Defining Duke, Episode 182 | Matt Booty Opens Up On Bethesda Studio Closures...
Added 2024-06-27 16:00:14 +0000 UTCIn a relatively slow week, we're able to settle into a major interview conducted by Variety with the one and only, Matt Booty. Sitting as Xbox Game Content and Studios President, Matt Booty was a major factor behind Xbox's decision to shut down four Bethesda studios. In the brand's third attempt to answer the deeper reasoning behind these closures, we get a few more breadcrumbs that leave room for assumption on the matter. Alongside that, Booty speaks on the Xbox exclusive situation with remains relatively unclear moving into the future. Plus more on Forza Horizon 4's delisting, Hellblade 2 initial sales, and more!
Timestamps:
0:00:00 - Intro
0:14:25 - Forza Horizon 4 being delisted
0:24:43 - Avowed is fully playable in third person
0:29:16 - Harvey Smith on Redfall’s final update
0:32:07 - Xbox's statement on Black Myth Wukong
0:39:24 - Bethesda Game Studios Montreal is unionizing
0:44:52 - Hellblade 2 fails to crack top 100 sales in Europe
0:53:49 - Disney Epic Mickey: Rebrushed release date
0:57:20 - Katsuhiro Harada on why Soul Calibur disappeared
1:10:26 - Jet Set Radio Remake leaks online
1:17:55 - BioWare on Dragon Age Veilguard’s name change
1:20:34 - What We’re Playing
1:47:13 - Warm Up Question
01:57:42 - Matt Booty interview with Variety
02:43:06 - Game Pass Pick Of The Week
02:51:40 - Ending Question
Comments
Im playing Disney Dreamlight valley, its very addictive, for reference, I am a male straight 41 y/o single, no kids 😂
Marco Maluf
2024-07-24 15:40:15 +0000 UTCI'm not arguing for either side but that's a clearly different situation as Microsoft bought Bethesda
Gooch Gobbler
2024-07-02 14:27:54 +0000 UTCBread cums?
Taylor McNeill
2024-07-01 23:54:36 +0000 UTC#TopDD Thanks for dissecting how the booty opened up. great episode gents
Carter Evenson
2024-07-01 01:50:31 +0000 UTCI like when it’s not XBOX taking something away from Sony. The boys have a problem with it. The PS5 Starfield version was cancelled because XBOX bought Bethesda. The Black Myth Wu Kong deal is highly hypocritical to have a problem with it.
Remington Wilson
2024-06-30 03:02:16 +0000 UTCDid I miss the assignment on the Mt. Rushmore discussion? Both of these Mt. Rushmore lists sounded like a list of under rated video game characters you might not know. No Master Chief, Kratos, Mario, Lara Croft, Snake, Geralt, Joel or Ellie, Ezio, Agent 47, Nathan Drake, Captain Price, Marcus Fenix? I basically didn't know like 70 percent of the people they named, which makes me think I didn't understand the assignment.
Mr. Scott If You're Nasty
2024-06-29 10:30:02 +0000 UTCDo you have a mirror in your house?
Mr. Scott If You're Nasty
2024-06-29 10:20:58 +0000 UTCIn my late 40s and I unapologetically cleanse my palette with a Lego game at least once a year. I can’t binge them as the platinum trophy whore in me gets an itchy brain moving through levels knowingly leaving unattainable bricks or kits behind for the post game run. Glad to hear I’m not alone.
Teddy
2024-06-28 17:14:43 +0000 UTCDude a Soul Calibur 2 remaster would be soooo sick. Bring back Link, Heihachi and Spawn to their respective consoles. I remember getting soul calibur 2 for the GameCube when I finished the 10th grade. I stayed in the house all summer and played the shit out of that game. I had a ring out cheese with link lol. Good times 🙌
Michael Mashpotato
2024-06-28 13:48:48 +0000 UTCI could listen to Cog wax lyrical about Tekken for a whole podcast
joefray_
2024-06-28 12:00:31 +0000 UTCThat’s some cursed sports fandom lol. The falcons bit makes me the saddest
Caleb Peacock
2024-06-28 10:54:38 +0000 UTCHellblade 2’s low sales doesn’t surprise me. Don’t think it’d be so hot on PS either. My 4 favorite game characters: Ellie (TLOU) Kazuma Kiryu (Yakuza) Kassandra (AC Odyssey) Nathan Drake (Uncharted) #TopDD
NeO JD
2024-06-28 09:09:53 +0000 UTCSpeaking of Chris it’d be dope if y’all had him on again soon
Bartevious
2024-06-28 04:03:59 +0000 UTCHow did we miss the “launch exclusive “ talk
Joshua La Rosa
2024-06-28 02:38:53 +0000 UTCFuture title suggestion- Matt Booty Spreads Out the 2025 Roadmap
Alec Dyer
2024-06-28 01:45:40 +0000 UTCI have the mindset of majority of games being exclusives with a select few going multiplat because with the volume of games they have in their future, there's enough to give away a few games and keep the rest exclusive
AgentOfChaos904
2024-06-27 22:00:36 +0000 UTCGood to know other grown men still enjoy playing Lego games. 😂
Vinsterx11
2024-06-27 21:43:27 +0000 UTCFor real! Makes the first half of my day fly by ✌️
Meatball
2024-06-27 21:17:06 +0000 UTCThank you matty, for the skyrim love.
GenDroid
2024-06-27 20:35:09 +0000 UTCI love it when Cog pushes back against the Booty
Zac
2024-06-27 20:11:01 +0000 UTCThe booty opens up 😂
Bartevious
2024-06-27 19:43:39 +0000 UTCI feel like soul Calibur is closer to Virtua Fighter in that it’s one of the early 3d movement fighting games.
Have you considered considering considerations considerately considerate
2024-06-27 19:27:49 +0000 UTCI don’t think PlayStation money hatted anything… that glorified vcr holding yall back. Xbox is smart they know how much of an inferiority complex their core fanbase has in regards to PlayStation so it looks better to blame PlayStation than say yeah the series s is too weak. Just Microsoft manipulating their gold fish brained community 🤣
Big titty drinker
2024-06-27 18:56:27 +0000 UTCMatty, what the hell are you talking about? Last episode was 181 and you said 181. Now it’s 182. The only one confused here is you my guy.
Michael
2024-06-27 16:10:26 +0000 UTCDukes on a Thursday workday, nothing better!
Hunter Anderson
2024-06-27 16:05:03 +0000 UTC
