Defining Duke, Episode 269 | Phil Spencer & Sarah Bond LEAVE Xbox - What's Next?!
Added 2026-02-26 17:04:15 +0000 UTC
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Beanie
luis ortega
2026-03-06 18:39:23 +0000 UTCIf Microsoft remove day one games from game pass, Xbox will die completely as a console manufacturer, who would pay £22.99 a month to get old games, no one, game pass is basically xbox's only revenue except the 30% they get from 3rd party games on the store. They taught their players not to buy games and to instead subscribe to game pass, there's no coming back from that.
James Tyler
2026-03-05 16:50:51 +0000 UTCBeanie
DiscipleGamer
2026-03-04 21:49:18 +0000 UTCGoing to be honest, it is a little disheartening hearing both Matty and Brad advocate so strongly for exclusives to return. I guess my only counter at this point is to ask a hypothetical. If you love exclusives so much because they “allow for so many games to get created that wouldn’t otherwise”, would you also prefer for other industries to take the walled garden approach? Should Disney come out as say the only way you can watch Star Wars, Marvel, and Disney animation content is by purchasing a Disney branded TV? Should Taylor Swift make a deal with Apple so the only way you can listen to her music is on an Apple device? And no, streaming platforms like Netflix are not the same. I can download the Netflix app on any smart device ever made and therefore it is an easy thing to subscribe to another platform on the same TV if I don’t like their business practices. Have a “we finally had a competitor in the industry challenge the walled garden ecosystem just for fans to shoot it down in preference of a system that keeps you locked to a specific brand of plastic, kind of day”
ParsleyThyme
2026-03-04 21:42:36 +0000 UTCXbox 360 2 next gen FTW. Back to the glory days lol
ZombiesNJ
2026-03-03 23:33:48 +0000 UTCNobody saying anything when Matty was reading all that is crazy lmao
Ryan
2026-03-03 16:39:17 +0000 UTCDD Beanie please
Connor Gould
2026-03-03 02:56:46 +0000 UTCLove the DD beanie idea. Will buy day 1.
Austyn Riley
2026-03-02 14:36:25 +0000 UTCDo the beanie!! Always down!
MonstaPontes93 (Ricky Pontes)
2026-03-02 13:13:44 +0000 UTCThink Matty needs to watch Double Fine’s Psychonauts documentary specifically when the pandemic hit before calling some of the dev time limits and such “unacceptable” definitely effects my work.
Donny C
2026-02-28 14:33:42 +0000 UTC2 DD beanies please!
Donny C
2026-02-28 12:49:10 +0000 UTCThey better not get rid of Gamepass. I freaking love that service. Itd be going backwards and bad for the consumer. Also, to get Brad back into ecosystem we need to get rid of Gamepass, bring back Banjo, bring back exclusives, and kill the battery option in the controller? Yeah, Brad can stay outside lol Cog was essential in this episode. Really balanced the other two out. ##DDPhilSarah
Mr. Scott If You're Nasty
2026-02-28 12:10:12 +0000 UTCDD Beanie support!
JazzyB
2026-02-27 17:05:48 +0000 UTCI’ll buy a DD beanie!!
Adam Barber
2026-02-27 16:42:10 +0000 UTCWhen matty said “the real surprise here is…” I thought he was going to say that Matt Booty got promoted not fired
Anthony Palerino
2026-02-27 16:04:31 +0000 UTCBeanie me plz
Drew D
2026-02-27 12:35:38 +0000 UTCLoved the pod !
PoopWhistle
2026-02-27 11:35:48 +0000 UTCGreat episode, very good conversation and view of the situation. Those my Dukes.
Mysterious Narrator
2026-02-27 11:03:51 +0000 UTCI’ll take that beanie Matthew and Micah
Daddy T
2026-02-27 07:56:41 +0000 UTCHeated Matty = Goated Matty
NerfedNinja
2026-02-27 01:55:51 +0000 UTCDD beanie for sure!!
