In short
Gaming industry news roundup. Main focus is Nintendo Switch 2 pricing pressure, plus Microsoft’s Copilot changes, Valve Steam Machine rumors, and several game/studio announcements.
Guests
Greg Miller, Tim Gettys, Samira’s father (Samira? not clearly named), and Barrett Courtney; also mentions Nick (Bless) and Jeffrey G. “Jeffrey the Geraint.” No guest bios beyond their roles as hosts/producers/writers at Kinda Funny.
Key claims
- Nintendo may raise Switch 2 price because hardware is sold at a loss and Nintendo’s stock has declined; even a $50–$100 increase would reduce losses, but could upset consumers.
- Microsoft is winding down Copilot on mobile and stopping Copilot development on console.
- Valve may be preparing a Steam Machine based on shipping data, though it could be Steam Deck restocks.
Notable examples
- Switch 2 launch pricing: $449.99 (and Japan region-locked price 50,000 yen / ~$318).
- Copilot “new boot up sequence” and Xbox branding discussion.
- Mina the Hollower launches May 29 ($19.99); Star Wars: Fate of the Old Republic led by former BioWare staff (Casey Hudson).
Written by AI. May contain mistakes. Listen to the episode to check what was said.
Chapters
Tap a time to open that second in VONintendo Under Pressure
0:17 to 0:49
Discussion on Nintendo's pricing strategy amid rising costs and shareholder pressure.
“Today, in the nerdy news you need to know about, Nintendo's under pressure to raise the price of the Switch 2.”
Upcoming Xbox Showcase Discussion
1:12 to 2:16
Talk about the expectations and features of the upcoming Xbox showcase.
“Of course, everybody, if you didn't know, there is an Xbox presents stranger than heaven showcase today.”
Upcoming Content and Housekeeping
2:16 to 3:17
Information about upcoming reviews and housekeeping announcements.
“Of course you don't have to go anywhere.”
The Roper Report Begins
3:17 to 4:21
Introduction to the Roper Report with a focus on Nintendo pricing news.
“and I went in and YouTube blocked it because of the animated series.”
Deep Dive into Nintendo's Pricing Strategy
4:21 to 8:12
An in-depth analysis of Nintendo's pricing strategy for the Switch 2 and market implications.
“Nintendo under pressure to raise Switch 2 console price as hardware currently sold at a loss.”
Discussion on Nintendo's Market Position
8:12 to 14:00
Exploration of Nintendo's market approach and historical decisions impacting their current situation.
“You do say, who cares about the shareholders?”
Nostalgia for Handheld Gaming
14:00 to 15:10
Discussion about the charm and nostalgia of handheld gaming devices like the DS and PSP.
“They're not as good as what's on your console, but we're making them work on these weird ass little machines.”
Nintendo's Profitability Concerns
15:10 to 16:50
Insight into Nintendo's profitability and shareholder pressures.
“It's like we are working on our top hundred games of all time.”
Microsoft's Xbox Co-Pilot Changes
16:50 to 19:50
Analysis of Microsoft's decision to discontinue Xbox Co-Pilot AI and the implications.
“this is tom warren at the verge xbox is quote-unquote winding down co-pilot on mobile and will quote-unquote stop development of cons co-pilot on console new xbox ceo asha sharm announced on Tuesday.”
User Experience and AI Overload
19:50 to 22:00
A look at frustrations with intrusive AI features in gaming and technology.
“And when it's just like a simple feature that, hey, some people do have a use case, that's cool.”
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Xbox Branding and Future Directions
22:00 to 24:50
Discussion about the challenges of Xbox branding and future strategies.
“That is the one where I will say that's actually, I don't mean what the fuck are you talking?”
Valve's Steam Machine Launch Speculation
29:46 to 31:27
Discuss the potential launch of Valve's Steam Machine and its implications.
“But it looks like Valve has been getting a lot of shipments of quote-unquote game consoles.”
Analyzing Valve's Strategy and Consumer Demand
31:27 to 35:46
Explore Valve's strategic decisions regarding pricing and hardware amid demand.
“machines until valve actually makes some kind of announcement according to the verge which did a little bit more digging though it seems like the sheer scale of shipments does mean that valve is planning something.”
Future of Steam Deck and Compatibility
35:46 to 38:25
Understand the future plans for the Steam Deck and its compatibility with upcoming games.
“They'd be wild to back off now because that is the future.”
Star Wars Fate of the Old Republic Development Insights
38:25 to 42:00
Get insights on the development of Star Wars Fate of the Old Republic by former Bioware developers.
“that can allow them to play whatever the games are coming out.”
The Bioware Legacy in Arkanaught
42:00 to 44:35
Learn about the talented team behind the new Star Wars game and their Bioware connections.
“Hudson's history with the series gives the project a noteworthy pedigree.”
Concerns About Game Development
44:35 to 45:56
Explore the skepticism around game release timelines despite a strong development team.
Assassin's Creed Stage Show Announcement
45:56 to 47:59
Discover the details about the upcoming Assassin's Creed stage show and its unique features.
“Ubisoft stated in a press release today.”
The Future of Gaming Events
47:59 to 49:54
Discuss the nostalgia and potential of gaming events and mashups with theater.
“Well, you're going to have to go to figure it out.”
We News: Industry Updates
49:54 to 51:49
Get the latest small news items affecting the gaming industry, including layoffs.
“If the 170 estimate proves to be accurate, this would leave Build-A-Rocket Boy with approximately 80 staff members left out of the 250 that were in place prior to the layoffs.”
Viewer Interaction and Super Chats
51:49 to 54:16
Hear audience reactions and questions, celebrating their engagement with the show.
“Ronnie 2K is always welcome on Kind of Funny.”
Transcript
Automatic transcript. May contain errors.0:00Join Rocket Money now at RocketMoney.com slash KindaFunny. Head to FactoMeals.com slash KindaFunny50 off and use code KindaFunny50 off to get 50 % off and free daily greens per box. Use promo code KindaFunny at AuraFrames.com for$25 off the CarverMap frame. If you want to get our shows ad-free and our exclusive shows, go to Patreon.com slash KindaFunny. Today, in the nerdy news you need to know about, Nintendo's under pressure to raise the price of the Switch 2. Xbox gives up on co-pilot and shares a new boot up screen and is valve finally getting ready to launch this steam machine. We'll have all this in more because this is kind of funny games daily.
