Could the future of Xbox spell a revolution for gaming as we know it? Strap in as we explore the electrifying potential of Xbox's bold plans and dissect the swirl of rumors about their multi-platform ambitions. We tackle the big questions: Will fan favorites like 'High On Life' and 'Sea of Thieves' sail across the console divide? And how does the monumental acquisition of Activision Blizzard fit into the grand scheme of Microsoft's profit-maximizing strategies? It's not just about the games; it's a game of thrones in the console kingdom, and we're breaking down every move on the board.
Could the future of Xbox spell a revolution for gaming as we know it? Strap in as we explore the electrifying potential of Xbox's bold plans and dissect the swirl of rumors about their multi-platform ambitions. We tackle the big questions: Will fan favorites like 'High On Life' and 'Sea of Thieves' sail across the console divide? And how does the monumental acquisition of Activision Blizzard fit into the grand scheme of Microsoft's profit-maximizing strategies? It's not just about the games; it's a game of thrones in the console kingdom, and we're breaking down every move on the board.
Let's do this. Welcome everybody to another episode of the Game of Traffic Show. I'm your host, mike Sanson. To the my Co-Hos, c'est bien Mr.
Speaker 1:Mike doing today. Everybody get off, mr Maze. And in today's Game of Traffic Show we're talking about one topic show. We're talking about one only main topic on one topic show, and today we're going to talk about what Xbox is saying about their platform in the future. Last week, mr Maze and the skies were falling, pigs were flying, men, adults were crying about the Xbox going multi-platform to PlayStation switch. Everybody need to calm down. That's not the case, mr Maze, did you want to hop into it?
Speaker 2:What we here on here we just really talking about, is dive into it. I mean, it's not the case, but it is the case.
Speaker 1:But, mr Maze, didn't you say last week in the back that yo game pass everywhere place?
Speaker 2:including PlayStation, that's what they want.
Speaker 1:What else? Was that the bet? Was that our bet? When you said yo, mr Gunnounsic, it was but that's what they want.
Speaker 2:Do I get my two-radar? They're my eight months after you won.
Speaker 1:Don't forget that. Do you get my two-radar?
Speaker 2:I feel like this bet wasn't concluded. What are you looking for? What are you looking for? What are you?
Speaker 1:looking for? What are you looking for? It wasn't concluded. Oh my God, we got put.
Speaker 2:Microsoft wants. It didn't happen, but it's not. Microsoft wants Mr.
Speaker 1:Maze lost another bet. But he lost another bet. He don't want to pay up. It's not a good thing to say it's a documented. It's a documented. He don't want to pay up, it's not concluded. We said it from this specific podcast. They made that day, which is two days ago. Well, I found out today, last yesterday, Mr Maze. All right, Mr Maze, let's jump into the topic. Let's go, you know what I'm saying. So Mr Maze has now calmed down the Xbox fanboys and Xbox supporters that Xbox would not be bringing in Starfield, Indiana Jones, a PlayStation 5.
Speaker 2:It's a bummer. Actually, that's the one everybody would prefer, but go ahead.
Speaker 1:But, mr Maze, what games are coming there? But Phil Stratz has not mentioned the games, but according to leaks they weren't verified, but according to leaks, yeah. So what leaks? What games are there, mr Maze? Do you know? Mr Maze, we know.
Speaker 2:High Five Rush, but that's been in the talks for a while. So now what I was surprised about the answer to you. We know High Five Rush. What else we got there? We got a.
Speaker 1:See your thieves.
Speaker 2:You see your thieves, we got a.
Speaker 1:Pentium Pentium.
Speaker 2:Pentium, yeah, and then what's this one more Grounded, yeah, grounded, oh.
Speaker 1:Mr Maze, you know why we could be running the game?
Speaker 2:Because nobody gets a damn One thing is, if you're going to start this whole cross-play, whatever, go out to other systems. Go out and bang, Even if it's not your premiere exclusives.
Speaker 1:I told you I'm going to do that stuff.
Speaker 2:I do think it's going to happen, though it didn't happen. I think this is just a tester, a teaser, but I do think they are going to eventually have the big games. I don't think if they have just going to 20 to 5 actually, and I do think Starfield will land there. I think it will land there I was just incorrect when, but I do think that's going to land there eventually.
