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Sacred Symbols: A PlayStation Podcast

#395 | It Never Made Much Sense

Sacred Symbols: A PlayStation Podcast

Last Stand Media & Studio71

Games, Leisure, Video Games, Hobbies

4.83.9K Ratings

🗓️ 26 January 2026

⏱️ 237 minutes

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Summary

The Ubisoft that we knew is dead. In its place, a new structure has emerged, a federalized series of five "Creative Houses," each with its own studios, IP, revenue flow, and responsibilities. Ultimately, it's the new Ubisoft's way of giving their employees all the leeway they need to make great stuff. But then again, you know what they say about getting too much rope. Will the once-great French publisher survive and thrive again? One thing's for sure: The old way of doing things has long been a nonstarter. Other news this week includes a March 5th release date for Marathon, the spinning-off of Sony's TV business, more Xbox games en route to PS5, cumulative 2025 software sales data for the American market, and more. We then end things -- as we always do -- with six listener inquiries from our beloved audience. When should we expect word on Persona 6? Will we replay Returnal in preparation for Saros? How should Naughty Dog navigate the choppy marketing waters surrounding Intergalactic? Will Colin survive the upcoming winter storm? Please keep in mind that our timestamps are approximate, and will often be slightly off due to dynamic ad placement. 0:00:00 - Intro0:25:27 - Prayers for Gene0:32:11 - Colin preparing for snow0:41:07 - Isla Vanal0:46:21 - Burrito mishap0:54:08 - Ubisoft details their reorganization1:45:56 -  Sony spins-off TV business1:59:01 - Marathon has a release date2:13:37 - Four new Xbox games coming to PlayStation2:39:02 - ThiGames made a lot of money2:40:40 - December 2025 Circana data2:48:57 - Crimson Desert goes gold2:49:16 - Resident Evil: Code Veronica remake coming2:49:47 - What We’ve Been Playing (Mega Man 11, Front Mission 1st Remake, Jak & Daxter, Kingdom Hearts 23:05:59 - Naughty Dog noise3:14:58 - Settings unexplored in gaming3:19:46 - When will we see Persona 6?3:23:47 - How long will Highguard last?3:32:55 - Plans for Saros3:35:50 - Trendy tropes Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

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0:26.1

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0:27.3

Thank you. Greetings and salutations.

0:47.0

Welcome back to Sacred Symbols, a PlayStation podcast.

0:48.9

This is episode number 395.

0:51.7

My name is Colin Moriarty.

0:52.8

I'm joined as always by my son, Chris Raygon, Chris. Good to see you again. We just streamed the Xbox Developer Direct. So I've already seen you today, but I'll pretend that I haven't seen you. And it's nice to see you again. What's going on? Yeah. I just got some coffee. But yeah, we just finished that stream. it feels weird today like every the schedule's all

1:13.4

weird also woke up stupid fucking early today i woke up at like five wow like naturally like

1:18.9

like i just kind of like woke up and i was like oh i'm not going back to sleep today's been all

1:24.4

just all sorts of weird starting the show at 1130 my time.

1:31.0

Just off.

1:32.0

Yeah, sorry.

1:33.0

Yeah, we we did the stream that took about an hour and a half and then we had to get everything

1:38.4

together here for the show.

1:41.7

So we can record it right after.

1:42.9

No stream on Monday.

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