Gaming Industry Talking About XBOX! Here Are Our BIGGEST Take Away's From The Future Of XBOX!

0:00Hello, good afternoon Xbox gamers. Welcome to the new episode of the Xbox Factor podcast. I'm your temporary host. You can't beat cake. And on today's new episode, we are discussing the big interview of Xbox CEO Ashashar. And what it means for Xbox hardware, exclusive content, and how OEMs will play a huge role in the next generation. Thanks so much for tuning in. And now I turn the show over to Mr. Boomsick XL. Hey, everybody. Welcome to the new episode of the Xbox Factor podcast. I'm your host, Mr. Boomsick XL. Ladies and gentlemen, thank you so much for entertaining my nephew Tyler as he continues to intern and learn the business of podcasting.

1:06Well, listen, right now I'm solo. Unfortunately, due to some family obligations, infinite number is going to be out for the next couple of weeks. He's okay. His family is okay, but you know, just want to give people the heads up when you don't see him. It's because obviously he got some stuff going on. The Welsh gamer will be joining me momentarily. He got stuck in traffic and Jamie Moran. I'm not exactly sure. I know that he put on the socials that he had a really bad migraine. So obviously if he's not feeling well, it's going to be just me and the Welsh gamer today. But listen, we have an absolutely outstanding show for you. Hopefully you are enjoying the plethora of games that are available. And quite frankly, you know what has got me smitten. That is a plethora of Renaissance. My god, I am stunning. I mean, it really does feel like a two-radar-like type of experience. And I got to be honest with you as much as I enjoyed a plethora of one and two and two not so much.

2:17I am really liking the direction that they took this game. It just feels like a whole other game. And guess what? It's inflicting game pass. Folks, let me just tell you this. I have to give you a suggestion. If you're not playing this game already, maybe because you're, you know, neck deep in all these other games that are going to be coming out in September, which by the way, September is going to be a ridiculous month. Play this game. It is, it's stunning to look at. It is fun to play. And it really does. If you like those action adventure type of the best way I could describe it is if Tomb Raider somehow merged with, I don't know, one of your assassins Creed, let's just say it does have that type of feel to it. Let me get over to the chat while we wait for our brothers to join us momentarily. Rick L. What's going on, brother? Yes. Shout out to crispy bomb who says that the combat is definitely different.

3:23I mean, it's, it's different in the sense where, you know, they. It has like its own unique way of doing its combat. Do you press extra to swing the sword? Yes. Do you press why to kick somebody away? Sure. But it is unique in its own way. Shout out to crispy bomb. He says my fiance loves it. Yes. There's a lot to really like about that game for sure. See, so Rick L. What's going on, brother? I'm Velze great to see you here. It goes on to say it's absolutely been a long time coming seeing PlayStation go the way of the Titanic. Yeah, you know what? Look, right now PlayStation is in a tailspin. Now tomorrow evening, I am going to be hanging out with KS on day. And we're going to be talking about this TV TV TV thing with Sony. It is very reminiscent of the Don Matrix led Xbox in 2013.

4:29Look, I'm not, I'm not a pile on kind of guy. Right. I call it like I like I see it. I quote like it is right now. Sony seems to be out of sorts. Anyone that says otherwise is either cap and coping or opponent. Right now, they don't seem to have their stuff together. Right. Couple of games that they have come out did not do well with them. Marvel token. I mean, someone had sent it to me in the DM. I don't remember I get so many DMs or apologies. Right now, that's 839 players on steam. Do you know how bad that is for fighting game like like insane like absolutely insane that that's not a multi-plat. That's all every week. I'm going to be honest with you. I would have boarded on Xbox hands down. No questions. But Sony wants to do a Sony and it's another one of their games at bomb. Now does that mean that the game is bad? No, that game is stunning to look at. I haven't boarded. I mean, like I said, it's one of the games that and Wolverine and maybe something else. I'll get at the end of the year when game stop has their buy to get one free.

5:43That's what I'm going to do. I'm going to wait for a sale because right now there's just too many games to play. And I don't feel like giving Sony my money. I just really don't. Maybe that's a bad thing to say. It's fine. But I just don't care. Shout out to Chris. Be crispy. I don't know if you are home or at work and you want to jump in for a little bit. That's up to you. It's just, you know, throw your hot take on in the chat. Now I'll send you a link. If you don't, if you're home, you should have already had the link. But let's see. Xbox Xbox or Mike, you know what? You're not wrong for this. He goes on to say the media is working overtime to protect PlayStation. Look, I've seen some really wack of do takes on this distra digital thing that Xbox is doing. I saw someone try to insinuate that if a game is on sale, you can't digitize it or something ridiculous like that.

6:45Listen, I don't know if that's true. I'm going to be honest. It doesn't even make any sense. But I have seen a lot of people do the one to ones where they literally just stick this skin license pops up golden. Super easy. And I have seen some journals try to be like, well, this is the end of gaming because of Xbox. I love I don't I can't say. The pony media is going to be the pony media. They are who we thought that they were right. But look, at the end of the day. Oh, yes. So crispy is going to join us. No sweat brother. Again, don't don't don't rush. We have plenty of time. We have two topics that we're going to be getting into. And the first one, you know, rather smaller and I actually don't think it's small in size because we're talking about fable. And why not games come at least in my opinion game of the show. Game of the show. 18 minutes of gameplay that looks stunning. I've watched it twice.

7:50There was anything about that gameplay that makes me say, yeah, I don't know if this is going to be a banger. Yeah, it is. In my butt heart. I still don't like the idea that's going to playstation, but I'm a bot. I don't I don't deny me bleeding green when you cut me. I have a story. And we're going to get to it momentarily again. We're getting into into the deeds when we get everybody in here because I don't want to start the topic and have to reread everything. But I do have a topic that Jess Gordon had retweeted and somebody that he works with at windowcentral.com. We'll get into what she had to say her hands on time. She asks a specific question. She literally says it out loud. And I'm a bit honest with you. I don't have seen many journalistic sites actually say the Xbox tax, the words out in the public.

8:52We say it. I will continue to say it. That was ever going to move me off of that. That hell but sin great see here brother one the one true Brett Bob. What's going on brother great see here as always. We have Rick L. He says overtime that working LOL even reset ever has more positive talk lately for Xbox than PlayStation. We playstation continues to step in it right like are we are we kidding us are we kidding ourselves PlayStation has done everything as backwards is that's the best thing I could say about PlayStation they they have been ridiculous. But you know again that's be wait for crispy bomb and new Welsh gamer to get in here second half of the show. You remember yesterday when I said that that interview with the BBC was so loaded with information that I literally had to talk about it the next day well that's exactly what we're going to be talking about because I have a listing here.

