Microsoft continues evolving its gaming strategy with a new Xbox UI that suggests Steam Deck integration and Steam games access through the Xbox app. We explore the implications of this cross-platform approach and how it reflects Microsoft's broader "be everywhere" philosophy.
• Xbox developing UI that appears compatible with Steam Deck, showing Steam games in the interface
• Tom Warner from The Verge broke the story about Xbox potentially allowing Steam game access
• PlayStation 5 gamers accounted for 64% of Microsoft game sales in December 2024
• Retail space for physical Xbox games diminishing as Microsoft leans into digital distribution
• Rumors of an Xbox handheld device coming potentially this fall
• PlayStation Portal continues selling well despite initial skepticism
• Steam Deck has sold approximately 2 million units
• Pricing strategy crucial for Xbox handheld success - needs to be $450-500 or lower
• Astro Bot director Nicholas Doucette recommends developers make shorter games
• Players have backlogs, jobs, and families - shorter games respect players' time
• 15 hours or less considered "short" while 20+ hours enters "mid-range" territory
• Special edition game collections becoming less impressive over time
• Happy Gilmore 2 trailer receives mixed reaction from hosts
• Captain America: Brave New World has grossed over $400 million worldwide
• New Captain America film outperformed The First Avenger, The Marvels, and likely Eternals
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Speaker 1 (00:06):
Let's do this.
Welcome everybody to anotherepisode of the Game Traffic Show
.
I'm your host, mike Sampson.
Tune in to my co-host.
Simply Amazing.
How am I doing today?
Hey everybody, good for MrAmazing On today's Game Traffic
Show.
Yo, yo, we're going to talkabout Xbox today.
We're also going to talk aboutMr Amazing.
Guess what?
(00:27):
One developer's askingdevelopers to do shorter games,
mr Amazing.
Ah yes, also a movie notsupposed to say franchise, but a
sequel is coming to a moviethat people enjoy.
Mr Amazing begin today's showtalking about Microsoft.
Yo, is Steam Deck coming to?
But Mr Amazing, beginningtoday's show talking about
Microsoft, yo, is Steam Deckcoming to Microsoft.
(00:48):
Mr Amazing, can you go into it?
Speaker 2 (00:52):
So yeah, I mean, it's interesting actually.
So what it is is that the SteamDeck it's.
Speaker 1 (00:59):
It's like a photo that says 1 billion, whatever,
something like that.
Speaker 2 (01:02):
Yeah, it's hard to explain.
I think it's more like the Xboxon the UI, are going to have a
Steam Deck option.
Yeah, so that's what it is.
So it's pretty much a Microsoftcontinuation of I Want to Rule
the World, where I'm going to beon everything on your toaster,
your PS, your laptop, your iPads, wherever I can get it.
(01:25):
I'm going to be on it, and itlooks like they got Steam Deck
to join along, and that's whatit's all about at this point.
Speaker 1 (01:32):
So that said oh bro, did Tom Warner broke the?
I think Tom Warner broke thestory.
Speaker 2 (01:38):
Yeah, yeah, from my understanding, From Verge, from
Verge.
Speaker 1 (01:46):
Yeah, he broke the story.
Talking about, let's see theXbox briefly revealed a new Xbox
UI that looks a lot more like aconsole, like cross
multi-platform device, whichincludes a list of Steam games.
Speaker 2 (01:55):
Yeah, so apparently Xbox is going to let fans access
Steam games from the Xbox appdown the road.
That's what it looks like, andMicrosoft already told you we're
not afraid to join thecompetitors.
We don't care about that.
We just want to be on yourplatform.
They don't care about joiningthe competitors.
They've been said that andthat's what they're focusing on,
(02:16):
they're trying to make money.
Speaker 1 (02:17):
Come on, let's keep it 100.
You bought Activision, blizzard, all these other studios, yeah.
And you trying to make money atMoney Bank?
Yeah, exactly.
And you just can't do it on oneplatform and expect to make
money.
Speaker 2 (02:31):
Yeah, and Microsoft did say they wanted to combine
Xbox and Windows.
And Windows yeah they been saidthat, so this is their chance
of doing that.
Speaker 1 (02:42):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (02:43):
I mean I don't know.
How do you?
Speaker 1 (02:47):
feel about it.
I mean, according to the Oracle, Microsoft has been working on
making an Xbox app for the home.
Pc gaming and listing Steamgames in this app will be a
certain help for Microsoft.
Speaker 2 (03:00):
Of course, but look at this.
This is the part I read theother day.
Ps5 gamers for December 2024accounted for 64% of Microsoft
game sales.
That goes to show you.
Speaker 1 (03:14):
That's horrible.
That goes to show you, thoughthe problem is that you really
can't tell the details, becauseMicrosoft has Game Pass.
Speaker 2 (03:21):
How many?
Speaker 1 (03:21):
sales were on Xbox.
Speaker 2 (03:23):
I know.
Speaker 1 (03:24):
Oh, let me tell you a story.
I went to Target.
Yeah, son, son, son son andGreen Acres.
If anybody know Green Acres,long Island there was no, there
was barely any Xbox section,physical.
yeah, of course they didn't onlylike the new releases.
I saw I got I got a gift cardfor Target.
I bought WE.
Okay it.
I got a gift card for Target, Ibought WE.
(03:45):
It was sold out on PlayStation,couldn't find one, couldn't get
one.
So I bought the WE for the Xbox.
It's like Microsoft oof,they're digital.
They're digital and plus a lotof the suits.
But what I also want to pointout is the PlayStation one was
sold out but the Xbox still havegames.
They still have games.
So people like when people saythat Xbox is training their
(04:10):
consumers to be getting the gamefor free.
It's not a game pass.
Why am I wasting my time andmoney?
Speaker 2 (04:16):
Yeah, you're right, because even that game that's
supposed to be coming out verysoon Midnight what's it called
Midnight?
Speaker 1 (04:21):
I forgot the name.
Speaker 2 (04:23):
The game looks good.
Well, we spoke about it on theshow.
We spoke several times MidnightSomething.
That game is going to bestraight out on the Game Pass
that game.
Speaker 1 (04:35):
That game, I think it's going to be on all
platforms.
It should be.
I don't think it's going to beon all platforms eventually.
I think they put the whole gameon the whole platform.
Speaker 2 (04:42):
I mean it is.
I mean, look at Indiana Jones.
Indiana Jones is coming in acouple of weeks.
Speaker 1 (04:47):
Or that game make money.
I think it's going to be on allplatforms.
I agree, I'll put that onNintendo Switch.
I'll put that.
It might, it might, it mighteventually.
And I think how you can haveour first party games like
Nintendo and the Godfathergaming and the King of Gaming is
(05:07):
not doing that right nowthey're playing.
Sony Playstation they're notdoing that because even one of
my main concerns that has arisedby many people on the Xbox side
that Sony will block any oftheir exclusives going on, that
of course they're not going tolet God of War go on there, or
Last of Us, that's true too, orany of the new Naughty Dog games
(05:28):
there was Uncharted.
No, that's not happening.
Speaker 2 (05:33):
So do you think Microsoft should just take the
Sega out then?
Speaker 1 (05:37):
I've been said that I think we both said that.
But according to rumors andreports, they're saying they'll
come out with a new system, morepowerful and, most likely,
probably.
I think the new system probablycosts like $700.
I don't know, Probably.
Of course, there's sources onYouTube, people on YouTube and
talking heads.
It'd be like a PC type, ahybrid console.
Speaker 2 (06:02):
I mean, you know what .
Do you mind if I do the switchover right now?
Since we are on systems, do youwant to jump into one of the
topics that you have for theshow, which is the Xbox
handhelds?
Yes, so let's transition tothat.
So let's go transition to theXbox handhelds, Because you said
new system, I figured this is aperfect time to bring it up.
But that handheld go is Right.
Speaker 1 (06:24):
Yeah, I know, I have a friend named Kenya.
Speaker 2 (06:27):
So there was an image the other day out, but it was a
total tease because that image,I think, was of the Oasis Road
Alley and it had been a wholebig spectacular about it and
apparently this handheld isgoing to come out this year from
over here.
Speaker 1 (06:45):
Yes, I heard this fall, so this is what we know
Allegedly, allegedly.
Speaker 2 (06:49):
This is what we know so far, and my take to you is
the handheld market right now isprobably at the best it's ever
been since when the Taylor Gamerwas running the show.
And then they had the Sega.
What is it called?
Oh my God, the Game Gear.
Speaker 1 (07:08):
Yeah, they had those two running, but also a side of
the time is that the PlayStationPortal is still one of the top
selling devices.
Give it a game Vices Still now.
Speaker 2 (07:18):
Still now and shout out because they didn't think it
was going to be that big andit's getting updates.
Speaker 1 (07:23):
Yeah, because, like I said before I told you, and so
it does come in handy, it'sgoing to call Portal 2.
Speaker 2 (07:27):
Yeah, no, you're right.
