Zenspath Entertainment Network episode 191 is here! Jeremy, Chase, & Stephen talk about EA going private in a possible $55 Billion dollar deal, Xbox raises the price of Game Pass & changes features, free Xbox Cloud Gaming with ads, Sony makes a new PS5 slim with less memory for the same cost, OpenAI plays chicken with copyrighted IP with Sora AI , the Speed Run, & MUCH more!

Our "Big Question" for this week is "If Microsoft ended up not making Xbox anymore, and decided to go the path of the publisher, what do you think the industry would look like, and what would the effects of that choice look like as well?"

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Jeremy -

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Stephen -

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Chase -

X - https://twitter.com/LegioXGaming

Chris -

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Intro 0:00 What We've Been Doing 0:50 The Group Chat - Recent Pickups! 21:40 EA is Moving Ahead With Their Attempted $55 Billion Deal to Go Privately Owned 32:02 Xbox Raises the Price & Makes Changes to Their Game Pass Plans 42:33 Microsoft is Testing a Free Version of Xbox Cloud Gaming...With Ads 58:29 New PS5 Slim Version With Less Storage But Costs the Same 1:11:00 OpenAI Plays Chicken With Other Companies Copyrights via "Opt Out" Clause 1:20:10 The Speedrun 1:29:05 The Big Question 1:33:09 Outro & Where to Find Us 1:45:41