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Defining Duke, Episode 210 | Is 2025 The Year That Xbox Delivers?

🕑 Added 2025-01-09 17:00:13 +0000 UTC

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Gooch Gobbler

Wouldn't call it a classic but I absolutely loved it

Phil Walker

Thats why I used that game as an example in my write in. The overlayed modern graphics and just destroyed the art style

Bartevious

The combat evolved remake was poorly executed, while also being unique. The art style took a big departure in the remake and flooded everything with lighting, removing use of the flashlight and removing a lot of the “horror” tension from later levels. I implore you guys to look at side by side comparisons if you are being vocally defendant of the CE remaster on an Xbox podcast. Not saying you are wrong, but you would be crucified amongst some of the hardcore halo fanbase for that opinion.

Trill Spencer

Ya’ll keep waxing poetic about Outer Worlds as if it’s a modern classic😭

Trill Spencer

I love going to the movies by myself lol it’s a vibe

Bartevious

Matty, sounds like that mode you described in rivals is just free for all.

K. Huntington

remember how demon's souls was literally sony wanting to have their own oblivion? the remake for demon's is basically just the existing code of ps3 DeS, but with unreal engine 5 graphics or whatever slapped on top of it. if they did the same with oblivion, id actually be pretty stoked. DeSr is still my pick for best ps5 game to date. masterpiece level execution, but the code is still familiarly janky 😊

David P

I think the Shadow Gens dlc just had terrible writing that didn't make sense and felt like it was clumsily translated. "I feel as I've traveled to another dimension..." "Is this the Earth that Maria talked about? It's beautiful." Wtf? How is Keanu supposed to work with that? I doubt Sega could direct him as well as Jeff Fowler or CD Projekt Red. The Sonic 3 slander is too much, though.

Mr. Scott If You're Nasty

Welcome back Boys! #OSDD

The Iron Lords Podcast

Glad someone got the references ;) #YoungCogJoy

The Iron Lords Podcast

HEAVY METAL WAR:)

Edwin Juarez

Muahahaha I always find that specifc notion hilarious for people considering I haven't bought a physical PC game since Dishonored 2.

Chris Van Buren

Xbox the console is over man. But I still listen, because Xbox the publisher is still alive. But they’re 1000% pushing people to play their games in other places and not on their console. I’ll support them when they bring games to PlayStation, because that’s my preferred console, but I still love listening to you guys.

Mike Po

I say the following playfully, not maliciously: Matty: I'm sorry guys, I value physical games and the game being on the disc and that's why I didn't play much on my Xbox in 2024. Also Matty: (Puts 500 hours into PC where physical games aren't a thing) ????

Mr. Scott If You're Nasty

Dreamcast Guy?

Ryan

https://youtube.com/shorts/g6rcIemGWoo?si=8dnWE6pXsy2Bvvpi This guy described the Battle Theme from Metaphor best lol

Chris

Hey Cog, I love the G1 TF love in this episode. It's great to see some love for the original series. That episode is one of my favorites too.

Drew

Cog describing transformer was the best thing ever 🙏🏼 pure joy

Murderer Kevin

Matty should get on letterboxd for tracking movies

Brian Comstock

What does it really mean for xbox to deliver? The brand itself is dead. I guess delivering means their studios deliver great games on every platform? But even then what does that mean for xbox itself? Just even closer to the edge of 3rd party. Sometimes I'm not even sure Xbox has any idea what they want it to be.

Haru Discourse

Nice! Love the long episode

Cami Black

Nah I’m with you 😂

Ross Stoddart

Don’t agree with Cog’s assessment on this. When has PlayStation ever made an exclusive deal and not marketed? If they paid the devs to make PlayStation the only console you could play Black Myth on, they would be shouting it from the rooftops.

Ross Stoddart

The Black Myth situation is a key reason you need to pay attention to what people say. Xbox’s statement never explicitly accused them of this, just insinuated it, so gives them some wiggle room. But they 100% played on Xbox fan’s / media conformational bias.

