#136: Absolute Scarcity

Sacred Symbols: A PlayStation Podcast

Last Stand Media & Studio71

Games, Leisure, Video Games, Hobbies

4.8 • 3.9K Ratings

🗓️ 8 February 2021

⏱️ 173 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

Sony is thriving. The Japanese mega-company released its quarterly financial results showing a healthy, growing, and forward-thinking organization that's doing a lot right. Especially when it comes to PlayStation. Yet, buried in their financials and accompanying phone calls and interviews is some bad news: PS5 is being sold at a loss, for starters, and worse yet, it doesn't appear Sony is confident that they'll be able to fix the console's supply constraints any time soon. In other words, they're in a frustrating period of what economists call Absolute Scarcity, and it spells bad news for those still on the hunt. We discuss. Plus: The Embracer Group buys Gearbox, San Diego Studio finally shows off this year's MLB: The Show (which is also coming to Xbox for the first time), EA's NCAA Football is about to make a comeback, and more. Then: Listener inquiries! Are we finally about to hit our next-gen stride in May? Is there a fundamental ergonomic problem with DualSense that needs to be fixed? Are PlayStation Store sales getting the best of us? How much Snapple can Chris possibly drink at one time? This podcast is sponsored by BetterHelp and Sacred Symbols listeners get 10% off their first month at BetterHelp.com/SYMBOLS Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0	Sacred Symbols is brought to you by Nissan.
0:02.7	Let's be real.
0:03.7	Most of the time, driving can be a bit of a mundane experience.
0:08.3	But it doesn't have to be.
0:10.3	And Nissan EVs are the change you need.
0:12.7	More and more, it seems like electric cars are the future.
0:16.4	For a lot of people, it's not only more convenient,
0:18.7	but it's also better for the environment.
0:20.5	Nissan makes EVs, but not just any electric vehicles.
0:24.4	They make EVs that truly electrify.
0:27.2	Driving an EV can really spark your imagination.
0:29.7	Pins you to your seat.
0:30.8	Takes your breath away.
0:31.9	Nissan has been making EVs since 1947.
0:34.7	So it kind of sounds like they know what they're doing.
0:37.1	Since 2010, Nissan Leafs have traveled over 8 billion miles
0:41.1	globally.
0:41.9	That's the equivalent of driving to Pluto and back.
0:44.8	One of their EVs even trekked all the way up to the North Pole.
0:48.2	And they literally test EV technology on the Formula E race track.
0:52.2	And I don't know about you, but to me, all that just
0:54.6	sounds really cool.
	...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Previous episode | Next episode

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Last Stand Media & Studio71, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of Last Stand Media & Studio71 and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.