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Is the console wars over: Xbox's Future, Cross-Platform Shifts, Playstation PSN outage and much more.
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Microsoft’s Xbox is facing drastic shifts in strategy and performance, highlighted by the sale of only 2 million consoles this past year. The episode dives into Xbox's reliance on Game Pass, the implications of game availability across platforms, and a striking story of an Xbox that saved a user's life.
• Analysis of Xbox's 2 million console sales in 2024
• Discussion on the role of Game Pass in Microsoft’s strategy
• Impact of exclusives and cross-platform releases
• Heartfelt segment on how Xbox saved a life
• Questions about the future of consoles and subscription models
Game of Traffic Discusses Xbox Sales
Speaker 1Let's do this . Welcome everybody to another episode of the Game of Traffic show . I'm your host , mike Sansom . Children of my co-hosts , simply amazing .
Speaker 2Feels good to be back , y'all .
Speaker 1Feels good to be back . Mr Amazing , apologize to the people for delaying the Game of Traffic show .
Speaker 2Talking about yourself ? Oh , I don't think so , mr Amazing . Anybody Delayed ?
Speaker 1of the Game of Traffic show Is . You know what I'm saying With myself ? Oh , I don't think so , mr Amazing . Anybody delayed of the Game of Traffic show is due to Mr Amazing . We won't go into details about it , but let's move on forward . On today's Game of Traffic show , we're going to talk about the Xbox . You know what I'm saying . See what's going on with Xbox . We actually saved a man's life , believe it or not , mr Amazing ? And let's begin the show and talk about what I said before Xbox . Mr Amazing , it's a surprising report that said Xbox only sold not one , two million consoles , mr Amazing , unbelievable . This comes by way of the latest quarter report earnings from Take-Two that said over 94 million consoles were sold last year , big difference compared to 2023 , which is only 77 million . Based on the studies , it showed that Xbox only sold 2 million consoles , mr Amazing .
Speaker 2I think it was 2.7, . I think it was 2.7? . 2.7 million , whoopie , damn do .
Speaker 1No , you're right , Still not impressive . Not impressive compared to the PlayStation and Nintendo . Mm-hmm , Mr Amazing , do the math . Playstation sold 65 million .5 . Mr Amazing wanted to go to the points and you know what I'm saying . Come on , Mr Amazing . What's going on here ? How do you feel about this ? It's a shame dude .
Speaker 2But guess what ? Xbox don't give a F , they don't care . They're not about the console system , no more , they gave that up already . They don't care . But before I get into that , because there's a lot to unpack here , so , like you stated , as Mike sold , mike says two , I say 2.7 . Whatever you want to pick , say crap , we'll be new .
Speaker 1Exactly , I do agree with you on that . It's still embarrassing . Yeah , it's like yo . But do you remember these cells ?
Speaker 2I no , no , you got 64 , you still failed no , no , I agree , but these sales are I think they're strictly to the US sales , so we have to clarify that also yes , we do have to clarify that yeah , so Xbox 20 sold 2 million consoles in 2020 from the US , which is the lowest ever for the company .
Speaker 2It's a 42% decline from the prior year . Yeah , so that's a big . That's a big loss , right ? So what decline from the prior year ? Yeah , so that's a big loss , right ? So what contributes to these sales , mike , to these low sales ? Is it fewer exclusives ? Is it changing consumer preferences ? Like , who are we blaming here ? I mean me personally . Like I just said not too long ago , xbox don't care . What do they care about , michael ? We always talk about it sales Game Pass .
Speaker 2Game Pass exactly . So they don't care how you play it , they just want you to play it or get a subscription to Game Pass . That's what they really care about . So I think their console is going to become obsolete eventually , mr .
Speaker 1Mason , go ahead . They are saying they are so I think their console is going to become obsolete eventually . Mr Amazing , Go ahead . They are saying they are going to come up with another console . Why I agree . Why I agree with you saying why ? But to satisfy the Xbox fan base , so you know , and to show that they're still in the console game and still allegedly trying to get Sony competition . But you're really not .
Speaker 2You're not . I mean at this point , just do what Sega did , follow the Sega trend , make games . I mean you'll be better than what Sega did . But because you still have a platform where your game will pass on the devices , I mean this is not normal . The Switch , on it's last leg , sold 5.9 million units last year . On it's last leg it's last leg literally sold more units than you . That's embarrassing . So my thing is , since you guys don't care about the console , do what Michael said . Don't need to drop variations of your system . We don't need a Xbox uh disc , need an Xbox Disless , an Xbox 1080 . Make one system , but you have to make it price friendly , because you do not care about hardware . So it has to be a price friendly console . You're going to have to take the loss here . That's how I look at it . You have to take the loss here .
Speaker 1I told you this before Xbox and it was said in many podcasts that Xbox one of the big mistakes is making Xbox Series S . I think that's a big mistake . Agree , they could have just came with a digital Xbox Series X Like the PlayStation . Yes , I don't know why . The thing is that Xbox Series S is what Mr Amazing , the Game Pass machine . That's what it was made for the Game Pass machine To get my casual gamers or not really , we'll say , hardcore gamers to actually , oh look , I'll probably spend $400 , but I'll get the Series S to satisfy my craving for video gaming , especially on the middle of video gaming . On Microsoft allegedly , now Microsoft , let me say allegedly . They have no excuses , no more , basically , but I digress they're saying that the S was just something , a platform for the Xbox Game Pass . That's the bottom line . I've been told that . I've been told everybody that I thought Xbox should have just came out with Digital X and a Disk X . That's it . No developers complain about . The S is holding us back .
Speaker 2You're right to say that actually . Yeah , you know it's ridiculous .
