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Sacred Symbols, Episode 334 | Kadokawacquisition? (Patreon)

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2024-11-22 17:00:23
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2026-06
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The industry was recently set alight by a pair of articles from newswire Reuters indicating that Sony is interested in buying Japanese media conglomerate Kadokawa Corporation, and indeed, Kadokawa itself has since confirmed the reporting. Such a move has massive implications for Sony's increasing dominance in the anime and manga spaces, and it's likely this attempt at M&A is squarely focused on that first and foremost. But acquiring Kadokawa could be a huge boon for the PlayStation brand, too, considering it owns the likes of Spike Chunsoft and Acquire, and perhaps most importantly a controlling share in FromSoftware, too, the prolific studio behind Elden Ring, Bloodborne, Demon's Souls, Dark Souls, Armored Core, Sekiro, King's Field, and more. Should Sony nab Kadokawa, does that mean FromSoft would join PlayStation Studios as a proper first party team? Could further emphasizing Sony's Japanese identity provide a valuable path forward for PlayStation? Other news this week includes fresh PlayStation 6-related rumors, word out of Square Enix concerning Final Fantasy VII Remake: Part III and a potential 2D-HD version of Final Fantasy VI, PlayStation Portal's awesome upgrade to allow cloud gaming without PS5, and more. Per usual, we wrap things up with inquiries from our beloved audience. What are our thoughts on this year's iteration of Geoff Keighley's Game Awards? Which difficulty settings are most appealing to us in the titles we play? How does Colin deal with any negative feedback surrounding the games he writes? In one listener's quest to invite another to be his Best Man, could it be that their shared romance is the real story?Timestamps:

0:00:00 - Intro

0:15:36 - New Chris video

0:25:23 - Why the Chris hate?

0:33:40 - This week in Situational Advice

0:45:12 - Best Man Bromance

0:47:52 - Sacred helps hearing loss!

1:07:55 - PlayStation Black Friday sales have started

1:11:42 - PlayStation 6 rumors have begun

1:14:50 - Shakeup at PlayStation mobile

1:23:36 - Final Fantasy VII Remake Part III is in full development

1:30:20 - SE producer sees FFVI as a logical target for HD-2D

1:37:36 - Remedy's financials

1:44:00 - Splinter Cell movie is dead

1:48:02 - What Are We Playing?

2:29:17 - Sony is trying to buy Kadakawa

2:58:36 - PlayStation Portal update with cloud gaming

3:11:14 - Black Myth Wukong's GOTY nomination

3:33:35 - Knockoff game on the PSN store

3:42:13 - Getting more from higher difficulty

3:54:16 - The design of PS5 and PS5 Pro

4:01:20 - Dealing with criticism of your own game

4:07:46 - Minimizing griefing in multiplayer

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Mr Sir

That GOTY nomination list…. Good year for games huh Colin?

Hunter

Jaffe is my favorite guest. Glad Colin doesn't read into any negative comments.

Cameron Box

I reckon Radec is the guest for tomorrow

Bartevious

Looks like we’re guaging interest in Jaffe episodes in this thread? Not trying to be a dickhead but I think he’s insufferable about 20-30 percent of the time which is a little much for a leisure podcast. If we’re all giving our two cents. Has to be a good suite of guests alongside him for it to feel worth the listen nowadays. Edit: I don’t like the whole “I don’t like how people treat Jaffe” when we ignore how Jaffe treats people. Jaffe is very very toxic in the comments and on twitter lmao. I don’t like the whole appeal to authority mindset that because a dude is successful he’s demanded a one way street of respect.

Look Up 2:27 of Delusions of Grandeur - Glazed Donut Zero (Official Video)

Thanks for taking my question! Glad Colin arrived at the conclusion I was hoping—that the different opinions and levels of preparedness, the “diversity” if you will, of the hosts is one of the things that makes Sacred Symbols the best Playstation podcast. As for my assertion that Chris gets the most hate besides Jaffe, I meant that between here and the subreddit, there’s usually a sentiment going around that “Chris doesn’t even hardly play games” and “What does he even do all day?” and it comes across as jealousy to me. Like random listeners think they could jump in and replace him. That’s just the vibe I get, though. I will say that Colin is actually probably the top of my list, though. Purely from political opinions, but I’ve learned to look past all that. People are complex! Edit: Should have been more specific in saying criticism from within the LSM fanbase.

