Xbox Activision Blizzard Deal Approved | PlayStation Showcase | Starfield Under Pressure - XB2 266
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The Xbox Two Podcast is back and this week Rand & Jez will be talking about the EU and China approving the Microsoft Xbox Activision Blizzard Acquisitions, Sony PlayStation finally announces the PlayStation showcase, Starfield is under pressure from the media to deliver big for Xbox, Mortal Kombat 1 is announced and much more!!
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Timestamps:
00:00:00 - Music
00:05:04 - Intro and Housekeeping
00:17:15 - Showcase predictions, HOLD THE LINE, Xbox roadmap? Starfield Under Pressure
01:00:49 - Starfield vs Spidey 2, The Coalition being awesome, Star Wars: Jedi Survivor
01:51:00 - ABK Approvals, CMA vs EU, China
02:30:55 - Fake Xbox showcase. Mid-gen Xbox Series X|S & PS5 upgrades?
02:55:25 - Q&A.
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Thank you for all the support!! Get 20% OFF @manscaped + Free Shipping with promo code XB2 at MANSCAPED.com! Timestamps: 00:00:00 - Music 00:05:04 - Intro and Housekeeping 00:17:15 - Showcase predictions, HOLD THE LINE, Xbox roadmap? Starfield Under Pressure 01:00:49 - Starfield vs Spidey 2, The Coalition being awesome, Star Wars: Jedi Survivor 01:51:00 - ABK Approvals, CMA vs EU, China 02:30:55 - Fake Xbox showcase. Mid-gen Xbox Series X|S & PS5 upgrades? 02:55:25 - Q&A
Nice, thanks Rand 👌
Jez had me dying over here first 24 mins 🤣 that laugh tho 🤣 love it. Thor thanks for keepin it moving on Worcestershire . Not gunna like I was literally crying. Don’t take it wrong I’ve butchered words too I’m glad I’m not the only one. Great show keep it up 👍🏽
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how come everytime i fall asleep with youtube in the background it always ends up being one of this guys videos
"Hold the line!" Is always used in warfare.
We are in a war and the Xbox community needs to hold firm instead of capitulating which they have done recently
Yes, but it was kind of a thing in mass effect. One character kept saying it in his speech
They held the line in braveheart
It didn’t seem like he was referring to mass effect character during the skit
@@jetiii7 am a Sony. Guy
The best at what you guys do here. Another excellent show. Thank you and have a good one gents.
I love Sea of Thieves. When they revealed the Pirate's Life dlc a year or 2 ago it may have been the most excited I ever was about anything at an Xbox conference.
I payed thirty dollars for that game, played about forty hours, and have never touched it again. It was just this horribly lonely experience with the work-to-earn (anything seeming worth it) desire seriously lacking. What am I missing because so many people love this game? I'd... like to like it too.
As a consumer one should never have to "hold the line". One should come and go as one pleases, that's what makes these companies compete for our $. Imagine how boring it would be if everyone held the line?
You sound like you just smelled Jim Ryan's undies before you typed that....... Like the rest of your comments😏
Agreed
Pony alert 😂
@@Xboxfan792 so speaking senses makes someone a pony?
He's talking about one situation that would greatly benefit the platform.
What's the intro song? Ty
Bow down to our AI overlords and hold the line bots, no more capitulation!
If I fall asleep watching youtube I always end up here...
That motorcycle sounded like the PS2 startup sound😁
Hold the line is from braveheart i think 🤔
I love when Rand gets upset with Jez for being busy from having an actual real job lmao the irony is lost on him which makes it even funnier
Is time to push the boundaries of what we can accomplish… Happy Gaming Everyone 😎.
You a dev?
If I were Xbox, I would bring back Project Gotham Racing, Lost Odyssey and just for fun of the old arcade days I could go for some geometry wars and mini golf 3D lol.
i have a feeling that a gears collection will be announced at the showcase and it's not being developed by the coalition....
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@@JohnDoe-pu5gk hey john 😂
Diablo 4 is my first Diablo as well. I played the beta. Didn’t like it as first. At some point it clicked. And now I can’t wait😅
57:56 ob-fuss-kay-shun. Phonetics for the win. Accent is on the kay.
Spiderman 2 launching head to head with Spiderman 2 is just bad luck for Starfield, unfairly. Cause it will be compared even Spiderman 2 is gonna be extremely polished
Xbox fumbles so hard not buying apex studio
Gears Collection is it happening or not?
Xbox should give game showcase events a month in advance. Then surprise everyone and have the showcase air within two weeks. And if people get upset or complain tell them they do this because of the leakers. So fans will go after the leakers on social media.
Diablo IV will sort of be my first Diablo game, outside of Diablo Immortal. It was actually Diablo Immortal that made me interested in Diablo IV. As Jez mentioned, some people are going to play Diablo Immortal, like it, and decide they want to play more, but don't like play to win games. Well, that was me. Enter Diablo IV.
So when is FTC turn for their decision ?
august trial i believe
If the cma are against the cloud gaming aspect why do the ABK games need removing from game pass? Currently if a game can’t be played on the cloud it doesn’t have the cloud symbol, surely just flag ABK games not for cloud. No reason to remove them from Game Pass
id like to see a new fusion frenzy game
Facts
No one knows what's in Worcestershire sauce
Which game they are playing?
