#396 | These Changing Years, They Add To Your Confusion

Sacred Symbols: A PlayStation Podcast

Last Stand Media & Studio71

Games, Leisure, Video Games, Hobbies

4.8 • 3.9K Ratings

🗓️ 2 February 2026

⏱️ 252 minutes

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With the chase for AI obliterating affordability in computing-related markets, it should come as no surprise that Sony may be deliberating a delay for PlayStation 6's rollout and release. But recent commentary from a well-connected financial analyst suggests that PS6's purported delay may be more substantial than we thought, perhaps precipitated by more factors than we initially thought. When does the gaming world need the next PlayStation? Could we go potentially several more years on PS5 alone? We discuss. Plus: Chris has played Highguard extensively and has a lot to say, Rockstar may take our advice and forego physical copies of GTAVI at launch to avoid spoilers, Ubisoft unions are agitating for an international strike at the publisher's many offices, MLB: The Show 26 gets its cover athlete and a release date, and more. Then: Listener inquiries! Are mini-maps useful or distracting? How do we feel about Final Fantasy VII Remake's new "Streamlined Progression" update? Is New Game+ functionality catering to an older, diminishing audience? Did Dustin enjoy his romantic California getaway with Brad? This week, PrizePicks has a special Max Discount for the Big Game, live in the app now! Drake Maye just needs 1 passing yard for the Max Discount to win! Just add another player to your line up and if your picks hit you can cash in! Visit https://prizepicks.onelink.me/LME0/SACRED and use code SACRED and get $50 in lineups when you play your first $5 lineup! This episode is sponsored by BetterHelp. Give online therapy a try at https://www.betterhelp.com/symbols and get on your way to being your best self Sign up for your $1 per month trial period at https://www.shopify.com/sacred Please keep in mind that our timestamps are approximate, and will often be slightly off due to dynamic ad placement. 0:00:00 - Intro0:18:45 - Dustin's weekend away0:30:16 - The Persona concert0:42:43 - 2026 snow storm0:53:47 - Football story1:00:25 - PlayStation 6 could be delayed1:28:06 - PS5 Pro and Portal attach rates1:34:00 - Real PS4 Portable1:37:12 - Rumor that GTA VI will be digital only at launch1:50:21 - Ubisoft strike2:13:38 - MLB: The Show cover revealed2:17:03 - February PS+ games2:21:00 - What We're Playing (Front Mission 1st Remake, Castlevania Requiem, Highguard, The Exit 8, Splinter Cell: Pandora Tomorrow, Code Vein II)3:15:47 - Mini maps in games3:23:29 - FF7 Remake update3:29:17 - Should we support PlayStation live service?3:36:34 - Are huge games unsustainable?3:46:37 - Kotaku evolved?3:54:25 - Is replaying games unc coded? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Sacred Symbols is sponsored by PrizePix, a unique way to play fantasy sports and perhaps even net a little cash along the way. But really what differentiates PrizePix is the novelty of its approach. Mixing and matching player combinations and even entire sports and leagues to make a one-of-a-kind fantasy team. Pretty nice. Are you ready to play? Download on the Price Picks app today and use the code sacred. That's S-A-C-R-E-D to get $50 in lineups after you play your first $5 lineup.
0:25.8	That's Code Sacred to get $50 in lineups after you play your first $5 lineup.
0:30.4	Prize Picks.
0:31.2	It's good to be right.
0:32.1	Thank you. Greetings and salutations. Welcome back to Sacred Symbols, a PlayStation podcast. This is episode number 396.
0:56.5	My name is Colin Moriarty.
0:57.5	I'm joined as always by my son, Chris Reagan.
0:59.4	Chris, good to see you today, my friend.
1:01.6	How are you?
1:02.4	I'm good.
1:04.1	Just took a shot of espresso just before we started the show.
1:08.7	Nice.
1:09.2	So I'm feeling pretty good. I'm kind of excited today because something sprung up that I was not expecting or that like I just didn't hear about. But there's a new Sam Ramey movie out today. Oh, oh yeah. And I'm kind of kind of excited about it. You're going to go see it. Yeah, I think so. I'm going to get some people together go out. Looks like a fun time. It's getting pretty good reviews too, so that's nice. But I did not expect that yesterday. Like, it really came out of, I guess I just don't pay attention to that space as much as I thought I did. Because I was sort of like, oh, I didn't even know he was working on anything. Right. And then I was just out and it was like, okay, cool.
1:44.7	That's fun.
2:00.4	But yeah, outside of that, pretty normal day, went for a walk. Feeling good today. Oh, good. Yeah. You seem to have quite a large social circle of friends to pull from when you want to do these various things. It's too many. You say getting people together, doing things. It's always different people, right?
2:02.0	That you're talking about or is it the same people?
2:03.8	I mean, it's more consistently the same people. But there's, there's a couple of other people out there, you know,
2:07.4	sprinkled in every now and again. There's like my friends. And then there's like people that I consider
2:12.4	friends, but are like ultimately acquaintances. You know, but, um, you know, I think this is like a, this is like a friend thing, I think.
2:20.3	This is, this is for the boys.
2:22.9	We like our, we like our evil dead.
2:25.2	Good.
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