Sony is back in the exclusives business - will Xbox follow next? | Friends Per Second #95

About this episode

The episode discusses Sony's return to exclusive games and speculates on Xbox's future in the same realm.

Try Factor at https://www.factormeals.com/fps50off with code fps50off to get 50% off and free daily greens per box. Thanks to Factor for sponsoring FPS! NOTE: We recorded this before the Bungie/Destiny 2 news broke. -- Timestamps: 00:00 Intro 04:21 PlayStation 10:16 Ralph's played a preview of Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced 28:45 Factor (ad) 31:34 Lucy's been playing Zero Parades: For Dead Spies 42:40 Jake's been playing Lego Batman: Legacy of the Dark Knight 55:56 Ralph and Jake have been playing Forza Horizon 6 01:08:29 Ralph's been playing Deep Rock Galactic Survivor 01:12:10 User Question 01:24:08 Show and Tell 01:38:42 Wrap Up -- If you wanna check out our newsletter, you can do so here: https://friendspersecond.substack.com/ Listen to the Friends Per Second Podcast on your favourite podcast platform: https://linktr.ee/friendspersecond Follow on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/friendspersecond -- Let's meet our hosts! - Jake Baldino (aka the Before You Buy Guy) is pretty much the most watched reviewer on YouTube across both Gameranx and his personal channel (https://www.youtube.com/c/JakeBaldino). If you're obsessed with Delorians, The Mummy and Pizza you can…

People in this episode

Hosts: Jake Baldino, Lucy James

Topics covered

• gaming
• PlayStation
• Xbox
• video game previews
• game reviews
• sponsorship

Keywords

• Sony
• Xbox
• exclusives
• gaming news
• video games
• Factor
• Assassin's Creed

Sponsors

Factor

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Gamespot, Gameranx

Books & works: Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced, Zero Parades: For Dead Spies, Lego Batman: Legacy of the Dark Knight, Forza Horizon 6, Deep Rock Galactic Survivor

Places: YouTube

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