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The 20/20 Gamer crew discuss the what if possibilities of major events being different in gaming history. https://www.2020gamer.com

Episodes

  1. 11/16/2025

    What if Gaming #007 What if EA Sold Their IPs

    What if... EA sold their IPs?The panel discusses the What If Scenario the new owners of EA selling franchise intellectual property they aren't interested. What do you think? Leave comments below. Hosts:‪ @ReaperPC-live   @dadeisvenm  Abvex Timestamps:00:00 - Intro00:35 - EA History & Being Sold15:00 - What IPs would be sold?35:00 - Burnout IP?2:53:45 - CreditsBroadcasted live on Twitch (10/28/2025): reaperpc

    2h 54m

  2. 06/29/2025

    What if Gaming #006: What if... the '83 game crash never happened?

    What if... The Video Game Crash of 1983 never happened?The panel discusses the What If Scenario of how gaming would evolve if the video game crash of 1983 never happened. What would the likes of #atari , #sega and #nintendo look like now? What do you think? Leave comments below. Hosts: @Reaperpc-live @dadeisvenm Timestamps: 00:00 - Intro 01:11 - What happened in #1983 ? 10:50 - How as the transition to #1985 Nintendo release ? 15:10 - What if there was no crash in '83 ? 16:20 - Could #Mariobros stayed multiplatform ? 17:38 - ET landfill reference 19:35 - How would @NintendoAmerica compete against a strong @atari in '85 ? 25:00 - Would the Nintendo #playstation / #SNES CD become an actual release ? 27:00 - Would a stronger Atari = a Stronger SEGA of America division ? 32:48 - Who is Atari's mascot ? 39:58 - What happens to the mobile market and the influence of the #gameboy ? 48:00 - Can this hypothetical Atari keep a foot in the PC space ? 02:39:39 - Credits Broadcasted live on Twitch (6/19/2025): https://www.twitch.tv/reaperpc

    2h 41m

  3. 04/20/2025

    What if Gaming #005: What if... the momentum of the 360 was continued?

    What if... the momentum of the 360 was continued?The panel discusses the What If Scenario of Microsoft continuing the momentum the 360 had at the beginning of its generation through out the rest of its life span and into the next generation.What do you think? Leave comments below. Hosts:@ReaperPC ‪ @dadeisvenm   @KASHCROE  Timestamps:00:00 - Intro01:57 - Panel Introduction02:23 - Topic History05:45 - First platform mistakes made10:32 - Momentum loss in multiple markets11:28 - Unit sales across the years13:22 - What game in 2007 would've helped?18:00 - What was the highest selling 360 game?24:00 - Missteps With Desktop & Mobile platforms?30:48 - Did the Kinect live up to its potential?39:00 - Why did the PS4 sell so well at launch?56:00 - Was the Xbox One design by committee?01:04:35 - If Xbox had a handheld would we have a Steam Deck?01:07:50 - Is their PC on a TV concept a good idea?01:15:00 - What if they had established being THE everything platform?01:21:00 - Xbox car ecosystem?01:27:00 - Should Microsoft never bought Activision?01:31:20 - What if Xbox division was sold?01:42:00 - Why does the Azure PlayFab not reference Xbox?01:47:00 - Does a more successful Xbox affect Nintendo?01:53:00 - Would Sony have so many remasters against a good Xbox lineup?01:54:42 - What could Xbox do to carve out a market?02:03:40 - What if Microsoft bought the Call of Duty brand during the 360 era?02:09:24 - Shout outs and Outros02:13:00 - CreditsBroadcasted live on Twitch (4/5/2025): https://www.twitch.tv/reaperpc

    2h 15m

  4. 03/11/2025

    What if Gaming #004: What if... Atari made a NEW modern console?

    What if... Atari made a NEW modern console?We explore the idea of Atari entering into the console race in earnest. What do you think? Leave comments below.Hosts: ReaperPC - https://www.twitch.tv/reaperpcDadeisVenm - https://www.twitch.tv/dadeisvenmTimestamps:00:00 - Intro 01:36 - Panel Introduction 02:04 - What if Atari released a brand new console? 03:42 - Brief Atari console history 15:00 - The fail of the Jaguar64 21:00 - New Retro Atari games And merch 26:00 - Dade's What would happen if Atari dropped now? 32:00 - Could Atari do a decently powerful new console? 01:46:00 - Dadeisvenm crashes out 01:51:00 - End Credits Broadcasted live on Twitch (3/1/2025): https://www.twitch.tv/reaperpc https://www.2020gamer.com

