Sacred Symbols, Episode 162: Distant Horizon (Video)

LOL!

Colin Moriarty

If you translate Hasan from Japanese's to Turkish you get iflas. Then iflas from Turkish to English it means bankruptcy. Which is what will happen to Blue Box if this isn't Kojima. :P

Niall G

I'm sure that's the case for many people, but it doesn't mean 150 million copies isn't insane.

Colin Moriarty

I would say in regards to the GTAV sales, I know myself and others have bought the game multiple times. For me because of the generation switch plus I traded it in once and re-bought it. Also, I know there are people who bought the game multiple times because there were shark card deals bundled with a copy. Lastly, I have this assumption there are always kids who have had to wait to get it after they are of age in this 8 year span.

FourEyes Malone

Yeah, the rise of F2P games means I inherently prefer to play those over paying for a subscription. Even years before I occasionally subbed to Gamepass I found I wasn't keen on paying for online and to be handed a selection of games I largely didn't care for (or with good ones, bought them years earlier). Frankly I hope the combined rise of F2P and alternative subs like Gamepass and PSNow push regular online gaming to be free again someday. Even Microsoft making Halo F2P shows me they know there's money to be made this way. I still think it's ridiculous to pay to play for a game you already bought. It was the major reason I bought a PS3 to begin with and ingrained myself into the ecosystem.

David P

I wonder if they've maxed-out? It's unlikely.

Colin Moriarty

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Colin Moriarty

RE: PS+ subs going down. I don't really see a reason to have PS+. I basically use my PS5 to play F2P games (Genshin, Apex) or offline single-player exclusives (Miles, Horizon, etc.). I get that PS+ is a good deal generally given what you get, but I honestly don't have the time to play more than 1-2 of the games you get each year. I also play on PC and some on Switch, so PS+ just seems like a waste for people like me.

Rusty

Not sure if anyone else had this issue on Patreon but this Sacred Symbols episode wasn't available to me on Friday.

Echos93

I'll look into it for the next episode.

Colin Moriarty

Hi everyone, I keep seeing headlines about the new South Park game which is in early development, which is great, those games are both fantastic. However, most publications seem to be reporting that it’s a ‘3D’ title, namely PushSquare. Could this be some sort of miscommunication from the South Park team? I can’t imagine them drastically changing such a winning formula and find it strange that one of the big sites hasn’t reached out for clarification?

That's true, to a degree.

Colin Moriarty

<3

Colin Moriarty

Regarding the Fanboy discussion. Made me think of Yoshi-p director of FFXIV saying “a complaint is worth twice a complement. The silent (majority) leaves first. If they are complaining, it means they still care”

Philip Andersen

Colin is hero.

Jared Kellogg

It's a chicken/egg situation, though. They need to dedicate resources.

Colin Moriarty

Damn dude, that fucking sucks!!! I'm so sorry to hear that.

Colin Moriarty

The problem with VR Dustin is its a niche product and really can't see PlayStation getting their biggest teams to make big VR games as the profit return isn't no where near what non VR profits are

Zack Fair

I just dropped $200 on an Uber ride to a Limp Bizkit w/ Spiritbox show in Asbury Park NJ. The concert was CANCELED 30 minutes before it started. Then a $200 Uber ride back home. A total of 5 hours in the most uncomfortable car ride in recent memory and $500 down the tubes. I NEED THIS PODCAST

McHooliganXXL

Will do.

Colin Moriarty

Also I think the Blue Box thing is BluePoint and they’ll be revealing Metal Gear Remake. I think they’re doing this as a call back to the Metal Gear 5 situation.

Colton McKinney

Colin, I need you to bully Dustin about standing up for the entirety of the podcasts.

Colton McKinney

Heh heh.

Colin Moriarty

We don't have a games release section, not for over a year, I think.

Colin Moriarty

“Spiritual Opium”….what a great merch idea. Thanks CCP!

Quinn

I take it you've already played Hades Colin, as you didn't mention it in the games release section

Zack Fair

<3

Colin Moriarty

Those games are all a ways off, though. The next Doom, Elder Scrolls, and Fallout are years and years away.

Colin Moriarty

One comment per thread, Thomas!!!

Colin Moriarty

I'm sorry. =\

Colin Moriarty

LOL.

Colin Moriarty

Hmmm...