Speaker 1:I mean you could be right, but the games that offer is a scratch that gives you a pet after you don't want to eat it. You can have this.
Speaker 2:Yes, yes, yes, you can say that, you can say that, but Microsoft is all about business. What?
Speaker 1:But all the companies are all about business.
Speaker 2:Yeah, exactly, and but they're all about business, and one thing Microsoft acknowledges is that we have it. We never want to console more. We've all our consoles since the original Xbox. We've always lost out on the hardware. We've never been a profit.
Speaker 1:So they never been the number one selling console.
Speaker 2:I don't think so, man. I think they, I don't think they may profits. Man Like, let me buy profit.
Speaker 1:I mean, Make a profit of sales or horrid but yeah, the loss of our money due to faculty red ring for the 360.
Speaker 2:Yeah, but even the original Xbox.
Speaker 1:Even original one.
Speaker 2:It was on the wall for them to and the most popular one the 360 was also at a loss. That you just stated we read ring her a lot but my thing is like dear, which I give them a credit, that they're realizing the count and it, which we're gonna talk later on. And in the show they reveal something else, and by revealing that to me is their admission to hey guys, we're not catching up, we lost. We'll talk more about that in the show, you know. But um.
Speaker 2:What I'm saying is that they they're realizing that how do we make this money? Xbox, gaypats, what we're leaning on, what's the next thing we can do to make this money? And I think the next way, the next wave, is Getting our exclusives to other platforms to make a rebate to, to get more sales on it. I think that's how they're looking at it now.
Speaker 1:Well, we discussed that last week. Yeah, the last podcast saying that Microsoft has made that big acquisitions or 70 billion dollars action Sorry, activision and Blizzard. So they got found way to make money. They did several layoffs. We do mergers, there's always gonna be layoffs, so that's gonna be doing layoffs. And they got found way to make profit Absolutely. And, like I said, yeah, putting this, putting the games on other platforms, yes, to make profit, but let's keep it real. No, my kids are those four games.
Speaker 2:I agree with you there, I don't give a damn on this one, you can keep those one out of the four to maybe high rush of your beauty closest when I play. Yeah, that's not even that kind of feel to me beyond switch you, but it's not again. I will go by, that's again If it's free.
Speaker 1:Placing all year. It came on place it in plus pass.
Speaker 2:Yeah, I mean maybe the way you're the switch Switch game to be good anyway, and I'm not gonna switch, but they look, they look more like switch typical games.
Speaker 1:Like this. I before Cuphead over all those games. Oh yeah, I put that game over all those, those four games. And already in a while. Look, we came with a switch already a while. That's before that better than these four games they mentioned.
Speaker 2:I agree, but like what? Like I'm saying, like you know which, I agree with you.
Speaker 1:I'm gonna mention, but in the leaks I agree with you.
Speaker 2:So let's see what they do next, cuz I was just what we all want to know, are you?
Speaker 1:good because our next biggest game that we know of is Indiana Jones.
Speaker 2:We want to say that's we, that we know of allegedly post come out this year.
Speaker 1:Yeah, so let's me. We will see While this year and also help late, but hopefully probably a 10 hours for a ball game. Yeah and I think the action is probably being limited because the way the content of the game be the same as last time. So I mean that's again. I was hyping about cuz. I was like, oh, shoot, maybe take this game in a different direction. He'd like to God war, yeah for this system, but apparently is not going to be that way. Okay, so my second, for the game has to end old.
Speaker 2:Okay, that sucks, strike, strike one. I mean, it's probably more than I mean.
Speaker 1:Probably more games don't come out later on we don't know about, but am I, like this, expect a brand as as lost the same power since the three after the?
Speaker 2:360. Man Okay, we talk about I got a little soak in Xbox as a brand has lost its. Oh yes, I don't know. I don't know.
Speaker 1:Mr Major.
Speaker 2:I got it. That was so cute, man. I'm hearing you, but I'm saying this. It makes sense to me, but I'm hearing you.
Speaker 1:I don't know. Tell me, tell me, why taking along this, this is thinking.
Speaker 2:Because I don't think they lost their you know their brand, what? I just think that there are not enough Exclusive, exclusive, that I feel anymore when it comes to Xbox. I Just think that's what it is.
Speaker 1:Can you explain? The console sells from the ps4 and a ps5. Can you explain to me why this is much better?
Speaker 2:Yeah, I'm just saying that.
