It's another week in video games and one that created controversy with Sony deciding that the PlayStation 5 should see a price hike in basically all major regions except the United States.

Sean, Marc, and Daniel give their views on the decision if it's really needed, and what it says about Sony, especially in the face of Microsoft and Nintendo both stating they would not raise the price of their consoles.

Sony also made another purchase, this time in the form of a Mobile game studio, Savage Games, furthering their previously stated intent to go into mobile gaming. Is this a good idea for Sony? Phil Spencer also stated that their still pending acquisition of Activision-Blizzard-King is due to a greater push towards mobile and PC. Should primarily console gamers be worried about this? Or is this just the way of the times?

Also in this episode, the guys discuss if there could be a gaming world with no Third-Party exclusives, the first two episodes of She-Hulk, the latest with Assassin's Creed Mirage, could Bandai Namco lock down From Software? The new Mafia game, and much more.

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Timestamps:

00:00:00 Intro & Housekeeping

Main Topics -

00:02:50 Sony Increases the price of the PlayStation 5 Globally

00:17:40 Sony Buys Savage Studios For Mobile Games, Both PlayStation and Xbox are putting a focus on Mobile

What's in the News -

00:31:00 What if Amazon did actually purchase EA?

00:40:25 Bandai Namco is concerned about not owning IPs

00:45:00 Netflix's Horizon TV show has a Showrunner

00:45:40 Hangar 13 has a new Mafia game in development

00:48:25 New info on Assassin's Creed Mirage & AC 1 Remake

00:54:35 Could there be a revival of Capcom vs SNK?

00:59:20 Netflix's Bioshock Movie has a Director and Head Writer & Resident Evil Series Canceled

Games We Are Playing -

01:06:45 Xenoblade Chronicles 3 - (Sean)

01:08:10 Soul Hackers 2 - (Sean & Marc)

01:18:30 Upcoming Games For This Week

TV Show Interlude -

01:24:20 Thoughts on She-Hulk, House of Dragon, More