About this episode

The episode discusses recent troubling trends in the gaming industry, including layoffs and rising costs, while also exploring the financial burden on gamers and the loss of ownership with digital releases.

This week on the Zenspath Entertainment Network (Ep 226) Jeremy, Stephen, & Chase talk about a growing dark time in gaming with Sony laying off a large chunk of Bungie & removing over 500 StudioCanal digital movies from users with no refunds, Microsoft is raising the cost of their Xbox hardware AGAIN, Rockstar announces Grand Theft Auto VI for $80 & $99 but only as a code in the box, Valve announces the surprisingly high cost of the Steam Machine, & more! We also returned for a new "Let's Talk About It" segment where we talk about the increasing financial burden of gaming as well as the loss of ownership with a push for digital only releases. Our "Big Question" for this week is "What is a game that you were excited to play, but when you finally got it it didn't gel with you?" Check out the video version of the podcast over at www.youtube.com/zenspathcom , share it with friends, give us a thumbs up, & leave us a review if you enjoy the show to help us grow! Website - https://www.zenspath.com Podcast Website - https://www.zenspath.com/podcast Join our Discord - https://discord.com/invite/jsB8GURSvT ( bit.ly/zenspathdiscord ) Apple Podcasts - https://apple.co/3scFDqv Spotify…

People in this episode

Host: Jeremy

Guests: Stephen, Chase

Topics covered

• gaming industry news
• financial burden of gaming
• digital ownership
• game pricing
• upcoming game releases

Keywords

• gaming news
• Sony layoffs
• Microsoft Xbox price increase
• Grand Theft Auto VI
• digital games
• Steam Machine cost

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Sony, Bungie, StudioCanal, Microsoft, Rockstar

Products: Grand Theft Auto VI, Steam Machine

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