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Sacred Symbols, Episode 371 | Count Money All Day, Count Money All Night
🕑 Added 2025-08-08 16:00:21 +0000 UTCIf Sony's recent fiscal report shows anything, it's that PlayStation is turning into a bona fide money printer. Yes, PS5 has surpassed 80 million units sold, and that in and of itself is a substantial figure. But the more interesting numbers reside in the financials, where the brand netted more in profit in a single three month period than it did for much of entire previous generations. That's completely insane. So let's discuss PlayStation's meteoric growth, what it means, and how Sony may be doing all of this with one arm tied behind its back. Plus: Media Molecule loses its final founding member, the new BioShock game is in trouble, Lost Soul Aside goes gold, Starfield is rumored to be PS5-bound in 2026, Darksiders 4 gets announced, Silent Hill F brings the franchise into an action-oriented direction, and more. Then: Listener inquiries! Is PlayStation Plus fundamentally underrated? Could Battlefield 6 outsell Call of Duty: Black Ops 7? Are we on the verge of having to verify our identity on PSN? Will Colin travel to a nearby town to try and find life-sized box art of the old game X-Blades?
Timestamps:
0:00:00 - Intro
0:27:20 - Derek <3
0:30:16 - Keep on, keeping on Luke
0:37:24 - Graceโs first platinum
0:41:28 - This is Tarman
0:43:45 - SouthPeak Games
0:45:52 - Is the opening of the show too out of hand?
0:48:55 - Ghost of Yotei film festival
1:01:40 - Sony financials
1:37:35 - Media Molecule's last co-founder leaves
1:50:39 - New Bioshock is in trouble
2:08:32 - Lost Souls Aside has gone gold
2:12:36 - Will Exiledge be a hit?
2:17:30 - Starfield on PS5 rumors continue
2:23:53 - Darksiders 4 announced
2:28:01 - Silent Hill F is action focused
2:35:47 - Red Octane is making a new rhythm game
2:43:58 - Genshin Impact removes PS4 support
2:51:23 - New Pragmata gameplay
2:52:49 - Marvel Tokon beta
2:56:36 - What We Are Playing? (Death Stranding 2, Ninja Gaiden: Ragebound, Deus Ex: The Conspiracy, Deus Ex: Human Revolution, Luto, Delta Rune)
3:34:07 - What is going on with the Steam payment processor story?
3:40:38 - PlayStation Plus is also a great deal
3:47:08 - Is it Battlefield's time?
3:53:02 - Why are reviews so long?
4:04:15 - Why don't game support couch co-op?
4:11:40 - ID verification in games
Comments
MattH
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Cuck_Rogers_Soy_Boy_From_Outer_Space
To anyone looking for a couch co-op game to play with their kids: Boomerang Fu. Youโre welcome.
Nicholas Cole
You can buy police squad on Amazon.
Jacob Lesperance
Bioshock 2 is my favorite in the series. I said what I said.
Ahlickaloo
Sam, this is Retardman
Andrew Grishaw
As a 40yo man, I understand your arguments about roblox. I'm not touching it. But I have a 10yo boy. Here is what you need to understand. Esthetically, roblox looks like Minecraft had a baby with Lego. That's not turning children off. Functionally, it's exactly what dreams wanted to be. Exactly what fortnite is evolving into. There are so many user generated games with so many different objectives and gameplay loops. It's hard to look at a couple reviews and say "roblox bad"..because you really just don't understand how much is there and the quality it can actually achieve.
Yeti ATL
I preordered battlefield 6 everyone youโre welcome
CastingCouch
Coming from someone that has a 240 QD-OLED monitor, you can definitely see a noticeable difference.
Benjamin Beyersdorf
The Gradius Collection is developed by M2. Their shooter projects are always feature rich top tier products for fans of the genre and do tend to carry a premium price tag. Salamander 3 is also a brand new game and itโs been many years since we got games in Salamander or Gradius so for most shmup fans this is well worth the price of admission. But I can definitely see it being viewed as pricey for those outside the hardcore shmup community.