Colin Moriarty

I have a Surface laptop. =)

Colin Moriarty

I'm not crazy about playing anywhere but on one machine, but I'm realizing a lot of that speaks to my OCD.

Colin Moriarty

The recipe for happiness goes something like this: Saturday morning, baby taking a nap, hot cup of coffee, trophy chasing (Doom Eternal) and a new episode of sacred symbols. Freeeeeeedoooooooom

I also will say that i have a Xbox one and i Don't own one first party game so they did suck last gen but this gen will be much better i hope anyway we shall see

But i also will say that xbox has always been my preferred system since the first one

Im sorry hit send to soon What i was saying is i would like to push back on the idea that ppl buy xbox because there available they are very hard to find and you have to realize that doom elder scrolls and fallout and much more or probably going to be xbox pc exclusive and everybody isn't going to drop a g to play them thats y i would like a xbox

Perfectly stated.

John Pliskin

Sony’s winning, PlayStation fans are losing. There’s a difference.

BlindRiot

I cannot believe Dustin mentioned The Dark Knight Rises and Colin didn’t do his Bane impression. What is going on?

The Lizard King

There was a game called SuperMash, where you pick different genres and the game churns out a hybrid of them, and the critical consensus was "Play Dreams instead/10".

NickBLeaveIt

Dustin = Mac Chris = Dennis Colin = Charlie

Adam Carscadden

Regarding the Game Pass and console discussion: Why does Microsoft produce Surface hardware? There you go. Also, if Microsoft ever did bring the service to PlayStation, it’s guaranteed to be streaming only.

I don’t like playing 3 machines at once either. PlayStation for the exclusives / 3rd parties, Switch for the Nintendo stuff. Although, I did manage to snag a Series S, and it’s very impressive.

Brandon Soto

Yes, LOL.

Colin Moriarty

I actually am not sure I did buy it, I'd have to look. Certainly haven't played it.

Colin Moriarty

Xbox has a pretty strong presence in Western Europe, as I understand it. Not PlayStation, but.

Colin Moriarty

One comment per thread, please!!! Edit your original in the future. <3

Colin Moriarty

That's Dustin. =)

Colin Moriarty

LOL.

Colin Moriarty

The talk about the Jets and being depressed reminds me of the guy in Curb that loses it because of the Jets https://youtu.be/JcJ8nW-AWl8

Mason M

Colin you said you've never bought a Sumo Digital game but I thought I remembered you saying you'd purchased Sackboy?

Captain Canada

The issue with us...the PlayStation faithful is not about Xbox doing well. It is how badly Jim Ryan and Hermen Hulst are running PlayStation.... we are paying more and getting so much less. We lost all Zenimax games, Ninja Theory games, Obsidian games, MLB exclusivity and it went to Gamepass, Yakuza exclusivity...... Japan Studio gone, Mm just supporting Dreams etc. So what do they do next? Go out and buy a publisher to even things up? No.... they throw away their strongest card.... fully exclusive games..... putting exclusives on PC lessens the value, scarcity increases value..... that is why Nintendo games are so highly regarded. Nintendo understand how to use exclusives, how to build an IP longterm and how to keep it fresh while building sales up past 40 million...... PS does not, they cant even market a game right. Jim Ryan and Hermen have no understanding of the fanbase, they are so aloof, so arrogant and just think raising the price and putting games everywhere and going mobile means he can sit back and it will roll in........ he is a moron of the highest order.

BryanK75

About Chirs worrying about PlayStation being the only console brand...... most of the world already views it that way. Xbox is almost a USA only console with some small pockets of support in places like Canada, Mexico and Australia. Having everyone on PlayStation would simplify everything and allow better uses of economies of scale and more populated servers etc etc. It would also be way better for devs that would only have to do one console version.

BryanK75

Alright whoever’s been making the thumbnail needs a raise I haven’t cackled that hard looking at a thumbnail in a long time. Thanks for making me laugh while I fight COVID at home guys!

Shawn

A “baseball thrower”… really Dustin?

Cory Towler

I don't know. I suspect they are.

Colin Moriarty

Speaking of libraries and childhood memories, are Scholastic book fairs still a thing? LOVED getting out of class to check them out, and some of the catalogs even carried GBA/DS games (mostly Brain Age and other puzzle titles).

Stephen Forgione