Speaker 1:Games out there. They blow my way games.
Speaker 2:Games, though they have the game Microsoft because, think about it To big Microsoft games we haven't seen in a while. I would. It's one fable which is finally gonna come up. We still don't know official date on that one. Okay, that's a big Microsoft game and then obviously, the biggest one is gonna be what I was asked for, which is gives a war.
Speaker 2:Okay those are two games that I thought they we should have at least had two iterations already up, but now we have that we haven't had one. What's that? Some get gears came out, you know, could you bought the last one?
Speaker 1:That's the five and that's doing the Xbox one ever.
Speaker 2:Exactly.
Speaker 1:Yeah, but the way games are being made now, it takes longer to make a. But I suppose the brand no, it's not Hit it like it used to be well, that's what it got all students to get that home run. Yeah, so it's not the same.
Speaker 2:So we've been not the same with 360 error.
Speaker 1:Ever since your boy diamond trick screwed everything up, the brand is falling.
Speaker 2:I.
Speaker 1:But I'm saying, and you, I think you should agree, I think I like that you agree me. Ever since the introduction of the Xbox one, the brand is falling.
Speaker 2:It's okay, it's okay.
Speaker 1:Hit, hit falling, whatever, it's still the damn same. Yeah, even you midded in podcast. But now is placing not your more PlayStation, leaning, that issue I do leave. So even your son, who's an Xbox 360 junkie, more need is leading the PlayStation. No, you're right about that. So you know saying people will bought PlayStation's of Xbox 360 back in the Of the led to place in four pictures, five in the last. Didn't want console made of that and the 360, or I mean the Xbox, the backup console or the switch or the space by me, the console, the first console, and Placing in four or five or the second console. It's just like a set. It's took the brand, taking the hit. What did you and I say?
Speaker 2:last year.
Speaker 1:One of our closing shows yeah we said that we spent the big things for Xbox exactly recently. Then I said, fell back on it, I don't know, because those games ain't announced was big hitters. I really Xbox to develop a direct with big hitting.
Speaker 2:So that's let's take what we know. Let's take what we know for Xbox. We know it's just coming out.
Speaker 1:Yeah.
Speaker 2:Indiana Jones comes out this year. I and about those two games are mega hits.
Speaker 1:I don't care about. Let's say they're both mega hits.
Speaker 2:We don't know that, though, only how does this? Change your point of view. No, yeah, it does. To make both are are gonna are be considered for game of the year. You still from the same way.
Speaker 1:My advice with the starfield with the same name. People talk about the game of the year. It was, and it was at one time Are getting a high number of steam players of steam. Well, another people on steam playing the game, then this fellow of the planet.
Speaker 2:No, no, okay, You're right. I'm saying these are Actually game of the year candidates.
Speaker 1:We don't know, I'm just saying this is all hypothetical.
Speaker 2:I'm telling you these two games are coming out. That's a day, are jumping 2024, are both game of your candidates.
Speaker 1:Do this now, change your point of view it could be gaining candle mean that you brand is changed. I mean there's two big it takes games. You you can have a game of candidate and again doesn't sell well. Which is true, it could be a game that could change the platform.
Speaker 1:No, it's gonna take more than that. You need to go. Well, you know saying I'm giving you two. I put like this if you've been sucking as a basketball player for a player for the past five years, you have one breakout season. Does that make you a superstar?
Speaker 2:Yeah yeah.
Speaker 1:But I'm gonna say but expo some of sucking sense. When expo, it's one listen and it's more than. That's more than five years, mr Basin We'll see we'll see. I'm not ready to give up on it like that. I always say give it up on it. I'm just telling you the brand is taking a hit and you, you say, well, you know.
Speaker 1:It's like the place is, I feel like you're saying they're done through, for I never said that. I never said that. I'm saying, like the PlayStation 3, when people thought they put the, put the nails in the coffin, one by one, the nails, yeah, the PlayStation put the fist through like a home movie out the corner say, nah, we ain't dead.
Speaker 2:Okay, so the guy with this is what I'm trying to tell you.
Speaker 1:And then my amazing did that within the generation. It's two generations now.
Speaker 2:They did within the generation you know. Okay, all right, it's with two generations.
Speaker 1:They weren't bad consoles?
Speaker 2:The you think the Xbox was a bad console. I don't think the back cost to have you think this Xbox is a bad console.