Heezy

Ya’ll should do a sacred+ episode where you read some of the best/most ridiculous exit interviews

Deemac

I was never really interested in the portal - it seems like a nice bit of kit but not something I had a use case for - but the news of the improvements this week just so happened to coincide with my local store having limited new stock of the 30th anniversary addition. So I impulsively bit the bullet there and ordered one Wednesday evening, and if was delivered Thursday morning. It feels really good to play - I had a steam deck already which is a really great bit of tech, but I mostly use that for indies, emulation, and other games I don't get on Playstation. The Dualsense shape just feels good when streaming PS5 games. Also the cloud streaming sounds like a really nice addition for travelling and just trying random games on a whim. As luck would have it, I had let my PS Plus run out a few months ago in anticipation of a Black Friday sale - I got a year of Premium earlier today for like €106, not too bad in my opinion, and the value of that tier only increases now with this portal feature, and hopefully they continue to add good classics to the Premium tier

Eric the Human

In spite of all this Chris hate lately, he's the main reason I'm even here. Keep doin what you're doin, Chris!

Froilan

I do not agree with Chris’ politics takes at ALL but he is to me synonymous with Last Stand and love hearing his takes and way of articulating his thoughts on plenty of topics

Renee-good-getting-slimed

The listener with the bar tending gig is gonna catch an asswhooping from the cheating guy 😂

Michael McCoy

Colin: “I’m too busy to do anything else!” Also Colin: wakes up at 12pm and heads in for the night after 6pm 🤣

Lunar Tear

Mystery guest has to be Obsolete Sony, right? I know Colin said he's reached out previously and that they weren't interested in being on the show. But the language Colin uses when talking about the guest is similar to that which he used previously when discussing that account. Either way, guess we'll find out soon.

Christian

I’m calling it now the next Final Fantasy name for the remake is going to be Final Fantasy VII Reunion.

NecrumOddBoy

New Linkin Park record is almost as good as Hybrid Theory and easily as good as Meteora plus it’s better than anything else they did since. I agree that they should’ve just changed the band name and if they were called From Zero, that would be pretty cool as they could still cover old LP but I think this was a surprising great record and the “meh” for the music just makes no sense to me. I personally don’t like the political and religious controversy that surrounds Emily but the album is a banger.

ByWatterson

Jaffe is just objectively bad at this. Sorry.

Caleb Peacock

Linda and Vince McMahon are separated but not divorced, and that was in the last few years. Unofficially it’s been a lot longer than that lol.

Your Boi Nicky V

Chris and Jaffe are both GOATed. Colin, on the other hand, can suck a dick 😜

Neely 4x4

Thanks for reading my write in. It is so cool to be on the show and to hear the kind words. Take care of your hearing Colin ;)

Big Fudge

Can’t believe someone tried to say Chris gets the most hate lol. Absolute delusion.

Angel

Crunchyrolls app may not be great, but it's waaaaayyy better then funimations app was

Xstar25

Colin: “I think that’s everybody.” Dustin: “…Micah?” 😂😂😂

Robbie Agnew

Arya Stark was lame from season 5 on

Adam Barnes

Colin: I don’t like the way people treat David Jaffe. My guy, have you seen him in the comments…? Pull your head out of his arse, bro. Twisted Metal and GoW were decades ago. Move on

Susan B. Anthony Bourdain

Chris absolutely radiates “the dog ate my homework” energy. He has enough charisma to cover it up, but every once in a while he’s caught flat-footed and it’s hilarious. It’s part of the charm of LSM. I always wonder if Colin or Dustin pick up on that when it happens.

NeO JD

The review talk is silly because at the end of the day that could be said about anyone. If you make a site or whatever and can contribute to the Metacritic then good on them. It’s ultimately up to the gamer if they want to do the research and buy the game or not. Hell, we all saw how it went for Hogwarts, reviews or not.

A very special boy

The hearing convo reminded me of a situation with my mate. I love Van Halen, he thinks they're shit. I gave him a CD to listen to in his car but he didn't dig it, until it was really late one night and he was sleepy so he cranked it up to max volume to keep him tuned in while driving home. Max volume Van Halen made it click and he became a big fan over one drive home.

