Sacred Symbols, Episode 230 | Confidential: Contains Business Secrets! (Video) (Patreon)

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The British government has released a mildly-redacted -- but largely intact -- 20-something page writeup from a law firm representing PlayStation. Dated late October of this year (but new to all of us), Sony attempts to retort, basically line-by-line, Microsoft's various contentions about the pending Activision-Blizzard-King deal that has fascinated the industry for the better part of 12 months. Though we all share a relative malaise about this subject, there's huge news within this document, and we couldn't help but go through it in great detail, garnering as much information as we can out of it about Sony's operation, that of its competitors, and the various theories and gamesmanship behind the completion or destruction of one of tech's all-time biggest acquisitions, one that could affect the very future of the PlayStation brand (or so they claim). And yes, we also get to other news -- Sony is publishing two flashy Chinese games as second party products, God of War: Ragnarok sells huge, and more -- and, as always, we rounded things out with inquiries from our beloved audience. How're we feeling about Forspoken now that it's a couple of months out? Does physical software have a future on PlayStation 6? Demon's Souls won a newbie Souls fan over, so where does he go next? What, precisely, is the meaning of life? Start feeling better with Feals! Go to https://www.feals.com/symbols to become a member and get 40% off and free shipping This episode is sponsored by BetterHelp. Give online therapy a try at https://www.betterhelp.com/sacred and get on your way to being your best self Shop Tommy John's Cyber Monday sale. Get 33% off everything plus free shipping at https://www.tommyjohn/com/sacred Start your credit journey with Chime at https://www.chime.com/sacred NEW MERCH! https://LastStandMedia.store Tickets to An Evening with Last Stand in Texas are ON SALE NOW: https://my.thehobbycenter.org/5706/5708 Follow the hosts on Twitter! Colin: https://twitter.com/notaxation @Chris Ray Gun https://twitter.com/ChrisRGun @DustinCanFly https://twitter.com/DustinCanFly A new episode of Sacred Symbols: A PlayStation Podcast launches each Friday morning. To receive instant access, as well as other perks, please support the show on Patreon at http://patreon.com/LastStandMedia #SacredSymbols #playstation Timestamps: 0:00:00 - Intro 0:02:00 - Actually, turkey is gross? 0:10:20 - LIVE IN HOUSTON 0:14:00 - A correction 0:15:13 - Can we do a clean version of the show? 0:18:27 - Sacred Symbols makes you money 0:20:13 - Sacred Symbols gets you a job 0:22:14 - Do we intentionally not talk over each other? 0:26:18 - One more day in the USA or a regular life in Europe? 0:35:20 - What is the meaning of true happiness? 0:45:05 - God of War updates 1:04:51 - PlayStation is officially banning shovelware 1:13:20 - Warzone 2.0 has 25 million players in five days 1:15:27 - Crystal Dynamics has removed their Avengers spokesperson 1:22:09 - New trademarks abound 1:24:35 - Yuji Naka has been arrested 1:26:41 - What have we been playing? 1:28:59 - PlayStation is doubling down on Chinese games 1:44:46 - The FTC may seek to block the Microsoft/Activision deal 1:49:34 - Sony continues to make their case against the Activision acquisition 3:11:20 - What’s our excitement level for Forspoken? 3:12:21 - Do we impose our own rules in games? 3:18:36 - What happens to physical gamers if disc drives go away? 3:26:56 - Where do I go after Demon’s Souls? 3:29:24 - Sacred Symbols makes you an agnostic gamer 3:36:54 - Why do Sony games insist on holding our hands?