
00:41:10.760 --> 00:41:15.039
<v Speaker 1>they have Mafia, Borderlands four. Yes, Borderlands four and GTA

776
00:41:15.159 --> 00:41:17.639
<v Speaker 1>six really all dropping within months, although I continue to

777
00:41:17.639 --> 00:41:19.239
<v Speaker 1>think it's like, well, you know, they have those other

778
00:41:19.239 --> 00:41:20.599
<v Speaker 1>two games, so if they feel like they have to

779
00:41:20.639 --> 00:41:25.280
<v Speaker 1>delay GTA six, they won't hesitate. But I don't know.

780
00:41:25.360 --> 00:41:26.920
<v Speaker 1>It feels like they're gonna have all this and it's

781
00:41:26.920 --> 00:41:29.800
<v Speaker 1>gonna be a big year for them, So we'll see.

782
00:41:30.000 --> 00:41:32.639
<v Speaker 1>Are you a Borderlands person as well at all? Have

783
00:41:32.679 --> 00:41:34.440
<v Speaker 1>you ever played a Borderlands because I've only played the

784
00:41:34.480 --> 00:41:36.400
<v Speaker 1>first one and I'm like kind of in the mood

785
00:41:36.440 --> 00:41:37.000
<v Speaker 1>for this one.

786
00:41:37.320 --> 00:41:41.239
<v Speaker 2>Played Tails from the Borderlands, Oh like telltale thing.

787
00:41:41.599 --> 00:41:45.559
<v Speaker 1>It's honestly probably the best one. So yeah, right totally

788
00:41:47.000 --> 00:41:49.440
<v Speaker 1>and final check GT six. I mean, I know we

789
00:41:49.440 --> 00:41:51.760
<v Speaker 1>were just talking about for the PlayStation price increased thing,

790
00:41:51.840 --> 00:41:54.199
<v Speaker 1>but I'm leaning more toward it coming out.

791
00:41:54.079 --> 00:42:00.639
<v Speaker 2>This year me too, now I think Halladay no, yeah.

792
00:42:00.360 --> 00:42:01.880
<v Speaker 1>Drop November December.

793
00:42:01.960 --> 00:42:04.840
<v Speaker 2>Yeah, yeah, they would give themselves that amount of runway

794
00:42:04.880 --> 00:42:10.079
<v Speaker 2>I think what they would love is to drop it

795
00:42:10.239 --> 00:42:14.199
<v Speaker 2>in the summer, but they're going to give themselves as

796
00:42:14.440 --> 00:42:18.239
<v Speaker 2>much leeway as they can whilst still dropping at a

797
00:42:18.239 --> 00:42:21.199
<v Speaker 2>big season. So I think it's going to be the

798
00:42:21.599 --> 00:42:23.960
<v Speaker 2>hottest gift of.

799
00:42:23.960 --> 00:42:25.960
<v Speaker 3>The twenty twenty five holiday season.

800
00:42:26.440 --> 00:42:29.000
<v Speaker 1>Yeap. Yeah. And it's like, you know, we're not so

801
00:42:29.239 --> 00:42:31.199
<v Speaker 1>close that they have to say something soon, but some

802
00:42:31.280 --> 00:42:33.719
<v Speaker 1>the summer announcement season will be here soon, and I

803
00:42:33.719 --> 00:42:36.280
<v Speaker 1>hope that they up at that point they just straight

804
00:42:36.360 --> 00:42:39.239
<v Speaker 1>up say a date, but at least like a month,

805
00:42:39.559 --> 00:42:41.400
<v Speaker 1>just say a month, that'd be nice.

806
00:42:41.480 --> 00:42:45.519
<v Speaker 2>I just got so excited thinking that maybe there would

807
00:42:45.599 --> 00:42:48.960
<v Speaker 2>be something around GT sex at Summer Game FESTI this year.

808
00:42:49.039 --> 00:42:51.400
<v Speaker 4>I got, Yeah, it's not impossible.

809
00:42:51.400 --> 00:42:53.239
<v Speaker 3>I don't think it's outside the realm of possibility.

810
00:42:53.440 --> 00:42:55.400
<v Speaker 1>I don't think they would be at Kiwi's thing, but

811
00:42:55.480 --> 00:42:58.480
<v Speaker 1>I think they would. Maybe they could run something in

812
00:42:58.559 --> 00:43:01.440
<v Speaker 1>conjunction off to the side at a hotel room or whatever.

