Defining Duke, Episode 199 | Bethesda's Big Miss On Fallout Day
Added 2024-10-24 16:00:16 +0000 UTCAs every October 23rd comes around, Fallout fans are reminded of the missed opportunity for Bethesda to have their own "N7 Day" with the franchise. Well, 2024 is the year they finally took action and put fan demands into motion! What took place is, quite frankly, a whole lot of nothing. The Dukes sift through the fallout (!) of this showcase and what Bethesda can do to make 2025's showing a much better, more worthwhile one. While it's Fallout Day, it also appears to be Digital Day for Xbox! 91% of US players are buying games digitally and half of Xbox's customers have bought into their discless console. Has Xbox's push into cloud gaming and Game Pass been vindicated in light of these statistics? Plus, we have info on 2025's Call Of Duty the very week that Black Ops 6 drops! What does Activision have in store for us? More changes, it seems! We also get into the Banjo Kazooie kerfuffle, Helldivers 2 on Xbox, Cog's love of Metaphor, the surprise that is TMNT: Mutants Unleashed, and plenty more!
Timestamps:
0:00:00 - Introduction
0:11:05 - Mets talk stops here
0:20:28 - Xbox sales stats from Circana
0:30:58 - A Black Ops 2 sequel is in development... No, not that one!
0:36:08 - Halo Project Ekur details
0:43:06 - Aaron Greenberg said WHAT?
0:48:35 - Xbox Cloud Gaming improvements leak
0:51:28 - Arrowhead comments on Xbox versions of Helldivers 2
0:55:12 - Xbox version of Black Myth: Wukong spotted
0:59:29 - Bloober Team is done making bad games
1:03:49 - An update on IO's Project 007
1:11:20 - Ubisoft shuts down their Price Of Persia team
1:22:27 - Monster Hunter Wilds open beta announced
1:27:50 - What We’re Playing
1:58:36 - That Call Of Duty marketing
2:04:39 - Xbox, PlayStation, and Crimson Desert
2:24:00 - Joe Staten is a free agent
2:30:05 - Fallout Day 2024 reactions
2:42:46 - Game Pass Pick Of The Week
2:50:48 - Final Questions
2:57:28 - Wrap Up
Comments
Penultimate - next to the last - not the ultimate (nitpick lol)
Michael
2024-10-28 18:14:55 +0000 UTCThe base normal difficulty can mostly be beaten with the auto battle system, it's boring af.
Jordan Wray
2024-10-27 21:51:21 +0000 UTCMetaphor isn’t 100 hours (unless you’re on a hard difficulty or talk to every NPC). Rolled credits in 46 hours.
TheMuff1nMon
2024-10-27 15:00:12 +0000 UTCLooking at the XBL reviews of "MUtants Unleashed" and oof, lot of people having issues with the game crashing or becoming unplayable at some point. Everyone keeps saying "18%" .
Guybrush Threepwood
2024-10-27 11:16:47 +0000 UTCAs someone who fell off of COD after BO3, hearing 2025 will have BO2’s maps is a good start. But, what I need to pull me back in is the complete feel of the game. They gotta nail that again along with pick 10, scorestreaks, etc. Matty, I beat Metaphor in 46h56m. Got all the archetypes. Did all the quests. But I did play it on Baby Ass Baby Mode. 😅 #FreeAgentDD
NeO JD
2024-10-25 17:15:54 +0000 UTCAppreciate the timestamps 👍
Richard
2024-10-25 14:39:38 +0000 UTCMatty and Cog are such good hosts/commentators that I really wish they had a better console or brand to have a show about lmao
Ryan
2024-10-25 12:17:26 +0000 UTCStarfield
Robbie Agnew
2024-10-25 04:38:50 +0000 UTCAppreciate Matty trying to sell the emotionality and weight of a Sonic story. You could have Shakespeare writing these stories and it’s still going to be a bunch of goofy, reject-furbie trash. I don’t know how you can take it seriously when everything about these characters and franchise is so goddamn stupid. This is coming from a massive Kingdom Hearts fan, too.
Cameron Sturre
2024-10-24 23:32:09 +0000 UTCI used to play on Xbox exclusively with 3rd party game and buy the collectors editions to the games I wanted. I have the Sekiro and Dark Souls 3 collectors editions for the Xbox one. The last Xbox collectors edition I bought was the Halo Infinite Walmart collectors edition. When I found out the game barely existed on the disc I stopped collecting Xbox games. Tbh i haven’t turned on my series x in years. I collect games and the digital future is a big turn off for me. The focus on gamepass has soured me. With that being said I still have more achievements then Kloot 😂.
Michael Mashpotato
2024-10-24 22:55:22 +0000 UTCNot really sure why every game that is first person is called an fps. That would be like saying that horizon or Zelda is a third person shooter because they are third person and sometimes you shoot things. Indiana jones, avowed and elder scrolls are not fps games. Being first person as a game does not make it fps. By that logic the witness or myst is an fps lol.
Derik Mozzarella
2024-10-24 20:18:10 +0000 UTCI liked the new TMNT movie but it’s definitely overhyped. But we’ll see where they take it.
Special Needs Cannon
2024-10-24 19:24:47 +0000 UTCNot shocked by the digital to physical split for game sales for Xbox. Xbox has devalued their physical games with their DRM policy. I buy physical primarily for the Switch, if the full game is on the cartridge. As Cog mentioned I’m also a GP subscriber for anything I want to play on my Xbox.
MrFreundly
2024-10-24 18:27:50 +0000 UTCBeing a Mets fan builds character. So LFGM.. The Mets pitching let us down. They allowed 40 plus walks this series. Phil Maton gave up a home run every time he pitched. The bats also left over 30 runners in scoring position. Dodgers made them pay for these mistakes. I’m looking forward to the future of this team though.
Michael Mashpotato
2024-10-24 17:51:46 +0000 UTCCompletely agree. It's hard to be disappointed though, when your expectations are zero 🤷🏻♀️
ajwhite
2024-10-24 16:27:14 +0000 UTCCan’t wait for call of duty tonight to play new treyarch zombies
Yeti ATL
2024-10-24 16:07:26 +0000 UTCBethesda is just Ina constant fumble. Man another disappointment to add on to the pile. But don’t worry guys “NEXT TIME” will be better. FOH. Also go dukes
A Hind D
2024-10-24 16:06:20 +0000 UTC
