Unless Shu is only dealing with japanese indie studio, I imagine he will still travel around, didn't he just post picture with playstation malaysia right after the announcement.
I'm going to quote you specifically but my point relates to all the people in the thread who seem to be expressing a similar sentiment.
No you see, Sony must have executives from Y region, where Y is the region I make up to be required for Sony to succeed so I can make my argument that this is a bad move because of fanboy reasons. Lol we had one person claim NA was going to be squeezed out because of this. How delusional can some people get?
PS5 is backwards compatible with PS4. I doubt Sony will remaster any of their games. I doubt Horizon will get a patch, the game will be too old by then
No need to be a smartass. I think everyone knows that. Just for perception, Jim Ryan doesn't come across as very personable.
I would expect him to be the main guy yeah. Whenever you see something new from a Sony studio you'll see someone from that studio, Jim Ryan or Hermen Hulst. And if I had to choose between putting Jim Ryan or Hermen Hulst up on stage that's an easy choice if I'm being honest.
Cool? I'm not disagreeing, I'm obviously talking about how he comes across to the public. When did I suggest he's bad at his job?
Have you worked inside a corporation before or are you being purposefully reductive?
Yup lol.
Yeah, I think we'll see Jim and he'll probably be even better now since he'll get more popular things to talk about like their games first focus etc., like how Andrew House got a lot of good news to talk about (whereas in the past Jim's had to be the one to address the controversial stuff), but I think we see a lot more Hermen showing off first party games which is great since he seems like a great presenter. Like I doubt anyone's forgotten how passionate he came off when first showing HZD, and this was right after fan-favorite TLG so he easily could have been drowned out, along with other good interviews he's done over the years where he's also come off very likable and passionate about the games.
Yup.
Jim Ryan said:
Sony's Jim Ryan: We had to make changes to deliver our PlayStation 5 dream
Jim Ryan wants to have a word.PlayStation's boss wanted to address some of the points that were raised in an article we…www.gamesindustry.biz
"You see that again with the new global brand campaign. It's slightly different here because it uses a global framework, but with regional applications. The European execution showcases FIFA principally, the US execution showcases Fortnite, and the Japanese execution showcases Final Fantasy VII. Again, this is one campaign with tailored regional executions, but the campaign is just done once. These are areas where we see having a global approach as being logical -- necessary perhaps -- and certainly beneficial to the gaming community."
The global approach is more streamlined, but that regional focus was part of what made PlayStation unique. The fact that the campaigns differed from market to market may seem wasteful, but it allowed Sony to have a presence in regions where its competitors barely register.
"Yes, we feel we need to become a more global organisation, but this is absolutely not at the expense of our in-market strength at a country level. And I really want to reinforce the point that globalisation does not mean Americanisation, or vice versa. Becoming a global organisation does not, in any way, shape or form, mean becoming an American organisation. I'm living proof of that, as a good Geordie boy sitting here running PlayStation."
