Sony Studios uncomfortable with the direction toward GAAS

[Pressure]

Work travel increases when you become the CEO of a company and have to oversee everything…

Actually the CEO usually summons people to them.

Imagine me having to summon Phil instead of Phil summoning me

 

[winb83]

Now that’s quite the slight of hand.

To counter my position that traveling increases when things aren’t going as planned you said he had to travel because he works for an American company.

Which was easily countered by the fact that he’s been there for 30 years.

Then you say, oh well he wasn’t CEO. As if Jim Ryan was just some mid level guy who was catapulted to CEO.

But none of that has anything to do with the fact that work travel increases when things aren’t going smoothly.

He started working for Sony Interactive Entertainment Europe. He hasn't been the CEO for 30 years. He took a promotion that requires a lot of travel because the job in based in the United States. Probably got sick of it after a while and decided to step aside.

 

[gurf]

Some bosses stay hands on, it’s generally good to see the man at the top in the building consistently

 

[Pressure]

He started working for Sony Interactive Entertainment Europe. He hasn't been the CEO for 30 years. He took a promotion that requires a lot of travel because the job in based in the United States. Probably got sick of it after a while and decided to step aside.

He was the head of GLOBAL SALES AND MARKETING.

 

[CEO of Morgan Industries]

Everyone talking about AA titles. Isn’t Helldivers 2 about to drop? Or does that not count?

Of course it does, but that's a drop in the puddle compared to the PS3 and earlier.

 

[Pressure]

Some bosses stay hands on, it’s generally good to see the man at the top in the building consistently

What’s that got to do with increased travel. You probably think he’s staying at hotels too.

 

[drifter]

Xbots got some of the funniest spinoff names

MeachTheMoron & The Sad Titan

 

[Dorian Breh]

 

[Animal House]

Didn’t I tell y’all that plan was stupid

 

[mvp_status]

This was always a weird pivot for them, people cop Playstations off their single player games.

Bungie put in all types of blood, sweat, and years (not a typo) to get Destiny to be held in the regard its in. Idk how they thought they could just shark the endgame and have it be successful.

 

[ItWasWritten]

Wasting the weekend worrying about Sony

Third Place Thinking strikes again

 

[winb83]

Didn’t I tell y’all that plan was stupid

How is it stupid? Sony makes more money selling add on content for software than they do selling the actual software itself. Considering much of their first party output is focused on single player type games that don't have a heavy focus on selling additional content they're basically leaving more money on the table not skewing their development to the type of games that can bring in heavy additional sales.

 

[iceberg_is_on_fire]

With Ryan gone, my concern isn't GAAS, but the first-party AA-level games. Ryan really squashed those. Why is Clap Hanz out here making mobile games instead of Everybody's Golf PS5? Where is a new Ape Escape? Why not try to revive some old Sony IP at the AA level like Jumping Flash or Vib Ribbon?

Ryan killing first-party AA games when Nintendo steadily profits off of their own AA games is stupid. Even Microsoft puts out decent AA-level games under their banner. We need a reversal of course on that.

AA games are dope. They give additional breadth to a console.

 

[Kaydigi]

If they wanted a GAAS that old heads and sooner would play…. They should have done something with Socom

 

[The Mad Titan]

Until another company shows a meaningful level of competence there's really nothing to worry about. They will continue to be the defacto choice for the majority of the market.

Why would anyone but Stan's be worried?


Sony is already at the top, you know what the status quo is.

Them being the defacto choice isn't something that has proven to be good for gaming as a whole the last couple years.