Defining Duke, Episode 187 | The Numbers Are IN... - Is Xbox Hardware Dying?
Added 2024-08-01 16:00:20 +0000 UTCThe results for Microsoft Gaming's FY24 Q4 is in and it's mighty telling of where the company is at. On one hand, Xbox is making more money than ever before, but it's come at the loss of hardware sales which are down a staggering 42% YOY. Can Xbox afford to keep this trend up in a world not yet ready for digital only? According to Microsoft CFO Amy Hood, this is all well and fine as the company marches toward content and services. The Dukes dive into all the numbers, including Activision's ability to make the entirety of Xbox a boatload of money in spite of the remaining parts of Xbox plateauing. We also dig into the newest Starborn trademark, Bungie's daunting task ahead of them after massive layoffs once more, and plenty of other subjects in yet another busy week!
Timestamps:
0:00:00 - Intro
0:33:22 - World Of Warcraft team are unionizing
0:38:39 - Stalker 2 delayed to November 20th
0:44:37 - A new Playground Games studio has opened
0:47:44 - Some Game Pass leaks
0:51:31 - Halo Infinite’s Operation Fleetcom details
0:53:06 - Double Fine’s “PsychOdyssey” documentary is getting a blu-ray release
0:56:01 - New Xbox transparent controller revealed
0:57:46 - 500K players for Flintlock: Siege Of Dawn
1:00:06 - What is happening at Bungie?!
1:24:06 - An open world Patrick Star game has leaked
1:27:34 - Legacy Of Kain 1 and 2 remastered spotted at SDCC
1:29:42 - Visions Of Mana demo available now
1:30:37 - Wildermyth comes to consoles on October 22 this year
1:32:18 - Dragon Age Veilguard Steam details
1:35:34 - Mortal Kombat 1 “Khaos Reigns” and Kombat Pack 2 revealed
1:40:56 - What We’re Playing
2:16:09 - Microsoft Gaming FY24 Q4 results
2:38:12 - Starborn Zenimax trademark
2:40:33 - An update on the Xbox-Capcom issues
2:42:53 - Game Pass Pick Of The Week
2:49:15 - Our Xbox 360 Memories
Comments
As long as Bungie or new former bungie employees start with the bs like “LatinX” I bet that is what started their downfall
Marco Maluf
2024-09-05 00:59:16 +0000 UTC#NumbersDD shouts to defining duke and last stand in general for holding me down during lots of long drives for work
Carter Evenson
2024-08-09 03:46:36 +0000 UTCGame Pass will survive beyond Xbox hardware. Be prepared for a scenario where Xbox, as great as the brand was at one time, may be shed. At some point, you are going to see it as Game Pass, under the Microsoft banner. Beyond that, I will wish for a trivia game show experience that premiers LIVE, (shout out to Cog’s 1 vs. 100 comment). 💪
Directional Joy
2024-08-07 02:21:56 +0000 UTCThe news of more Bungie layoffs is a sad one but, if there is going to be a new studio created for some, I can think of a long dormant sci-fi franchise that could benefit GREATLY from Bungie’s pin-ash with gunplay… Resistance anyone?! 🤔
Directional Joy
2024-08-07 01:08:19 +0000 UTCOh my days Matty, let me open you up to an even better combo. Sliced apple with peanut butter. The citrus cuts through the thickness so nicely. It will probably retire the banana combo for you haha
Beaver diva
2024-08-05 12:43:49 +0000 UTCI still eat those every week as a 31 year old
TheMuff1nMon
2024-08-04 05:33:06 +0000 UTCPeanut butter and banana is a totally normal combo in my world. Grew up eating those sandwiches, I was shocked at HOW shocked Cog was by this haha
EEWEE
2024-08-04 04:37:57 +0000 UTCMatty gonna get lit up on those food edits 😅 Loved the 360 segment. Always gonna be the GOAT for me. #NumbersDD
NeO JD
2024-08-03 09:50:03 +0000 UTCFacts the rice cakes with the peanut butter and banana is were it’s at!!
Miko Bell
2024-08-03 00:27:38 +0000 UTCTeam medium well represent 🤘🤘
Sean (NES Encyclopedia) McKenzie
2024-08-02 20:58:17 +0000 UTCThat's marshmallow fluff and peanut butter
Ottochops
2024-08-02 20:32:40 +0000 UTCGreat episode guys! I’m not a regular DD listener as I’m not an Xbox guy, but check in every month or so and always a pleasure when I do. #NumbersDD
Ross Stoddart
2024-08-02 16:23:45 +0000 UTCI’ll do 2 brown rice cakes with almond butter and sliced bananas a few days a week. Top it off with two hard boiled eggs. Don’t forget peanuts are not nuts - they’re legumes.
Philip Dunphy
2024-08-01 23:45:42 +0000 UTCAnother week, another fever dream that Call of Duty will save Gamepass. It isn't going to happen because there is no end user for whom a $240 annual subscription to rent COD makes sense.
ByWatterson
2024-08-01 22:18:11 +0000 UTCMy go-to post-workout shake for years: protein powder, peanut butter, banana. Wth Cog 😂😂
Jordan
2024-08-01 20:16:47 +0000 UTCBojangles is some good stuff. The Cajun filet biscuit have saved me on many hungover mornings
Seany Mac
2024-08-01 19:59:57 +0000 UTCGgwp
Joshua
2024-08-01 19:48:06 +0000 UTCLook if the workers don’t set boundaries these companies will steamroll every new hire and promising new talent. They’re gonna lay’em off anyways might as well get done better severance.
Have you considered considering considerations considerately considerate
2024-08-01 19:13:33 +0000 UTCIf you haven't eaten peanut butter directly out of the jar with a spoon, you haven't lived.
John Hanke
2024-08-01 19:00:07 +0000 UTCHave you considered considering considerations considerately considerate
2024-08-01 18:59:04 +0000 UTCI'm 100% with Cog. This is beyond disgusting and we are way past the point where management needs to be held accountable. Its time the brass got the same culling they so easily do to their employees. After all, it's their leadership and their decisions that got them here. Personally, I won't be supporting Bungie until there's changes at the top.
Michael Rogers
2024-08-01 18:30:48 +0000 UTCHow has Cog never heard of peanut butter with bananas? .....HOW?!
Bizy_Mix
2024-08-01 18:20:10 +0000 UTCWords you don’t say on a podcast, “wet” and “juice”, lockmort is coming for you
Omar Rosa
2024-08-01 17:32:53 +0000 UTCUnionizing won't stop a layoff when the company spends too much/overpaid staff. You Unionize to stop crunch and better rights. Better rights is not the same as job security.
Otacon_Ocelot
2024-08-01 17:21:31 +0000 UTCThe PB Banana sandwich convo had me dying. My boy Cog reacting like Matty just said he sleeps with one sock on. Have you never heard of the Elvis sandwich????
Riley Donovan
2024-08-01 16:53:49 +0000 UTCI felt bad as I was just scarfing down Bo Jangles in my car while Matty was talking health is wealth. I work out 5 days a week so today is a cheat day for me. Now we’re talking wings or drumsticks and I feel totally vindicated for eating the fried chicken haha. It was fire AF too. Also peanut butter and banana is sooo good. Cog has to try it.
Michael Mashpotato
2024-08-01 16:51:44 +0000 UTCAhhhh yeaaaaa
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2024-08-01 16:04:07 +0000 UTC
