Sacred Symbols, Episode 176: Paucity (Patreon)

Bad news: Sony isn't going to be able to make as many PlayStation 5 consoles as it was hoping, at least in the short term. What does that mean for you? It means that, if you're still on the hunt for a console, you may want to get used to the idea of ponying up for a black market unit or settle in for a long and painful winter. We discuss. Plus: Gaming engine Unity has made a substantial acquisition, Q-Games acquires The Tomorrow Children from Sony, licensing issues bog down GTA's re-releases and Metal Gear Solid's legacy titles alike, Konami has totally botched the rollout of eFootball, and so on, and so on, and so on. Listener inquiries allow us to cleanly wrap things up as always, touching on subjects like Mass Effect's revival, the demise of Jump Force, the uncertain future of Media Molecule, and word from a funeral director that -- yes -- she listens to Sacred Symbols while embalming bodies. We suppose somebody's gotta do it.

Timestamps:

0:00:00 - Intro

0:03:15 - Opening questions and concerns.

0:15:10 - Some smaller news items.

0:52:19 - What have we been playing?

1:06:48 - Sony will be unable to meet its PS5 production forecast.

1:12:32 - Unity has purchased Weta Digital, Peter Jackson’s special effects company.

1:20:06 - Q-Games has obtained the rights for The Tomorrow Children.

1:24:56 - Metal Gear Solid 2 & 3 have been temporarily delisted.

1:29:03 - The Grand Theft Auto trilogy retains most of its original soundtrack, but not all.

1:34:32 - Rainbow Six: Extraction will release on January 20th.

1:38:54 - Konami’s eFootball will not receive a major update until Spring of 2022.

1:42:47 - Sony has revealed the top-downloaded games on PS4 and PS5.

1:45:47 - EA is on the verge of reviving the Fight Night series.

1:50:57 - Gematsu has spotted a small group of notable trademarks.

1:52:27 - Back 4 Blood may or may not be doing so hot.

1:57:22 - News Wrap-Up

1:58:31 - What should I do with my life?

2:06:29 - Should games let you choose your pronouns?

2:10:20 - What’s the deal with Media Molecule?

2:15:51 - Has our relationship with different genres changed as we’ve gotten older?

2:21:16 - Why do people on TV and movies play games like THAT?

2:26:04 - Is Bungie screwing new players out of content