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During Sony's fiscal recent reporting, the company promised that it would further outline its respective situations and plans with each of its internal silos. When it comes to PlayStation, the result was an informative, information-rich PDF and an earnings call-like presentation that gives us a lot of extra insight into the brand. Here's what's clear: PlayStation is economically vibrant, growing, and reaching more than a hundred million people each month. Its generational revenue and profits are at all-time highs. People are spending more on the console than ever, purchasing more content, engaging with more products, and hanging around longer than ever. So, uh... maybe all of that chatter of an industry-wide console decline was a little premature? Sony (and Nintendo) is doing much better than just fine. Other news this week includes details on all 14 games shown during Sony's State of Play stream, including our first look at first party products like Firewalk's Concord and Asobi's all-new AstroBot game, rumors of the next Doom coming to PS5 day-and-date, the mystery behind Dragon Warrior III HD's long-time disappearance and recent return, controversy surrounding the misquoting of Neil Druckmann by Sony's own PR, and more. Then: Listener inquiries! When we say an executive has a fiduciary obligation, what do we mean? Should Sony be worried about Call of Duty going to Xbox Game Pass day one? Why is Activision being sued by the Uvalde shooting parents? Does Colin have any advice for a new Boston Terrier owner?Please keep in mind that our timestamps are approximate, and will often be slightly off due to dynamic ad placement.0:00:00 - Intro0:18:09 - Texas Tornado0:22:23 - Boston Terrier advice0:26:02 - Listening in the shower0:38:16 - Two rapid questions0:49:31 - New Doom on PS51:11:53 - PSVR2 PC adapter1:21:50 - Neil Druckmann misquoted1:45:43 - Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 announced1:50:48 - Dragon Quest III HD update1:57:28 - Dragon's Dogma 2 sells three million1:59:14 - What are we playing?2:34:27 - State of Play3:21:54 - Sony investors meeting4:09:34 - Days of Play 20244:21:07 - Resident Evil rumors4:31:00 - Circana's April data4:39:21 - JRPG lingo ranking4:43:55 - Rebuilding a lost collection4:51:30 - Will people switch to Xbox for COD on Gamepass?4:59:54 - What are fiduciary obligations?5:01:36 - Class Action lawsuit against games5:14:35 - Was Destiny successful?Get a free gift with your Journey Pack at https://www.tryfum.com/sacred and use code SACRED Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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