What it means is First Party is more important to their business now, for good and bad. There is no one answer.
PlayStation Studios |OT41| Preserving Democracy until the Next Showcase
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Absolutely yes imo.
He knows the PS brand as well as anyone, he was a great driver of the growth that Sie experienced in the coming years as well as the acquisitions of new studios.
Also add that he led Guerrilla in the development of a new IP like Horizon as well as providing support to Kojima when they founded their new studio.
I think he is one of the ideal people to lead SIE.
I would say that is good news. If first party is more important, it means that they will continue to strengthen PS studios. It also means that PS Studios along with Playstation will continue to be (even more) essential at Sony for years to come.
True, I can see that. Head of first party moving up to CEO sounds like good news for first studios. At least in how important they view software. Think I'm just struggling to view Herman in that position but someone who's been so close to the games and studios seems like a good choice.
In a sense Hermen's job doesn't change all that much, he just has more strength to make executive decisions within First Party and he can request more budget and do bigger moves.
Woke up to that Tales of Xillia dual protagonist news lmao
Hulst & Nishino as Co-CEOs seems like safe solid picks. Still Hirotoki overseeing SIE though.
I'm guessing Nishino being in charge of 3rd Party relations is more focused on keeping general communications on future PS5 Firmware, PSN, & PS6 plans with 3rd Party & Indies Partners while Hermen will secure or maintain partnerships in relation to XDEV like Kojima Pro, Team Ninja, Shift Up, NCSoft, From Software, etc.
I'm guessing Nishino being in charge of 3rd Party relations is more focused on keeping general communications on future PS5 Firmware, PSN, & PS6 plans with 3rd Party & Indies Partners while Hermen will secure or maintain partnerships in relation to XDEV like Kojima Pro, Team Ninja, Shift Up, NCSoft, From Software, etc.
Shawn got promoted to WWS head right before E3 2016
Hermen might want to flex on this upcoming showcase
Just saying
Hermen might want to flex on this upcoming showcase
Just saying
OK, let's do some math.
Jim Ryan left and is replaced by Totoki, Hulst and Nishino. That means Hermen is 1/3rd of a Jim Ryan.
When Hermen Hulst left Guerrilla Games, he was replaced by Angie Smets, Jan-Bart van Beek and Michiel van der Leeuw. So that means each one of them is 1/3rd of a Hermen Hulst.
So is this our exchange rate? Was Jim Ryan worth 9 studio heads when we work out the math? 🤔
Heh, glad it didn't take them all that long to sort out the new leadership. Let's see what the FY results are, not much longer now.
Jim Ryan left and is replaced by Totoki, Hulst and Nishino. That means Hermen is 1/3rd of a Jim Ryan.
When Hermen Hulst left Guerrilla Games, he was replaced by Angie Smets, Jan-Bart van Beek and Michiel van der Leeuw. So that means each one of them is 1/3rd of a Hermen Hulst.
So is this our exchange rate? Was Jim Ryan worth 9 studio heads when we work out the math? 🤔
Heh, glad it didn't take them all that long to sort out the new leadership. Let's see what the FY results are, not much longer now.
We might see some of the games that he has green-light. The most important piece of the puzzle will be XDev and what kind of partnerships are they pursuing?Shawn got promoted to WWS head right before E3 2016
Hermen might want to flex on this upcoming showcase
Just saying
You should expect him wearing a crown in the Showcase. I mean, who is going to stop him now?Shawn got promoted to WWS head right before E3 2016
Hermen might want to flex on this upcoming showcase
Just saying
That's what I was waiting for…At least I can double down on King Hermen memes
I wouldn't see it that way. Jim Ryan himself complained about the fatigue of traveling so much to visit the studios and select two people as CEO in a situation where SIE does not stop growing, as Totoki says, (and as we have been seeing in recent years with many hiring of personnel and adquisitions) seems like a smart decision.
(It should also be added that Totoki has said that SIE is still growing, therefore more acquisitions will be made or the PS studios will become larger. I think they will do both)
They did say sustainable growth
So I assume more like that secret ex devs Deviation studios, and less something like Bungie.
At least I'm hoping it is
Heard rumours about Hermen already considering changes in the marketing department.
He considers appointing Angie as a head of advertising, citing "excellent promoting skills"
He considers appointing Angie as a head of advertising, citing "excellent promoting skills"
All they have to do is promise they working on Until Dawn 2, and we have a deal
Yes, in my opinion we could see them creating new studios from scratch as they have done with the Deviation staff, although I assume they will continue to acquire (small studios)
If so, we will see how Hermen will have new avatars more regularly
Time for the co-CEO's to take the following actions:
- Sign an official partnership with Pearl Abyss
- Whatever stage their emulator plans are at (PS1/PS2/PS3/PSP/PSV), accelerate those plans to at least get them announced this year for the 30th anniversary
- Open a real Naughty Dog North (not Bend, heh) and fill it with 300 people, dedicated to restarting dev of TLOU Online
- Bring Arrowhead into the PS family
- Sign an official partnership with Konami to help co-develop some of their upcoming games
- Get the Hero Projects going in even more countries or regions.
- Get Shu a bigger office, 5x more staff and a private jet so he can become even more productive
- Sign vivftp to a 5 million dollar 1 year sponsorship deal where I'll be paid to play video games
I think that'll be a good start 😄
- Sign an official partnership with Pearl Abyss
- Whatever stage their emulator plans are at (PS1/PS2/PS3/PSP/PSV), accelerate those plans to at least get them announced this year for the 30th anniversary
- Open a real Naughty Dog North (not Bend, heh) and fill it with 300 people, dedicated to restarting dev of TLOU Online
- Bring Arrowhead into the PS family
- Sign an official partnership with Konami to help co-develop some of their upcoming games
- Get the Hero Projects going in even more countries or regions.
- Get Shu a bigger office, 5x more staff and a private jet so he can become even more productive
- Sign vivftp to a 5 million dollar 1 year sponsorship deal where I'll be paid to play video games
I think that'll be a good start 😄
I love that part. I don't care how, but I need a Battle Royale in the Tlou Universe.
4,5 millions of PS5 in last quarter is amazing 20,8 for this fiscal year
So Helldivers 2 PC version probably made >200M$.
The other software got a boost to ~54B¥, when it's usually around 20B¥ when there are new releases (like HFW this quarter).
Hell ya! We can finally get this up on the side of that hotel in Los Angeles.
Damn nice results. I do wonder if in another universe if the PS5 Pro had launched this past holiday season if that would have helped to fill the gap for the missing 4.2 million and would have let them hit their 25 million goal. No matter though, if this current FY happens to have the PS5 Pro and GTA6, I think it's gonna be a damn good year.
What missed to reach those sales would a price cut.
It's still too expensive to most people.
$11,500,020,000 for investing in the next 3 years for those interested
$1.85bil operating income for the full year, $680mil for the quarter.