10:01And I got to give credit where credit is due so Xbox infinite on Twitter posted what I think is the best one to one I think I've seen come out of games calm in regards to what Asha had to say. It is as long as my arm and I'm I'm a big dude I'm six feet so we're going to be you know the way I presented it is for us to pick some of our best Asha quips if you will and there's a lot here I mean she talked about you know project helix and will it be digital she didn't answer it entirely. She talked about the digital conversion feature talked about Xbox helix she talked about halo she talked about exclusivity there there really is a lot to go over but crispy bomb what's going on my brother how the heck are you thanks for for for for subbing in we definitely appreciate that I was down a couple of people and well here you are once again the bat sign had went out and well here he is what's going on it's actually the crimson omen sign that went out.

11:16But I can still be Batman. Yeah what's up chat yeah you know sometimes I just like to watch and actually I was supposed to work today and then my assistant showed up and I was like well I'm closer so I'll just go home and work here other day. Nice Thursday so it just happens to work out like that it's kind of crazy but yeah great to be here shout out the chat and yeah I mean I'm not completely burst on the topics but I'm pretty sure I catch up. Well look we're going to we're not going to bombard you like I normally do because usually you have like show notes a day or two in advance so you can obviously you know get get with it. Yeah I'm not going to be a part of a show I'm not technically reading them like I am at the DM but I don't necessarily want to be heard a hundred million times during the week so you know this is just on the wind people so I apologize if anybody hates my voice but you know.

12:17That would be ridiculous well listen chat panel we got to get into the opening solvo of today what I want to talk about specifically crispy is fable. Fable when it releases in February of next year which is five months away we're five months away from playing fable. I can't believe it like I'm so stoked for this game I I don't even have the words well you know who has the words crispy bomb that would be Jennifer young of window central calm because I have her article in front of me now look. She says something in the header that made me want to make this a topic because I've been thinking about it and we're going to get to that momentarily let me read a little bit from her article which of course will be in the show notes when this goes on video on demand.

13:20So Jennifer goes on to say in her header I went hands on with fable at games calm and this reboot finally feels like it has a clear identity but it'll also be a true test for the Xbox tax now what's interesting with that is you normally don't hear journals mentioning the Xbox tax because a good portion of this gaming community refuses to acknowledge that that exists and look I'm here to tell you that it's in does it is clear as day when someone goes out of their way to be extra pointed for no reason other than it being a game that was made by somebody at Xbox game studios crispy. Well let me continue Jennifer goes on to say in the subtext I previewed fable at games calm and while it's exactly what the brand needs I fear too many people are rooting for to fail now that's not my words that's Jennifer young's words she's in the business right I'm not a journalist Christmas not a journalist which is podcasters but to hear that from her.

14:43From a journalist it's get paid to write about video games it does make you think that maybe some others think that well well let me read a little bit from her article. She goes on to say this getting to attend games common play upcoming blockbusters can be a double edge sword untended at least for some multitask challenged like me moving from station to station at breakneck pace trying to memorize control schemes while a developer watches over your shoulder always breaks me out in a sweat I never really been someone who can juggle multiple games at once I tend to pick one title lock in make it my personality and obsess over it until completion now why she says that is this transition on the fly between melee and between melee range and spell casting with a piece of cake to navigate she's talking about fable ladies gentlemen and I felt the impact with each X a a b x y input and they are

15:58moderately ridiculous but be full spell which turns foes into chickens was absurd. What was good and say was abused on every cool down I made sure to kick each and every chicken I created though I later found out you can also cook them in a flame bath. So what's interesting is she goes on to say the combat system could not have been more intuitive or frictionless I don't think I glance at the controller guide once I simply followed the sardonic Humphrey played by Matt King through a series of abandoned caves widely weaving my hammer calling lightning bolts from above and firing a rapid fire crossbow with a band. With a with a band in against the hordes of skeletal enemies now look crispy.

16:59There's a lot to read here so I'm not going to read it on the air for obvious reasons but I did want to open up talking about fable because we learned that the regular campaign is expected to last if you're just going to go and follow a to Z is 15 to 20 hours. And that's about the same length of the original games the original trilogy their games were about 20 hours now they did confirm that there's an additional 15 to 20 hours of side content making this game upwards of 40 hours to complete. Everything now a player like me who loves to go here there and everywhere is going to put 70 or 80 hours into this game that just no doubt about that's just that's just how I roll on how I play that's how infinite number is going to play this game but you know what ultimately we know based on what we saw with our own eyes that this game is a banger it is stunning to look at.

18:06I'm going to go out on a crazy limb here and say it might be the best looking game Xbox has put out in a very long time and right right then and there i'm i got to be careful because gears of war and you said it in a tweet I think the other day where what we have seen on your screen right now which of gears of war a hord. This is going to look 50 times better when when during the final release because this is the beta this is exactly what happened I think you made mention of it might have been gears of war three that you said this about or for actually there you go yeah so it went from all while these graphics are okay to holy shit i can't believe what my eyes are seeing i believe that's going to happen so i got to be real careful about which one's going to look better because obviously gears of war. It's going to be released in in in October but I don't want to get you take on the thought that the sheet like again going back to Jennifer's article in its header she's wondering whether or not fable is going to be the quote through test to the Xbox tax what do you have thoughts on this.

19:21It's pretty simple because you know i do believe that one is definitely going to release on PlayStation and it really depends on. I'm starting to feel that even the developers are a little wary about Sony right now i'm you know we've seen multiple reports but just in general like it seems like there's a lot of them that are not really like touting that they're going to be on PlayStation right now least this you know what. Just you know i wouldn't say smaller but you know even third parties obviously GTA did that and they had they probably paid a hundred million dollars to have that on Netflix or something. Which is why you see the PlayStation selling out because somebody that has a Netflix subscription is not necessarily the same person that they may even have a PS4 for all we know. The fact is is that we're starting to already see this look i am always like that person that's like hey you know Xbox tax.

20:26I feel it's real but that doesn't necessarily mean it is but as we see positron roll out and it's in the insider program right now and they are working on more things you're already seeing hit piece articles. Yes and yes instead of talking about the TV TV of PlayStation you're talking about a a. Distadigital program that is at least trying to preserve your library you know the one that you bought that's the disc itself now it. I think it's going to be hard for 360 and all that the fact is is that she's seeing maybe during that period of time that. Some people are being overly skeptical of fable. You know almost jealous that you know like because of gears or something like that that you know or it's on game pass or that that mindset and because Sony is reeling some of these journals feel the need to try to put the blame on Xbox for some reason the fact is is that.