0:49What's up, everybody? Welcome to kind of funny games daily for Wednesday, May 6th, 2026. I'm one of your hosts Greg Miller alongside Samira's father at Tim Geddes. That's him. You're back in the old Toys R Us shirt. Yep. My boy Jeffrey. Jeffrey the geraint. Jeffrey G. Jeffrey G. How you doing? Great. It's weird. It's noon.
1:10Andy Cortez:I know. We're doing a late games daily today. Of course, everybody, if you didn't know, there is an Xbox presents stranger than heaven showcase today. 30 minutes. They swear this one's going to be. We got teased in the last direct that I was too hard on. that this would be the real show. We're here for the real show. I'm really interested in this because I've now seen separate people kind of hype up the production of this. I don't want to say hype up, but just mention the production of this. So Tina Amini, our friend of the show, who is a producer on these showcases and stuff. She was saying that she is very excited about the look of this one.
1:46So I'm interested in what that means. And then yesterday I saw, I forgot who it was, but they're saying that this is a new format, this Xbox presents right of them kind of like, okay. Focusing on a third party title, but like giving it the Xbox kind of push, which I know we've seen a million different formats before, but I'm interested in them talking about that of like, Oh, cool. Like what could a new format look like? And, and will it work?
2:10Andy Cortez:So if you are international, of course it is noon here. So four hours from now we will be reacting to that. Of course you don't have to go anywhere. We're a program that's all about live talk shows. As you know, you're going from this to screencast to another screencast to a game, Play stream to the games cast. What a big deal with the screencast. A lot of people have been asking for our thoughts on some of the big shows that have been going on recently, but it was hard to get things scheduled. And it just happened to happen this way that Nick bless and I caught up on daredevil right in time. So we'll be able to do a daredevil born again season two review.
2:40And then also Nick and I were able to catch up on mall shadow Lord. So we're going to be doing our review and spoiler cast of that as well. Back to back, fitting them in there. So please, if you want more entertainment content, check this stuff out. And even if you haven't finished the shows yet, come back later. Support it later. It still helps us.
2:56Andy Cortez:And speaking of supporting it later, I know we say we wouldn't do housekeeping anymore, but it's a special day. It's a late day. I would love you, if you're international, to go watch the Gamescast from yesterday. I had a banger of a Gamescast previewing Lego Batman, Legacy of the Dark Knight. I was very proud of my work. I was incredibly excited about it. And then, of course, I was on the Diablo stream, and I looked at the chat, and somebody goes, why can't I watch the Gamescast? and I went in and YouTube blocked it because of the animated series. So we went and stripped it out. So now international people can watch it, but I would love you to go check it out.
3:27Andy Cortez:Barrett Courtney from kind of funny.com. You had your hand up. I never watch her content because I run so much of it. Yesterday was a rare occasion for me because I was out on assignment and I, I was upset a little bit that I wasn't in office able to be on the games cast to talk to you about legacy of the dark night. So I listened to it late last night and I was very impressed and I was, you did a good job of like really like selling like what this game is. And I'm even more excited for it than I already was. Thank you, bear. That means a lot. I love you guys. Of course, we love you. Super chatting as part of the show, youtube.com slash kind of funny games.
4:02Andy Cortez:While we're live, you can give us your thoughts, your opinions on the day's news, anything we're missing. And of course we couldn't do this without our kind of funny producers over at patrion.com slash kind of funny. Thank you, Carl Jacobs, Omega Buster and Delaney, the Psalm twining for now. Now let's begin the show with what is and forever will be the Roper Report. Time for some news. Eight items on the Roper Report. A picker's dozen. I like it when Barrett's off. No, not off, but I mean on assignment. It builds up. You know what I mean? Good job, Barrett. Number one on the Roper Report. Nintendo under pressure to raise Switch 2 console price as hardware currently sold at a loss.
4:45This is a report from Tom Phillips at IGN. That's the Imagine Games Network. Nintendo is reportedly facing pressure to raise the price of Switch 2 consoles as costs rise and its share price continues to fall. A new report by Bloomberg has highlighted the continuing decline in Nintendo stock, despite a positive bump in March due to the launch of Switch 2 exclusive Pokemon Pocopia. Now, ahead of the company's Nest... Put respect on the name, okay? You see, they're doing a bundle now. I did.
5:18Andy Cortez:That must really eat at you. You know what I mean? Oh, yeah. This new generation of Pokemon can't make it madder again. So upset for the success of the company that I enjoy their products. So you admit it? Now ahead of the company's next fiscal earnings release this coming Friday, Nintendo faces scrutiny from shareholders over whether it will finally budge on the Switch 2 launch price after raising the price of pretty much everything else. Nintendo Switch 2 launched last June. price at$449.99. In Japan, a region-locked version of the console is sold at 50 ,000 yen, equivalent to$318. Both of these prices reportedly see the hardware sold at a loss, particularly so in Japan.
6:01Exactly how much of a loss Switch 2 is sold at isn't clear, though one analyst told Bloomberg that even a$50 to$100 price increase would mean the console was made, quote, less of a burden rather than truly profitable, end quote. While hardware makers have frequently sold consoles at a loss leader, I'm sorry, as loss leaders in the past, opting to instead make their money back on software and accessories, Nintendo had ditched this strategy for the original Switch, following the bruising losses of the Wii U era. But that apparently changed course to ensure the hugely successful Switch was followed by another hit console at a price point that would convince consumers to upgrade.