813
00:43:01.639 --> 00:43:03.159
<v Speaker 1>That's definitely something that they might do.

814
00:43:03.239 --> 00:43:05.199
<v Speaker 3>Yeah, they could just come bring GT six to.

815
00:43:05.320 --> 00:43:08.159
<v Speaker 2>Us, Yeah, play it.

816
00:43:08.159 --> 00:43:09.960
<v Speaker 1>It's rock stars, So they probably be like, no, you

817
00:43:10.079 --> 00:43:14.920
<v Speaker 1>come to us, but yeah, that's that's true. All right,

818
00:43:15.400 --> 00:43:17.920
<v Speaker 1>let's see here, and then a new prototype game is

819
00:43:17.960 --> 00:43:20.480
<v Speaker 1>in the works. A playtester claims, we'll see. I don't

820
00:43:20.480 --> 00:43:22.280
<v Speaker 1>know if I believe this one, but let's read the rumor.

821
00:43:22.480 --> 00:43:25.159
<v Speaker 1>This is from Insider Gaming as well. A new prototype

822
00:43:25.199 --> 00:43:27.760
<v Speaker 1>game is reportedly in development. And that's not like prototype

823
00:43:27.800 --> 00:43:30.519
<v Speaker 1>is in an unfinished idea. Prototype is in that franchise

824
00:43:30.519 --> 00:43:34.880
<v Speaker 1>that was like the Monster Superhero open world action game from.

825
00:43:34.719 --> 00:43:35.840
<v Speaker 3>The X sixty.

826
00:43:36.360 --> 00:43:38.519
<v Speaker 1>According to a user on Reddit by the name of

827
00:43:38.639 --> 00:43:41.280
<v Speaker 1>big B, they were given details about a new game

828
00:43:41.280 --> 00:43:44.119
<v Speaker 1>in the series as part of a recent focus group session.

829
00:43:44.360 --> 00:43:46.599
<v Speaker 1>The user claims that the game will see Alex Mercer

830
00:43:46.639 --> 00:43:52.559
<v Speaker 1>return as its protagonists. We all who can forget Alex Mercer? Yeah,

831
00:43:52.800 --> 00:43:55.880
<v Speaker 1>just all the kids clamoring for the return of Alex Mercer.

832
00:43:56.239 --> 00:43:59.719
<v Speaker 1>Gameplay will reportedly feature shape shifting and transforming into other

833
00:43:59.719 --> 00:44:03.239
<v Speaker 1>people in order to infiltrate areas. Lastly, it will be

834
00:44:03.280 --> 00:44:05.719
<v Speaker 1>based in New York City. Insider Gaming reached out to

835
00:44:05.719 --> 00:44:07.960
<v Speaker 1>big B regarding these claims and was told the following

836
00:44:08.440 --> 00:44:11.079
<v Speaker 1>It was a UGUB survey which asked me to sign

837
00:44:11.280 --> 00:44:14.760
<v Speaker 1>an NDA and confirm that I will not disclose the contents,

838
00:44:15.000 --> 00:44:17.960
<v Speaker 1>which is exactly what they're doing here. It then confirmed

839
00:44:17.960 --> 00:44:22.400
<v Speaker 1>a series of features that it could a series of

840
00:44:22.519 --> 00:44:25.760
<v Speaker 1>features that upcoming games will include, and how popular this

841
00:44:26.000 --> 00:44:28.719
<v Speaker 1>was with me percentage wise. It was not a play test,

842
00:44:28.760 --> 00:44:31.239
<v Speaker 1>but did specify that these features were already planned as

843
00:44:31.280 --> 00:44:36.519
<v Speaker 1>part of upcoming games. Okay, I mean yeah, but I

844
00:44:36.519 --> 00:44:39.840
<v Speaker 1>don't think there's any reason to assume that, or to

845
00:44:40.079 --> 00:44:43.880
<v Speaker 1>like just take the survey at its word that say, hey,

846
00:44:43.960 --> 00:44:47.519
<v Speaker 1>imagine a prototype game that's using these features, that's really

847
00:44:47.519 --> 00:44:49.199
<v Speaker 1>coming and it's going to have these features. I mean,

848
00:44:49.360 --> 00:44:51.360
<v Speaker 1>they could just be prototype, could be a stand in,

849
00:44:51.639 --> 00:44:53.800
<v Speaker 1>they could be same prototype when they actually mean something

850
00:44:53.800 --> 00:44:54.960
<v Speaker 1>else totally.

