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Ben Lindbergh

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Appearances Over Time

Podcast Appearances

The Ringer-Verse
‘Saros’ Review, ‘Resident Evil’ Trailer Reactions, and a Recent Release Roundup | Button Mash

And if Rihanna's in this one, I'm sad.

The Ringer-Verse
‘Saros’ Review, ‘Resident Evil’ Trailer Reactions, and a Recent Release Roundup | Button Mash

This is the future of Hollywood.

The Ringer-Verse
‘Saros’ Review, ‘Resident Evil’ Trailer Reactions, and a Recent Release Roundup | Button Mash

It's Miyamoto, who is a genius but is famed for not wanting story in his games, making a largely story-based cinematic medium and also Peter Berg and Call of Duty and Battlefield at the box office.

The Ringer-Verse
‘Saros’ Review, ‘Resident Evil’ Trailer Reactions, and a Recent Release Roundup | Button Mash

Stay tuned, folks.

The Ringer-Verse
‘Saros’ Review, ‘Resident Evil’ Trailer Reactions, and a Recent Release Roundup | Button Mash

And lastly...

The Ringer-Verse
‘Saros’ Review, ‘Resident Evil’ Trailer Reactions, and a Recent Release Roundup | Button Mash

Game Pass is a little bit cheaper than it was recently, but still much more expensive than it was before that.

The Ringer-Verse
‘Saros’ Review, ‘Resident Evil’ Trailer Reactions, and a Recent Release Roundup | Button Mash

However, Microsoft, under new head of Xbox Asha Sharma, has price cut.

The Ringer-Verse
‘Saros’ Review, ‘Resident Evil’ Trailer Reactions, and a Recent Release Roundup | Button Mash

It has dropped the price of Game Pass Ultimate down from about $30 to $23.

The Ringer-Verse
‘Saros’ Review, ‘Resident Evil’ Trailer Reactions, and a Recent Release Roundup | Button Mash

PC Game Pass is down by a few bucks, too.

The Ringer-Verse
‘Saros’ Review, ‘Resident Evil’ Trailer Reactions, and a Recent Release Roundup | Button Mash

The tradeoff is, speaking of Call of Duty, that new Call of Duty titles will no longer be day one releases on Game Pass.

The Ringer-Verse
‘Saros’ Review, ‘Resident Evil’ Trailer Reactions, and a Recent Release Roundup | Button Mash

So it's maybe bad for anyone who is getting Game Pass for Call of Duty, which was a fair amount of people, but is maybe not bad for everyone else.

The Ringer-Verse
‘Saros’ Review, ‘Resident Evil’ Trailer Reactions, and a Recent Release Roundup | Button Mash

who now has to pay a little less because they won't be subsidizing the day one Call of Duty audience.

The Ringer-Verse
‘Saros’ Review, ‘Resident Evil’ Trailer Reactions, and a Recent Release Roundup | Button Mash

It's still a significant price hike from where it was a few years ago, but this is kind of in keeping with Sharma's strategy, which basically seems to be rolling back everything that Xbox has done for the past year or so.

The Ringer-Verse
‘Saros’ Review, ‘Resident Evil’ Trailer Reactions, and a Recent Release Roundup | Button Mash

So...

The Ringer-Verse
‘Saros’ Review, ‘Resident Evil’ Trailer Reactions, and a Recent Release Roundup | Button Mash

There's a rebrand going on.

The Ringer-Verse
‘Saros’ Review, ‘Resident Evil’ Trailer Reactions, and a Recent Release Roundup | Button Mash

There's kind of a corporate apology tour.

The Ringer-Verse
‘Saros’ Review, ‘Resident Evil’ Trailer Reactions, and a Recent Release Roundup | Button Mash

There's a falling on our sword.

The Ringer-Verse
‘Saros’ Review, ‘Resident Evil’ Trailer Reactions, and a Recent Release Roundup | Button Mash

There's a we realize you're upset.

The Ringer-Verse
‘Saros’ Review, ‘Resident Evil’ Trailer Reactions, and a Recent Release Roundup | Button Mash

Don't worry.

The Ringer-Verse
‘Saros’ Review, ‘Resident Evil’ Trailer Reactions, and a Recent Release Roundup | Button Mash

We're calling ourselves Xbox instead of Microsoft Gaming again.