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PlayStation Studios |OT41| Preserving Democracy until the Next Showcase
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No one does it like Angie on these here forums
Love to see it.
Good thing they havent cut down their workforce which would reduce the output of PlayStation Studios!
Makes sense with Hermen as the new CEO probably one of the reasons he was also chosen
This one was quite interesting.
My takes:
- Some critics arent wrong that Helldivers massively helped these results, but I think it has also paved the way for fairly sustainable GaaS releases, moderately budgeted games with fair monetization and support is the way to go and will be most likely to appeal imo.
- Some potential signaling of "Tentpole" reveals for next showcase, they could have avoided that question or answered more vaguely than they have.
- Hardware is on a decline now and slightly faster than the PS4, not a cause for concern just yet but we are likely going to see less total PS5s sold than PS4 (with way higher hardware revenue)
- PS+ transition and price increase have been paying off.
- Approximately 3 Billion dollars or 450 Billion Yen for Gaming strategic investments this mid term is the plan (obviously can be changed massively depending on opportunities), with a similar focus on IP as the previous mid term, basically if there will be a move it'll be on a Bungie scale or a few studios (for example, sony's investment in From Software valued the company at 1 Billion dollars at the time).
And most important take of all
- Mochizuki will report Sony more positively if they were to announce Bloodborne 2.
My takes:
- Some critics arent wrong that Helldivers massively helped these results, but I think it has also paved the way for fairly sustainable GaaS releases, moderately budgeted games with fair monetization and support is the way to go and will be most likely to appeal imo.
- Some potential signaling of "Tentpole" reveals for next showcase, they could have avoided that question or answered more vaguely than they have.
- Hardware is on a decline now and slightly faster than the PS4, not a cause for concern just yet but we are likely going to see less total PS5s sold than PS4 (with way higher hardware revenue)
- PS+ transition and price increase have been paying off.
- Approximately 3 Billion dollars or 450 Billion Yen for Gaming strategic investments this mid term is the plan (obviously can be changed massively depending on opportunities), with a similar focus on IP as the previous mid term, basically if there will be a move it'll be on a Bungie scale or a few studios (for example, sony's investment in From Software valued the company at 1 Billion dollars at the time).
And most important take of all
- Mochizuki will report Sony more positively if they were to announce Bloodborne 2.
18 million means a 10% decline, they are not gonna make it with this price point
it must be noted that the PS5 gen is probably gonna be longer and that GTA6 is yet to release (and next gen only EAFC and COD too)
*Sony annouces BB2*
Mochizuki: Sony in trouble after announcing sequel to financially underwhelming franchise
They have the PS5 Pro this year, I won't be surprised if they hit 18 Million.
Yeah 18 million is a high goal for this year, I expect at some point a price decrease (or allot of sales throughout the year)
PS4 Pro was already a niche market, but if the PS5 will not get a price cut, it means that PS5 pro will be priced something like 700$
I wonder if Sony will have GTA 6 marketing. Obviously the way things have been going it seems unlikely Microsoft would have it, but I think it's probably paramount PlayStation has snapped it up -- especially now they don't have Call of Duty anymore.
It'd be kind of surprising if they didn't. They've had a pretty tight relationship with Rockstar for over a decade now when it comes to marketing.
This annoys me, since 42 is Hitch hikers guide, and yet "Phase II" makes me think Star Trek ToS which is a Paramount IP, I'm all a muddle of references.
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If GTA VI was day 1 on PC, I would have guessed a platform agnostic campaign by T2 themselves. But with it being PS and Xbox only at launch and PS kinda becoming the only viable platform to market, it would be beneficial for both of them to partner up.
Looking at all the news, this all seems pretty positive. I like that Hermen is responsible for the studio part now. You go from Ryan who didn't really seem to care about games to Hulst who has successfully directed a game company. I'm of the opinion that Hermen will probably listen to fan demand and have a Bloodborne remake as a day-1 PS6 launch title.
Hulst was still in charge of first party. If he had wanted a Bloodborne remake I doubt Jim Ryan would have stopped him.
I've heard from people inside SIE that Hermen's first executive order will be to have a PlayStation Yacht built in the Netherlands for 500million $. It'll make it easier for him to take holidays every other week and post selfies on Instagram, here's a rendering of the boat:
I have no idea what "Puctating" means, maybe a new game??
I have no idea what "Puctating" means, maybe a new game??
Hermen was already responsible for the studios part over the past 5 years.
Ryan might not have cared about games like people want, but he definitely understood the market for them.
Idk about 2027, but it did seem like they are confident about their lineup in the next 2 fiscal years, and to me that read like they are going to announce some of those "tentpole" titles in the showcase, otherwise they could have remained vague about it.
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If by Friday there is nothing then I would start to question things.
They said they have 3b set for acquisitions for PS.
And since they don't put uncertainties in those budgets (like they didn't include Paramount money in the 11b), that means they probably already have the targets set for it.
And since they don't put uncertainties in those budgets (like they didn't include Paramount money in the 11b), that means they probably already have the targets set for it.
In other words, expects adquisitions in Sony Music, SIE and Sony Pictures
note that this could be more then just studios like how Sony acquired that headphone manufacturer last year
They didn't actually specify 3B for gaming, they just said that they can look to the split of last mid term as an indicator for next mid term.
is the next mid term meaning the one we are in or is it the following one after?
It's close enough.
They said sustainable growth.
So could be IPs or a small studio already working with Sony
We just started a new mid term in April, these mid terms are basically periods of 3 years where they set a general goal.
As I said, I don't see anything else than Arrowhead because both parties have hands tied and have to deal one with another. Nothing else makes sense to me (aside obviously some potential upstart new devs).
People should be sour on acquisitions at this point.
People should be sour on acquisitions at this point.
I don't understand that hardware is in decline when it hasn't even been on the market for 4 full years. I understand that it is due to the state of the current economy, economic inflation, etc.