6:40the question of whether nintendo will increase switch 2's cost comes now amid a continued decline in the company's share price over the past year from record highs seen ahead of the switch 2's arrival this is despite the console selling well especially in japan still analysts believe it is nintendo's continued refusal to increase the switch 2's cost that is impacting the company's value but as bloomberg's article concludes nintendo must now strike a delicate balance any switch to price rise to appease shareholders simultaneously risks upsetting consumers and slowing the switch twos rollout at what is still an early phase in its life cycle timothy robert gettys no one knows nintendo better than you i don't know i'd say that but i do know that these headlines are just so ridiculous i i love that in a world right now where we're just covering the same stories like day in and day out and that's all that's the new cycle that's how this stuff goes stories might change but like it's always covering a thing until it dries up and goes away but this doom and gloom around the switch to like the way that things are presented i think is just so outrageously hilarious when we just look at the facts of the matter and like yeah cool from the perspective of the shareholders who are upset about this stuff who gives a fuck about them nintendo switch 2 was killing it like you can twist the headlines any which way you want of like oh man they didn't hit their their goals that was the big thing that came out a couple months ago right it's like okay they didn't hit their redesign goals after crushing their initial forecast yeah so it's like yeah that's the type of thing that shareholders might hear and be like all right we gotta like we would rather them raise the prices and all this stuff it's like dude clearly nintendo has a strategy that's working i don't think any of this stuff matters the switch two is going to continue to just sell and they're going to continue to put out exclusive titles that more and more people are eventually going to be like it's time for me to upgrade now's the time for me to upgrade you just need those jump on points for the people that haven't already done that and then those new games are going to continue to feed the audience that is their first party and as we see a growing support of quality third-party games um coming out will the switch to get a price increase i think it will but that is more for the state of the world i don't think that's because the shareholders are pressuring nintendo that is just ridiculous right now for how nintendo has been functioning
9:01Andy Cortez:And that's the fine caveats attached on the end. You do say, who cares about the shareholders? And every day on Kind of Funny Games Daily, we talk about some company fucking bowing to some stupid-ass shareholder. You know what I mean? Of what they're doing and why they're doing it. That just doesn't seem like Nintendo's MO. And so... When they're winning. Exactly. And to your point of how well it's selling, I think that does, you know, set its own cadence for what they're doing as a company. I think, and this is me just going off of this page, If anything, what I would see would see the region locked console increase in price in Japan.
9:35Andy Cortez:I think, you know what I mean? To be selling it at$318, and I know we're apples and oranges with currencies here, but to the$450 we're seeing in America, which granted is a region-free Nintendo Switch 2, I could see that coming up to$350,$375. And again, I'm not giving you the yen numbers here. Maybe that's the way to bolster this bottom line and not get in the way of the success. or maybe it is to eliminate the region free version and just give the 450 version to you know japan as well you had your chance to say you're going to discontinue that you're only going to bring over this make people happy that happy in quotes that way yeah i do wonder too when the a new version of the switch 2 starts to become a conversation like it does seem a little early right now but when you look at the history of nintendo as i always say there's no patterns to be found like they have had so many different eras and cycles and none of them have had equal uh strategy when it comes to now's the time for a switch to light or now's the time for a switch to oled yeah i mean this is a company that put out a product called the nintendo 2ds oh yeah after or the 3D.
10:47The doorstop. They have done so many different attempts at bolstering the hardware capabilities of sales, of making sure that as many of these things are in households as possible so that when they put out their big exclusive titles, they are selling to that many more customers. And I feel like that's just where we're at in this life cycle where I think because of the state of the tech world and where the hardware is at, we might be a little further away from a switch to light then uh potentially would have been the case had everything just went the way that you can plan around yeah you know um but yeah i i don't think that the that these dropped
11:30Andy Cortez:stocks are going to remain dropped for too much longer that's my thing about what nintendo we have today again i've talked so much in recent months about this of kez's book a lot of book reggie's book reading about this and what all the books I'm very educated uh even kit and krista and listening to them talk on the inside and bowser and you know all the not the doug not the monster man uh it's the idea that I do think nintendo marches to the beat of its own drum is clearly a corporation don't get me wrong but they do strike me as the kind of company that would say in public in their shareholders mean like we are going to continue to lose money on this it's right we're doing right by a Nintendo fan, and we're going to commit to this because we know we have the arsenal of games that are coming that we want to make sure we're going to make the money on eventually.
12:19And that's not their MO. Like, they do not take losses on their consoles unless the console is a failure, right? And we've seen that. And, you know, this reminds me even of, like, we always, of course, talk about the Wii U era, but let's talk about the 3DS for a second. Like, the Wii was followed up with the Wii U. The 3DS was the follow-up to the DS, which was a similar monster in market ownership of the handheld perspective, but also just how many of those units were sold and then how many people bought an insane amount of games for an attach rate that was like through the roof. Right. And then the 3DS stumbled out of the gate so bad that they had to, within a year, slash the price and essentially be like, I'm so sorry.
13:03Everybody that invested in this thing, we fucked up and then give them all the game boy advanced ambassador program stuff right like we're such a different nintendo than that but we're now dealing with a nintendo that is at top of the world i don't need to explain the same thing i have for the last 10 years they're no longer making 3ds games and wii games they are making just switch games right and more than ever now whether it's switch switch 2 it almost doesn't matter because they're playable on switch 2 they're better on switch 2 all of that like it is the most focused they've been it is the the most primed they've been for success period however the market situation right now is the one thing holding them back it is they are in this pigeon-held position where they kind of have to sell this thing at a loss to get it in houses because that is the most important thing for them right now is to make sure that there are as many people out there that can buy the next
13:56Andy Cortez:animal crossing the next smash brothers yeah yeah nx 3d mario yeah uh tim something we don't talk a lot about and i'm being serious do you how do you i mean don't get me wrong what a time to be alive what we were having the conversation out there a new review code rolled in me and blessed like oh my god there's just too many games everything's too awesome right now yada yada but every so often do you sit there and miss that DS PSP 3DS V that like here we're making games. They're not as good as what's on your console, but we're making them work on these weird ass little machines. And we're, we're talking to such a sliver of an audience to make you buy and play this.
14:39Andy Cortez:Like, I don't want to go back. I love sitting there with my ROG. I'm playing all these, I'm playing real games. I'm doing, but I, I do sit there and like, wow, that's what, That's such a fascinating thought as we talk about this business right now, this industry right now of just trying to scrape by and make. And there was a time when people were making the weirdest shit, just the weirdest little shit. Yeah. No. No, I don't. I miss it. I don't at all. I get it. I appreciate it. But I mean, I do think that I like to really like honestly think about that. It's like we are working on our top hundred games of all time.