Speaker 1:No, okay, they're not bad console. The hardware is not bad, but who gives a damn what the who gives?
Speaker 2:so you're upset because of the what the games right?
Speaker 1:You're, that's what you're done, for, like I always say, it's always always about the games, bro.
Speaker 2:Okay, so it's the games that you, that's that you feel this one, that's how it just. Well, I said I said last year you, I think we both said last year, yeah, let's see what 2024 does. We're still early 2024.
Speaker 1:Let's see what 2024 does at my further analysis, since I seen um place in that gun call a cold, cold first party game. I saw big, big, big day and I Went. I didn't mention. I think 2025 is the battle of the year 2025 is gonna be the battle of the what battle of battle of battle of consoles. I think we have a lot of good games come out 25, 20, 25 and 20, 26. Yes, I agree, but I don't think xbox lasts for that long. I have a good year.
Speaker 2:I think xbox, to me, has to destroy this year and so far, because of what we know, they're supposed to have the better games come out this year.
Speaker 1:They are, from what we know, at this standpoint, xbox is supposed to have the better games coming out this year, but minus a switch to what was the game wrote uh, rise and ronin.
Speaker 2:I like. Yes, but that's my pick of the year, you remember stella stella, that was we gonna get those two be too big. Sonya school, I can I can also say, uh, indiana Jones. I can also say, uh, about to come back. Yeah, we'll see what happens.
Speaker 1:We'll see we both don't know what uh games are coming out. Rest of the rest of the year?
Speaker 2:Yeah, we don't know Very early?
Speaker 1:I don't. I think xbox is dead. No, I never sent. The xbox is dead, do I like? Early in the year I did revise what I'm saying like hold up, let me fall back and xbox blown away, playstation this year. This possibly could happen, but you know. But I did fall back on and fall back on my statement. But we'll see what happened. Anything happened, okay, but it's amazing. You were saying or you got something they said in the conference well what was also stated.
Speaker 2:You know, I'm give this idea, give idea. Your credit was that um Xbox is working.
Speaker 1:It was said during it. It was said during the cop, though.
Speaker 2:That they were Working on their next generation of the new hardware console everything they said.
Speaker 1:They're working on new hardware.
Speaker 2:That doesn't. This one part is confusing, because I think it was two things that they mentioned they're working on your hardware, which is you're right, and also they're also they're getting a head start on their new console. I read that also.
Speaker 1:Everybody's heard that one of them working a new console.
Speaker 2:No, but it's like they're working on the news. It's supposed to be like they're working on a new thing that's never seen before. It's supposed to take a leapfrog From this concept, is it's like a major leapfrog that they're taking? That's what they were saying.
Speaker 2:Which is you when it starts about that 2028, 2026 for for a console. Now Everybody's like a 2028, 2028, playstation, 2028, originally Xbox, 2028, microsoft. The rumor is you can see a new console for them in 2026. To me, which is usually a sign of defeat, is how I look at, like whoa, you got a push of your console by two years. To me it's like you're saying whoa, we get, we get, we're giving up on this one.
Speaker 1:But you are saying what you stated earlier, saying that Xbox they taking a hit. But now you just saying, right now you're saying that oh, they feel the console that is a sign of defeat.
Speaker 2:It is a something for this generation. Yeah, I do think so.
Speaker 1:I just look at like you have to speed up. Try to get a jump on slowly someone. They got found somewhere. The best way that's how they got to 360 or jump ahead of the plane.
Speaker 1:Plus also pricing and plus 360 was an innovative console doesn't keep 100 Advice to put as the top 10 console. I will have my list. Yeah, I think they deserve the nod I'm doing now. You know, say the hard way generation, but I'll see is believing, we'll see, and we haven't. Been honest, I don't think anybody's really took full advantage of the PlayStation 5 and the Xbox. Remember a lot of games across generation PS4 and PS. Ps4, ps5, xbox one and Xbox series. World will say s which is the low-end console, which I still disagree. I think this is k-pop Xbox with no diss made no sense.
Speaker 1:No, I'll talk about with Xbox there with that series asses. Well, xbox experimenting was basic experiment with streaming sister swimming box when he did that. Let's just keep 100.
Speaker 2:I'm sure the numbers are. That was horrible, like I said.
Speaker 1:I Sell in bedder than the.
