Throwdown Show

Tonight’s topics:

- Xbox Live was down for 20 hours
- Xbox Q4 FY26 results
- Asha Sharma vows to grow Xbox
- Halo comes to PS5
- PlayStation gamers plan boycott in August
- Capcom reports 93.3% of their game sales are digital

Thanks as always to Shawn Daley for our intro and outro music. Follow him on Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/shawndaley

Where to find Throwdown Show:

Website: https://audioboom.com/channels/5030659
Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/throwdownshow
Twitter: https://twitter.com/ThrowdownShow
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/throwdownshow
Discord: https://discord.gg/fdBXWHT
Twitter list: https://twitter.com/i/lists/1027719155800317953

Tonight’s questions:

- Is “no disc no buy” hurting its own cause?
- Will network outages hurt the all-digital future?
- Are digital vs. physical sales numbers missing context?
- What is the best way to get into PC gaming?
- Is Brett excited for Valheim 1.0?
- Should the next Xbox have a disc drive?
- Which games forced you to switch the difficulty?
- What are the 3 best game engines?
- What motivates you to keep podcasting?

Thanks as always to Shawn Daley for our intro and outro music. Follow him on Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/shawndaley

Where to find Throwdown Show:

Website: https://audioboom.com/channels/5030659
Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/throwdownshow
X: https://x.com/ThrowdownShow
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/throwdownshow
Discord: https://discord.gg/fdBXWHT
Twitter list: https://twitter.com/i/lists/1027719155800317953

Tonight’s topics:

Thanks as always to Shawn Daley for our intro and outro music. Follow him on Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/shawndaley

Where to find Throwdown Show:

Website: https://audioboom.com/channels/5030659
Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/throwdownshow
Twitter: https://twitter.com/ThrowdownShow
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/throwdownshow
Discord: https://discord.gg/fdBXWHT
Twitter list: https://twitter.com/i/lists/1027719155800317953

Tonight’s questions:

- Will Fallout 5 finally see a release?
- Will $80 games change your gaming habits?
- Why don’t we see more Wolverine ads?
- Are shorter hype cycles becoming standard?
- What is your most anticipated game of this fall?
- Who plans to play Halo: Campaign Evolved?
- Should Final Fantasy VII Remake have been a single release?
- Which game had the best cliffhanger ending?
- Will PS6 have PS3 emulation?
-What do you think of game recompiling?
- Is it good to use AI to recompile games?
- Will disc-only gamers flock to Nintendo?
- Is Silent Hill: The Short Message worth $70?

Thanks as always to Shawn Daley for our intro and outro music. Follow him on Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/shawndaley

Where to find Throwdown Show:

Website: https://audioboom.com/channels/5030659
Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/throwdownshow
X: https://x.com/ThrowdownShow
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/throwdownshow
Discord: https://discord.gg/fdBXWHT
Twitter list: https://twitter.com/i/lists/1027719155800317953

Tonight’s topics:

Thanks as always to Shawn Daley for our intro and outro music. Follow him on Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/shawndaley

Where to find Throwdown Show:

Website: https://audioboom.com/channels/5030659
Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/throwdownshow

Twitter: https://twitter.com/ThrowdownShow

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/throwdownshow

Discord: https://discord.gg/fdBXWHT

Twitter list: https://twitter.com/i/lists/1027719155800317953

Tonight’s questions:

Thanks as always to Shawn Daley for our intro and outro music. Follow him on Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/shawndaley

Where to find Throwdown Show:

Website: https://audioboom.com/channels/5030659
Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/throwdownshow
X: https://x.com/ThrowdownShow
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/throwdownshow
Discord: https://discord.gg/fdBXWHT
Twitter list: https://twitter.com/i/lists/1027719155800317953

Tonight’s topics:

- Microsoft is selling off four Xbox studios
- Half of Id Software laid off
- Elder Scrolls 6 will suffer because of Xbox layoffs
- PlayStation finally breaks media silence
- PlayStation Plus offers 50% discount to unsubscribers
- Analysts say PlayStation won’t reverse course
- Jason Schreier breaks down revenue for physical vs. digital for a $70 game

Thanks as always to Shawn Daley for our intro and outro music. Follow him on Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/shawndaley

Where to find Throwdown Show:

Website: https://audioboom.com/channels/5030659
Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/throwdownshow
Twitter: https://twitter.com/ThrowdownShow
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/throwdownshow
Discord: https://discord.gg/fdBXWHT
Twitter list: https://twitter.com/i/lists/1027719155800317953

Tonight’s questions:

- Will the PS6 launch in 2028?
- Will rising console prices cause a crash in the game industry?
- Will gaming console tech stagnate?
- Could Sony bring back 3rd-party digital keys?
- Should we trust buying anything digital from Sony?
- Will the PS6 be Sony's final console?
- Will we see a resurgence of the retro scene?
- Will emulation be the best way for game preservation?
- Has buying games at retail become irrelevant?
- Is Nintendo now the most consumer-friendly company?
- Can a future console maker win by guaranteeing ownership?
- Did Rockstar know Sony would stop producing discs?
- What are Brett’s thoughts on GTA 6?

Thanks as always to Shawn Daley for our intro and outro music. Follow him on Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/shawndaley

Where to find Throwdown Show:

Website: https://audioboom.com/channels/5030659
Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/throwdownshow
X: https://x.com/ThrowdownShow
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/throwdownshow
Discord: https://discord.gg/fdBXWHT
Twitter list: https://twitter.com/i/lists/1027719155800317953

Tonight’s topics:

- PlayStation abandons physical discs
- PlayStation shutting down PS3 and Vita stores
- Massive Xbox layoffs incoming

Thanks as always to Shawn Daley for our intro and outro music. Follow him on Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/shawndaley

Where to find Throwdown Show:

Website: https://audioboom.com/channels/5030659
Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/throwdownshow
Twitter: https://twitter.com/ThrowdownShow
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/throwdownshow
Discord: https://discord.gg/fdBXWHT
Twitter list: https://twitter.com/i/lists/1027719155800317953

Tonight’s questions:

- Will GTA 6 usher in an all-digital future?
- What will be the breaking point for gamers?
- Will rising console costs move people to cloud gaming?
- Which studios won’t survive the next 5 years?
- Could SD cards be the future of game preservation?
- Which console is most viable next to the PC?
- Can Microsoft buy an SSD company?
- What are your favorite on-rail shooters?
- Will in-game ads become standard?

Thanks as always to Shawn Daley for our intro and outro music. Follow him on Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/shawndaley

Where to find Throwdown Show:

Website: https://audioboom.com/channels/5030659
Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/throwdownshow
X: https://x.com/ThrowdownShow
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/throwdownshow
Discord: https://discord.gg/fdBXWHT
Twitter list: https://twitter.com/i/lists/1027719155800317953