I Ain't No Mathematician, But I Can Count | Sacred Symbols, Episode 313

Good news emanates from South Korea, where developer Shift Up announced that PS5-exclusive release Stellar Blade has surpassed a million copies sold. To the rational thinking person, this is obviously a great accomplishment for a niche and provocative release on a single platform, and yet there are know-nothings debating its success. Thus, we correct the incorrect while also talking about Stellar Blade's future, including DLC, a PC port, and -- ultimately! -- a sequel. Other news this week includes details for Concord's upcoming closed and open betas, the surprising return of Capcom zombie-killing classic Dead Rising, fresh PSone-era collections for the likes of Fear Effect and Fighting Force, percolating rumors about PlayStation 3 emulation finally coming to PS4 and PS5, and much more. As always, we wrap things up with inquiries from you, the audience. What do we think about a Guerrilla producer's desire to get Aloy in Smash Bros? Is poor media literacy stopping gaming from reaching its true potential? Which random PlayStation 2 games would we like to see ported to modern hardware? If we could go back to the 17th century and permanently scar a peasant child with a video game experience, which one would we choose?

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0:00:00 - Introduction
0:13:34 - Independent wrestling promoter
0:18:10 - Bread
0:37:14 - Rotating third chair?
0:48:19 - chips in the microwave?
0:57:00 - Taking a game back in time
1:07:57 - Concord beta details
1:19:15 - Astro Bot's dev team is 60 people.
1:36:37 - PS3 emulation rumors
1:50:23 - Smaller news items
2:00:48 - What we're playing
2:29:29 - Stellar Blade sells over one million
2:40:52 - PSVR 2 woes
3:02:27 - Dead Rising Deluxe Remaster
3:11:02 - Limited Run Games announcements
3:18:26 - New PS Plus games
3:30:21 - Retro PlayStation Podcast
3:36:31 - Smash-like PlayStation game
3:53:27 - Media literacy in gaming
4:06:57 - Stranded PS2 games
4:18:05 - Boss Rush mode
4:23:05 - Fixing the amount of games