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Defining Duke, Episode 176 | Xbox Responds to the Studio Shutdowns...

🕑 Added 2024-05-16 16:00:15 +0000 UTC

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Breno Bezerra Bluhm

I was one of the people who called Cog out last episode specifically because of his acquisitions stance, but I never was disrespectful torwards him as I truly like him as a person. My game tag is “brenobluhm” and I bought a Series S last year as my first Xbox ever so I do feel like I can speak on their leadership and other fans that do not understand the consequences of acquisitions. All is good tho.

Bailey Callis

It's so hard being an assassin's creed fan on lsm lol. Feels like everyone here hates it 😭

Prof JJJ

This is 90% a PlayStation platform. When people say you need more diverse opinions they mostly mean you need to be more negative about Xbox. I get more than enough negativity about Xbox from the rest of the gaming ecosystem. There is no need for more of it here.

Cody Mahoney

I don't care about how the Xbox one went, Matt booty and Phil Spencer have been in charge long enough for us to blame it on them now. They have gotten a crazy amount of rope to hang themselves with. Microsoft finally taking control.

Mr. Scott If You're Nasty

For a first entry in a series (new IP), getting into the top 10 is a success, in my opinion.

Mr. Scott If You're Nasty

There have been tons of good games friend. Some 1st party (Starfield, Forza) and tons 3rd party (Diablo 4, Dead Space remake, RE4)

Mr. Scott If You're Nasty

In the Dukes we #DDTrust. Great episode gents. I'll never understand how people could get nasty with you guys. Ignore that hate. We love you guys and your show!

NeO JD

I don’t mind annual releases of franchises as long as they’re solid. While I liked Persona 5 Tactica, I didn’t enjoy Strikers, and the Yakuza non-numbered entries have been underwhelming. So I’m tentative when it comes to Sega’s plan. The only EA advertising I’d accept is bringing back Fight Night and putting the Burger King in as your coach again. 😄 Shout out to Cog for always keeping it a buck. #DDTrust

NeO JD

Funnily enough, Unity and Syndicate, the ones he calls out, are the only 2 I hard quit on ‘cause I don’t like them. 😅

Andreas Tsiapis

Excellent episode, I am also in the “I have no Xbox and I listen every week” camp and Cog’s perspective about people not in the platform having opinions on what people in the platform must “feel” was a great callout.

SIR_K_Daddy

#DDTrust great show asusual fella's.

Kevin

Ok so yes there are games but where are the GOOD games? That's the question and you know it.

ZakBlade

Matty, love you guys, but on the “Starfield succeeded” talk, it’d be better to double check the numbers before you try to quote them. On circana, you said circana was #7 and in top 10. It was #11. You also said it outsold Star Wars, but Star Wars outsold starfield. I get your major point that it did place almost in the top 10 best sellers of the year, but as a comparison, Fallout 4 and Skyrim were both #3 on the NPD/Circana charts in their respective years, so it’s a noticeable step down from the last few good releases from Bethesda. I don’t like to just be negative though, so I would like to say that you guys are 100x better at holding Microsoft’s feet to the fire than all the other big Xbox podcasts I listen to, so keep being awesome, love you guys!

Tefo

Keep it up Dukes, especially Cog! Love the show and insights. I always look forward to hearing your takes.

Caleb Peacock

When Colin talks about fanboyism, I think of the portion of weirdo SS fans that always comes here to not listen to the show, and tear apart one of the dukes. They don’t realize he’s talking about them lol

Joseph Gedgaudas

I think they should be a little more creative than taking the segments from Summon Sign and then renaming them.

rileydelete

Nice episode! Matty, you made an ask for feedback regarding the “warm up section.” Here’s an idea: Take a page from Brad’s book. Make “Xbox Issues/Red Rings and Xbox Xcellence” sections. It gives you a window to give positive feedback and reinforcement, then give some honest rants/negative reinforcement. Audiences like podcasters at their most frank and genuine. 🙂

Ricardo Chavez

AC unity was the reason I got The Crew for free because of their mess up lmao

Froilan

Why the hell is this something that needs to be said? Cog didn’t mind and he obviously was speaking from experience. Stand down weirdo

Jose Horrach

They call you out specifically

Have you considered considering considerations considerately considerate

Thanks Cog for not bending to the whim of a few fan boys who have a fetish for hearing Xbox get ripped to pieces.

The Central Long Islander

Matty you have to stop saying “yea yea I know the feeling I been through that xyz” when a friend is explaining something affecting them. Horrible habit to have

Noah Trujillo

Keep it up fellas. Don’t let people get ya down for expressing what your true feelings are. Even if I disagree, I’d rather hear hosts that speak their mind instead of parroting whatever end of the spectrum the mob is at the time.

Adam Razak

Shout out back to you, Cog! 👑

Jordan Dedo

Cog you're still great ❤️❤️

Jordan Dedo

I've been debating writing in about cog introducing the 3rd chair early. But didn't wanna be the dick to say it😅😅

Brian Comstock

Did he go full corporate cog again or is this episode worth listening to?

Walker Simmons

Xbox could have another 10 years of declining sales and stop producing consoles altogether and some fans would still find a way to say "just you wait next year will be the return to the 360 glory days!"

MeatSpin11

Couldn't be more wrong.

Bogey

I’m sorry calling Hellblade 2 a PlayStation style exclusive is a fundamental misunderstanding of the type of games PS exclusives usually are. PS exclusive is not JUST camera perspective and graphics and serious stories. Now I’m not speaking from a fanboy perspective, I think Horizon series kinda sucks, GOW R and Spider-Man 2 were steps backwards, hated Days Gone. But what game in their stable is like Hellblade? Besides camera perspective, graphical fidelity, and tone. You’re ignoring the fundamental aspect of what differentiates a game from every other medium. How the game feels. The moment to moment gameplay. The combat mechanics. How you move through the world. I mean sure when you look at it surface level it may come across like a PS exclusive, but play the games for more than 5 minutes and you can tell they’re going for vastly different things. Neither one is better than the other, but they are definitely not the same.