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The Bright Side | Sacred Symbols: A PlayStation Podcast Episode 190

It seems like PlayStation has taken some body blows recently, but stark reality paints a different picture. Sales data shows PlayStation 5 is steadily outselling Xbox Series X|S, while games like the original Horizon and Miles Morales are doing Nintendo first party-level numbers, something its primary competition could only dream of. Heck, with Cyberpunk 2077 sneakily arriving on PlayStation 5 in the shadow of Horizon: Forbidden West's launch, there's much to be excited about. Of course, it isn't all good news. Sony second-party partner Haven has already lost its COO and co-founder -- a bad sign, indeed -- while PlayStation seems to be unnecessarily screwing around with cross-gen pricing. And what's up with Platinum Games' recent desperation and the censoring of horror game Martha Is Dead? We discuss. We then end, as we usually do, with a smattering of listener inquiries. Does the upcoming closure of Wii U's and 3DS' digital storefronts portend bad things for PS3 and Vita? Is Sony Pictures on the verge of taking full advantage of the Destiny IP? What's with all the anti-"gamer" hate in the industry? Will Chris ever return to New York? Follow the hosts on Twitter! Colin: https://twitter.com/notaxation Chris: https://twitter.com/ChrisRGun Dustin: https://twitter.com/DustinCanFly A new episode of Sacred Symbols: A PlayStation Podcast launches each Friday morning. To receive instant, ad-free access, as well as other perks, please support the show on Patreon at http://patreon.com/LastStandMedia You can also subscribe to the audio version of the podcast on iTunes, Google Play, and other podcast providers, or use this link: https://open.spotify.com/show/1GKTOA7... #SacredSymbols #LastStandMedia #PlayStation Timestamps: 0:00:00 - Intro 0:09:55 - Sacred Symbols 200 LIVE 0:10:48 - Some corrections. 0:15:41 - Rate the drip. 0:19:30 - Is Colin still doing OMAD? 0:26:08 - Remembering the Vita on its 10th Birthday. 0:31:19 - A Capcom countdown is ongoing. 0:35:05 - Haven has lost its COO and co-founder. 0:39:01 - Is Sony being deceptive with Horizon marketing? 0:54:04 - The Last of Us on HBO will not air in 2022. 1:00:43 - A technical test is happening for MLB: The Show 22. 0:57:27 - Gran Turismo 7 will come on two discs for PS4, one on PS5. 1:01:45 - A Bioshock movie is in early development. 1:08:52 - A third Sonic movie is already in pre-production. 1:13:54 - EA is releasing the “My Wedding Stories” Sims content in Russia, after all. 1:16:05 - Visual Concepts is making a AAA open world driving game. 1:18:10 - What have we been playing? 1:43:03 - Horizon: Zero Dawn has surpassed 20 million copies sold. 1:53:54 - The PS5 outsold Xbox Series S, X, and Nintendo Switch in January. 1:56:15 - Miles Morales is the third best-selling PlayStation exclusive game of all time. 2:05:05 - Cyberpunk 2077 has come to PS5. 2:13:28 - Platinum Games may be in trouble. 2:18:17 - The director of The Witcher III has revealed his new studio. 2:24:50 - PlayStation will censor parts of Martha Is Dead. 2:31:08 - Dead Island 2 may be on the verge of being released. 2:34:18 - Sony has revealed the most downloaded digital games for January. 2:35:46 - Nacon has acquired Daedalic Entertainment. 2:37:59 - News Wrap-Up 2:38:55 - Is Spartacus less of a response to Game Pass and more of a fix to legacy support? 2:48:21 - Did we ever use the Vita 3G capabilities? 2:52:06 - Could Sony have Bungie retell Destiny’s story in another format? 2:57:11 - How did Sacred Symbols determine its cadence? 3:05:31 - Do we have any games we routinely return to, for better or worse? 3:10:48 - What JRPG would we recommend as a reintroduction to the genre?

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easelgames

Some timestamps around the 1 hour are in the wrong position again lol. I'm NOT complaining just letting you know. Thanks for the great content :)

gnawtyFOX

Hyped!! Full disclosure I just reached level 25 in HZD (1). Can not wait to finish and get the new game.