851
00:44:55.000 --> 00:44:58.480
<v Speaker 2>I mean, if it's just a survey, it's like Sony

852
00:44:58.880 --> 00:45:00.760
<v Speaker 2>surveying there on and saying.

853
00:45:00.559 --> 00:45:01.880
<v Speaker 3>What do you like about the switch too?

854
00:45:02.119 --> 00:45:04.360
<v Speaker 2>You know, it's like, yes, Sony's not gonna make the

855
00:45:04.400 --> 00:45:06.920
<v Speaker 2>switch too, but they're gonna make their own handheld.

856
00:45:08.159 --> 00:45:08.400
<v Speaker 1>You know.

857
00:45:08.599 --> 00:45:11.280
<v Speaker 2>It could be that they're, oh making something in the

858
00:45:11.400 --> 00:45:16.239
<v Speaker 2>vein of a proto type but it's not necessarily another

859
00:45:16.440 --> 00:45:18.679
<v Speaker 2>proto type game.

860
00:45:20.519 --> 00:45:24.760
<v Speaker 3>Yeah, I mean, it looks like it was relatively well reviewed.

861
00:45:25.320 --> 00:45:29.719
<v Speaker 1>Yeah, they're they're all right, they're all right, they're okay games. Yeah,

862
00:45:30.119 --> 00:45:33.880
<v Speaker 1>but I just it doesn't make it like a huge

863
00:45:33.920 --> 00:45:36.079
<v Speaker 1>amount of sense to me, because it's like these feel

864
00:45:36.159 --> 00:45:39.000
<v Speaker 1>like the kinds of games that don't get made anymore.

865
00:45:39.280 --> 00:45:43.079
<v Speaker 1>They are a certain level of of like you know,

866
00:45:43.199 --> 00:45:47.840
<v Speaker 1>B tier in terms of attention getting that that feels

867
00:45:47.960 --> 00:45:49.960
<v Speaker 1>like the kinds of things that publishers are afraid to

868
00:45:49.960 --> 00:45:54.440
<v Speaker 1>make these days. And so it's like, really, Prototype is

869
00:45:54.480 --> 00:45:56.559
<v Speaker 1>the one that's coming back, Huh, There's like there feels

870
00:45:56.559 --> 00:45:58.159
<v Speaker 1>like there's a lot of games that would come back

871
00:45:58.199 --> 00:46:01.800
<v Speaker 1>before that that would make a lot more sense. And

872
00:46:01.840 --> 00:46:04.320
<v Speaker 1>like who's even making this? I think the studio that

873
00:46:04.440 --> 00:46:08.159
<v Speaker 1>was responsible for the Prototype games isn't a going concern anymore.

874
00:46:08.639 --> 00:46:12.440
<v Speaker 1>So does someone just really like who even owns the property?

875
00:46:12.480 --> 00:46:15.840
<v Speaker 1>I don't know, but it just like love it so much,

876
00:46:15.960 --> 00:46:17.320
<v Speaker 1>like we got to get more of this. This is

877
00:46:17.360 --> 00:46:19.800
<v Speaker 1>the key. I just don't see how this ends up

878
00:46:19.880 --> 00:46:20.719
<v Speaker 1>really happening.

879
00:46:21.400 --> 00:46:27.039
<v Speaker 2>Yeah, looking, I'm just I'm trying to look into basically,

880
00:46:27.159 --> 00:46:32.320
<v Speaker 2>like how well these games did, and Prototype two quickly

881
00:46:32.360 --> 00:46:35.400
<v Speaker 2>comes up with information that like, even though it did

882
00:46:35.440 --> 00:46:39.440
<v Speaker 2>perform well in its release months, it was too large

883
00:46:39.440 --> 00:46:42.440
<v Speaker 2>of an investment for them to have made any significant

884
00:46:42.480 --> 00:46:47.920
<v Speaker 2>returns on it. Apparently, So yeah, I'm with you, Like

885
00:46:49.119 --> 00:46:54.320
<v Speaker 2>I guarantee you that there are people who are prototype.

