Yakuza on Switch, Xbox Multiplatform, XCX on Switch, Concord is dead & E...

For this week My 2 Cents Nintendo/Gaming video for the week of October 27 to November 2, 2024, I give my thoughts on, An update on the Xbox multiplatform approach, Xenoblade Chronicles X is finally coming to the Switch, The developer of Concord is dead & Xbox release there financial report 00:00 - Intro 01:52 - Quick My 2 Cents 08:06 - Movies/TV Show 09:32 - Part 1 Yakuza on Switch 14:52 - Part 2 Xbox Multiplatform 20:32 - Part 3 Xenoblade Chronicles X 27:54 - Part 4 Concord 35:32 - Part 5 Xbox Earnings Report Quick My 2 Cents https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2024/10/exclusive-survival-horror-rpg-chernobylite-complete-edition-is-coming-to-switch https://mynintendonews.com/2024/10/28/s-t-a-l-k-e-r-legends-of-the-zone-trilogy-nintendo-switch-file-size-revealed/ https://mynintendonews.com/2024/10/29/ys-memoire-the-oath-in-felghana-western-release-date-announced/ https://mynintendonews.com/2024/10/28/new-gameplay-footage-of-the-new-shinobi-game-from-sega-and-lizardcube/ https://www.purexbox.com/news/2024/10/metal-slug-tactics-is-launching-day-one-on-xbox-game-pass-next-week https://www.purexbox.com/news/2024/10/indiana-jones-and-the-great-circle-will-run-at-60fps-on-both-xbox-series-x-and-s https://www.purexbox.com/news/2024/10/stalker-2-dev-confirms-mod-support-coming-to-xbox-series-xs https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2024/10/nintendo-clarifies-no-layoffs-are-happening-at-mario-club-subsidiary-despite-the-rumours https://www.nintendo.com/us/switch/online/nintendo-switch-online/nintendo-music/?srsltid=AfmBOoqH3Pux7-cTP9_Ted_VIjhG-xGzZAoeeTkd09m0EgU56EnrQKla Movies/TV Show https://mynintendonews.com/2024/10/26/the-oregon-trail-movie-in-development-at-apple/ https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2024/10/sonic-3-star-keanu-reeves-has-done-his-homework-for-role-as-shadow Part 1 Yakuza on Switch https://mynintendonews.com/2024/10/27/yakuza-studio-says-yakuza-kiwami-on-switch-is-selling-like-hotcakes-predicted-numbers-too-conservative/ https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/yakuza-kiwami-on-switch-selling-like-crazy-claims-ryu-ga-gotoku-studio/ https://gamerant.com/yakuza-kiwami-switch-version-sales-better-than-expected-dev-comment/ Part 2 Xbox Multiplatform https://gamerant.com/xbox-games-playstation-nintendo-multiplatform-microsoft/ https://www.thegamer.com/microsoft-ceo-says-xbox-games-will-continue-to-extend-to-other-platforms-gaming-strategy/ Part 3 Xenoblade Chronicles X https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2024/10/xenoblade-chronicles-x-definitive-edition-confirmed-for-switch https://www.nintendo.com/us/whatsnew/xenoblade-chronicles-x-definitive-edition-brings-an-expansive-sci-fi-adventure-to-nintendo-switch-on-march-20/ https://www.ign.com/articles/xenoblade-chronicles-x-definitive-edition-comes-to-nintendo-switch-in-march https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2024/10/xenoblade-chronicles-x-fans-are-once-again-discussing-the-games-censorship Part 4 Concord https://sonyinteractive.com/en/news/blog/an-update-from-playstation-studios/ https://www.ign.com/articles/concords-initial-development-deal-was-200-million-but-it-wound-up-costing-sony-much-more-report https://www.theverge.com/2024/10/29/24282900/sony-shutting-down-concord-firewalk-studios Part 5 Xbox Earnings Report https://www.gamesindustry.biz/microsoft-gaming-revenue-up-43-year-on-year-due-to-activision-acquisition https://gameworldobserver.com/2024/10/31/game-pass-record-revenue-microsoft-q1-report https://www.windowscentral.com/gaming/xbox/xbox-fy25-q1-gaming-revenue-is-up-43-percent-year-over-year-and-its-again-thanks-to-activision-blizzard Music used for this video - Violet Letter by Aulx Studio (from premiumbeat.com) Facebook group I’m part of Links Brothers of Oblivion Gaming Community - https://www.facebook.com/groups/BrothersOfOblivion/ Team Red Gaming - https://www.facebook.com/groups/369866913186786/ Subscribe to my channel - https://www.youtube.com/user/gamer55551 Follow me on Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/brian.solow.9 Twitter - https://twitter.com/BrianGamer5555 Tumblr - http://gamer55551.tumblr.com Blogger - http://briansolow.blogspot.com Feel free to donate to this channel (if you like to): https://www.paypal.me/BrianSolow Support my channel on Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/briansolow?fan_landing=true Support my channel on Steamlabs - https://streamlabs.com/briansolow1/tip Tags for this video #BrianSolow #gamer55551 #my2cents #yakuza #switch #nintendoswitch #nintendo #xbox #xboxgaming #xenobladechroniclesx #concord

Playtest leak, Aron on Banjo-Kazooie, September Circana, Xbox pivot & Re...