15:14It's like when it comes down to it, am I really putting any of those games high on my list? Yeah. And I even putting them on my list at all. There are novelties. There are certain things that, yes, they stick with me. I think a good example of me is like Ridge Racer. I think the Ridge Racer on PSP is the best version of that game. And it is a quote unquote lesser than because it's handheld and all of that. There's like the fun novelty of it all. But yeah, at the end of the day, I'm just not that type of person. I love that those people exist. I also was never a DS guy myself. and I was a PSP guy what did the PSP guy mean?
15:46PSP guy just meant I want to play games that are almost like the other ones and allegedly doing a lot of other stuff but yeah, no, I'm not a fan of lesser than versions
15:56Andy Cortez:again I'm just nostalgic for it I guess, but that was a weird time in games that we were just doing Aaron Lime Super Chats says Nintendo's not profitable enough, which means they're making money shareholders just want to squeeze yes, a lot of shareholders do and I wonder if Nintendo shareholders are any different. No capitalism but maybe. I mean Nintendo's been able to be Nintendo for a long time. Yeah. But what that's been has changed. I know. And they're willing to change. I know. Again, I take a lot of this as a always read the headline and then like really start looking into the actual numbers and what's going on with it because it the math don't math for a lot of it.
16:38You had to keep talking. Do it again. Nintendo's changed before they'll change again change you're talking about change say something about change speaking of change greg way number two on the roper report microsoft gives up on xbox co-pilot ai this is tom warren at the verge xbox is quote-unquote winding down co-pilot on mobile and will quote-unquote stop development of cons co-pilot on console new xbox ceo asha sharm announced on Tuesday. The move follows Sharma's reorganization of the Xbox platform team earlier on Tuesday which added executives from Microsoft's Core AI team, dash dash, where
17:16Andy Cortez:Sharma worked before taking over Xbox dash dash to the Xbox side of the company. Sure didn't look good, did it, Greg? When you start seeing these announcements, you're just like, oh, what's the team look like? Where are they coming from? Core AI, Core AI, Core AI, like, oh no. But what was it? I always forget. Core AI had a name before, and then they rebranded them as core AI and it wasn't their old name wasn't nearly as bad. I don't take this as bad news though. Oh no no no no. It was funny to see that. It was the same thing of course when Asha came over and everyone was like anyways this is Asha Sharma on X.
17:51Quote Xbox needs to move faster deepen our connection with the community and address friction for both players and developers. Today we promoted leaders who helped build Xbox while also bringing in new voices to help push us forward. This balance is important as we get back. I'm sorry, as we get the business back on track. As part of this shift, you'll see us begin to retire features that don't align with where we're headed. We will begin winding down Copilot on mobile and will stop development of Copilot on console. End quote. I mean, thank God. If only they had done this earlier and saved a bunch of different teams and people's jobs and all of that stuff.
18:31But no, we had to keep pushing this to try to find some value somewhere. There's no value. Clearly, when they look at it and they're just like, all right, hey, I'm a bunch of this shit and everybody hates it. And it's just Xbox. How do I do this? Here's a fucking YouTube. We need to have every three days. Some good news come out of Xbox right now for this rebrand. All right. So what are we going to do? Let's just keep telling the people what they want. Whatever upset them. Let's try to let's solve that. Let's solve that as much as possible. Yeah, this core acting is not fucking working. So we're going to get rid of it.
19:02No shit.
19:02Andy Cortez:Oh, man, everybody hates co-pilot. It's shoved into everything. Wow. Who would it get? This is good. Hopefully, this signifies some type of shift of I hope that we start getting more stories across multiple industries of the stupid AI thing that nobody wants getting cut, going away. Because what is the use case that people are doing this for? I remember it's a very different, a similar type of thing when you'd go to Best Buy and you start seeing all the tech. And all of a sudden, it's like, wait, there's fridge. Fridges have touchscreens. And you're like, okay, I can see some use case for this.
19:34I can see, oh, fridges have Wi-Fi. It's like there's certain things that fridges don't need. You know? It needs doom, Tim. What's up? It needs doom. Fridges need doom. Yes, they need doom. They don't need other things. Like there's just levels to this shit of like how many people are actually using a fridge to watch Netflix, right? And when it's just like a simple feature that, hey, some people do have a use case, that's cool. But when it's like, all right, there is now so much research and development and money being put into just adding new features so that we can sell it for even more money or sell a new version or whatever it is.
20:09But that also means that the core functions and the things people actually want for the thing are not happening anymore. That's the problem. And that's where we're at here.
20:17Andy Cortez:So this has been the same conversation we've had over and over again about the announcement of this, the enforcing in the AI business, the idea, you know, I think it was Schreier that presented of like, oh, well, they're doing this. so they can talk about how many people are actually using the AI. Like you're talking about bloat again to harken back to why the PlayStation 4 did so well. It was all about games, games, games, games, right? It could do at Netflix. Sure. But that wasn't what we're talking about. It was the idea that let's get you to what you want to do faster. Let's get you. And that's what, you know, I was just talking about a little bit up here when she's talking about the friction for players.
20:50Andy Cortez:I would assume in some levels, it is that you don't need all this garbage on there. And I do not need to turn on my Xbox or my fucking PC and have it pop even fucking google docs and have gemini pop up or can i help you or emails get the i turn all this shit off get out of here get the fuck out of here this is such a tangent but this morning i woke up and i saw that ign posted their um mortal kombat 2 review and i was like oh i'm interested and i want to see what they have to say so i clicked on their website and then it came up and i was about to click on the uh mortal kombat 2 review and as i went to click a pop-up happened and i clicked the ad and i was like oh fuck that had the new go back to the tab go again it happened three times different ads popping up and i fucking started yelling i was so mad i don't think i've been that mad at a user experience in so freaking long i don't even know what score they gave it damn yeah i'm sorry that happened to you god i know of all about t-mobile though um anyway this is a good good step yeah exactly and what um you know as this asha sharma era continues and they they just talked about this yesterday that it's saying all the right things, saying all the right things.