886
00:46:53.760 --> 00:46:54.559
<v Speaker 3>Freaks out there.

887
00:46:54.639 --> 00:46:57.880
<v Speaker 2>There's there's people who love every single game, but this

888
00:46:57.960 --> 00:47:01.159
<v Speaker 2>is not a game that I been here as like,

889
00:47:01.360 --> 00:47:04.239
<v Speaker 2>oh you know this is kind of like a cult classic.

890
00:47:05.079 --> 00:47:05.679
<v Speaker 4>Yeah it is.

891
00:47:06.159 --> 00:47:08.440
<v Speaker 1>It was like so when the chat said a little

892
00:47:08.440 --> 00:47:11.360
<v Speaker 1>bit ago, it was that game you beat after renting

893
00:47:11.400 --> 00:47:14.000
<v Speaker 1>for Blockbuster and you return it and you're like that

894
00:47:14.159 --> 00:47:15.920
<v Speaker 1>was fun and you don't really ever think about it

895
00:47:15.960 --> 00:47:18.320
<v Speaker 1>all that much again, like it's maybe it's a maybe

896
00:47:18.400 --> 00:47:20.519
<v Speaker 1>a little bit better than that. It's a little bit

897
00:47:20.639 --> 00:47:24.559
<v Speaker 1>it's not completely forgettable, but it was pretty generic and

898
00:47:24.559 --> 00:47:26.880
<v Speaker 1>and yeah, so it just it just feels extremely weird.

899
00:47:27.239 --> 00:47:31.679
<v Speaker 1>But apparently it's it's Activision, so Microsoft owns it, right,

900
00:47:31.880 --> 00:47:35.800
<v Speaker 1>and they owned a lot of IP so I think

901
00:47:35.840 --> 00:47:38.559
<v Speaker 1>the same thing still stands of Okay, you're gonna get

902
00:47:38.559 --> 00:47:40.760
<v Speaker 1>a team together because that original team isn't there. They're

903
00:47:40.760 --> 00:47:43.840
<v Speaker 1>not like waiting around begging to do more, to do

904
00:47:44.039 --> 00:47:46.480
<v Speaker 1>more prototype, so they're like you have to be like,

905
00:47:46.559 --> 00:47:48.239
<v Speaker 1>we have this IP, we got to go find a

906
00:47:48.280 --> 00:47:50.199
<v Speaker 1>team to make a game based on this IP. What

907
00:47:50.320 --> 00:47:54.719
<v Speaker 1>what I could see happen is like a prototype collection

908
00:47:55.000 --> 00:47:58.639
<v Speaker 1>or HD re release from a little like an external

909
00:47:58.679 --> 00:48:00.320
<v Speaker 1>team that comes in and say, hey, we can, like,

910
00:48:00.599 --> 00:48:02.880
<v Speaker 1>you know, upres some of your games and re release them.

911
00:48:02.960 --> 00:48:05.159
<v Speaker 1>But I bet that those games are already backward compatible

912
00:48:05.159 --> 00:48:06.880
<v Speaker 1>and running just fine. So I don't know if there's

913
00:48:06.920 --> 00:48:07.960
<v Speaker 1>even that much demand for.

914
00:48:07.960 --> 00:48:09.280
<v Speaker 4>That even so.

915
00:48:10.000 --> 00:48:12.079
<v Speaker 1>Yeah, I'm just I'm not buying this one. I think

916
00:48:12.119 --> 00:48:13.239
<v Speaker 1>that's where I'm putting my money.

917
00:48:13.920 --> 00:48:16.679
<v Speaker 3>Yeah, this seems unlikely.

918
00:48:17.400 --> 00:48:21.920
<v Speaker 1>Yeah, yeah, that's this was the spiritual successor to Hawk

919
00:48:22.000 --> 00:48:23.920
<v Speaker 1>Ultimate Destruction. Let's get a new one of those first.

920
00:48:24.079 --> 00:48:25.679
<v Speaker 1>That would be great. That's what I really want.

921
00:48:26.239 --> 00:48:30.360
<v Speaker 2>That's a licensed character with a built in audience, So

922
00:48:30.480 --> 00:48:31.880
<v Speaker 2>that seems way more likely.