This is what I wanted to saytoo, it's going to call Portal 2
.
Because the handheld market isvery strong right now, and it's
so strong that Microsoft, I feel, is such a they failed.
I'm sorry, but they failed you.
You failed your hardware, youfailed the Xbox X and S.
You guys failed it.
I'm sorry, I don't care howstrong it is, you failed it.
So my thing is this You'regoing to enter a market that
(07:50):
you're brand new to and you'regoing to compete with the
godfather.
Right now, they're coming outwith their system.
Any day now.
We don't know Any between nowand November November they're
going to have a system out.
Speaker 1 (08:02):
We can bank on that.
The hybrid system, yes.
Speaker 2 (08:04):
What is your price point going to be?
What game are you going to haveto go with it?
You?
Speaker 1 (08:08):
know what I'm saying?
You can't get other systems.
Speaker 2 (08:10):
Yeah, exactly what are you going to be pitching
south?
So what I think you should dois do what Sony did Do a portal.
You know you don't thinkthat'll work for them.
Speaker 1 (08:22):
I'm cringing right now.
You can see me.
No, you don't think it'll work.
Speaker 2 (08:25):
I think that would be the better idea for them,
because you could do your game.
Speaker 1 (08:28):
It'll be a portal where you could put Game Pass
games, but I mean they're intothe cloud service, so it'd
probably be a good idea for them.
Speaker 2 (08:36):
Okay.
Speaker 1 (08:36):
So that's why they want to advance for cloud
servers, mostly digital for mostof the games.
So yeah, and then what's the?
It's not going to save Xbox,but go right ahead.
Speaker 2 (08:46):
No it's not.
I mean, I think that would bethe better route for them.
They're trying to come up witha brand new handheld.
I think that's the better route.
Speaker 1 (08:51):
But the thing is, let's keep it 100.
Speaker 2 (08:53):
Okay, the Steam Deck, quentin numbers sold 2 million
and change, don't look crazy,not crazy, but it's still
successful though.
And it's successful because alot of other hands that came out
.
Speaker 1 (09:07):
The numbers are not as close, but the big difference
is that if Xbox comes out witha handle, it's not going to be
only at the Xbox store.
Well, that's what's going tohelp.
Speaker 2 (09:16):
You can probably get that at your local store, your
local Best Buy, whatever you get, so Valve, whatever, you give
whatever's going on.
So VAL, it's stressing for VALbecause all the money is going
towards them yeah nobody'sgetting a cut of it yeah, which
I don't understand why theydidn't just put it in stores.
I thought it was one of theirbiggest downfalls.
To be honest with you.
Speaker 1 (09:33):
I mean they put the older models in the stores.
Yeah, these are the oldermodels.
Speaker 2 (09:36):
But I guess they don't make the older models.
We started fighting them inGameStops.
Speaker 1 (09:41):
Yeah, there's you stuff.
Yeah Well, yeah, there's you,you're not going to get it.
Yeah, I trust GameStop.
You know GameStop's 50-50.
I didn't tell you I got.
What do you call it?
I got a used U game, wii game.
Yeah, chronicles of ResidentEvil, oh, okay, okay, okay, the
little shooter game.
That thing was not even clean.
(10:02):
Oh, what I had to clean it.
I was like yuck, it worked.
Yeah, okay, okay, okay,ridiculous.
Speaker 2 (10:09):
So still, let's talk real quick again.
I want to get your take on thepricing, because this is what
I'm before I ask you to take.
I think it can't be more thanthe Switch.
It it has to be, I think, lowerthan the Switch.
To be honest with you, even ifit's going to be a stronger
system than the Switch I don'tknow if you see what I'm trying
to say it's going to be astronger system than the Switch,
but it can't be more than theSwitch, no less than $500.
(10:29):
You think it's going to be alittle less than $500?
.
Speaker 1 (10:31):
No less than $500.
Speaker 2 (10:33):
I think the Switch.
Speaker 1 (10:35):
The Switch is probably $4,000.
Speaker 2 (10:37):
I think the Switch is going to be $4,000, $4,500.
Speaker 1 (10:43):
But we agreed on that .
Speaker 2 (10:44):
So you're telling me the Xbox is going to be more
than the Switch 2?
$500.
Then this is already set forfailure.
Speaker 1 (10:53):
It's already set for failure.
Speaker 2 (10:55):
The price is right it's $500, bro, it's set for
failure, and I agree with you.
Based on the other handheldmarks, that's what it should be
going for, but your brand-newmarket, that's already $300,.
Mr Amazing, honestly, it got methe same price as the Switch
$4,450 for Ali, to be honestwith you, to get it moving.
But you're probably right,though I don't disagree with you
(11:17):
.
Speaker 1 (11:17):
You're probably right .
Can I take?
Speaker 2 (11:17):
off 600?
Speaker 1 (11:19):
Forget about it Dead on arrival, son, but that's why
I think you should do a portal.
Speaker 2 (11:25):
What is the portal?
200?
So 50, 200?
You set it as a portal and thenyou put the game pass on there,
meaning you could do more.
I think that would be ideal,but we'll see.
We'll see.
Man, this type of got me alittle.
Speaker 1 (11:41):
When I was looking into this.
You're hyped up.
Speaker 2 (11:44):
I feel like you're dropping your handhelds when you
couldn't even focus on yourhardware on the Xbox S.
I don't know, I was a littlebit annoyed by that, but we'll
see Great tables when you going.
Because Xbox is I like Xbox.
I want to see them do good.
Speaker 1 (12:00):
I think, like I said, I'm a fan of Xbox, but yeah, I
like a lot of the games.
I love Gears of War, myfavorite franchise.
Speaker 2 (12:07):
Yeah, me too, me too.
You know what.
Speaker 1 (12:09):
I'm saying and it's good to have a video game
competition, yeah.
Speaker 2 (12:13):
I would have said Forza on other systems too.
I mean damn, what do you guyshave?
Yeah, all right, mike man, Idigress, man, go ahead.
I'll let you continue the shownow, all right.
Speaker 1 (12:28):
Mr Mazin, astro Bot Game Director, is giving advice
to other game developersregarding games.
Speaker 2 (12:34):
Yeah, I'll put it in a couple words.
Speaker 1 (12:36):
Make your games shorter.
Speaker 2 (12:38):
Yeah, shout out to Nicholas Doucette, man man, he's
the Astro Bot director and hemade a very a comment that I
agree with and I think it's oneof the best comments made by
anyone.
He said because, well, beforewe get to that, why did he say
that?
Because Astro Bot is a shortgame that won a game of the year
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and had a ton of success.
So he said what's the key?
Make your games shorter.
Why?
Because fans all have a backlogand we're talking to the number
one person right now Mike, mike, you can attest to this, and
fans have jobs and gamers havejobs and families.
He says nothing wrong withmaking a short game now.
Speaker 1 (13:19):
No, I don't think it's the wrong way, I agree with
you 100%.
Speaker 2 (13:21):
And, mike, I want you to talk about it because you
got tons of games.
You got games for years.
Speaker 1 (13:27):
I agree with it.
I don't think we need everygame to be Elder Scrolls or 40,
70 hours.
You know what I'm saying.
I did too many games of Trump'sopen world, and the reason is
they're trying to make you hangon to the game, try to get extra
money off you.
Basically, they're trying tomake you not resell the game
right away.
(13:48):
Yeah, live action purchases aswell.
So that's how they do it.
That's one of the main reasonsthey try to make the game longer
.
When you do the same missionrepeatedly, do extra missions.
Yeah, I've seen that in Riseand Roll.
Everybody's seen this game.
You're saving the door.
You're doing the same old thing.
Speaker 2 (14:03):
You're saving the cat in the tree again it's the same
same type of mission so do youthink with the success of Astro
Bot people might go that route?
Because you know everything inlife, from sports to reality.
It's a copycat world.
Speaker 1 (14:18):
Well, Sony did that with Miles Morales.
Speaker 2 (14:20):
Oh yeah, miles Morales that was a hit.
That was a hit.
And Astro Bot, that was a hit,and another Sony game and even
Spider-Man 2.
That's not a long game, fromwhat you tell me.
Speaker 1 (14:30):
It's 22 to 30 hours, so you know.
Speaker 2 (14:33):
I think 30 is not I 30 short what do you consider
short 15 me too.
Speaker 1 (14:40):
That's my benchmark 15, 8 to 15 yeah my benchmark is
15 hours.
I think after 20 you're hittingmid range now I think 15 and
under is considered short whatdo you think is a good game to
beat on the weekend?
Speaker 2 (14:53):
a good game to beat on the weekend for your
experience for games you playedwell, the easiest ones are
always fighting games then afterthat maybe like a shooter, like
a Call of Duty the story modebecause I said Call of Duty,
that's the only one game to play.
Speaker 1 (15:07):
I remember the 50 cent blood and sand.
I beat that on the weekend.
I beat Code Veronica in a dayyou were much younger then yeah,
I was much younger oh yeah, Ican't do that now.
