The XboxEra Podcast | LIVE | Episode 196 - “It’s A Palworld After All“

The Xbox Era podcast is brought to you by CTRL: A Meal Replacement. Visit and use discount code XboxEra for 10% off your next order Join Sik, Nick, and Jesse as they talk Palworld, Tekken 8, Like A Dragon: Infinite Wealth, and so much more! Firings, hirings, dirings, lyrings, it’s all happening. Jump In! Timestamps: (more detail to come) 00:00:00 - Going live 00:12:32 - Intro 00:14:10 - Hi everyone! 00:17:30 - What have we been playing? 00:19:25 - Tekken 8 00:24:25 - Fortnite 00:25:30 - Palworld 00:27:30 - Lil Guardsman 00:30:00 - Jesse did a bunch of stuff like Like a Dragon 00:31:00 - Let’s discuss Palworld from a news perspective 00:37:35 - Why are so many people coming for this game? 00:44:10 - That Eurogamer article 00:49:55 - We don’t think Nintendo has a case 00:51:30 - Wanna feel better? Drink some CTRL! 00:53:00 - WiiU and 3DS online functionality comes to an end in April 00:55:45 - Old Sony CEO interview where he says Sony is going third party 01:06:40 - Meta Quest outsold PSVR2 30:1 (VR/Apple Vision Pro tangent) 01:14:10 - Universal Touch Controls come to xCloud 01:17:02 - Say Hi to Indie Selects! 01:21:55 - Apple allowing sideloading in their iOS 01:25:01 - Suicide Squad’s code situation 01:40:24 - There’s been more layoffs and not just at Microsoft! (Riot, People Can Fly, Reikon games) 01:54:32 - Microsoft has laid off 1900 employees across Xbox, ABK and Bethesda 02:15:02 - Project Odyssey’s cancellation and the team being laid off 02:25:24 - What’s actually happening with the Xbox physical games division? 02:31:00 - Tangent shoutout to Creaky Legs’ work on the XboxEra Tik Tok account 02:32:05 - More discussion about Digital vs Physical 02:37:20 - Community Question #1: 99ruken - Should Microsoft acquire Pocket Pair? 02:43:05 - Some XboxEra Housekeeping (little bit about Dontnod’s Banishers) 02:48:55 - Name A Game 03:02:43 - The Rumourmill: Captain Jack Sparrow coming to Fortnite? 03:07:20 - Patron Shout 03:12:49 - Community Question #2: Poderick Payne - Well done on the PoP ad and I love Gronk! 03:15:53 - Community Question #3: Creaky Legs - Can Jon and Nick say “Rural“ and “Murderer“ in an American accent 03:19:55 - Community Question #4: ShadyPinesSteve - What’s with Infinite Wealth’s NG being behind a paywall? 03:23:46 - Community Question #5: Hue - Why won’t Xbox get on the gyro train? 03:28:40 - Community Question #6: Hytham G - What’s your opinion on Paramount and Max merging? 03:32:30 - Community Question #7: mrhipshot - How good is Indie Selects? 03:35:32 - Community Question #8: LeeLayfield - Xbox still doesn’t get huh? Are we heading towards a crash? 03:40:17 - Community Question #9: Omen - If you could cancel a game to save Project Odyssey, what game would it be? 03:42:00 - Community Question #10: Vinnie13 - In a 1v 1 fight to the death, would you use a Bat or a Knife? 03:45:10 - Community Question #11: Mort - What’s up with PlayStation Cloud gaming? Why does Xbox not really improve theirs much? 03:50:45 - Community Question #12: Jwhite723 - I wanna bring back Impossible Creatures 03:54:30 - Community Question #13: SJDub - What hobbies do you have outside Gaming? 03:58:23 - Community Question #14: Good Old Collingwood - You guys interested in Fantasy Critic? 04:00:25 - Community Question #15: sherazzie - Is it just me or is the lighting in Avowed a bit off? 04:03:08 - Community Question #16: TornRaptor - Do you take in all gaming talk? The good and the bad? 04:08:00 - Community Question #17: azuwizu - I love that Ninja Theory are sticking to their principles, also maybe you can change how you approach community questions? 04:12:25 - Tangent about us being full time 04:15:10 - Wrapping up 04:17:00 - Ciao for now! ► Become a Supporter on Patreon: Join the No. 1 Xbox Community! FOLLOW -------------- ► Community Forum: ► Merch Store: ? ► Games/DLC Store: ► Twitter: ► Website: ► Twitch: ABOUT US! ----------- XboxEra is a community-driven endeavour that has been created to enable the passionate Xbox community to create and share content, articles, gameplay, and opinions. We want to shine a light on the positives the Xbox platform provides such as inclusivity, availability, and a customer-centric approach. Want to create live streams like this? Check out StreamYard: #Xbox #Podcast #XboxGamePass #2023 #GamePass #Palworld #Tekken8 #LikeADragonInfiniteWealth #StillNoSuicideSquad