For this week's My 2 Cents Nintendo/Gaming video, which is for October 20 to 26, 2024, I give my thoughts on the Nintendo play test leak, Aaron Greenberg's walkback comment on Banjo—Kazooie, September 2024 Circana numbers, Microsoft's multiplatform approach, and Nintendo's relay on remaster until the Switch 2 is out.

00:00 - Intro

02:06 - Part 1 Nintendo Playtest 

08:30 - Part 2 Banjo-Kazooie

14:58 - Part 3 Circana

23:54 - Part 4 Xbox

29:58 - Part 5 Switch Remaster

 Nintendo Playtest 

https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2024/10/as-expected-nintendo-is-struggling-to-contain-switch-online-playtest-leaks

https://insider-gaming.com/nintendo-switch-online-playtest-program-has-been-datamined/

https://www.ign.com/articles/it-took-about-2-seconds-for-nintendos-mysterious-switch-game-to-leak

Banjo-Kazooie

https://gameranx.com/updates/id/513867/article/xboxs-aaron-greenberg-says-banjo-kazooie-holds-a-special-place-in-my-heart-while-debunking-rumors/

https://www.thegamer.com/xbox-aaron-greenberg-explains-banjo-kazooie-comments/

https://www.gamesradar.com/games/platformer/after-reports-that-an-xbox-exec-said-nobody-cares-about-banjo-kazooie-hes-correcting-the-record-i-absolutely-know-how-much-banjo-kazooie-means-to-our-fans/

Circana

https://gamedevreports.substack.com/p/circana-the-us-gaming-market-declined-e99

https://www.windowscentral.com/gaming/xbox-series-x-is-finally-outselling-series-s-in-the-us-per-new-sales-report-but-console-hardware-is-still-dropping

https://insider-gaming.com/video-game-hardware-sales-continued-its-fall-in-september/

Xbox

https://gamerant.com/xbox-ps5-multiplatform-ports-slowing-down/

https://www.purexbox.com/news/2024/10/rumour-xboxs-ps5-ports-have-slowed-down-following-indiana-jones-announcement

Switch Remaster

https://mynintendonews.com/2024/10/23/rumor-nintendo-courting-3rd-parties-for-switch-remasters-while-nintendos-busy-with-switch-2/

https://wccftech.com/nintendo-switch-2025-remasters-switch-2/

https://gamerant.com/nintendo-switch-2-new-release-window-leaks-rumors-explained/

Music used for this video - Violet Letter by Aulx Studio (from premiumbeat.com) 

Facebook group I’m part of

Links

Brothers of Oblivion Gaming Community - https://www.facebook.com/groups/BrothersOfOblivion/

Team Red Gaming - https://www.facebook.com/groups/369866913186786/

Subscribe to my channel - https://www.youtube.com/user/gamer55551

Follow me on

Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/brian.solow.9

Twitter - https://twitter.com/BrianGamer5555

Tumblr - http://gamer55551.tumblr.com

Blogger - http://briansolow.blogspot.com

Feel free to donate to this channel (if you like to): https://www.paypal.me/BrianSolow

Support my channel on Patreon -  https://www.patreon.com/briansolow?fan_landing=true

Support my channel on Steamlabs - https://streamlabs.com/briansolow1/tip

Tags for this video

#BrianSolow #gamer55551 #my2cents #nintendo #playtest 

Suicide Squad Iseaki Season 1 - My Take

My review/thoughts on Suicide Squad Isekai for Hulu Plus (also on Max and other streaming service)

Note to Parents: Suicide Squad Isekai is rated TV-MA here in the USA -  https://www.imdb.com/title/tt28279848/parentalguide/?ref_=tt_ov_at_pl_pg

Number of episodes - 10

Run time for each episode - around 25 minutes

Cast & Crew - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt28279848/fullcredits/?ref_=ttep_ql_1