21:42You know I've seen a lot of games I've watched like every show possible. Am I going to watch this state of play that's coming up probably not I have no interest anymore um the fact is is that. Fable continues to look better and better yeah and the combat. As she put it you know I am that same type of person like you know I have my games like I could literally just pick up and it's like writing a bike certain games. Fact is is that. A game like that because of like like even like you know turning people into check I mean it's hilarious like if you're doing it on a win like I'm sorry that is what fables and playground knows what they're doing I am actually this is one of those instances where. Overly glad that they're delayed this but they're not like they're not just like sitting down and not showing it they're showing their progress right in front of you and I think that's that's a huge thing and you know.

22:46I am a completionist as well so it's like. As long as I feel like I'm actually going to finish the game which I have the best games that's always my problem I just never finish them and I enjoy every second that I play them but I never finish them and I think that's the fine line like. It's 80 to 100 hours after if you do all the extra stuff get all the spells all these things. That's pretty cool I mean people can black hole the game technically because then you can go around and do some crazy stuff with you know the NPCs and all that the fact is is that. We have seen what they progress to and now we're seeing the fruits of their labor and I think that's what she's seeing and expressing it and hoping that people are just gamers and the journals are just gamers and they've rated on that alone and what it is and I I think she sees that as we feel that's probably not going to happen completely.

23:55It's said right like the game is going to come out it's launching on PlayStation so there's no well you know i'm not going to off you know five points because you know it's on Xbox not on PlayStation. It's on PlayStation it is a PlayStation type of game right it's it's the it's the type of you know bones that make PlayStation. PlayStation right the over the shoulder storage driven adult themed type of of experience and unfortunately due to some stupid leadership x leadership you know moves they're ultimately getting one of the best games and for Xbox doing the whole nicey nicey thing they have to come not only compete with that but so but so many had gave them the big FU by saying here we're going to. Release the next God of war Lafay which I think is going to flop by the way right next to your game we're getting so ultimately it's it's it's it's what Sony does it's that filthiness about Sony that I can't stand and I just glad finally somebody.

25:11Somebody. You can be careful how I say this finally somebody has the goal if you will to not stand for it and that's a trauma she's she's making some big moves she's putting exclusivity on her back and she's betting big on it and you know it just this that might actually be one of the last games that are a major triple a IP on Xbox that is. Xbox that are supposed to be for Xbox and of course PC I keep seeing people try to fight back against well it's not a true exclusive they've been doing PC and Xbox releases for years PC is Xbox Xbox is PC you the I don't I don't get it folks I'm going to be honest I find it's a little bit weird energy where you want to fight back against well it's not really a true exclusive because. Well can I just interject real quick they tried to do this during the 360 era the original gears of war was least on PC that's how we got the ultimate edition because it added a whole chapter yes like we.

26:25You have to understand that they've been trying to do this forever and now it's finally like you know fruits of the labor type thing just like this this digital program they didn't just kill it it's been sitting stagnant and they said you know what this might be an opportunity and I think this is the same thing PC is going to be Xbox going forward and you know you're going to see the play anywhere become more important in these titles and you know they just have to get the third. Third party publishers to you know back back in this and say okay we we were with this you know this is pro consumer we want the good PR they got it they got a market to these big publishers that are third party correctly and I think you know even if they have to pay a little money to them to make it happen I think that's a smart move in the end because this is starting to become clearly because of the digital aspect platform war status rather than just console wars.

27:25And the more consoles you sell doesn't mean anything to Xbox because they're all over the place they just don't have to market it that way and I think that's what we've always said we already know as as we're gamers maybe the norm is maybe you need to put it on you know a netflix at or something you don't need to be advertising it to us need to be looking at the people that may not know and that's what you need to focus on. So I absolutely agree and I think you know as time will tell people are going to start stop clicking on these these clickbait you know hit pieces on Xbox and you're like no Xbox is actually doing some nice things to us as consumers that purchase their product rather than being big bad Microsoft like they used to be it's looking like big bag Sony now. Yes Sony's doing things that are head scratching for sure you know obviously they've been on consumer friendly for years right like that that's just who they are that that's what people I mean that that's what that has always been my takeaway with Sony they nickel and dime the F at you they do things like for instance charging for cloud service you know cloud saves.

28:46If you don't have PlayStation plus your cloud saves are gone that ditch literally charging you for we've talked about it has to have have you have you ever seen the press make mention of it no they just accept it as well you know we got to have it and you know whatever. That's you know again it's it's it's all these little stackable things that Sony has done in the past that makes you scratch your head but it's what they've done in the last six weeks that has just six six weeks last six months that is just. Head scratching to a cool to its core like they literally came out and said we hear you and we don't care. And the press continues to suck on the taint of PlayStation and it's disgusting and most of these journals are just that they're disgusting and I say that with you know a tremendous amount of distaste for sure but look I think fable when it comes out next year.

29:49It's going to be a very early game of the year contender I don't say that as a bot I say that as a fan who has been waiting for years crispy bomb for a new fable and here it is a reboot that's happening and it's going to be a big deal. Yes unfortunately it's not an exclusive which is just gross on its own you know on its own measure but there's nothing we can do about that it is going to be what it is I can tell you that game play gone games has cooked and what's interesting is now again I don't know. Where this 18 minutes of footage came from in development cycle of the game how usually we see things like this it's months old right I saw what you saw crispy bomb and it was stunning they still have five months or at least four until it goes gold and they're going to continue to just keep developing this game.

31:00And polishing when this thing finally comes out in February of next year it is going to be listen I think it's one of Xbox's most important releases this gen that's my hot take on it you don't have to agree I believe that this is what again what you see on your screen is coming out in October it's these types of experiences with these types of graphics. That are really going to set Xbox apart I think PlayStation the old PlayStation of days I don't think they come back to that I really think that's so that ship has sailed for Sony but listen crispy any additional thoughts before we move on to what I believe is the biggest topic of the show. I think I think one of them is going to get delayed I think it's either going to be God of war which I believe is actually going to be delayed I think one of them is going to delay because to our knowledge as of now fable is coming out on PlayStation and I think fable that because they keep showing it they keep showing all these things are being transparent.

32:22There's a lot of PlayStation gamers that are are ticked off right now and they will purchase an Xbox game in spite of PlayStation itself in Sony so I do believe that probably God of War buffet or whatever you want to call it I don't even know how to pronounce it. The fact is is that that will probably get delayed because we haven't seen more than you know we saw that one thing but it kind of seemed a little bit too scripted like I understand you have to have a scripted narrative to you know showcase it off even you know like rock star you know like hey this is not the same is what we're showing. The fact is is that they need the sales on God of War more than fable needs to sales on PlayStation you know saying what I'm saying so fable will get the sales and get the subscriptions and the you know the PC sales on Xbox.

