Show Notes
On this week's episode of the SyrupCast, MobileSyrup EIC Jon Lamont sits down with gaming editor Brad Shankar and friend of the show and MobileSyrup contributor Chris Brown to discuss the state of the gaming industry and, specifically, the train wreck that is Xbox. We dive into the problems plaguing gaming, but also the bright spots that show what the future could look like.
Ed. note: In the pod, Jon mentioned the Pixel 10a as still being cheap, but Google actually just raised the price on the phone, so it's not cheap anymore.
0:00 - Intro 0:44 - Samsung Galaxy S26 Series prices increase 2:10 - Brodie, a Toronto-based Basketball Rec League 3:28 - DraftKings reportedly using AI to target bettors 4:27 - State of gaming intro 7:36 - The impact of forever games on the industry 9:56 - State of Xbox 12:20 - Xbox Game Pass 14:50 - Viability of streaming-only gaming 19:08 - Gears of War: E-Day 24:48 - The value of institutional knowledge for a game studio 29:28 - CEO Asha Sharma & the future of Xbox 34:08 - PC as an Xbox platform 35:39 - Notable bright spots in the current gaming industry 40:38 - What we can do to promote Canadian games 43:05 - What's your favourite game for the Xbox 360? 49:19 - Wrap
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