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Lotus and John discuss the latest games news, including Subnautica 2's sales impact and leaked Xbox controllers.

Lotus and John discuss the biggest games news of the week, including Subnautica 2 creating a big bonus problem for KRAFTON's CEO, leaked Xbox controllers, and Marathon 's interesting PVE-focused roadmap. 00:00:00 Intro & Buc-ees Fare 00:10:05 Subnautica 2 's massive sales creates an interesting problem for KRAFTON's CEO 00:13:15 Steam Controllers look bad, feel good, and scream when you drop them 00:21:43 Sony takes huge loss on Bungie acquisition ; Marathon gets new PVE-heavy roadmap 00:30:20 Wizards and Hasbro fail to recognize the new MTG: Arena union 00:33:25 Double Fine is also unionzing 00:35:35 New Xbox controllers were leaked 00:38:45 Microsoft fires executive for ties with Israel Ministry of Defense 00:41:35 Sony says studios are using AI, but we have questions 00:49:10 Tekken producer Harada leads new SNK studio 00:53:05 Niki joins the show on locations to run down news so far 00:54:45 Sega backs off of live services games 00:58:38 GameStop's offer to buy eBay thoroughly, hilariously, decisively rebuffed 01:04:12 Nintendo's fiscal report reveals reasons for Switch 2 price hike 01:07:40 House Hunters is the best hotel television show 01:09:10 The story in Digimon…

People in this episode

Hosts: Lotus, John

Topics covered

• video game sales
• Xbox controllers
• game unions
• PVE-focused roadmap
• industry news

Keywords

• Subnautica 2
• Xbox controllers
• game unions
• KRAFTON
• Sony
• Bungie
• Double Fine
• Marathon
• Nintendo
• Digimon

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: KRAFTON, Sony, Bungie, Double Fine, Microsoft, Hasbro, SNK, GameStop, eBay, Nintendo

Books & works: Digimon Story: Time Stranger

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