Speaker 2:X is cheaper. Cheaper, yeah, but like I said, it is Xbox really exploring.
Speaker 1:Oh, this is a streamer. This he makes it a stream box or a box to the download. This is experiments. See what happens, you know.
Speaker 2:I mean, yes, the price was good, but I you know everybody's about the whole new age of you know graphics and stuff. So I thought, people, right now, let me get the better graphical one Extra 150.
Speaker 1:Cuz, I remember.
Speaker 2:I was all about getting that. Remember I was out of care. Get the S. Oh, my fear for you. I'm gonna play on it. I didn't really care.
Speaker 1:Yeah, so it is.
Speaker 2:This is this little velvet a file ease.
Speaker 1:You can finally we easy go store for you now you can get the PlayStation Xbox is we ease now, so it's no problem with that.
Speaker 2:Okay, but you know, stick on the same topic. There's something that you said you're something else that supposedly a new Hardware or use something Sony I mean excuse me, pardon me, as box said they're making and then a lot.
Speaker 1:Isn't that what you was talking about?
Speaker 2:It's true, they're not telling you?
Speaker 1:Are you talking about the handheld?
Speaker 2:Yes, there rumor is and it is the perfect time to jump into it is a handheld.
Speaker 1:That's the biggest rumor and you know, I mean his hand will come out.
Speaker 2:That's a good question. Oh, I don't think they say but my thing, you're gonna come out with a hand you gotta come up with in a year.
Speaker 1:Yeah, I guess it's hot right now. The hell, the hell mark is hot, and plus the sweet guys why they have big head start on you.
Speaker 2:Yeah and you know I'm learning more about the handheld world because of someone I work with. It was a new mongous and oh god. So every help, you go, go ahead. Did you check out this? I'm like, well damn, I even know this exists.
Speaker 1:So if Microsoft is gonna make a jump cuz, technically the ally thing is it's Pricing, but the problem I don't think I'm by those Top tier games playing on the come over watch TV games. I might buy the mid, mid tier games. But mr Maisie wants to go New York City subway trains and play on the steam deck, so you get robbed. He's gonna buy the same day one day. The next day be gone.
Speaker 2:So you find you finally I.
Speaker 1:Touched. I've touched that, but I know somebody has it I'm interested in. But I I seen a play by the bully, didn't get into it with holding the place. Yes, I Want to get the old, else I just want to get the All that one see what happens.
Speaker 2:I know, me too. I want that's not what I want the price.
Speaker 1:I mean unless you don't care about the old you might also get miles again over with you not gonna get the Xbox series. Yes, I'm learning, not.
Speaker 2:The whole.
Speaker 1:Just see that we'll see you know I'm saying so, I do. I think my son's come out like it's sad. Like you said at the clock this year, not that this year, year or early next. Microsoft as hardware companies, I don't seem to hit a home run. I just look at the more service based program.
Speaker 2:I mean, how many people know?
Speaker 1:what surface?
Speaker 2:I think you have to act. A college student that and see, because you know they all have. You know, I think you know university. You see mostly Apple and followed by the apples will be people loving the surface. Can.
Speaker 1:I just see them a lot. I'm sad. Why? What's the college? Is the college? I didn't see nobody with it. But what you say to the one Apple.
Speaker 2:The couple sesi Season.
Speaker 1:I mean, I know I.
Speaker 2:Just.
Speaker 1:Microsoft. How about the Amazon tablet? You think I still popular the Amazon TV. The Amazon tab is coming back. I think, I think I see Amazon, for they should have kept on vesting and making innovative instead of buying. Making that little robot follow you around, so you buy? It. Oh, buy this on Amazon or sale so.
Speaker 2:The tablet market is there's a strong one, apple, but there is a lot of like Korea.
Speaker 1:But, like I said, xbox, what's to happen?
Speaker 2:We'll see. I'm still gonna predict the, even though the two the two Sony games. That I do, you know the big one I want is rising.
Speaker 1:Yes, how you getting held divers.
Speaker 2:My.
Speaker 1:Online ever since left for dead. I'm dying there and people walking past me, me, yeah, you know, play, mr Mason, play game now I'm getting all the coins, don't play, or play gauntlet. Oh the warriors, you know, yo, yo, but anyway, now leave your comments. Yo, this is a game of traffic. Show we out piece of love later you.