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Sacred Symbols, Episode 290 | In the Black and the White, a Technicolorful Life
🕑 Added 2024-01-19 17:00:14 +0000 UTCAs we wade through the mundanity of the turn-of-the-year -- when very few new games come to market and we work through our respective backlogs -- hope sits on the horizon. After all, the drab is about to turn into the delightful with the release or near-release of the likes of Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown, The Last of Us: Part II Remastered, Granblue Fantasy Relink, Persona 3 Remake, and Helldivers 2, among others. And as we look forward to all of that, we have news galore to cover, too. Square Enix's Splatoon-like Foamstars is coming to PlayStation+ day-and-date, but is its mild use of AI art egregious? (And what about its strange proximity to Helldivers 2?) Ubisoft+ is being reformed as a more value-rich proposition for consumers, so why did so many outlets blatantly take one of their executives out of context following a recent interview? PlayStation Productions is pursuing an Until Dawn film based on the cult-hit PS4-exclusive horror game, but are we starting to beat a dead horse? Plus: Listener inquiries! Are we getting too fast and loose with the term 'live service'? Why do some developers and publishers choose to hire diversity consultants? Should we expect an exorbitant number of Steamboat Willie games in the near-to-mid future? Will Chris continue to be bullied over his love of Julia Louis-Dreyfus?
Timestamps:
0:12:18 - The Bradley Ellis Effect
0:16:26 - Sacred 300 Info
0:28:21 - What's the issue with fan montages?
0:46:02 - How does Colin survive?
0:48:06 - Colin's NFL predictions
0:49:33 - Julia Louis-Dreyfus thirst
0:55:07 - Sacred Symbols drinking game?
0:57:04 - LSM Newsletter?
1:01:47 - Tracking what the listeners play
1:03:18 - Ubisoft on subscriptions
1:18:11 - Larian CEO's take on subscriptions
1:42:46 - Helldivers 2 goes gold!
1:50:32 - Street Fighter 6 has sold 3 million copies
1:51:36 - Will Final Fantasy XVII go to a younger dev team?
1:56:48 - Remedy Rockstar lawsuit
1:59:25 - Tomb Raider I-III looks great!
2:06:19 - UK's Game no longer does physical game trade-ins
2:09:17 - SandLand has a release date
2:11:32 - Top Spin is coming back
2:11:58 - The Transylvania Adventure of Simon Quest
2:12:41 - What Are We Playing?
2:38:47 - Foamstars has a release date and is coming to PS+
3:08:35 - Until Dawn movie is coming
3:22:51 - Circana sales data for 2023
3:28:46 - Should we redefine "live service"?
3:33:16 - How are we spending our time with all these JRPGS?
3:37:02 - What is Sweet Baby Inc?
3:55:11 - How do our dogs behave while we record?
4:00:01 - Will Steamboat Willie games be the new trend?
4:04:06 - 60% of PlayStation games play offline single-player games
Comments
Andrew Noel
Hey Benjamin! If you’re reading this where in Alberta are you from?! Calgary here!
Jerry Huerta
I love how this is a hardcore PlayStation podcast and yall still avoid talking spoilers hahaha
AJ The Turtle UA GB
I'm totally with you on the AI stuff for sure, but! Machines for decades have been taking over people's jobs, more efficient in every aspect. Why are we so shocked when it comes to creative processes? When a machine builds the majority of a car, with the assistance of a human it's totally fine. But when a AI generatee a image of a car with the assistance of a human then a machine builds it, all of a sudden that's a line we are outraged? Why are 'creative' people so precious and should be exempt from being targeted? Food for thought?
Guywhosbored
Makes me happy to hear that Toronto is up there in your viewership; I got an exam the day of episode 300 so I’m gonna have to miss it 🥲 maybe if you guys come back sometime in the future to the north east
Jamie Collyer
Regarding the trade in situation in GAME; I worked there for a number of years (2003-2006 roughly) and trade ins were THE focus. We were encouraged to always try and sell the customer a pre-owned version of a game as it would usually be £5 - £10 cheaper, and GAME would make way more money off it. For example, they may have paid £20 for a game, then sell it pre-owned for more than double that. In recent years, their (few remaining) stores have basically become wall to wall pre-owned games and tat like Funko's, toys, accessories etc, with minimal space for actual new games in comparison. So removing the pre-owned aspect is a big deal for them and, as you point out, likely signals the beginning of the end for them unless they can somehow glom onto selling more new games or digital codes.
Alex
Sweet Baby Inc. is a cancer to the industry. For them to not see this is astonishing to me. I rarely write comments here at LSM and prefer to just lurk and keep my thoughts to myself, but I just felt the need to express a sliver of my thoughts. SBI and companies like them are worse for the industry than AI in my opinion because at least AI may have at least some potential benefit. If you want the gaming industry to follow in the footsteps of what Disney has done to their franchises, then go ahead and support them and what they stand for with all your might. Shame on you guys, honestly.
Jose Horrach
Someone needs a blunt
Saint947
I cannot believe WHAT THE FUCK I am hearing coming out of your three mouths in regards to Sweet Baby Inc. You are fucking FOOLS to even abide its existence; will you only own up to the flagrance of your errors when they force its compulsory use in games ala the new industry diversity requirements *to even be considered* for the Academy Awards? You have to STAMP THIS SHIT OUT before it has time to pervert the industry so clearly being steered by would be communists. All three of you royally fucked up on this. Unconscionable.
Brandon Van Cleave
Sweet baby inc is anti art. Period
