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Day One Patch Podcast is a video game podcast that looks at each week's video game news and how it will affect the industry through our own opinions and experience.
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Why Did Sony Drop Kojima’s Physint? (opens the original)
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Hideo Kojima’s upcoming action-espionage game Physint is moving from PlayStation to Xbox after Sony reportedly dropped the project over missed deadlines and budget concerns. We discuss whether Sony made the right call, what the deal means for Xbox and Kojima Productions, and reports that Bethesda developers would have rather made The Elder Scrolls VI than Starfield. Plus, Matt brings us some bizarre snack-themed video games in this week’s Video Game Fun Fact, and we head to the Query Corner to a
Xbox Is Turning Physical Games Digital... But There’s a Catch (opens the original)
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Xbox is testing a new feature that lets players turn supported physical Xbox games into digital entitlements - but what does that mean for physical game ownership? We break down how the new disc-to-digital system works, Xbox's upcoming monthly limits for cloud gaming, and the new option to buy cloud gaming time without Game Pass. Plus, PlayStation is launching free ad-supported live TV on PS5, and this week's Video Game Fun Fact dives into some of the weirdest licensed spinoffs ever released on
Are Physical Xbox Games Already Dead? (opens the original)
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Physical Xbox games accounted for just over 4% of new physical game sales in the U.S. this year. Are Xbox players abandoning discs, or has Microsoft made physical ownership increasingly impractical? We also discuss Dave Bautista officially becoming Kratos in Amazon’s God of War series and the leaked GTA 6 footage reigniting a surprisingly heated debate: should cars need gas? Plus, our Query Corner explores why mobile games evolved from simple pick-up-and-play experiences into increasingly comple
Should Game Trailers Premiere on Netflix? (opens the original)
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Is the future of gaming streamed, digital, and locked behind subscriptions? This week, we discuss the controversy surrounding GTA 6’s timed Netflix-exclusive footage, Take-Two’s prediction that high-quality game streaming is only three years away, and Nintendo’s continued commitment to physical games as PlayStation moves away from discs. Plus, in the Video Game Fun Fact - Matt explores the PlayStation 2’s blue discs and the surprising variety of formats the console could play, followed by what w
Is It Too Late to Save Physical PlayStation Games? (opens the original)
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Sony has finally acknowledged the backlash surrounding its decision to stop manufacturing new PlayStation game discs - but that doesn’t mean the company is changing course. We discuss Sony’s response, its plans for an increasingly digital PlayStation ecosystem, and whether anything could realistically reverse the decision before 2028. We also examine Xbox’s ambitious goal of reaching 500 million daily players by 2030, despite declining revenue and an enormous gap between its current audience and
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