Anonymous

The maelstrom Colin is perfect . Great episode as always!

Anonymous

About the Last of Us tv series. Supposedly they are currently filming in Canmore Alberta, which is in Banff National Park. From being there two summers ago that town has some stunning scenery plus it is currently winter. As an Albertan I'm exited to see how the show will look!

RK128

Thank you for answering my question! Great episode as always and if you was wondering, you can actually link your Wii U and 3ds accounts to Switch but I don’t know if many even did that.

Kenneth Oms

In regards to scoring, I love the organic way things are done here. In regards to other content creators, I like how ACG does it where it’s a simple “buy rent, wait for sale or don’t touch” I’ve been saving this question for when you do a call in show, but I would love to see an episode where you theorize how the industry would change if no one provided review scores and meta critic didn’t exist. I feel like it would change mainstream game development a lot as they wouldn’t have to worry so much about hitting a 90 etc. hell, we would have gotten a days gone 2.

Ryan Rumsey

As a bedroom music producer and aspiring video game composer, I would love to hear a conversation with someone in this field. Maybe an idea for a SS+ episode? I appreciate all the work you guys do!

Robby Deadman

Just finished this episode. Hey Colin, have you tried Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag? Imo, it's one of the best AC games and it's still one of the most unique among the series. It might be difficult to go back to an almost 10 year old game, but there's just a lot to love in Black Flag. Keep on keeping on man!

Brandon Soto

Dude, A Hat in Time is incredible. Check out New Super Lucky’s Tale as well, both having recent 60 fps patches.

Liam Mcnulty

The censorship Sony is doing lately is really concerning, I don't need Sony telling me what I'm allowed to see as an adult. I'm a hugh PlayStation fan, but I've definitely been playing my Xbox more this generation so far, and I'll be buying the Xbox version of Martha is Dead, even though I'm all in on the trophies ecosystem. But I won't support censorship. Also I got a refund on the PS5 version of Horizon and bought the PS4 version. The PS5 version took minutes to download with my speeds so the pre loading wasn't a factor for me. I put that 10 Gil refund into Cyberpunk, after the next gen version launched.

RK128

Wait, hat in time runs at 60fps on next gen? I gotta try it again on series x

Colton McKinney

Chicken ramen is the nectar of the Gods. And it’s gotta be maruchan. I recommend making a grilled cheese and dipping it into the juice. It’s like $3 meal that I could eat for the rest of my life.

Zack Fair

Colin, gotta say I'd be in the same position as yourself, if my fiancee made bread like Micah makes for you everyday, as for some reason bread is a guilty pleasure of mine and can easily devour a loaf a day if I didn't check myself

Anonymous

I recommend adding a little ranch dressing to your chicken maruchan ramen. I grew up poor and ate maruchan ramen every day. I learned ways to spruce it up. Lol

Angel Of The Past

I would guess the Bioshock movie would be the fall of rapture

Anonymous

Dustin, it’s Dead or Alive Xtreme 3 Scarlet that was censored on the PS4 but not on the Nintendo Switch. The PS4 does not include some items that add to the lewdness of the game (softening gel, golden fan, etc).

Walker Simmons

I loved Sifu it was one of the most challenging but rewarding platinums I've gotten it really demands that you master the combat or "git gud" you could say

Anonymous

Damn I got fooled by the horizon ps5 situation. Pre-ordered on my ps5 last week and didn't realize there was a ps4 upgrade path :/ Silly chickens

Michael Miller

What sort of disciplinary actions do you guys have planned for Chris’s absence?

Hose A Contra Razz

I do find it funny when Xbox beats Sony in sales it’s lack of hardware available for Sony , but when it beats the switch it’s no mention of lack of units On Switch and Xbox.

Shawn

Great episode guys. Colin can’t wait to watch that big Sacred Symbols+ you were talking about!

Ro_Shambo

Goddammit right "most popular in the world"!!!!!

Dan P

Great show as always. One question, what is Colin vaping in every show and why is there never a hint of exhaled Vapor? Are you simply absorbing it into your cells?

