Defining Duke, Episode 90 | Have Xbox and PlayStation Revived The Console Wars? (Patreon)

With the continued back-and-forth, Xbox and Sony are truly reviving what we thought was a bygone time: The Console Wars! It's clear now that the modus operandi for PlayStation is to obstruct the Activision deal by any means necessary. This means even taking the public "egg in the face" as they continue to sink their public image. Xbox has shown the willingness to abide by the rules, but the real question is will this awaken a more cutthroat version of the current executives we see in place? Matty and Cog discuss! Furthermore, we have the remaining table scraps from Xbox's Tokyo Game Show interviews! Japan continues to be a weak spot as we all know, but Xbox is now making the commitment to bring original exclusives on the level of Lost Odyssey to fans. How long will it take and what form will it arrive? What relationships can be born from this initiative? There is much to parse through!

Timestamps:

0:00:00 - Intro

0:04:09 - Xbox pledges to bring Final Fantasy 14 to their consoles (again)

0:05:38 - The Master Chief Collection is making some changes

0:06:34 - Limited Run Games has figured out how to play PS1 on Switch

0:07:57 - G4TV and Fanbyte have suffered major layoffs

0:11:45 - Square Enix is worried about another flop

0:16:19 - Mega Man Battle Network Collection will have online battles

0:17:25 - Aragami 2’s Game Pass Partnership has been extended

0:18:44 - EVGA has terminated their Nvidia partnership

0:21:54 - Cyberpunk 2077 sees a huge amount of new and returning players

0:24:07 - Suikoden is back!

0:28:07 - TheRealInsider has been exposed

0:35:21 - There’s nothing to say about Scalebound

0:36:19 - Updates are coming to Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot

0:37:16 - There’s drama over the battle pass for Overwatch 2

0:42:23 - Logitech G Cloud has been revealed

0:45:53 - Sean Layden has gone to Tencent as a strategic advisor

0:48:50 - Have we ever made a decision to NOT get an achievement even though we could?

0:50:58 - Will Matty play Deathloop again?

0:52:44 - Will we get a Cyberpunk Edgerunners spoilercast?

0:53:25 - Will Cog make a game?

0:56:03 - Why did the Dukes not buy Soul Hackers 2 after hyping it up?

1:04:05 - What we’ve been playing

1:35:10 - Is it worth diving into Royal if you’ve already played Persona 5?

1:41:13 - Why wasn’t the Iron Man game at the Disney/Marvel showcase?

1:45:29 - Is the Xbox version of Wo Long botched?

1:48:17 - Grand Theft Auto VI has suffered a major leak

2:00:18 - A recent interview suggests more exclusive Japanese games are on the way

2:06:22 - PlayStation is nipping at the Activision acquisition again

2:18:41 - There’s more to the Halo Infinite and Bonnie Ross situation than meets the eye

2:26:22 - Xbox’s DRM practices have gotten a major shake-up

2:33:10 - Game Pass Pick of the Weeks

2:38:41 - How do we review games?

2:47:08 - Is it possible that Xbox is forgetting to invest in their own studios?