Speaker 1I don't know who thought about this . I don't know Phil Spencer . I don't know who thought about this . I don't know Phil Spencer . I don't know Sandra Ball . I don't know who did this . I thought it was an irresponsible and a stupid move by them .
Speaker 2Yeah , no , it was actually because it has held them back . Look , how Did they even get Wukong ? Yet Black and Wukong , they got it eventually .
Speaker 1Right , that ain't happened no , yeah , they , it was no point and according to the developers of Black Whoop , they don't have experience with this . I digress now , excuse me , to lack a better word doing that transfer of the scaling it down . Scaling it down , transferring it down to a lower level scale for that system .
Speaker 2So I don't know so just make it for their , make it for their ex , and that's it and too bad for everybody else .
Speaker 1What do you mean ?
Speaker 2everybody else you talking about the video game , just make it for the X , forget the S , but the policy is the game must play on the Series S . Oh , so then you hold your own stuff down Hold your own stuff down . Xbox , don't care y'all .
Speaker 1That's almost like Sony saying , yo , the game must play for the PS4 Pro . No , stop it . No , you're right . You know what I'm saying . Stop it with this nonsense . And I think , do we know the total sales of Microsoft Xbox Series X and S consoles put together ?
Speaker 2That's a good work . We got to get the assistant to get the numbers in for us .
Speaker 1I think it's well . According to what I read , I think it's either between 29 million and 35 million .
Speaker 2That might be , but have one of the assistants check for us . We got to assist them , michael . We got to check . Michael , what the hell are you talking about ? We got to check , check the numbers , check the numbers . Shut the hell up , shut the hell up , yo . We gotta let her know . We gotta let her know Gary Charles gets growing . That was not funny , was that ? Was that a joke ? That was a joke y'all , it was not a joke .
Speaker 1That was a joke , mr Bass . It was not even funny . It was not even funny . Yo Jesus Christ . No , I think it's so . I think what I read between 29 million to 35 million in that , in that range alright , I mean it might be .
Speaker 2I'm trying to look it up as the show goes on why are you looking it up ?
Speaker 1let's go to our next topic , mr Amazing . Alright , let's go to the bottom line . Xbox had a showcase a couple of weeks ago . Majority of those games I think every one of them are going to Mr Amazing , where PS5 , ps5 , baby . So I mean another reason why the hell should I buy an X or Series S , mr Amazing .
Microsoft and Sony Cross Platform Boundaries
Speaker 2I know , but we keep saying it . Microsoft don't care . They say it's a profit for them . So they're like , hey , we're going to drop it on our system first , then we're going to maximize our profit on the PC .
Speaker 1That's how they look at it .
Speaker 2I'm not mad at that , though , either . I mean it sucks , because if you bought a system for exclusivity , it sucks , because if you bought a system for exclusivity it sucks . But at the end of the day , what's the famous word people always say in every genre of life ?
Speaker 1It's business , business , mr Amazing . But let's hold on . Let's see what former CIE Worldwide Studios Shuhei says about this . He said in the current podcast , mr Amazing , the kind of funny podcast saying that . I'll paraphrase it it's a blessing for Sony PlayStation 5 owners to get an opportunity to play Microsoft former exclusive games . Mr Amazing . One example of Forza game Forza 5 post-com , I believe , in April .
Speaker 2Mr Amazing , yes , it is , sir the upcoming games .
Speaker 1That was shown at the Xbox Direct . I think we'll draw them , or all of them are coming to the PlayStation 5 , mr Amazing , nothing's being untouched . There's no red line . Xbox are now crossing that red line saying , damn it , everybody gets an Xbox game . We don't care . Like you said before , we don't give up , let it burn , they don't care .
Speaker 2Like you said before , we don't give up , let it burn . Yeah , they don't , man , they don't . I mean , as long as you got a gaming pass , that's all they care about Subscriptions , subscriptions , subscriptions . So subscriptions is the new console . That's what I look at it .
Speaker 1But the thing is , people should know this Microsoft based on subscription services . Microsoft doesn't want you to buy Word by itself . They want you to buy that monthly subscription for Word . Yeah for PowerPoint .
Speaker 2Excel , powerpoint , everything . Yeah , you get an ocean bag . Yeah , it always been about that , though .
Speaker 1It always been about that . At first it used to come with your computer , I think Word used to come with your computer . It was free , it was with your computer . Now they said bleep you all this as a service .
Speaker 2$150 , $200 bucks now Minimum .
Speaker 1But you can buy outright as well . Yeah , but I think as consumers we're trained now for monthly , monthly subscription installments . And guess who wins ? They did , they're winning . And once you say it's on your credit card , it's on your credit for months . Yeah , you're paying them , keep paying them . Yeah , you're paying them , keep paying them , because it's blind , you're not seeing it . I mean it's made as an argument reference to Microsoft , microsoft , whatever word and I say you might as well buy the whole .
Speaker 2Thing you're right , but I remember at one time and I was wrong .
Speaker 1Can you still do that can ?
Speaker 2you still buy it outright .
Speaker 1Yeah , okay well , I'm paying you a monthly description for three or four years . Why , why , why , why .
Speaker 2Why You're right . It's not a topic , but you're right .
Speaker 1You're right . I am right , Mr Mason , I'm always right .
Speaker 2Mr Mason , the rare time . He is the rare time .
Speaker 1I'm always right , mr Mason . Come on , stop the nonsense , mr Mason . But the funny part discussed this Xbox as a third-party studio for Sony . Basically , they have more exclusive . They have more games coming to them so far coming to PlayStation . Then the PlayStation first-party developers got coming to their systems . The only game we got . What , mr Mason ? Death Stranded 2 ? Yeah , death Stranded 2 is what we know . And what else , mr Mason ? You know , I'm talking about the Ghost of . Oh , it's the Shimon .
