put Shu on top. I didn't like Layden, he didn't do anything, first party production went down. not a fan of much of his work at all. he was all for being quiet and cryptic wasn't a fan of that.
hopefully they have Japan at HQ again but unlikely. they will probably make Jim Ryan the head, I hope its Shu tho.
Layden just ruined playstation events big time.
Hell yeah. Announce Gravity Rush 3 and bring back the GR2 servers, redeem yourselves Sony.I hope Playstation will be great again... with more japanese influence.
I really want more titles from Japan Studio and all my soul i want a Gravity rush 3.
The generation changed; everyone is taking a lot longer to make games from everybody. The games that they did release do way better than the vast majority of PS3 games did. Microsoft used to boast that Halo outsold most of the PS3 exclusives combined. Sony also shut down studios entering this generation due to low performance. They also cut ties with a bunch of studios who they had some multi-game deals with. A lot of those studios also I believe either collapsed or went into mobile development. I'm not sure what you mean by being quiet and cryptic but game companies and other companies in other medias have adopted the model of only talking about things close to when they come out.put Shu on top. I didn't like Layden, he didn't do anything, first party production went down. not a fan of much of his work at all. he was all for being quiet and cryptic wasn't a fan of that.
hopefully they have Japan at HQ again but unlikely. they will probably make Jim Ryan the head, I hope its Shu tho.
Layden just ruined playstation events big time.
I agree. Layden was horrible and put me off of Sony big time. First-party is still a problem at Sony (they couldn't support a console on their own, IMHO) and it got worse under him. I'd like Yoshida to take over as well and get the Playstation HQ back to Japan... but the reality will probably be that someone from California will take over or, even worse, Jim "Why would anyone want to play old games?" Ryanput Shu on top. I didn't like Layden, he didn't do anything, first party production went down. not a fan of much of his work at all. he was all for being quiet and cryptic wasn't a fan of that.
hopefully they have Japan at HQ again but unlikely. they will probably make Jim Ryan the head, I hope its Shu tho.
Layden just ruined playstation events big time.
I agree. Layden was horrible and put me off of Sony big time. First-party is still a problem at Sony (they couldn't support a console on their own, IMHO) and it got worse under him. I'd like Yoshida to take over as well and get the Playstation HQ back to Japan... but the reality will probably be that someone from California will take over or, even worse, Jim "Why would anyone want to play old games?" Ryan
Man, I liked Shawn Layden... I don't want Jim Ryan to take his place. He sucks
Not Jim Ryan. For the love of God, not Jim Ryan.
Replaced by a woman for woke points.
Just a woman barely gets you points now.Replaced by a woman for woke points.
It was due to an internal power struggle with Jim Ryan apparently.
I dunno, Ryan ranks pretty high if you ask me.Good news for gamers. The biggest suit and tie gremlin will be replaced. Nobody is worse.
Think of the children.I dunno, Ryan ranks pretty high if you ask me.
Shawn was doing a pretty stellar job with SIE / WWS to be fair.As above. Shawn reported to Jim Ryan.
Every time I've ever heard Ryan say something, it was either wrong, or stupid, or both. Dark times ahead.
I think this is more of a power move on his part, he gates to say he took PS3 to PS4 and doesn’t need to worry if the PS5 declines (it will) he went out on top and makes his resume look better.why does sony get rid of their playstation CEOs so quickly?
I think this is more of a power move on his part, he gates to say he took PS3 to PS4 and doesn’t need to worry if the PS5 declines (it will) he went out on top and makes his resume look better.
what resume? every single sony ceo has either gone jobless or major downgrade. he leaves no he goes on a pension.
what resume? every single sony ceo has either gone jobless or major downgrade. he leaves no he goes on a pension.
I don’t think that is true. I’m going to need receipts. I can think of a few Sony execs that moved on to other things.
major downgrade statement stands true. he went from playstation boss to some mid level ceo at MS for a short while.Phil Harrison went onto Microsoft.
