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Sacred Symbols, Episode 386 | Baby, It Ain't Over 'Til It's Over
🕑 Added 2025-11-21 17:00:22 +0000 UTCLast year, Sony launched it's service-based third-person shooter Concord, and it bombed worse than virtually any PlayStation-developed title in history. In fact, it was received so poorly that Sony disappeared it off the market in a matter of two weeks, gave everyone their money back, and snuffed the entire project out of existence while closing the studio that made it. Fast-forward more than a year, though, and Concord has kinda-sorta returned. Tech-savvy enthusiasts have revived the game on private servers, but Sony has already caught wind of it all and are working to nip it in the bud. Do we really need Concord to return? Why does Sony care if it does? And why do smart people work so diligently on things they don't own or have control over? Plus: Black Friday will be exceptionally nice for those looking for PlayStation hardware, accessories, and games, Sony dominates The Game Awards nominations with 19, Bungie prods its playerbase for ideas on how to improve Destiny 2, EA's F1 series is taking a year hiatus, possibly indicating the future of EA Sports, Peacock renews Twisted Metal for a third season, and more. Then: Listener inquiries! Do we keep the physical boxes for our gaming hardware? Would Sony ever revive The Legend of Dragoon? How does one navigate gaming's ragebait culture? Out of all of our many choices, which type of French Fry is the absolute best?
Timestamps:
0:00:00 - Intro
0:23:07 - Stay well Will
0:29:30 - Is Colin an actual curmudgeon?
0:36:30 - Best French Fries
0:46:01 - Thanksgiving plans
1:04:16 - PlayStation Black Friday
1:09:18 - Game Awards nominations
1:36:53 - Concord returns and dies again
1:46:08 - Horizon surpasses 40 million copies sold
1:54:16 - Major changes coming to Destiny 2
2:06:29 - EA is changing up F1
2:16:00 - Nintendo inspired PlayStation to cut prices in Japan
2:22:35 - Ghost of Yotei NG+ update
2:26:48 - Twisted Metal renewed for S3
2:27:33 - Bandai Namco is remastering Tales of Berseria
2:31:39 - Circana October data
2:37:07 - What We’re Playing (PowerWash Simulator 2, Silent Hill F, Ball x Pit, Elden Ring, Vampire The Masquerade Bloodlines 2, Metal Gear Solid 3: Delta, Black Ops 7)
3:23:20 - Rage bait culture
3:42:00 - When will it be time to move away from consoles?
3:54:42 - Where is Legend of Dragoon?
3:57:19 - When gaming feels like it isn't for you anymore
4:06:11 - Saving gaming packaging
4:15:16 - Half-Life 3?
Comments
Drew
Brother Dustin with the annoying spoilers
Ryan
As someone who (sadly) still plays Destiny 2, hearing chris still be ‘the Destiny guy’ is like nails on chalkboard lmao he is obviously not tuned in
Supes
Enjoyed the talk about ragebait culture/social media grifters/etc. The original sin of social media, I think, was broadcasting this message to the world that "everyone has something to say." The reality is that *not* everyone has something to say—not something original, constructive, or useful, anyway. Some people just have nothing to add to a conversation. And that's okay! It doesn't make them worthless as people; it just means that they should probably focus their energies elsewhere. Unfortunately, they don't do that, and we wind up with what you see today: grifters, rage-baiters, drive-by commenters/tweeters, etc etc. That said, I don't think there's really any stopping the social media machine at this point, so to Colin's point, all you can do is gauge whether or not you have anything interesting to say yourself, say it if so, engage with people who want to have an earnest conversation, and disregard the bad actors.
Brenbird
Troy Baker should have been nominated for Higgs not Indie