Speaker 2Part 2 one yeah .
Speaker 1Part 2 . Yotumi , yoti , yeah , yoti , and also allegedly Fair Games , yes yes , yes , that's a big alleged .
Speaker 2We don't know that yet .
Speaker 1To be honest with you , so you got what Forza 5 coming to PlayStation . We got Outer Worlds 2 , the Indiana Jones .
Speaker 2Then we got CFDs also . That came right . That already came . That already came already . Yeah .
Speaker 1You got Indiana Jones coming this spring . You got Age of Empire 2 . Mm-hmm , I mean , it's amazing . That's off the back right there , off the top of my head . That's more games for the Xbox . Quote , quote the third-party developer coming to the PlayStation 5 , which is producing less games as a first-party developer to their own system .
Speaker 2So there's no exclusive Xbox number ? Is that what you're trying to say ? What's amazing At the end of the podcast ? You're in this podcast . What's amazing ? No , but my thing is we still got Halo . We still got God of War those .
Speaker 1We still got Halo , we still got God of War .
Speaker 2Those have never touched another platform yet why do you keep saying God of War ? I mean pretty sure .
Speaker 1Mr Mays said , god of War .
Speaker 2I mean sorry , when did God , when did Kratos ? I was gonna say Gears of War , my bad a legend .
Speaker 1Rumor is that if Gears of War has , I would say , a remaster , oh , a remaster will go . Yeah , remaster trilogy , let's say Giz 1 , 2 , 3 . That might come to PlayStation 5 . Damn . Or Halo PS5 . That would be shot If Halo comes bang . I think that's the bomb . That's the bomb . I think it's over
Future of Gaming Platforms and Titles
Speaker 1.
Speaker 2When I say it's over , it's like Xbox officially became a third-party content maker .
Speaker 1That's right , baby . Third-party baby .
Speaker 2Ain't nothing wrong with it . You make a lot of money that way .
Speaker 1But you got to understand . As you said , it's business . They bought these studios . For how much money , mr Billions ?
Speaker 2You got to make it up you got to get your money back .
Speaker 1They got to make their money . The big heads Phil might not agree with them . Sgt Barr might not agree that I agree with , though but the big people that are paying their salaries are saying yo , we got to make some money . I want to see returns now .
Speaker 2No , you're right If not , slashing , slashing , slashing .
Speaker 1And that slash could be your neck . Yeah , which sucks . So that's the way I look at it . My thing to you is .
Speaker 2We've had this time before , but my thing is it's because , let's say , xbox decides to go that route . Are we going to see new consoles , ps5 ?
Speaker 1what do you mean ? They're already in that route , mr Nathan they are , but let's say fully blown , it's like , it's like the it's come on , it's funny talk right now with Xbox no , but my thing is if that happens it's full blown no more consoles . We'll make a subscription recently many interviews I say many , it's more than one interview who say that yo , there's no red line . They're crossing that red line , they're making that over .
Speaker 2No , I'm saying , but do you think ? In fact they ran over that red line and crossed over no I agree with you , but my thing is would you now see Xbox on a Switch 2 ? Would you see their subscription as an option to be used on the newer consoles to come out , the PlayStation 6 and the PlayStation 2 ? Do you see that happening If they decide to go that route Because they're no longer your direct competitor as hard consoles ?
Speaker 1anymore , Hardware . Mr Mason .
Speaker 2Yeah .
Speaker 1The default console right now is PlayStation 5 . If you see people make jokes , people , the mindset is yo , I'm going to go home and play PlayStation 5 . Nobody says go play Xbox Series X . I agree . The mindset of PlayStation 5 is a default console for anybody who plays video games . Nintendo Switch is also another default console . Xbox , who Xbox ? What ?
Speaker 2You're right because if you're talking to people you know , younger generations , I'd be like , hey , you're not going to play that . Nah , we don't play that no more . It's rare you see on Xbox like they used to be , which sucks and Halo Master Chief has lost his sex appeal which is true and as your homeboy what's his name ?
Speaker 1was saying that he liked that Halo series , what happened to that series ? Cancel , bro , cancel , cause you know what it was garbage . And I say it was pure garbage . You did call it out , I did call it out , I was like trying to stay up . It gave us a second season . Of course , your boy , you know , gene , was like oh , no , no , no , no , no , no , no , no .
Speaker 2I didn't watch it , so I can't have an opinion . I watched it , I didn't see it .
Speaker 1So I can't have an opinion . I was embarrassed man , I was embarrassed garbage , and that doesn't properly . You could make a series of all moving on , you know , but they fumbled . They fumbled the ball , bro , they fumbled the ball . They fumbled the ball like Patrick and the Chiefs , fumbled the ball in the Super Bowl .
Speaker 2The bag was fumbled .
Speaker 1Yo , the bag was fumbled but , mr Amazing , as Xbox had to showcase of the games that are coming to every system .
Speaker 2You mean the Sony State of Play and the Xbox Direct Connect combined showcase ? Yeah , let's talk about it .
Speaker 1Yeah , yeah , Mr Amazing , At that showcase they had the Doom Dark Ages .
Speaker 2That was my favorite one there , actually .
Speaker 1Which is coming out May 15th and it's a pretty cool . It looks very well . It looks very good . I've been . I played the recent Citizen Rebooted . I played all the Rebooted Dooms . I'm very excited about it . I'm very pumped up for that game . Dark Ages maybe . But Mr Amazing ask me the question which Citizen should I get it on ?