Speaker 2 (15:18):
My nephew the other day told me he beat Spider-Man 2
the other day I was like whatthe hell did you?
Speaker 1 (15:21):
do, he's 16.
He has the budget.
Speaker 2 (15:23):
Yeah, he got nothing better to do.
That is true, you know what.
Speaker 1 (15:27):
I'm saying but I read an article on CNET talking
about short games some of thebest short games you can play
and it included Out of Wows.
Speaker 2 (15:44):
A Short Hike Journey, which is a PlayStation that won
several awards.
Speaker 1 (15:49):
I can never get into it.
Speaker 2 (15:50):
That's that cartoon, looking with the guys with the
hoodies.
Speaker 1 (15:53):
Yeah, okay, hotline Miami, I had part one and two.
I still didn't finish playingthose games.
Uh, braid, I heard that gamegot good.
Portos I was never into, Inever was bored.
I think I bought Porto to me soI played it a couple times.
It wasn't for me, it got traded.
Oxi Free, which I still have.
The digital Firewatch was aninteresting game Inside.
(16:18):
What else Firewatch was aninteresting game Inside.
What else?
The Remains of Ethan FrenchLimbo?
Speaker 2 (16:26):
I like Limbo, that was fun.
Speaker 1 (16:29):
A couple other games too Paper, Please Gone Home.
I didn't know Actually.
Metal Gear Solid.
Speaker 2 (16:37):
Round Zero, that was cool, you played it.
Yeah, I actually played that one.
You beat it.
No, I played that, though.
I actually think even MiddleGear when it came out on
Nintendo, was it Q Twin Snake orwhatever.
That was kind of short to me.
I think that was pretty quick,actually.
Alright, it's funny because, ifyou think about it, our
(16:58):
generation is kind of like thebirth of the video game.
So we're getting older too,yeah, and obviously a lot of us
have works.
Some of us now, you know, ifyou're playing games and you're
in your 60s now, you're probablySome of you guys are
grandfathers now.
Speaker 1 (17:12):
I met this guy at GameStop in the 60s.
Yeah, but he liked shootergames.
Speaker 2 (17:16):
I was like yo he be getting his butt whooped.
Speaker 1 (17:18):
I was like you got to like shoot, I gave up on
shooter games man, I was likeit's better if you're playing a
team squad.
Maybe if you have nephews orclose friends who have, you know
, sons you can play with.
Like you know what I'm saying,when you're playing by yourself,
you're going to get slaughtered, so I mean we get it, I mean,
(17:39):
I'm all for it.
Speaker 2 (17:40):
I prefer, I like short games, I lean towards them
more.
Speaker 1 (17:45):
Those are flower games.
I was interested in which oneFlower?
Oh, then I wasn't into thatgame.
I was like oh, nice.
Speaker 2 (17:50):
Well, you know, in contrast to what we're talking
about, what's the longest gameyou ever played, or the game
that took your long time becauseyou wanted to?
Speaker 1 (17:58):
get a perfect achievement.
I can't remember.
Honestly, I can't remember.
Speaker 2 (18:01):
Okay, I think one of the longest games I played was
probably Red Dead.
It's up there and maybe Riseand Roll it right now.
Rise and Roll it is what he'sdoing because this guy just took
the same for like three months.
Yo, the same boss fight forlike the last three months.
Speaker 1 (18:18):
Yeah, but that's for you.
Speaker 2 (18:20):
I think one of the Red Dead and maybe God of War
that took me a while to beat aswell.
So I can see that, not that bad.
Speaker 1 (18:32):
Yeah, mom got gigged.
Tell us how sassy Creed is Ten?
She give you a ten.
Speaker 2 (18:38):
She give you a ten.
You know, would you like tomake 10, 10, 10, 10, 10, 10, 10,
10, 10, 10, 10, 10, 10, 10, 10,10, 10, 10, 10, 10, 10, 10, 10,
10, 10, 10, 10, 10, 10, 10, 10,10, 10, 10, 10, 10, 10, 10 10,
10, 10, 10, 10 to ask I want aquestion about Assassin's Creed
real quick.
(18:58):
I want to ask a question aboutAssassin's Creed when she comes
in, but we'll continue.
And so what about you?
Did you say the longest youever played?
It's Rise and Roll right now.
No Rise and Roll is only longbecause you're stuck and Zelda,
zelda for me, actually Zelda'snumber one for me.
(19:22):
She just left.
She just left our studio.
We'll get her next time forAssassin's Creed.
Alright, we'll get her nexttime, you know the new one.
Alright, she's an.
Speaker 1 (19:24):
Assassin's Creed expert.
So keep going, cause I neverreally keep.
I never really keep the numberof hours, I never even look at
it, I mean, so I really can'ttell off the top of my head.
Speaker 2 (19:34):
Yeah cause I got a lot of.
Speaker 1 (19:36):
PS3 games, stuff like that, but a short game.
I never thought was really thatshort until I bought it for NES
.
Which one Kung Fu?
Speaker 2 (19:47):
I beat that game in 20 minutes.
Yeah, come on, you're short.
I was like what?
Speaker 1 (19:52):
the hell, I beat that game in 20 minutes.
Speaker 2 (19:56):
That game was short actually.
Speaker 1 (19:57):
I was like that game was 20 minutes.
Speaker 2 (19:59):
Listen, I got that game what's it called?
Again, cannoli, something,something.
I'm playing that right now too,along with Spider-Man 2.
Those are the two games I'mplaying at the moment, so let's
see if I can beat that game.
It'll look that long to me.
Speaker 1 (20:12):
That was funny as hell.
Speaker 2 (20:14):
What are we talking about next?
Okay, since we're talking aboutNicholas, the set do you want
to talk about?
The Astro Bot gets a PS5 bundle.
It all relates.
Speaker 1 (20:25):
Yeah, astro Bot's finally getting a PS5 bundle,
but you know what date it comesout?
I don't think it's set.
Speaker 2 (20:30):
Did it say Not yet oh , I was about to say yeah, I
just know that they got the discmodel for $450.
Speaker 1 (20:37):
Pretty much, yes, and actually it's cheaper than the
original price.
Speaker 2 (20:42):
That's what I was going to ask, like why is it
cheaper, especially for yeah,for the original one?
Yeah, I was wondering that too,and obviously you get the game
as well too.
Speaker 1 (20:50):
It does the only thing that sucks, suck.
It don't come with an aspiratorcontroller.
Oh it doesn't.
Nah, I'll be high that would'vebeen nice.
Speaker 2 (20:58):
That would've been high.
That would've been nice, man, Ilove that you don't have that
much on the game.
Man, I wanna go back.
I did most of the DLCs exceptone of them.
I gotta continue that.
I wish you played it, cause youreally haven't played it.
Speaker 1 (21:11):
I haven't get a.
It's easy, you can jump in andout, I'll get more into the
other games.
Speaker 2 (21:15):
Just give him Rise and Roll, just go watch the
trailer and see how the gameends.
No, no, I'm going to beat Riseand Roll All right man, you
don't know what the story isabout anymore at this point.
Speaker 1 (21:24):
No one knows what the story is about.
When you play Rise and Roll,you don't know what side you're
on.
Get the hell, oh boy.
All right, mr Amazing, we haveanother question.
Yes, sir Well no, our nexttopic is what's your favorite
special edition you ever boughtfor a game?
Speaker 2 (21:41):
Oh, mine is easy, actually.
Okay, mine was Street Fighter 4.
How did you not say that, yeah,because I waited in line for
that baby yo, I reserved it andI got the collector of posters.
And to this dead guy every timeeverybody sees that statue,
it's a big statue.
I'm sorry, I'm sorry.
Speaker 1 (21:59):
Everybody sees it.
They go.
This looks hot.
Speaker 2 (22:00):
Yeah, yeah, so that's probably my best one.
I know you got a couple of them.
Speaker 1 (22:04):
So what are you going with?
Well, I have two.
I have, I believe there's twomain characters and also I got
titan two.
Yeah, titan, that's what I have.
That one too.
Yeah, I was gonna get phoenixof gears of war oh, that'd be
(22:27):
cool.
Speaker 2 (22:27):
I remember that came out.
Yeah, I was gonna get that one.
Speaker 1 (22:29):
I was like I never got that one.
You know I'm saying butespecially, this is now a
garbage.
Now, yeah, they're not the same, I'll give you a little pin.
Yeah, I know it got so bad.
I thought what?
The boxing game we boughtUndisputed, undisputed.
I thought that keychain wascool.
That's so bad.
The keychain for the boxingkeychain was cool.
(22:50):
I go, oh, this is cool, I haveit now.
Speaker 2 (22:52):
I think it's cool what did Madden give you for the
25, 25, 25, 20?
They gave you nothing they gaveyou nothing for that one.
What the hell they gonna giveyou?
Cause I remember the NBA 2K onegame.
It was like a locker, the Kobething.
I remember.
