With their announcement this week that the company is buying Bethesda, Microsoft launched quite a counterattack to the criticism that the XBox platform lacks first party exclusives. Red, Blue, and Ryan attempt to untangle the noise in order to discern whether this move is really as bad (or as good) for the gaming industry as everyone says.

Beyond that, we've got game announcements (like Nintendo's latest shadow drop in Kirby Fighters 2, as well as great news for Monster Hunter fans) and discussions on the rest of the week's big headlines. These include this year's plans for the upcoming Game Awards, Sony's apology for the dumpster fire that was PlayStation 5 pre-orders, buyer confusion over the XBox Series X boosts XBox One X sales, and PlayStation CEO Jim Ryan's comments that a streaming service would be "unsustainable" for Sony.

Finally, we wrap up the show with a look back at the Nintendo 64 on the console's 24th anniversary.

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