21:56Andy Cortez:Where is it all going to end up? And bro, should jam super chats. What do you guys think of the AI always on surveillance in new Fords? That is the one where I will say that's actually, I don't mean what the fuck are you talking? That sounds terrible. That sounds awful. Why, why would my, why would my opinion about that be different than my opinion about the fucking Gemini co-pilot, whatever the fuck. It's not good. Everybody. Listen, when I want to be always on surveillance, It's when I take the little fucking Apple key file. What do they call them? Air tags. And I put it in Ben's shoe. I'm choosing to put it in a shoe.
22:28Andy Cortez:You can't get away from your shoes sometimes. Where else are you going to put it? We didn't do this. This hasn't happened. We always joke about it when we're on Halloween or something. Should I air tag this kid? Should I air tag this kid?
22:39Story number three.
22:40Andy Cortez:Yeah, I was going to say, let's do this one more. Nintendo, or God damn it, Xbox thing. Story number three. Asha Sharma reveals Xbox's new boot up sequence. This is on Twitter. Asha says new boot up coming next Wednesday. Sound on. I have. This will be a live reaction. Oh, I haven't done this. I haven't. I also haven't. They have a new dynamic theme for the new logo. Haven't gotten in. I mean, like, come on now. The right. Hidalgo says Greg wants hand scans at Whole Foods. That's a completely different thing. All right. I opted into. Don't worry about who has my palm at Amazon. All right. Barrett, can I please see the new boot up sequence coming on Wednesday with sound on?
23:22wow i like it i like a lot better than the last one i can't even tell what's the last one is just the last one's the white minimal looking thing sounds not as cool yeah i like this a lot better just get in there fast that's all i want now this did i i saw this this morning as well and then like i often do i get in the shower and i think here we go i love it i do have a question though with all of these changes with all the shifts happening the little like the most incremental news coming as it happens there is a big question we know this thing's not going to be called project helix with their going back to basics this this is xbox not everything is an xbox what do they call it because i do feel like xbox branding has always been to some extent a problem we have xbox that makes sense xbox 360 we all know they put that just to match the ps3 because no one's going to want to buy a lower numbered thing back where we were at with video games now.
24:18I don't think that's true anymore. Xbox One, bizarre choice.
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24:23Andy Cortez:Horrible choice. It was one. It was all in one entertainment system. Oh, my God. What a disastrous choice. A lot of bad choices with Xbox One. And then Xbox Series X and S, which I don't think is that bad, but I think they presented it in the worst way possible, so it actually, in fact, was that bad. Because if it was just the Xbox and they treated it more like phones do, I think it'd been okay, but it's, I think that they like got in their own way with the whole series situation. What do they do for this? I honestly Xbox. Yeah. I think they called the, like, I think the argument pre Asha was what does Xbox mean anymore?
24:59Where the cloud, everything's an Xbox. You're there. Like it doesn't even make sense to be it. Maybe it is Microsoft gaming. Yeah.
25:06Andy Cortez:It seems like the message so far that's been being sent here is Xbox is a fucking console yes you can stream it yeah you can play games on pc but we have an x i think you're gonna come out like this is the xbox i hope they do it and it's so funny i feel like this is such deja vu to every single generation right they're just gonna drop the number it's cleaner they're gonna call it the playstation not the playstation 4 they're gonna call it the playstation not the playstation 5 we just keep doing it right but more than ever i think that there is a path towards Xbox. I mean, I think it makes the most sense, especially as they continue to go back to basics.
25:42Andy Cortez:And I also think it'd be from just the marketing juice as we go through, we're getting a news beat out of a new startup screen and a green logo from a couple of weeks ago, right? Soon it'll be the next dashboard. It is the idea that you do this at Xbox 25, right? That you do the presentation, you're thinking like, let's talk to you about the future. Let's talk about your next Xbox, or let's talk about the Xbox. You know what I mean? And bam, it is just bop, bop on the thing and it's whatever. And it's also a PC, so it's even confusing as fuck, but whatever. Yeah. Do that. Do that. Do that. You figured it out.
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30:01Andy Cortez:that'd be cool because i'm locked into a lot of things on my fantasy critic i like some points for one of my bullish i'm gonna be spicy you always fall for your fucking siren song of being spicy on my shows uh just this week valve launched the steam controller on its own despite it initially being planned for launch at the same time as the Steam Machine and the Steam Frame. But it looks like Valve has been getting a lot of shipments of quote-unquote game consoles. Could this mean an imminent Steam Machine launch? This all comes via Twitter user Brad Lynch, or sadly it's Bradley, who noticed an uptick in Valve's imports on NBD Data, a shipping analysis platform.
30:38It appears that over the last couple of weeks, Valve has received multiple shipments of mysterious quote-unquote game consoles from China, which suggests the company is building up for a release sometime in the near future. It is entirely possible that these shipments are just a giant Steam Deck restock. After all, Valve's handheld has been out of stock for months at this point, and a restock is probably coming at some point. However, even though some of the shipments that Lynch spotted are a couple of weeks old at this point, the Steam Deck is still sold out on Steam. and given that given that we talked to valve last week and it doesn't seem like it's planning on launching a new handheld anytime soon the steam machine would be the best explanation it's important to take all of this with a grain of salt though no matter how promising a bunch of console shipment looks a bunch of console shipments looks we won't actually know these are steam machines until valve actually makes some kind of announcement according to the verge which did a little bit more digging though it seems like the sheer scale of shipments does mean that valve is planning something.
31:40Ooh. So what's interesting here is we're dealing with some straight facts, and then there's just a lot of, like, hope. The interpretation. Yeah, because, like, a similar thing happened not too long ago for the controllers. Oh, really? I missed that. And then controllers are here. Sure. But I am team Steam Deck on this one. Oh, really? Why is that? Because they're sold out of Steam Decks, and because they've, Valve has said they're going to try to get back they understand the demand for it all, so So I feel like that is more likely. But at the same time, we were talking about this last week or so.
32:13I do think that the steam machine has to happen sooner than later because the plans were already in place. Like the pricing, I think, is going to be the biggest issue. But if they hold on too long, they're outdating themselves even more. And the big question is, are there things that they can change to cut corners or to future proof a little bit? Like I guarantee you that their business strategist right now are looking at all of this and like running the numbers of like, what is the right plan here? You know, like, do we put it out at a higher price sooner? Do we take a loss on it? Do like, what is the right move to get the level of footprint that steam is looking for in this living room space?