33:27But it's not necessarily going to you know help God of War you know what I'm saying so yeah I do believe God of War will probably the one that backs out at some point. I mean we don't know how far along that game is we have no idea it's it's gotten a lot of flat from the community now out and this is just this is just outside of the whole you know no dis no buy thing. Right like this is just the choice of the main character being his wife having a cube and this stuffed animal thing that you that a lot of people don't like what they're seeing. This is also you can you can also equate that to what people said and continue to say about what Nordic docks working on. And you know there is a state of play coming no idea because everybody come out and said yeah this game is not going to be there into Galactic. It's not going to be there that they've already confirmed that they did put out a picture of the actress doing some sort of mocap with a gun.

34:32But that that that that that game got flamed. Why I listen I really do like no idea dog stuff who know the game is probably going to be really good but I a lot of people want a new one charted a lot of people want the less of us three. That's not what they're doing so who knows what's going to happen but the God of war I mean we have heard people literally say that this is not the God of war that I'm asking for. What's even happens it's going to be going up against Fable unless it gets delayed like you believe and maybe that's case maybe does get delayed because it's not ready but I will say that was an absolutely demove by playstation. And all Aasha needed to see on how they move moving forward don't give them anything put PlayStation where they belong on the on the panel mind list but I want to get to the big topic of the show. But before we get there obviously we still have Welsh gamers going to be joining us momentarily.

35:35Pragmatic eagle drops an outstanding unbelievable ten dollar super chat so Prague great to see you here brother thanks so much for the generosity he goes on to say good afternoon fellow gamers hope everyone has had a great weekend and isn't good health and that thank you so much for that brother health as well for sure. He says it is still an amazing time to be an Xbox first gamer we're eating good ladies gentlemen indeed like for instance low hanging fruit or underneath the radar that anyone see this at games comment was confirmed that the next Castlevania that was just announced is Xbox Game Pass holy shit yes I'll take that please yes Game Pass I can't believe it but this is why this is why we love Xbox. Right besides having great hardware and absolutely astounding community they have great games they have a road map with talking next generation hardware they have a great leader in Aasha Sharma and Game Pass continues to feed our need to play games.

36:41How can you not be a fan of Xbox I don't know I really don't know but this to be bomb and chat you know. You know I mentioned them in the beginning. There is a you why don't they have a YouTube channel but I know they're very busy on X school Xbox infinite it's Xbox f 10. And they put out a Bible of everything that Aasha Sharma talked about in this 12 to 15 minute BBC interview which by the way I've watched now three times crispy I know you watched it a couple of times. There really is a lot to take away from here now obviously like we talked about yesterday the big takeaway for a lot of people was Aasha's confirmation that Xbox helix is going to be a family of devices.

37:44And when I'm going to go back over that because we went we crispy myself and fuzzy really did a great job yesterday patting myself on the s about talking hardware well you know there was a particular quote which I'm still trying to find. And again when there's this much to read something I might have missed it in the you know it's just again it's just information overload. But I should show them a said something about Xbox that I thought was not only brilliant is brazen crispy bomb I'm going to present this to you as we continue to go but she said Xbox will not retreat. I think that in its actual wording it's simplistic right couple of words but the volume the heaviness of what that means is that yes she understands that she's taking over a broken brand.

38:54She understands that she has a lot of work to do she understands crispy that Xbox isn't third place. But the fact that she has come out and said publicly that as the platforms leader Xbox is not going to retreat if that doesn't get you excited I have no idea now look that isn't the only thing that she said you know besides talking about helix and this is the big one for me personally look you know how I feel about halo. Master Chief Cortana and the IP itself and in the last couple of months thanks to the incredible reporting of revs gaming. What what three four three studios which is now halo studios apparently is a complete shit show now why does this continue to happen I have no idea what I can say before I hand the mic over to crispy bomb.

40:06Is that not only is this not going to happen moving forward I have a quote here from asha that should tell the tale on the importance of this brand and the IP she goes on to say this on the halo game quote. The thing I learned about great games is that they have a long history and legacy and we can look at them from a long term perspective i'm confident that halo plays a really important part it's a major franchise so i'm focusing on that and will have more news to share about the game about the future of halos. Now where is that going to come is that going to be at the 25th anniversary i don't know i don't know if they're ready to show because again based on some of the reports that we've seen from revs gaming they don't have anything in the pipeline and then we've course there has been a few reports to refute that so i don't actually know.

41:14But all i can say is that at least he has acknowledged. That halo is as important as gears which is coming out in October and is going to be a game with the year contender is also going to be contending against forza horizon six which is another game of the year contender and those are once again pillars that hold the Xbox brand up but again. I said it in the beginning crispy and I this is where i'm going to stop what i want to add this to the conversation and i want to keep banging this drum of exclusivity. I think it is one of the most important aspects of what asha is going to do moving forward now if you remember last week we specifically talked about exclusives and that exclusive either being or both. Well i five and the oldest grow six.

42:16And i believe in my heart of hearts. That they are going to be exclusive because she's going to be trying to sell new hardware and and obviously based on the family of devices there's going to be multiple ways for people to buy into Xbox and there's going to be a subset of fiscal ways to do that some that are going to be super expensive and some. Like crispy said yesterday he believes that the deck of cards cloud based console is getting dusted off I believe he's right let me read this before I give the mic over to. crispy bomb crispy. I want to say this on the topic of exclusives and quote we're heading increasingly to be one of the biggest gaming platforms in the world. Every platform needs some kind of exclusive experiences and content so we announced exclusives for years of war in clockwork revolution and will do our utmost to continue doing that.

43:24And all of this within the framework of maintaining a healthy and. And how you sustain the business so we have to balance both crispy again there's a lot to unpack here but exclusivity is a big one the family of devices is a big one but I think at its core literally telling the world. Xbox isn't going to bend over and take it literally she said we are not going to retreat I think is very substantial I want to get your hot take on that man. That's that's the inner king David shout out to him and hold on. I think he's gotten an error too much no it not too much not just just the right amount trust me. You know we we went through this period over almost it feels like a five to seven year period where there's like this in walks of great games and then there's this this downturn the next year and it's like I get that I get the answer.

