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Defining Duke, Episode 185 | The Game Pass Aftermath
🕑 Added 2024-07-18 16:00:11 +0000 UTCA rather peaceful July continues on as we dig through the aftermath of Xbox's major changes to Game Pass. For starters, we now have clarity on the wait for Day 1 games in the service at the standard tier and those who remain will be seemingly waiting a long time for their shiny games to arrive. Furthermore, Xbox is potentially pulling out of regions like Europe, Africa, and the Middle East when it comes to their consoles. With all these parts of the business shifting in real time, many are trying to predict where Xbox will be at the end of all these changes. Well, much of it hinges on Call Of Duty which is tying its beta to Game Pass subscribers. Indeed, it's a different Xbox we're looking at in 2024! Does this new Xbox consider Crash 5 important enough to resurrect? How cutthroat shall they be with 343 in their next Halo? There is quite a bit to discuss, so enough briefing and let's get to chatting!
Timestamps:
0:00:00 - Intro
0:16:10 - Microsoft Rewards not fueling Game Pass?
0:19:23 - Amazon is now selling a Xbox Streaming bundle
0:31:09 - Microsoft releases dynamic Xbox 360 blades background
0:37:26 - Forza Horizon 5 has reached 40 million players
0:44:35 - TMNT: Mutants Unleashed gameplay revealed
1:00:23 - Yakuza developer announcing their next game at Tokyo Game Show
1:07:15 - A sequel to Aliens Fireteam Elite leaks
1:09:36 - Deadpool controller
1:11:09 - What We’re Playing
1:49:51 - Crash Bandicoot 5
1:57:38 - Day 1 Game Pass clarification from Jez Corden
2:04:59 - Call Of Duty Black Ops 6 beta details
2:09:46 - Xbox marketing is possibly exiting some regions
2:16:10 - Xbox GeForce Now integration available now
2:18:24 - What's going on with Halo's future?
2:39:04 - Microsoft is reportedly moving on from their DEI teams
2:52:50 - Leaving Game Pass soon
2:54:22 - Game Pass Pick Of The Week
3:01:34 - What system do we grow our game library on?
3:12:48 - Wrap-up
Comments
Robbie Agnew
Hi Matty. You are goodie man no worries about everything
David P
Man I hated Harold halibut by the time I stopped playing it. Longest 8 hours of my life. Slow fetch quest the game. It's very beautiful though, but it'd have been better as a movie IMO, you don't even get your own input in dialogue. My wife wanted to play it with me and I wanted to give it a chance but we were both done
Gooch Gobbler
PLEASE KEEP THE DARKER LIGHTS MATTY. A way more pleasant watch
Gooch Gobbler
gas as in fuel, fire, weed
Daniel Blankenship
Matty and Cog want the Ninja Turtles to look like adults and not Teenagers.
Michael Mashpotato
The last good Madden was the one with Larry Fitzgerald and Troy Polamalu on the cover. I believe they introduced online franchise that year. We had 20 of us in our league on the 360. We played like 3 seasons that year in which I one once. Madden was goated back then.
Mr. Scott If You're Nasty
Omg I hadn't finished listening to the take before commenting. It got worse. Halo Wars 2 was the best Halo put out? Nooooo. Absolutely not. Metacritic scores on Halo 4, 5, MCC, and infinite were higher. Audience scores are also higher on each one except maybe 5 . Also, if its the mgmt at 343 that's the problem, why the hell would you want them in the overseeing project managing role? That's the part they're fucking up (something we can largely agree on). I love you boys but these Halo takes were like those dorky turtles. Keep kicking ass and staying healthy though!!
Mr. Scott If You're Nasty
I hate when these guys talk Halo. Halo 4, really good campaign story, not so great multi-player. Halo 5 not a great story (I was fine with it but many werent) but really great multi-player. Halo infinite pretty good story and excellent multi-player. Truly excellent. They just didn't have content rolled out appropriately. 343 needs leadership change because obviously they aren't hitting deadlines and sticking to a vision. They aren't a bad studio populated with untalented devs. These games have been good. They'll NEVER capture the magic of the first 3 because Halo literally revolutionized gaming when it came out. That won't happen again. These games are good. They aren't trash. Nothing is ever perfect.
Brett Altmiller
Matty, 2012 was most definitely the biggest/most popular that TMNT had been since the 80s/early 90s. Yeah, the games sucked but IDW comics were going strong, the show was great, the toys were super popular, and the IP was EVERYWHERE. My son was all over TMNT from 2012-2016… toys, bedding, posters, bikes, birthday parties, etc. Nickelodeon and IDW gave our heroes in a half shell new life that they hadn’t seen in years. I’ve been a TMNT fan since the 80s and have seen all the ups and downs (I’m looking at you, TMNT: Next Mutation) but 2012 was definitely not an overall down, but the games were really bad. Hopefully Konami brings back the 2003 TMNT games. 😀
Have you considered considering considerations considerately considerate
I don’t know man some times there’s a vibe check. Cog speaks from experience as someone who’s seen it happen in real time it’s always devastating and disappointing.
Mr. Scott If You're Nasty
The connotations are there... umm gas comes out my ass guys... gas smells....
Caleb Peacock
The two gassiest podcast hosts /s
Jayce Tamulevich
Oh, I thought “gas” was “good as shit.”
Zac
I'm not trying to be a jerk, but if your recruiter told you they had never seen anyone be "overqualified" then they're either a shitty recruiter or extremely inexperienced. That's a common reason to not hire an applicant for exactly the reason you said; you may leave relatively quickly. There's too much of a risk that you use the job as a springboard into something higher paying to get your foot in the industry, which is basically what you told them. That makes perfect sense. Ask Dagan, I'm sure he's been overqualified for positions in the animation industry. As a matter of fact, literally just google "common reasons to not get a job". If they gave you four interviews they obviously liked you. That doesn't seem to have anything to do with race and doesn't seem like a good argument for why DEI initiatives are needed.
Jacob Lesperance
The European sales data just came out. And the actual sales of tje consoles estimation. 1.15 million PS5 150k Xbox. Guys.... The console is absolutely done. I know they say they are releasing new hardware, I just don't think it's gonna be what we want it to be.
Grimm Carousel
Fuck.
