On this episode of Video Games 2 the MAX hosts Sean Garmer and Marc Morrison are joined by fellow W2M staff member Randy Isbelle as he discusses his thoughts on It Takes Two and MLB The Show 21. He’s also been playing Yakuza: Like A Dragon so he and Marc discuss their progress through the game so far.

Sony has reversed course on the PlayStation 3 and PlayStation Vita store closings for the foreseeable future. Randy gives his thoughts on the entire ordeal as the guys discuss if Sony may have any plans to bring more games from those stores to PlayStation NOW or another type of service. What Sony could do with PS NOW to improve it, and more. They also talk about the recent comments from Jim Ryan concerning PlayStation 5 exclusives, their cloud gaming initiative, and the comments from Days Gone creative director about frugal gamers. This also leads into a conversation about should games cost $70?

Microsoft also started their beta for X-Cloud on IOS devices via the Safari browser and also PC browsers as well. (Sean actually received an invite to try it out after the podcast finished recording, so he’ll have more on that next week.) Plus Free to Play finally means Free for anyone that has an Xbox system.

Jeff Kaplan has left Blizzard after 19 years and with Overwatch 2 in development as well. Marc has some big thoughts on this and why it seems like some in the Overwatch community are happy about this, while others see it as a major blow.

Other Things Discussed on the Show: Battlefield 6 Teased, Discord Stays Independent, 2021 Dice Awards, The Evercade Versus, And More

The show ends with Sean and Marc discussing their full thoughts on The Falcon and Winter Soldier now that it has finished.

Timestamps:

Start: Sean talks about a lot of his week being spent in a hospital and playing a few games

Games We Are Playing:

It Takes Two (9:10) (Randy)
MLB The Show 21 (13:20) (Randy)
Yakuza: Like a Dragon (24:50) (Randy & Marc)
Marc Gets a Super Nintendo (31:50)

Major Topics:

Sony Reverses Course on the PlayStation 3 and PlayStation Vita Store Closing (32:30)

Jim Ryan says PlayStation 5 will have the most exclusives ever (44:45)

Days Gone Creative Director goes off on buying games at launch, should games cost $70? (54:45)

Grammarly Ad (1:10:40)

Headlines:

X-Cloud goes into Beta on IOS and PC Browsers, Free to Play Games are now free on Xbox (1:13:50)
Jeff Kaplan leaves Blizzard after 19 years there (1:16:05)
Cyberpunk 2077 refunds are only 30,000 of the amount sold (1:20:00)
Sonic The Movie 2 will star Tails and Knuckles (1:21:45)

Amazon Music Unlimited Ad (1:23:25)

Aspyr is working on a Knights of the Old Republic remake (1:27:20)
Tales of Arise gets a release date (1:31:15)
Amazon cancels the Lord of the Rings MMO game (1:32:40)
Battlefield 6 announcement coming (1:34:50)
Discord stays independent (1:36:50)
Evercade Versus Announced (1:39:30)
D.I.C.E. Awards 2021 (1:43:10)

The Ending: Other Shows we are watching on Disney Plus,
Falcon And Winter Soldier Series Discussion, The Upcoming Games. (1:47:40)