Oct 8, 2026 · 1 hr 40 min · 12 segments
What game came in the box? This week we go console by console, from the NES to the Switch 2, and pick our favorite pack-in game for each one. The classics are all here: Super Mario Bros., Tetris…
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Jack BurtonHostJessHostDariaPanelist[laughs]
There were a lot of rumors on the internets about Xbox being for sale, um, and Xbox's CEO, Asha Sharma, directly addressed it, um, in a New York Times interview.
So despite 20% of Xbox staff losing their jobs over the summer, um, divesting in five studios, and nearly 270 more layoffs announced in late September, um, she still says Xbox has 500 million players, confirmed that the next console is codenamed Project Helix, and noted that, uh, Xbox picked up Kojima's Physint after Sony dropped it.
[laughs]
Um, as much as I joke, it is nice to have several competitors that are strong in the market, and I would love to see Xbox come back into glory and not fire every single one [laughs] of their employees.
I really wanna play that.
Mm-hmm.
I really wanna try that
That's pretty cool.
[laughs]
It looks awesome.
Um, I mean, every once in a while it's fun to play a good arcade-y racing game, and you know, those pods, gotta race those pods.
It's the answer to the PlayStation platinum trophy basically, and they're also available-
[laughs]
There were a lot of rumors on the internets about Xbox being for sale, um, and Xbox's CEO, Asha Sharma, directly addressed it, um, in a New York Times interview.
So despite 20% of Xbox staff losing their jobs over the summer, um, divesting in five studios, and nearly 270 more layoffs announced in late September, um, she still says Xbox has 500 million players, confirmed that the next console is codenamed Project Helix, and noted that, uh, Xbox picked up Kojima's Physint after Sony dropped it.
[laughs]
Um, as much as I joke, it is nice to have several competitors that are strong in the market, and I would love to see Xbox come back into glory and not fire every single one [laughs] of their employees.
I really wanna play that.
Mm-hmm.
I really wanna try that
That's pretty cool.
[laughs]
It looks awesome.
Um, I mean, every once in a while it's fun to play a good arcade-y racing game, and you know, those pods, gotta race those pods.
It's the answer to the PlayStation platinum trophy basically, and they're also available-
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