923
00:48:32.400 --> 00:48:35.239
<v Speaker 1>Yeah. And if they just call it Haulk Ultimate Destruction two,

924
00:48:35.360 --> 00:48:37.440
<v Speaker 1>like a sequel to that Xbox and GameCube game, I

925
00:48:37.440 --> 00:48:39.840
<v Speaker 1>would be like, that's got a built in audience too,

926
00:48:39.880 --> 00:48:44.760
<v Speaker 1>of old man like those games, all right. Zelda's Nintendo

927
00:48:44.800 --> 00:48:48.360
<v Speaker 1>Switch two port finally lets you repair equipment as long

928
00:48:48.360 --> 00:48:50.400
<v Speaker 1>as you use the mobile app. This is from Andy

929
00:48:50.440 --> 00:48:53.800
<v Speaker 1>Robinson at VGC. Nintendo Switch tows the Legend of Zelda,

930
00:48:53.840 --> 00:48:56.199
<v Speaker 1>Breath of the Wild and Tiers of the Kingdom ports

931
00:48:56.559 --> 00:48:59.400
<v Speaker 1>look set to fix fix Andy, I Got a Problem

932
00:48:59.440 --> 00:49:02.280
<v Speaker 1>with You, one of the two games most divisive features

933
00:49:02.440 --> 00:49:05.599
<v Speaker 1>via its mobile app connectivity. As part of its big

934
00:49:05.639 --> 00:49:09.079
<v Speaker 1>Switch to reveal earlier this month, Nintendo announced that Tears

935
00:49:09.119 --> 00:49:10.719
<v Speaker 1>of the Kingdom and Breadth of the Wild will both

936
00:49:10.760 --> 00:49:13.360
<v Speaker 1>get switched to additions, as well as a new app

937
00:49:13.400 --> 00:49:14.960
<v Speaker 1>called zelden Notes, which.

938
00:49:14.800 --> 00:49:17.159
<v Speaker 3>Will be part of nin app That's Right.

939
00:49:17.519 --> 00:49:20.039
<v Speaker 1>The app will allow players to navigate and leave notes

940
00:49:20.079 --> 00:49:22.760
<v Speaker 1>on an interactive game map, share creations and tiers of

941
00:49:22.760 --> 00:49:26.559
<v Speaker 1>the Kingdom, unlock achievements, and more. The zelden Notes app

942
00:49:26.639 --> 00:49:30.199
<v Speaker 1>also allows switch to players to roll a random daily bonus,

943
00:49:30.239 --> 00:49:33.039
<v Speaker 1>which can be stored and used in game. This includes

944
00:49:33.079 --> 00:49:36.599
<v Speaker 1>generic items like meals and health boots boosts, but as

945
00:49:36.599 --> 00:49:40.679
<v Speaker 1>spotted by Zeltic, one of the rewards is an equipment repair.

946
00:49:41.440 --> 00:49:44.119
<v Speaker 1>This will repair any items that have decayed or been

947
00:49:44.320 --> 00:49:46.840
<v Speaker 1>used to the point where they're about to break, so

948
00:49:46.880 --> 00:49:49.000
<v Speaker 1>you can actually repair them. And to this, I say,

949
00:49:49.079 --> 00:49:51.280
<v Speaker 1>Nintendo or cowards, and they should have never done this.

950
00:49:51.760 --> 00:49:55.159
<v Speaker 1>Stick to your guns. I just I'm disappointed in them.

951
00:49:55.679 --> 00:49:58.519
<v Speaker 1>Yeah yeah, but it's kind of a funny way to

952
00:49:58.519 --> 00:50:01.519
<v Speaker 1>bring repairing into the into Zelda. Though in the app.

953
00:50:01.719 --> 00:50:06.079
<v Speaker 2>Yeah, and very Nintendo to be like you need to

954
00:50:06.239 --> 00:50:10.000
<v Speaker 2>also integrate with our other online thing even though we

955
00:50:10.159 --> 00:50:16.360
<v Speaker 2>just learned what the internet is thirty days ago. Uh yeah, okay,

956
00:50:16.440 --> 00:50:21.440
<v Speaker 2>but my question is how does the repair happen?

