Mwahahahahaha! It's really cute.
And like Astro Bot, it's also cool to see Lucas Pope and his Obra Dinn nominated.
Is is even matter to mention 50% of the team are non-men?! pathetic!
What is pathetic about it?Is is even matter to mention 50% of the team are non-men?! pathetic!
lmao the fact that that's what you zeroed in onIs is even matter to mention 50% of the team are non-men?! pathetic!
Compassionate discrimination. We're all human.
She is just promoting the diversity of the studio. I don't see why that has to be taken as discrimination against others.
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I think they're just flaunting their diversity so women and non-binaries feel more comfortable joining. It's smarter to widen your pool of hires as big as possible for a business. Also, good luck with the Era reaction. You're gonna need it.
Is is even matter to mention 50% of the team are non-men?! pathetic!
Is it really diversity if one group of people make up a majority of the studio? :D Haha I kid but I think promoting people individually is more beneficial. Have no problem with this though I'm sure they deserve their positions as hard working, talented individuals.She is just promoting the diversity of the studio. I don't see why that has to be taken as discrimination against others.
And yes, we're all human but some of us are at more of a disadvantage than others.
Is is even matter to mention 50% of the team are non-men?! pathetic!
She is just promoting the diversity of the studio. I don't see why that has to be taken as discrimination against others.
And yes, we're all human but some of us are at more of a disadvantage than others.
That doesn't even begin to make sense. Plus what DriftingSpirit said ^^^
May I suggest stepping back to think about this before digging yourself into a deeper hole?
Hint: the gaming industry has historically been overwhelmingly dominated by men. Someone mentioning the fact that they've got a lot of diversity in their team is a good thing and should be celebrated. As opposed to your take on the matter.
He's being sarcastic. You guys are being taken for a ride.
How is that being sarcastic?
So, to change the subject, when do we expect the Playstation Direct to hit? Around E3 would be boring and unoriginal imo.
You can't tell by the way he's typing it?
Around the new fiscal year? So maybe start of April. Well at least I hope.So, to change the subject, when do we expect the Playstation Direct to hit? Around E3 would be boring and unoriginal imo.
Hmm, wouldn't that be too close to a hypothetical PS5 reveal event? They revealed the PS4 in February. Or maybe I'm clueless and we're going to have one PSX for the ages.Going by what Shawn Layden said about them not having anything to show in June, it'll be sometime later in the year. Probably sometime from September - December would be my guess. Maybe they'll have one big PSX conference this time?
PSX late in the year with a PS5 reveal teaser at the end (just show a quick compilation of PS5 games, like 2 secs a game) with a date at the end would be dope. Still would suck though if we have to go that long without some big info.Hmm, wouldn't that be too close to a hypothetical PS5 reveal event? They revealed the PS4 in February. Or maybe I'm clueless and we're going to have one PSX for the ages.
PSX late in the year with a PS5 reveal teaser at the end (just show a quick compilation of PS5 games, like 2 secs a game) with a date at the end would be dope. Still would suck though if we have to go that long without some big info.
Hmm, wouldn't that be too close to a hypothetical PS5 reveal event? They revealed the PS4 in February. Or maybe I'm clueless and we're going to have one PSX for the ages.
People will go insane if we'll have to wait that much to learn more about the big 3, lol. Maybe Sony will bamboozle us and just announce some release date on their blog.Well I imagine their PSX content would be strictly PS4 games, so it wouldn't matter.
They're never ever going to reveal a piece of PlayStation hardware outside of a PlayStation Meeting. I don't know why people keep thinking they would reveal it at other events.Hmm, wouldn't that be too close to a hypothetical PS5 reveal event? They revealed the PS4 in February. Or maybe I'm clueless and we're going to have one PSX for the ages.
It's probably reviewing well internally. Sony trusts Days Gone will meet sales expectations.So they have finished their game and instead of letting temporary people go they are actually hiring? Sony is confident in the game's success and wants the studio to grow?
In the games industry that is a rariety, definitely something to give some positive attention to.Is is even matter to mention 50% of the team are non-men?! pathetic!
Maybe it's earlier too? The problem with E3 was not only did they rush announcements but they also held them back just so it could be saved for a show. Their wording just made it seem like they didn't like having to show everything off at once.Going by what Shawn Layden said about them not having anything to show in June, it'll be sometime later in the year. Probably sometime from September - December would be my guess. Maybe they'll have one big PSX conference this time?
I think the whole "Sony has nothing for E3" thing is being perceived too literally.
