Sacred Symbols+, Episode 523 | Alinea Analytics' Rhys Elliott on PlayStation, Xbox, Steam, and GTA6

Please welcome Rhys Elliott back to Sacred Symbols+. As you may recall, Rhys is Head of Market Analysis at data firm Alinea Analytics, and he's previously joined me (Colin) on the show to talk about the ever-interesting business side of our industry. To that end, we focus on four major topics during our newest two-ish hour chat: PlayStation, Xbox, Grand Theft Auto VI, and Valve's Steam Machine. Will Sony deeply subsidize PlayStation 6 hardware? Does Xbox have any realistic possibility whatsoever of correcting its hardware's trajectory? Why are people so eager to pre-order GTA6 physical copies that aren't quite real? Is Valve over its skis with its console? We answer all of these questions -- and many, many more! -- on the other side of the play button.

Note: due to heat related technical issues, the audio sounds a bit rough.