Unfortunately this used to be a top level listen every week. Geek Media ruined IGN podcasts, removing hosts, removing the weekly constantly and littering the podcast with ads. The people who were able to escape put on better podcasts, give all of them a listen

They fired Max? Lame. I used to enjoy all of IGN’s podcasts. But they got rid of all the people I liked. Guess I will have to find new podcasts.

I really enjoyed listening to all of ign podcasts for up to date news in video games but recently heard that the shows are all going away! Some of us work many jobs and to have a podcast every week to stay up to date was very useful! I’m done with ign forever!

Corporate hacks

Even before the digital only news, this podcast is nothing but complaining about Sony/Playstation. Which is fine I guess but they’re generally pretty juvenile and whiny complaints. It’s not like they’re coming in with well thought out complaints. The Besties Podcast had an episode on the digital only news and the issues were much better laid out and argued. The context was much better explained. It’s like the Beyond guys don’t work for IGN and have seemingly know understanding or ability to analyze how or why the industry would head in this direction — it’s just whining. It’s like a Reddit comment section where know one actually has in depth knowledge. Not sure what the purpose of this is at this point.

Playing games and not focusing on making a podcast? Nice.

This show would be tolerable if they did something other than complain no stop and curse every breath. It is unlistenable in its current state. IGN has really fallen hard in recent years.

I can’t take it anymore, these guys can’t seem to stand any game that didn’t just come out and in a week that too becomes another game that isn’t as good as bloodborne. Seriously the nonstop yapping, complaining, and mentioning of a game over a decade old is ridiculous. I swear most of the cast hasn’t played more games than fingers on their hands and the only person who does (Jada) only ever talks about how good she is at video games and getting platinum trophies. Used to be a great show but the content fell off.

The weakest of the IGN shows, these guys just don’t PLAY PlayStation, don’t like any game that came out after Bloodbourne and will only lust over From games or games from their past. Just move on and find a show that actually likes the console they cover.

Not a bad show I listen to past time I love it the scoop crew a lot more I wish they would just have Ryan and mass on this podcast It gets old hearing Jada overpower others that are speaking just to refer to their trophies she makes me miss Janet Garcia

I’m not vibing the host for saying it nicely. This was an awesome podcast when Greg Miller was there. Now, this podcast has gone to the gutter. Super boring.

STOP CLICKING YOUR MOUSE during the recording, it’s gong to drive me insane!

Podcast is great to keep up with the weekly PlayStation news. But if you don’t mind hearing the word “like” after every 2 words then then the podcast is perfect. Play a drinking game every time someone says “like”. You may not make it to the end of the episode

Not to be a hater, but this show is a shell of its former self. And nothing personal against Jonathan Dornbush - he seems like a perfectly nice guy - but not a voice for podcasting! Like seriously, wow, this man should not produce any audio content. His voice is just awful. I'd be hard pressed to think of a more irritating voice I've ever heard in my entire life.

A podcast, built off the hard-work of the previous hosts, which is slowly whittling away. Edit: reaffirming my one-star rating after realizing the episode topics can be distilled into three types: 1. Where’s my bloodborne remaster?? 2. The state of PlayStation … mildly disappointed. 3. AAA title we’re contractually obligated to talk highly of ….. About once an episode I have to force myself to power through because Akeem says some obstructively combative or contrarian thing to Jada I want to turn it off. A few weeks ago it was arguing that monopolies are actually good for the gaming industry….?? This week it was interrupting her to explain the card game Uno…??? UNO??!? Cmon man.

The best podcast, hope someday they bring the video version here, as they do with ign daily fix.

I think they should get someone to level and master the volume of the group. It’s hard to hear on my earphones when there is any background noise I’m listening to the top ten game list and they seem to only have love for the games in the past 10 years. Not to mention they seem to not get along at all. They totally skip the golden age of PlayStation. I don’t think this is a very mature show.

Not an awful show, but the hosts seem greatly disconnected from their listeners. For a show about entertainment, they can’t seem to leave their blatant political bias at the door, affectively alienating half their audience. If you can ignore that, not bad. Much better in the past.