32:54To your point, this was supposed to launch in spring. so even though components prices have exploded or whatever they should have bought what they
33:04Andy Cortez:initially needed and what i'm saying here is i think you're past the point of no return on being able to pull the plug right i've predicted on other shows that that's possible that they could do i don't think that everything was bought yet and even then things got bad i think on a grand scale like that sooner than consumers were really uh getting hit by it and consumers were getting hit in november yeah by all this stuff it's just it didn't see it wasn't as dire as it currently is so do you think it actually so does the steam machine actually happen because i think it does yeah okay okay i think it does again i think it has to i think that we're too far along in this process for them to just scrap it i think and i i think that uh to some extent it's just the the balance of getting the pricing right like i really think that that i don't think that they're going to take a major loss on this but i do think that there's a clear strategy they have in place across their their new suite of hardware where whether it's the controller the um vr headset or steam machine alongside the steam deck like they believe in this they really believe in this and i the consumers are showing they do too so you don't just turn a blind eye to that and yeah um but at the moment for them it just similar to our nintendo conversation earlier like just because it's their outside world outside world yeah exactly what do you think the odds are then that either you know forget the price one way or the other either taking the loss or charging more and trying to make your money here what what are the odds you think that what was supposed to be an ongoing cool we're going to be around for the long haul with this becomes shit let's get out what we already committed to making and then we just don't restock we don't go we don't come back to this i mean that just it they're not making the steam machine out of the goodness of their hearts they're making this because there's a pivotal moment in the pie chart of video games of where players are playing games and where games are being bought and pc is starting to dominate that more and more and more in the same way that digital started dominating over physical more and more and more It is a thing where if you look five, ten years down the line, Steam is going to be the number one game store for most people.
35:23And that is not the case right now because of the dominance of the PlayStation 5. But I think that's going to get Aiden to more and more and more. And Steam having more entry points, more pieces of hardware with that storefront, specifically once you get into that living room sector, which is a huge market. that they do not have right now. They definitely have the computer at a desk market. They'd be wild to back off now because that is the future. It's the present, but it is their future. I want to believe this is the Steam Machine. I want the Steam Machine to come out.
35:57Andy Cortez:I want to use the Steam Machine, Tim. I do too. Jumped to the other conversation of Steam Deck. Obviously, we're talking about it being sold out. They're going to restock when they can. The other conversation with the Steam Deck has been from Valve. we'll do a new steam deck when we have something that's going to revolutionize the steam deck we don't want to you know just make another one that's incremental for you personally what does that look like especially now in 2026 what we're talking about i mean i don't think we're close to 2026 like i think that i mean but i'm saying right what is what is the next steam machine look or steam deck look like if it's got to be bigger and we're in 2026 where it is so hard to get these components yeah but i mean i i think it really just comes down to where games are like they the goal for them clearly is steam deck compatibility with the biggest triple a games that are coming out right yeah like if they can manage to do that it's like that that's they've won like that's that is what people want is games to play on the thing well yeah doesn't need to play the best like that's unreasonable to imagine that there are ways around it that you can like make that happen but these things are handheld portable devices there's clearly the understanding it's not going to be as powerful as a PlayStation 5 that takes up half of my living room, you know?
37:13It always goes back to me for Switch 2 of just how ridiculously portable this thing is. Like, even compared to a Steam Deck, which is a feature thing, right? But it's like, they got Final Fantasy VII Rebirth running on this thing. Sure, it doesn't look quite like the PlayStation 5 one, but it is running and the game is playable. and um i think that that's where steam wants to be is just making sure that they can keep up with newer games coming out being playable on the steam deck i think we're already at a point that that is not the case um but i think that there there isn't technology that is reasonably priced enough for them to be especially given everything but even without the case they're like hey the steam net 2 is going to come when it comes because now it's just not the time like what they're looking for doesn't exist but the more that the ai investment continues to happen on the dlss side the fsr side super sampling pssr all of that stuff that is going to be the game changer like that is what's going to allow these games and it's what's allowing them now to to run that way so um i think that uh that is going to be the the answer is i think the steam deck 2 or whatever they call it will come when there is a reasonable jump in the tech that can allow them to play whatever the games are coming out.
38:33Yeah, the modern games. Yeah. Like, I'm sure they'll want a Grand Theft Auto 6 playable on this thing when the PC version does eventually come out. That seems like a very reasonable goal. Will they achieve that? I think there's a lot of factors at play, but it's like, I do think that that's probably the most important um milestone game you know of just like that that is something that like will if you can run this you can also run other games of of similar production value and then my final
39:09Andy Cortez:question for you on this front is jumping back to the steam machine when do you predict we can get a steam machine ah man i have zero you think it's this year i do okay again i you think we're just to the point where it's, I think we're at the point that it has to be this year. Okay. Uh, I think it'd be, but again, they're way smarter than me. So it's like, if they hold back on this year, that it'd be for a reason. And I would personally rather than get this right, then just put it out. Okay. I think it's very important for them to get this launch. Right. Agreed. Speaking of getting a launch, right.
39:43Number five on the Roper report, Mina, the hollower launches May 29th. this is sal romano nikamatsu eight-bit action adventure game mean of the hollower will launch for playstation 5 xbox series switch to playstation 4 xbox one switch and pc via steam
40:01Andy Cortez:gog and humble store on may 29th for 1999 developer yacht club games announced fuck yes tim i gotta play this at gdc i was floored by how much i enjoyed it i cannot wait oh man absolutely love it obviously this has the pedigree to be something incredibly special coming from the team that made shovel knight yep and all of the uh shovel knight follow-ups as well uh different style but this is a style that i think uh ages so well like these are a retro style of game that still play perfectly today um without any like need for modern gameplay mechanics for sure but this has those two i know so yeah i think this one's gonna hit if you've been under a rock for the past few years and steam description reads take control of mina a renowned hollower hurtled into a desperate mission to rescue a cursed island with foes burrow through the ground and explore a pixel perfect world in mina the hollower a brand new game from the developers who brought you shovel night uh we have been waiting for this a long time people have been waiting for this a long time cannot wait it was that point where i saw the announcement i was like oh man that's soon and I looked at my own like, oh right, it's May.
