When it comes to the evolving gaming market, there's a lot for Sony to keep an eye on in the years and decades to come. To keep PlayStation the vibrant brand it is today, the company needs to spread the field, and two newly-announced projects -- an all-new co-op multiplayer game from the director of Left 4 Dead and a mobile port of mega-popular baseball franchise MLB: The Show -- fit the bill nicely. It's true that Sony has had more than its fair share of false starts (and even outright failures) in both the mobile and games-as-a-service space. Yet, there's gold in them there hills. Lots of it. Can Sony finally slay some off-platform and off-genre demons and reap some rewards? We discuss. Plus: Nixxes helps reduce Helldivers 2's PC file size by an astounding 85%, Bungie has apparently solved its dispute with the artist it purportedly stole Marathon-related art from, Shovel Knight developer Yacht Club Games finds itself in self-inflicted financial duress, Amazon has already renewed the God of War TV show for a second season, and more. Then: Listener inquiries! Has leaking culture gone too far? Will Micron's exit from the consumer RAM business affect console manufacturing? How can people find likeminded gaming friends online? Can we please do away with adult gift-giving once and for all?

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0:00:00 - Intro
0:52:36 - Juices flowing
0:54:56 - YouTube Recap
1:08:13 - Colin dying
1:11:02 - Switching to no presents
1:21:02 - PlayStation partners with Bad Robot
1:35:15 - The Show: Mobile releases
1:46:06 - Helldivers 2 PC install sized down
1:53:26 - Helldivers 2 movie has a director
2:03:31 - Amazon orders two seasons of God of War
2:08:14 - Bungie settles with artist over stolen art
2:11:45 - Yacht Club Games may be in trouble
2:27:26 - Saudi PIF will own 93.4% of EA
2:31:22 - IO confirms Hitman 4
2:36:53 - Splinter Cell Remake director returns
2:40:15 - Tomba 2 gets a release date
2:43:10 - November's top PSN downloads
2:45:16 - What We’re Playing (Ball x Pit, Metal. Eden, TMNT: Cowabunga Collection, Metal Gear Solid Delta, Red Dead Redemption)
3:09:22 - Arc Raiders introduces gamers to socializing
3:25:28 - Games that age well
3:31:54 - Disdain for leakers
3:41:44 - Micron leaves the consumer market
3:49:29 - Meeting new people to play games
3:56:53 - Can criticism go too far?

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Two months ago, a now-fired Sucker Punch developer lost her job due to an ill-timed social media post, and she's been fairly quiet ever since, at least until now. In a new article, artist Drew Harrison talks about what befell her, but -- truth be told -- she seems to have missed the biggest part of her own story: How much she could have (and did) harm the hundreds of other people that worked for years on Ghost of Yotei, only to disrupt the entire marketing roll-out of the game on the precipice of its hyped release. Let's revisit the situation with new context and insights, and see if we can make sense of whether her dismissal was fair, unfair, or perhaps just the product of the environment many industry professionals gleefully cheered on when the shoe was on the other foot. Plus: Death Stranding 2 gets an ESRB rating for a PC release, PlayStation 3 emulation is actively being worked on outside of Sony's walls, Stellar Blade 2 is abandoning PlayStation as its publishing partner, RAM price spikes threaten the future of console pricing, and more. Then: Listener inquiries! Did Sony's recent update to PlayStation Portal ruin the functionality of the PS button? What happened to the so-called "One Sony" initiative? Could an ex-Housemarque developer's new game spark a renewed love for arcade-style romps? What's the latest on the misadventures of an entity called Young Colin?

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0:00:00 - Intro
0:32:10 - Pursuing your dream
0:44:04 - Walking inspiration
0:49:29 - Young Colin
0:52:29 - Black Friday memories
1:04:24 - Colin’s Intergalactic drama
1:17:41 - Fired Sucker Punch employee speaks out
1:43:21 - Death Stranding 2 PC release leaked
1:47:39 - New info on PlayStation emulation from MysticRyan
2:00:30 - Sony's PC releases are declining
2:04:33 - Stellar Blade 2 will be multiplatform
2:13:22 - Is PS5 safe from RAM price increases?
2:26:16 - New Marathon closed beta
2:37:04 - December PS+ games
2:43:23 - Splitgate 2 returns in December
2:45:38 - Far Cry is getting a TV show
2:49:42 - What We’ve Been Playing
3:08:52 - Shoutout to Sektori
3:11:59 - Portal for Christmas
3:14:57 - Portal's PS button change
3:17:41 - What happened to One Sony?
3:25:03 - Why drives the love for retro games?
3:37:14 - PSA on getting your partner into games