No, no, I mean we didn't get it, but I know it was something
decent though any else.
Speaker 1 (23:12):
I thought about Assassin's Creed Shadows, but
I'm not paying $229.
Damn, I'm not that big of a.
That's how much they cost now,yeah.
Speaker 2 (23:19):
Wow, what game would you get you're willing to spend
money for, for a special edition?
Speaker 1 (23:24):
Nothing right now.
Nothing right now.
Maybe a God of War, me too,definitely a God of War.
A God of War for me probably.
Speaker 2 (23:38):
Street Fighter again I would, depending on what
character it is.
I did get the infamouscharacter.
Speaker 1 (23:41):
Oh, that was a good.
I wish I played that game.
That's one of the games I wishI played.
Cool, I bought that, I got that, okay, but right now special
editions suck.
They're building any of theDLCs.
Remember you get a nice littleDLC character.
Now they yeah, shoot.
You can change the color ofyour gun.
Oh wow, whoopie, do I know?
That's how they get you.
Yeah, like get out of here, Iknow cause.
Speaker 2 (24:01):
Back then you got a shirt, you got a statue, you got
your thing, you get a smalllittle.
Speaker 1 (24:06):
I said a small little poster.
That's what I got for DragonBall Sparky a small little
poster yeah, that's not worth it.
Speaker 2 (24:12):
It ain't even that long.
Even with the the Tekken,another Tekken, mortal Kombat 1.
I think it had a nice littlecase that came with it too.
At least that was somethingreasonable, decent yeah, even
Fallout.
Speaker 1 (24:22):
They gave you the little device in your hand.
That was cool.
Speaker 2 (24:26):
I'm not a big Fallout fan, so I was never gonna get
that that was cool.
Speaker 1 (24:30):
You know what I'm saying.
Alright, mr Mason, let's go toour trail of the week.
Alright, we got going on thisone.
The trail of the week is HappyGilmore oh, happy Gilmore, oh
wow okay alright, let's check itout.
Speaker 2 (24:52):
Spongebob.
What is that?
What's with the beaver teeth?
Speaker 1 (24:58):
I haven't swung a club in years.
I'm a little intimidated Allthese guys hit it big enough.
Speaker 2 (25:04):
I don't know where to start.
Speaker 1 (25:05):
Come on, brother, rip it and rip it.
Speaker 2 (25:08):
I guess I need to update my happy place to
something a little moreage-appropriate.
Speaker 1 (25:17):
Age appropriate, mr Gilmore.
Holy shit, we're not done withgolf.
(25:38):
Let them see the happy I fellin love with.
Yeah, let's go.
Speaker 2 (25:54):
We'll put a little extra into this one.
We'll put a little extra intothis one.
Speaker 1 (26:02):
I am so sorry, mr.
Speaker 2 (26:09):
Mason.
Speaker 1 (26:12):
Happy Gilmore.
Trailer For part two, mr Masoncoming out.
This trailer for part two, mrAmazing, coming out this summer,
725.
Yeah, mr Amazing, do you greenlight this trailer, yellow light
it or red light it?
Speaker 2 (26:24):
I like Adam Sandler.
I really like Adam Sandler.
I don't know him as a person,but he seems like a great guy
His movies usually.
You know he's a funny man,pretty good Dr Earth.
He loves basketball, like me.
But, dad, I couldn't give youthat, I'm sorry.
I couldn't give you that, I'msorry, I'm sorry.
Speaker 1 (26:43):
It might be a great movie.
I think this is the secondtrailer.
Speaker 2 (26:46):
I couldn't get behind the trailer man, so I'm going
to give you that.
It's on Netflix, it's on.
Am I going to say don't see it?
I'm going to give it a yellowbecause I do.
I like Alistair a lot, but I'mjust going to give it a trailer.
Speaker 1 (26:57):
At least you can see it.
You can see it on Netflix,that's right, mr Macy give it a
yellow.
Speaker 2 (27:00):
I'm giving it a yellow.
If you have Netflix, you'regood to go.
What about you?
Speaker 1 (27:04):
I give it Green Light because it's on Netflix.
Alright, true, I Maybe that'swhy.
I didn't jump on it too.
Speaker 2 (27:14):
to be honest with you , you know what I'm saying, and
what's the one that he did withChris Rock?
Speaker 1 (27:19):
I forgot Fam Grown Ups Grown.
Speaker 2 (27:21):
Ups.
Yeah, yeah, one or two.
Speaker 1 (27:23):
But unfortunately, and Daddy.
Speaker 2 (27:24):
Daycare.
That's one of my favorite onestoo, daddy.
Speaker 1 (27:26):
Daycare is Eddie Murphy, that wasn't with.
Speaker 2 (27:30):
Oh, Eddie Murphy.
Speaker 1 (27:31):
That's Eddie Murphy.
I think you're right.
You're right.
Too bad, Paula Cree is notgoing to be there.
She passed away.
She passed.
You know what I'm saying.
So, all right, Mr Amazing.
So a should we care?
Topic of the week is we'retalking about Captain America,
the first event.
(27:51):
No, Captain America, the BraveNew World, Mr Amazing Ben, we
talked about earlier the moviehas grossed Over 400 million
dollars Worldwide.
Okay, becoming the thirdHighest grossing movie Of 2025.
Didn't have Any great reviews,but Mr Ben.
Speaker 2 (28:08):
Weren't you Like kind of Issuing on this?
On one point to me Issuing what.
Speaker 1 (28:12):
Do you know what I mean?
Yeah, I didn't Did I say?
Speaker 2 (28:16):
that you were saying this movie didn't do good.
I remember One of my topicsfrom a couple of shows ago.
Speaker 1 (28:21):
No, we commented.
I didn't say the movie's notgoing to do good.
Okay, I wanted the movie to dogood, but it didn't do good.
Speaker 2 (28:29):
The numbers said something different, though At
the end of the day, mr Amazing,boys lie, girls lie, numbers
don't?
The numbers are not lying.
Yeah, okay, mr.
Speaker 1 (28:38):
Amazing.
It's not one of the top NBCmovies.
It's not, but people who do do.
On this movie it actually soldmore than Captain America, the
first Avenger, oh so you go.
Which made $307 million.
Speaker 2 (28:53):
Here you go.
The numbers don't lie.
Speaker 1 (28:55):
So you know what I'm saying.
And it actually made more thanthe Marvel movie.
Oh, yeah, it made$200-something million, oh wow.
So I know people want to doodleon it, but so what's his name
again?
Speaker 2 (29:08):
McKee.
What's his name again?
Speaker 1 (29:11):
I can't remember the name thing, Mackie.
Speaker 2 (29:12):
Mackie, I can't remember either, but shout out
to him.
Speaker 1 (29:15):
And it made more than Black Widow.
Oh, okay, and it made more,most likely made more than
Internals.
Speaker 2 (29:22):
Hell yeah, it definitely did.
Speaker 1 (29:24):
So I know we want to do that movie, but it did make
more money than those movies.
Speaker 2 (29:28):
At the end of the day , that's what matters man, it
didn't hit last place.
You just got yourself a parttwo.
We won't go that far.
Speaker 1 (29:37):
Here we involve Captain the new Captain Marvel
in other Marvel movies, but Idon't know if he has another
solo project.
Speaker 2 (29:42):
We'll see.
We'll see.
The numbers are there for it,though.
Speaker 1 (29:45):
All right, mr Mason, so that's I mean.
Speaker 2 (29:52):
Oh shoot, we coming to a conclusion.
Yeah man, ah man.
So I guess this is a conclusion.
We got a shout-out man.
We got to end it with ashout-out, a shout-out.
Speaker 1 (30:03):
So what's your?
Speaker 2 (30:04):
shout-out oh recognition.
Speaker 1 (30:05):
I know a shout-out Go ahead.
Speaker 2 (30:07):
I don't have one.
So for you, Tim, you have tohave one.
Speaker 1 (30:16):
Nah, not, mr Mason.
Well, let me tell you something.
I wouldn't say gangster organgster, as you know that Forza
5 is coming to PlayStation.
Yes definitely aware and youknow, I also get physical copies
.
Speaker 2 (30:25):
Guess what.
Speaker 1 (30:26):
They won't have a physical copy for PlayStation 5.
Speaker 2 (30:29):
Oh, it's official, it's official.
Oh, I think we mentioned thatbefore, so now it's official,
it's official.
Speaker 1 (30:36):
I was hoping they would have that, whether you get
the DLC, like a special edition, yeah, where you get all the
DLCs.
Nope, microsoft disappointed meagain.
But it's amazing, I got Forza 5.
Speaker 2 (30:51):
Oh, you got it already.
Yeah, oh nice.
Speaker 1 (30:52):
You played it yet Not yet I played it for the Xbox.
Yeah, oh nice, you played ityet not yet I played it for the
Xbox.
Oh, I thought you got it for$23 on Amazon.
You can't go wrong.
Remember?
We debated the price of thegame.