41:13Andy Cortez:I keep mad if I forgot that it is May already. So yeah, there it is. Bam, can't wait. Also, shout out$20. Yeah. Love to see it. Yeah, yeah, hell yeah. I'm looking forward to seeing how big it is and what is going on and I can't wait to play it. Number six, speaking of surprises, surprise, the studio making Star Wars Fate of the Old Republic is full of former Bioware devs. This is Lincoln Carpenter at PC Gamer. At the Game Awards 2025, Lucasfilm Games revealed Star Wars Fate of the Old Republic, an upcoming quote-unquote spiritual successor to Bioware's beloved Knights of the Old Republic series.
41:47Returning to head up its development is Casey Hudson, project developer on KOTOR 1 and the Mass Effect series, former Bioware general manager and now co-founder, CEO, and game director at Fate of the Old Republic developer Arkonaut Studios. Hudson's history with the series gives the project a noteworthy pedigree. Greg interjecting, remember, it was awesome to see
42:09Andy Cortez:the trailer calling this out like hey this is from casey hudson which got a pop which was nice but it wasn't until this week that we had a better sense of who else is handling the return to the old republic era thanks to a fresh update to its studio page we now know about arkanaught's development leadership and hey turns out it's a bunch of other former bioware folks previously arkanaught's site only named hudson's three co-founders two of whom have bioware histories of their own chief financial officer chris bain previously worked at bioware i'm sorry as bioware's director of business development while chief technology officer ryan hoyle was a programmer on bioware games from as far back as 2000 otherwise it included a vague description that its team quote includes developers who worked together on star wars knights of the old republic and the mass effect trilogy alongside talent from around the industry including microsoft epic Remedy, The Coalition, ZeniMax, and more.
43:04Now, the page includes short introductory videos for four more of Arconaut's senior directorial staff. And yep, there's a lot of Bioware legacy here. Senior technical designer Dan Fessiden was a programmer and designer on KOTOR, as well as Mass Effect, Dragon Age, Inquisition, and Veil Guard, and Anthem. Director of External Development Melanie Falkenor was formerly a Bioware localization project manager and executive or producer uh caroline livingstone arconauts director of production and performance worked as a voiceover director and producer for all four mass effects three dragon ages and anthem and jade empire fuck shout out to jade empire 9.9 ign never forget uh rounding out the bunch is art director pascal blanche uh while blanche doesn't have any bioware credits to his name he was previously art director on mist 4 the original assassin's creed Splinter Cell Conviction and Far Cry New Dawn.
44:02I mean, this is just good news all around. We're talking about some incredible talent across the IP that you want to see head up a game like this. But then also like a lot of other talented people from different disciplines that I feel like are going to add up to what we want to hear for a Fate of the Old Republic game. To be incredibly cynical, though, does this game ever actually come out?
44:25Andy Cortez:I mean, yeah, that's the problem. That's the argument. and that's the thing i read this and it's like you know don't get me wrong i'm happy to report the news to you but we could have stopped at a wee news of like it's got a bunch of old bioware people on it right because until we fucking see the game even then you get it until i mean so much can go wrong here and so much can happen and again we can't put over this announcement while also putting under the times i make fun of the gajillion studios that are like we're comprised of former triple a people and we're making a quadruple a game and it's like the argument here would be well a lot of people work to buy where together so they're not starting from scratch doing the whole thing but even the call out that you know we had in here of uh the talent from around the industry microsoft epic remedy the coalition's that it's like okay cool like you can toss a whole bunch of people together but you gotta get working together and get a production pipeline and a flow and so it's like i wish them well casey hudson has always been great to me and I love a lot of his games so I'm and I love a lot of Bioware games and a lot of the names they're saying here in Jade Empire skipping Tiger Talks to sit and play in Parker's room like yeah fuck yeah like okay cool but like I'm I'm not going far yeah I can't I'm like yeah I really hope I'm really really hopeful this one rocks because that's obviously the kind of game I'd love to play yeah big fingers crossed on this one all of this is good news I just hope that this continues number seven Ubisoft announces Assassin's Creed stage show this is Tom Phillips at IGN Ubisoft has announced here it is a spectacular new stage experience set within the world of Assassin's Creed that set to debut later this year the two-hour show will feature circus artists acrobats and dancers from the seven do what's the seven fingers company in a quote-unquote high-energy performance that features quote urban parkour choreographed choreographed combat in physical feats within large-scale immersive environments drawn from the Assassin's Creed games.
46:20Ubisoft stated in a press release today. Details on the show's plot and how it will actually link to the Assassin's Creed games is thin on the ground, though artwork for the show features a character who looks like Desmond, leaping through the air against an ancient Greek backdrop from Assassin's Creed Odyssey. Quote, the show follows a young man searching for his father, who disappeared years ago. A blurb for the show teases. On his 25th birthday, a mysterious letter leads him to the Heritus program. This quest becomes the starting point for a journey across centuries. You want an Assassin's Creed stage show?
46:52Here it is. That's the name of it. Here it is.
46:57Andy Cortez:That's good. Sorry, I didn't help you on that one. I was the worst for you there. Yo, I'm all about this. I want to see some fucking acrobats. It sounds like such... It just sounds like such a fucking... Like, April Fool's gag. It sounds like an idea from 13 years ago. The world premieres in Montreal on December 3rd, 2026. European premiere Paris 2021 Let's make an Assassin's Creed stage play Does it have Assassin's Creed in the title at all? Yeah, it will It will The tweet here, an original creation from Les 7-0 Heritage Echoes of the Past A live show with Assassin's Creed This shit's gonna rock, I'm telling y 'all This is about to be fucking sick as hell I'm not doubting the production of what they're gonna be able to pull off Theater kicks ass And like But people are able to pull off With modern theater Hell yeah I'm not doubting that Well Barrett You'll be the one going I know you love flying On planes for six hours I'm sending you to Montreal You can go see this I'm not gonna fly Be in a thing That I hate doing Oh you wanna go to Paris A 12 hour flight You got it Paris Barrett Paris Barrett See that one I'd do Like I'd fuck with more Because the longer flights Were actually higher up In the air Oh sure sure Bigger planes too Less turbulence Yeah That I won't mind Yeah I'll take a trip to Paris Send me so I could see Herodice 7 Duet there it is I'm gonna be real I've seen Cirque duet multiple times and every time I'm like this shit is sick as hell but I wish it was branded after something I give a shit about fair I've actually thought that do you give a shit about Assassin's Creed?
