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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 1Mike 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 2What 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 1But, mr Maze, didn't you say last week in the back that yo game pass everywhere place?
Speaker 2including PlayStation, that's what they want.
Speaker 1What else? Was that the bet? Was that our bet? When you said yo, mr Gunnounsic, it was but that's what they want.
Speaker 2Do I get my two-radar? They're my eight months after you won.
Speaker 1Don't forget that. Do you get my two-radar?
Speaker 2I feel like this bet wasn't concluded. What are you looking for? What are you looking for? What are you?
Speaker 1looking for? What are you looking for? It wasn't concluded. Oh my God, we got put.
Speaker 2Microsoft wants. It didn't happen, but it's not. Microsoft wants Mr.
Speaker 1Maze 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 2It's a bummer. Actually, that's the one everybody would prefer, but go ahead.
Speaker 1But, 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 2High 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 1See your thieves.
Speaker 2You see your thieves, we got a.
Speaker 1Pentium Pentium.
Speaker 2Pentium, yeah, and then what's this one more Grounded, yeah, grounded, oh.
Speaker 1Mr Maze, you know why we could be running the game?
Speaker 2Because 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 1I told you I'm going to do that stuff.
Speaker 2I 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 1I 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 2Yes, yes, yes, you can say that, you can say that, but Microsoft is all about business. What?
Speaker 1But all the companies are all about business.
Speaker 2Yeah, 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 1So they never been the number one selling console.
Speaker 2I don't think so, man. I think they, I don't think they may profits. Man Like, let me buy profit.
Speaker 1I mean, Make a profit of sales or horrid but yeah, the loss of our money due to faculty red ring for the 360.
Speaker 2Yeah, but even the original Xbox.
Speaker 1Even original one.
Speaker 2It 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 2What 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 1Well, 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 2I 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 1Placing all year. It came on place it in plus pass.
Speaker 2Yeah, 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 1Like 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 2I agree, but like what? Like I'm saying, like you know which, I agree with you.
Speaker 1I'm gonna mention, but in the leaks I agree with you.
Speaker 2So let's see what they do next, cuz I was just what we all want to know, are you?
Speaker 1good because our next biggest game that we know of is Indiana Jones.
Speaker 2We want to say that's we, that we know of allegedly post come out this year.
Speaker 1Yeah, 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 2Okay, that sucks, strike, strike one. I mean, it's probably more than I mean.
Speaker 1Probably 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 2360. 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 1Mr Major.
Speaker 2I 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 1I don't know. Tell me, tell me, why taking along this, this is thinking.
Speaker 2Because 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 1Can you explain? The console sells from the ps4 and a ps5. Can you explain to me why this is much better?
Speaker 2Yeah, I'm just saying that.
Speaker 1Games out there. They blow my way games.
Speaker 2Games, 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 2Okay 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 1That's the five and that's doing the Xbox one ever.
Speaker 2Exactly.
Speaker 1Yeah, 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 2So we've been not the same with 360 error.
Speaker 1Ever since your boy diamond trick screwed everything up, the brand is falling.
Speaker 2I.
Speaker 1But 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 2It's okay, it's okay.
Speaker 1Hit, 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 2last year.
Speaker 1One 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 2So that's let's take what we know. Let's take what we know for Xbox. We know it's just coming out.
Speaker 1Yeah.
Analyzing Future Console Releases
Speaker 2Indiana Jones comes out this year. I and about those two games are mega hits.
Speaker 1I don't care about. Let's say they're both mega hits.
Speaker 2We 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 1My 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 2No, no, okay, You're right. I'm saying these are Actually game of the year candidates.
Speaker 1We don't know, I'm just saying this is all hypothetical.
Speaker 2I'm telling you these two games are coming out. That's a day, are jumping 2024, are both game of your candidates.
Speaker 1Do 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 1No, 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 2Yeah yeah.
Speaker 1But 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 1It'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 2Okay, so the guy with this is what I'm trying to tell you.
Speaker 1And then my amazing did that within the generation. It's two generations now.
Speaker 2They did within the generation you know. Okay, all right, it's with two generations.
Speaker 1They weren't bad consoles?
Speaker 2The 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 1No, okay, they're not bad console. The hardware is not bad, but who gives a damn what the who gives?
Speaker 2so you're upset because of the what the games right?
Speaker 1You're, that's what you're done, for, like I always say, it's always always about the games, bro.
Speaker 2Okay, 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 1Let'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 2I 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 1They 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 2I 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 1We'll see we both don't know what uh games are coming out. Rest of the rest of the year?
Speaker 2Yeah, we don't know Very early?
Speaker 1I 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 2You know, I'm give this idea, give idea. Your credit was that um Xbox is working.
Speaker 1It was said during it. It was said during the cop, though.
Speaker 2That they were Working on their next generation of the new hardware console everything they said.
Speaker 1They're working on new hardware.
Speaker 2That 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 1Everybody's heard that one of them working a new console.
Speaker 2No, 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 2Which 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 1But 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 2It is a something for this generation. Yeah, I do think so.
Speaker 1I 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 1Plus 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 1No, 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 2I'm sure the numbers are. That was horrible, like I said.
Speaker 1I Sell in bedder than the.
Speaker 2X is cheaper. Cheaper, yeah, but like I said, it is Xbox really exploring.
Speaker 1Oh, 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 2I 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 1Cuz, I remember.
Speaker 2I 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 1Yeah, so it is.
Speaker 2This is this little velvet a file ease.
Speaker 1You 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 2Okay, 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 1Isn't that what you was talking about?
Speaker 2It's true, they're not telling you?
Speaker 1Are you talking about the handheld?
Speaker 2Yes, there rumor is and it is the perfect time to jump into it is a handheld.
Speaker 1That's the biggest rumor and you know, I mean his hand will come out.
Speaker 2That'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 1Yeah, 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 2Yeah 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 1So 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 2So you find you finally I.
Speaker 1Touched. 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 2I know, me too. I want that's not what I want the price.
Speaker 1I 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 2The whole.
Speaker 1Just 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 2I mean, how many people know?
Speaker 1what surface?
Speaker 2I 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 1I 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 2The couple sesi Season.
Speaker 1I mean, I know I.
Speaker 2Just.
Amazon Tablet and Gaming Trends
Speaker 1Microsoft. 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 2The tablet market is there's a strong one, apple, but there is a lot of like Korea.
Speaker 1But, like I said, xbox, what's to happen?
Speaker 2We'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 1Yes, how you getting held divers.
Speaker 2My.
Speaker 1Online 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.