00:00 - Intro

03:26 - What I like

05:12 - What I didn’t like/Mix/Not Sure

07:04 - Overall

What I like

Over-the-top action

Like this new approach to the Suicide Squad

Other DC character makes an appearance

What I didn’t like/Mix/Not Sure

However, it would have been nice to see the DC heroes (like Batman) make an appearance (even if it is brief)

Princess Fione didn’t develop until episode 9

Music used for this video - Violet Letter by Aulx Studio (from premiumbeat.com) 

Facebook group I’m part of

Links

Brothers of Oblivion Gaming Community - https://www.facebook.com/groups/BrothersOfOblivion/

Team Red Gaming - https://www.facebook.com/groups/369866913186786/

Subscribe to my channel - https://www.youtube.com/user/gamer55551

Follow me on

Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/brian.solow.9

Twitter - https://twitter.com/BrianGamer5555

Tumblr - http://gamer55551.tumblr.com

Blogger - http://briansolow.blogspot.com

Feel free to donate to this channel (if you like to): https://www.paypal.me/BrianSolow

Support my channel on Patreon -  https://www.patreon.com/briansolow?fan_landing=true

Support my channel on Steamlabs - https://streamlabs.com/briansolow1/tip

Tags for this video

#BrianSolow #gamer55551 #suicidesquadisekai #suicidesquad #tvshow #tvshowreview #streamingnow #streamingshows #hulu #max

Game Freak Leak, Bandai Namco Issues, New Head of XGS & Xbox Partner Pre...

For this week My 2 Cents Nintendo/Gaming video for the week of October 13 to 19, 2024 I give my thoughts on a major leak from Game Freak. Bandai Namco canceled a project, A new head of Xbox Game Studios has been announced & Xbox had their Partner Preview

00:00 - Intro

01:48 - Quick My 2 Cents

07:42 - Movies/TV Shows

09:52 - Part 1 Game Freak

15:06 - Part 2 Bandai Namco

21:56 - Part 3 Xbox Game Studios

28:48 - What I like (Xbox Partner Preview)

32:25 - What I didn’t like/Mix/Not Sure (Xbox Partner Preview)

Quick My 2 Cents

https://mynintendonews.com/2024/10/13/antonblast-release-date-pushed-to-december/

https://mynintendonews.com/2024/10/13/forgotten-memories-remastered-edition-coming-to-nintendo-switch-soon/

https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2024/10/tales-of-kenzera-director-slams-publishers-desire-to-create-the-next-fortnite

https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2024/10/fire-up-the-light-cycle-tron-catalyst-speeds-onto-switch-next-year

https://mynintendonews.com/2024/10/15/nintendo-now-recruiting-for-an-intellectual-property-lawyer/

https://www.pushsquare.com/news/2024/10/manga-masterpiece-death-note-is-getting-a-ps5-ps4-adaptation

https://www.purexbox.com/news/2024/10/more-evidence-of-xbox-cloud-gamings-stream-your-own-games-feature-surfaces

https://mynintendonews.com/2024/10/18/mouse-p-i-for-hire-adds-switch-version-coming-2025/

Movies/TV Shows

Invincible season 3 teaser - https://youtu.be/djJS79GmsG0?si=fZOppx-bdwgxqmbf

https://deadline.com/2024/10/god-of-war-sony-executive-producers-depart-new-writers-joining-1236118075/

https://deadline.com/2024/10/tom-holland-spider-man-4-update-script-zendaya-1236119426/

Part 1 Game Freak

https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2024/10/pokemon-developer-game-freak-reportedly-hacked-massive-amounts-of-data-allegedly-leaked

https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2024/10/rumour-switch-2s-codename-believed-to-be-in-latest-pokemon-data-leak

https://www.ign.com/articles/pokmon-developer-game-freak-reportedly-hacked-stolen-data-on-unannounced-games-as-well-as-nintendo-switch-2-codename-leaked-online

Part 2 Bandai Namco

https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2024/10/bandai-namco-reportedly-cancels-nintendo-commissioned-project

https://www.ign.com/articles/bandai-namco-reportedly-sending-staff-to-expulsion-rooms-where-they-have-nothing-to-do-after-canceling-multiple-games-including-a-mystery-nintendo-project

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-10-15/bandai-namco-begins-to-cut-headcount-after-culling-game-titles?embedded-checkout=true

Part 3 Xbox Game Studios

https://www.purexbox.com/news/2024/10/rare-boss-to-become-new-head-of-xbox-game-studios

https://www.gamesindustry.biz/rares-craig-duncan-to-become-head-of-xbox-game-studios-as-alan-hartman-retires

https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/rare-boss-promoted-to-head-of-xbox-game-studios/