NeO JD

Col, I know you’re a big USA guy, but even I didn’t expect you to put Columbia above Rapture. Rapture IS BioShock. I wouldn’t be surprised to see it in the new game as well.

Brian Comstock

It literally drives me insane how dusting pronounces watch like “wutch”🤣🤣🤣

Chris Nelson

Amazing work on this thumbnail, the font hurts my brain the longer I look at it and try to figure out the Photoshop process but beautifully done

Dan P

Isn’t it interesting how the difficulty conversation always demands game developers to include an easy mode but you never hear this in other mediums? Imagine demanding Christopher Nolan release an "easy cut" for dummies like me which laid the plot out in chronological order. Or demanding Dostoyevsky rewrite Crime and Punishment at an 8th grade reading level so I don’t have to think so hard. Too much entitlement and not enough respect for a vision.

Anonymous

Dustin, I had a similar experience when I purchased my Vita. The guy at gamestop tried to talk me out of it because it was “dead”. This was around the same time you got yours. I had a similar experience when I got my Wii U (fair).

Andrew Gambill

It doesn't really justify Sony's decisions with Horizon, but I was planning on getting the PS5 version to avoid any nonsense with the upgrade. I got the $80 special edition and it came with the steelbook and a really high quality art book are more than worth the extra $20 I paid compared to the PS4 version and I'm really happy with it. I know comparing digital to physical is kinda apples and oranges but just throwing in my two cents.

Piston Pants

This sorta happened in dark knight rises when they reworked banes voice because people said they couldn't understand him and they made it more audible because of complaints.

Nygile Oliver

Unfortunate you guys aren’t getting into Sifu, it’s early in the year and I already know it’s going to be in my game of the year conversations with how perfectly crafted for my love of Kung fu movies it is, but with Horizon on the horizon, I can hardly blame you. 16 hours in, and THAT game is PHENOMENAL

Nygile Oliver

Also, big fan of trees myself, if you catch my drift (can’t find a wink emoji that doesn’t look like I’m hitting on you, so just imagine it)

Joe

On the price discussion, yes, while games are getting more expensive to make, they are also selling more than ever. GOW 2018 sold more than every previous GOW combined, same with Uncharted 4. Still, I don't mind paying $10 extra for a quality game if it means they'll continue to make them. But games like 2k and Fifa increasing their price does not make any sense because of the amount of mtx they are selling.

Ryan H

Dustin's thumbnails... *Pacha "Just Right" meme

Anonymous

I bought it at the ps5 price.. but I have mixed thoughts about the game itself. I think Guerilla has not yet mastered the open world genre. The game has great combat and lore. But the open world design imo is poor. The towns are still very dull and stilted like the first game. I expected a bigger leap forward in this regard. I think AC origins and Ghost of Tsuishima does open worlds better.

Kbr Sports

Dustin saying "They got me" when it came to the Blue Clues movie was just hilarious great show guys.

Kaz Redclaw

I actually had the 3G Vita as well, and I actually used it a fair bit. I mostly just used it for Twitter, Foursquare, Near, and for syncing the Hotshots Golf daily tournaments. You didn't need to have AT&T as a provider for any other devices, it was just $20-25 a month for Vita online service. It was incredibly limited though, it was only for syncing games, and for downloading very small games, I think limited to 20 or 200 megabytes, can't remember which. I actually took it with me to some conventions and used it for taking pictures to post to twitter. On the plus side, I modded the 3G vita, and installed an internal SD card for it in the 3G slot, so that's the only system I have that can use an SD card and a Vita game card at the same time.

easelgames

I think the reason ipads have 4G or whatever is pretty simple. They are treated like laptops, both in price and function. And while you can just hotspot.. keep in mind if all you have is your phone, that even with unlimited data plans you still have pretty limited hotspot data. (think 3-10GBs) So hotspotting netflix on your phone to your ipad would be a bad idea .

easelgames

Oh of course it’s why I would never pay for it. Just meant if you were for say traveling a lot or camping or something without it. Apple likes thinking everyone has free money to just toss around lol. And yes I own apple products it’s just a general thought

Jeff

We'll take it from here...should be new LSM slogan.