Sacred Symbols, Episode 372 | Let's Get Physintcal

Sony is a many-tendrilled corporation, which can be both a blessing and a curse. But in fully leveraging all that the wider company does well, it seems they're closer than ever to achieving the "One Sony" goal from years and decades past. Enter Physint (sometimes typed PHYSINT, for some reason), a Hideo Kojima-led project revealed last year as a mysterious cross-pollination between PlayStation and Sony Pictures, one that appears to go into a distinctly Metal Gear Solid-like direction. With Death Stranding 2 now in the past, Kojima is confirmed to be working on Physint itself, presumably for PlayStation 6, which raises some questions, like: What will the game be like? When will it come out? Will it be a commercial success? We know so little about it, and yet, that's never stopped us before, so why start now? Plus: Arrowhead rather blatantly teases a Helldivers 2/Halo crossover, Strauss Zelnick expresses confidence in GTA6's Spring '26 release window and promises that BioShock 4 will indeed launch one day, rumors percolate about upcoming Resident Evil remakes, Crimson Desert gets delayed, PUBG is the next game to reveal it's leaving PlayStation 4 behind, and more. Then: Listener inquiries! What's the best stoner game? Are people overreacting to recent PlayStation executives' chatter about moving away from hardware? Is Danganronpa actually bad? Did we actually (and unintentionally) get someone fired from their job?

Timestamps:
0:00:00 - Intro

0:22:21 - Tarman joke gone too far?

0:25:33 - Sacred episode titles

0:36:20 - Ranking autistic fanbases

0:42:04 - Who gets the worst taxes?

0:50:29 - Starting a business tips

0:53:47 - Kojima has started working on Physint... alone

1:09:39 - Light of Motiram makes some big changes

1:17:25 - Helldivers 2 x Halo?

1:28:09 - Strauss Zelnick is confident in GTA VI's release date

1:41:14 - Is Code Veronica and RE Zero the next remakes from Capcom?

1:46:09 - New Resident Evil movie

1:55:24 - Crimson Desert delayed to 2026

2:03:49 - PUBG is leaving PS4 behind

2:07:23 - New PS Plus games

2:14:51 - July PSN Sales charts

2:31:36 - Control sells five million copies

2:38:45 - Far Cry TV show

2:47:52 - What We’re Playing (Ninja Gaiden: Ragebound, Doom: The Dark Ages, MindsEye, Battlefield 6 Beta, Hell is Us Demo)

3:35:44 - Raging at Danganronpa

3:39:15 - Can Dollman shut up?

3:43:30 - Good stoner games

3:47:19 - Genie 3 making games

3:55:29 - Nu Metal is back?

4:03:08 - Is Sony moving away from hardware?