I think it's $59.
What the hell?
The game is 5 years, 6 yearsold.
Why am I paying?
Speaker 2 (31:08):
that much for it.
Speaker 1 (31:10):
I can just I won an Amazon.
I got it for $30.
That's not bad.
Speaker 2 (31:13):
I'm not mad at that.
Get the DLC.
Get the hell out of here.
I'm not mad at that.
Speaker 1 (31:17):
So all right, everybody, this is the Game of
Traffic show we're wrapping up.
Everybody, peace and love.
We out Game of Traffic, likeand subscribe.
Let's keep going.
Let's keep this game show goingLater, later, later.
(31:38):
Thank you.
Let's do this.
Welcome everybody to anotherepisode of the Game Traffic Show
.
I'm your host, mike Sampson.
Tune in to my co-host.
Simply Amazing.
How am I doing today?
Hey everybody, good for MrAmazing On today's Game Traffic
Show.
Yo, yo, we're going to talkabout Xbox today.
We're also going to talk aboutMr Amazing.
Guess what?
(00:27):
One developer's askingdevelopers to do shorter games,
mr Amazing.
Ah yes, also a movie notsupposed to say franchise, but a
sequel is coming to a moviethat people enjoy.
Mr Amazing begin today's showtalking about Microsoft.
Yo, is Steam Deck coming to?
But Mr Amazing, beginningtoday's show talking about
Microsoft, yo, is Steam Deckcoming to Microsoft.
(00:48):
Mr Amazing, can you go into it?
Speaker 2 (00:52):
So yeah, I mean, it's interesting actually.
So what it is is that the SteamDeck it's.
Speaker 1 (00:59):
It's like a photo that says 1 billion, whatever,
something like that.
Speaker 2 (01:02):
Yeah, it's hard to explain.
I think it's more like the Xboxon the UI, are going to have a
Steam Deck option.
Yeah, so that's what it is.
So it's pretty much a Microsoftcontinuation of I Want to Rule
the World, where I'm going to beon everything on your toaster,
your PS, your laptop, your iPads, wherever I can get it.
(01:25):
I'm going to be on it, and itlooks like they got Steam Deck
to join along, and that's whatit's all about at this point.
Speaker 1 (01:32):
So that said oh bro, did Tom Warner broke the?
I think Tom Warner broke thestory.
Speaker 2 (01:38):
Yeah, yeah, from my understanding, From Verge, from
Verge.
Speaker 1 (01:46):
Yeah, he broke the story.
Talking about, let's see theXbox briefly revealed a new Xbox
UI that looks a lot more like aconsole, like cross
multi-platform device, whichincludes a list of Steam games.
Speaker 2 (01:55):
Yeah, so apparently Xbox is going to let fans access
Steam games from the Xbox appdown the road.
That's what it looks like, andMicrosoft already told you we're
not afraid to join thecompetitors.
We don't care about that.
We just want to be on yourplatform.
They don't care about joiningthe competitors.
They've been said that andthat's what they're focusing on,
(02:16):
they're trying to make money.
Speaker 1 (02:17):
Come on, let's keep it 100.
You bought Activision, blizzard, all these other studios, yeah.
And you trying to make money atMoney Bank?
Yeah, exactly.
And you just can't do it on oneplatform and expect to make
money.
Speaker 2 (02:31):
Yeah, and Microsoft did say they wanted to combine
Xbox and Windows.
And Windows yeah they been saidthat, so this is their chance
of doing that.
Speaker 1 (02:42):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (02:43):
I mean I don't know.
How do you?
Speaker 1 (02:47):
feel about it.
I mean, according to the Oracle, Microsoft has been working on
making an Xbox app for the home.
Pc gaming and listing Steamgames in this app will be a
certain help for Microsoft.
Speaker 2 (03:00):
Of course, but look at this.
This is the part I read theother day.
Ps5 gamers for December 2024accounted for 64% of Microsoft
game sales.
That goes to show you.
Speaker 1 (03:14):
That's horrible.
That goes to show you, thoughthe problem is that you really
can't tell the details, becauseMicrosoft has Game Pass.
Speaker 2 (03:21):
How many?
Speaker 1 (03:21):
sales were on Xbox.
Speaker 2 (03:23):
I know.
Speaker 1 (03:24):
Oh, let me tell you a story.
I went to Target.
Yeah, son, son, son son andGreen Acres.
If anybody know Green Acres,long Island there was no, there
was barely any Xbox section,physical.
yeah, of course they didn't onlylike the new releases.
I saw I got I got a gift cardfor Target.
I bought WE.
Okay it.
I got a gift card for Target, Ibought WE.
(03:45):
It was sold out on PlayStation,couldn't find one, couldn't get
one.
So I bought the WE for the Xbox.
It's like Microsoft oof,they're digital.
They're digital and plus a lotof the suits.
But what I also want to pointout is the PlayStation one was
sold out but the Xbox still havegames.
They still have games.
So people like when people saythat Xbox is training their
(04:10):
consumers to be getting the gamefor free.
It's not a game pass.
Why am I wasting my time andmoney?
Speaker 2 (04:16):
Yeah, you're right, because even that game that's
supposed to be coming out verysoon Midnight what's it called
Midnight?
Speaker 1 (04:21):
I forgot the name.
Speaker 2 (04:23):
The game looks good.
Well, we spoke about it on theshow.
We spoke several times MidnightSomething.
That game is going to bestraight out on the Game Pass
that game.
Speaker 1 (04:35):
That game, I think it's going to be on all
platforms.
It should be.
I don't think it's going to beon all platforms eventually.
I think they put the whole gameon the whole platform.
Speaker 2 (04:42):
I mean it is.
I mean, look at Indiana Jones.
Indiana Jones is coming in acouple of weeks.
Speaker 1 (04:47):
Or that game make money.
I think it's going to be on allplatforms.
I agree, I'll put that onNintendo Switch.
I'll put that.
It might, it might, it mighteventually.
And I think how you can haveour first party games like
Nintendo and the Godfathergaming and the King of Gaming is
(05:07):
not doing that right nowthey're playing.
Sony Playstation they're notdoing that because even one of
my main concerns that has arisedby many people on the Xbox side
that Sony will block any oftheir exclusives going on, that
of course they're not going tolet God of War go on there, or
Last of Us, that's true too, orany of the new Naughty Dog games
(05:28):
there was Uncharted.
No, that's not happening.
Speaker 2 (05:33):
So do you think Microsoft should just take the
Sega out then?
Speaker 1 (05:37):
I've been said that I think we both said that.
But according to rumors andreports, they're saying they'll
come out with a new system, morepowerful and, most likely,
probably.
I think the new system probablycosts like $700.
I don't know, Probably.
Of course, there's sources onYouTube, people on YouTube and
talking heads.
It'd be like a PC type, ahybrid console.
Speaker 2 (06:02):
I mean, you know what .
Do you mind if I do the switchover right now?
Since we are on systems, do youwant to jump into one of the
topics that you have for theshow, which is the Xbox
handhelds?
Yes, so let's transition tothat.
So let's go transition to theXbox handhelds, Because you said
new system, I figured this is aperfect time to bring it up.
But that handheld go is Right.
Speaker 1 (06:24):
Yeah, I know, I have a friend named Kenya.
Speaker 2 (06:27):
So there was an image the other day out, but it was a
total tease because that image,I think, was of the Oasis Road
Alley and it had been a wholebig spectacular about it and
apparently this handheld isgoing to come out this year from
over here.
Speaker 1 (06:45):
Yes, I heard this fall, so this is what we know
Allegedly, allegedly.
Speaker 2 (06:49):
This is what we know so far, and my take to you is
the handheld market right now isprobably at the best it's ever
been since when the Taylor Gamerwas running the show.
And then they had the Sega.
What is it called?
Oh my God, the Game Gear.
Speaker 1 (07:08):
Yeah, they had those two running, but also a side of
the time is that the PlayStationPortal is still one of the top
selling devices.
Give it a game Vices Still now.
Speaker 2 (07:18):
Still now and shout out because they didn't think it
was going to be that big andit's getting updates.
Speaker 1 (07:23):
Yeah, because, like I said before I told you, and so
it does come in handy, it'sgoing to call Portal 2.
Speaker 2 (07:27):
Yeah, no, you're right.
This is what I wanted to saytoo, it's going to call Portal 2
.
Because the handheld market isvery strong right now, and it's
so strong that Microsoft, I feel, is such a they failed.
I'm sorry, but they failed you.
You failed your hardware, youfailed the Xbox X and S.
You guys failed it.
I'm sorry, I don't care howstrong it is, you failed it.
So my thing is this You'regoing to enter a market that
(07:50):
you're brand new to and you'regoing to compete with the
godfather.
Right now, they're coming outwith their system.
Any day now.
We don't know Any between nowand November November they're
going to have a system out.
Speaker 1 (08:02):
We can bank on that.
The hybrid system, yes.