Part 4 Xbox Partner Preview

https://news.xbox.com/en-us/2024/10/17/xbox-partner-preview-october-2024-recap-everything-announced/

What I like (Xbox Partner Preview)

Mouse P.I. For Hire looks awesome

Like A Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii looks good

WUCHANG: Fallen Feathers looks interesting (day one on GamePass)

Cronos: The New Dawn looks interesting

Eternal Strands looks nice (day one on GamePass)

What I didn’t like/Mix/Not Sure (Xbox Partner Preview)

Somewhat a mix of Edens Zero (since it comes from Konami)

Only 5 games from this Partner Preview are confirmed for GamePass

Not sure about FBC: Firebreak (Control Co-op Spin-off)

No real big announcement 

Music used for this video - Violet Letter by Aulx Studio (from premiumbeat.com) 

Facebook group I’m part of

Links

Brothers of Oblivion Gaming Community - https://www.facebook.com/groups/BrothersOfOblivion/

Team Red Gaming - https://www.facebook.com/groups/369866913186786/

Subscribe to my channel - https://www.youtube.com/user/gamer55551

Follow me on

Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/brian.solow.9

Twitter - https://twitter.com/BrianGamer5555

Tumblr - http://gamer55551.tumblr.com

Blogger - http://briansolow.blogspot.com

Feel free to donate to this channel (if you like to): https://www.paypal.me/BrianSolow

Support my channel on Patreon -  https://www.patreon.com/briansolow?fan_landing=true

Support my channel on Steamlabs - https://streamlabs.com/briansolow1/tip

Tags for this video

#BrianSolow #gamer55551 #my2cents #gamefreak #bandainamco #xboxgamestudios #xboxpartnerpreview

Stellar Blade PS5 Gameplay

Gameplay footage of me playing Stellar Blade for the PS5. For my review click here -

Note to Parents: Stellar Blade is rated M for mature (ages 17 & up) by the ESRB - https://www.esrb.org/ratings/39752/stellar-blade/

00:00:00 - Intro

00:01:06 - Start of Gameplay/Valuable Cargo 

00:07:56 - Doing the Urgent Information side mission instead

00:10:44 - Oil Storage Facility

00:16:52 - Request List

00:23:48 - Scrap Yard

00:40:38 - Entering Altess Levoire

00:45:56 - Research Lab Entrance

00:51:44 - A tough jump/Security Center

00:55:06 - A unique puzzle

00:57:44 - Specimen Preservation Lab/Unique Puzzle 2

Myst on the Moor Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License

http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

Music promoted by https://freemusicbg.com

and https://www.chosic.com

Facebook group I’m part of

Links

Brothers of Oblivion Gaming Community - https://www.facebook.com/groups/BrothersOfOblivion/

Team Red Gaming - https://www.facebook.com/groups/369866913186786/

Subscribe to my channel - https://www.youtube.com/user/gamer55551

Follow me on

Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/brian.solow.9

Twitter - https://twitter.com/BrianGamer5555

Tumblr - http://gamer55551.tumblr.com

Blogger - http://briansolow.blogspot.com

Feel free to donate to this channel (if you like to): https://www.paypal.me/BrianSolow

Support my channel on Patreon -  https://www.patreon.com/briansolow?fan_landing=true

Support my channel on Steamlabs - https://streamlabs.com/briansolow1/tip

Tags for this video

#BrianSolow #gamer55551 #stellarblade #gameplay #ps5gameplay #ps5games #ps5gaming #ps5

Stellar Blade PS5 Review

My review of Stellar Blade for the PS5. For gameplay click here - https://youtu.be/nFX7ZM-s1SY

Note to Parents: Stellar Blade is rated M for mature (ages 17 & up) by the ESRB - https://www.esrb.org/ratings/39752/stellar-blade/

00:00 - Intro

02:50 - Part 1 Pro

06:10 - Part 2 Cons

09:34 - Overall

Part 1 Pro

Neir Automata vibe to it

Fun gameplay (with some soul elements to it)

From a mobile developer visually this looks good for a Unreal Engine 4 game

Part 2 Cons

However, there are better-looking games that use Unreal Engine 4

A mini-map would have been nice

Platforming in Stellar Blade can be tricky at times.