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Last year, Sony launched it's service-based third-person shooter Concord, and it bombed worse than virtually any PlayStation-developed title in history. In fact, it was received so poorly that Sony disappeared it off the market in a matter of two weeks, gave everyone their money back, and snuffed the entire project out of existence while closing the studio that made it. Fast-forward more than a year, though, and Concord has kinda-sorta returned. Tech-savvy enthusiasts have revived the game on private servers, but Sony has already caught wind of it all and are working to nip it in the bud. Do we really need Concord to return? Why does Sony care if it does? And why do smart people work so diligently on things they don't own or have control over? Plus: Black Friday will be exceptionally nice for those looking for PlayStation hardware, accessories, and games, Sony dominates The Game Awards nominations with 19, Bungie prods its playerbase for ideas on how to improve Destiny 2, EA's F1 series is taking a year hiatus, possibly indicating the future of EA Sports, Peacock renews Twisted Metal for a third season, and more. Then: Listener inquiries! Do we keep the physical boxes for our gaming hardware? Would Sony ever revive The Legend of Dragoon? How does one navigate gaming's ragebait culture? Out of all of our many choices, which type of French Fry is the absolute best?

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0:00:00 - Intro
0:23:07 - Stay well Will
0:29:30 - Is Colin an actual curmudgeon?
0:36:30 - Best French Fries
0:46:01 - Thanksgiving plans
1:04:16 - PlayStation Black Friday
1:09:18 - Game Awards nominations
1:36:53 - Concord returns and dies again
1:46:08 - Horizon surpasses 40 million copies sold
1:54:16 - Major changes coming to Destiny 2
2:06:29 - EA is changing up F1
2:16:00 - Nintendo inspired PlayStation to cut prices in Japan
2:22:35 - Ghost of Yotei NG+ update
2:26:48 - Twisted Metal renewed for S3
2:27:33 - Bandai Namco is remastering Tales of Berseria
2:31:39 - Circana October data
2:37:07 - What We’re Playing (PowerWash Simulator 2, Silent Hill F, Ball x Pit, Elden Ring, Vampire The Masquerade Bloodlines 2, Metal Gear Solid 3: Delta, Black Ops 7)
3:23:20 - Rage bait culture
3:42:00 - When will it be time to move away from consoles?
3:54:42 - Where is Legend of Dragoon?
3:57:19 - When gaming feels like it isn't for you anymore
4:06:11 - Saving gaming packaging
4:15:16 - Half-Life 3?

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PlayStation 5 has officially turned five, giving us much to reflect upon. Has the console lived up to its potential, left folks disappointed, or fallen somewhere in between? We get into that -- alongside new Sony financials that paint an admittedly rosy picture -- before getting into the meat of our show. Two new Sony-aligned games have been revealed, but they've left many potential players puzzled, as neither offering is actually on PlayStation hardware. For starters, NCSoft's long-rumored Horizon MMO is real. It's called Steel Frontiers and it actually looks really nice. But it's only on PC and mobile. Meanwhile, a new Ratchet & Clank game has also been showcased, an online arena shooter called Ranger Rumble. But it too eschews PS5 and PS4, instead going straight to mobile platforms only. What gives? Why does Sony seem half-in on these off-platform initiatives, all the while neglecting their core audience that could give these respective titles the boost they need? Is it time for them to break old habits and embrace a more cogent multiplatform direction that centers PlayStation first and foremost? Plus: Sony's new 27" gaming monitor has people intrigued, Marvel Tokon: Fighting Spirits is getting another closed test, Elden Ring: Nightreign is receiving some much-needed DLC, and more. Then: Listener inquiries! What do we think of Valve's new Steam Machine PC-console hybrid? In any given game's menus, where should subtitle options be nestled: General, Audio, or Graphics? Does ARC Raiders success potentially benefit Marathon? Is Dustin wielding his power over Brad in unsavory ways?

