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Sacred Symbols: A PlayStation Podcast

Last Stand Media & Studio71

Games, Leisure, Video Games, Hobbies

4.8 • 3.9K Ratings

🗓️ 18 May 2026

⏱️ 267 minutes

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It's mid-May, which can mean only one thing: We're at the point in the calendar when most companies release their financials for the previous fiscal year. Sony is one such organization, reporting a relatively flat year-on-year picture both generally, and with PlayStation in particular. With PS5 sales slowing down all the while the console is becoming more expensive, and with recent Housemarque exclusive Saros seemingly selling softly, does Sony have an uphill battle to keep PlayStation relevant? Or will the inevitable PlayStation 6 -- not to mention PS5's likely-strong swan song next year -- be enough to keep the ever-distracted masses engaged with the ecosystem? We discuss. Plus: Sony's second and third party lead gives a candid interview, 007: First Light goes gold, a new externally-manufactured DualSense controller has hit the market, PlayStation Plus Game Catalog receives a refresh, and more. Then: Listener inquiries! Why did so many people believe Game Informer was teasing a Grand Theft Auto VI cover? Do we think the rumors indicating that FromSoft is working on a pirate-themed game are true? Is Dragon Quest XII finally going to be properly revealed in a couple of weeks? Could Chris contest Brad's status as the guy who cares the most about Last Stand Media?Please keep in mind that our timestamps are approximate, and will often be slightly off due to dynamic ad placement.0:00:00 - Intro0:55:19 - Stand down Jeff0:56:27 - Daxter the pup1:02:39 - Chris on Saint Slayer1:03:59 - Sacred polls1:06:07 - PSN Settlement update1:07:28 - The "original" Uncharted 41:17:07 - Fiscal year financials2:11:35 - Saros sales numbers2:36:15 - Stellar Blade 2 goes multiplatform2:43:42 - Playstation 3rd party lead interview2:50:44 - 007 First Light has gone gold2:55:40 - New Scuf controller2:58:29 - New PS+ Plus catalog games3:03:46 - What Are We Playing? (Saros, Vampire Survivors, Mixtape, Steam Controller)3:26:59 - Breaking point with social media3:46:33 - Obsessed GTA fans3:51:31 - Fromsoft "leaks"3:58:55 - Marathon Season 24:09:29 - New Dragon Quest4:14:58 - Day and night cycle Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Greetings and salutations. Welcome back to Sacred Symbols, a PlayStation podcast. This is episode number 411, only 100 episodes after episode 311. And only 89 episodes until episode 500. We're almost there. I'm joined as always by my son Chris Raygren. Chris, that's some shirt. I'll tell you. Is it? Yeah, I like it. Thank you. Yeah, I don't know where I got it. I just found it in my
0:39.4	closet. I was like, I guess like a graphic tea. What is that? Like it's just, it's just, it's
0:42.8	literally just texture. Yeah. It's like, I don't know. I like it. It's good. Yeah, I like it. too.
0:48.9	But,
0:48.9	uh,
0:49.5	how are you?
0:50.4	I'm doing okay.
0:52.2	Just having a,
0:53.5	having a,
0:53.7	having a norm.
0:53.9	I got up a little bit later today,
0:55.4	which I'm not thrilled about.
0:56.9	My alarm went off and everything,
0:58.1	but I usually try to get up at seven. And today I was just like, no. I just didn't want to do it. But I'm having a good, good week. I got, what is it?
1:11.7	I picked up blood, sweat and pixels.
1:25.8	Oh yeah, I see it behind you. So I would read and through that. I think I'm in that. I think that's the one I'm in, but I don't know for sure. I haven't come up to you yet, but I'm at the shovel night. I just got to show. Yeah, it's going to be in the shovel night chapter. Yeah. Yeah.
1:27.9	But it's it's a it's really good.
1:30.0	It's a really good like read.
1:27.9	Like it's really easy it's really good.
2:04.5	It's a really good, like, read. Like, it's really easy to, like, page turn, like, and get through really quickly. I'm already, like, I mean, shovel night is, I mean, what is that? Yeah, I'm like 70% of the way through. I think, well, I won't spoil it for you. I think what they discuss is that like, is that Yacht Club basically like targeted me because they knew they could take advantage of me. Not a bad, you know, not in a bad, like that they were like, this is the guy. They told me that on an interview I did at IGN. They're like, this is the guy. Yeah. That is going to reveal the game for us because he's such a huge fucking nerd. That's so funny.
2:01.5	Yeah.
2:03.6	I'll allow it.
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