Fading Ubiquity | Sacred Symbols: A PlayStation Podcast, Episode 237
955Not too long ago, Ubisoft was one of the most powerful publishing entities in all of video games. Today, it's a beleaguered entity haunted by an absurdly high headcount and a development pipeline ill-suited for modern trends. The result has been an in-progress collapse notable enough to warrant an extensive update from the company itself, alongside a flurry of cancelled projects and ominous adjusted financial expectations in a worsening economy. The long and the short is: Ubisoft has big changes coming, and we're eager to talk about all that's gone wrong, and what may go right in the future. Other news includes rumors of a second party People Can Fly-developed shooter for PS5, the faux story about vertical PS5s breaking, and the embarrassing Limited Run Games fiasco, plus more. We then end this week not as we traditionally do -- with six questions from the audience -- but rather with our Game of the Year awards, the most prestigious and important you can possibly imagine. We also focus-in on a listener who wrote in about his teeth-brushing habits, and... well... we'll leave it for the show.
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0:00:00 - Intro
0:05:50 - What’s our final gut check on HBO’s The Last of Us?
0:12:30 - New Merch!
0:15:00 - HOEG!
0:17:40 - A correction
0:18:14 - Some guy explains plane stuff
0:22:48 - How should I brush my teeth?
0:29:33 - Does Colin bathe in bleach?
0:32:28 - Should meat be mandatory at wedding?
0:38:58 - 2X speed listeners are insane
0:47:05 - One TH sound or two?
0:53:24 - What is PlayStation’s mystery shooter?
1:02:57 - A new PS5 bundle may be in the works
1:07:02 - The Callisto Protocol has controversy over crediting
1:10:15 - Digital sales have taken over in the UK
1:12:40 - What do we think about the vertical PS5 report?
1:18:05 - POLITICAL CONVERSATION - The situation at Limited Run Games
1:47:46 - What have we been playing?
2:07:46 - Ubisoft is in financial trouble
2:41:32 - Deathverse: Let It Die is being unpublished
2:48:10 - The PlayStation Plus games have been revealed for Extra and Premium
2:55:56 - Our Game of the Year awards