Bonus Episode 130: Will XDefiant KILL Call of Duty?

The Dropshot - A Call of Duty Podcast

The Dropshot, LLC

Video Games, Leisure

4.4 • 617 Ratings

🗓️ 29 April 2023

⏱️ 101 minutes

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In this Patreon episode released to the public, the guys talk about so-called "CoD killers" - games that are purported to end Call of Duty's reign in the FPS genre, and whether or not XDefiant will live up to the hype. 00:00:00 - Teaser 00:01:00 - Intro & announcements 00:06:35 - Setting the stage 00:16:27 - Case studies: Halo 00:28:16 - Splitgate 00:37:32 - Battlefield 00:46:26 - XDefiant 00:58:09 - Why NONE will kill CoD 01:23:58 - Twitter takes/summing up Note: timestamps may be slightly misaligned on podcast apps (but not on YouTube) due to dynamic ads. The podcast is available wherever you listen to podcasts, and ad-free & early access versions - as well as bonus episodes - are available to all of our Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/thedropshot) supporters. We stream the podcast live on our website (https://www.thedropshot.com/live) every Thursday and Saturday afternoon at 12 o'clock Pacific Time. We typically start the stream 30 minutes early to answer viewer questions, banter, and chat. Links for everything are below. Thanks for checking us out! 🔹Streaming schedule (Pacific time): 🔸Thursday 12 PM: Patch notes, news, & changes 🔸Saturday 12 PM: Free-form exploration of concepts, strategy, or Q&A 🔹The Dropshot: 🔸Website: https://www.thedropshot.com 🔸Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheDropshotPod 🔸Discord: https://discord.gg/B4Nsarq 🔸YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/thedropshotpodcast 🔸Podcast apps: https://link.chtbl.com/Dropshot 🔸Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thedropshot 🔸Merch store: https://www.thedropshot.com/store/ 🔸Donate: https://www.paypal.com/donate?hosted_button_id=YVR98VF4S945G 🔹Razinon: 🔸Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/razinon 🔸Twitter: https://twitter.com/razinon 🔸Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/razinonttv 🔹Tanner: 🔸Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/tannerdropshot 🔸Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/tannerdropshot #xdefiantbeta #xdefiantgame #xdefiantgameplay Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:29.2	Deasanceys apply.
0:30.1	I think it's cool that people are enjoying it and having fun.
0:34.2	I think people saying that it is going to kill Cod are coping. It won't last, and this
0:39.3	game will also be completely dead. I guarantee it. I would take a bet on literally on my life that this
0:45.8	isn't going to kill Cod. And I would bet almost anything else that it's not even going to be played.
0:50.4	It'll be a dead game. Activision devs do not play their own game.
0:55.0	3,000 devs can't figure out how to add a reconnect feature to a AAA title, I guess.
0:59.0	I don't know.
1:00.0	Because Infinity Ward doesn't tell their consumers anything.
1:03.0	But then that'll take some of the sweats away from a shoot house.
1:06.0	You can cope about that for sure.
1:09.0	Thanks for tweeting at least.
1:10.0	Thanks for doing more than Infinity Ward is done.
1:11.7	They just keep tweeting about the fucking soccer bundles in the store.
1:15.7	Things that are bad.
1:16.9	We've got a couple words.
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