XboxEra are terminating their rumor mill segment where nick baker from XboxEra shares insider information.

Nick's rumor mill -- as accurate or inaccurate as it was -- constituted the only reason why people listened to that podcast.

Big mistake to pull a Colin Moriarty on a colleague that you've worked with for years.
 
Roufianos said:
Oh no, and he was so reliable too. I really enjoyed playing as FFVII and Yakuza characters in Fortnite and playing that Gears collection in 2023 was a real blast. Most likely this is XboxEra trying to stop being at the centre of his BS rumours.
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He also suggested that the Switch 2 would have a SKU with no backwards compatibility, which is hilarious in retrospect now that we know how the system handles BC.

It's pretty clear that he was just guessing based on the speculation surrounding the potential difficulties of Switch BC from sources like MVG and trying to pass his guess off as insider information. I wouldn't be surprised if most of his "leaks" are that.
 
Perrott said:
Nick's rumor mill -- as accurate or inaccurate as it was -- constituted the only reason why people listened to that podcast.

Big mistake to pull a Colin Moriarty on a colleague that you've worked with for years.
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It was quite cuntish and something I would never have thought see with each other. Bunch of idiots lol.
 
Alan Wake said:
2026: Fable canceled.
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I am going to Cancel you, in this year!

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SamuraiEdge said:
These people have children, I can't fathom why you put yourself for attention and everything first like this (coming as a new father and just look back at how stupid gaming ego stuff can do in terms of what really matters).

People just need to enjoy gaming on all good merits than just wanting to be sillly with drama on the behalf of corps.
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Most people who represent the gaming industry aren't even billionaires. %99.9999 of them are middle class. We must keep it real. Phil, in his entire career, his net worth around $30M to $50M while the guy who made Schedule 1, his net worth a lot more than that. It's definitely a reverse capitalism effect. You can't deny it when it works against these people.
 
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That was fast lmao.

Always wondered if Xbox just intentionally leaks so much, or if these people have actually build their entire personalities and careers around running interference for and defending a corporation for $0?
 
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WOW so it ostensibly caused a bad PR cycle for Xbox so they threw him under the bus and shut him down? Over one story....

That's a bullshit move.

It just goes to show you that these are not journalists and they have no integrity. They are bought and sold by Microsoft and/or the highest bidder.

Microsoft(and/or its fan outlets) would like to hide everything shitty they are doing from you and they will run anyone over they need to to do it. As an Xbox supporter at the beginning of this gen I do not understand how these people still have supporters. Is cheaper games what its all for?
 
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Most people who represent the gaming industry aren't even billionaires. %99.9999 of them are middle class. We must keep it real. Phil, in his entire career, his net worth around $30M to $50M while the guy who made Schedule 1, his net worth a lot more than that. It's definitely a reverse capitalism effect. You can't deny it when it works against these people.
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Yeah, but I still can't fathom why people can act full on like like that when having children and what have you. Odd people.
 
Reasons are fear of reputational damage and good relationship with publishers.
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So they are officially admitting their are just PR guys basically. We cannot say anything that would displeased the publisher PR departments.
 
blacktout said:
He also suggested that the Switch 2 would have a SKU with no backwards compatibility, which is hilarious in retrospect now that we know how the system handles BC.

It's pretty clear that he was just guessing based on the speculation surrounding the potential difficulties of Switch BC from sources like MVG and trying to pass his guess off as insider information. I wouldn't be surprised if most of his "leaks" are that.
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He just loves the clout. He was a guest on Xbox Two once and claimed he was already privy to all the info in the Insomniac leak, yea fucking right.
 
Good. Now every media outlet needs to ban leakers and rumor mongers immediaterly and permanently. It adds nothing of value to the industry.

Oh wait, they're need for clicks for ad revenue. Shit.

REINSTATE THE LEAKERS AND RUMOR MONGERS PLEASE! THANKS.
 
Nothing sadder then 40+ year old dudes running a fanboy podcast and protecting a multi trillion dollar company.

Even sadder that the website was literally created cause 'everyone has it out for xbox' on resetera.
 
I mean if the rumor is baseless you are creating fear mongering and yes you are damaging Xbox/Fable teams. Same if you do it with Sony, etc.

The issue here is, are they going to go police everyone on this? No they aren't. And what's more is if the rumor is true, then the fears are justified that this will be cancelled or a flop.

Personally? If your reporting is accurate and true keep doing what you're doing and tell big green to suck nuts. All they offer you is free games and access— you don't need that to be viable lol.
 
Perrott said:
Nick's rumor mill -- as accurate or inaccurate as it was -- constituted the only reason why people listened to that podcast.

Big mistake to pull a Colin Moriarty on a colleague that you've worked with for years.
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easy a did the same to brad.
 
Despite It being a fanboy run site, I just can't stand people that just turn on others for the stupidest reasons while demanding respect. Seen this infighting on shitholes like SBAF forums where you have 40+ year olds threatning anyone over minor opinions, Too thick to get no one gonna read a Headphone/amp review like that. Fuck me I saw a reviewer/mods/power users lash out at a poster on SBAF for the crime of that Adults hearing taps out at 15 ~ 16KHz, The OP suddenly took that as personal attack & the fucking forum owner just spammed racist jokes.
 
Mattyp said:
Just a friendly reminder FH5 is the best selling game on PS5 for 2025.
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According to? If you are talking about the Alinea source....well how reliable are they?

Death Stranding 2 sold 1.4 million copies in June, analyst firm Ampere estimates

https://www.tweaktown.com/news/1062...unch-analyst-firm-ampere-estimates/index.html

Death Stranding 2 sold 687K copies in June, analyst firm Alinea Analytics estimates

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FC 25, Death Stranding 2, and Rematch top June's PlayStation ranking, while Stellar Blade's PC launch led to sales on PS5

PlayStation’s June 2025 ranking by copies sold brings familiar faces, new contenders, and another strong showing for Xbox-published titles. Sports, action games, and new hits all found their target audiences – and new ones.
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The Wuchang review , given their reputation, ask yourself would the score be that high if it wasn't a day one Gamepass release?

I don't trust anyone associated with that site/podcast at all. Self serving people like this have always been part of the problem, no matter how minuscule in the grand scheme of things, it all adds up.

Far too late now but What Xbox needed was more people in that kind of media puddle was to be more sincere and level headed.

Some might feel differently, after all these years I can't think of a single individual in the Xbox side of things who has been.
 
So anyone expecting something positive from Xbox/MS in the next 2 years can give up hope.
Get ready for a shitfest on Xbox/MS...

The only reason they don't want to spread rumors anymore is because they only have negative things...

Even spreading rumors ordered by MS, both positive and false, to create hype among the brand's fans, it would be even worse when the reality of the problems came to light.
 
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