255: Who Will Survive, and What Will Be Left of Them?

We're joined by friend of the pod Lex Luddy to break down the avalanche of grim Xbox news, the fraught state of digital ownership, and a couple of old video games made new again in Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced and Star Fox.

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(00:00:10) | Intro

(00:05:21) | Xbox Games Begins Major Restructuring

(00:59:11) | First Break

(01:04:34) | PlayStation is dumping physical discs

(01:21:52) | Sony pulling movies from accounts

(01:38:15) | IO Interactive says they are continuing Project Fantasy

(01:43:21) | Mario Kart Tour is going offline

(01:49:05) | How much does this affect perception of the brands?

(01:57:45) | Second Break