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0:00:00 - Intro
0:28:20 - Keep your head up Cam
0:33:46 - Is this marriage destined for failure?
0:38:06 - Depressed?
0:46:26 - LSM power dynamics
0:53:35 - Ubisoft halts trading
0:57:08 - PlayStation 5 turns 5
1:13:41 - Red Dead Redemption is coming to PS5
1:16:41 - Horizon: Steel Frontiers revealed
1:34:24 - Ratchet & Clank: Ranger Rumble comes to mobile
1:52:17 - Sony Q2 financials
2:14:31 - New PlayStation PC monitor
2:23:34 - Cheaper PS5 coming to Japan
2:28:15 - New Marvel Tokon beta
2:31:17 - New Elden Ring: Nightreign expansion
2:33:52 - Todd Howard interview
2:37:27 - Mass Effect is still in development
2:37:56 - New PS+ game catalog games
2:41:21 - What We’ve Been Playing (Ghost of Yotei, PowerWash Simulator 2, Plants vs. Zombies: Replanted, Arc Raiders, Lumines Arise, Dispatch)
3:00:54 - Valve's new hardware
3:29:09 - Will Sony change their PC strategy?
3:34:44 - Gran Turismo 7
3:44:04 - Where should the subtitles option go?
3:46:53 - Will Marathon benefit from Arc Raiders?
3:58:46 - Eurogamer’s 2/5 review of Arc Raiders

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For those with specific use cases, the PlayStation Portal has always been awesome. But Sony has been quietly bolstering the device over the last two years, and with its newest update, it's become more powerful than ever. Those with a PS+ Essential subscription can now purchase and stream nearly 3,000 games directly to the device without any sort of console tether, a major step-up for a peripheral once reliant on PS5. What's it all mean for the future of PlayStation? We discuss! Plus: New cross-buy tags on PSN indicate Sony is preparing some sort of PC launcher, dynamic pricing on the PlayStation Store has some customers in a tizzy, Dan Houser spills the beans on Rockstar's cancelled PS3-exclusive spy thriller Agent, Marvel looks to stick with Sony-owned Insomniac for a long time to come, and more. Then: Listener inquiries! Does Colin have any reflections on GameFAQs as it turns 30? What constitutes a good in-game map? How has our gaming behavior changed over the years? Who's most likely to want to blow into the DualSense microphone to light fires in Ghost of Yotei, even if they don't have to?

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0:00:00 - Intro
0:19:05 - Coffee Swamp
0:21:55 - Sacred Sighting at Cedar Point
0:29:58 - YouTube Premium is great
0:36:54 - Tanvi
0:38:40 - Alucard
0:45:33 - Reesees
0:47:28 - GTA VI delayed again
0:51:18 - PlayStation Cloud streaming leave beta
1:09:20 - "Cross-Buy" appears on PSN
1:30:50 - PlayStation plays around with dynamic pricing
1:46:45 - Dan Houser on Lex Fridman
1:58:06 - Marvel will continue to work in Insomniac
2:16:44 - Top PSN games in October
2:25:20 - Physical games are 100x worse for the environment
2:33:55 - What We’re Playing
3:05:11 - What advancements do we want to see in games?
3:17:04 - The shift to quick hit games
3:27:20 - GameFAQs turns 30
3:33:54 - Blowing into the controller
3:37:37 - Good video game maps
3:41:56 - Genre preference changes

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An old piece of games industry lore has recently reemerged, and it has people wondering about a tantalizing what-if. Back in 1999, The Matrix hit theaters, and the co-creators of the film happened to have been huge fans of Hideo Kojima, himself a year removed from the launch of Metal Gear Solid. And, as was reported at the time, there was potential that Konami would allow Kojima to pursue a licensed Matrix game post-MGS. A lot of new information has since emerged about what did and didn't happen here, and it makes for a great conversation starter. So let's lean into it, shall we? Our conclusion: Perhaps Kojima doing MGS2 instead of a Matrix game means he likely dodged a bullet (pardon the pun). Other news this week includes some quiet updates seemingly being made to PlayStation Portal's functionality, leaks from Bluepoint's cancelled God of War game, the most recent China Hero Project title in the form of Loulan: The Cursed Sand, and more. Then: Listener inquiries! Following Freedom Wars, Patapon, and Everybody's Golf, what should Sony's and Bandai Namco's next collaborative re-release be? Do PC players have any reason to invest in the modern PlayStation ecosystem? Will the culture war consume Naughty Dog's Intergalactic? Does Colin type so fast that his keyboard smokes?

