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Xbox finally addressed the rampant rumors online about them going multi-platform
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So, without further ado, let's break down Xbox's future plans. Up next
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Alright, so pull up a chair and let's dive into this whole Xbox podcast and what exactly went
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down. Up until 3pm yesterday, the internet was quite unsure exactly how this event would pan out
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And I gotta be honest, up until that point, I was kind of just holding my breath all day
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just to prepare for the worst. But Phil Spencer, Sarah Bond, and Matt Booty, who are all key
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figureheads over at Xbox, did a fairly good job addressing all of the wild speculation online
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So I'm gonna try to do my best to address all of the key points for this podcast
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so because today's Friday, I'm gonna give you the good stuff up first
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so let's talk about exclusivity. This was a big talking point heading into this whole event
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and as it stands right now, according to Phil Spencer himself, only 4 games will be heading
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over to other consoles. Now, those platforms have yet to be named, but we think it's the Switch and
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the PS5. And it's worth noting there's going to be no changes made to their exclusive strategy
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moving forward. Now, as for what these games could be, we really don't know what they exactly are
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Phil Spencer did note the games in question are more than a year old. Two of them are community
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driven games, and two of them are other smaller games within the Xbox ecosystem. In lesser terms
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the reasoning for all this is making money. They're going to be stockpiling the funding
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needed for potential second entries to these games. Now, I'm not going to leave you empty
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handed, because I compiled a list of games I think could fit the bill here. So if we were
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led to believe those previous rumors and reports, I think Hi-Fi Rush is all but a safe bet up until
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this point, and it would fit this description of a smaller game. Now, the second game in question
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here is Pentamon, and I do think that game would pair nicely. As for those two community driven
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games, Sea of Thieves was reported on heavily being one of those games, and personally, I think
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a game that's going under the radar could be grounded. Now, we don't know when these games
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will be announced, or where they're going to be announced, but I'd look to that rumored February
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Nintendo Direct to potentially get further word there. Now, to calm the internet down even more
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they clear as day stated Starfield and Indiana Jones are not a part of this all, and they will
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remain console exclusives. Speaking of games, they talked a little bit about Xbox Game Pass
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and they were also quick to confirm all of these games in question and games moving forward
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will be hitting the service day and date. Now, that's a no brainer of course, but they did do
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a good job to reassure fans who invested in the service. Now, heading into this all, I thought it
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would be pretty nice to hear about Activision Blizzard games, and where they could possibly
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stand when it comes to Xbox Game Pass. Turns out Diablo 4 will be the first game to hit the service
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and that's all happening on March 28th. And since there was talk about Xbox Game Pass going to other
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consoles at least as of right now, the plan is to only have Game Pass exist on the PC and the Xbox
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console itself. Now, let's say you've compiled this massive library of games, whether that be
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through digital or physical means. Xbox addressed this matter as well, but admittedly they kinda
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did this through a sneaky means of calling it digital entitlement and not ownership. That's
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a whole other can of worms we aren't gonna open today, but they did note it's important to keep
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compatibility through generations, and they're gonna do their best to keep that library intact
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And a little bit they touched on was Xbox hardware, and they kind of seemingly confirmed
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their next iteration of hardware. They're saying it's quote the largest technical leap ever seen in
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a hardware generation. Now if you ask me, I don't think that's true, but hey, I'm gonna be hopeful
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Now the cherry on top for this podcast was the announcement of a June Xbox showcase
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which on one hand isn't too surprising, but hey, it's welcomed. I'd imagine this is gonna
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be the showcase where that Activision Blizzard muscle will be flexed hard. And hey, even more
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Game Pass announcements could be made there as well. But as for this event, I think Xbox did a
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great job with clear and direct messaging to fans, which admittedly this is something I was very hard
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on them about. And this is something they needed to get out in front of, and calm down that internet
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hype storm. But with all that being said, I'm gonna pass this question off to you guys. What
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did you think of this Xbox event? But hey, drop a like and comment on this here video
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K. Lo, and this has been your daily Game Bite, and I'll see you guys next time
