Throwdown Podcast

Will $70 Games Succeed or Fail This Generation? | TYQ341

by Tony Polanco0

On Throwdown Your Questions Ep. 341, we answer questions about $70 games, in-game ads, Housemarque, fightsticks vs fightpads, Xbox in Japan, Director’s Cut games, influencers, and more!

Here are all of the questions we answer this week:

– Will people continue supporting $70 games?
– Are in-game ads bad for the industry?
– Did Sony overpay to purchase Housemarque?
– Fight sticks or fightpads?
– How can Xbox succeed in Japan?
– Would Sony ever reinstate a Japanese head of PlayStation?
– Why weren’t people upset over Dragon Quest XI: Definitive Edition?
– What is the most underrated game of last gen?
– Should we take influencers who get free items seriously?
– What new ideas can sports games implement?

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Thanks as always to Shawn Daley for our awesome intro and outro music.

Considering normal life mundane, Tony prefers to spend most of his time absorbed in fictional worlds that stimulate his imagination. Tony is a geek through and through, and his love for Comic Books, Science Fiction, Heavy Metal, and Video Games knows no bounds. He uses his natural writing talent and communication skills to express to the world why it's awesome to live a geek-centric lifestyle. Former Senior Editor of STFUandPlay and Staff Writer for DualShockers. Current Executive Editor of this here site, Tony writes news, previews, editorials and is the host of the Throwdown, Throwdown your Questions and Spoiler Alert podcasts. Tony encourages the team to do their best by being all George Washington and getting bullet holes in his cape from leading by example. Tony also still dreams of being a superhero one day.