Sony wants to grow “by making Xbox smaller,” according to Xbox boss

2022 Episode 54 December 17, 2022

Go to https://expressvpn.com/roundup and find out how you can get 3 months of ExpressVPN free! The Xbox and Sony back and forth continue as new offers and developments emerge surrounding Microsoft’s planned acquisition of Activision Blizzard King. In other news; The Witcher 3 Next-Gen Update is broken on PC, Epic drops server support for 17 games, Apple is going to allow outside app stores, and a God of War TV series is coming to Amazon Prime. In the comments this week we talk about what the FTC should actually be focusing on when it comes to gaming and the “Coming Soon” section has finally chilled out. Thanks for watching and have a great weekend! 00:00 - Sony wants to grow “by making Xbox smaller” 05:07 - The Witcher 3 Next-Gen Update is broken on PC 06:20 - Epic drops server support for 17 games 07:32 - Apple to allow outside app stores due to EU law 09:01 - God of War TV series is coming to Amazon Prime 10:00 - In the comments 10:58 - Coming Soon Buy our shirt! https://is.gd/u3xCtA OR follow us on Twitter! https://twitter.com/jack_p https://twitter.com/DarthBurrit0 http://twitter.com/InsideGaming SOURCES [Bloomberg] Microsoft says it offered consent decree on CoD https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-12-13/microsoft-says-it-offered-ftc-consent-decree-on-c… [VGC] Microsoft offers CoD licensing for PlayStation Plus https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/microsoft-has-reportedly-offered-sony-the-right-to-put-call… [VGC] Phil Spencer says PlayStation wants to grow by making Xbox smaller https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/phil-spencer-claims-playstation-wants-to-grow-by-making-xbo… [RPS] Witcher 3 next-gen update is still broken https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/the-witcher-3s-next-gen-update-is-borked-so-heres-how-to-roll-it-ba… [Epic Games] Epic shutting down server support on 17 games https://www.epicgames.com/site/en-US/news/epic-is-turning-off-online-services-and-servers-for-some-o… [PC Gamer] Epic is making Unreal Tournament 3 free-to-play https://www.pcgamer.com/epic-is-delisting-almost-every-unreal-game-but-making-unreal-tournament-3-fr… [Bloomberg] Apple will allow side-loading apps https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-12-13/will-apple-allow-users-to-install-third-party-app… [The Gamer] God of War series is coming to Amazon Prime https://www.thegamer.com/god-of-war-series-coming-to-amazon-prime/

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Comments

MamzelleBoomstick

3 years ago

Very good point Christopher. The whole CoD thing just comes across as a petty rivalry between two video game juggernauts that are already making a tonne of money. I would honestly prefer it if they focused on problems such as labour issues (especially with regard to the way women, BAME communities and LGBTQ+ communities are mistreated) and microtransactions as well, given how toxic the video game industry has become.

Supremejay_85

3 years ago

Jack said million instead of billion in regards to the size of the Activision acquisition, just an fyi

malebolgia

3 years ago

@Supremejay_85 In my best Dr. Evil impersonation: "Why ask for billions when we can have millions?" 😆

Zagadka

3 years ago

"Why is the FTC only focusing on the issue presented by one industry leading titan instead of industry-wide issues effecting employees and consumers" is a question that kind of answers itself.

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