Another week passes by, but this milestone is nothing to sneeze at as the XboxEra Podcast crew celebrate one hell of a milestone in the XboxEra Podcast Episode 250!
Jon is back from DICE 2025 in Las Vegas, Nick is recovering from a night of partying and Jesse is raising his head from playing a tonne of Avowed, but none of that will stand in the way of celebrating our 250th episode in style as Xbox CEO Phil Spencer stops by to mark the occasion for the community.
As well as talking about a few things that happened this week, the focus is on our time with Phil. We chat about a variety of things, from the Xbox Developer Direct, Microsoft’s new multiplatform approach and what Phil thinks when the community expresses concerns about Xbox becoming the next Sega. We also discover exactly what Phil got his for his birthday and just how good a game show host he could be if wanted to try a career change!
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A big thank you to you all for joining us on the journey – here’s to another 250!
Timestamps:
00:00:00 – Going live for the XboxEra Podcast Episode 250!
00:10:33 – Intro
00:12:34 – Hi everyone!
00:14:10 – Remember, our Phil interview is pre-recorded!
00:21:00 – Nick is the best Fortnite leaker on the planet and a couple of superchats!
00:23:46 – Phil loves to drink CTRL! (he doesn’t really)
00:24:35 – What have we been playing? South of Midnight
00:31:13 – Member comment about Nick’s Fortnite leaks
00:33:30 – Avowed
00:45:16 – Elden Ring Night Rein
00:48:30 – Marvel vs Capcom Fighting Collection Arcade Classics
00:56:20 – Dead Rising Deluxe Remaster
01:00:56 – Sony’s State of Play
01:15:15 – Bobby wants to be popular
01:16:48 – Community Question #1: Ass4ssin – SoP was great. I love Avowed, how are you guys playing it? 01:18:22 – Community Questyion #2: DidactBRHU3 – Is Sony really coasting? Are we seeing a return of PS3-era Sony?
01:23:45 – Saber CEO talks Halo CE Anniversary
01:30:22 – Crytek lays off approx. 15% of staff. Crysis 4 on hold
01:35:16 – More Superchats
01:38:05 – Phil Spencer joins us for a chat!
01:41:18 – We chat the Developer Direct
01:46:23 – We chat about Xbox games on other platforms
01:50:27 – Sony takes 30% to hurt Xbox. but what about the 70% Xbox gets?
01:53:56 – With so many games in 2025, does Xbox have a strategy for spacing things out?
01:56:25 – Will Xbox continue to make smaller single player games?
01:59:15 – Nick has a major problem with Phil
02:01:28 – Community Question for Phil #1: CROAT_56 – Best game of the generation?
02:02:50 – Community Question for Phil #2: Ass4ssin – Favourite Japanese game?
02:03:47 – Community Question for Phil #3: Scarcely Relevant – Favourite fast food?
02:04:55 – Phil hosts Name A Game!
02:05:50 – Name A Game
02:09:02 – We ask Phil one more question before he goes
02:11:09 – Nick flips the script and gets Phil to ask us a question!
02:14:50 – Bye Phil!
02:16:25 – What was on Phil’s shelf?
02:17:10 – So how did we do?
02:19:51 – Nick made sure Phil doesn’t forget about Banjo!
02:21:31 – We wanna meet Phil in person
02:24:00 – Patron Shout
02:29:07 – Community Question #3: Skedaddle – How restrictive was the process of having Phil on? 02:37:07 – Superchat about Banjo
02:37:40 – Community Question #4: PoderickPayne – You guys know Gavin?
02:38:20 – Community Question #5: Good Old Collingwood – Did you guys know Phil was doing the other interviews?
02:42:30 – Superchat about AFL
02:46:22 – Superchat about how great Nick is
02:47:13 – Superchat about how localisation didn’t come up in the interview
02:48:20 – Community Question #6: nrXic – What are your favourite merch store items?
02:53:00 – Community Question #7: Anonymous – Love all the work you guys do! I’m really looking forward to Expedition 33
02:56:00 – Community Question #8: Hytham G – Question about eating Steak on dates
03:00:55 – Community Question #9: LeeLayfield – What game have you played until the sun came up? 03:05:00 – Community Question #10: 99ruken – If GTA6 underperforms, could it hurt the industry? 03:08:05 – Community Question #11: JD – What game do you think Sony to Xbox will port if they do? 03:12:30 – Community Question #12: KlutchKwonDo – What improvements would you make to the Xbox platform?
03:20:05 – Wrapping up
03:23:30 – Ciao for now!
