Devs Question Series S Shortcomings, xCloud 'Will Come to iOS' says Xbox, Marvel's Avengers Losing Players & Amazon Cancels Crucible

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">On this week’s PlayersToo Podcast: </span></p> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Quantic Dream founder David Cage is the latest developer to suggest Xbox’s two-console approach could cause problems for game makers: we discuss!</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Xbox boss Phil Spencer has said that xCloud WILL come to iOS, most likely following Amazon’s lead in using a web-based app to avoid the App Store</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Marvel’s Avengers is struggling to maintain its player base just one month on from release; while Amazon’s Crucible has been cancelled, following a poor release and a brief return to closed beta. </span></li> </ul> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Plus the games we’ve been playing, shout-outs to stories including an update on PS5 backward compatibility, Rambo arrives in Mortal Kombat 11 and Rockstar’s new Scottish studio, before we close the show with a deeper dive on the reasons why many live service games struggle and fail right out of the gate. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Remember our PlayAlong game for October is Fullbright’s second game, Tacoma! Play it, share your thoughts with us and we’ll discuss the game on the first show in November!</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Find and follow PlayersToo on:</span></p> <p><a href="https://twitter.com/PlayersToo"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Twitter</span></a> <span style= "font-weight: 400;">//</span> <a href= "https://www.facebook.com/playerstoopodcast"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Facebook</span></a> <span style= "font-weight: 400;">//</span> <a href= "https://www.instagram.com/playerstoo/"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Instagram</span></a> <span style= "font-weight: 400;">//</span> <a href= "https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCCkeYho105v1bsQC49JaQow"><span style="font-weight: 400;"> YouTube</span></a></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">