#361 | The Most Natural Thing, But Nothing We'd Expect

Sacred Symbols: A PlayStation Podcast

Last Stand Media & Studio71

Leisure, Video Games, Hobbies, Games

4.8 • 3.8K Ratings

🗓️ 2 June 2025

⏱️ 226 minutes

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Summary

The global economy is in a tumultuous state, inflation has carved away everyone's purchasing power, and prices are almost universally going up. So naturally, PlayStation will follow suit and jack its rates up too, right? Well, no. Instead, they're doing the exact opposite of what seems natural: For their annual, weeks-long Days of Play sales event, Sony has slashed prices on PS5 and PS5 Pro, PSVR2 and DualSense, and even DualSense Edge and the Access controller. Is Sony's boldness in risking economic erosion worth it? Is its strategy simply to put its boot on Xbox's neck once and for all? We discuss. Plus: If all went according to plan, The Order: 1886 would have gotten two sequels, EA cancels its Black Panther project while shutting down the studio behind it, Build A Rocket Boy suggests there may be a paid, organized campaign against its upcoming title MindsEye, and more. Then: Listener inquiries! What does Clair Obscur: Expedition 33's success mean for the future of global JRPGs? Could Star Wars Battlefront be revived on the basis of a recent resurgence in popularity? Is Colin ignoring an obvious connection between Souls games and his beloved Castlevania? Should we invest thousands in a commemorative Concord plaque, currently for sale on an online auction site?Please keep in mind that our timestamps are approximate, and will often be slightly off due to dynamic ad placement. Timestamps: 0:00:00 - Intro0:39:27 - Store bought pasta0:47:19 - Micah cooked Colin0:49:13 - **TLOU2 spoiler** Jerkin Joel0:53:34 - New YouTube censorship words0:58:50 - Concord plaque found1:07:37 - Days of Play 20251:17:56 - The Order's canceled sequels1:26:43 - EA cancels Black Panther game1:39:50 - MindsEye under attack?1:57:53 - PS+ for June2:05:40 - Dragon Quest 1 and 2 HD release date2:09:53 - Video game sales numbers2:38:38 - What We've Been Playing (Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, Shovel Knight Dig, Powerwash Simulator Shrek DLC, Borderlands 2, Death Stranding)2:47:09 - Gaming "moment of clarity"2:52:29 - More JPRG settings3:07:37 - PlayStation's return to handheld2:08:32 - Watching a playthrough to catch up3:14:16 - Battlefront 2 resurgence3:22:31 - When will Colin play a Souls game? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Greetings and salutations.
0:18.9	Welcome back to Sacred Symbols, a PlayStation podcast.
0:21.0	This is episode number 361.
0:23.9	My name is Colin Moriarty.
0:25.0	I'm joined as always, I'm sorry, by my son, the Starbucks drinking Chris Raygun.
0:30.3	Well, Chris, how are you today?
0:31.5	You look great.
0:31.9	You have layers on.
0:32.6	I love layers.
0:33.6	Yeah, I'm a, I'm a layer fan. I think that's like you have to be if you're from like a cold place.
0:39.2	I think in some sense.
0:40.5	I remember when I first got it here.
0:41.9	I was like,
0:42.1	I don't know how to dress for like really warm weather actually because I just have a
0:46.5	bunch of band teas or video game teas and that's it really.
0:51.7	Like I'm more comfortable in like an over shirt and jack and a jacket or
0:56.0	something. But you know, we're starting a little bit late today. So like I had some time to
1:00.9	walk around, you know, go for go for a walk, see what's going on in the neighborhood. I saw,
1:05.7	and this is not a joke. I saw a cyber truck with a swastika on it and a broken window.
1:10.5	So like things are going, things are going great.
1:14.0	Excellent.
1:14.6	I should take a picture of it.
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