166: Fortnite Seasons, Console Exclusivity, and Xbox Business Decisions: Opinions from The Experts

Crazy Train of Thought: A Podcast About Video Games

Episode 166 ALL ABOARD for another fantastic episode of Crazy Train of Thought brought to you by The Idiot Savants! Host Ryan Wolf is joined this week by a panel of seasoned veterans in the gaming industry: PC Master Race appointee Wyatt, Console Purist and Xbox Fan Bradyn, and Lil Pokemasta Emmett. Today, we even have f*cking spreadsheets, baby! Pokemaster Troy Osborn produces. Checkalook at this week’s topics: (00:02:48) Ryan complains about Starfield patches (00:08:32) Palworld roadmap (00:15:23) What the experts have been playing (00:18:02) Changes and updates to Fortnite (00:21:38) Red Ring of Death wet towel trick (00:23:31) Bradyn plays MLB The Show 2024 (00:27:11) What season of Fortnite was the best? (00:33:39) The future of console gaming, according to the experts (00:38:08) The experts weigh in on former head of Sony Interactive Entertainment Shawn Layden’s comments about console exclusivity (00:45:32) Time for spreadsheets: Where are all the “next gen” games? (00:51:53) What the experts think (00:59:35) Is FPS relevant if you suck at games? (01:03:42) Emmett tries to play with a mouse and keyboard (01:17:00) The experts weigh in on Xbox’s future business strategies (01:21:54) Ryan guesses the meaning of 2024's hottest slang terms Link to Episode 89 of The Jeff Gerstmann Show (Xbox discussion timestamp is 1:26:51) https://open.spotify.com/episode/5lfUnWbrWAoCkh6as30yFu?si=347ae712f9bc46d9 Thanks for watching and listening! Wanna get your ideas on the show? Email us at [email protected] or reach out to us on any of our social media platforms. We don’t say it enough, but your entertainment is the reason we do this. All social links: https://www.theidiotsavants.co/social Website: https://www.theidiotsavants.co/ Really Cool Merch: https://www.teepublic.com/stores/theidiotsavants?ref_id=13241 Review us HERE: https://apple.co/2nXHD4p Intro Music: “Departure” by Dan Fur https://twitter.com/DanFurmusic https://spoti.fi/2lPPCzm