#256 | Xbox Hardware Prices Are Going Up AGAIN...?

Defining Duke: An Xbox Podcast

Last Stand Media & Studio71

Hobbies, Leisure, Video Games

4.9 • 947 Ratings

🗓️ 30 November 2025

⏱️ 201 minutes

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Thanks to the likes of OpenAI, hardware manufacturers are scrambling to adjust prices amidst a shortage of RAM. As a result, things are about to become more expensive again! Unlike companies like Lenovo or PlayStation who seemingly bought stock in advance to help avoid price shock, Xbox appears to be ready to pass this one onto the consumer. Naturally, the "Xbox refugees" have turned their attention toward the Steam Machine which could fill a void in our gamer hearts. However, the Dukes find it hard to imagine a hero in this stock shortage story. Just how much will the Steam Machine be after Valve admits they will not be subsidizing and are just looking to make the device competitive? Will it look good beside a PlayStation 6 or next gen Xbox? We have a lot of questions, little answers, and even less money. Please keep in mind that our timestamps are approximate, and will often be slightly off due to dynamic ad placement. 0:00:00 - Intro0:04:41 - Health Is Wealth0:14:29 - Let’s chat some more about Charlie ‘4 Hours’ Cox0:22:50 - Xbox’s November 2025 update0:31:40 - Default Game Profiles come to the Xbox Ally0:35:06 - The Xcrocs are (sadly) real0:41:13 - Battlefield 6 versus Black Ops 71:04:07 - Destiny 3 is in the works?1:09:10 - A crazy week in the world of Ubisoft1:31:50 - TMNT is getting the Sonic treatment1:43:28 - Leaked messages of what got Rockstar employees fired1:46:03 - Intergalatic: The Heretic Prophet is years away1:50:00 - Stellar Blade 2 will be multiplatform1:50:59 - Death Stranding 2 coming to PC soon?1:52:57 - Exodus trailer confirmed for The Game Awards1:56:57 - Cyberpunk’s sequel is ramping up1:59:42 - SEGA admits their definitive versions could hurt sales2:13:12 - What We’re Playing2:44:17 - Valve talks Steam Machine value as Xbox is expected to jump their prices again Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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1:50.0	It is Maddie here today.
1:51.0	And welcome to episode 256 of Defining Duke and Xbox podcast.
1:57.1	Today, I'm joined by the definitive edition.
2:18.6	Lord Cognito. How are you doing today, good sir? The final version, I promise. It's the final version. I won't sell you any more things. It's just because this is the last. I'm telling you. Just a one-time thing. One-time thing. Yeah, right. No metaphor. Re Re-Rey-Hazio.
2:37.2	We're going to talk about that. Yeah. I said you down, I was like, this is going to be a fun discussion. I said, yeah, we put the shirt on today. Feeling Sega energy. But yeah, man, hang in it there, man. It's been a rough week. Obviously, me to talk before the show. You know everything that's going on. But what I'll share with the realm of the Dukes is no shout out to Verizon today.
2:37.5	No shout out to that.
2:39.9	Absolutely horrible customer service that I went through.
2:44.2	I've been going, dealing with a voicemail issue.
2:47.1	And this is not the time, as Maddie knows behind the scene.
2:50.4	It's not the time for me to be missing calls. Yeah. And people not being able to leave voicemails with me. Yeah, I noticed this problem. And I was just like, okay, I'd get a voicemailist full message. Like, all right, please go through your thing, delete and clear your mailbox. You see that message before. We've all been there.
3:07.8	Cool.
3:08.4	So I go there.
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