Speaker 2 (08:04):
What is your price point going to be?
What game are you going to haveto go with it?
You?
Speaker 1 (08:08):
know what I'm saying?
You can't get other systems.
Speaker 2 (08:10):
Yeah, exactly what are you going to be pitching
south?
So what I think you should dois do what Sony did Do a portal.
You know you don't thinkthat'll work for them.
Speaker 1 (08:22):
I'm cringing right now.
You can see me.
No, you don't think it'll work.
Speaker 2 (08:25):
I think that would be the better idea for them,
because you could do your game.
Speaker 1 (08:28):
It'll be a portal where you could put Game Pass
games, but I mean they're intothe cloud service, so it'd
probably be a good idea for them.
Speaker 2 (08:36):
Okay.
Speaker 1 (08:36):
So that's why they want to advance for cloud
servers, mostly digital for mostof the games.
So yeah, and then what's the?
It's not going to save Xbox,but go right ahead.
Speaker 2 (08:46):
No it's not.
I mean, I think that would bethe better route for them.
They're trying to come up witha brand new handheld.
I think that's the better route.
Speaker 1 (08:51):
But the thing is, let's keep it 100.
Speaker 2 (08:53):
Okay, the Steam Deck, quentin numbers sold 2 million
and change, don't look crazy,not crazy, but it's still
successful though.
And it's successful because alot of other hands that came out
.
Speaker 1 (09:07):
The numbers are not as close, but the big difference
is that if Xbox comes out witha handle, it's not going to be
only at the Xbox store.
Well, that's what's going tohelp.
Speaker 2 (09:16):
You can probably get that at your local store, your
local Best Buy, whatever you get, so Valve, whatever, you give
whatever's going on.
So VAL, it's stressing for VALbecause all the money is going
towards them yeah nobody'sgetting a cut of it yeah, which
I don't understand why theydidn't just put it in stores.
I thought it was one of theirbiggest downfalls.
To be honest with you.
Speaker 1 (09:33):
I mean they put the older models in the stores.
Yeah, these are the oldermodels.
Speaker 2 (09:36):
But I guess they don't make the older models.
We started fighting them inGameStops.
Speaker 1 (09:41):
Yeah, there's you stuff.
Yeah Well, yeah, there's you,you're not going to get it.
Yeah, I trust GameStop.
You know GameStop's 50-50.
I didn't tell you I got.
What do you call it?
I got a used U game, wii game.
Yeah, chronicles of ResidentEvil, oh, okay, okay, okay, the
little shooter game.
That thing was not even clean.
(10:02):
Oh, what I had to clean it.
I was like yuck, it worked.
Yeah, okay, okay, okay,ridiculous.
Speaker 2 (10:09):
So still, let's talk real quick again.
I want to get your take on thepricing, because this is what
I'm before I ask you to take.
I think it can't be more thanthe Switch.
It it has to be, I think, lowerthan the Switch.
To be honest with you, even ifit's going to be a stronger
system than the Switch I don'tknow if you see what I'm trying
to say it's going to be astronger system than the Switch,
but it can't be more than theSwitch, no less than $500.
(10:29):
You think it's going to be alittle less than $500?
.
Speaker 1 (10:31):
No less than $500.
Speaker 2 (10:33):
I think the Switch.
Speaker 1 (10:35):
The Switch is probably $4,000.
Speaker 2 (10:37):
I think the Switch is going to be $4,000, $4,500.
Speaker 1 (10:43):
But we agreed on that .
Speaker 2 (10:44):
So you're telling me the Xbox is going to be more
than the Switch 2?
$500.
Then this is already set forfailure.
Speaker 1 (10:53):
It's already set for failure.
Speaker 2 (10:55):
The price is right it's $500, bro, it's set for
failure, and I agree with you.
Based on the other handheldmarks, that's what it should be
going for, but your brand-newmarket, that's already $300,.
Mr Amazing, honestly, it got methe same price as the Switch
$4,450 for Ali, to be honestwith you, to get it moving.
But you're probably right,though I don't disagree with you
(11:17):
.
Speaker 1 (11:17):
You're probably right .
Can I take?
Speaker 2 (11:17):
off 600?
Speaker 1 (11:19):
Forget about it Dead on arrival, son, but that's why
I think you should do a portal.
Speaker 2 (11:25):
What is the portal?
200?
So 50, 200?
You set it as a portal and thenyou put the game pass on there,
meaning you could do more.
I think that would be ideal,but we'll see.
We'll see.
Man, this type of got me alittle.
Speaker 1 (11:41):
When I was looking into this.
You're hyped up.
Speaker 2 (11:44):
I feel like you're dropping your handhelds when you
couldn't even focus on yourhardware on the Xbox S.
I don't know, I was a littlebit annoyed by that, but we'll
see Great tables when you going.
Because Xbox is I like Xbox.
I want to see them do good.
Speaker 1 (12:00):
I think, like I said, I'm a fan of Xbox, but yeah, I
like a lot of the games.
I love Gears of War, myfavorite franchise.
Speaker 2 (12:07):
Yeah, me too, me too.
You know what.
Speaker 1 (12:09):
I'm saying and it's good to have a video game
competition, yeah.
Speaker 2 (12:13):
I would have said Forza on other systems too.
I mean damn, what do you guyshave?
Yeah, all right, mike man, Idigress, man, go ahead.
I'll let you continue the shownow, all right.
Speaker 1 (12:28):
Mr Mazin, astro Bot Game Director, is giving advice
to other game developersregarding games.
Speaker 2 (12:34):
Yeah, I'll put it in a couple words.
Speaker 1 (12:36):
Make your games shorter.
Speaker 2 (12:38):
Yeah, shout out to Nicholas Doucette, man man, he's
the Astro Bot director and hemade a very a comment that I
agree with and I think it's oneof the best comments made by
anyone.
He said because, well, beforewe get to that, why did he say
that?
Because Astro Bot is a shortgame that won a game of the year
(12:58):
and had a ton of success.
So he said what's the key?
Make your games shorter.
Why?
Because fans all have a backlogand we're talking to the number
one person right now Mike, mike, you can attest to this, and
fans have jobs and gamers havejobs and families.
He says nothing wrong withmaking a short game now.
Speaker 1 (13:19):
No, I don't think it's the wrong way, I agree with
you 100%.
Speaker 2 (13:21):
And, mike, I want you to talk about it because you
got tons of games.
You got games for years.
Speaker 1 (13:27):
I agree with it.
I don't think we need everygame to be Elder Scrolls or 40,
70 hours.
You know what I'm saying.
I did too many games of Trump'sopen world, and the reason is
they're trying to make you hangon to the game, try to get extra
money off you.
Basically, they're trying tomake you not resell the game
right away.
(13:48):
Yeah, live action purchases aswell.
So that's how they do it.
That's one of the main reasonsthey try to make the game longer
.
When you do the same missionrepeatedly, do extra missions.
Yeah, I've seen that in Riseand Roll.
Everybody's seen this game.
You're saving the door.
You're doing the same old thing.
Speaker 2 (14:03):
You're saving the cat in the tree again it's the same
same type of mission so do youthink with the success of Astro
Bot people might go that route?
Because you know everything inlife, from sports to reality.
It's a copycat world.
Speaker 1 (14:18):
Well, Sony did that with Miles Morales.
Speaker 2 (14:20):
Oh yeah, miles Morales that was a hit.
That was a hit.
And Astro Bot, that was a hit,and another Sony game and even
Spider-Man 2.
That's not a long game, fromwhat you tell me.
Speaker 1 (14:30):
It's 22 to 30 hours, so you know.
Speaker 2 (14:33):
I think 30 is not I 30 short what do you consider
short 15 me too.
Speaker 1 (14:40):
That's my benchmark 15, 8 to 15 yeah my benchmark is
15 hours.
I think after 20 you're hittingmid range now I think 15 and
under is considered short whatdo you think is a good game to
beat on the weekend?
Speaker 2 (14:53):
a good game to beat on the weekend for your
experience for games you playedwell, the easiest ones are
always fighting games then afterthat maybe like a shooter, like
a Call of Duty the story modebecause I said Call of Duty,
that's the only one game to play.
Speaker 1 (15:07):
I remember the 50 cent blood and sand.
I beat that on the weekend.
I beat Code Veronica in a dayyou were much younger then yeah,
I was much younger oh yeah, Ican't do that now.
Speaker 2 (15:18):
My nephew the other day told me he beat Spider-Man 2
the other day I was like whatthe hell did you?
Speaker 1 (15:21):
do, he's 16.
He has the budget.
Speaker 2 (15:23):
Yeah, he got nothing better to do.
That is true, you know what.
Speaker 1 (15:27):
I'm saying but I read an article on CNET talking
about short games some of thebest short games you can play
and it included Out of Wows.
Speaker 2 (15:44):
A Short Hike Journey, which is a PlayStation that won
several awards.
Speaker 1 (15:49):
I can never get into it.
