Sacred Symbols, Episode 313 | I Ain't No Mathematician, But I Can Count (Patreon)

Good news emanates from South Korea, where developer Shift Up announced that PS5-exclusive release Stellar Blade has surpassed a million copies sold. To the rational thinking person, this is obviously a great accomplishment for a niche and provocative release on a single platform, and yet there are know-nothings debating its success. Thus, we correct the incorrect while also talking about Stellar Blade's future, including DLC, a PC port, and -- ultimately! -- a sequel. Other news this week includes details for Concord's upcoming closed and open betas, the surprising return of Capcom zombie-killing classic Dead Rising, fresh PSone-era collections for the likes of Fear Effect and Fighting Force, percolating rumors about PlayStation 3 emulation finally coming to PS4 and PS5, and much more. As always, we wrap things up with inquiries from you, the audience. What do we think about a Guerrilla producer's desire to get Aloy in Smash Bros? Is poor media literacy stopping gaming from reaching its true potential? Which random PlayStation 2 games would we like to see ported to modern hardware? If we could go back to the 17th century and permanently scar a peasant child with a video game experience, which one would we choose?

Timestamps:

0:00:00 - Intro

0:13:04 - Independent wrestling promoter

0:15:22 - Bread

0:34:26 - Rotating third chair?

0:45:31 - chips in the microwave?

0:54:12 - Taking a game back in time

1:05:09 - Concord beta details

1:16:27 - Astro Bot's dev team is 60 people.

1:33:49 - PS3 emulation rumors

1:47:35 - Smaller news items

1:58:00 - What we're playing

2:26:41 - Stellar Blade sells over one million

2:38:04 - PSVR 2 woes

2:59:39 - Dead Rising Deluxe Remaster

3:08:14 - Limited Run Games announcements

3:15:38 - New PS Plus games

3:27:33 - Retro PlayStation Podcast

3:33:43 - Smash-like PlayStation game

3:50:39 - Media literacy in gaming

4:04:09 - Stranded PS2 games

4:15:17 - Boss Rush mode

4:20:17 - Fixing the amount of games