| Ryuu96 said: Podcast format is interesting, it wasn't expected but it makes a lot of sense, if anyone doesn't watch Xbox Podcast it's basically pre-recorded for release every Thursday and it's in video format too, not only audio. It's good that all 3 of them are there and not just throwing Sarah under the bus as the original rumours stated, Lol. Phil/Sarah/Matt know each other well so it could end up being a fairly chill atmosphere. Gives them time to waffle on in detail about their decisions too. It's also covering all 3 basis, Phil (business strategy change), Sarah (Game Pass + Hardware?) and Matt (Games). I'm not predicting anything but honestly a podcast format feels very...low-key/tame, for what is "apparently" industry shattering announcements ( If this is just Sea of Thieves (6 year old GAAS port) and a bunch of smaller titles like Hi-Fi Rush, Pentiment, Grounded, etc, then, Lol. FYI Nate says he has heard that HFR for Switch was scrapped, Lmao. Not for PS5 though. Switch 2 only maybe? |
)Since the Nintendo looking T-shirt was datamined from a recent update, that indicates that they still have a plan to release it on a Nintendo system. Possibly meaning that HFR is set to go multiplat around the time Switch 2 is planned to hit the market.
As for what to expect in terms of announcements, if they plan to release some more bigger titles on other systems, I probably wouldn't hit the Xbox community with the whole list in this podcast, given how the reactions have been.
I think it's better to slowly get them used to this strategy, opening with a couple of titles. And then later in the year intruduce a few more.
That said, I also think it would be a good idea of them to outright refute a few rumors in this podcast regarding some bigger titles that aren't planned, like Starfield for perhaps.
Last edited by Hiku - on 12 February 2024