Speaker 2 (15:50):
That's that cartoon, looking with the guys with the
hoodies.
Speaker 1 (15:53):
Yeah, okay, hotline Miami, I had part one and two.
I still didn't finish playingthose games.
Uh, braid, I heard that gamegot good.
Portos I was never into, Inever was bored.
I think I bought Porto to me soI played it a couple times.
It wasn't for me, it got traded.
Oxi Free, which I still have.
The digital Firewatch was aninteresting game Inside.
(16:18):
What else Firewatch was aninteresting game Inside.
What else?
The Remains of Ethan FrenchLimbo?
Speaker 2 (16:26):
I like Limbo, that was fun.
Speaker 1 (16:29):
A couple other games too Paper, Please Gone Home.
I didn't know Actually.
Metal Gear Solid.
Speaker 2 (16:37):
Round Zero, that was cool, you played it.
Yeah, I actually played that one.
You beat it.
No, I played that, though.
I actually think even MiddleGear when it came out on
Nintendo, was it Q Twin Snake orwhatever.
That was kind of short to me.
I think that was pretty quick,actually.
Alright, it's funny because, ifyou think about it, our
(16:58):
generation is kind of like thebirth of the video game.
So we're getting older too,yeah, and obviously a lot of us
have works.
Some of us now, you know, ifyou're playing games and you're
in your 60s now, you're probablySome of you guys are
grandfathers now.
Speaker 1 (17:12):
I met this guy at GameStop in the 60s.
Yeah, but he liked shootergames.
Speaker 2 (17:16):
I was like yo he be getting his butt whooped.
Speaker 1 (17:18):
I was like you got to like shoot, I gave up on
shooter games man, I was likeit's better if you're playing a
team squad.
Maybe if you have nephews orclose friends who have, you know
, sons you can play with.
Like you know what I'm saying,when you're playing by yourself,
you're going to get slaughtered, so I mean we get it, I mean,
(17:39):
I'm all for it.
Speaker 2 (17:40):
I prefer, I like short games, I lean towards them
more.
Speaker 1 (17:45):
Those are flower games.
I was interested in which oneFlower?
Oh, then I wasn't into thatgame.
I was like oh, nice.
Speaker 2 (17:50):
Well, you know, in contrast to what we're talking
about, what's the longest gameyou ever played, or the game
that took your long time becauseyou wanted to?
Speaker 1 (17:58):
get a perfect achievement.
I can't remember.
Honestly, I can't remember.
Speaker 2 (18:01):
Okay, I think one of the longest games I played was
probably Red Dead.
It's up there and maybe Riseand Roll it right now.
Rise and Roll it is what he'sdoing because this guy just took
the same for like three months.
Yo, the same boss fight forlike the last three months.
Speaker 1 (18:18):
Yeah, but that's for you.
Speaker 2 (18:20):
I think one of the Red Dead and maybe God of War
that took me a while to beat aswell.
So I can see that, not that bad.
Speaker 1 (18:32):
Yeah, mom got gigged.
Tell us how sassy Creed is Ten?
She give you a ten.
Speaker 2 (18:38):
She give you a ten.
You know, would you like tomake 10, 10, 10, 10, 10, 10, 10,
10, 10, 10, 10, 10, 10, 10, 10,10, 10, 10, 10, 10, 10, 10, 10,
10, 10, 10, 10, 10, 10, 10, 10,10, 10, 10, 10, 10, 10, 10 10,
10, 10, 10, 10 to ask I want aquestion about Assassin's Creed
real quick.
(18:58):
I want to ask a question aboutAssassin's Creed when she comes
in, but we'll continue.
And so what about you?
Did you say the longest youever played?
It's Rise and Roll right now.
No Rise and Roll is only longbecause you're stuck and Zelda,
zelda for me, actually Zelda'snumber one for me.
(19:22):
She just left.
She just left our studio.
We'll get her next time forAssassin's Creed.
Alright, we'll get her nexttime, you know the new one.
Alright, she's an.
Speaker 1 (19:24):
Assassin's Creed expert.
So keep going, cause I neverreally keep.
I never really keep the numberof hours, I never even look at
it, I mean, so I really can'ttell off the top of my head.
Speaker 2 (19:34):
Yeah cause I got a lot of.
Speaker 1 (19:36):
PS3 games, stuff like that, but a short game.
I never thought was really thatshort until I bought it for NES
.
Which one Kung Fu?
Speaker 2 (19:47):
I beat that game in 20 minutes.
Yeah, come on, you're short.
I was like what?
Speaker 1 (19:52):
the hell, I beat that game in 20 minutes.
Speaker 2 (19:56):
That game was short actually.
Speaker 1 (19:57):
I was like that game was 20 minutes.
Speaker 2 (19:59):
Listen, I got that game what's it called?
Again, cannoli, something,something.
I'm playing that right now too,along with Spider-Man 2.
Those are the two games I'mplaying at the moment, so let's
see if I can beat that game.
It'll look that long to me.
Speaker 1 (20:12):
That was funny as hell.
Speaker 2 (20:14):
What are we talking about next?
Okay, since we're talking aboutNicholas, the set do you want
to talk about?
The Astro Bot gets a PS5 bundle.
It all relates.
Speaker 1 (20:25):
Yeah, astro Bot's finally getting a PS5 bundle,
but you know what date it comesout?
I don't think it's set.
Speaker 2 (20:30):
Did it say Not yet oh , I was about to say yeah, I
just know that they got the discmodel for $450.
Speaker 1 (20:37):
Pretty much, yes, and actually it's cheaper than the
original price.
Speaker 2 (20:42):
That's what I was going to ask, like why is it
cheaper, especially for yeah,for the original one?
Yeah, I was wondering that too,and obviously you get the game
as well too.
Speaker 1 (20:50):
It does the only thing that sucks, suck.
It don't come with an aspiratorcontroller.
Oh it doesn't.
Nah, I'll be high that would'vebeen nice.
Speaker 2 (20:58):
That would've been high.
That would've been nice, man, Ilove that you don't have that
much on the game.
Man, I wanna go back.
I did most of the DLCs exceptone of them.
I gotta continue that.
I wish you played it, cause youreally haven't played it.
Speaker 1 (21:11):
I haven't get a.
It's easy, you can jump in andout, I'll get more into the
other games.
Speaker 2 (21:15):
Just give him Rise and Roll, just go watch the
trailer and see how the gameends.
No, no, I'm going to beat Riseand Roll All right man, you
don't know what the story isabout anymore at this point.
Speaker 1 (21:24):
No one knows what the story is about.
When you play Rise and Roll,you don't know what side you're
on.
Get the hell, oh boy.
All right, mr Amazing, we haveanother question.
Yes, sir Well no, our nexttopic is what's your favorite
special edition you ever boughtfor a game?
Speaker 2 (21:41):
Oh, mine is easy, actually.
Okay, mine was Street Fighter 4.
How did you not say that, yeah,because I waited in line for
that baby yo, I reserved it andI got the collector of posters.
And to this dead guy every timeeverybody sees that statue,
it's a big statue.
I'm sorry, I'm sorry.
Speaker 1 (21:59):
Everybody sees it.
They go.
This looks hot.
Speaker 2 (22:00):
Yeah, yeah, so that's probably my best one.
I know you got a couple of them.
Speaker 1 (22:04):
So what are you going with?
Well, I have two.
I have, I believe there's twomain characters and also I got
titan two.
Yeah, titan, that's what I have.
That one too.
Yeah, I was gonna get phoenixof gears of war oh, that'd be
(22:27):
cool.
Speaker 2 (22:27):
I remember that came out.
Yeah, I was gonna get that one.
Speaker 1 (22:29):
I was like I never got that one.
You know I'm saying butespecially, this is now a
garbage.
Now, yeah, they're not the same, I'll give you a little pin.
Yeah, I know it got so bad.
I thought what?
The boxing game we boughtUndisputed, undisputed.
I thought that keychain wascool.
That's so bad.
The keychain for the boxingkeychain was cool.
(22:50):
I go, oh, this is cool, I haveit now.
Speaker 2 (22:52):
I think it's cool what did Madden give you for the
25, 25, 25, 20?
They gave you nothing they gaveyou nothing for that one.
What the hell they gonna giveyou?
Cause I remember the NBA 2K onegame.
It was like a locker, the Kobething.
I remember.
No, no, I mean we didn't get it, but I know it was something
decent though any else.
Speaker 1 (23:12):
I thought about Assassin's Creed Shadows, but
I'm not paying $229.
Damn, I'm not that big of a.
That's how much they cost now,yeah.
Speaker 2 (23:19):
Wow, what game would you get you're willing to spend
money for, for a special edition?
Speaker 1 (23:24):
Nothing right now.
Nothing right now.
Maybe a God of War, me too,definitely a God of War.
A God of War for me probably.
Speaker 2 (23:38):
Street Fighter again I would, depending on what
character it is.
I did get the infamouscharacter.
Speaker 1 (23:41):
Oh, that was a good.
