Episode 223 -- Welcome To The Digital Future: Network Outages At Both PlayStation And XBOX

In this episode...
--> Less than a month after Sony announced that it will no longer be producing physical discs for its games as of January 2028 (a move that Microsoft is expected to follow with its next gen console, Project Helix), both Team Blue and Team Green experienced system-wide outages this past week that effectively rendered each gaming ecosystem dead in the water.
--> Microsoft has launched a test for ad-supported XBOX game streaming and promised the ads won't interrupt gameplay.
--> Rare Nintendo Famicombox units have been found in a perfectly operational state in a Japanese love hotel.
--> Also: Top 3 New Releases, Gaming History 101

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