The Future of Playstation | The Video Game Pals Episode 57

Sony’s new CEO had a lot to say about the future of Playstation this week so the Pals are putting on their thinking caps to explore what they’d like to see from Sony in the next console generation. PLUS: EVERYTHING IS A BUMMER. RANDOM QUESTION OF THE WEEK: What is your least favorite genre?- 5:33 DA NEWS: 19:35 1. Fuckboys are mad that women are in a game, so let’s drag them: 20:05 https://www.theverge.com/2018/5/24/17388414/battlefield-v-fans-game-women-world-war-2-history 2. Cliff Bleszinski shows off potential Boss Key Productions games: 29:17 https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2018/05/16/cliff-bleszinski-shows-three-games-that-could-have-been/ 3. RIP John “Totalbiscuit” Bain: 39:48 https://kotaku.com/game-critic-totalbiscuit-has-died-1826310517 4. The 3 gamers involved in last year’s major swatting story around the death of 28-year-old father Andrew Finch: 44:22 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3sGbJY3hlbU https://krebsonsecurity.com/2018/05/3-charged-in-fatal-kansas-swatting-attack/ 5. Microsoft’s E3 Press Conference is going to be two hours long: 51:23 https://www.xbox.com/en-US/e3 https://wccftech.com/microsofts-xbox-e3-2018-briefing/ 6. Nintendo has announced plans to release a dockless switch bundle in Japan: 57:45 http://www.ign.com/articles/2018/05/23/nintendo-announces-dockless-switch-bundle-for-japan 7. The Vita may be dead, but Sony’s future in handheld gaming may not be dead: 1:03:12 https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2018-05-23-portable-gaming-shouldnt-be-separate-from-consoles-playstation-head 8. PS4 entering the end of its lifecycle: 1:15:09 https://www.polygon.com/2018/5/23/17384050/ps5-release-date-sony https://www.polygon.com/2018/5/22/17379880/ps4-life-cycle-ending-psn-psvr Main Topic: What do you want to see from Sony after the PS4? Outro Music: "Swanky Ballroom Party For Sophisticated People" by Adhesive Wombat - @adhesivewombat The Video Game Pals is The Pals Network's weekly video game podcast where we talk about video games, the news and how it all makes us feel. The Pals: Sean: twitter.com/SeansSoapbox Pete: twitter.com/Loud_Pete Thompson: twitter.com/RelicVampire Andy: twitter.com/tiger_millions Peggy: twitter.com/MoiraiOW