I wish I played that game.
That's one of the games I wishI played.
Cool, I bought that, I got that, okay, but right now special
editions suck.
They're building any of theDLCs.
Remember you get a nice littleDLC character.
Now they yeah, shoot.
You can change the color ofyour gun.
Oh wow, whoopie, do I know?
That's how they get you.
Yeah, like get out of here, Iknow cause.
Speaker 2 (24:01):
Back then you got a shirt, you got a statue, you got
your thing, you get a smalllittle.
Speaker 1 (24:06):
I said a small little poster.
That's what I got for DragonBall Sparky a small little
poster yeah, that's not worth it.
Speaker 2 (24:12):
It ain't even that long.
Even with the the Tekken,another Tekken, mortal Kombat 1.
I think it had a nice littlecase that came with it too.
At least that was somethingreasonable, decent yeah, even
Fallout.
Speaker 1 (24:22):
They gave you the little device in your hand.
That was cool.
Speaker 2 (24:26):
I'm not a big Fallout fan, so I was never gonna get
that that was cool.
Speaker 1 (24:30):
You know what I'm saying.
Alright, mr Mason, let's go toour trail of the week.
Alright, we got going on thisone.
The trail of the week is HappyGilmore oh, happy Gilmore, oh
wow okay alright, let's check itout.
Speaker 2 (24:52):
Spongebob.
What is that?
What's with the beaver teeth?
Speaker 1 (24:58):
I haven't swung a club in years.
I'm a little intimidated Allthese guys hit it big enough.
Speaker 2 (25:04):
I don't know where to start.
Speaker 1 (25:05):
Come on, brother, rip it and rip it.
Speaker 2 (25:08):
I guess I need to update my happy place to
something a little moreage-appropriate.
Speaker 1 (25:17):
Age appropriate, mr Gilmore.
Holy shit, we're not done withgolf.
(25:38):
Let them see the happy I fellin love with.
Yeah, let's go.
Speaker 2 (25:54):
We'll put a little extra into this one.
We'll put a little extra intothis one.
Speaker 1 (26:02):
I am so sorry, mr.
Speaker 2 (26:09):
Mason.
Speaker 1 (26:12):
Happy Gilmore.
Trailer For part two, mr Masoncoming out.
This trailer for part two, mrAmazing, coming out this summer,
725.
Yeah, mr Amazing, do you greenlight this trailer, yellow light
it or red light it?
Speaker 2 (26:24):
I like Adam Sandler.
I really like Adam Sandler.
I don't know him as a person,but he seems like a great guy
His movies usually.
You know he's a funny man,pretty good Dr Earth.
He loves basketball, like me.
But, dad, I couldn't give youthat, I'm sorry.
I couldn't give you that, I'msorry, I'm sorry.
Speaker 1 (26:43):
It might be a great movie.
I think this is the secondtrailer.
Speaker 2 (26:46):
I couldn't get behind the trailer man, so I'm going
to give you that.
It's on Netflix, it's on.
Am I going to say don't see it?
I'm going to give it a yellowbecause I do.
I like Alistair a lot, but I'mjust going to give it a trailer.
Speaker 1 (26:57):
At least you can see it.
You can see it on Netflix,that's right, mr Macy give it a
yellow.
Speaker 2 (27:00):
I'm giving it a yellow.
If you have Netflix, you'regood to go.
What about you?
Speaker 1 (27:04):
I give it Green Light because it's on Netflix.
Alright, true, I Maybe that'swhy.
I didn't jump on it too.
Speaker 2 (27:14):
to be honest with you , you know what I'm saying, and
what's the one that he did withChris Rock?
Speaker 1 (27:19):
I forgot Fam Grown Ups Grown.
Speaker 2 (27:21):
Ups.
Yeah, yeah, one or two.
Speaker 1 (27:23):
But unfortunately, and Daddy.
Speaker 2 (27:24):
Daycare.
That's one of my favorite onestoo, daddy.
Speaker 1 (27:26):
Daycare is Eddie Murphy, that wasn't with.
Speaker 2 (27:30):
Oh, Eddie Murphy.
Speaker 1 (27:31):
That's Eddie Murphy.
I think you're right.
You're right.
Too bad, Paula Cree is notgoing to be there.
She passed away.
She passed.
You know what I'm saying.
So, all right, Mr Amazing.
So a should we care?
Topic of the week is we'retalking about Captain America,
the first event.
(27:51):
No, Captain America, the BraveNew World, Mr Amazing Ben, we
talked about earlier the moviehas grossed Over 400 million
dollars Worldwide.
Okay, becoming the thirdHighest grossing movie Of 2025.
Didn't have Any great reviews,but Mr Ben.
Speaker 2 (28:08):
Weren't you Like kind of Issuing on this?
On one point to me Issuing what.
Speaker 1 (28:12):
Do you know what I mean?
Yeah, I didn't Did I say?
Speaker 2 (28:16):
that you were saying this movie didn't do good.
I remember One of my topicsfrom a couple of shows ago.
Speaker 1 (28:21):
No, we commented.
I didn't say the movie's notgoing to do good.
Okay, I wanted the movie to dogood, but it didn't do good.
Speaker 2 (28:29):
The numbers said something different, though At
the end of the day, mr Amazing,boys lie, girls lie, numbers
don't?
The numbers are not lying.
Yeah, okay, mr.
Speaker 1 (28:38):
Amazing.
It's not one of the top NBCmovies.
It's not, but people who do do.
On this movie it actually soldmore than Captain America, the
first Avenger, oh so you go.
Which made $307 million.
Speaker 2 (28:53):
Here you go.
The numbers don't lie.
Speaker 1 (28:55):
So you know what I'm saying.
And it actually made more thanthe Marvel movie.
Oh, yeah, it made$200-something million, oh wow.
So I know people want to doodleon it, but so what's his name
again?
Speaker 2 (29:08):
McKee.
What's his name again?
Speaker 1 (29:11):
I can't remember the name thing, Mackie.
Speaker 2 (29:12):
Mackie, I can't remember either, but shout out
to him.
Speaker 1 (29:15):
And it made more than Black Widow.
Oh, okay, and it made more,most likely made more than
Internals.
Speaker 2 (29:22):
Hell yeah, it definitely did.
Speaker 1 (29:24):
So I know we want to do that movie, but it did make
more money than those movies.
Speaker 2 (29:28):
At the end of the day , that's what matters man, it
didn't hit last place.
You just got yourself a parttwo.
We won't go that far.
Speaker 1 (29:37):
Here we involve Captain the new Captain Marvel
in other Marvel movies, but Idon't know if he has another
solo project.
Speaker 2 (29:42):
We'll see.
We'll see.
The numbers are there for it,though.
Speaker 1 (29:45):
All right, mr Mason, so that's I mean.
Speaker 2 (29:52):
Oh shoot, we coming to a conclusion.
Yeah man, ah man.
So I guess this is a conclusion.
We got a shout-out man.
We got to end it with ashout-out, a shout-out.
Speaker 1 (30:03):
So what's your?
Speaker 2 (30:04):
shout-out oh recognition.
Speaker 1 (30:05):
I know a shout-out Go ahead.
Speaker 2 (30:07):
I don't have one.
So for you, Tim, you have tohave one.
Speaker 1 (30:16):
Nah, not, mr Mason.
Well, let me tell you something.
I wouldn't say gangster organgster, as you know that Forza
5 is coming to PlayStation.
Yes definitely aware and youknow, I also get physical copies
.
Speaker 2 (30:25):
Guess what.
Speaker 1 (30:26):
They won't have a physical copy for PlayStation 5.
Speaker 2 (30:29):
Oh, it's official, it's official.
Oh, I think we mentioned thatbefore, so now it's official,
it's official.
Speaker 1 (30:36):
I was hoping they would have that, whether you get
the DLC, like a special edition, yeah, where you get all the
DLCs.
Nope, microsoft disappointed meagain.
But it's amazing, I got Forza 5.
Speaker 2 (30:51):
Oh, you got it already.
Yeah, oh nice.
Speaker 1 (30:52):
You played it yet Not yet I played it for the Xbox.
Yeah, oh nice, you played ityet not yet I played it for the
Xbox.
Oh, I thought you got it for$23 on Amazon.
You can't go wrong.
Remember?
We debated the price of thegame.
I think it's $59.
What the hell?
The game is 5 years, 6 yearsold.
Why am I paying?
Speaker 2 (31:08):
that much for it.
Speaker 1 (31:10):
I can just I won an Amazon.
I got it for $30.
That's not bad.
Speaker 2 (31:13):
I'm not mad at that.
Get the DLC.
Get the hell out of here.
I'm not mad at that.
Speaker 1 (31:17):
So all right, everybody, this is the Game of
Traffic show we're wrapping up.
Everybody, peace and love.
We out Game of Traffic, likeand subscribe.
Let's keep going.
Let's keep this game show goingLater, later, later.
(31:38):
Thank you.
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