Xbox Wants To Turn Things Around by Next Year - Kinda Funny Games Daily 07.30.26
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Kinda Funny Games Daily: Video Games News Podcast
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it's kind of funny's patreon pledge month support us at patreon.com kind of funny we really appreciate it to you now today's gaming news stories include asha sharma expects a return to xbox growth by this time next year zelda ocarina of time gets an esrb rating and will final fantasy 7 revelation get a physical disc we'll have all this and more because this is kind of funny games daily
yo what's up welcome to kind of funny games daily for thursday july 30th 2026 i'm one of your hosts blessing adio a jr joining me is little croy poppy tim mo one yetis bless it is it's finally starting to dawn on me what is going down tomorrow What is going down tomorrow?
You. Friday. Me. Andy. Yeah. Embarking on Halo Campaign Evolved. And it's been a long time coming. We've had this idea since the beginning of the year. We were thinking about doing this stream. But the game came out. I haven't had time to play it. I didn't play it for review because I was going to be doing this stream. So I've kind of put it out of sight, out of mind a bit. And then last night, I had to download it on my PlayStation to get ready for the stream. And I was like, I'm going to boot it up just a little bit. And I played half of the first level. And it all just starts coming back where I'm just like, dude, the Halo campaign is one of my favorite games of all time. The Halo experience, how special the campaign is because you can replay that thing endlessly because it's about the physics and the sandbox and how fun Halo can be to just pick up a bunch of random weapons, get in a vehicle, try something weird, seeing a grunt fly across the screen.
There's just so much... moment to moment fun in halo that like they just don't make it like that anymore unless they remake it and here we are right the same thing but just prettier than it's ever been but what i'm so excited about is that experience was always plussed up by sitting there with my best friend current us going through co-op him trying to do legendary pulling me along i'm not good enough we're going to get a repeat of that tomorrow so it's good that's the only part that i'm not like crazy about is that we're playing on legendary but i think i think it's actually going to be the best thing for you because there's something about the the co-op legendary where it's like the eternal struggle of failure and like no we got it this time we got it this time with the camaraderie between each other yeah that's what makes the experience and on top of that it being your very first time i can't wait for you to just get some of the plot beats
Because I know you know a lot about it, but I think that you are primed and ready. There's never been a better time for Blessing to get into the story of Halo Combat Evolved.
I think you'd be surprised by how little I know about Halo.
And I'm excited for that because I think that you have the right group of people with me, Andy, Mike, and you. You know what I'm saying? Me, Andy, and Mike to kind of like... be there for you and just let you experience it. It's not going to be a Nick Scarpino experience where it's like, let's fucking talk over all the cutscenes and stuff. At least that's my vision of it. We'll see. I'm respectful of cutscenes. I think that you're going to actually get some hype out of this.
I think so, too. Halo is... my type of game i imagine i like a first person shooter i like a first person shooter campaign i halo infinite made me a fan of just the gameplay and i know halo campaign evolved way different from halo infinite but like halo infinite has brought me in in a way where i'm like oh no i'm sold that i'm i'm sold all the way and being into this universe yeah and so i just need the campaign to like get me in there i just like i think it's gonna be so fun tomorrow because there is nothing quite like
legendary co-op Halo we've also never had four player co-op for number one number one always only had two so like there's a new level of fun there I've never done legendary never completed it beat a handful of levels with current but like that was because of current but I also think that the combination of the four of us what a rare combo of people
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Chapters
4 chapters
1
What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:00–23:09
2
What did Xbox CEO Asha Sharma say about Xbox returning to growth by next year?
23:09–23:50
3
Why are Xbox revenue and hardware numbers down across FY2026 quarters?
23:50–28:02
4
How do the hosts analyze Xbox’s strategy, layoffs and the ‘dominoes’ analogy?
28:02–1:11:50
Speakers
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