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Hey hi it's me, Anch. This week we yap about Pokémon Yellow and Mario Kart World before getting into some Canada-focused analysis: Nintendo (original) switch prices on the rise, and some analysis on the video game industry in Canada. TLDL most firms are small businesses, in my opinion the 'large' outfits are overestimated by the Canadian ESA. We also cover EA exec and employee compensation.

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Talking about some stuff in the news. Some of this is old, some of it is new. This is a bit of a catch up stream for me.

- [Taking a trip down IO lane](https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2025-06-13/-hitman-developer-io-interactive-emerges-as-independent-video-game-powerhouse)

- [Costs in Video Games](https://www.gamefile.news/p/remedys-next-big-game-is-being-made?utm_source=publication-search)

- [NS2 Launch Figures](https://ww...

Hey there, today we give some thoughts on Tales of Arise having finished it, before jumping into an SGF roundup, and talking a bit about Xbox handheld, Ubisoft executives' sexual assault case law in France, and wrapping up with some thoughts on Nintendo Switch 2 unit sales predictions.

00:00:00 Tdot Goon Scrap DVD 00:02:42 Quick Tales of Arise Review 00:11:30 State of Play 00:19:01 SGF Friday 00:28:13 Ratatan 00:29:32 007 First Lig...

Hey y'all, this week I cover some economic trends in the USA and Canada, before diving into EA and their AI push. I then take a trip back in time with Stephen Totilo's 2004 interview tape with the late Satoru Iwata, as I compare Nintendo and Sony's past... and draw some parallels through time to explain where we find them today... part of that invites a discussion on the PS5 Pro. Otherwise, something something Tony Hawk will come u...

Archiving my old work! This episode was published on September 16, 2024.

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Hello, Hi! This week, I relate Concord to Astro Bot, and talk a little bit more about Sony's macro strategy in video games and entertainment.

Thanks for watching and supporting!

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(0:00) Intro

(0:30) Start

(1:40) Unity Runtime Fee (https://www.gamesindustry.biz/unity-cancels-runtime-fee) 

(7:00) Reviewing Unity's Financial History from 2019 to 2024

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Archiving my old work! This episode was published on September 7, 2024.

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Hello, Hi! This week, I relate Concord to Astro Bot, and talk a little bit more about Sony's macro strategy in video games and entertainment.

Thanks for watching and supporting!

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(0:00) Intro

(0:28) Start

(3:44) Comparing Astro Bot and Concord

(5:30) Thinking Through what Went Wrong with Concord

(8:03) Diving Deeper into Live Service

(13:09) FT's Int...

Archiving my old work! This episode was published on August 9, 2023.

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Welcome to a rebrand, where I continue to figure out what's feasible! Trying to change the format a bit, to make it shorter and tighter. Deep dives can happen in the written format - which, by the way, you can check out my Hi-Fi-Rush Review over at https://ggapp.io/AnchInfinite/reviews/hi-fi-rush/UKMfnF_5

Today in games, I’ll talk about Street Fighter 6,...

Archiving my old work! This episode was published on June 19, 2023.

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This week in games, we talk about Diablo IV, as well as upcoming games that I’m interested in, which were announced during SGF 2023 / Not-E3 2023. In news, we talk about Embracer Group's restructuring plan, Xbox and their efforts to turn the corner, and a tidbit Sony’s CEO gave on cloud gaming in an interview with the Financial Times.

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Archiving my old work! This episode was published on May 31, 2023.

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Hello, Hi! This week, we talk about some Blasphemous, Pizza Tower, and Forspoken. In news, Nvidia is on my mind, so are all the Sony advertisements, and oh, a little spot on Embracer’s deal. 

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(00:00:00) Intro 

(00:02:16) Blasphemous (the first one)

(00:14:05) Pizza Tower

(00:30:32) Forspoken

(00:47:53) - Break

(00:48:15) - News - Nvidia's Results

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Archiving my old work! This episode was published on May 16, 2023.

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This week, we dive deep into Diablo, having played through a bit of the recent Diablo IV beta test. In news, we talk about the Diablo IV dev update, Capcom's fiscal 2023 results and five-year trend, and touch on Zeldo and Bentendo's new console. I also go off on more than a few tangents about my Mt. Rushmore of games, Blue Castle Games, and more.

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Archiving my old work! This episode was published on May 8, 2023.

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Ayo! This week in games, we focus on Redfall, but also check in on Sekiro and Blasphemous. In news, we talk about Xbox, and more generally, the challenge of preventing games from being released in a broken state. We also touch on the recent layoffs at Unity, Activision Blizzard King's recent pay equity analysis, and the importance of investigating why diffe...

Archiving my old work! This episode was published on May 1, 2023.

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Ayo! This week in games, we chat about MYM, Hi-Fi Rush, and Vampire Surviors. In news, we talk about the MS Activision setback, Tencent, who are looking to expand further, Embracer group, and the SEGA acquisition of Rovio.

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(00:00:00) Intro 

(00:05:00) Meet Your Maker

(00:32:49) Hi-Fi Rush

(00:53:28) Vampire Survivors

(01:05:36) - Break

(01:06:13) - News (lol) - ...

Archiving my old work! This episode was published on February 7, 2023.

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After spending 24 hours on intense accountant seas, and being one day late, I'm very much ready to shift the focus back to video games. In games, we'll talk about Fire Emblem Engage having spent more time on it. In news, we'll talk about E3, and Q3 earnings for EA, and where Sony finds themselves in the world. 

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Archiving my old work! This episode was published on January 30, 2023.

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Ayo! This week in games, we chat about HITMAN world of assassination and freelancer mode, some ALTTPR, and Fire Emblem Engage. In the news, we look at the Xbox Direct, and I ramble for a while on inflation, interest rates, Microsoft, and GPT.

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(00:00:00) Intro 

(00:08:27) HITMAN World of Assassination

(00:14:50) Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past Randomi...

Archiving my old work! This is an episode published January 25, 2023.

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Hello - Hi there! In this week's episode, we talk about Warhammer 40,000: Darktide, the Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past, as well as layoffs in tech/video games, video game rating systems and regulations, and a little bit about the state of news and video games news. Also, we talk briefly about the Hitman trilogy, including IO Interactive's Hitman seasons 1,...