(Doom) The Dark Ages for Sony and Borderlands 4 | Beard Bytes Ep 21
1Doom the Dark Ages thoughts. Randy Pitchford says the quiet part out loud and its not looking good. Marathon about to finish last place. You can listen to this podcast on all major platforms.
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Gaming news links
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1. Doom The Dark Ages sales are weird
https://80.lv/articles/doom-the-dark-ages-has-reportedly-sold-less-than-1-million-copies
2. Star Citizen needs your support
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/sim/after-raising-over-usd800-million-from-its-community-star-citizens-developer-delays-the-release-of-a-new-ship-upgrade-as-players-baulk-at-having-to-pay-for-it/
3. Marathon needs crazy sales to be profitable
https://www.forbes.com/sites/paultassi/2025/05/19/its-just-over-for-marathon/
https://thegamepost.com/report-marathon-delay-bungie-scraps-all-paid-marketing/
4. Next Sony live action not great
https://www.thegamer.com/playstation-ps-live-service-fairgames-insider-report/
5. Borderlands 4 is under hot water from their own CEO
https://www.gamesradar.com/games/borderlands/gearbox-boss-randy-pitchford-says-its-not-my-call-if-borderlands-4-costs-usd80-but-if-youre-a-real-fan-youll-find-a-way-to-buy-it-anyway/
6. Cyberpunk 2077 sequel details
https://x.com/Okami13_/status/1924860833210724795?t=eEfgn9Kl7-Pa83qHUi3RfQ
7. Stupid money makes stupid decisions says former PS exec
https://www.gamedeveloper.com/business/former-playstation-boss-says-stupid-money-crippled-the-game-industry
8. Sony and AI
https://thegamepost.com/playstation-dark-outlaw-games-artists-generative-ai-tools-midjourney-chatgpt-stable-diffusion/
9. Big companies scared to us AI
https://www.forbes.com/sites/paultassi/2025/05/24/gamers-are-making-ea-take-two-and-cdpr-scared-to-use-ai/
10. Elden Ring Live action
https://x.com/BandaiNamcoUS/status/1925699586640707708?t=cf9DxBpKlRtOToryQlVk6g
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00:00:00 Intro
00:00:25 Our weeks
00:23:40 Doom Sales
00:31:30 Star Citizen needs us
00:35:08 Marathon is running Sony dry
00:41:30 Sonys next live service not looking great
00:45:30 Randy and Borderlands 4 price
00:53:18 Cyberpunk and Chicago
01:01:50 Former Playstation exec comments about stupid money
01:05:55 Sony and AI creatives
01:11:30 Fear of using AI
01:19:18 Elden Ring live action
01:24:40 Summer games fest predictions
01:28:08 closing remarks
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