Speaker 2Well , you should get it for the Xbox , because your PlayStation is going to be full up and all of a sudden , it gives you buy for it . So you should get it for the Xbox . What do you think about it that way ? Did you play for the Xbox the last time ? No , no , what am I saying ? You played it on the last one , on the .
Speaker 1Xbox . All the Doom games I had is on the Xbox .
Speaker 2Okay , okay , okay .
Speaker 1But there's a funny story I wanted to tell everybody . I remember this is what I hate about this digital age and my game's not digital the online age . So I was like I think something happened . I forgot there was a storm , oh and everything was down . I remember that I'm trying to play Doom can't connect . I said , mother , what the what , the what's going on here ? Cause you have to connect to the server .
Speaker 2To online to access it . I was like this is dumb Because your games are safe to the cloud , so you need to access them . You need some kind of internet . You need internet access .
Speaker 1Yo , so somehow Microsoft got to check the license , whatever , and or the game , or you play that game . I find that . That ticked me off . But , mr Amazing , we're not here or there or whatever . You know what I'm saying . But also a game I really like is um Southwood Midnight yeah , maybe I can't say that for a while .
Speaker 2The first time I saw it it's coming out .
Speaker 1It's coming out , april 8th yeah , it's a more polished .
Speaker 2the game that you got a manga game played . It reminds me of that because the woman lead character African American , but this looks more polished to me , though . What was that one called ? Again , I apologize , I can't remember the name , the one that you guys didn't like that much , but you played it because you were already invested in it .
Speaker 1Yeah , I forgot the name of that stupid game god , I can't remember it . I'm so ticked off about that . It was just like and the girl's an actor , well , actress yeah , yeah , yeah , that , I know it's ridiculous . I thought the Ryan was poor . Well , she's just doing .
Speaker 2She's just reading lines . It's like no , but the Ryan was poor . The Ryan was poor , not true , ryan was poor .
Speaker 1It was not a good game . Now I came out of the top of the head what that game is yeah , I know , but to me this game reminds me of it .
Speaker 2You know , the young lady she was kind of like , if you saw the trailer , she had like an issue with her mom . Then all of a sudden she's in this whole different world fighting and it just reminded me of that game . But you know not to sit here and compare . The game is intriguing . It looks different . It's more of like a 2D slash , 3d artwork kind of thing going on . You know , my thing is are you going to get this , mike ?
Speaker 1Yeah , I'm going to get it .
Speaker 2Yeah , me too . I think I'm going to jump on this one too . It looks very intriguing . Actually , this is a day one for me , Not a day one , but it's definitely something I'm going to purchase Not a day one .
Speaker 1Mr .
Speaker 2Mason , not a day one , but I do want to talk about what it is going to be a day one for me that's coming out on the Xbox , if I well , playstation 5 version , because I'm going to get a PlayStation 5 version .
Speaker 1Ninja . That's out now . That's digitally . The two right , the one .
Speaker 2That's out digitally now they dropped the two that same day . I believe .
Speaker 1Are you going to buy that one ? Yeah , why not ?
Speaker 2the J-Game was always a hard game for me . I'm not going to lie to you , that's one .
Speaker 1That game is always a hard game between that .
Speaker 2Shinobi . Those were hard games for me .
Speaker 1I don't know why I beat one of them .
Speaker 2Yeah , but it looked good , though I'm definitely going to get a Ninja Gaiden 4 , but I think I should get 2 as well . It's out right .
Speaker 1So why not ? So are you going to buy it or are you going to wait ? I mean , I'll wait till you get it or the digital one . The digital one You're going to buy , that one ?
Speaker 2Yeah , yeah , I will actually . No , anything to do with ninja samurais . I'm into that world , that whole aspect . That's my world . I love stuff like that . So you know , you think about everything that came out like that . I've mentioned it on the Game of Traffic show . I've always went out and bought those things . So , yeah , it's up my alley , I'll get it but sure yeah yeah , I'll get it .
Speaker 1I don't think you're going to get it , Mr Matthew . No .
Speaker 2I am . It's up by my alley , you're a liar . But you know , to continue with the Xbox Developed Direct . Oh sure , I think we might have finished , michael , that was the show . Huh , I think we might have covered the whole show . No , I'm just joking . The Direct .
Speaker 1What other games did you find interesting on there ? 33 ? Yeah , it's turn-based .
Speaker 2Turn-based . Yeah , but that's not my kind of game . That's not how I didn't talk about it .
Speaker 1It's an interesting game . It's from a small studio . I will . Would I look into it For a discount . It's not my cup of tea . The game don't look too bad .
Speaker 2No , it doesn't . No , it doesn't . Just like I said , like I was trying to face a great game , but I never got to it .
Speaker 1I'm not a turn-based person .
Speaker 2Yeah , me too . So , like I said , I'm not mad at it at all .
Speaker 1You know what I'm saying , so you won't be seeing me . If it's on sale , I might , you know , get the turn-based game . Actually , I accidentally bought a turn-based game . I was like freak it .
Speaker 2Oh wait , there's another game on there that I did like I like Evolved . Yeah , me too man you like Evolved , I actually like that one . No , you was into it . No , no , oh really , I thought that was promising . No , no .
Speaker 1No .
Speaker 2Well it looks .
Speaker 1I'm glad you're going to check it out . Mr Macy , let's see . Check it out with your wallet .
Speaker 2Oh , we'll see , it ain't happening . It ain't happening it ain't happening .
Speaker 1I mean , I mean , Mr Macy , let me ask you a question Are the console wars over ? Is the console war ?