For a video game podcast it's amazing how uninformed some of the hosts are. It could be about games themselves, the industry and market, or the hardware.. some simply don't know what they're talking about half the time. I'm talking about objective facts, not opinions here.

Firstly I’m a fan of this podcast from the days of Greg & Collin. Not trying to say ones better than the other but as a host Jonathan’s loudness of “ummm”, “uhhh”, & “but’s” are so loud I just can’t keep myself listening. I literally will save this podcast as the last to listen to, not because it’s a “best for last scenario” but because I don’t want a headache going into the others. Jonathan please lower your voice with these or move the mic away from your face when doing this. If you can’t I have to unsubscribe. Take some pointers from Ryan McCaffrey off of Unlocked... something. The show has interesting topics & opinions... But, they are unbearable to listen to.

Love the podcast but hardly finish an entire episode these days because Akeem is incredibly annoying. 3 stars for what once was.

If you could bring one Sony character to the bar who you bringing I’ll bring Kratos

Some voices way more so than others. Turn that mix up!

This show used to be one of my favorites, especially among other PlayStation podcasts, but wow how has the show fallen off. The just Max says some ridiculous, completely non relevant stuff all the time and cuts people off as they are talking. Almost no news is talked about weekly other than the highlights that are a week old.

I’ve been a long time listener. I even made trips to visit the ign offices for some of their celebrations years and years ago. It is so sad that the crew seems tired and generally negative about the everything PlayStation nowadays and that shows in the numbers - YouTube views are now the lowest compared to other of their podcasts. There’s no enthusiasm or passion for the games anymore. Even Brian - I used to love him in years past, but this year he just seems so cranky. Jada is really the only one who has a positive attitude, but it’s hard for her to balance the negativity and lack of energy from the rest of the team. It seems like they are getting feedback, but they choose to make fun of it during the show rather than do something about it (i.e. i agree that Max says ‘I don’t know’ way too much and it comes off negatively. Maybe join toastmasters?).

The same tired talent spewing the same tired opinions you can hear from every other major media outlet

They don’t ever give Sony the smoke and pretty much live everything the company does. Sounds biased to me, but then again it’s IGN. These are the same ones that say every showcase and state of play is “S” tier. I’ll pass hardcore on this.

This was my favorite show, felt like a podcast by PS fans for PS fans. Since Jonathan left outside of Jada everyone just seems to roast PS and gleeful while doing so. I something question why they do a PS podcast. I’m hoping they can go back to acting like they like PS

I’ve been listening to Beyond since Max was the host. I loved it with Brian, Max, and Jonathon. Then, when Jonathon became the host it was amazing. I loved memory cards and the fun segments like Trophy Trivia and News Crunch. It was fun, light hearted, informative and most of all, had heart. Ever since he left it’s felt directionless and at times frustrating to listen to. Refusing to cover Hogwarts Legacy, hyping up Forspoken, and most recently their praise for the PlayStation Showcase and then backtracking their opinions about it the very next episode. The podcast lacks well thought out discussion, diversity of opinion, and it seems too biased. Further, the Beyond Crew cannot take any criticism. I don’t believe any should be personally attacked, but there is no denying the show has struggled as of late but they either cannot see it or don’t want to admit it.

IS FOR ME! I’m 37 long time gamer and I don’t understand why people play games on their phones. It’s bad for the battery life and it leads to way to much screen time. That said I’ll game while spending time wihh the my lady as she watches RHW of Nj. I can let my baby watch baby Einstein and game! 🙏🏾🙏🏾 I can’t wait

Too frantic. They talk over each other. They talk way too fast.

