Show Notes
HAPPY FANELLI FRIDAY! We've got Jason Fanelli joining Grubb today to talk about updates with Kojima's Physint, Ubisoft and Steam, the upcoming EA merger, and more!
0:00 - Intro 4:24 - Saudi wealth fund weighs EA-Savvy merger, Bloomberg News reports 13:20 - PlayStation cancelled Hideo Kojima’s Physint because Death Stranding and its sequel did meet revenue expectations 22:50 - BREAK 23:07 - Ubisoft is 'testing' making its games far less annoying to launch on Steam 30:09 - That Zelda Direct was absolutely enormous 38:40 - Guess what was the biggest Nintendo Direct trailer in Japan 42:35 - VR headset shipments have fallen 18% 48:36 - Footage of PlayStation’s Fairgames allegedly leaks via playtest
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