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Xbox Game Pass: Good for Gamers, Bad for Game Sales? – Unlocked 582

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Tech News, Video Games, News, Leisure

4.43.2K Ratings

🗓️ 15 February 2023

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Summary

Microsoft admits in a court filing as part of the proposed Activision-Blizzard acquisition that game sales suffer when games get added to Xbox Game Pass. We discuss why it doesn't really matter, why Game Pass matters for games both big and small, and more! Plus: why Kotick has to go if the acquisition is approved, Dead Island 2's release date changes AGAIN (but for the better this time!), and plenty more! 00:00:00 - Intro & Secret Single-Player Titanfall Game Reportedly Canceled by EA 00:03:36 - Xbox: Game Pass Cannibalizes Game Sales 00:23:23 - Kotick to Stay as CEO of Blizzard/Activision is Microsoft Deal is Blocked? 00:31:08 - Hi-Fi Rush Easter Egg Teases Evil Within 3? 00:41:21 - Dead Island 2’s Release Date Moves UP a Week 00:48:43 - Outro Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

This is Steve Downs, the voice of Master Chief, Sierra 117, and you're listening to podcast unlocked the world's number one Xbox podcast.

0:10.8

Now finish this fight.

0:14.4

Master Chief out.

0:18.8

What's happening friends? Welcome to podcast unlocked. IGN's weekly Xbox show. It is episode

0:23.6

582 for February 15, 2023. I'm Ryan McCaffrey here with you as always and as always I'm joined by two my immediate left Miranda Sanchez. Good morning. Good morning. Hello.

0:35.2

Stella Chung. How are you? I'm good. I'm the designer Xbox.

0:39.0

Yeah.

0:39.8

This week. It is very soft and cozy because it is very cool today. You know what I like about that is it's it actually doesn't use a single Xbox

0:47.8

color which I like like it's like it's a little something different. I know it was made for me. It's perfect. It's got the the hair

0:55.0

gradients that I got going. It's just perfect. Perfect attire today. And then joining us an old friend we haven't seen him a little while.

1:03.1

Ray Apollo from Twitch. Welcome back sir. Hey, what's up y'all. Thank you so much for having me back. I really appreciate it.

1:09.4

It is good to have you back. Ray for folks that may not remember. Remind everybody what you get up to on a day-to-day basis at

1:17.4

Twitch. That's right. Yeah. Oh man for the uninitiated. Hey, my name is Ray Apollo. I work at Twitch as a community marketing manager. I

1:23.4

handle all of our community education over on the career camp. But outside of that I am also a creator myself. I stream on Twitch.

1:29.9

I post a lot of video game related information and whatnot and reactions on Twitter, Instagram and whatnot. So I'm very much a

1:38.7

consumer but also I would like to after I consume I like to share my feelings and feedback with all of you and react at the same time.

1:45.7

So I agree. You're you're you're you're you're consuming but then regurgitating like a mom. I'm a mom.

1:50.3

Yeah. You get it. You get it. You get it. My mother. That's right.

1:55.1

It's just nature. It's natural. They all do it. Twitch.tv slash Ray Apollo. Correct. That's right. That's right. I read Apollo everywhere.

2:05.8

And if you get trust me. All right. This happens all the time. If you see Don't the clown is because we share a name.

2:10.6

And that's fine. I think it's cool. But I'm not doing the clown. So there you go.

2:16.6

I'm just duly noted. And for those of you that may not recall the last time Ray was on the show. I guarantee you that you will adore Ray by the end of this podcast.

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