Defining Duke, Episode 154 | What’s Going On With Blade’s Xbox Exclusivity?!
Added 2023-12-14 17:00:10 +0000 UTCThe Dukes have gathered one final time in 2023 during the aftermath of The Game Awards. Following a successful showing by Xbox, many question marks linger around Blade. Well, we have a direct answer from Disney, and that result lies with Bethesda. So, what gives? Plus, we get into the possibility of a free Game Pass tier fueled by ads as Xbox seeks to create value even at the lowest level of entry to help expand their subscription service. Is this a wise move or something that will inevitably hurt the paying customers? Plus, massive updates on SEGA, a deep dive into Starfield’s promised updates for 2024, the insane situation surrounding The Day Before, and so much more. Let’s wrap up 2023 with a bang!
Timestamps:
0:00:00 - Intro
0:09:20 - Corrections
0:15:19 - Starfield Updates
0:24:51 - Skyrim Together has abandoned the Starfield Together project
0:40:29 - SEGA drops more info in a Washington Post interview
0:49:30 - South of Midnight and Towerborne may be coming in 2024
0:53:37 - A former PlayStation executive is telling Japanese publishers to release on Xbox
1:00:30 - Baldur’s Gate 3 has a save bug on Xbox
1:03:13 - Brian Jarrard expands on Halo Infinite’s future plans
1:13:58 - E3 is dead
1:23:06 - Larry Hyrb has joined Midwest Games as a communications advisor
1:23:55 - The Day Before’s developer has shut down
1:32:25 - Free Radical is being shut down
1:36:53 - What have we been playing?
2:03:15 - Is OD actually Silent Hill?
2:08:32 - There’s still not much clarity on Blade’s exclusivity
2:28:25 - Xbox Game Pass may be experimenting with free Game Pass with ads
2:38:05 - Game Pass Pick of the Week
2:43:27 - How does the first half of 2024 look?
Comments
I hate Mass Effect Andromeda with a burning fiery passion that I've never felt for anything else to the point that I never thought I would have anything good to say about the game, but the fact that it was made in like 18 months actually is pretty impressive
Zac Lebeau
2023-12-17 14:17:04 +0000 UTCSta........Loading screen....... Fie....... Loading screen ld....... Loading screen....... I'm trying to get through it but Jesus this is an outdated game
Kevin
2023-12-15 21:14:09 +0000 UTCKeep up the good work fellas!
Omar Rosa
2023-12-15 19:46:38 +0000 UTCDukes! Honored to be featured as the last write in of #DD2023. You boys killed it this year and I hope you have a nice break with the fams. Love, peace, and chicken grease as Micah would say. ❤️
NeO JD
2023-12-15 02:57:59 +0000 UTCMe too but that’s never gonna happen. How about the blind live that Pokémon is the best think ever. Or insert any other example here. For me, early Marvel movies had a little bit of something I could recognise, but very quickly all I could recognise is the cash grabbing in all of it. And supposedly “fans” are OK with it. A world with no sensitivity in it, just fandom, like junkies for franchises. Then again the “masses” go wild for sports - again and again - am I not just folly here? Meh, thanks for reading my musings, I am just always in the search good videogame experiences :)
Manuel Nascimento
2023-12-15 01:49:18 +0000 UTCIt's super weird that all of the sudden circana and npd means nothing when Starfield is charting very well despite being on game pass. People held onto those numbers like gospel before Starfield. I'm not the biggest fan of the game, but man folks are responding like children to its success. Great convo dukes!
MetroidIsBetterIn2D
2023-12-14 17:38:15 +0000 UTCI yearn for the day when society is finished with Marvels shit.
Michael
2023-12-14 17:30:11 +0000 UTC