Sony first party has been the best it's ever been. They have less games overall coming out but they also have less studios, deals with studio and games take longer to make. In the last two years, they've had 3 games be more successful than any other game before.I agree. Layden was horrible and put me off of Sony big time. First-party is still a problem at Sony (they couldn't support a console on their own, IMHO) and it got worse under him. I'd like Yoshida to take over as well and get the Playstation HQ back to Japan... but the reality will probably be that someone from California will take over or, even worse, Jim "Why would anyone want to play old games?" Ryan
Well, I would disagree that Sony's first-party is the best that it's ever been. Sony's first-party were never their strength but at least they tried in the last generations. Sony are more than ever dependent on third-party deals and exclusives to help fill the void, IMHO. It also concerns me that the variety of first-party titles is lacking overall. Many of the high-profile first-party titles are third-person action/movie games. Yes, they sell and yes, people like those games. And that's OK and those games should exist! But I'd like Sony to invest in Japan Studio more, for example. Japan Studio brought some really cool stuff to Playstation in the past. But again, I can concede if someone disagrees, saying "well, that's because your taste is just different". That might very well be the case. But I still stand by my opinion that Sony are more reliant on third-parties than ever.Sony first party has been the best it's ever been. They have less games overall coming out but they also have less studios, deals with studio and games take longer to make. In the last two years, they've had 3 games be more successful than any other game before.
I don't understand why people want them to go back to Japan. Moving head quarters back to Japan will probably hurt them. The Japanese console industry has been shrinking for a while with only some small recent signs of regrowth. The people there tend to not like the games that are really popular around the world today and so there's more likely going to be a disconnect between the management and the industry. From the platform and services perspective; Japan is notorious for being bad at software and user experiences; also, paying developers like shit and looking down on them. The actual game studios have also been extremely weak long before this move to Japan and still are. The hardware team made very stupid design decisions with the PS3 but got fantastic results with Mark Cerny . If people just want more Japan Studio games or more Japanese studios in general; moving the entire business unit in Japan probably isn't the way to do that.
Sorry but I must correct you little "insult" here:Japan is notorious for being bad at software and user experiences
I agree. Layden was horrible and put me off of Sony big time. First-party is still a problem at Sony (they couldn't support a console on their own, IMHO) and it got worse under him. I'd like Yoshida to take over as well and get the Playstation HQ back to Japan... but the reality will probably be that someone from California will take over or, even worse, Jim "Why would anyone want to play old games?" Ryan
Good news for gamers. The biggest suit and tie gremlin will be replaced. Nobody is worse.
Not Jim Ryan. For the love of God, not Jim Ryan.
For a platform holder, Sony are quite focused on specific types of games that take, on average, quite long from announcement to release. Sony are relying on third-party deals to fill their lineup with genres they are currently not developing themselves (even though Sony have IP for that), like FPSs, RPGs and platformers. They also have problems supporting their other platforms that are not "core Playstation", like PSVR or the Vita. However, if you are a big fan of third-person action/movie games, then yes, Sony's first-party is brilliant (and I don't mean that in any derogatory manner, they really are brilliant). But again, the problem then is the release schedule. But that's how Layden wanted their strategy to be; have fewer but bigger releases, which can be interpreted that he wanted to fill the "void" with third-party deals, like FF7 Remake or Yakuza. So it's probably more a matter of personal prefrence, really. For me, I'd like Sony to have more variety, that's all (I see Dreams as an "outsourcing" effort, to let the community handle that problem, so to speak, which I don't know if I'm a fan of an approach like this).what are you people on about with first party is still a problem at sony talk? Like really what are you guys smoking to say shit like that?
They gonna put some woke person in charge who, after sony already went into censoring games even after ratings boards gave their ratings, is gonna establish even tastier soy based rules on playstation games going forward.
Joke aside, I hope they put someone from sony japans side in the leadership role with a greater focus on more japanese games, even though japan already has stepped up well this generation, and not a person from woke sony california.
I like your username.Sony definitely needs a culture change. Not everyone wants politics in their games.
I like your username.