Can finally start the game then.

On the other hand, I just started CoD MW and I'm over 20 hours into Yakuza 7....

If Phil wants more family friendly content...

1. Revive Viva Pinata with Sumo Digital/Rare, have a few deeper sim elements, a lot more wildlife and environments, it's a title that could be updated for years with new content such as animal packs and new environments, it's an awesome IP and they could even revive the TV Show with Netflix to expand its brand.

2. Make a Banjo remake with either Playful/Rare or Playtonic/Rare, I wouldn't go straight to a sequel yet, it's too risky and would require Gregg's full attention which he can't provide right now as he's fully focused on Everwild, if it's with Playful then a remake is less daunting and a good way to get them more acquainted to the IP, it will also satisfy somewhat, the Banjo fans.

3. Revive 1 vs. 100 with Jackbox Games or their own Alpha Dog Games, have a native mobile version, they could do private rooms for smaller groups or families if they want, or it doesn't have to be 1 vs. 100, they could do any sort of quizzes with Jackbox Games.

4. Revive Fuzion Frenzy, I'm not sure who with, I would also prefer Kung Fu Chaos but that isn't family friendly, Lol. Fuzion Frenzy could be like Microsoft's version of Mario Party, it is definitely family friendly, appeals to multiple age groups as all these suggestions do, could have some cross-game marketing too like skin packs for Xbox characters.

5. Forza Kart Racing, although again, I don't know who would develop it, shame Activision owns Beenox cause those are the only ones coming to mind right now, I suppose Sumo Digital could be a possibility with how big they are, hell Sumo Digital is so big they could probably do Fuzion Frenzy too, Lol but I'm trying to think if there's any better possibilities, anyway, Xbox has enough characters now for a fun kart racer.

There's 5 of the top of my head, I'm sure there's many more.

I meant to ask you the other day how you were enjoying Yakuza.  When you first brought it up you still only were alone without party members yet.

Having issues with my old Xbox One, very annoying. The Home Screen won’t load, the console will turn on, the Welcome Message that appears right before the Home Screen opens shows up, but then it stays on a black screen with the Home Screen not opening. Cold rebooting won’t fix it. Trying a factory reset right now.

I'm having a good time.

The game definitely feels longer than previous Yakuza games. I thought this would be the result of the turn based battle system but infact the story just seems to be a lot longer. It starts rather slow with you slowly exploring the city and its factions.

I'm not fully convinced about the battle system. It's hard to judge what AOE attacks will hit which enemies when they are constantly moving around. Sometimes the camera can't keep up when it moves from one character to the next and in the worst case the enemy will attack you instantly and you have no chance to block. Also there's no way to know which enemy type has a resistance to a certain kind of attack. Don't expect me to remember it as there are so many different enemy types. Similar case with attacks that are very effective towards enemies. While it does show which enemies will take more damage than others, you still have to select the type of attack first. They should've used symbols.

Not a fan of the job system either and the very very limited equipment you can use with each of them.

About 8.5/10 right now.

This was a nice interview, nothing like 'news' or anything but just a chill interview with an interesting insight into Microsoft, Satya and Sarah, the future Vice President of Gaming when Phil retires 👀

It won't be anytime soon thankfully, looking at his response to that question in IGN's Podcast (Ryan essentially asked him when he's retiring, haha), his response was along the lines of him loving his job and he doesn't seem to have any desire to retire anytime soon but he's making sure to build a strong team around him to take over the mantle one day.