I have been listening every week for the past 2.5 years. Primarily started listening as the excitement for PS5 launch was growing. The main issue is that most of the discussion is just lacking content and depth. Every industry discussion is approached by the same one sided viewpoint. ( from Crunch to game prices) There is little depth to the actual gaming business knowledge the team shows. And there are no counter points or ideas. They also tend to simply be stuck in the view that everyone listening is in “San Francisco”. Their political viewpoints don’t need to constantly be brought up on a PlayStation podcast. The rest of the world does not mirror San Francisco’s view. (If you don’t enjoy the quarantine move... most of the country is operating rather normally) They really need some business insight to become more interesting. Otherwise this is just a fairly boring discussion about the news of the week. If you enjoy a heavy feelings-based discussion , light on depth, this may just float your boat.

You are parading around a man who fights against reality to convince himself and everyone else he is a woman. Objective reality matters and everyone knows intuitively that this is insane. You are a doing a disservice to “Jada & Kat” by enabling this detachment from reality and you are providing a terrible example to everyone else.

You guys just seem so ignorant anytime technology is involved, it makes my head hurt and makes me wanna slam my head against the wall anytime PSVR2 is brought up. Smh

I’m so sad. Please for the love of god sell the show to greg.

Have been listening for years, but have to give this low review for completely ignoring one of the best, most anticipated games of the year…Hogwarts Legacy. IGN is supposed to be game journalism. Leaving Hogwarts Legacy out of this podcast demonstrates a lack of objectivity and dedication to actual journalism of video games. It’s an obvious political statement, trans activism that goes against the sentiments of the majority of your listeners and the vast majority of the US population. How many people have to complain in the reviews, forums, and via direct contact before this company learns to leave their San Fransisco politics out of our games? There should be enough moderate or conservative people within your company who can fairly record a podcast on this game without political bias. If you can’t even get four people together to do this, then clearly you have a different kind of diversity problem… that you discriminate against half the country in hiring.

I’m a long-time listener and the show has been less and less relevant for me lately. Their decision not to cover the biggest new release pushed me over the edge to unsubscribe.

Where is the Hogwarts legacy review? I’m unfollowing

Best iteration of the show so far. Love having Max and Brian back. Keep it up!

Other than Mark and his constant buffoonery it’s a great show. Mark makes it hard to listen.

I love this show but my problem is where is dornbush I feel like that he should be in the show

This is supposed to be a PlayStation podcast. I don’t want to hear about the hosts’ gaming PC, the latest Xbox game they are playing, or how many games they play on Switch. In all of IGN, are these the only hosts who own PlayStations? Also would be nice if the hosts knew more about the video game industry than press releases. This is how podcasts die.

Shows been terrible since the dude with high pitched voice became a regular.

Really around a 4/5 for me, but I’ve got to counteract the basement troll Fox News crowd giving 1’s because The hosts occasionally DARE to mention inequalities in our society and show compassion for marginalized groups and, ya know, LIBS BAD… The show is enjoyable to listen to, the hosts are knowledgeable about their field, and the content is solid. Some other podcasts bring a little more spice, fun, and humor to the table, but this is a solid one.

Please get rid of mark !!! He’s a dumb gorilla…very hard to get into the podcast with him on…otherwise great place for PlayStation news

What a fall from grace. I remember years ago when Zack first said “banger” and Dornography bought it hook line and STINKER. Now he’s using that word as if it’s not cringe. Gotta lol. Downhill big time. This last episode it’s them rearranging the deck chairs on the titanic. “Sony is fine. I am fine”. Sorry for the racist opinion.

Host lineup should be Johnathon, Max, Brian, and Jada. This is the A team (sorry Mark Medina).

We come to listen about games not about your political beliefs, that you think everyone else should share. Unfollowed.

Add it to the pile of podcasts I used to love, but is just impossible to listen to now. If they ever go back to just talking about games (leave your personal/political agendas at home) and get rid of hosts that have voices that are like nails on a chalkboard, someone let me know and I might come back.

These guys (other than Jada Griffin) always have the worst take on everything. They don’t understand anything about revenue and profit; they want businesses to be their friends; they complain about everything; they don’t understand the drawbacks of Gamepass; they make the most banal, simplistic points month after month; they are, overall, just the worst, and the podcast dedicated to the biggest brand in gaming should have smarter, more knowledgable hosts.