957
00:50:21.920 --> 00:50:24.480
<v Speaker 3>Like, how do how do repair? Do you have to?

958
00:50:24.800 --> 00:50:27.559
<v Speaker 2>Is this where I spend my Nintendo Gold coins for

959
00:50:27.679 --> 00:50:28.599
<v Speaker 2>buying games.

960
00:50:28.320 --> 00:50:31.480
<v Speaker 1>In the shop, like you know, uh huh, it's it

961
00:50:31.480 --> 00:50:34.519
<v Speaker 1>seems like, yeah, you just roll, like you'll open those

962
00:50:34.559 --> 00:50:38.239
<v Speaker 1>Zelda Notes app get a random thing each day, and

963
00:50:38.280 --> 00:50:42.320
<v Speaker 1>then you just I think probably there's probably you know

964
00:50:42.360 --> 00:50:42.920
<v Speaker 1>how when.

965
00:50:42.760 --> 00:50:45.559
<v Speaker 4>You bring in a mebo into Zelda where it's like one.

966
00:50:45.480 --> 00:50:47.559
<v Speaker 1>Of the powers I wonder for, it'll be like that,

967
00:50:47.639 --> 00:50:49.320
<v Speaker 1>like now one of the powers will be like the

968
00:50:49.400 --> 00:50:52.920
<v Speaker 1>zelden notes interaction. So we're ready for you do the

969
00:50:53.000 --> 00:50:55.280
<v Speaker 1>Zelda notes thing. Maybe you've an NFC the phone to

970
00:50:55.320 --> 00:50:57.239
<v Speaker 1>your switch to I don't know, I'm kind of guessing

971
00:50:57.320 --> 00:51:01.039
<v Speaker 1>at this point. Obviously it'll be linked to your phone's

972
00:51:01.119 --> 00:51:05.719
<v Speaker 1>in character, but you know, they'll have some solution. I

973
00:51:05.760 --> 00:51:08.400
<v Speaker 1>think it's probably gonna be it's probably gonna feel cheap

974
00:51:08.760 --> 00:51:12.480
<v Speaker 1>and janky because it's uh and those are always kind

975
00:51:12.480 --> 00:51:15.400
<v Speaker 1>of terrible for this, you know, smart glass generation.

976
00:51:16.239 --> 00:51:22.960
<v Speaker 2>Yeah, I mean I think that again, your your weapons.

977
00:51:23.760 --> 00:51:26.000
<v Speaker 3>It would be one thing if.

978
00:51:27.480 --> 00:51:31.079
<v Speaker 2>One of the points of the game was weapon scarcity,

979
00:51:31.800 --> 00:51:33.440
<v Speaker 2>but that's simply not a thing.

980
00:51:34.079 --> 00:51:37.320
<v Speaker 1>No, oh no, it's just like it's just like Halo.

981
00:51:37.719 --> 00:51:39.760
<v Speaker 1>You run out of bullets in your gun, you drop

982
00:51:39.760 --> 00:51:40.920
<v Speaker 1>your gun, you pick up another gun.

983
00:51:41.280 --> 00:51:42.039
<v Speaker 3>Yeah exactly.

984
00:51:42.280 --> 00:51:45.000
<v Speaker 1>Yeah, that's uh, and it's meant to kind of keep

985
00:51:45.039 --> 00:51:48.960
<v Speaker 1>you engaged with the combat and the environment, and it's good.

986
00:51:49.519 --> 00:51:53.360
<v Speaker 1>Weapon degradation is actually good. Yeah, but again everyone feels

987
00:51:53.360 --> 00:51:55.400
<v Speaker 1>that way. This is not going to solve their issues

988
00:51:55.400 --> 00:51:58.320
<v Speaker 1>with that. So it's no, it's not, No.

989
00:51:58.400 --> 00:51:59.119
<v Speaker 3>This is annoying.

990
00:51:59.199 --> 00:52:04.079
<v Speaker 2>If they really cared about weapon degradation and not creating

991
00:52:04.400 --> 00:52:09.320
<v Speaker 2>some little integration for their new Zelda Notes app, they

992
00:52:09.360 --> 00:52:11.599
<v Speaker 2>would just make it an option in the game to

993
00:52:11.719 --> 00:52:13.199
<v Speaker 2>switch weapon degradation off.