    1h 53m

  5. 02/16/2025

    What if Gaming #003: What if... We Got Titanfall BR Instead of Apex Legends

    What if We Got Titanfall Battle Royale instead of Apex Legends?We explore the idea of what the market would look like had Titanfall been the BR we got it instead of Apex Legends.What do you think, leave comments below. Hosts: @ReaperPC-live   @dadeisvenm  Timestamps: 00:00 - Intro 01:14 - What if we got Titanfall BR / Panel Intro 02:04 - Timeline of how it happened 07:25 - Why did we get Apex instead? 16:22 - Titanfall BR drops in 2019 reception? 27:00 - Titanfall BR with a no-Titan mode 32:30 - Why not add Titans to Apex as is? 37:15 - What happens to Battlefield 2042? 40:42 - Would EA make a mistake? 48:50 - Would the franchise take a hit? 55:55 - EA's profits from Sports titles mess with their expectations? 01:30:00 - Summary of the What if Time line to 2022/3 01:31:00 - Is there an apatite for a Mech game? 01:42:30 - Are we better off with no Titanfall BR? 01:46:40 - Would Titanfall BR inspire others? 01:58:54 - Credits

    2h 1m

  6. 01/20/2025

    What If Gaming #002: What if...Nintendo Launched the PlayStation

    What if the Nintendo and Sony deal didn't fall apart and we got the "Nintendo PlayStation"/SNES-CD ?  @dadeisvenm  ,  @BiggPicc  , and  @ReaperPC-live  , go through the possibilities of Nintendo on CD based platforms and a world without Sony PlayStations. Timestamps: 00:00 - Intro 01:32 - Introducing the panel 02:38 - What if Nintendo had launched the PlayStation 08:28 - The Nintendo licensing factor 10:11 - Does this mean the Sega Saturn does better? 11:24 - The censorship factor 18:09 - Is the 5th console generation (32/64-bit) delayed? 29:00 - Would 16-bit CD based games have evolved? 37:45 - What happens to the Panasonic 3DO & Atari Jaguar64 ? 43:15 - PC games space unaffected? 48:06 - What happens to Sony Game Studios? 56:40 - What happens to Final Fantasy VII? 01:05:12 - What was the 1st game to have cutscenes? 01:15:00 - What happens to controller evolution without the PS1? 01:19:26 - What happens to Crash Bandicoot, Tomb Raider, King of Fighters, Golden Eye, etc? 01:30:20 - What does the 6th generation of consoles and portables look like? 01:40:46 - What does this mean for the original Xbox? 01:45:00 - What happens to online play on consoles? 02:05:00 - Do the consoles stay heavily customized hardware? 02:11:32 - Where do the core games and eSports gamers end up? 02:23:00 - Arcade culture stays mainstream longer? 02:31:30 - Mature and Adult games on Nintendo hardware 02:48:30 - Would the VMU have evolved to challenge Nintendo handhelds? 03:00:18 -  @BiggPicc  asks us how do we decide which consoles to buy? 03:13:05 - Credits Streamed live on https://www.twitch.tv/reaperpc

    3h 15m

  7. 01/02/2025

    What If Gaming #001 What if... GTA3 was on Dreamcast

    What if the development and release of GTA3 finished where it had started... on the Sega Dreamcast. What would the gaming landscape have looked like then? https://www.2020gamer.com Hosts: ReaperPC Dadeisvenm Timestamps: 00:00 - Intro 01:43 - The Panel 01:57 - Welcome to the new show concept 02:57 - What If GTA 3 came out on the Sega Dreamcast 04:34 - The panel goes down the rabbit hole 12:40 - GTA 3 Sales & #shenmue 17:13 - Sony is still Sony 19:28 - What would happen to Crazy Taxi & Jet Set Radio 22:12 - VMUs & GTA3 ? 24:00 - Dreamcast the home of open world console games 28:30 - The specs of that generation 32:00 - Online capabilities 36:45 - What happens to Microsoft? 44:00 - Software development culture at the time 59:00 - Sega "We are not a retro company"...but they are 01:02:11 - What happens to Sega IPs & exclusives 01:15:09 - Would console culture be better with Sega as the 3rd instead of Microsoft? 01:24:00 - Does this stop some of us from becoming PC gamers? 01:33:49 - The recap and closing statements

    1h 50m
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