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0:00:00 - Intro
0:43:10 - RIP Nick Mangold
0:44:13 - stand down non-traditional candy
0:50:45 - Chris wills glass Snapple back
0:55:36 - New York location lore
0:59:19 - PS+ Premium streaming to Portal leaked
1:12:23 - Bluepoint's cancelled God of War game leaks
1:22:33 - Sony isn't interested in buying WB
1:30:51 - Konami turned down a Kojima Matrix game
1:48:20 - Loulan: The Cursed Sand is the next China Hero Project game
1:58:19 - Square Enix is cracking down on Dragon Quest spoilers
2:11:02 - November PS+ Games
2:13:51 - What We’ve Been Playing (Ghost of Yotei, PowerWash Simulator 2, Plants vs. Zombies: Replanted, Battlefield 6, Vampire Survivors)
2:41:13 - What Japan Studio game will get released by Bandai Namco?
2:45:10 - Halo and the US government
2:54:17 - Gaming ads on Sacred
3:11:04 - Wait for PS6?
3:20:24 - The console war lives in on services
3:38:25 - Is Intergalactic the next target?

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With Xbox's famous ringworld officially arriving on PlayStation 5 in 2026, we can rest assured that Sony's longtime rival has finally conceded the console space for good. Halo: Campaign Evolved -- clever! -- is a ground-up remake of the smash-hit 2001 Xbox launch title, and it comes with some new bells and whistles, including fresh content and a four-player online-enabled campaign. Microsoft even trotted Halo's community manager out in a PlayStation shirt, promised all upcoming Halo content is Sony-bound, and yielded perhaps their last meaningful franchise to the competition. This gives us much to discuss! Plus: Helldivers 2 dev Arrowhead begins work on its next project, Horizon's live-action movie is slated to film next year and launch in '27, Resident Evil 0 Remake rumors are percolating, we may be waiting a while longer for Starfield's PS5 debut, Electronic Arts scores a renewed deal with the NFL to continue the Madden franchise, and more. Then: Listener inquiries! Why does anyone care about Photo Mode? What's our dream PowerWash Simulator 2 DLC? Is it okay to play a game without delving into its greater meaning and themes? Will Chris ever return from New York?

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0:00:00 - Intro
0:42:57 - RIP Sam Rivers
0:44:41 - buttrock and rap metal
0:54:36 - Couple vs few
0:58:55 - Keep on keeping on Thomas
1:03:48 - PSN Profiles issuers?
1:12:16 - Halo is coming to PS5
1:54:28 - Arrowhead is hiring for a new game?
2:01:24 - Updates on the Horizon film
2:09:25 - Resident Evil 0 remake rumors
2:14:37 - Starfield announcement for PS5 next year
2:23:12 - EA NFL renewal
2:28:25 - Ex-AC lead claims he didn't step down
2:33:46 - Remedy CEO steps down
2:37:22 - New sales data
3:07:02 - What We’re Playing (Ghost of Yotei, Ninja Gaiden 4, Ball x Pit)
3:21:03 - How's our media literacy?
3:29:03 - Dream DLC for Power Wash Simulator?
3:32:17 - Updates with trophies
3:36:11 - Photo mode is free marketing?
3:40:06 - Sony's PC strategy with Xbox's PC push
3:45:59 - Soundbar recommendations

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Time sure is moving, but has a sufficient amount of it passed for us to start considering the next generation of PlayStation console? According to two reliable leakers, the answer is yes: Sony is very much aiming to get PS6 out in 2027. This makes sense by historical standards -- seven years between consoles is fairly normal, if not even a little slow -- but it really doesn't feel like we need this thing. Or do we? By 2027, who knows what our ecosystem might look like. Let's discuss! Plus: Legendary Tecmo director and producer Tomonobu Itagakai has sadly passed away, Sony-owned studio Bluepoint is hiring for a mysterious third-person action project, San Diego Studio appears primed to finally bring its smash-hit MLB: The Show series to PC, Ghost of Yotei is selling at parity with Ghost of Tsushima, we could have very easily gotten a mobile The Last of Us game, and more. Then: Listener inquiries! Do we like to partake in New Game+, when applicable? With Xbox's displacement as a hardware competitor, is Sony and Nintendo's long-standing rivalry primed to be reignited? Why don't we talk more about the fighting scene? Will Dustin regale us with some of his Japanese language skills?

