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The Nextlander Podcast 027: The Grapple Kerflapple
🕑 Added 2021-12-09 00:41:18 +0000 UTCHalo Infinite is no longer delayed! Now it's released, and we grapple our way through the first few hours, plus some questing (and whispering) in space with Chorus, Sony's rumored Game Pass competitor, the Battlefield/Respawn shakeup, Vinny's adventure with home COVID tests, Ubisoft's alarmingly quick foray into an actual NFT business, and more!
CHAPTERS
00:00:10 Intro
00:01:17 We don't actually have an office. Just our desks.
00:02:09 Here's to your health!
00:03:11 I can swab my own dang nose whenever I'd like. Thank you.
00:06:14 Halo Infinite (PC, Xbox) December 8th
00:36:49 Chorus (PC, PlayStation, Xbox) December 3rd
00:44:51 Solar Ash (PC, PlayStation) December 2nd
00:47:43 Halo Infinite discussion redux
00:50:30 Break
00:50:33 News
00:51:25 Vince Zampella to oversee Battlefield franchise
01:00:32 Workers at Raven walk out
01:05:23 Activision will not be showing at The Game Awards
01:06:29 Sony possibly getting closer to their version of Game Pass
01:15:51 Take-Two continues its trademark wars
01:19:47 Ubisoft to bring NFTs to Breakpoint?
01:27:15 The Matrix is coming to Unreal 5 in some form
01:29:16 Wrapping up and thanks
01:31:05 Mysterious Benefactor Tier Shoutouts
01:33:04 Nextlander upcoming and updates
01:34:00 See ya!
Comments
Ryan Frazier
So happy this exists! I don't know why I didn't know that Vinnie, Brad and Alex had started their own thing after they all left GB and I was just checking out the old GB wiki today to see if I could find out where they ended up and I found my way here!
Richard Reeves
I don't think Sony needs to match Microsoft's day and date strategy for all games, but they do need some big splashy announcements to catch the attention of new customers. I'm all-in on Xbox, but would love to play a curated list of new and old Sony exclusives. If Sony had an offering like the $25/month All Access contract for Xbox Series S, I'd be one of their customers. Playstation is successful as-is, but if they want to compete in this exact space, they need to entice folks who are interested but not enough to pay PS5 hardware prices.
Brad Arnold
Sony’s Market cap is 150 Billion Vs Microsoft’s 2.5 TRILLION. The economics of the two companies don’t align at all. GamePass doesn’t even have to make money. It is a long term play centered around acquiring users for Microsoft. Xbox division is only 10% of their revenue. Playstation is the most profitable division if Sony by far, generating a quarter of their revenue. The idea that Sony could just shift to day and date GamePass style first party is - as you mentioned - only really feasible if they ditch the single player stuff they are known for and start loading their games with battle passes and other money making schemes.
