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Sacred Symbols, Episode 307 | Two Princes
🕑 Added 2024-05-17 16:00:16 +0000 UTCJim Ryan's tenure leading PlayStation is officially over (as is Hiroki Totoki's stewardship), and he'll be replaced by a co-CEO format moving forward. Sony veterans Hermen Hulst and Hideaki Nashino hope to divide and conquer, turning an ever-growing brand -- and Sony's flagship -- into an efficient gaming powerhouse. But can they deliver? Good question. We discuss. Other news this week revolves around Sony's jam-packed fiscal year financials, Square Enix's abandonment of their by-platform strategy, release dates and timing for the likes of Grand Theft Auto VI, Assassin's Creed: Shadows, and EA NCAA Football 25, a rumored LEGO Horizon game, the cancellation of The Division: Heartland, and more. Then: Listener inquiries! Could Helldivers be turned into a mockumentary-style TV show? Would Sony consider stepping in to save Tango Gameworks? Are Chris and Dustin excited about Destiny 2's upcoming The Final Shape expansion? Will we ever stop unintentionally convincing audience members to get divorced?
Timestamps:
0:00:00 - Intro
0:32:19 - Happy Birthday Ethan
0:34:00 - Vampire Robot YouTube channel
0:44:52 - Sacred ending marriages
0:49:37 - Mid Year review
0:52:52 - The next generation of Kingdom Hearts fans
0:58:20 - Sony capitulating
1:00:33 - No new Sony games this year
1:02:07 - The Last of Us Season 2 First look
1:06:15 - Bungie's CTO joins PlayStation
1:11:41 - LEGO Horizon?
1:25:53 - Ghost of Tsushima's PC port Legends mode crossplay is in beta
1:35:25 - Ragnarok rumored to be the next PC port
1:46:17 - Xbox's initiative to bring more games to PlayStation
2:03:22 - PS2 games coming to PS5
2:11:08 - Ubisoft cancels The Division: Heartland
2:25:30 - Adult Swim games reverting ownership to devs
2:27:23 - Tomb Raider TV series coming to Amazon
2:34:28 - What We’re Playing
3:11:45 - GTA VI is launching Fall 2025
3:14:40 - PlayStation has announced two new CEOs
3:29:12 - Sony earnings report
3:50:01 - Square Enix's shift to 3rd party
4:08:49 - Assassin's Creed: Shadows announced
4:26:42 - New PS Plus Games Catalog titles
4:29:38 - Helldivers TV adaptation pitch
4:34:05 - LSM Showcase live reaction?
4:40:23 - Could Sony scoop up what remains of Tango?
4:42:46 - Final Shape gut check
4:46:41 - RNG woes
4:52:38 - Uncharted 5 tease
Comments
Guybrush Threepwood
My understanding of "Golden Path" in games is where you do the absolute minimum amount of "side quests/content" and focus almost exclusively on doing the "main quest/story" content. So the golden path is for the person who has less time, and wants to experience the main story, in these games that have a lot of side content.
bc2089
Dumb question - I’ve heard a few times something about “the golden path” and a “golden path tracker”. Can someone explain for me quickly what the golden path is? Is it main-lining, 100% completion, or somewhere in between? Also where can I find this golden path tracker? Many thanks! 😊
David P
That ant torture is genuinely fucked up