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0:00:00 - Intro
0:38:55 - Shoutout Saxon
0:43:38 - Eloping in Vegas
0:54:26 - Dagster check in?
0:55:44 - 今週何個の瓶を埋めたか教えてください
0:57:31 - RIP Tomonobu Itagaki
1:07:17 - PlayStation 6 in 2027
1:44:10 - Bluepoint hiring for a 3rd person melee action game
1:53:40 - Ghost of Yotei sales similar to Tsushima , Suckerpunch can only do one game at a time
2:05:41 - MLB: The Show coming to PC?
2:12:13 - Tencent pitched a mobile Last of Us
2:24:34 - PSVR2 controller for sale
2:32:23 - Fans revive ModNation Racers
2:36:49 - Quantic Dream reveals multiplayer game
2:48:20 - Remedy's FBC Firebreak is in the red
2:57:15 - Build A Rocket Boy in trouble
3:01:13 - New PS+ games
3:08:23 - What We’re Playing (Ghost of Tsushima, Ghost of Yotei, Battlefield 6, Lumines Arise)
3:53:35 - Why is New Game+ late?
3:58:58 - Why isn't Nintendo competition?
4:06:34 - Video game betting
4:14:01 - What do we want from a PlayStation handheld?
4:19:03 - Why aren't we into fighting games?

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If you're a regular purchaser of games, you're a stark minority within the very industry you know and love. We've known all about the revenue-related trends directing games as of late, but recent data indicates things are far more dire than they seem, particularly if you're a single player purist. For instance, a third of gaming consumers purchase less than one game a year; 12% buy one game a year; 18% buy two games a year. Only 14% of players buy at least one game a month! Yet, there's more money flowing than ever. Like, lots more. What gives? A migration of customers and their habits, of course! We discuss. Other news this week includes a brief Mark Cerny video celebrating Sony's collaboration with AMD for PlayStation 6, the reemergence of Marathon with invites to an NDA'd closed test, the bluest DualSense controller you could possibly imagine, rumors of a cancelled Reconstruction-era Assassin's Creed, and more. Then: Listener inquiries! Could Sony be on the precipice of adding to its family of first party studios? Is there a potential unfilled niche for medical-themed titles? Does PlayStation need to spin-up a new loyalty program? Forget about your favorite color. What's your favorite shape?

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0:00:00 - Intro
0:37:16 - Strange places to listen to Sacred
0:41:27 - Ben Debate
0:52:43 - Favorite shape
0:58:31 - Mark Cerny appears!
1:09:26 - New player purchasing data
1:29:11 - New Marathon technical test coming
1:49:59 - New early PlayStation lore
1:58:37 - New blue Dualsense
2:03:38 - PlayStation Concert cancelled
2:10:25 - Cancelled Assassin's creed leaked
2:33:10 - Expedition 33 sells over 5 million, new content coming
2:35:40 - New Circana data
2:43:33 - Top PSN downloads
2:47:34 - PowerWash Simulator 2 release date and Mina the Hollower delayed
2:54:28 - What We’re Playing (Ghost of Tsushima, Ghost of Yotei, Baby Steps, Mario Galaxy)
3:27:58 - SIE and Sword of the Sea?
3:31:39 - Will Rockstar innovate gameplay in GTA VI
3:37:38 - What's the end point of live service?
3:42:44 - What do "fans" want?
3:55:38 - PlayStation Stars still floating around
3:59:19 - Where are the medical games?

