Sacred Symbols: A PlayStation Podcast

#407 | Pleasure Spiked With Pain


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Things are quiet recently. It feels like we're waiting for something to pop-off; some new announcements, or tantalizing rumors, or whatever. We have a little of that this week, though -- perhaps as usual -- it's good news mixed-up with a few questionable items. Let's start with PS5 sales, which picked up substantially in the days leading up to the hardware's global price increase. We then move into the surreptitious release of once-hidden Grand Theft Auto Online numbers, which shows a game still making around $10 million a week, with around two-thirds of its playerbase on PlayStation 5 and PlayStation 4. Then, we get into first and second party fare: More details about the unannounced (but heavily rumored) Faye-driven God of War spinoff, casting and performance capture details for Hideo Kojima's PHYSINT, word of a Bloodborne animated feature in the works, and a Metal Gear Solid film, too, both being steered by Sony Pictures. And did Insomniac's Spider-Man 3 get leaked, too? Inquiries from the audience help us round things out, as always. Why is PlayStation 2 Colin's least-favorite Sony console? Is there room for the point-and-click adventure genre in modern gaming? Will Xbox really go back down the path of exclusivity? Can we act as an effective billboard for a listener's pregnancy announcement?

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    0:00:00 - Intro
    0:35:29 - Player 3
    0:39:45 - Timothy's weight loss
    0:44:56 - RIP Juno
    0:56:18 - Back to PSVR2?
    0:57:39 - Weird Pragmata discourse
    1:09:20 - Roblox on PS5
    1:10:14 - PS5 sales boost due to the price increase
    1:22:13 - GTA Online makes $10 million a week
    1:36:28 - New Faye God of War details
    1:47:42 - Physint casting details
    1:56:27 - Bloodborne animated movie
    2:12:37 - Metal Gear Solid movie rumors
    2:21:39 - Mocap for Spider-Man 3
    2:32:29 - New PS+ games
    2:39:39 - What We’re Playing (Starfield, Marathon, Mouse PI For Hire)
    3:00:56 - Defending capitalism
    3:16:27 - "AI-free"
    3:27:11 - PlayStation in Super Smash Brothers
    3:38:01 - PS2, the least favorite
    3:43:06 - Point and Click adventure games
    3:49:05 - Xbox returning to exclusives?

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