BamAHamYum

My hatred for Chris can only be rivaled by my love for Brad

Zachary Beach

I feel like this other game awards has massive anti-woke grievances stink all over it. That’s just a vibe though. I’m opened to being shown otherwise, but an anti-woke game awards sounds so annoying honestly.

Josh Daniel

In my opinion, the best way for Last Stand to do GOTY is to do it on Summon Sign similar to how every member gave thier historic winners. A top 5 from everyone would be awesome. Don't need a singular winner but a list of games that represent all of you

Deutschbag

Alan wake 2 launched at 49.99 I think

Jason H

No one is going to like every person in an organization, I’d be surprised it Colin did not have disdain for members of the Jets organization

Derek Alcott

Great episode fellas. I can't wait for you guys to be done with Metaphor lol. It's just not a game for me and I'm ready for you guys to be done with it.

Danio

Google is so bad now that Micah had to become Colin's personal search engine.

Joseph Gedgaudas

Colin keeps forgetting they did game of the year and top ten lists on the first episode of Summon Sign.

Morgan

Chris is the heart of the show. Without Chris there is no Sacred Symbols. Stand down everyone.

Michael Mashpotato

The narrative from the cornballs who say this is a bad year for gaming and there are no good games to play is falling apart in real time. There are so many good games this year that so many games were snubbed for GOTY. You can remove Erd Tree, Black Myth and add any of the following bangers below. Like a Dragon Silent Hill 2 Helldivers 2 Stellar Blade Tekken 8 PS. Can we please stop calling Esport players “Athletes”.

Adam Barnes

Wait, you’re telling me that a Lego version of a boring game is….boring? How could this be?!

Sam

Chris & Jaffe get the most hate because this Patreon has a lot of people who scream free speech but then will get upset about someone saying “maybe let’s not put laws on women’s bodies”. Don’t think it’s anything to do with their commentary on gaming. Chris & Gene are very important at last stand because they are levels about the rest when it comes to game critique.

Theotokos Respecter

yeah Eric I feel you, I’m a career bartender and ya gotta just keep it pushing. That stuff will cost the place business and at that point it’s really about your coworkers. That being said, just lose your respect for them and extract as much tip money out of them as possible 😆

Dennis

The last political constellation proved Jaffe will always get hate. It was an episode in which he let other people talk and had no insulting all republicans moments. But he still gets treated terribly in the comments. People just need to admit they don't like his outspokenness about his politics and move on. I think the guy has reasons to be a lot more hostile, since some of the people here have some hard to swallow opinions on subjects that directly affect him and his family.

Frank G.

Side scrollers "a we're not racist you're racist for pointing it out" podcast.

Glen Yelenovic

Jaffe is amazing. I love every episode he is on. It’s a good thing to hear different opinions even if you don’t agree on them.

Kevin Cooper

Shout out to Playstation Minis... real ones know.

Ryan

Stuttering craig lowkey sucks man lol

Ellis

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Cornelius

I think the sales for horizon misrepresent the way people feel about the franchise. The first horizon was a huge new ip for first party and it was a good game, the second one had amazing graphics and was still good, it was a system seller. But these sales don't mean there's love for the game, and sony miscalculated the weight of the franchise. I have no doubt that a VR gow or uncharted would be more popular than a VR horizon, no one cares about horizon that much.

Peter Balda

It surprises me that nobody has yet questioned the so-called expertise of Hoeg. He is an M&A lawyer according to Colin yet he thinks that the price for Kadokawa is going to be $10 billion? That's laughable. On his Twitter he is even saying 15-20 billion and doubles down on it after people pointed out the market cap is around $4 billion, and that is after the share price rose due to acquisition rumours. A typical premium over pre-acquisition rumour share price is 30-50%. Again, it is bizarre that an M&A lawyer does not know this basic fact. If he really thinks Kadokawa is going to go for 10, 15, 20 billion USD then he should be selling every asset he has and load up Kadokawa shares because you're looking at the best arbitrage opportunity of your life, lmao

TheWubbz

I hope they lock down the deal and go exclusive moving forward. A surefire system seller future proofing the PlayStation brand for a few generations. They already have deep roots with demon souls and Bloodborne. The fact that the Activision deal went through makes this feel necessary to me. A bit if tit for tat but with a heritage that makes sense. Imagine the number of PS6s sold if Elden Ring 2 is a launch title. Nevermind Bloodborne 2. It makes perfect business sense for Sony