44:41You have to develop the games and all these things and you know like even like providing updates and telling us that like you know state of K three still going to be on game pass that you know any of these games that are coming out it probably like you know I know a lot of people are getting a little salty about you know double finds a little announcement that runway is for another game for them to put on game pass on Xbox so I would relax a little bit like he was he was being a little joky there. Like you know like we were forced to make a pottery game to subsidize or whatever that only said it was funny to me I'm sorry the fact is is that I look at this and I say her focus on the big money you know I mean like the money that's going to you know push the brand forward it's going to be on the largest IPs and you know we always joke it's gears for is a halo you know and now the table has come back you know from the dead as we like to call it because playgrounds just that good you know we see what they're doing you know and then a city and going to you know okay we're going to make another it's probably going to be a spin off I would say fall out which is we we just want something we want something for fall please the fact is is that these IPs you know like they said dormant for a long time like force hasn't put a

46:11continuous to sell so why not why change that why not you know continue pushing on it's kind of like everybody buys madden everybody everybody's NBA 2k call of duty continues to sell over years you know like everybody wants that hit racing game like there you go fact is is that some of these other IPs that should have some more you know like prominent hey like okay every three to four years we can at least put one out have been sitting for 10 years that's a problem and I think you know I appreciate that these studios got let go with their IP and they're able to do their own thing but it's not necessarily good for what Xbox wants to do right now and I think she's telling you that we're we're not retreating we are reforming we are you know form in the troops in a different way you know laying out a new strategy the strategy has a lot of old things involved but it's almost like the old strategy only helps the new strategy

47:25and I think that's what's happening right now and I think we're seeing it I think it's that of you know taking these things and just killing them I'm starting to see her reform them into something that's beneficial to Xbox and using the tools that she has because there's a lot of tools you can fund you know I didn't deny that you know eat it could have cost 400 million but guess what it also involved developing costs of helping these other studios and I always said that the understanding that some of these studios are just better there's just better than everybody else that's why you didn't see you know you saw layoffs but you didn't see a city and get dissolved or sent off into the pasture like double fine I'm sorry like it's a city and can push out games they know how to do that and that's why Microsoft's like yeah we need you and we need you to do something that maybe you didn't want to do but we need you to do it and she probably just asked or or said like I need you to do this and you have developed new Vegas just do it the fact is is that these IPs and we always give I give at least Sony a lot of trash

48:53how do you leave so comms in there how do you leave twisted metals sit in there I mean we're talking 10 plus years you know what I mean like you have IP I don't know why you don't touch it at least I feel like Xbox is trying to go go do the right thing use the you know multimedia aspect that's where I think Halo would come in I do believe it feels like Netflix has picked up Halo as a series and that season two wasn't horrible in my opinion season one was horrible I watched it because I'm a fan but I saw a lot of people saying some good things about it on Netflix not necessarily you know I'm paramount but on Netflix a lot of people liked what they saw they could pick that up the fact is is that they're trying to use these IPs in multiple different ways trying to hit different you know aspects like hey we see the sales jump when the fallout series does well why haven't we capitalized on this the way we actually should not just you know selling the old games and I think that's the big conundrum that Microsoft has right now how do we how do we use all of these tools that we have the partnerships that we have because they have a lot of partnerships

50:21with the company that's not necessarily the best way to compare to most companies so you look at that you say how do they do this without pissing people off well you start with a simple thing like this to digital you say you know we're going to at least I mean there's the argument there the license and all that but I've seen some de listed games that people can play that get the digital license a lot of nuance there but you have to say at least they're trying you know what I mean so that's where I'm just like why do we always go back to this Xbox and Microsoft is bad when for once they're saying no we're not going away we we know that we have to be the competition that we're supposed to we are actually supposed to treat so do you like competition that's where you can go back to the fable topic and I'm sure she is very salty about that I agree seems like a very a person that does not forget you know what I mean you want to play nice I'm sure she will play nice but Sony right now they're not only saying a big middle finger to their actual consumer

51:40also saying a big middle finger to any competition and she is seeing it right before her eyes you know and I brought up that GTA thing the other day I am sure that is in her head and she is like mmm I don't like that so my suggestion you want to make GTA feel more better for Xbox somehow get that play anywhere somewhere and be the first one on PC that would be a killer that would hurt Sony hardcore but that's just me speculating and and being me the fact is is that she has to continue to push the people above her Satya Amy I don't know how one of them hasn't gone been gone yet I'm going to be honest with you because this brand has become like a juggernaut now that's where I say Keystone being labeled as an Xbox you know little dongle rather than you know trying to sell people a fire stick is a smarter move because I think the Xbox brand has come back from the dead thanks to all this marketing and actually treating it like something rather than Microsoft just wanting to push you windows and you know you know AI you know all these other things the fact is is that you treat it like a brain

53:05you treat it like a brand you start treating the consumer better than your competition you are going to get people back and they might be reluctant but you got to court them you got to make them feel like hey there's a reason to come here we're already here we appreciate it we know what you're doing it is better than what we felt for the past five years but you got to do that even better and you got to hold the line as King David would say you know it's funny you mentioned GTA and during this interview she mentions GTA she's a matter of fact she she confirmed during this interview that the most affordable way to be able to play Grand Theft Auto 6 is going to be on the Xbox Series S she actually said that now obviously that's not one to one marketing the marketing is is paid for by PlayStation but the fact that the president of Xbox during the BBC interview at Gamescom said out to the world the most affordable way to play Grand Theft Auto 6 is going to be on our Xbox Series S

54:21she's not wrong now granted I don't know if they're going to drop it a hundred dollars right before it releases you know to get more people to buy it who knows I think I a lot of I think listen Sony made a lot of really big sales based on their partnership with Netflix you know listen it's it's just what they they paid for that so obviously when rock star partners with Netflix and it has plastered all over it played on a place to play with Netflix played on a PlayStation it's it's going to sell you and it's that's just what it is but well gamer what's going on my brother welcome to the program how are you feeling today hello there ladies and gentlemen out there in the world of Xbox now I appreciate you having me again boom and I do apologize for being late I tried my best to get here as fast as humanly possible but my Boston let me lead didn't let us leave to like whatever time and then the traffic getting out of town was crazy but the man I'm here thanks for having me well listen let's just jump right into it okay so obviously yesterday oh yesterday last week on your debut back to the Xbox Factor podcast you mentioned something that I thought was broke you said I like this asha girl and you know you said that because she has taken center stage and put these

55:48and put the Xbox brand on her back to do what she's known to do bring brands back from the break Xbox is still broken and it's going to be for a while you know she has only been in the jobs since February but man what she's done since then it's been incredible and more specifically well that interview with the BBC and I had sent everything to you last night was pretty lengthy very dense and extremely pointed now before you got in here we talked about some of the things talked about how she feels the importance of halo for instance yesterday we made mention that she talked about and this was a bit of a shocker to the games industry that he looks is going to be a family of devices that family of devices is what we don't know outside of the actual unit now when she was pressed on whether or not it would be a disc based console

