Throwdown Show

Tonight’s questions:
- Should Xbox scrap any plans for exclusives?
- Did GTA 6 delay God of War: Laufey?
- Is the Coalition a better steward than 343?
- Can Marvel Tokon replace Street Fighter in the FGC?
- How does one make physical PC games?
- Will the government crack down harder on piracy sites?
- Is ShiftUp wrong to use AI to promote Stellar Blade?
- Will GTA 6 cause servers to fail?
- Will anyone check out the Mortal Shell 2 beta?
- Why did people put batteries in freezers?
- Are there other handheld homebrew games?
- Was I wrong to purchase a Marathon-themed controller?
- How expensive will the RTX 6090 be compared to consoles?
- What actions can game publishers do to restore your faith in them?
- Which of the Big Three has suffered the most damage this gen?
Thanks as always to Shawn Daley for our intro and outro music. Follow him on SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/shawndaley
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Tonight’s topics:
- Xbox Live was down for 20 hours
- Xbox Q4 FY26 results
- Asha Sharma vows to grow Xbox
- Halo comes to PS5
- PlayStation gamers plan boycott in August
- Capcom reports 93.3% of their game sales are digital
Thanks as always to Shawn Daley for our intro and outro music. Follow him on Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/shawndaley
Where to find Throwdown Show:
Website: https://audioboom.com/channels/5030659
Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/throwdownshow
Twitter: https://twitter.com/ThrowdownShow
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/throwdownshow
Discord: https://discord.gg/fdBXWHT
Twitter list: https://twitter.com/i/lists/1027719155800317953

Tonight’s questions:
- Is “no disc no buy” hurting its own cause?
- Will network outages hurt the all-digital future?
- Are digital vs. physical sales numbers missing context?
- What is the best way to get into PC gaming?
- Is Brett excited for Valheim 1.0?
- Should the next Xbox have a disc drive?
- Which games forced you to switch the difficulty?
- What are the 3 best game engines?
- What motivates you to keep podcasting?
Thanks as always to Shawn Daley for our intro and outro music. Follow him on Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/shawndaley

Where to find Throwdown Show:
Website: https://audioboom.com/channels/5030659
Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/throwdownshow
X: https://x.com/ThrowdownShow
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/throwdownshow
Discord: https://discord.gg/fdBXWHT
Twitter list: https://twitter.com/i/lists/1027719155800317953

Tonight’s topics:

The PS backlash continues

Nintendo says it's under no legal obligation to pass tariff refunds to players

Steam Deck sales drop by 80%

Xbox launches backward compatibility for select games on PC

Thanks as always to Shawn Daley for our intro and outro music. Follow him on Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/shawndaley

Where to find Throwdown Show:
Website: https://audioboom.com/channels/5030659
Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/throwdownshow
Twitter: https://twitter.com/ThrowdownShow
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/throwdownshow
Discord: https://discord.gg/fdBXWHT
Twitter list: https://twitter.com/i/lists/1027719155800317953

Tonight’s questions:
- Will Fallout 5 finally see a release?
- Will $80 games change your gaming habits?
- Why don’t we see more Wolverine ads?
- Are shorter hype cycles becoming standard?
- What is your most anticipated game of this fall?
- Who plans to play Halo: Campaign Evolved?
- Should Final Fantasy VII Remake have been a single release?
- Which game had the best cliffhanger ending?
- Will PS6 have PS3 emulation?
-What do you think of game recompiling?
- Is it good to use AI to recompile games?
- Will disc-only gamers flock to Nintendo?
- Is Silent Hill: The Short Message worth $70?
Thanks as always to Shawn Daley for our intro and outro music. Follow him on Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/shawndaley

Where to find Throwdown Show:
Website: https://audioboom.com/channels/5030659
Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/throwdownshow
X: https://x.com/ThrowdownShow
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/throwdownshow
Discord: https://discord.gg/fdBXWHT
Twitter list: https://twitter.com/i/lists/1027719155800317953