Episode 83: Is The Video Game Industry Pricing Out Its Fans and Community?!

Episode 83: Is The Video Game Industry Pricing Out Its Fans and Community?!

From The Fun Waste of Time by Fun Waste of Time

October 12, 2025 · 2h 9m

About this episode

The episode discusses the impact of price increases in the video game industry on fans and the community, along with reviews of recent games and media.

In this episode of The Fun Waste of Time, the fellas discuss industry-wide events impacting the video game community due to drastic increases in video game console and subscription service prices. More specifically, they share their thoughts on Microsoft and the unprecedented price hike to their Xbox "Series" consoles and Game Pass subscription service. The fellas also get into a detailed discussion about their thoughts and impressions playing PlayStation's most recent console exclusive "Ghost of Yotei". In addition, all the other video games, movies, TV shows and comic books the fellas have been enjoying and experiencing are discussed as well. There's all this and more in episode 83 of The Fun Waste of Time! FWT Website: thefunwasteoftime.com FWT Email: podcast@thefunwasteoftime.com Be sure to subscribe and follow us on YouTube, Apple Podcast, Spotify, iHeart Radio, and all other major podcast platforms!

People in this episode

Host: Fellas

Topics covered

  • video game industry
  • price increase
  • Xbox
  • PlayStation
  • gaming community
  • video games
  • entertainment

Keywords

  • video game prices
  • Xbox Series
  • Game Pass
  • Ghost of Yotei
  • gaming community
  • entertainment
  • video games

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Microsoft

Products: Xbox Series, Game Pass

Books & works: Ghost of Yotei

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