57:03what we didn't get the answer but what we do have is this disc to digital conversion program known as project positron and it is an early access to preview members on Xbox is it perfect yet no to some people put this in that don't work yes I've seen some of those reports but they also said they would be launching with the ability to play to convert thousands of games to digital licensing not every game is going to work obviously it's going to be trial and error but talked about elder scroll six now she was cheeky about that I love the way she answered it when she asked about it being exclusive and in my heart of hearts ladies and gentlemen I think it's going to be I think it absolutely has to be an exclusive but she simply says it's a beautiful game and smiles really really off the cuff well done PR training by a shame but you know a couple other things I want to read some of

58:13what she said and we're going to get your hot take on the overall interview Welsh she says about reaching a billion players and what that actually means for Xbox she says quote a billion players daily is a big number today we have more than a hundred million players today and we'll continue to invite more people around the world to play and this is another this is again this is pretty interesting this is this is in or the by lines of being a boss of Xbox she says this quote while most companies in this field strive for growth Xbox isn't forced to do that we have three titles that generate a billion dollars annually and I think we should reach six to eight of those titles at this level at this level in the coming years so they already have three now it's safe to assume the oblo is one of them right call of duty is the other I would say I would say wow you know world of warcraft maybe but the fact that she has confirmed literally saying oh no we're going to have six to eight of these in the coming years means there

59:33heading upwards of five more billion dollar gains that is very pointed but you know what here these are the last two paragraphs of what she closed out the interview with and I'll read them she says quote we have great titles and more importantly over time will continue developing our developer platform to attract great independent developers and in closing she says it's neither desirable nor possible for us to compete with every big publisher and small developers at the same time in fact in Europe alone in the last six months we've added a third of our new independent developers from this region of the world look I know that you took a look at the notes I know you saw the interview I want to get your heart take what was your big takeaway from the BBC interview with Asha Sharma

1:00:37my biggest takeaway was just how much was unpacked in a 12 minute interview like she like they they and again and I keep and I said this last week when I refer to an interview she'd done a couple months back she's very she speaks so eloquently and she just she just turns every stone and she doesn't leave anything up for interpretation I think the only thing she she left for in like you said a cheeky way interpretation was just the fact that she couldn't outright say that Elder Scrolls is going to be an exclusive but I also do believe that that will be an exclusive I think that's that that you can't something as big as Elder Scrolls when people have been pining for it and and in this with the state that the Xbox is in and you want to reach as many people as possible you want to get as many people in your ecosystem and buying your box as possible I think she I don't think I think she's too smart to let to let that wouldn't go and I mean we already know that like you know we have we have gears and clockwork since she's been around she wanted to get fable and halo back I do think she's built in the portfolio back up and as crispy said earlier re re re you know regrouping the troops is you know she like when she said we're not retreating it's like crispy said me nailed it with his quote

1:02:01again sorry if I'm butchering it but it's it's like then we're not retreating we're not running away from the battle we're just bringing the soldiers back forming a new line of defense and and working out the next strategy on how to attack and I think that's a very well but and sentence I think the overall sentiments I got from that interview was just how well she answers questions and how well she puts things over and literally like no matter what part of the interview you go to like I love the halo thing what that that was one of the standouts for me because again halo campaign evolved I really enjoyed it it wasn't without its faults but that game was that game was under you know when it was when it all probably my all the way through its development cycle it was under the under like you know the fill regime and she's she's obviously she got earlier to the ground she's she's she puts the game a first and foremost I really truly do believe that and you know anyone could argue whether she can cares or not whether it's just a to meet a bottom line whether it's just a take a box or at this point I don't care what a motivation is as long as it's working and if she's listening to the players first and foremost I bring it on because that's what this this is what this brand is solely needed and I that goes for Xbox and in this case a low and she said it plain as they the thing she's learned about like you know the great game you know halo is that you know it has a long history and legacy and I truly do

1:03:31think in her hands halo has a chance to come back on top and be a very very very strong IP again what what that looks like and where that what like what happens with the halo IP I'm very intrigued to see but I do think because of the way she works the way she operates the way she dissect information statistics gets the feedback off the players first of foremost I have absolutely no doubt that whatever we see from from halo moving forward is going to be the game that the gate that that that halo fans across the world can be proud of which is something we haven't had in a long time I really do believe that and what were you talking about before as well you were talking about like Elder Scrolls and fall out and stuff like that I have come back to my the goose the goose is bum hole welded shit last week like she honestly asher genuinely and this is where I like this girl. She must have when she walked through those doors that first few days when she was like sitting round tables and just like you know like with all the interns and all the all the like and people that work under the people that she's now going to be like you know overseeing like she must have just sat down right give me the skinny what games do we own.

1:04:49Oh well you know we own you know we own the faster so you know we've got the fall out IP the Elder Scrolls IP she probably just did one Google search and went. You're telling me we own these two IPs and the last time they made anything was in 2000 and whatnot like what the hell of you what the hell of you all been fucking doing this all time like what what is going on here like you know what I mean that's like. She must have been rolling her eyes like how have we been sitting on these IPs like I like banjo and kazooies another one I guarantee you and I hope anyone listening to the show right now here's me say this you you can time stamp this podcast right now when I say you are with her as leader. The end that she has. Prapper even in this interview she made a point of saying that no matter what we do no matter what strategy we go or how the model changes or how the strategy changes like that you know adapting to the equals you know the economy and how things work with.

1:05:53Producing hardware software you know you know adjusting the strategy to fit the economy with production and money and all that's because of like the the you know all the money and. But you know the prices of things like flying up and down because since covid and all that she said at the forefront we're going to be listening to feedback and doing what like what like. What the players want and trying to make it as affordable and as efficient as possible. And when you've got someone thinking like that she's hearing the feedback about banjo and kazooie and banjo kazooie and stuff like that I guarantee you we'll see that I think side tight side tangent but I know you love banjo boom so I throw that in there. But literally oh man it's a fan favorite and again she must be thinking how the hell who the hell have this job before me like she must have been like looking at a screaming like to the top of the lungs like I can't believe we're sat on all this like a me on all these goose eggs and all instead of letting them out in the wild.

1:06:54You just shove them up the goose and well that it sure but then but not literally I I yeah I'm very excited and I do think all the scrolls is going to be an exclusive like I said the highlights of the interview for me was the halo. When she was talking exclusivity and I do think we're going to see a lot more in the pipeline moving forward I'm excited to see what they have at the at their sleep with halo like in the future hope we get an announcement for that some points soon. And yeah it was cheeky how she answered the Elder Scrolls 6 exclusive and so I did find that quite cheeky with a little grin I was just like are you cheeky little devil you. I was like oh yeah I know your game if she was smiling man like like a body language said a lot of things to me it said that she wanted to be like yeah it's going to be an exclusive but obviously it's too early to be able to throw those sort of things out. But then but my general consensus of the interview was that she covered a lot of bases it was a very clear concise interview 12 minutes of unpacked information and answers were so clear and concise in just about every aspect of the interview and yeah I can't fault it really I really do like this actually girl man I think she's a really she's a powerhouse she's a she's a force to be reckoned with and I'm really intrigued to see what what what comes next.