Cole Kinghorn

you press E

Dakota Brown

I’m going to sound like a bitch complaining about this, but the way Matty talks about Marvel Rivals is why I don’t like playing online multiplayer games. My friends asked me to play this week and I’m still learning the game. I don’t even know how to get out of punisher’s turret so yes I’ve been “that idiot” that dies while in there. Some people take these games too seriously, but maybe I’m reading into his comments too much.

Steve

I think it’s over for the Xbox console. The ABK deal signed their fate. They need to make that money back. Exclusivity is out the window and the next smart business move would be same day releases to capitalize on the hype of their products. Their product is no longer the hardware, it’s the software

Kenneth Koepnick

Matty, do you still need the Malak & Revan LEGO figures?

Lizurd

Four hour Duke let’s gooooo

Bartevious

Matty - you didn’t quite say it like that. I was surprised you selected that write in 🤣🤣🤣

Henry Covert IV

Especially when they didn't have a lot of first party games last year.

Bartevious

Before the start of this generation I played on Xbox primarily. About a year before the new consoles launched, I just built a PC since all the games were on there. Best decision ever

Yeti ATL

In 2024 I bought an Xbox to play Starfield. In 2024 I sold my Xbox for a ROG Ally with gamepass. I think that says enough about 2025 Xbox. The games are fun but no need for a console

Will Anderson

I agree completely. Again, nothing but respect for Cog and the show, but this whole “secret exclusivity” theory seems like a massive cope that Cog cooked up to prevent himself from having to criticize the series s in any way. He really lost me when he started using statements made by people from other studios (Larian) to back up his reasoning as to why GS might have a secret partnership with Sony.

Fisnik Krasniqi

Also Sony had GranBlue, Rise of the Ronin, Stellar Blade & Silent Hill 2 as exclusives & they said it every time. So why is Wukong a ‚secret‘ exclusive? That doesn‘t make any sense. I love Cog, he is a stellar dude, but this comes of as fanboyish. Not that hard to say „Hey maybe the Series S is the problem“. But they will believe what they want.

Will Anderson

Cog, I love you man but refusing to drop your conspiratorial attitude towards the lack of a Black Myth Xbox port after a dev came out and stated the exact reason as to why it missed the platform comes off extremely fanboyish on your end. Especially when you start to use arguments such as “nobody ever said Sony DIDN’T have some sort of secret exclusivity deal which means they definitely did”. Anytime Sony has had an exclusivity deal whether it be timed, permanent, or just a console exclusive, they’ve never been quiet about it, and they’ve consistently used said exclusivity as a marketing point. Not a good look at all imo.

Phil Walker

Xbox has failed for over a decades worth of reasons. But it simply comes down to games. They never released anything that captured the gaming zeitgeist and demanded you had to play. I don't care about metacritic scores. Halo wasnt it. Starfield wasn't it. Hellblade wasn't it. Indiana Jones is simply too late to matter. Hifi they should never have shadow dropped. Games like The Last of Us. Uncharted 4. Bloodborne. Spiderman. Zelda BotW. Mario Odysee. Animal Crossing. God of War. Baldurs Gate 3. Times when the industry has stood still because of a games impact. 'what about Forza Horizon 4'. Come on. You know we are not talking about racing games here. If over 5 years EA released a Mass Effect, Battlefield, a Star Wars game and a Burnout, and it turned out that Burnout was the best thing they did, that's not a good thing!! And no one bought a f*cking Xbox for Flight Sim or Age of Empires!! For God's sake let's be real about this. Xbox won MC Publisher of the year mostly based on a multi plat game. 2 PC games and a Playstation exclusive!!! These arguments are not serious. They are also being killed in the 3rd party exclusives. Murdered. Just last year alone was brutal for games that missed Xbox. So you can talk about business updates and the acquisition taking too long but please let's be serious. They do not have the games to sustain a platform. We have watched it happen for over a decade now.

Na’vi R and B singer, Mary J. Bligger

To answer honestly though, Xbox is for sure putting out a bunch of games I’m excited for (Outer Worlds 2, Doom, Indy, maybe that Oblivion remaster). It’s just that I’ll likely be playing them on PS5. Kind of a monkey’s paw situation for Xbox, but pretty good if you view them through a 3rd party lens.