Diablo 4 beta/ server slam
Am a Sony guy guys?
3:29:21 obscure but awesome band, The Dead Weather.
"If I can't kill things it's not a game"? Really? Something's wrong with you guys.
As far as the ABK deal, I believe Microsoft was just keeping their head down because there were too many unknowns with the FTC, CMA, and EU. However, with the approval from the EU and now even China, I think Microsoft has a ton more breathing room. They could more than likely defeat the FTC in court, and the CMA are looking like such clowns it will somehow get overturned. Point is Microsoft's path to the deal closing has gotten significantly more clearer. Thus, they have wider room to move when it comes to making other smaller deals with developers and publishers. I don't believe they need to keep their head down going forward.
There is no clear path, they have a very long road. 1. Appeal CMA decision, which would take a year or two to decide and further adjudication back to the CMA. Where they could in theory reach the same decision even if the original decision is overturned. 2. Try and get FTC approval which could take a year or two. 3. In the meantime, they have to schedule a new merger agreement (which shareholders must agree on) with ABK as the existing deal expires in 59 days. They owe ABK $3b in July, so they are going to need even more billions. Come back in a year or two.
@@GMako-xi7rc I said the path was clearer, not crystal. They have less unknowns now. They know where the CMA stands and the EU has approved. The EU approval alone is a huge win. Microsoft could have a long court battle with the FTC, but they willost likely win that one. If that is the case the CMA is hardly of any signicance at that point. Microsoft could close the deal without their approval. As I said the path is much clearer than before. Microsoft knows where all the players stand now out in the open. They can easily work deals around that and not have to worry about the whatifs as they may have been doing before.
@@plasticlife283 No they cannot close the deal without the CMA approval. None of this works like that. Microsoft will owe ABK $3b in mid-July, if they want to continue they will have to secure a new agreement which will probably going to cost well over $3b more, and shareholder approval. Microsoft will have to appeal CMA and try and gain FTC approval. FTC is more troublesome as they are going after everything. Either way for new deal, CMA process, and further adjudication... come back in a year or two. Even if successful, if they attempt it.... this won't be solved in 2023, and probably not in 2024. The current agreement is dead as a door nail, to revive it.... is a very long road. The path is always clear... meaning process.... in this case its a very long path.
Rand how did you know I’d be watching this later and high?! 😂
Redfall isn’t great but I don’t understand why people say it’s bad. It’s a fun gsme
It's awful.
It's truely awful
Because it’s bad
Nothing like a Delusional Two Friday. Always a pleasure.
Colt is a fairy. But on the topic of mid gen upgrade the ps5 n series x are mid gen upgrades. Honestly
HOLD THE LINE!!!🙅♂
Love isnt always on time!
Did yhey happen to talk Zelda anywhere?
who cares about zelda...
@@boris3973 maybe the 15 million people that bought it over the last 8 days.
@@mattmacdonaldmedia2655 good for them. you should not be looking for zelda talk on an xbox podcast where you know the host doesn't care about nintendo, though ;)
@@boris3973 hey man it was a yes or no question. Go be a smart ass somewhere else cuz these hosts don't like people with your attitude!
The XB2 podcast with Jiz Boredon ft. RandAl Snore. Nah jk IDK about anything
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This show really needs to be streamlined to 2 hours max. It's just 2 grumpy old men whining for 4 hours 😂
If you are not enjoying it you know you have a stop button right?
@@kevinlist3330 I do enjoy it. It was just a little british humour. Although, streamlining wouldn't be a bad idea.
@@Cyhyraeths I'm British and I didn't see no humour but ok it was humour on please make your podcast I enjoyed shorter?
@@kevinlist3330 If I was aware I had to entertain an audience I would have tried harder. Do accept my apologies, i'll do better next time.
@@Cyhyraethsnow thats top british humour
Ironic that the guy that can’t remember how to pronounce Biden corrects rand.
I disagree. I don't care about a game that's coming out in a year. So I definitely don't care about one that's coming out in 2 years. Don't want to see or hear about them.
Trust me star filled is not under pressure. It's just fine. All the people that are so worried about I have no idea that these kinds of massive open world games is what Bethesda does. They have a better track record than they don't have one. They have more wind oblivion Skyrim your fallout 3. Fallout 4. They only messed up on two games. Max
Can't believe jez cheaped out on faking engagement by hiring obviously machine translated comments like this. Where are you a comment Farm in Vietnam?
Speculation regarding the same tired from two years ago is ridiculous. It's over, Xbox is only getting worse, so thankfully they couldn't get their greedy hands on more quality studios, then the discussion changes to Microsoft destroying the gaming industry.
“Slavery is a libertarians dream.” It’s wild how propagandized Jez is by leftist politics.
Big time. He doesn't even realize he's doing it. Most of them don't. I still like him though. Just annoying to hear the misguided politically motivated rants at times.
The most Anti Xbox, Xbox podcast out there. Second to Colt Eastwood channel.
