YoVideogames!

Jan 29 2025 478 ep. 76 mins 1.9k
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A commentary on gaming lifestyle: its history, its news, and all things hype!

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YoVG # 474 Xbox's Changing Philosophy

Jan 29 2025 73 mins  
The recent Xbox Developer Direct was... Pretty dang good. Refreshing after several years of lackluster showings. Shortly after, Phil Spencer gave an interview that added fuel to this new fire. Xbox is committing to a new philosophy. Will Sony change things up too? Nintendo? Ok, probably not Nintendo; things are going well for them.

YoVG # 473 Nintendo (Finally) Announces Switch 2 & Is Bioware in Trouble?

Jan 23 2025 75 mins  
Nintendo has finally made an official announcement about the Switch 2. No real information was included/confirmed but there were hints to where they are going. Additionally EA revealed a shortfall in sales with Veilguard. We discuss whether or not this puts Bioware in danger, but also whether their expectations would have caused a shortfall no matter what.

YoVG # 472 Ubisoft is For Sale

Jan 15 2025 72 mins  
Yves Guillemot, CEO of Ubisoft, decided to address the rumors that Ubisoft is for sale. The buyout by Tencent failed, because the Guillemot family wanted to sell the company, but somehow retain control. Which, as you may already know, is insane. So Tencent apparently passed. But Yves says Ubisoft is not actually for sale. in his words, they are exploring: "various transformational

YoVG # 471 Lessons Learned & Trends We See In 2025

Dec 31 2024 70 mins  
Happy New Year! I hope you're spending this time with family, and friends - but if you have to work, I hope our sweet salty voices keep your ear holes good company. 2024 was a year full of lessons. Some good, some bad, but lessons nonetheless. And with those lessons we are going to try and pick out some trends for 2025 and beyond. Which is always fun because if we are right, cool,

YoVG # 470 Christmas Miracles We Want To See!

Dec 24 2024 79 mins  
Matt's calling this one the Blue Sky episode. Which is not a reference to the new social media platform - no it's a concept that Walt Disney loved to use when brainstorming ideas for his park: aim for the blue sky and we will worry about reality later. So we're doing that now, but with gaming hopes and dreams.

YoVG # 469 TGA 2024 Post Show Clarity

Dec 18 2024 89 mins  
Suffice to say I was dead wrong about this years show. I was so confident it would be a nothing burger that I didn't even watch this year. I figured: if anything interesting is shown, I'll check it out later. Well, several interesting somethings were shown. Plus some surprises and oddities with the awards.

YoVG # 468 The Calm Before TGA 2024 & Shifting Power Centers of The Industry

Dec 12 2024 77 mins  
There's a lot of winking and speculating that there will be a couple show stopper announcements at TGA 2024 - we aren't so sure. Rather than speculate on that and get our hopes up: we talk about Indiana Jones, the on-going shifting power centers of the industry and general topics. I have what is affectionately being called "Flu-vid" and maybe don't sound my best. Matt said I sound

YoVG # 467 The PlayStation Episode

Dec 04 2024 85 mins  
It's the 30th anniversary of PlayStation! So, here's a walk through the 90's with one of the best consoles ever. I was 5 when it officially released, and we did actually GET one until '97 - so all my memories of this system are jumbled until probably 97/98. Matt has clearer memories of the early years, but like most: didn't play it a ton until later, either. PlayStation had a slow

YoVG # 466 Mobile Gaming Fools Gold

Nov 27 2024 67 mins  
Matt's going to title this episode "Game Industry Comes to Jesus" because it's funnier - so if you're on YouTube later and see it: it is the same episode. And what is the episode about? Well, it turns out mobile gaming is not actually profitable for anyone outside of a couple big companies. Capcom, Square, Namco - all closing their mobile gaming divisions after a decade plus becaus

YoVG # 465 The Game Awards 2024 Nominees Released!

Nov 20 2024 72 mins  
Every year the same question pops up: is TGA really an awards ceremony? Is it valid? Or is it just a popularity contest? The answer of course is: yes. It may mostly be a popularity contest, and awards are given out mostly based on sales and crowd opinion rather than critical/quality opinion - that's debatable. BUT the value of the TGA in my opinion is that it offers the clearest wi