994
00:52:13.559 --> 00:52:17.360
<v Speaker 1>Yep, yep, totally. It's it's definitely part of the balance

995
00:52:17.400 --> 00:52:20.039
<v Speaker 1>and part of the the loop. And so yeah, they're

996
00:52:20.039 --> 00:52:23.519
<v Speaker 1>gonna they're gonna keep it here and it'll I don't

997
00:52:23.559 --> 00:52:24.960
<v Speaker 1>know if it'll be in the next one. I bet

998
00:52:25.000 --> 00:52:26.599
<v Speaker 1>they'll rethink a lot of things and at that point

999
00:52:26.639 --> 00:52:28.559
<v Speaker 1>maybe they'll have a different kind of loop, but it

1000
00:52:28.599 --> 00:52:32.440
<v Speaker 1>really worked in these two games. All right. There was

1001
00:52:32.599 --> 00:52:36.280
<v Speaker 1>one other thing, Uh, Matt Piscatella, right before we started,

1002
00:52:36.360 --> 00:52:39.679
<v Speaker 1>just kind of shared some tidbits, you know, the empty MPD.

1003
00:52:40.039 --> 00:52:43.079
<v Speaker 1>The Circana Report as it's called now, will come out

1004
00:52:43.159 --> 00:52:45.320
<v Speaker 1>next week. But in the meantime, he's got a little

1005
00:52:45.320 --> 00:52:47.599
<v Speaker 1>bit of an update on Assassin's Creed Shadows, which he

1006
00:52:47.639 --> 00:52:50.000
<v Speaker 1>says has been the best selling video game in the

1007
00:52:50.119 --> 00:52:53.199
<v Speaker 1>United States for each of its first three weeks in

1008
00:52:53.239 --> 00:52:56.920
<v Speaker 1>the market, according to Sircana's retail tracking service, and that's

1009
00:52:56.920 --> 00:53:02.280
<v Speaker 1>based on dollar sales, so it's doing pretty good. That's, uh,

1010
00:53:02.719 --> 00:53:03.719
<v Speaker 1>probably what they wanted to hear.

1011
00:53:04.000 --> 00:53:04.840
<v Speaker 3>I'm happy for you.

1012
00:53:05.800 --> 00:53:09.159
<v Speaker 1>Yeah, you know, they they've got so many messes and

1013
00:53:09.159 --> 00:53:10.119
<v Speaker 1>they're all responsible.

1014
00:53:10.159 --> 00:53:11.000
<v Speaker 4>They're responsible for.

1015
00:53:10.960 --> 00:53:13.639
<v Speaker 1>All of them. They made it. They made a pretty

1016
00:53:13.639 --> 00:53:17.920
<v Speaker 1>good game, Assassin's Creed Shadows. Yeah, pretty solid. So I

1017
00:53:17.920 --> 00:53:19.519
<v Speaker 1>think it's the the game that a lot of Assassin's

1018
00:53:19.519 --> 00:53:21.960
<v Speaker 1>Creed fans were actually asking for as well, So I

1019
00:53:21.960 --> 00:53:26.039
<v Speaker 1>think that they'll be happy with us. I agree. All right,

1020
00:53:26.199 --> 00:53:28.800
<v Speaker 1>let's let's wrap things up. We got a pull question

1021
00:53:28.880 --> 00:53:32.079
<v Speaker 1>to get to. Uh, I have it here, let me

1022
00:53:32.199 --> 00:53:36.280
<v Speaker 1>get it. Oh, that's the game a wrap. Sorry everybody,

1023
00:53:36.960 --> 00:53:39.800
<v Speaker 1>let me go Giant bomb dot com slash at Giant

1024
00:53:39.840 --> 00:53:42.840
<v Speaker 1>Bomb and then you guys can go or no, that's

1025
00:53:42.960 --> 00:53:48.320
<v Speaker 1>YouTube dot com. I can't see the pull on the discord, Jans,

1026
00:53:48.320 --> 00:53:50.400
<v Speaker 1>so let me just get it here Giant.

1027
00:53:51.039 --> 00:53:54.880
<v Speaker 2>Yeah, because everything Oh yeah, Jan said everything on his

1028
00:53:54.920 --> 00:53:57.679
<v Speaker 2>computer's frozen except obs oh fun.

