#249 | Is Xbox Pulling Out Of The Console Business?

Defining Duke: An Xbox Podcast

Last Stand Media & Studio71

Hobbies, Leisure, Video Games

4.9 • 947 Ratings

🗓️ 12 October 2025

⏱️ 254 minutes

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Summary

Following such erratic changes to Game Pass and a ton of wild weekend rumors, many are wondering if Xbox will be out of the console business altogether by 2027. Despite marketing for the next generation being expected to begin next year, some insiders are suggesting this is now up in the air for Team Green. Joining us to discuss the current state of Xbox is the man with a million, Rand Al Thor 19. While Xbox addressed the uncertainty surrounding their hardware and have a public agreement with AMD, many continue to doubt this is the path forward. The truth is that Xbox hardware has seen a steep decline in sales for almost two years. Now, major retailers are pulling their stock. Like much of you have written in about this subject, we are left with the same question: Can we even believe Xbox at this point? If you can't then can we continue to build our digital libraries on Xbox with the way Xbox is trending? Is the path truly to become a third party publisher? If so, should Xbox rip off the bandaid and go all in now? It's a jam packed episode and we sift through every layer of it to try and get to the root of it all. Please keep in mind that our timestamps are approximate, and will often be slightly off due to dynamic ad placement. 03:08 - The future of the Dukes0:21:28 - Cog’s trip to Japan0:35:50 - Where is Phil Spencer?1:00:32 - Outer Worlds 2 caught in the crossfire again1:15:57 - Can Xbox and PlayStation team up now?1:20:09 - What even is Xbox Play Anywhere?1:30:07 - What is going on with Keeper?1:40:18 - Lina Khan’s victory lap1:47:58 - Xbox’s response to the Game Pass price hike1:56:24 - Game Pass DLC discounts are done2:02:17 - Halo Combat Evolved Remake rumors2:16:46 - Coming soon to Xbox Game Pass2:20:29 - What We’re Playing2:59:26 - Is Xbox hardware coming to an end?3:35:43 - The reason Game Pass hiked its prices3:56:22 - Xbox is reportedly adding a free tier for Cloud Gaming Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	The
0:07.0	The Thank you, everybody.
0:32.4	Welcome to episode 249 of the Finding Duke and Xbox podcast. Wow, full energy today. Today I'm
0:41.4	joined by the ghost of Yote himself back from Japan. Lord Cognito. Oh, hang on. He's
0:49.6	grabbing a collector. Oh, he's got the mask. He's got the mask. I see Yote back there too. We switch in jerseys, Codg?
0:57.0	Because, you know, we go sunset the podcast. I got to get ready. Yeah, I got my blue on today.
1:05.1	Yeah, I'm ready. I'm ready. We're a full time for a podcast, so you know.
1:12.2	But yeah, man, I've been doing good.
1:13.9	I've been doing good.
1:14.4	It's just a crazy day, man.
1:16.2	As you already know, I was on the road for four hours.
1:19.5	Yes.
1:20.0	Because I had to get a real ID and there was no appointments named my DMV.
1:25.5	And bro, like I had to go to like, damn there, Philly to get this choice. Like, my local DMVs didn't have it and appointments to, like, next year. I'm just tired. Like, outside of international travel, as a person who travels a lot, you know, I don't, I don't like the idea of carrying my passport with me all the time. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. I don't like, I feel like I'm going to lose it. Yeah.
1:44.4	And then now with the, with the laws away, oh, you cannot use your standard driver's license anymore unless it's real ID. So this was the process. You bring the identification. You go through the steps, whatever. Nice little, you know, rural town. You know, you know, it was like very suburban. like when they ain't got no street lights
2:01.2	and I'm driving
2:03.2	like damn I'm in the boo you know you know it was like very suburban like when they ain't got no street lights
2:01.2	and I'm job I'm like damn I'm in the boonies bro like this is deep did you uh did you bring a
2:08.7	little portable little portable gaming experience yeah you had to bro I think I I played Lego
2:14.4	Batman too during my last DMV trip last year I had to like register my car in the state. I was like, all right. And I ended up beating the game because it was like, oh, you'll be, you'll be done quick. They said, bro, I was there for like three and a half hours. You can wait for your number to get cold and all that. Yeah. So I must the ally out, Let's get some stuff done. But yeah, then race back. And like I said, we got a good show.
2:52.4	We got the homos with us. So we got stuff talking about. We have an esteemed guest with us this week. We have the man with a million. Rand Al Thor. How are you doing today? Good sir. Gentlemen, Maddie Cog. It's a pleasure to join you guys here in the, I don't know, are we still calling it Defining Duke? I don't know what we call this. Is the name, is the name changing? Is it something
2:57.8	else at this point? We got ridens, man. We can get into that because Rand, I'm curious for your
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