EEWEE
2026-02-27 01:52:59 +0000 UTCYeah, fair. Felt like one of those things where I was part way through and thought "this isn't working how I thought it would" LOL - Matty
Matty LSM
2026-02-27 01:50:30 +0000 UTCGoated episode Dukes. Intelligent, thoughtful, fair and interesting convo
Eddie B
2026-02-27 01:12:10 +0000 UTCHe walked it back today though because he works at Kinda Funny who only get softball interviews. Classic access journalism.
Buddah loves Icecream
2026-02-27 01:05:54 +0000 UTCNah stand down
i_wish_you_wood
2026-02-27 00:41:49 +0000 UTCBrad Stand Media so lame
Drew
2026-02-26 23:38:50 +0000 UTCThis might be one of the best podcast episodes I’ve ever heard in my life. very interesting conversation. These guys are second to none.
Publix Chicken tender sub
2026-02-26 23:07:27 +0000 UTCFriendly critique. Matty next time, break a big piece like that down. Glazed over with you reading for 20 minutes
Slippery when wet
2026-02-26 22:53:59 +0000 UTCI want the beanie!!!
Anton Kaye
2026-02-26 22:26:33 +0000 UTCMatty was SPITTIN
Adam Martinez
2026-02-26 22:04:00 +0000 UTC"Come on, baby (Don't fear the Reaper) Baby, take my hand (Don't fear the Reaper) We'll be able to fly (Don't fear the Reaper) Baby, I'm your man La, la, la, la, la La, la, la, la, la" ♥️
Namistai25
2026-02-26 22:02:27 +0000 UTCBrad is the sleeper agent for PlayStation that Colin wished he could be. Go get em Brad!
Devon McCarty
2026-02-26 21:48:55 +0000 UTCBrad god bless you! You are the antidote to cogs copium
Zachary
2026-02-26 21:19:05 +0000 UTCShoutout to this crew for having an intelligent and thoughtful conversation about this situation. Last weekend I listened to a few Xbox podcasts I normally wouldn’t because I was curious what they had to say about Phil and Sarah. What I found was the exact same conversation every single time: “You know, if there’s one thing you gotta give Phil credit for…” “Say what you want about Phil, but he’s a true gamer.” “One time he joined my Fallout 76 server and emoted at me!” I’m not arguing that Phil accomplished nothing during his tenure. But it’s painfully obvious that a significant portion of the Xbox community is so blinded by their perception of Phil as their “friend” that they’re incapable of critically evaluating his failures as a leader. They’re so enamored with the selfies at Summer Game Fest or The Game Awards that they refuse to acknowledge a basic reality: among the big three platform holders, Xbox is the only one putting all of their first party titles in a subscription service, the only one who has a CEO touting his gamer sensibilities and engaging parasocially with the community, and they also happen to be the only one failing catastrophically. You can respect someone personally and still hold them accountable professionally. I don’t think most of the creators in the Xbox sphere understand that.
BamAHamYum
2026-02-26 20:32:33 +0000 UTCBrad on Defining Duke is a recession indicator
BigDumbStupidIdiot
2026-02-26 20:06:24 +0000 UTCVERY NICE!
Borat Sagdiyev
2026-02-26 19:59:51 +0000 UTCWhat the hell are these timestamps
Big Booty Latinas Can Stay
2026-02-26 19:22:35 +0000 UTCWait….are they really implying that Brad was set to be in this episode before the news dropped? So it seriously happened again?? Bad news breaking when Brad guests? Because if so that’s actually starting to get freaky.
Bogey
2026-02-26 18:30:46 +0000 UTCBrah that nerdy black guy blessings from kinda funny aired yall mans Jez the fuck out yesterday Jesus Christ😭. I’m so glad someone had the balls to treat Jez like the complete fucking clown he is lol
Big titty drinker
2026-02-26 17:43:38 +0000 UTCBad news Brad returns!
Eric the Human
2026-02-26 17:27:05 +0000 UTCJust one topic. Damn. This is awesome!
Christian
2026-02-26 17:22:48 +0000 UTCBrad the Harbinger of troublesome times for the Xbox.😆
Russell Robinson
2026-02-26 17:17:19 +0000 UTCWho let Brad in? Lmfaoo
Mike1core
2026-02-26 17:14:26 +0000 UTC
