Ep 39: The changing face of the console business (Feat. Andy Robinson of VGC)

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This week we take a good, long look at the state of the console business and the AAA releases that underpin it. For that conversation, we're lucky to be joined by Andy Robinson of Vidoegame Chronicle, regular news breaker and a former game developer. He brought an incredibly insightful perspective as someone who not only has worked as a game maker, but also soemone with a rich stable of sources to tap for inside info.
Timestamps:
00:00 Check In
06:24 Console Crisis with Andy Robinson of VGC
01:07:10 AG1 (ad)
01:10:15 Incogni (ad)
01:13:07 Nintendo Direct Discussion
01:23:51 User Question 1
01:34:13 What We've Been Playing
02:13:15 User Question 2
02:18:00 Show and Tell
02:36:13 Wrap-Up
Let's meet our hosts:
- Jake Baldino (aka the Before You Buy Guy) is pretty much the most watched reviewer on YouTube across both Gameranx and his personal channel (https://www.youtube.com/c/JakeBaldino). If you're obsessed with Delorians, The Mummy and Pizza you can discuss that stuff with him directly over on Twitter: @JakeBaldino
- Lucy James is a Senior Producer at Gamespot and a Creative Producer at Giant Bomb. She's actually, like, experienced and credentialed and has real life skills and stuff, while the rest of the gang would be funemployed if the YT algorithm didn't kiss them for random, inexplicable reasons.
- Skill Up used to work at McDonalds but he got fired for skimming too many chicken nuggets. He says he regrets it since he hasn't had a better job since.
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