This week on #TheNerdChat:

- PlayStation suffers studio closures and layoffs

- EA is cancelling games and also has layoffs

- Elden Ring DLC will not be easy with those high level characters

- If all games are going on all platforms in the future, what will the "console wars" look like?

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0:00 Hello and welcome to the show

1:20 Special Guest @Capt_Logun joins the show

2:30 Shoutouts: The NEEDLER is back

5:10 Are there too many games on Game Pass?

9:25 BigBox asks if all games are going on all platforms in the future, what will the "console wars" look like?

17:50 News #1: Mass layoffs at Sony Interactive Entertainment

36:05 News #2: EA is also laying off employees and cancelling games

47:00 News #3: Toys For Bob is an independent studio

52:55 News #4: Elden Ring DLC will prevent max level characters from breezing through the new content

1:01:35 What have we been playing or watching?

1:19:25 The best food we had this week

1:26:00 Closing and end of show

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