1029
00:53:57.719 --> 00:54:00.239
<v Speaker 1>Okay, well at least that's still working. I got it here.

1030
00:54:00.639 --> 00:54:03.639
<v Speaker 1>Do you expect a switch to price increase? Now? I

1031
00:54:03.719 --> 00:54:05.599
<v Speaker 1>think we asked that at the end of last week.

1032
00:54:06.880 --> 00:54:09.719
<v Speaker 1>Let's see here. Forty nine percent said yes, twenty six

1033
00:54:09.920 --> 00:54:12.559
<v Speaker 1>percent said yes but a smaller one, and twenty five

1034
00:54:12.599 --> 00:54:14.280
<v Speaker 1>percent said no. I feel like we might have already

1035
00:54:14.320 --> 00:54:16.000
<v Speaker 1>answered that one as well, so maybe the new one

1036
00:54:16.039 --> 00:54:18.760
<v Speaker 1>didn't get posted. Well, have a new poll question, and

1037
00:54:18.800 --> 00:54:21.280
<v Speaker 1>that's going to be are you excited about Bungie's Marathon?

1038
00:54:21.400 --> 00:54:23.800
<v Speaker 1>Yes or no? We'll get that answered on Game Breaking

1039
00:54:23.840 --> 00:54:28.039
<v Speaker 1>News on Wednesday while we get ready for that. M fIF,

1040
00:54:28.039 --> 00:54:29.480
<v Speaker 1>why don't you tell people where they can find you

1041
00:54:29.559 --> 00:54:31.400
<v Speaker 1>on the internet, what you have going on and all

1042
00:54:31.480 --> 00:54:32.199
<v Speaker 1>that good stuff.

1043
00:54:32.760 --> 00:54:36.519
<v Speaker 2>Oh yeah, well, you can certainly find me at my

1044
00:54:37.800 --> 00:54:43.400
<v Speaker 2>local PopMart, robostore, at the one that is an actual

1045
00:54:43.440 --> 00:54:47.000
<v Speaker 2>brick and mortar store at a mall that's not as

1046
00:54:47.039 --> 00:54:48.639
<v Speaker 2>close but not so far from me.

1047
00:54:48.760 --> 00:54:50.679
<v Speaker 3>Maybe you could even find me at the Century City.

1048
00:54:50.639 --> 00:54:54.079
<v Speaker 2>Roboshop if I get really ambitious and want to make the.

1049
00:54:54.159 --> 00:54:55.199
<v Speaker 3>Drive over there.

1050
00:54:56.000 --> 00:54:59.440
<v Speaker 2>But yeah, I'm I'm at MFI Fun Blue Sky and

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<v Speaker 2>on Instagram and the Fife on TikTok where I posted

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<v Speaker 2>some unboxing videos and just explain, you know, a big

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<v Speaker 2>explanation about the recent deterioration of my mental faculties.

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<v Speaker 1>Oh yeah, it comes for us, all all right, let's

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<v Speaker 1>see here, Like I said, the new pool question that'll

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<v Speaker 1>go up on YouTube dot com slash at Giant Bomb.

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<v Speaker 1>Just go to the community to tab you can vote there.

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<v Speaker 1>We'll get the results. Talk about on Game Breaking News

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<v Speaker 1>on Wednesday. Today, the schedules getting kind of flipped around

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<v Speaker 1>a little bit. I think Jam might be having something.

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<v Speaker 1>We'll see if his computer is going to break or not.

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<v Speaker 1>And then let's see tomorrow we'll have the Bomb Cast.

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<v Speaker 1>We will have a return of Blight Club on Wednesday, Voicemail,

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<v Speaker 1>Donald Truck will be on Thursday. We'll be running a

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<v Speaker 1>upf on Friday. Looking forward to all of that and

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<v Speaker 1>more this week. In the time Emma Fi, thank you

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<v Speaker 1>for hanging out with me and talking about video games.

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<v Speaker 1>I really appreciate it.

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<v Speaker 3>You're very welcome.

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<v Speaker 1>Thank you all for watching, Thank you all for listening.

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<v Speaker 1>You're the best audience in gaming. Until next time, have

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<v Speaker 1>a good one, take care of yourself. Goodbye,