Podquisition 372: The PS Vita Special

A tribute.

Games we played this week include:

Pokémon Legends: Arceus (14:10)

Sifu (33:20)

Silent Hill Book of Memories (39:10)

Killzone Mercenaries (41:35)

God of War Chains of Olympus (44:30)

Unbound Saga (44:55)

Unit 13 (45:55)

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News things talked about in this episode:

Pokémon Legends Arceus sells 6.5m copies in a week, probably because it’s good (18:30)

https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2022-02-04-pokemon-legends-arceus-sells-6-5m-copies-in-seven-days

Google rumored to be dropping Stadia, trying to shop its tech around (46:40)

https://www.vg247.com/stadia-reportedly-deprioritized-inside-google-which-aims-to-secure-deals-under-google-stream-label

Microsoft is rolling out the anti-trust defense propaganda, points cheeky fingers at Apple (50:15)

https://blogs.microsoft.com/on-the-issues/2022/02/09/open-app-store-principles-activision-blizzard/

Ubisoft is licensing their characters to third-party NFT producers (56:44)

https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2022-02-09-ubisoft-rabbids-added-to-blockchain-metaverse-the-sandbox

Itch.io calls NFTs what they are: a scam (1:00:00)

https://twitter.com/itchio/status/1490141815294414856

No, Nintendo isn’t going to be buying up developers like Sony and Microsoft (1:02:25)

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-02-03/nintendo-cuts-switch-outlook-again-on-supply-logistics-jam

Kotaku feature on Steph (1:10:35)

https://kotaku.com/jim-stephanie-sterling-youtube-interview-jimquisition-w-1848501185

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