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Sacred Symbols, Episode 419 | Don't Break the Silence, Don't Let Me Win (Video) (Patreon)

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Don't Break the Silence, Don't Let Me Win | Sacred Symbols, Episode 419

We're more than a week removed from the controversial decision to scrap new physical releases for PlayStation hardware beginning in early 2028, and even with a robust outpouring of rage from a portion of its hardcore audience, Sony doesn't seem like it's going to budge. This has come to surprise some people; yet, the longer Sony continues its silence on the topic, the more unlikely it'll be that anything will change. Will the Japanese megacorporation's wait-and-see approach pay off? Is there still time to turn the ship around? Are physical buyers vastly overestimating their power and positioning? There's much more to discuss surrounding the worst period of PR for the PlayStation brand since 2011. Other news this week includes furor over language in the European PSN's terms of service, drama surrounding Marvel Tokon's release on Steam, significant layoffs at Xbox that deeply affect PlayStation-aligned developers like id and Obsidian, and more. Then: Listener inquiries! Is it weird that Sony executives sold more than $10 million in stock after their infamous physical games announcement? What's going on with EA's insane monetization policies in College Football 27? Why couldn't Bluepoint spin-out from Sony like Microsoft is allowing some of its teams to do? Does Dustin have similarly arcane powers as Brad, just pointed in the opposite direction? A new episode of Sacred Symbols: A PlayStation Podcast launches each Friday morning. To receive instant access, as well as other perks, please support the show on https://www.patreon.com/LastStandMedia This episode is sponsored by BetterHelp. Sign up and get 10% off at https://www.betterhelp.com/symbols Sign up for your $1 per month trial at https://www.shopify.com/sacred Follow the hosts! Colin: https://x.com/longislandviper ‪@ChrisRayGun‬ https://x.com/ChrisRGun @DustinCanFly‬ https://x.com/DustinCanFly 0:00 - Intro 26:05 - Yet another Sacred baby 27:57 - The Blue Reaper 36:25 - Enough of the Euroslander 38:11 - Wet wipes are a game changer 43:00 - Infamous 2 UGC servers shutting down 45:58 - Christopher Barrett settled his lawsuit with Bungie and Sony 58:57 - Sony won’t reverse course on physical media 1:10:15 - Sony starts repurposing its factories 2:28:33 - European fans freak out about account deletion 2:33:15 - Marvel Tokon on PC won’t launch in 132 countries 2:38:34 - Microsoft guts id Software 3:14:26 - Obsidian returns to Fallout 3:29:48 - Undead Labs spins-out from Xbox 3:36:35 - IO Interactive reclaims its cancelled Xbox second party game 3:38:38 - June 2026’s top downloads on PSN 3:39:42 - What We're Playing (GTA V, GTA SA, Mercenaries 2, PURE) 3:55:19 - Microsoft is good while Sony is evil? 4:00:18 - What's stopping Bluepoint from staying together? 4:04:45 - Sony CEO sells 50% of his stock? 4:10:38 - Crash Team Racing tips and tricks 4:13:30 - EA Sports College Football 27 uproar 4:21:32 - Bethesda's lay-off memorial

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astronomica

hello. could you please start pasting the youtube url into the video description cus it doesn't work for me clicking on the video. shouldn't be too much work now, should it? thanks.

Lockmort

It seems to work for most people, so maybe check your browser settings. Patreon did have some issues yesterday, so just to be sure, here: https://youtu.be/LTq_r6SWu84 - Lock

astronomica

thanks, and i've checked but this is a pretty long time problem for me. might need to ask next time as well. sorry

Lockmort

What browser are you using? I'll check if we can do something for you. - Lock

JoshM

Regarding the physical game talk, it took them about three weeks to reverse on the PS3 and Vita stores, so I’m kinda not expecting them to respond for a bit on this - if they are even going to Think the whole conversation online is missing the point though. This news is all negative and there’s nothing positive. If they fix digital ownership issues, okay that makes it less bad, but an option is still being removed. I’m not sure an option going away is worth defending or justifying by the user - that’s up to Sony to navigate, and right now, they’re not close to that. Not to mention the ‘85% of purchases are digital’ thing seems to include DLC, digital only games etc. and isn’t even covering the percentage of players buying physical. Even if digital is more, feels like there’s more to the data imo.

GivingBear

The first test for all of this will be Intergalactic. When they release it digital only (and they will) and/or code in box, then the success or failure will determine their choices. If the game flops due to the lack of physical sales then I see them beginning to reconsider. If they do this same scenario sooner with the new GOW to basically “send it to die” and then it flops due to lack of physical then it will begin to affect some change. But if it sells the same despite lack of physical then it’s over.

Leon Ezequiel D.

It is probably your VPN. I have the same error (sometimes), and disconnecting the VPN, fixes it.

Risen

The argument that solving for digital ownership means the physical people have no leg to stand on is incomplete. Great I own my digital media. But, I still lose as a consumer: the entire multibillion dollar gray market of used games, liquidating thousands of dollars of games I cannot with a digital license, etc., are gone. It is feature loss, indisputably.

Filip Blagojević

Hey Colin, as a guy from Serbia I can confirm you that we can purchase all consoles perfectly legally in retail stores. But of course we don't have PSN in our region, so we (mostly) create US based PSN accounts (USD is cheaper compared to EUR). Also, on the topic of physical games and our situation, we still buy mostly digital games. I can't use Serbian credit card on US based PSN, but I can buy gift cards from third-party sites and redeem money on my wallet. Physical games here are much more expansive then digital (compared to US). New 70$ game in conversion to Serbian money is approximately 98$, and they never go on sale.

Avery Illies

Thank you LSM for reading my question. I greatly appreciate it.

JordanMaiden007

Listening to the iD rant was therapeutic for me. I have the Slayers mark as a tattoo on my arm, the franchise means so much to me. I get not wanting to support the DLC. When I originally wrote in the report I saw was they had fired about half the team. It didn't seem AS bad as we know it is now, otherwise my write in would have been more angry like you guys were. DLC is awesome though... : /

Germanos

If only Matty (Cog is already gone, don't bother) had the passion to discuss the XBOX layoffs as Colin does. You know... as an XBOX podcast.