Throwdown Show

Here are all of the questions we answer this week:

- Are you looking forward to Kingdom Hearts 4?
- Will Sony and Microsoft eventually start buying individual IPs from studios?
- Which game had the best marketing?
- Has the Xbox Series shortage ended?
- Is Game Pass’ Family Plan a blow against PlayStation Plus?
- Is PS5’s storage upgrade solution better than Xbox Series?
- Is Kraken the best file size solution for consoles?
- Will future games emulate Elden Rings’ memeability factor?
- Why does the gaming community gatekeep so much?
- What other franchises does Square Enix need to bring back?
- What can Summer Games Fest do to improve?
- What do you make of PS1 & N64 emulators for Vita?
- Which is better: the Vita OLED or LCD version?
- Does Browser deserve his own solo game?
- Why is Konami not going all-in with its gaming efforts?

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 Topics:

- Hasan Kahraman “comes clean” about Abandoned
- Xbox will hold its E3-style event in June
- Valve is increasing Steam Deck shipments
- The Coalition working on a new IP
- The Coalition Unreal Engine 5 video
- Next Tomb Raider will run on Unreal 5
- Max Payne 1 and 2 remakes in development
- 2022 Need for Speed will be current-gen only

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

Here are all of the questions we answer this week:

- Will PlayStation Plus ever have first-party games at launch?
- Will we see third-party support for day 1 games on PlayStation Plus?
- Will Sony ever find a way to emulate PS3 games?
- Which is better: PlayStation Plus, Xbox Game Pass or Nintendo online?
- Will Microsoft merge Xbox Live Gold with Game Pass?
- Who actually wants to play PS2 games at this point?
- Have any of you gotten your Steam Decks?
- What classic PlayStation game do you hope comes to the new subscription service?
- What April releases are you looking forward to?
- Was Sony acquiring FromSoftware an April Fools joke?
- Which service will Elden Ring end up on first: PS Plus or Game Pass?
- Did Sony pay a lot to license PS1 & PS2 games from studios that no longer exist?

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 Topics:

- All new PlayStation Plus launches in June
- Jim Ryan says games would suffer if they went straight to PS Plus
- Breath of the Wild 2 delayed
- E3 2022 fully cancelled
- Summer Games Fest announced
- Xbox Game Pass family plan announced
- Activision settles for $18 million
- US senators “deeply concerned” about Microsoft acquiring Activision
- Harada says Elden Ring mod is not official
- Blue Box says Abandoned isn’t cancelled
- Master Chief keeps taking his helmet off in Halo series

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

Here are all of the questions we answer this week:

- Are the Project Spartacus pricing rumors believable?
- What will Project Spartacus be?
- What can we expect from Xbox this year?
- Is it a problem that the Halo TV series isn’t canon?
- Are there people who aren’t excited about Starfield?
- Will Sony’s 10 live service games be terrible like Babylon’s Fall and Godfall?
- Is it Souls Born or Soulsborne?
- Should users be allowed to post reviews on aggregate sites?
- Did social media make Elden Ring a success?
- Will Microsoft and Nintendo overtake Sony by 2026?
- Has the Nvidia leak been the greatest gaming leak?
- Will people be upset if the PS5 Pro is just an updated SKU?

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 Topics:

- Suicide Squad delayed to 2023
- The Witcher 4 officially announced
- Ubisoft planning games showcase
- Fable 4 reportedly facing development woes
- Sony acquires Haven Studios
- Xbox announces Sonic 2 controllers

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

Here are all of the questions we answer this week:

- Will Elden Ring usher in more single-player games?
- Will FromSoftware add more accessibility to Elden Ring?
- Why is it bad for developers to want to make difficult games?
- Which 3 upcoming Xbox exclusives will Microsoft market most in 2022?
- Will Starfield overtake Elden Ring as most hyped games of 2022?
- What is Halo Infinite’s prognosis 3 months after launch?
- Why can’t Gran Turismo 7 be played offline?
- Does Xbox need an update to their home screen UI?
- Is a publisher or developer responsible for a studio’s actions?
- Has Sony finally embraced cross-platform play?
- Will there ever be a Virtua Fighter X Tekken crossover game?
- Will Tony ever play the AC Valhalla Ragnarok DLC?
- Will God of War Ragnarok release this year?

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 Topics:

- Halo showrunners say they didn’t refer to the game
- Hogwarts Legacy State of Play
- Perfect Dark loses half its developers
- Elden Ring sells 12 Million in TWO WEEKS!!
- EA Play Live won’t happen this year
- Reggie Fils-Aime explains why he left GameStop

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

Here are all of the questions we answer this week:

- Why has Elden Ring captivated the gaming community?
- Is Elden Ring a breath of fresh air for gaming?
- Will future FromSoftware games be lesser if they’re not open-world?
- What wrong lessons will developers learn from Elden Ring?
- What will Xbox do if Game Pass ultimately fails?
- Why do people get mad at Sony for showing or not showing Japanese games?
- Why isn’t Exoprimal Dino Crisis?
- Do people want cross-play on For Honor?
- Has not having E3 been better for the game industry?
- Do you have any hype for 2022’s upcoming games?
- What retro games deserve a Cowabunga Collection-style package?
- Is PS3 the best PlayStation system?

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

PlayStation State of Play impressions

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