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Defining Duke, Episode 186 | The Games Industry Is Deteriorating
🕑 Added 2024-07-25 16:00:53 +0000 UTCAI, layoffs, restructuring, and so on. Indeed, we're in the midst of interesting times for our beloved industry, but the clash between creator and executive has never been greater. Jobs are being lost to AI as we expected, but it's happening now. Not later, but now. Every publishing label is claiming that times are tough, but no adjustments on spending has been made. As the industry continues to bleed talent, who will want to join it? This subject matter is the very heartbeat of this episode as the Dukes collectively recognize the missteps being made. So, how do things get better? What can be done to improve an industry controlled by misers? The Dukes have thoughts and hopes such as unionization which is what Bethesda Game Studios has recently done. We also hear from our old friends again at the FTC on how Game Pass Standard is losing its value and what the source of Xbox's faltering marketing initiative is.
Timestamps:
0:00:00 - Intro/Patron Write-Ins
0:34:02 - Quiet: Level One kickstarter from Jonah Lobe
0:37:12 - Elder Scrolls VI has a strange leak
0:42:39 - Xbox working on cloud only version of Game Pass?
0:47:15 - MW3 officially on Game Pass
1:07:27 - Dungeons of Hinterberg dev needs your help
1:14:57 - Halo TV Show canceled by Paramount+
1:25:24 - Halo Combat Devolved gameplay
1:27:13 - Tales Of Xillia Remastered leaks
1:32:00 - Heihachi announced for Tekken 8 at EVO
1:41:12 - First Player Games has been acquired by Warner Bros Games
1:49:12 - Multiple games are skipping Xbox
1:56:11 - Shadows Of The Damned: Hella Remastered returns this Halloween
1:57:03 - Humble Games is undergoing restructuring
2:01:57 - What We’re Playing
2:25:40 - The FTC criticizes Game Pass changes
2:36:13 - Xbox's Marketing isn't blessed like Sony... Says Xbox...
2:52:37 - Bethesda Game Studios has unionized
2:58:15 - Game Pass Pick Of The Week
Comments
David P
I still use my series x and the BC is still the best thing about but man it's impressive how much optimism and potential has been sucked away over the last year and a half
You Classical Slut!
Scrappy dd is right ugggghhhhh! 🥱🥱😮💨
Owen
The one about the debate and what not? Think it was Colin, Gene, Jaffe, and Chris
Bailey Callis
I'm looking for the consolation political topic that matty ducked out over, and cannot find it. Constellation 79 & 80 both have pretty tame topics 🤔
Mr. Scott If You're Nasty
Yeah, it's not just international audiences. There are American gamers who don't really know what Gamepass is. The lack of marketing and push is frustrating.
NeO JD
Halo S2 was better than S1 but the show was def not doing the franchise justice. Fallout coming out afterwards and showing them how it’s done also didn’t help.
Josef Barker
Cog it's hilarious not halirous.
Perfect platypus
Great episode guys , thank for your efforts. shout out to PC gamepass on firestick. Budget option of the decade and far better than expected.
Breno Bezerra Bluhm
It’s crazy how a leak like the one we just had about Elder Scrolls 6 being in Hammerfell should just get us very hyped but instead I instantly had the same thoughts as you guys just imagining how fucking terrible the disscussions are about to be. Bethesda can be 100% lore accurate and because Hammerfell is like 80% black people I just know some stupid accounts on twitter are going to call the game woke lmao. Anyway, very hyped to explore Hammerfell in a couple of years.
Bogey
Sorry for your loss Cog. My condolences
joefray_
Sorry to hear about your cousin, Cog. Wish you and the fam the best 🙏
Big titty drinker
Ohh I get it now… Xbox can’t afford real marketing that’s why they slut out the YouTubers and content creators to guerilla market for them.. It’s funny TIMDOG talked about this exact thing on a podcast recently and how Xbox has pretty much black listed him since he turned on them.
Michael Mashpotato
Shout out to the Dukes.
Kelzilla
That thumbnail is gold🤣