Speaker 2over . Xbox is not part of it , no more . But I don't think it's over because Nintendo has a lot to say . So no , I don't think it's over . It's no longer Sony versus Xbox . Now . It's literally sad to say Sony versus Nintendo , two Japanese world powers going at each other . It might look like Sony's the superior one because the numbers are just crazy from their end . Just a fun fact I'm going to throw out there Nintendo surpassed PlayStation 2 in sales in the United States .
Speaker 1Oh .
Speaker 2In the United States . So they surpassed that and they're only 15 million away from the worldwide sales of all time . So that goes to show Nintendo's right there . So you know putting that out there . So it's no longer Xbox versus Sony , it's not going to be Nintendo . You know it's no longer Xbox versus Sony , it's not going to be Nintendo . You know Nintendo's always in this Nintendo versus Sega . You know , remember .
Speaker 1Yeah , but don't you think people just don't look at Nintendo as a Sony competitor as far as a video game genre at this time ?
Speaker 2And I know why because they don't have the same AAA games as them . They don't make that big AAA games like that also .
Speaker 1They make AAA games like that also . They make AAA games , but the audience is different .
Speaker 2Yeah , exactly , but let's see . We got a Nintendo Direct coming up . We'll find more out . I can't wait to see that , to see what are they going to find . Listen and go that route , because that's something that me and you talk about and other people on different shows talk about . Okay , let's be straight up honest . At the start of the reveal , were you really pumped up for the Switch 2 ? Okay , no , not at all , because it looked like a Switch to me . I'll be very honest it did . It looked like a .
Speaker 2Switch to me . I'm like okay , I saw it .
Speaker 1Let's just keep honest . Let's just keep honest . All the hype has died down . Were you really pumped ?
Speaker 2up . Okay , yes , no , what you just stated . It looked like a switch to me and all I saw was a magnetic connector from the joysticks to the console , the mouse feature , which could be a very cool tool .
Speaker 1I don't know yet a feature nobody's going to use yeah , I don't know yet . So unless it allows you to mirror your , your PC to your switch , mr Maisy , mr Maisy . I don't know yet it's a feature nobody's gonna use . We don't know that yet . It's gonna be used for one or two games and never be used again . Well , that's a possibility I might get out of here . Let's just keep 100 but ?
Speaker 2but I can also make the argument if it ain't broke , don't fix it . So Nintendo might have been like yo , this is , this is , this is what got us our money . We're just going to tweak it , add little things here and there , make it more , overall experience better , but we're going to keep the same hardware and it's not a bad idea . So I can see that We'll find out . I'm holding judgment until after the Nintendo showcase . About the Sony , about the Sony Ah .
Speaker 1Nintendo . Sorry , my thing is like if we ask Mom got a game she bought , she says no , she's not buying it .
Speaker 2She did say it . She said that to me yesterday actually .
Speaker 1It was all a surprise , yeah , so I'm not too hyped up about it , but you guys haven't seen anything yet you can't say that .
Speaker 2yet they might come in and be like guess what , Guess what we got . We got God of War coming to us . I'm just playing .
Speaker 1What's your assessment of God of War ? Have you mentioned it several times ? I don't know actually .
Speaker 2What happened ? I think I had to go for the DLC that I never played . Maybe that's what it is .
Action-Packed Trailer Discussion
Speaker 1I feel guilty about that . I don't understand . It might just be that You're ridiculous man , all right , mr Amazing , I don't know what else to say to you about that . I think you need help . So , mr Amazing , yes , sir , anything else you want to say about the Council ? Wars , wars , sorry .
Speaker 2Well , between the two councils , the council's nothing really , but I digress and we can continue .
Speaker 1All right , Mr Amazing . Let's go to our Trail of the Week , Mr Amazing .
Speaker 2Oh , we got one this week .
Speaker 1Yes , we always got one . Trail of the Week is accounting two . Mr Amazing , I never saw part one . Yeah , I saw part one starring Ben Affleck and the man who plays the Punisher .
Speaker 2Ah , he's a great actor .
Speaker 1Yeah , all right , mr Amazing . One , two , three .
Speaker 2Let's check it out . Roll the counter , please . We don't own cargo shirts . We don't own flip-flops , anything else . Don't wear your black suit it makes you look like a mortician . I'm just trying to find my way .
Speaker 1And now that you've gone away , why'd you ask if he was having money problems ? I'm just trying to find my way . Did I make you nervous ?
Speaker 2You're an escaped convict trained by mob accountants . Your clients are drug cartels , money launderers .
Speaker 1Is that a yes ?
Speaker 2Ray King has been murdered . Do you like puzzles , mr Wolf ? I need your help to finish the job you started . What are you doing ? Waiting for you to finish so you can Do what I need to do ? What do you want ? Hello , it's me , your brother . You can't tell from the tone of my voice that I know it's you . Can you be in Los Angeles , california , in 24 hours ? Goodbye Baxton , in 24 hours . Goodbye Bergson . Was your brother up to speed on the case ? I said , huh , need to know who Ray King was meeting with . Let me do the talking . I said him what I thought . I work for a government agency . I don't torture people . You didn't . I went to Ray and meet with someone who killed all these people . I actually didn't kill all those people . How do you know that ? No , do you often confess to capital murder ? I actually didn't say anything . This is it , huh . Living on a lunchbox , it's quite comfortable . I spent years looking for you . Do you not miss me because of me ? Or is it your condition ? I'm just me .
Speaker 1You over the plan again Plan .
Speaker 2You get these ideas in your head . Good for you . Let's get ourselves killed . I can feel them coming . Are you ready ? Yeah , I'm just trying to find my way .
Speaker 1Mr Amazing accounting tool man starring Ben Affleck , and what's ? The man who plays the Punisher ? I keep hearing the man's name .
Speaker 2I always know him from Walking Dead Punisher , but I never knew his name in real life man .
