#263 | Endless Horizons

Sacred Symbols: A PlayStation Podcast

Last Stand Media & Studio71

Leisure, Video Games, Hobbies, Games

4.8 • 3.8K Ratings

🗓️ 17 July 2023

⏱️ 279 minutes

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Summary

Sony finds itself in a pickle, or so it seems from the outside. With ever-burgeoning development costs comes the reality that new IP is an increasingly-risky endeavor. The safer and more reliable route, it could be argued, is in doubling-down on what works. And let's be real: Guerrilla-developed Horizon works. The two core games have sold 33 million units combined across PS4, PS5, and PC. The question, though, is how much does Horizon work? Could a good thing become a bad thing through simple repetition? This week, we discuss the future of Horizon (not to mention the past of Killzone) via reporting from an enlightening panel conducted with the leadership of Guerrilla, and we're forced to confront a reality where Horizon never truly disappears. Other notable news this week includes the retirement of legendary Naughty Dog co-president Evan Wells, The Last of Us' ridiculously successful run of Emmy nominations, Sony's new investments into live service, and more. Inquiries from the audience end the show, as usual. What does SEGA's unionization mean for the future of industry labor? Can 2D games simply be too difficult for some people to handle? Is D&D more nerdy than anime? If you had to stop at a gas station right now, what would be your go-to snack and drink choices? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Sacred Symbols, a PlayStation podcast is brought to you by, well, you.
0:04.6	If you want to learn how to support our show, go to patreon.com slash last stand media.
0:09.4	Greetings and salutations. Welcome back to Sacred Symbols, a PlayStation podcast. This is episode
0:30.4	number 263. My name is Colin Moriardium. Joined as always by my son Chris Reagan. Chris, you're
0:35.8	looking handsome today. How are you today, my friend? Thanks, man. I'm doing all right. Doing
0:40.2	it at a nice, a nice sandwich. Oh, nice. What did you have on it? Nothing. Because I woke
0:45.4	up too late to put anything on it. It was a, it was a, it was just eggs and cheese and, you
0:53.5	know, what kind of cheese American? White American. White American. Nice. Yeah. I like white
0:58.3	American cheese. Me too. Yeah. There's something a little special about white American cheese.
1:01.8	Oh, no, maybe it's because I'm racist. By the way, did you see the white American? Did you see
1:06.0	I put up here? I don't know if it comes through for you guys. You see this? Oh, the cancel. Yeah.
1:08.8	Yeah. I was, so the cleaning ladies were here the other day and up. So I isolate myself
1:12.8	in my office when they're here. So I just stay out of the way and I was going through all my papers
1:16.0	and I found that. And I was like, and I was throwing everything away and using my little
1:19.0	fucking paper shredder over here. And then I was like, yeah, put that back there. A little
1:22.9	little piece of sacred symbol history. Now a lot of people thought Micah did that print,
1:28.2	but I did that during the show. I was quick enough in the mind of body of soul to open a new
1:35.2	document and type that up. But I let her take the guy. I let her. I'm not letting her take the
1:38.8	credit anywhere. But I let her take the credit for for sometime. Dustin Furman, good to see you.
1:44.1	My friend executive producer. Welcome to the show. You're back in your homestead. Yes. It looks
1:49.1	like. Yeah. Yeah. It feels good to be back home in home for the past week, just trying to get
1:55.9	in as as much final fantasy time as possible. That's kind of been my my main thing this week. But
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