For this week, My 2 Cents Nintendo/Gaming for the week of June 30 to July 5, 2025, I give my thoughts on Nintendo's response to the game key card, Former folks who work at Microsoft speak about Xbox, Microsoft cancels 2 games & The Stop Killing Games situation
Tag for this video: #briansolow #gamer55551 #my2cents #gaming #switch2 #gamekeycard #nintendo #nintendoswitch2 #xbox #xboxgaming #layoffs
00:00 - Intro
01:56 - Quick My 2 Cents
10:30 - Movies/TV Shows
15:32 - Part 1 Game Key Card
22:16 - Part 2 Xbox founder not happy
29:06 - Part 3 Xbox games canceled
35:50 - Part 4 Stop Killing Games
Quick My 2 Cents
https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2025/07/donkey-kong-bananza-gets-an-eight-minute-overview-trailer
https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2025/06/look-maybe-we-should-stop-asking-for-a-sonic-adventure-remaster
https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2025/06/of-course-mario-kart-world-is-being-review-bombed
https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2025/06/dead-cells-devs-prince-of-persia-roguelike-has-been-rated-for-switch
https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2025/07/shadow-labyrinth-is-4k60-on-switch-2-free-upgrade-available-from-switch-1
https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2025/06/uh-oh-nintendos-seemingly-raising-a-whole-bunch-of-prices-in-canada
https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2025/07/wwe-2k25-is-finally-confirmed-for-switch-2-alongside-release-date
https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2025/07/nintendos-ability-to-ban-switch-2-consoles-has-landed-it-in-hot-water
https://mynintendonews.com/2025/07/02/nintendo-says-that-nintendo-switch-2-selling-5-million-units-is-not-accurate/
https://mynintendonews.com/2025/07/01/nintendo-finally-confirms-donkey-kong-bananza-developed-by-mario-odyssey-team/
Movies/TV Shows
FF4 first step first look - https://youtu.be/_PuYRYYev7U?si=1npEvtPXJYDW2u0R
https://www.pushsquare.com/news/2025/07/neil-druckmann-focused-on-naughty-dog-games-steps-away-from-the-last-of-us-tv-show
https://deadline.com/2025/07/box-office-jurassic-world-rebirth-opening-day-1236448315/
https://deadline.com/2025/07/lilo-stitch-box-office-record-minecraft-movie-1236447911/
https://www.crunchyroll.com/news/latest/2025/7/4/cyberpunk-edgerunners-season-2-anime-announced
Game Key Card
https://mynintendonews.com/2025/06/30/nintendo-consulted-with-publishers-on-switch-2-game-key-cards/
https://gamerant.com/nintendo-switch-2-game-key-cards-how-they-came-to-be/
https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2025/07/furukawas-defence-of-game-key-cards-aint-all-that-convincing
Xbox founder not happy
https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/i-think-xbox-hardware-is-dead-says-microsoft-gaming-veteran/
https://www.purexbox.com/news/2025/06/xbox-founding-member-not-pleased-with-state-of-the-brand-in-2025
https://www.purexbox.com/news/2025/06/ex-blizzard-boss-thinks-microsoft-should-pick-its-xbox-strategy-and-stick-to-it
Xbox games canceled
https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2025/07/microsoft-announces-second-wave-of-layoffs-over-9000-jobs-affected
https://www.purexbox.com/news/2025/07/two-more-xbox-games-are-being-cancelled-including-perfect-dark
https://www.purexbox.com/news/2025/07/xboxs-everwild-reportedly-cancelled-as-layoffs-hit-sea-of-thieves-developer
https://www.purexbox.com/news/2025/07/forza-motorsport-team-reportedly-loses-nearly-50percent-of-staff-in-xbox-job-cuts
https://www.purexbox.com/news/2025/07/xbox-next-gen-console-plans-not-impacted-by-microsoft-layoffs
Stop Killing Games
https://www.stopkillinggames.com/
https://insider-gaming.com/stop-killing-games-petition/
https://www.pushsquare.com/news/2025/07/stop-killing-games-fights-to-stop-publishers-from-revoking-access-to-full-price-products
Music used for this video - Violet Letter by Aulx Studio (from premiumbeat.com)
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