Speaker 1It's sad , I should know the man's name . I always know him from Walking Dead .
Speaker 2Punisher . I never knew his name in real life man . It's sad I should know that man's name .
Speaker 1We need to respect that man's name .
Speaker 2Yeah , put some respect on that man's name . Google the guy that plays in Punisher . What's his real name ? I'll Google it for you . Yeah , google it , google , mr Amazing All right , you keep talking and I'll figure it out .
Speaker 1But I mean , do we red light or green light this trailer ? Mr Mason , I'm green lighting it . I saw the first one . I thought the first one was good . It took a long time to get a sequel . I forgot the first one came out like 8 years ago , I believe . So so I green light it . It looks very action packed . The female FBI agent is very interested . It does remind me of Jodie Forster's character in Sign of the Lamps .
Speaker 2Where she goes , do you like ?
Speaker 1puzzles . I'm like oh , you just took right out of Jodie Forster's repertoire John Burtow . Okay , John Burtow , we put respect to your name , John .
Speaker 2No , he deserves it , man . He's a great actor .
Speaker 1You know what I'm saying , so it's amazing . My question to you I greenlighted the trailer . Do you greenlight it yellow light or red light ?
Speaker 2the trailer . I greenlight it also .
Speaker 1Yeah , okay , All right , Coming out April 18th
Captain America Brave New World Discussion
Speaker 1. Mr Amazing Right around the corner , yeah right , baby right Amazing Sam Wilson . Yo , it's in bro , it's in you know what I'm saying Yo , he's there in full effect .
Speaker 2I feel like he lost weight too .
Speaker 1I don't know if he lost weight .
Speaker 2He looks smaller to me .
Speaker 1But , Mr Amazing , the movie has made overall . Let me check real quick .
Speaker 2Because you mentioned off-camera something to me and then when I saw the numbers , I was like what were you talking about ? Because if you're looking at the numbers , it sold pretty well to me , because I mean opening weekend . It grossed $192 million . It's opening weekend $100 million in the US , $92.4 million internationally . It's the biggest opening of 2025 so far .
Speaker 1Yes , big old , I was pointing out . I put the question out there to you . What do you think of it ?
Speaker 2I haven't seen the movie yet , but the sales suggested Well , you can't go by sales . First weekend open weekend Well , the open weekend sales are well . But I did hear a lot of critique about him and then word the fact that tomorrow we're about to come out and say we're not replacing him , he's our guy , we're going to stick with him . So that's usually telling when someone has to come out and then Wait , wait , that place what .
Speaker 1I didn't hear , anything .
Speaker 2People were upset about it so I haven't seen it , so I can't hold judgment to it . Where His character ? Because everybody is so used to Steve Rogers . Yes , miss Mason , go ahead talk to me . You know why , you know why some people are saying I'm trying not to go that route . Yeah , you know why some people are saying that I'm trying not to go that route .
Speaker 1There's some people who feel that way . But is that something that's they're going by ? What ? The comic book ? This is what goes on in the comic book .
Speaker 2Yes , you keep it true to the story .
Speaker 1It keeps true to the story . Stop the BS .
Speaker 2Yeah , I agree with you on that .
Speaker 1Stop the BS .
Speaker 2I haven't seen it so I can't say he did a bad job . He did a good job . But the argument , is saying , is that he was more fitted as a side role but not as the main Captain America .
Speaker 1So do you want ?
Speaker 2him replaced . They want him . He can't hold the show , he can't hold the title , like you know . He can't be the man holding a whole movie by himself like his . His persona doesn't fit it . They're saying that's what I like . I said this is all speculations and talks . I haven't seen it . I don't know .
Speaker 1I mean , my thing is that he's new to he's new being Captain America , so he's poking . If he came out , he's totally he's like hooking up and he's actually just taking over , just like that . Sometimes that's not realistic in real life . I agree . You know what I'm saying . So somebody , if you take the mantle , how long it took somebody to find a mantle for Michael Jordan ? The closest is LeBron , and LeBron we still don't look at him , colby too .
Speaker 1You know what I'm saying , but it's not happening , I think . Do I think he's Captain America ? No , no , I don't think he's . You know what I'm saying , but let's keep it real . The first adventure movie was not a good movie . It was not a good movie . Let's keep it 100 .
Speaker 2Did you see Captain America the new one ? No , I didn't see it yet .
Speaker 1I didn't see it yet . I didn't get to see it yet . I mean the movie Brave New World . What it's on , let's see . According to Screen Rant , that's like a Screen Rant so far . According to their big article , captain America Brave New World box office officially surpassed Marvel's biggest bomb . Is it a bomb ? Yes , box office explicitly surpassed Marvel's biggest bomb . It's a bomb , yes , biggest . Yeah , it says well , mcu biggest bomb entry gross in just one week . That didn't sound like a positive spin on it . So I'm looking like damn , not looking good for you , bro , but the gross if you look at the gross . The first week after the release Captain America Brave New World , worldwide earns have reached over 208 million dollars , mr Dimension not bad at all , not shabby surpassing the Marvels , okay , which made 206 million dollars total .
Speaker 1What the hell was the Marvels ? I forgot . I don't remember . I sit in my head , but million dollars total . What the hell was the Marvel I forgot ? I don't remember . I sit in my head , but I just don't remember what was the Marvels .
Speaker 2The Marvels , it was the . Oh , what was it ?
Speaker 1All the three females . Yeah , garbage , straight , garbage Yo . I didn't even want the movie theater to watch it . It came on , I believe it came not Netflix , it came on Disney Listen it got 62% Rotten Tomato .
Speaker 2man the marvels .