Music used for this video - Violet Letter by Aulx Studio (from premiumbeat.com) 

Facebook group I’m part of

Links

Brothers of Oblivion Gaming Community - https://www.facebook.com/groups/BrothersOfOblivion/

Team Red Gaming - https://www.facebook.com/groups/369866913186786/

Subscribe to my channel - https://www.youtube.com/user/gamer55551

Follow me on

Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/brian.solow.9

Twitter - https://twitter.com/BrianGamer5555

Tumblr - http://gamer55551.tumblr.com

Blogger - http://briansolow.blogspot.com

Feel free to donate to this channel (if you like to): https://www.paypal.me/BrianSolow

Support my channel on Patreon -  https://www.patreon.com/briansolow?fan_landing=true

Support my channel on Steamlabs - https://streamlabs.com/briansolow1/tip

Halo new approach, Nintendo stock, Modder Lawsuit & Alarmo - My Take

For this week My 2 Cents Nintendo/Gaming video for the week of October 6 to 12, 2024 I give my thoughts on a new direction for the Halo series, Saudi Arabia buys more stake in Nintendo, A Switch Modder goes to court against Nintendo, Nintendo reveal Alarmo 00:00 - Intro 01:44 - Quick My 2 Cents 09:32 - Movies/TV Shows 13:28 - Part 1 Halo 20:00 - Part 2 Nintendo 27:36 - Part 3 Lawsuit 32:40 - Part 4 Alarmo Quick My 2 Cents https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2024/10/monolith-soft-is-expanding-its-in-house-xenoblade-game-engine-for-future-titles https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2024/10/an-alien-isolation-sequel-is-officially-in-development https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2024/10/no-tomonobu-itagakis-game-studio-hasnt-shut-down-its-just-had-a-name-change https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/red-dead-redemption-and-undead-nightmare-announced-for-pc/ https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/ps1-game-star-wars-episode-i-jedi-power-battles-is-coming-to-pc-and-consoles-in-january/ https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2024/10/nintendo-announces-switch-online-playtest-program-related-to-new-feature https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2024/10/yakuza-kiwami-dev-confirms-physical-switch-release Tomb Raider 4 to 6 Trailer - https://youtu.be/hopiNHwVdpA?si=pfZHDTUGQsfyIRiG Movies/TV Shows https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/universal-and-sega-are-making-a-shinobi-movie/ https://thedirect.com/article/ghostbusters-future-movies-exclusive https://thedirect.com/article/dcu-next-batman-james-gunn-debunk https://thedirect.com/article/obi-wan-kenobi-season-2-ewan-mcgregor-news Part 1 Halo https://www.halowaypoint.com/news/a-new-dawn https://www.gamesindustry.biz/343-rebrands-as-halo-studios-working-on-multiple-unreal-engine-5-games https://www.ign.com/articles/future-halo-games-moving-to-unreal-engine-as-developer-343-industries-officially-changes-its-name Part 2 Nintendo https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/saudi-arabia-is-considering-a-larger-stake-in-nintendo/ https://insider-gaming.com/could-saudi-arabia-pif-want-larger-ownership-in-nintendo/ https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2024/10/saudi-public-investment-fund-considering-increasing-its-stake-in-nintendo Part 3 Lawsuit https://www.dualshockers.com/switch-modder-faces-nintendo-lawsuit-without-a-lawyer/ https://www.ign.com/articles/nintendo-switch-modder-who-refused-to-shut-down-now-takes-to-court-against-nintendo-without-a-lawyer https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/sued-switch-modchip-seller-denies-claims-will-seemingly-take-on-nintendo-without-a-lawyer/ Part 4 Alarmo https://www.nintendo.com/us/whatsnew/make-waking-up-fun-with-nintendo-sound-clock-alarmo-available-now/?srsltid=AfmBOopX3vVjviWxxlMG-l2E9dU20zn37b0KeX8gF3Q_epkRK8ZLqqIi https://www.theverge.com/24266272/nintendo-alarmo-sound-clock-hands-on https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2024/10/forget-switch-2-nintendo-has-just-revealed-an-official-alarm-clock Music used for this video - Violet Letter by Aulx Studio (from premiumbeat.com) Facebook group I’m part of Links Brothers of Oblivion Gaming Community - https://www.facebook.com/groups/BrothersOfOblivion/ Team Red Gaming - https://www.facebook.com/groups/369866913186786/ Subscribe to my channel - https://www.youtube.com/user/gamer55551 Follow me on Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/brian.solow.9 Twitter - https://twitter.com/BrianGamer5555 Tumblr - http://gamer55551.tumblr.com Blogger - http://briansolow.blogspot.com Feel free to donate to this channel (if you like to): https://www.paypal.me/BrianSolow Support my channel on Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/briansolow?fan_landing=true Support my channel on Steamlabs - https://streamlabs.com/briansolow1/tip Tags for this video #BrianSolow #gamer55551 #my2cents #halo #unrealengine5 #nintendo #saudiarabia #modder #lawsuit #alarmo