1:08:15Yeah you know shout out to both King Web and Pat Man Jones who corrected me because I was trying to think about what those a billion dollar franchises and I completely set my mind that mine craft and candy crush are those other ones those. I was just I was literally about to say as well slip my mind mine craft staff really got to be one of them definitely they're making money but you know again listen. For me personally I'm already sold on asha I'm sold on asha because she did something that was taken away from Xbox fans and the brand that was exclusivity project positron and that positron project project latitude was an ultimate failure right like they tried to use the idea. That will put our will be everywhere and will make a lot of money and that ultimately didn't happen now there is a specific thing that she said almost from inception and I think of crispy bomb might have made mention of this the other day when she said.

1:09:32Corp before more she meant the hardcore and the more that she was talking about is project latitude where putting their games everywhere as a base right like if you would think about well if I put my product everywhere I want to make a lot of money. Well that actually didn't happen actually deluded the brand in a way where. A lot of bots like me walked away now I'm always going to be a bot I don't I don't shy away from the fact that I believe green and I would much rather play using an Xbox control in a PlayStation 5 control 10 out of 10 times not even a question right so i'm okay with that. But there were a lot of people that walked away from the brand because they felt that the brand was the value. And ultimately she comes in she starts making these sweeping changes right she goes to her you know her first big event which of course was the you know showcase in June she completely knocked it out of the park confirmed everyone which again I was asking see I was there folks when she comes out and she says.

1:10:50You know it's an exclusive I heard the feedback of the fans. The entire audience erupted right we we've seen the ramifications from games media they they still can't believe Xbox had the balls. To say no we're stopping here years of war you're not getting I actually still think I talked about this the other day I believe this is. I could be wrong it's my assumption I'm allowed an opinion and I'm also allowed to be wrong I don't think that I am. I think that you're going to see that forza horizon six has been canceled I really believe that because right now you can only wish list it and I talked about it in the other video folks you watched it in droves and I'm really thankful for that wish list games get canceled all the time and they simply just fall off of your wish list. With no notification whatsoever and you know well you said something.

1:11:56That was very interesting about asha you think that she doesn't take else very long very well and when I'm you didn't specifically say it like that you said that like the whole stable thing right I think that burned her to be honest with you that halo there I P. They could not take that back because of contractual or shit well I'm sure there was a contract signed for forza but you can't spend money on it you can't pre-order it it's only wish list it it's a stable way so I actually think that might be one of the pillars that stays moving forward an Xbox exclusive that would be a big one because that's going to be one of the most played games most purchased games highly rated games of 2026 hands down so if you just take a step back and you think you look at everything that asha has done up until this interview gentleman and chat.

1:13:04This interview the 12 minute interview with the BBC is a cherry on top of the banana boat Sunday and it's scrumptious delicious Xbox gamers we have a road map for hardware we got a road map for their games they have a service which I don't care what anyone tries to tell you is the best value you can tell me this is not a great time to be an Xbox fan I'm going to tell you that right now now real quick before we get on adi I got a catch up on super chats any closing thoughts from crispy bomb and then we'll bring for any closing thoughts what do you thoughts Chris about Chris we want everything that we've just talked about you know I think they have an opportunity that only comes basically for asha it's like once in a lifetime yeah market correctly

1:14:14don't you know like obviously we they've tried so many different things and it hasn't worked go back to the brand itself you know this is this is an Xbox didn't work but guess what we are Xbox does work I think that type of mentality you know like you can PC you can do all that leave PlayStation out of it they don't like you they don't like you they want you to burn and they're burning themselves right now and this is your once in a lifetime opportunity to give them the big middle finger and I'll leave it at that at the fair point I actually love it I love that point because at what point do you stop smiling after they've fed you shit I'm sorry like I don't mean to be vulgar ladies and gentlemen but Sony I mean crispy just said it if it was up to Sony they would burn Xbox down to the ground now

1:15:25PlayStation is on their back heel ladies and gentlemen anyone that says that they're not your own pony because they are on their back heel and their fans even their die hard fans are pissed we keep seeing it so this is an absolute once in a lifetime opportunity Sony has falter and anyone that brings up the whole console sales thing good for you that you have 95 million consoles out in the wild it's not just about console sales and you're going to see that moving forward Wells gamer on the way out the door any final thoughts to what crispy said about this being a once in a lifetime opportunity Sony has shit the bed ladies and gentlemen they absolutely have with their fan with their fans with their first party with their studios with their core with their core thank you sir and now yesterday they launch a commercial that doomed Xbox in 2013 they are only talking about TV TV TV TV it's almost like we are in Bizarro land any additional thoughts

1:16:52and I my initial thoughts in the effective I feel like for asher her timing her entry into like this position and the stars of aligned and if she plays a cards right she could hit on all cylinders with absolute perfection and get Xbox to where she wants it to be while also driving that massive middle finger with a freshly pedicured nail on the end of it right up fucking Sony's ass literally honestly I because like a Sony keeps shooting themselves in the foot and Xbox is taking the W's with with every good decision and and I happen back to what you said about core before more like her mentality of putting the game a first and put in the you know the core the fan base first and I also think that that can even be interpreted in terms of like the games like core over more like quality of a quantity and I do think she's put in a best foot forward

1:17:53and I do think that like in doing in doing all the right things on our end of the spectrum and letting Sony like basically fall in their own shit like as they could marry those two scenarios can marry up lovely in Xbox's favor and give us a very good put us on a springboard to success basically and I think the future is looking really really bright to be honest and yeah and I do think the middle finger is necessary because Sony Sony Sony as a company is a cancer it truly is it's like that like that little tumor that won't go away like and I and they're they're not consumer friendly they're not they're not threat they're just they're just they're just hideous they're just horrible their practices that cultist mentality that their pony followers are literally akin to bloody the Manson family like it is it's honestly it's it's literally and it's nice to see for a change the world seeing him seeing them for what they really are and and ashes doing it with class you know because Phil strategy was come by our my lord come by our like Sony could literally shit in a bag