Speaker 1I watched it , I was like I didn't finish it . I didn't finish it , I didn't finish it . Halfway through I said , no , I can't do this . I can't do this to show how bad it was .
Speaker 2Budget was $374 million , the final gross was $307 , but they made it under the budget , so that goes to show you lost money . You lost a lot of cheddar .
Speaker 1And the real problem a lot of people had , that they lose their Captain America Brave New World movie to try to tie up some of the Marvel's loose ends oh , that sucks . That's the problem . I'm not going to go in the loose ends and tie up .
Speaker 2Nah , especially if you got a new character in there too , you want to focus on him more .
Speaker 1I thought that was not a good idea .
Speaker 2I agree with you .
Speaker 1That's why all the reshoots happened , Gotcha . So , Mr Amazing . So what do you think the total gross for that movie ?
Speaker 2I don't think it's going to hit half a billion Billion . Excuse me , I think it's going to fall short under that . I'm going to put it at 400 and change 420 something mil what ?
Speaker 1you got what you think . Yep , I agree Around there , I agree . I agree Probably four something , four something .
Speaker 2I have about 420 .
Speaker 1400 million ? Yeah , I mean watched when it called Disney Plus . I don't know , I'm curious . I might still go by myself just watch it become curious and you know see what happens .
Speaker 2But uh , you know , I think it'd be kind of cool if we do an episode where we ask the fans to to poll the community , yeah the , the , the to pull the community . Yeah the for what the gamer traffic community to pull a movie that you and I should go watch and ask for our feedback on it .
Speaker 1I would like to do that alright , mr Maison I think that would be a cool idea yeah , okay , I think I'd be interested in that . Mr Maison , who challenged people online to play Street Fighter .
Speaker 2Then annoyed their requests hey because he's a punk . I might be doing that with Fatal Fury . We'll see the beta's out , so I'll let you guys know .
Speaker 1The beta's out , we can play it .
Speaker 2Yeah , the beta's out .
Speaker 1Yeah , I have to double check that , but I'm 90% sure I don't know if the beta's out , but is it out for the whole world or just out for ?
Speaker 2I don't think it's exclusive numbers , people in the YouTuber I think it's for everyone . Ign that might be wrong , I might be giving you guys wrong facts , but I think it is , though Yo get Game of Thrones . They're freaking beta so we can play it .
Speaker 1You know what I'm saying , so come talk with me , mr Amazing Madden , and all these games . Last time I checked , we two or two in the 19 and 13 19 .
Speaker 2What's the ?
Speaker 1number 19 and 13 . Baby 19 and 13 . That's all you gotta say . What's the higher number , 19 or 13 ? Stop it stop it stop , it stop it plagued yourself .
Speaker 2I was dealing with injuries man .
Speaker 1Mr Amazing , do you wanna go on a topic ? The shout out of the week goes to Mr Amazing oh snap yo not to you , mr Amazing . Oh , snap , not to you , mr Amazing . You will touch on it . Xbox saved my life , mr Amazing . Oh , I thought you were talking about me . Why would you give ?
Speaker 2me a shout out . What did I do ? Why would you give a shout out ?
Speaker 1I got hyped for nothing , yo I still have my damn wings on my bed . I have my damn wings this week , Mr Amazing .
Speaker 2I was hoping the topic would have been about me .
Speaker 1Tomorrow can I have my wings tomorrow , Can I ?
Speaker 2get them .
Speaker 1Can I have my wings ? We're working on it . We're working for months on it . Go , mr Maze shoot .
Speaker 2Okay , so we're going to call this topic Xbox Series S A lot of us , to be honest with you , just call it Xbox Series saved my life . So , to be honest with you , this Xbox series saved my life . So Reddit user Jonesy2282 was this closest story and first of all , I'm happy he's alive . Where he had just bought an Xbox on his way home , he was hit . I think it was a . I'm not sure if it was a truck or what kind of car it was . It was a truck he was . He was hit . I think it was . I'm not sure if it was a truck or what kind of car it was .
Speaker 1It was a truck .
Speaker 2He was hit by a truck dragged about 12 feet . He suffered a broken bone and a lot of fractures , and he hit himself pretty hard too . Let me make that clear too . And the reason he did not die is because in his backpack he had an Xbox which was kind of a barrier for him while he was being dragged , which prevented him from being more than he's a lot , to tell the story . It prevented him from further injuries .
Speaker 2Yeah , from further injuries . But what's more unique about this story is Mr Jones . He went home and guess what ? Y'all it still worked the Xbox and the horrible beat up . There's a picture of that . I wish this was YouTube so we could put up the picture for you guys . There's a picture out there . He put it up Xbox scratched up , beat up , but it still worked . That's kind of cool and I actually think that Xbox we should go follow story to see if they reached out to him or anything like that . Microsoft reached out to him Because that might be worth money . Now People are like , oh , that's the Xbox in my life . It might actually be worth something and it still works . So thanks , shout out to Xbox for saving Mr Jonesy 2022's life and he's going strong . Have you ever heard anything similar to that , michael ?
Speaker 1No . I did , but not really Jesus Christ . Not like that Is it you , not me , though ?
Speaker 2What Tell me , not us directly , but we spoke about this on . Not me , though what Tell me , not us directly ? But we spoke about this on our show . Actually , we heard stories where systems keep kids out of gangs and stuff like that . I mean , in comparison , we've heard stuff like that , nothing to where it physically saved your life . That's about it . Shut the hell up .
Speaker 1What the hell are you talking about , hey ?
Speaker 2Dude , let me ask you a question in regards to this topic .
Speaker 1Go ahead .
