Xbox Developer Direct 2025 and the Future of Xbox - SNGP 114

While hoping the Nintendo Switch 2 will have some sort of achievement system, David Radd continues his journey through impossible geometry in Monument Valley: Forgotten Shores and spends several minutes trying to eject a Spartan from a vehicle they've commandeered in Halo Wars 2.  Meanwhile, Tuesday maybe gets into a Souls-lite in Ender Lilies: Quietus of the Nights and inflicts the Dark Souls of electronic board games on themselves in Dokapon Kingdom against the dreaded CPU Kathy.  In news, Sony live service games are cancelled at Blupoint, Bend Studio and NCsoft among other PlayStation corporate announcements, Circana revealed Call of Duty is the best selling game of the year for the sixteenth year in a row in the U.S. while physical game sales continue to drop off and the PS5 continues to outpace the Xbox Series.  Dragon Age: The Veilgard and EA Sports FC underperform for EA while BioWare restructures and Summer Game Fest 2025 is announced for a Friday, June 6 5 PM ET.  For the topic, David and Tuesday discuss the diminishing sales of the Xbox Series, how Phil Spencer confirms there are no red lines for Microsoft games on other platforms (just before Forza Horizon 5 was announced for PS5) and all the news from the Xbox Developer Showcase 2025, including Ninja Gaiden 4 and Ninja Gaiden 2 Black.

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Chapters

• 0:00 Intro
• 2:46 Housekeeping
• 7:06 What's Been Lighting Up Your System
• 41:43 Final Gamer Dokapon Story
• 1:06:02 News
• 1:51:03 SNGP Topic: Xbox News and Phil Spencer Interviews
• 2:08:20 SNGP Topic: Xbox Developer Direct 2025