1:19:09and set it on fire on Phil Spencer's doorstep and you do any kick it off his porch with a smile like I'm sure it was just another kid round the block it wasn't can be possibly been Sony it's all good world good is all our games yeah we love you too but um but like with Asha she's just like grinning answering these questions in interviews with absolute class with pride she can tell like she's she was confident man she was her chest was out no I wasn't staring I just mean her body language but like she was like shoulders back chest out grin on her face she had confidence she knows she's got and like a full house she she she she knows she's at the table everyone's gone all in and she's and and and she's got a deck of cards in front of her and she's got a full house and she's smiling and she's just like yeah I know what I've got I know what I need to do I know who I'm listening to now and the competitions doing the complete opposite of all those three things I just mentioned so she doesn't even need to try and beat them at their own game or fight them on the choice of the battlefield or she just needs to stay in early and do exactly what she's doing

1:20:21and let those guys burn in the fire that they made and and I just don't and I think that like the recipe for success is is written on the walls at this point she's she's the perfect person for the job I really like this girl she's taking everything in her stride and it just seems the competition are flustered and there and there they're they're tripping over themselves and they're and they're stepping stepping on breaks at every turn and and she she's probably laughing in the background and especially like the fabled the buckle like how they're releasing whatever that new God of war game like a week after or week before the fabled just a spike Xbox she she you know and she and like we said before she wanted fabled back on the platform she wanted Halo back on the platform Halo how how Halo's been treated since since campaign evolved she's obviously been listening to the fan she's gutted the studio she's already made moves to get Halo in a stronger position because he understands the legacy and the port the importance make I can't breathe right now I've got so much to say and my lungs only can hold so much air but man she she is just putting the right foot forward at every turn the world the stars are on the stars are aligning she's doing everything right well the other for the other world

1:21:35where the other camp is stepping on rakes and like I said she's hitting on all cylinders everything that we need a leader to do and have needed a leader to do she is ticking every box and she's not she doesn't even she doesn't even look like she's breaking a sweat and so this girls got balls the skills got brass are you really like what she's doing and yeah she in the most classy way possible her actions are giving the most like laugh laugh but you know while she's laughing the biggest middle finger and it's only making Xbox stronger as well and yeah that is my overall take my last thoughts and if I missed anything I'm going to kick myself but I'm pretty sure with with all the air in my lungs I managed to cover it yeah you did a great job as always great to have you back here as a part of the show listen ladies and gentlemen that's going to do it for us I got to catch up on super chats and when we get there obviously tomorrow Wednesday evening it's going to be me case on the two-man show for prime time gaming a hard eats out because he's on a work trip

1:22:41and of course Thursday and Friday regularly scheduled programs my nephew will be opening and closing breakfast of boom as he's been doing the last couple of weeks before he gets back to school but listen shout out to marvelous Marvin who drops an outstanding $20 super chat he simply says excellent live streams and videos boom and team brother that's very kind of you to say we appreciate the incredible generosity Marvin and of course more importantly the very kind words we also have skywalker 3x in the chat dropping a very generous $5 super chat he says what's up boom in panel what's up skywalker great to see here brother thank you so much for hanging out and of course so for us thank you so much for the generosity lastly Sith lore generous from the program drops an outstanding $2 super chat and says well gamer said my favorite words banjo kazooie yeah I mean listen I don't know where we're going to get one I think well she's on to something look I've said this from the beginning you don't have to reinvent the wheel with banjo right the the fight the fiscal way of doing this where you're not making a $200 million

1:23:55platformer is to simply do what capcom did or a lot of these studios have done right take the original bones and lay over unrelentian five to it right they could remake the original they don't have to reinvent the wheel they don't have to make a banjo three right because obviously banjos for a lot of people doesn't mean I'm an old man it's what it means a lot to me and same thing for Sith Lord maybe some people on this panel but the way they can do it where it's cost effective is simply just remake the original just take what's there take the story take the everything about banjo kazooie and simply modernize it that could be done pretty inexpensively and if they do that they could all it could also be a test water to whether or not it be a game that people want to see the second one made and maybe there'll be eventually a third game a new third game in the series that leads up to it we'll see what happens but

1:25:00crispy bomb that's the brand by the where could people not only follow you on social media but get the crispy truth with a side of very well saved receipts sir well I mean I always say if somebody's trying to challenge you on social media make sure that they're not a stand that's number one number two make sure they're not a sock account the fact is is that a lot of these people make sock accounts so they can challenge you without putting their name out there that's the way I look at it it's at Chris bomb on X Chris bomb 20 Xbox live and I just want to say I love you Welsh like we did this many many moons ago but my God you you are the same person and I love you for it and I appreciate you brother and appreciate you my thank you thank you because you know like you know highlighting me you know that's one thing but really speaking your truth and that's what I always say speak your truth say what you want to say and people people

1:26:13hate it that's okay don't don't take that into consideration anymore right now we're at the point where Xbox is doing good things and if people crap on it and they don't like it well challenge your own brand to do the same thing or they don't what usually happens and then we're at the same point and then you go and say well what why are we having this conversation to begin with so that's all I would say to people love you all in the chat we'll see you next time Friday at breakfast of boom we'll see yes we can't wait for him I'm literally writing that show again putting everything together we got to see what's going to happen for the rest of the week but Welsh game I sell the brand brother if people want to check out your YouTube channel and follow you on social media how do they do that sir boom as always absolute pleasure thank you for having me brother and crispy bomb man it's again a pleasure I hope to see you next week as well because this is this is not the end for me I'm enjoying I'm enjoying dipping my toe back in the pool loving loving the fact that boom's

1:27:25given me a seat again I'm absolutely loving it as for my YouTube channel is still the Welsh gamer by all means go over there hit the subscribe button and the bell because I do intend on making videos it probably have to be on weekends but it's something I definitely want to start doing again but starting starting small you know you know don't run before you can walk I'm just getting my feet back in the pool and on twitter or x sorry I'm the Welsh gamer so by all means dm me and also guys never forget there may be a hundred million units in the wild for the PlayStation but when they're selling you know 10 to 15 million units with their first party that just suggests to me that the other 90% are bloody fortnight nepo babies and madden baddened you know I mean they're they're just the casual they they're they're hardcore they're hardcore player base makes up like just under or just over 10% of all those units so it means nothing all that means to me is that if Asha plays a card right and she with the family of devices and spreads her wings and makes it affordable and and actually tackles the affordability problem all

1:28:31those casuals that absolutely hold no allegiance to any flag they're going to go where it's most affordable so what does that say for Sony then just throwing out another fact all day because I do speak my truth crispy is something that I was born with and I can't seem to shake it it's a problem but guys pleasure see you all next week anyone watching your old legends and that's the last gamer signing out peace thanks watch gamer I'm gonna close out the show something that my Theo always says treat others how you want to be treated and it doesn't cost anything to be nice live by those rules I can guarantee you you're going to have an awesome day so take care everyone and we'll see you next Tuesday on the newest episode of the Xbox Factor Podcast you