608: Gears of War: E-Day FLOPS

Tonight’s questions:- Will GTA 6 live up to the hype?- Do all classic games deserve remakes?- Are there too many remakes and remasters?- What is your favorite remake?- Will Nintendo ever have achievements?- Will Nintendo defeat PlayStation and Xbox?- Should the FFVII Remake have been more faithful?- Did Gears of War: E-Day prove Game Pass hurts exclusives?- What does Brian think of the Crimson Desert expansion?- Should remakes be scored differently?- Do you want to make your own video game?- Will console and GPU prices return to normal if the AI bubble bursts?Thanks, as always, to Shawn Daley for our intro and outro music. Follow him on SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/shawndaleyWhere to find Throwdown Show:Website: https://audioboom.com/channels/5030659Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/throwdownshowX: https://x.com/ThrowdownShowYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/throwdownshowDiscord: https://discord.gg/fdBXWHTTwitter list: https://twitter.com/i/lists/1027719155800317953

Tonight’s topics:- Sony’s Q2 FY27 financial report- Sony wants your PS5 for $400- God of War Laufey delayed to May- GTA 6 surpasses 7 million pre-orders- WSJ embarrassing Take-Two interview- Arkane Studios attracts multiple bidders- The Elder Scrolls VI: Sentinel announced- Phantom Blade Zero sells 4 million copies- Amazon botches Ocarina of Time shipmentsThanks, as always, to Shawn Daley for our intro and outro music. Follow him on SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/shawndaleyWhere to find Throwdown Show:Website: https://audioboom.com/channels/5030659Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/throwdownshowTwitter: https://twitter.com/ThrowdownShowYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/throwdownshowDiscord: https://discord.gg/fdBXWHTTwitter list: https://twitter.com/i/lists/1027719155800317953

Tonight’s questions:- Will The Coalition face layoffs?- Will Valve be Sony’s next rival?- How can Steam draw in casual gamers?- What do you make of Sony’s “intelligent” pricing?- What are your thoughts on the rumored Ape Escape?- Why is Japan against the Tekken 6 recompilation?- Are modern Resident Evil fans fake?- What would justify a $1,000+ PS6?- What type of game do you wish existed but doesn’t?- Why do people trust influencers more than journalists?Thanks, as always, to Shawn Daley for our intro and outro music. Follow him on SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/shawndaleyWhere to find Throwdown Show:Website: https://audioboom.com/channels/5030659Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/throwdownshowX: https://x.com/ThrowdownShowYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/throwdownshowDiscord: https://discord.gg/fdBXWHTTwitter list: https://twitter.com/i/lists/1027719155800317953

Tonight’s topics:- Gears of War: E-Day is a flop- Xbox continues to struggle- Xbox extends search for buyer for Arkane- No Xbox review of Call of Duty- Sucker Punch hit with layoffs- Insomniac reportedly working on an X-Men game- Capcom reports 92.4% of its games are purchased digitally- GTA 6 file size revealedThanks, as always, to Shawn Daley for our intro and outro music. Follow him on SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/shawndaleyWhere to find Throwdown Show:Website: https://audioboom.com/channels/5030659Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/throwdownshowTwitter: https://twitter.com/ThrowdownShowYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/throwdownshowDiscord: https://discord.gg/fdBXWHTTwitter list: https://twitter.com/i/lists/1027719155800317953

Tonight’s questions:- Does online outrage ever affect game sales?- How is Final Fantasy Resonance?- Has Chris played Belmont’s Curse and Silent Hill: Downfall?- Will cross-gen be prevalent next gen?- Will console prices go up after GTA 6?- Has anyone tried Evercade?- Which game(s) do you always return to?Thanks, as always, to Shawn Daley for our intro and outro music. Follow him on SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/shawndaleyWhere to find Throwdown Show:Website: https://audioboom.com/channels/5030659Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/throwdownshowX: https://x.com/ThrowdownShowYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/throwdownshowDiscord: https://discord.gg/fdBXWHTTwitter list: https://twitter.com/i/lists/1027719155800317953

Tonight’s questions:- Will GTA 6 win Game of the Year?- Will embracing AI help Epic overtake Steam?- Which 2026 game will you begrudgingly skip?- Will Tony and Rich cover GTA 6?- Has anyone played Valor Mortis?Thanks, as always, to Shawn Daley for our intro and outro music. Follow him on SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/shawndaleyWhere to find Throwdown Show:Website: https://audioboom.com/channels/5030659Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/throwdownshowX: https://x.com/ThrowdownShowYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/throwdownshowDiscord: https://discord.gg/fdBXWHTTwitter list: https://twitter.com/i/lists/1027719155800317953

Tonight’s questions:- Will GTA 6 win Game of the Year?- Will embracing AI help Epic overtake Steam?- Which 2026 game will you begrudgingly skip?- Will Tony and Rich cover GTA 6?- Has anyone played Valor Mortis?Thanks, as always, to Shawn Daley for our intro and outro music. Follow him on SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/shawndaleyWhere to find Throwdown Show:Website: https://audioboom.com/channels/5030659Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/throwdownshowX: https://x.com/ThrowdownShowYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/throwdownshowDiscord: https://discord.gg/fdBXWHTTwitter list: https://twitter.com/i/lists/1027719155800317953

Tonight’s topics:- Xbox Labs embraces AI recompiling- Xbox surveys fans about exclusives- Control Resonant wins PlayStation’s top game in September- Debra Wilson remarks on frequent game appearances- GTA 6 launch trailer- Street Fighter has 28% on Rotten TomatoesThanks as always to Shawn Daley for our intro and outro music. Follow him on SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/shawndaleyWhere to find Throwdown Show:Website: https://audioboom.com/channels/5030659Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/throwdownshowTwitter: https://twitter.com/ThrowdownShowYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/throwdownshowDiscord: https://discord.gg/fdBXWHTTwitter list: https://twitter.com/i/lists/1027719155800317953

Tonight’s questions:- Should Gears of War: E-Day have launched on PS5?- Should Xbox end day-one releases on Game Pass?- Why hasn’t Take-Two found the GTA 6 hacker yet?- What do you make of AI-recompiled games?- Have you played Hellraiser Revival?- What were the best fighting game announcements?- Should I get an Xbox Ally X?- Which company will dominate 2027?- What will be the big games of 2027?- Are you Castlevania fans?- What are your favorite Metroidvania games?- Who are your favorite Castlevania characters?- Which gaming IPs deserve prequels?Thanks as always to Shawn Daley for our intro and outro music. Follow him on SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/shawndaleyWhere to find Throwdown Show:Website: https://audioboom.com/channels/5030659Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/throwdownshowX: https://x.com/ThrowdownShowYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/throwdownshowDiscord: https://discord.gg/fdBXWHTTwitter list: https://twitter.com/i/lists/1027719155800317953

Tonight’s topics:- Xbox won’t have GTA 6 streaming exclusivity- CyberLeeks returns with 24 mins of GTA 6- Skydance merges Paramount and Warner Bros. gaming studios- Gaming media: Xbox wants to make movies, Cyberpunk 2077 movie, Arc Raiders TV- Latest industry layoffs: Ninja Theory, SuperMassive Games & The Coalition- Shawn Layden questions dropping discs- A used PS5 Pro now costs $1,400Thanks as always to Shawn Daley for our intro and outro music. Follow him on SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/shawndaleyWhere to find Throwdown Show:Website: https://audioboom.com/channels/5030659Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/throwdownshowTwitter: https://twitter.com/ThrowdownShowYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/throwdownshowDiscord: https://discord.gg/fdBXWHTTwitter list: https://twitter.com/i/lists/1027719155800317953