48:31and I don't personally but it's getting closer we have Ezio's family music playing while motherfuckers are flipping around sure yeah dude also we're gonna we're gonna make it again this is why it also feels like an idea from 13 years ago because we're going to make it and center it around a character who we killed. We don't know if it's Desmond. It looks like Desmond.
48:54Andy Cortez:It's Desmond. Come on. It looks like Desmond. It's Desmond. Well, you're going to have to go to figure it out. You got to update your everything between the games we didn't see. So it makes sense. Maybe Kristen Bell will show up again. Yeah, I do have to add this to the Assassin's Creed and review ranking. So you'll get an update on that January 22nd, 2027. You ever see Cirque du Soleil? Uh, no. I think maybe back in the old days of like crazy ass video game events. Yeah, maybe something like that. It really felt like there was like some drug laundering situation going on between Xbox and Cirque du Soleil back in the day.
49:29Because they were always there. You walk into a party, you look up and there's people just falling from the ceiling. Just like scarves all around them. Green scarves. Didn't like that one bit. Tim, people falling from Xbox events would be huge news.
49:43Andy Cortez:but if I wanted something smaller I need to know about where would I go you know our last story the we news channel where we cover all the small news items that you need to know about number eight the we news from GameSpot build a rocket boy the developer of Mind's Eye has reportedly let go a large number of employees in its latest rounds of layoffs although the exact number is currently unknown it's roughly 170 members according to Kotaku many of the now or soon to be former employees have shared the news on LinkedIn and Discord. If the 170 estimate proves to be accurate, this would leave Build-A-Rocket Boy with approximately 80 staff members left out of the 250 that were in place prior to the layoffs.
50:24Andy Cortez:We need Jason Schreier to write his next book about Build-A-Rocket Boy. And I won't even believe these layoffs until I play the DLC based around them. Yeah, I was going to ask you, do you feel partially responsible because you were not here. I wasn't here. The day the DLC dropped and you could have been streaming it and we could have lived in a completely different time. I'm surprised they didn't cancel Icon so that we could be a part of that. That was the biggest industry. We're sorry for the people who lost their jobs. Mind's eye. Jesus Christ. Developer Effortstar and publisher Joystick Ventures who announced their May 14th early access release date for their upcoming turn-based tactical bullet hell game Enter the Chronosphere mere hours after Sponautica 2 also announced their May 14th release date is now excited to share that dot dot dot.
51:13They'll be releasing on May 25th instead.
51:15Andy Cortez:Enter the Chronosphere will still be available for$14.99 on Steam while in early access as originally planned. Their upcoming turn-based tactical bullet hell game. Their press release was very funny announcing that, hey, we fucked up and we're not going to get in the way of Subnautica 2, so don't worry about it. Lois Griffin, Linda Belcher, and Peggy Hill are coming to Fortnite for Mother's Day. Good. we're watching them dance right now for mother's day it fits with the music it does actually but the wii music goes with everything the most important thing is that uh king of the hills back in like two months very exciting grove street games is gta truly parentheses new title is beast link coming to steam early access beast link is a giant multiplayer kaiju experience where humans vehicles and colossal beasts collide in urban environments at unprecedented scale where absolutely everything you can see can be destroyed beast link that's cool it is cool it's cool and that's it for your we news uh we turn our eyes to the super chats everybody uh sd nick says birthday tax just hit 43 like greg thanks for all you guys do any chance of getting Ronnie 2K on Kind of Funny.
52:31Ronnie 2K is always welcome on Kind of Funny.
52:33Andy Cortez:However, Ronnie 2K, when I was at Icon hosting his panel, his wife was at the hospital getting ready to give birth to their first child. Oh my god, their first child? Their first child. Wow. So I don't think Ronnie 2K is going to be doing any appearances anytime soon, but the invitation is always open. Aaron Lime says, Yacht Club needs Mina the Hollower to hit. Buy if you can. It definitely do, yes. Hater John says, Triple birthday tax. I recently became a dad to my baby boy on April 26th. My wife's birthday is May 1st and my birthday is April 5th. Parental leave kicks ass. Congratulations on all the birthdays.
53:07Happy birthdays to the child.
53:08Andy Cortez:You're just living it right now. Happy birthday yesterday. Kuma Super Chats and says tiny hat fund for Barrett. Thank you. Kebab says Xbox 362 should be what they call this next one. I love it. And that's it. In that vein, we have one you're wrong. Giselle writes in and says this current generation of Xbox consoles is actually just called Xbox Series S and X are just models of Xbox. That's what I was saying earlier. They did a piss poor job of. Everybody calls it Xbox Series when they have to. Or they makes us say Series S and X. So like, no, that doesn't count. You're stupid. Sorry. You're wrong.
53:46Andy Cortez:You're wrong. All right. We got a big squish. Vic says birthday tax. Today's my dad's birthday. And my 30th birthday was Sunday. Love kind of funny and all the friends. Also love Mike. And he owes me a date. Devil emoji. Well, happy birthday to you and your father. I don't know about this date Mike owes you, but I'm sorry if he promised you a date and didn't give it to you. Oh, Mike. I don't know what that means. I'm always scared of what Mike's up to. Who knows? But I'm not scared about what I'm up to because I'm going to go play embargoed video games for review. Shit, what? What are you pointing at?
54:14Andy Cortez:That's cool. Okay, I thought you were stopping me. No. Everybody, this has been another episode of Kind of Funny Games Daily. Each and every weekday, we start your day, sometimes late if we have cool stuff going on, to talk to you about the nerdy news you need to know about. Remember, if you're watching live right now on Twitch or YouTube or podcast services around the globe, Remember, we're rolling into two different screencasts, Daredevil and Darth Maul, but it's just called Maul. And then Mike and Roger are playing old PS2 games. And then at around 350, we're going to go live with our Gamescast reacts to Xbox Presents Stranger Than Heaven.
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