Punching Up, Episode 18 | Is Xbox Making the Switch?
🕑 Added 2024-01-10 17:00:14 +0000 UTCConsole exclusives have been the standard for decades. Purchasing a console granted you access to each manufacturer's lineup of exclusive games that you can't play anywhere else. Nintendo has adhered to this strategy since the very beginning and has maintained a firm grip on one of its most valuable assets. While Nintendo won't be changing its approach anytime soon, what about its competitors? A recent rumor and leaked rating approval indicate that some select Xbox games may be making the switch to other platforms. What could this mean? Are games like Hi-Fi Rush and Sea of Thieves just a test run, or is this just the beginning? Additionally, Nintendo is celebrating 30 years of Earthbound! Is Nintendo planning to bring back the IP in a big way, or are they keeping it at arm's length? Hit play and enjoy the first episode of Punching Up for 2024!
Timestamps:
0:00:00 - Introduction
00:18:45 - Nintendo in 2024
00:35:40 - Are Xbox games coming to Switch?
00:55:16 - Earthbound is turning 30!
01:10:54 - What We've Been Playing
01:36:52 - Probing our Switch Life
02:08:04 - Is Amiibo dead?
Comments
The Devmeister
Oh fuck me⦠I had no idea you could turn off the 3 button prompt lol
Cormac
Wait⦠has Dagan still not played / finished TOTK?!
Nikitas Gagas
Haha! This thumbnail⦠I appreciate the satire.
Glen Yelenovic
I guess I have been pretty lucky with the Taco Bells on Long Island. They are all good, except in a mall food court.
Stewy108
Really fun episode!
NeO JD
I didnβt know you could turn the triple button off either. π Welcome to the Nintendo Podcast where we take your temp anally. π
Tristan Kimball
Taco bell is good shit!
Trapgunner
Thanks for reading my write in. :) I had the original Star soldier on nes as a kid. I also picked up an Xbox over break because of the deep discount. Hi fi rush was the first game I played on it. It was amazing.
Ding Dong
I can't wait for the new switch. I haven't owned a Nintendo console since Gameboy sp
Birds Aren't Real
I'm honestly not sure I agree. If that were true then why didn't games skyrocket in price when Sega, Atari, or even Neo Geo left the console space? I'm sorry but your argument doesn't make any sense.
Colin Moriarty
I love Taco Bell but to be honest their sour cream is straight doo-doo water.
Bambi_Cobblestone
I was recently saying that instead of making ever wild they should have made a minecraft-like game in the Viva pinata universe
Bambi_Cobblestone
Was Jean supposed to be telling us about all those games he was playing? Feels like embargoes are usually more strict than that lol
Waka vodka
Funny to see everyone cheering on this idea of Xbox becoming this 3rd party publisher without considering the ramifications. If Xbox does more and more 3rd party publisher than their install base will shrink, when that shrinks they will receive less support from publishers. When the support leaves they will go full 3rd party and if that happens game prices skyrocket as there will be no real competition anymore. So if you want a future where every game is 100+ then yeah keep cheerleading for this to happen instead for having a more split gaming ecosystem in where the 1st parties compete with prices to your benefit.
Michael Mashpotato
Taco Bell is goated. The wife and I eat that shit on Fridays. I worked at Taco Bell during the Kingdom Hearts days. I was 15 and I quit when I was 19. We smoked a lot of weed in the shed and the walk in freezer. We used to make Taco Bell hot pockets because our store was a Pizza Hut express as well. Take a tortilla and add some Taco Bell, Pizza Hut ingredients and throw that bitch in the oven. Stoner food as its finest.
Kenneth Koepnick
The dukes have ran an Xbox podcast for so long & refuse to acknowledge the greatness that is Viva PiΓ±ata. I love to hear it getting some love.
Zac
Dagan: "I found three diamonds in the rough that I'm not going to spoil because I think you should buy the book" Dagan two sentences later: "Okay here are the three games I found" π€£π€£π€£
A Hind D
Yay! Excited for this thank yβall
Michael Mashpotato
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