The Model of Perfect Health | Sacred Symbols: A PlayStation Podcast Episode 148
974PlayStation is booming. Recent financial results from Sony prove it, countervailing the prevailing wisdom about the brand's shortcomings. The reality is stark: PlayStation 5 is the fastest-selling home console of all-time so far, even under severe supply constraints. Meanwhile, more games have now been sold for PlayStation 4 than any gaming hardware, ever, and PlayStation made nearly twice as much in revenue as rival Xbox over the last fiscal year. They're very much in the black, with billions in profit to show for it. So what does this all mean? Well... it means we need to give Sony a lot more credit than we've been providing in recent weeks, so let's remedy that. Let's also cover the other news, as it presents itself. Ideas for The Last of Us III are percolating at Naughty Dog, PS5 launch game Godfall looks like it's getting a PS4 port, old LittleBigPlanet games have apparently been in a non-functioning state for quite some time now, Sony filed new trademarks for PlayStation Home and Soho Engine, and more. Then: Listener inquiries! Is the key to accepting a $70 price point the launch functionality (or lack thereof) of modern games? Can you host industry events, galas, and the like, and be an objective critic? Has a game ever been so good that it's ruined everything else for you? Is Colin lying about his lack of a sweet tooth?
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0:00:00 - Intro
0:27:38 - What have we been playing?
0:44:41 - Sony has released financial information for PlayStation - and the PS5 is breaking records.
0:57:06 - It Takes Two has surpassed one million copies sold, and other software sales are trending up as well.
1:05:29 - Sony has revealed May’s PS+ games.
1:08:00 - Neil Druckmann has an idea in mind for a third The Last of Us game.
1:21:17 - The servers for Little Big Planet have been down for months. Why?
1:26:04 - Is Godfall being ported to PS4?
1:33:32 - Respawn Entertainment is working on a new IP.
1:40:35 - Resident Evil Re:Verse has been delayed.
1:47:24 - Sony may be exploring returning to PlayStation Home.
1:53:07 - Trademarks has been filing trademarks for “Soho Engine”
1:57:02 - News Wrap-Up
2:00:54 - Are we getting used to the PS5 interface?
2:03:48 - Is Xbox getting a pass right now?
2:11:16 - What exactly is a “next-gen gaming experience” anyway?
2:16:36 - Should gaming industry personalities mix the critic and host line?
2:29:08 - Has a particular franchise ever destroyed the experience of playing other games?
2:32:54 - Is it okay to not buy games at launch because they are normally so buggy?