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Starfield & Redfall Are Delayed To 2023 - What’s Next? | Defining Duke Episode 71

Xbox and Bethesda's partnership was destined to bear fruit in 2022. Now, that has been pushed back as it has been confirmed that Starfield and Redfall are now slated for the first half of 2023. To say this is catastrophic would be an understatement even if it means we receive better games at the end of the road. The showcase, the expectations, the holiday window, the shake-up of releases for 2023, the potential shotgun blast of those, and many more ramifications we likely won't know of until they hit. This marks Bethesda Game Studios' first true delay since Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion in 2005 when it was, ironically, pushed back to Spring 2006 for the Xbox 360. Joining us is ColtEastwood to discuss the Xbox Everywhere initiative along with the newly announced Summer Games Fest showcase which presents a problem Xbox is much happier to have. That being, where do they slot in the numerous announcements and big reveals they have planned? If reports are to be believed, the spread has increased to three if you include Gamescom and offers the team the ability to spread the wealth. Problems both good and bad for the green machine have arrived and it's time for us alongside our lovely guest to discuss. Follow the hosts! @MrMattyPlays https://www.Twitter.com/G27Status​ @Iron Lords Podcast https://twitter.com/LordCognito @colteastwood https://twitter.com/Colteastwood #DefiningDuke #Xbox #Starfield Timestamps: 0:00:00 - Intro 0:05:03 - Xbox and Bethesda may be working on some Disney projects. 0:08:55 - EA and FIFA are officially ending their partnership. 0:14:47 - Outriders has still yet to make a profit, according to People Can Fly. 0:23:02 - WWE has signed a deal for a wrestling RPG. 0:25:38 - Hitman 3’s year two plans have seen a setback. 0:32:17 - Corrections and follow-ups. 0:37:52 - What we’ve been playing. 0:47:09 - Will collector’s editions become a thing of the past? 0:57:30 - Were older games better or is it nostalgia talking? 1:06:58 - Why is there so much slander for Fallout 4? 1:16:13 - Starfield and Redfall have been delayed. 2:04:56 - Summer Games Fest will take place on June 9th. 2:20:05 - Xbox servers have been going offline, creating a conversation around digital libraries. 2:36:05 - Project Belfry from Stoic Games is rumored to be an Xbox third party exclusive. 2:43:33 - The Mass Effect 4 description has changed. 2:55:45 - Hangar 13 has had some staff shakeups and a new Mafia game is in early development. 3:01:38 - Gotham Knights is a current-gen exclusive. 3:10:06 - Furi’s PS5 update has been prioritized over the Xbox version. 3:20:58 - Game Pass pick of the week. 3:23:07 - Will developers continue to take things away from annualized games? 3:30:28 - How will Xbox’s availability over the PS5 affect the generation? 3:35:01 - Do we have any custom controllers? 3:41:55 - Are microtransactions all that bad if you dismiss reality? 3:44:53 - If a candle could smell like a video game, what would we want? 3:50:05 - Do we look at user reviews on the Microsoft store?

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Walker Simmons

This is why I haven't bought an Xbox yet. Since 2018 or even before then they have been promising exclusive games and new ip's with all there studio acquisitions but they still have nothing to show for it. This was the right move though Bethesda can't get away with releasing a super buggy game again

carter weiss

Ooooooohhhhhh, beefy 'sode

Aubrey

One notable part of the cyberpunk situation was that it was delayed several times and still didn't really hit like you would expect for a game delayed that many times from a high profile dev. I don't anticipate the same sort of issues with starfield but the comparison is worrisome in more ways than one.

drew

Really enjoyed seeing Colt on the episode. That third person helps the flow.

Tonys_Always_Write

It's a fair thing to mention, but CD projekt Red had one amazing game under their belt Bethesda has several.

Doug, just Doug

Re: delays, etc., seems like it's a management/leadership issue, no? The "if you can't beat 'em, buy 'em" approach isn't working. From an exclusive perspective, MS simply can't compete with Sony. Anyone asking why that is?

Yuushin

Pretex I'm a ps/pc player so there is that. Fall out 3: the game ate 3 of my saves and the only one left was 23 hours back from the point I was at so never finished it Fall out NV: as the game went on it got more and more laggy and everytime I entered the strip it was a coin flip if I would hard crash to dash or have to unplug my ps3 to reset. On pc I bought it on a steam sale and it barely worked unless I downloaded a mod patch to optimize it (I had a system that played bf3 on ultra so it wasn't my pc) Skyrim: 4 saves eaten, but learned from fo3 so saved much more often so was OK. Loved the game and wanted to plat it. I lost my plat because the one for the relic pieces. You could only miss one, and I missed my one early on, but the second missed one was when I did the quest, it said I got the piece but it never hit my inventory so didn't count. I downloaded the pc version on steam sale and ran much better but then dlc came out. Most of the dlc was just mods made official and felt... Wrong to me Eso: in every beta, saw the bugs and passed it off as beta jank, full release came and same bugs still there, dungeons broken, massive advantages tied to a expensive collector edition, broken quests, bot issues breaking quests for months I gave up Fo4: skipped Fo 76 : yeah..... Starfield is going to be a wait and see for me, I just don't have the same trust in them as most because of the above

Kaz Redclaw

The only companies I'm still getting collectors editions from are Nippon Ichi Software America, Atlus, Limited Run Games, and East Asia Soft. Of course, I also buy them digital when they get cheap. ($99 for the collectors edition of the Prinny Volume 1/2, for instance, for the switch version, then when the collection is $20 on Steam I'll buy it again there to play on Steamdeck.) I used to buy them from Stardock Software as well, but their founders editions are now just digital as well. You buy the founders edition, and you get the game and all DLC and Extra content for it when they come out. I've gone back to old games. Modern games are largely better as a whole, but there are occasional gems back then (Chrono Trigger stands up with the best modern games,) and a lot of stinkers these days (Battleborn being a good example. The gameplay was a little fun, but the servers and always online were garbage.) All of those risks taken are basically now in Indie games. On PS5, there's a home console that can play games even offline, and anyone else logging into that console can play your games even offline, and any number of away consoles where you can play your library if you login to it on your account, but no-one else can play them on their account... If all consoles must ping the servers on Xbox then that's a reason to avoid it. The crappy one-home-console-only on playstation is why I only have one ps4 and one PS5, where I own 3 PS3's and 5 Vitas. I think Steam is a lot less restrictive as well.

John Doe

Congratulations Mr Matty hopefully you and your girlfriend find a great place together.