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All anyone wants to talk about right now is Electronic Arts, and reasonably so. The American publishing titan is on the verge of being purchased by external interests for $55 billion, and when we say external, we mean it. The major player in reverting EA to a private corporation is Saudi Arabia's sovereign wealth fund, muddying this already complex deal that also happens to be the largest leveraged buyout in human history. Perhaps not surprisingly, this gives us much to pontificate on. Other news this week includes rumblings of a DualSense revision with a removable battery, the very real potential that a Prototype remaster is imminent, the wisdom (or perhaps lack thereof) in Forza Horizon 6 skipping PlayStation 5 at launch, and more. We then get into listener inquiries to wrap up the show, as we always do. What are our thoughts on Xbox's staggering Game Pass price hike? How do we feel about Magic: The Gathering's stylish new collaboration with PlayStation? Is Destiny officially on death's door? Will Dustin have a coffee named after him at a cafe in Texas?

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0:00:00 - Intro
0:27:35 - Sacred Sweaters! Preorder starts Monday!
0:30:44 - Sacred Coffee specials
0:38:06 - Salary for a henchman
0:44:03 - EA sells to a consortium for $55 billion
1:31:33 - Is Sony a "terrible company"?
1:46:24 - New DualSense revision
1:53:25 - Revisions to the PS5 Slim
1:54:51 - Prototype remaster incoming?
2:05:22 - Forza Horizon 6 is coming to PS5, but delayed
2:14:03 - Ubisoft and Tecent's collaboration is called Vantage Studios
2:17:13 - What We’re Playing (Ghost of Tsushima: Director’s Cut, Puzzle Quest: Immortal Edition, BioShock 2, Baby Steps, Silent Hill f, Megabonk)
2:46:17 - Xbox's price hike
3:23:32 - What's next for Halo?
3:40:36 - Direct sequels or spiritual successors
3:47:29 - Sony/Magic the Gathering
3:57:56 - Is Destiny 2 dead?
4:04:54 - Series prime for AA sequels

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The "where are the games?!" crowd is having a bad week, because PlayStation's most recent State of Play showed that plenty is indeed incoming for your PS5. For starters, Insomniac's long-dormant Wolverine has reemerged. Revealed four years ago and having clearly gone through some tribulations behind-the-scenes, Wolverine is slated for PlayStation 5 next fall, and it looks violent and grisly in all the right ways. Coming sooner from first party, however, is Housemarque's Returnal sequel Saros, launching in March of '26. It looks awesome, and we're to get back to shootin'. But as if these two games didn't give us enough to talk about, there's more: Microsoft Flight Simulator is the next Xbox-aligned game PS5-bound (with Forza Horizon 6 somewhere behind it), the original Deus Ex is getting the remaster treatment, a God of War DualSense has been revealed in recognition of the franchise's 20th anniversary, Kojima both revealed a Physint poster and showed off his new horror title OD, and much more. Then: Listener inquiries! What's going on with the PS5 Pro's many technical issues? Will NetEase's F2P game Ananta be as insane as it seems? Why do we have such a problem with the premise of licensed games? Is Boar's Head's fine deli meat becoming too expensive for the average consumer?

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0:00:00 - Intro
0:21:17 - Sony mascots owning a gentlemen's club
0:26:19 - Boar's Head prices
0:32:22 - Colin in wedding vows
0:34:04 - Ghost of Yotei hype low?
0:40:21 - State of Play - Wolverine
1:05:31 - Saros
1:16:39 - Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024
1:31:35 - PlayStation Pulse elevate speakers
1:39:34 - Smaller SoP announcements
2:11:18 - Kojima announcements
2:29:25 - Forza Horizon 6 announced, coming to PS5
2:32:57 - PlayStation Franchise Rewards
2:40:27 - Metal Gear Solid Collection Vol 2
2:46:46 - Yakuza announcements
2:48:24 - A new Mafia game has been greenlit
2:50:04 - New player habits data from Ampere Analysis
2:51:48 - What We’ve Been Playing (Cronos: The New Dawn, Puzzle Quest: Immortal Edition, Baby Steps, Borderlands 4, Hitman 1-3, Silent Hill f)
3:23:52 - Current feelings on PS5 Pro
3:36:00 - Ananta copying Spider-man, GTA etc
3:44:24 - Negative outlook on licensed games
4:00:09 - Best gamer at LSM
4:07:37 - Top 5 genres

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