Speaker 2So you have an Xbox that's all scuffed up but works flawlessly . Would you sell it to make a profit Because it's getting notoriety , or would you just keep it because , hey , this means profit , because it's getting notoriety ? Or would you just keep it because , hey , this means something , because it literally saved your life ? What would you do with the Xbox and someone's offering you a million dollars ?
Speaker 1I got to see the beat up condition . I forgot the picture of that Xbox we're talking about . I could find it for you .
Speaker 2But my thing is , what would you do if it was yours ? Sell it , you sell it . Yeah , michael's about the money man , he doesn't care about the thing that saved his life , it's always about the money . Hey , what we just said earlier in the show , it's just business y'all don't take it personal , it's just business , baby it's business . I'm with you .
Speaker 1I'm probably still mine too beat up crap , forget the it still works though , buddy man get out of here , get out of here , yo get out of here .
Speaker 2All right , man , that's pretty much it for me on my end .
Sports and PlayStation Themes Cancellation
Speaker 1We know Mr Mason . We know Mr Mason . But Mr Mason , should we care ? Top of the week . Oh nice , what we got . Mr Mason , you go into sports for later and those are gaming show . Well , we do touch on sports . Yes , we do . The New York Yankees have finally dropped their positive facial hair .
Speaker 2I saw that that's amazing .
Speaker 1Should we care a lot , a little or not at all ? And will this affect MLB , the Show 25 ? Can my character now play the Yankees with a beard ? Wait , they couldn't before .
Speaker 2I don't know . That's interesting . I don't know the answer to that . I mean no Shave November . They can participate in that now Wait , no , is it no Shave November or no Nut November ? There is a no Shave November .
Speaker 1I know you're not saying November , we'll skip what you just said earlier , although .
Speaker 2I heard that part , but it is a thing , though . Actually it is a thing . I mean I saw that . Do I care ? It's intriguing .
Speaker 1You care a lot , a little , not at all .
Speaker 2I think it's intriguing because it's going to be weird seeing Yankee players with beards . Imagine Derek , jeter , bernie , bernie , I'm going to say Sanders . Bernie Williams , those guys those guys that you know . It's whatever . I think it's cool , I think it's about . I think it was about time . It was about time you let it go . You got rid of the policy . It's a couple of decades old policy . It was outdated . To me , personally , it's whatever .
Speaker 1I mean my thing , I'm so used to it . I don't even care , I'm so used to it like , alright , you know what I'm saying . I really don't care . But , mr Amazing , my second do we care topic is the PlayStation themes have been removed . Mr Amazing , do you care a lot , a little or not ?
Speaker 2at all the PlayStation . What ?
Speaker 1the themes for PlayStation 1 , 2 , 3 and 4 have been removed .
Speaker 2Are removed yeah oh , I didn't know that .
Speaker 1Yeah , I was . I had the place To the one theme .
Speaker 2Oh , they've been removed From the 30th anniversary .
Speaker 1Yes .
Speaker 2Damn . That was quick . Why didn't they let it Run for the whole year ?
Speaker 1Yes , remember , they said it was only temporary . Mr , amazing , damn .
Speaker 2This is not the weekend . This is gonna be donkey For me . This is gonna be Wankster at me . Pardon me , this is W material right now . They should have kept it for the whole year . It's a 30-year anniversary for the whole 2020 , what is it ? 2025 , right ? Yes , yeah , Come on man , Got to be out here . Come on man . People are like I'm Chris Carter .
Speaker 1Yes , but I mean I care a lot , because I really like it .
Speaker 2Me too . I liked it also .
Speaker 1I had too . Yeah , oh shoot , I really care a lot . I really wanted to keep it .
Speaker 2Can we buy it ?
Speaker 1No , sucks , yeah . So , mr Mason ? No , it's not happening . Mr Mason , that's the end of the show . Mr Mason , that's it . Unless you got a wankster or gangster for the week .
Speaker 2Do we have a wankster or gangster for the week ?
Speaker 1I don't think I do , but Mr Mason , I do what's yours , sony PlayStation .
Speaker 2Yeah .
Speaker 1Get the gangster and the gangster of the week , mr Mason , simultaneously . Mr Mason for the PlayStation Outage , which they didn't apologize for .
Speaker 2They never said what it was .
Speaker 1It makes me even more pissed off , so that's the gangster move , Knowing that I don't have to tell you because you're still going to play what you're going to play Xbox . Laugh at you , Mr Amazing . And that's the gangster move . That's the gangster move .
Speaker 2They're like , we're going to tell you why . Just know , you're just back off . That's what you need to know .
Speaker 1Shut your mouth and know your role and play the damn game .
Speaker 2That's actually a pretty good one actually , but I did wish they'd tell us why , because I think it might have been something that they want people to panic . That's what I think it was .
Speaker 1I think so , and it's the way See credit cards got compromised and that's also getting the way we're doing maintenance .
Speaker 2And Silicon Valley after the , after 7 o'clock in the evening Made us for 24 hours what it was a Friday it was a Friday , a Friday when everybody's home playing what the no man ?
Speaker 1So Sony , you get the Winkster and the Winkster of the week .
Speaker 2Not too many times we all say this Do that , Damn it man .
Speaker 1Well , mr Mazin , good show today , our next show , hopefully . Good show today , our next show , hopefully we next Saturday . Mr Maisel , bleep it up . Oh , we're gonna , no , we're gonna do earlier now . Come , mr Maisel , we'll have a show In a couple of days .
Speaker 2Oh , you put the pressure on me .
Speaker 1Yeah , I put pressure on you . Alright , everybody , peace and love . Game of Traffic . Still , yo Game of Traffic . Yo y'all need to listen to our show . Listen to the show so we can make it big . Let's do this people Game of Traffic we out Later . Thank you .