I mean, if Sony absolutely wanted to - they could've gone another year with Big Three (GoT/DS/TLOU2) and padded out the rest with third-party games. The read-in of why they're skipping E3 is due to the fact that they have nothing significant or interesting to make from a new reveal/announcement perspective, either due to genuine lack of stuff to announce this year - or that every other project is on PS5 and E3 isn't their timeline to reveal PS5 yet.
I definitely think that we'll see the next update for the Q4 2019/Q1 2020 games for any of the Big Three in a non-E3 related presentation, something that they could do without the pressure of "btw, here's also 2-3 new AAA game announcements that is expected at an E3 level show"
They even said that at one point. I think Shawn did an interview talking about people expecting big announcements and they want to avoid that for now.Yeah I keep seeing people repeat that. They also have a lot of third party exclusives they can show more of like Nioh 2, Granblue fantasy, some Square exclusives etc.
It should be phrased as "Sony doesn't have anything they want to announce at the moment". They aren't at E3 because people expect big announcements and the timing isn't right for that at the moment.
I'm thinking the same. A PS Meeting in Feb next year would be awesome.It will be Feb PS Meeting 2020 -> E3 2020 -> Fall release/PSX.
Ain't nothing new.
In light of debunked rumours like the Take Two one yesterday, it might make sense to look at where Sony is right now in terms of investments.
Sony is on an acquisitions footing at the moment.
Their new CEO had previously led Sony's strategic investments before he was CEO.
His mid term plan calls for a focus on strengthening content IP across the company. His first moves were the EMI acquisition, the Peanuts/Snoopy acquisition and a couple of smaller ones.
The mid term (3 year plan) suggests Sony avoid short term profitability, and invest excess cash flow, of 2 Trillion dollars to build a suite of recurring revenue streams. He has earmarked 1 Trillion quite firmly for capital expenditure in this period, primarily for image sensors, but most of the balance - perhaps 700+ billion yen? - for strategic investments (including the EMI deal). The focus of those investments will be on strengthening content IP and filling holes in technology IP. But given his focus in the strategy on Sony's position connecting users to content IP, I think the bulk of that would be channeled toward content acquisitions.
Ex the EMI deal, that leaves a few billion dollars of new cash in play for acquisitions over the next couple of years, assuming Sony meets their forecasts etc. They could leverage some of the existing cash they're sitting on and other instruments (e.g. stock or debt) in future acquisitions.
For the games business? It is, in the CEO's terms, their largest 'community of interest' connecting content IP to users. He says he wants to strengthen and grow their IP. I wouldn't be surprised to see Sony execute on acquisition activity in this transition phase to PS5, be it more mini acquisitions like Microsoft's recent ones, or the Audiokinetic one, or something a bit bigger. They could, realistically, spend up to and into maybe low single digit billions cash here, if gaming was to get a look-in commensurate with the business's importance to Sony. I'd use that range as an upper limit, when it comes to weighing up future rumours. Double digit billions like the Take Two rumour? That would be a stretch, and outside the scope of their mid term plan it seems. But yeah... do keep an eye on Sony and their cash activities. They are looking for opportunities, and I see little reason to thinking gaming wouldn't be in the mix.
Can anyone with any marketing insight/knowledge of comparable circumstances shed some light how early planning/marketing meetings like this take place before the actually marketing push starts?
Something like a month ago I saw a tweet from Aki (head of market at Koji Pro) with him and Kojima at Sony in the US and he was meeting with the guy from PS Blog and the white board behind them had something about marketing planning or something to that meaning.
But even more in the space of 3-4 days we've seen the following people fly over to Japan to directly meet Kojima/Aki:
David Bull: Global Brand Marketing at PlayStation. Led the marketing for Spider-Man
Jim Ryan: Incoming CEO and President of Playstation
Craig Gibb (?): National Account Manager at Sony Interactive Entertainment Europe. In charge of sales and marketing for AAA releases. (Not sure if it is this Gibb guy since all Kojima says is "Craig" and this is the only Craig I could find that works in marketing for Sony)
Asad Qizilbash: Vice President, Marketing Exclusive Games & World Wide Studios IP Expansion
You don't usually get the play by play commentary that Kojima lets to give with his social media from other developers so I'm not sure if these meetings are indicative of anything important or if this stuff happens regularly with other games all the time and we're just not aware of it. Just my guess but I don't think this many big marketing related people would be flying over to Japan to meet Kojima if something wasn't happening within the coming months.
There still are a lots of kids in this forum that should grow up!