Episode 242 - We Need To Talk About Phil Spencer, Xbox, and Redfall

The time has finally come: Tears of the Kingdom is upon us! But before we can discuss the game, we have to finish some and we did just that for this episode. We also dig in to the recent interview with Phil Spencer that KindaFunny hosted regarding Xbox and Redfall. We get into listener write-ins that forced us to watch the Gran Turismo movie trailer and we don't exactly hate it.

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News Links

• Don’t expect Switch 2 until “next spring at the earliest” - Nikkei Asia https://asia.nikkei.com/Business/Media-Entertainment/Nintendo-expects-Switch-sales-to-slow-further-this-year
• Sony shuts down ‘Concrete Genie’ dev, Pixel Opus - Twitter https://twitter.com/Pixelopus/status/1654563543386296320
• Take Two teams up with Game Freak for new action-adventure “Project Bloom” - VGC https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/private-division-signs-a-new-action-adventure-ip-from-pokemon-studio-game-freak/
• Phil Spencer’s Kinda Funny interview https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yKwfEQ1eEyM&pp=ygUZa2luZGEgZnVubnkgcGhpbCBzcGVuY2VyIA%3D%3D

Time Stamps

• 00:00 Intro
• 01:18 Tears of the Kingdom Hype Check
• 05:01 TRG Kids
• 07:30 What We’re Playing
• 28:19 Nintendo Confirms No New Nintendo Switch This Year
• 32:09 Sony Shuts Down PixelOpus
• 38:58 Take-Two Teams Up with GameFreak
• 42:05 Let’s Talk Phil Spencer, Redfall, and KindaFunny
• 59:05 Does Xbox/Playstation Feed the Console Wars?
• 1:07:04 The Gran Turismo Movie Looks…
• 1:12:24 Gaming Summer Plans
• 1:17:56 These Games Deserve Remakes
• 1:29:20 Should MGS 3 Get Remade First?
• 1:33:03 Series That Are Intimidating to Get Into
• 1:37:40 Patron Shout Outs
• 1:38:58 Reco’s & Closing