Sacred Symbols, Episode 37: Games As A Disservice (Patreon)
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When it comes to the gaming industry, the war for your time and money is a relentless slog. It almost makes you wonder if -- in trying to give you more -- you're actually getting less, not only in content, but in creativity and wonder, too. A listener question sparks a conversation surrounding just such a topic, and we naturally delve head first into it. But before we get there, there's some news to attend to. One upcoming PS4 exclusive (Days Gone) has gone gold, while another (Death Stranding) seems to be falling behind. New firmware brings PS4 Remote Play to iOS devices. PlayStation is breaking the Chinese gaming industry wide open. And did you know NIS is bringing a new Vita game out... in 2020?! We discuss all of that, plus much more, rounded out by even more listener questions, like: Where's Killzone? Will Legend of Dragoon ever come back? And does Colin really hate gum more than anything else on Earth? The answers may just surprise you.
Timestamps:
0:00:17 - Intro.
0:02:32 - It doesn't seem like anyone's getting Sekiro early. We'll have thoughts after release!
0:03:36 - Shoutout to Buntyking for putting us in touch with Ubisoft's Canadian PR agency. They don't ignore us!
0:04:55 - Your vote will determine if we should keep reading new game releases each week, or scrap the segment.
0:05:44 - One listener notes that The Division 2's DLC scheme is not that unusual for Ubisoft.
0:06:50 - Colin is hiring Chris to make the Vita Funeral video. More details soon.
0:07:51 - A quick primer for Patreon, since people are occasionally confused by it.
0:09:22 - Little known fact: Colin loathes gum, refuses to try it, and hates being around people chewing it.
0:11:17 - What games are we playing? (Plus: Chatter about the new Devil May Cry 5 censorship controversy.)
0:19:14 - Days Gone is gold (and it's getting post-release DLC, too). (Plus: TLoU release date rumors.)
0:23:44 - Death Stranding is slightly behind its internal dev schedule, says Kojima.
0:25:41 - PS4 Firmware 6.5 brings Remote Play to iOS devices.
0:29:15 - EA follows suit with Sony, reveals it won't have an E3 press conference this year.
0:33:25 - THQ Nordic apologizes for 8chan SNAFU.
0:34:42 - Judgement, the Yakuza spinoff, is coming to western PS4s in June.
0:36:21 - BioWare is working on fixes to Anthem's prominent PS4-centric technical issues.
0:37:47 - Seven brand new Chinese-developed games are coming to PlayStation 4.
0:38:53 - NIS reveals three upcoming games for the west, including one for Vita!
0:39:34 - Last month's most-downloaded PS4, Vita, and PSVR games were...
0:41:50 - Minor game announcements and release date information.
0:43:06 - This week's new releases for PS4, PS Vita, and PSVR.
0:47:17 - Are "Games as a Service" doing a disservice to players?
0:55:18 - When will we find out for sure what Rocksteady is working on?
0:57:22 - Would combining PlayStation Plus with PlayStation Now be a wise business decision?
0:59:40 - Will Sony ever revisit The Legend of Dragoon?
1:01:55 - Why do "Game of the Year" Editions of video games exist?
1:03:27 - Should Sony revive Killzone or Resistance to attract FPS players, or concede the genre to the "Big Guns"?
1:07:13 - How excited do we actually get about upcoming video game releases?
1:09:38 - What's a niche rerelease or remaster we'd like to see?
1:12:56 - Outro.