Episodes

  • Should Xbox Fast Track Its Next Console? - Next-Gen Console Watch

    Should Xbox Fast Track Its Next Console? - Next-Gen Console Watch
    Nov 22 2024
    Welcome back to Next-Gen Console Watch! This week Daemon is joined by Ryan McCaffrey from IGN's Xbox podcast, Unlocked, and Max Scoville from IGN's PlayStation show, Beyond! The topic: should Microsoft fast-track a new Xbox console since they won't be doing a mid-gen refresh? The PS5 Pro is now the most powerful game console you can buy, and since PS5's are outselling the Xbox 2:1, it might be better for Microsoft to hit the reset button. What do you think? Plus we have last week's poll results, and a new poll for you to vote on at IGN.com.
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    22 mins
  • PS5 & Xbox Series Four-Year Report Card

    PS5 & Xbox Series Four-Year Report Card
    Nov 16 2024
    Welcome back to Next-Gen Console Watch! This month marks the four-year anniversary of both the PlayStation 5 and the Xbox Series X|S, so of course we're taking a look back at the past four years and grading how well both consoles did. Joining Daemon this week are Max Scoville from IGN's Beyond! podcast, and Stella Chung from Podcast Unlocked. We also have last week's poll results, plus a new poll for you to vote on at IGN.com.
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    19 mins
  • PS5 Pro: Powerful But Unessential - Next-Gen Console Watch

    PS5 Pro: Powerful But Unessential - Next-Gen Console Watch
    Nov 8 2024
    Welcome back to Next-Gen Console Watch. This week Daemon is joined by Beyond's Max Scoville, and Michael Higham, IGN's tech reviews editor. He reviewed the PS5 Pro, and he joins us today to talk about his review, how the PS5 Pro makes console games a little more like their PC counterparts, and whether or not Microsoft needs to release an Xbox Series X Pro soon. Plus we have last week's poll results, and a new poll for you to vote on at IGN.com.
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    22 mins
  • PS5 vs Xbox: Who Has the Best Fall 2024 Lineup? - Next-Gen Console Watch

    PS5 vs Xbox: Who Has the Best Fall 2024 Lineup? - Next-Gen Console Watch
    Nov 1 2024
    Welcome back to Next-Gen Console Watch. This week Daemon is joined by Unlocked's Ryan McCaffrey and Beyond's Max Scoville to compare the PS5 and Xbox's lineup for the rest of the year. Sony is launching its mid-gen refresh in the PS5 Pro, but doesn't really have a major exclusive this Fall that shows off that extra horsepower. Meanwhile, the Xbox Series X and S consoles are being outsold by Sony, but the lineup of new exclusive games for the rest of the year seems more robust on their side. Sony does have an obvious Game of the Year contender in the recent Astro Bot, and the Horizon Zero Dawn remaster is just around the corner (despite no one really asking for it). And in Microsoft's camp, they have heavy first-party hitters like Indiana Jones and the Great Circle (a timed exclusive), and Microsoft Flight Simular 2024, not to mention the highly-anticipated S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl.
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    25 mins
  • 10 Games That Need a Current-Gen Remaster (Besides Bloodborne) - Next-Gen Console Watch

    10 Games That Need a Current-Gen Remaster (Besides Bloodborne) - Next-Gen Console Watch
    Oct 25 2024
    Welcome back to Next-Gen Console Watch. This week, Daemon is joined by Podcast Beyond's Max Scoville and Jada Griffin to talk about remasters. They're all the rage these days with games coming out a generation ago already getting the remaster treatment (looking at you, Horizon Zero Dawn). But there are plenty of older games that could use a fresh coat of paint, like Metal Gear Solid 4, Dino Crisis, and Star Wars: Rogue Squadron 2. We discuss which we want to see, and go over last week's poll results.
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    22 mins
  • Should PlayStation & Xbox Get the Analogue Treatment? - Next-Gen Console Watch

    Should PlayStation & Xbox Get the Analogue Treatment? - Next-Gen Console Watch
    Oct 18 2024
    Welcome back to Next-Gen Console Watch. This week Daemon is joined by Ryan McCaffrey from IGN's Xbox podcast, Podcast Unlocked, and Max Scoville from Beyond, IGN's PlayStation show. This week, retro enthusiast hardware company Analogue revealed the Analogue 3D, their take on the Nintendo 64. As great as it is that a company is making original retro games playable on new TVs and gaming setups, should it be up to the hardware makers themselves to provide this? Are Sony, Microsoft, and Nintendo doing enough for game preservation and ensuring that old physical libraries of games remain accessible? Plus we have last week's poll results, and a new poll for you to vote on at IGN.com.
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    20 mins
  • Why You Should Expect Halo 7 on PS5 - Next-Gen Console Watch

    Why You Should Expect Halo 7 on PS5 - Next-Gen Console Watch
    Oct 11 2024
    Welcome back to Next-Gen Console Watch. This week Daemon is joined by Podcast Beyond's Max Scoville and Unlocked's Ryan McCaffrey to discuss the major shift happening over at Halo devleoper 343 Industries...oops we mean't Halo Studios. And does the franchise's move to Unreal Engine 5 mean a likely PS5 port of any of the existing or future games? Plus we have last week's poll results and a new poll for you to vote on at IGN.com
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    26 mins
  • These Terrifying Horror Games Really Show Off Next-Gen - Next-Gen Console Watch

    These Terrifying Horror Games Really Show Off Next-Gen - Next-Gen Console Watch
    Oct 4 2024
    Welcome back to Next-Gen Console Watch. This week Ryan is in the driver's seat, and he's joined by Beyond's Max Scoville and Podcast Unlocked's Destin Legarie. The topic is a timely one for the beginning of the spooky season: notable—and scary—horror games that really show off the PS5 and the Xbox Series X. And when did horror games become the new way to show off new gaming hardware? Plus we have a new poll for you to vote on at IGN.com.
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    33 mins