Not as anti as Phil Spencer.
What has cloud gaming got to do with games coming day and date into game pass 🤪 I don't think there's a connection there at all. We just won't be able to stream games to any other devices, that's what I take it as
ESO was better than WoW at launch.
lmao no
Haha a fucking X wing
I can’t wait for the showcase as the ponybots will have a lot of egg on their faces. The level of Xbox hate the last few weeks was disgraceful and most of it came from ponybots, it’s only been Rand, Jez, King David and Durt holding things down, the rest switched sides so fast it was shameful a true betrayal to the community
Hold the line and hold the ponybots accountable!
@@ArielCleirigh He’s not talking about Sony he’s talking about the likes of you, the Sony cultists. And btw Einstein, you’re proving him right with your dopey comment.
@@ArielCleirigh 1 game big deal to which a lot of people enjoyed it and how about all the other games Phil has been gifting us in Gamepass yet everybody focuses on 1 thing and forget that PS has no games this year except for another glorified DLC
@@ArielCleirigh at least it not a bad pc port of a remaster of a remaster of a remaster of a game that came out in 2013 that they couldnt even port to pc properly like TLOU. a 10 year old game.
Pretty sure the showcase will be good.
Y if I let KZhead play it'll bring me here..... I hate this show not even subscribe to it
MS will never fully pull out of the UK, nor is it that easy to break defence and intelligence contracts, Jezz really under estamates the influence the UK still has. Also do you really think the US would risk their closest ally in all global affairs over game deal and for MS to cripple the UK. That simply isnt going to happen.
Pony bots are these supposed Xbox fans that constantly look for validation from these extreme PlayStation fanboys. It manifest as, when there’s good Xbox news these pony boys are the most over the top Xbox fans but when Xbox has any bad news, small or large, these guys are more toxic than the most extreme PlayStation fanboys (ponies). In other words, it’s the flimsily marginally attached Xbox fans. Rand is an Xbox guy. Sure, he has criticism when deserved but he’s still through and through an Xbox fan. He’s nowhere near a pony bot.
Show Me on this doll where they hurt u. Grow a spine.
Jez - love ya but watch Digital Foundry more and try to talk tech less. The ps5 ssd has literally ZERO to do with what is happening with performance in the industry. youre not really a graphics tech guy and THATS COOL! Weve got enough of those guys. That is not what we listen to yall for. There is no "performance" in the ssd in that sense - please dont.❤ *There definitely IS something happening in the dev process and no its not as simple as "xbox is hard to develop for" - youre right about that, but it is not the ssd lol.
If anything Digital Foundry made it sound as if Xbox is too easy to develop for. You just throw a build at the Xbox and it'll run without any optimisation. PS requires optimisation to run. PS also has the bigger market share, so they do more optimisation prior to launch. Meanwhile they Xbox versions are getting thrown out the door unoptimised because they run. Which is maybe why we see PS5 versions have an edge at launch and then the gap gets closed with patches. It's an Xbox problem though. They need to release games to showcase the power of the Xbox and make sure the user base it large enough for 3rd party Devs to spend more time optimising Xbox versions of games.
@@joshsfox6266 1000% yes. Its absolutely absurd that any game would ever run better on a ps5 - it should really never happen. I wouldnt necessarily expect some huge difference every time but it should be there. I think dev focus on the lead platform is a factor, but there also seems to be something else going on. Whats happening on pc shows further evidence that they arent getting enough time or resources to focus on making ea ver sing - none of these pc releases from multiplat devs should be coming out like they do. I saw that Direct where John said developers are saying making the series port is sort of [too easy] / plug and play / whatever too and that just seems ridiculous to me, but then you do have a handful of games coming out that do have the series x delta one would expect, which kind of supports that idea. I also feel like yiu said - its an xbox problem. We cant deny that the buck goes to microsoft and their incompetency at managing things - yes Bethesda runs itself but there has GOT to be some accountability to make sure these games are coming out like they should - at all, yes but the fact that Ghostwire - a now first party game came out worse on xbox is unconscionable. They should be working with 3rd party devs for releases to make sure the xbox ver is hitting like it should.
@@geraldwitcherakaxboxheatin5952 ive heard numerous people in the know, saying devs prefer ps5 architecture though, so i dont think its as simple as they are optimizing for ps5 because of market share, if that was the case and xbox was easier to dev for, why did redfall have so many problems?
@@joshsfox6266stop lying they did not say that, they’ve said routinely that dev much prefer the ps5 to develop on, it’s the best system they’ve ever developed on, the series s/x i/o is significantly weaker than ps5 (devs have already confirmed this in 2020), devs hate the series s & the x is weaker than the ps5, the facts & results speak for themselves, Xbox hasn’t even shown they can compete against playstation cross feb games ffs.
@@odedra01 I'm not lying. They did say some devs had voiced a preference for the dev tools on PS5 and that they were better supported. They could therefore optimise better. They also said that because of Xbox essentially using the same operating system, the initial porting process was easier. In conclusion its easier to get a game running on Xbox but easier to get an optimised version running on PS5. No one has said eventhing else here. We just didn't go into the detail of PS5 because we were talking about Xbox.