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What does PlayStation look like without Jim Ryan?

Jim Ryan has departed Sony Interactive Entertainment, after roughly 30 years at the company.

erinlime243d ago

Less live service nonsense, I hope. Maybe more than one or two first-party releases a year would be nice as well. It'd be nice if they fixed the PS+ price hike too, but that's less likely because the only reason they would have increased the price in the first place is if it wasn't making them enough money to satisfy shareholders.

We won't see the real effects of Jim leaving for another 2-3 years and it all depends on who is replacing him.

Pepin243d ago

With how much money they make, I really doubt we'll see the end of Live Service experiments at Sony. Even if it's last few have been... under-whelming.

crazyCoconuts243d ago

What live service stuff have we seen so far again? I can't recall any

Plague-Doctor27243d ago

@crazyCoconuts @Crows90

Sony's definition of live service is pretty broad. Stuff like Gran Turismo 7 and MLB The Show count for them. Helldivers 2 will count. I'm not sure if they're including Marathon or Destiny 2 as Bungie remains seperate from Playstation Studios

crazyCoconuts242d ago

@plague, sorry man, that's reaching. Has Sony actually followed through with any real life service games?

fr0sty242d ago

It'll be great without Jim Ryan running all the PS gamers out of the room by passing GaaS.

Plague-Doctor27242d ago (Edited 242d ago )

@crazyCoconuts

https://www.truetrophies.co...

This is their financial report from early 2022. They list MLB the Show as a live service game and mention they will add 2 live service franchises in 2022. GT7 is the only game they released in 2022 that would count. The other was probably supposed to be Factions. GT7 is getting free updates, requires always online, and has a daily gatcha roulette and microtransactions. This isn't my opinion this is what Sony themselves stated

Even Destruction All-Stars was a live service failure.

S2Killinit242d ago

Are you just living on another realm of existence?

outsider1624242d ago

@plaque
I've been playing Gt7 and have about 20million credits. Did all that without the need to buy any of the credits. And it didnt take too much of a grinding either. I didn't need to buy every single car. Just a few. Enjoyed online racing as well.
MLB..i would play only offline career so i dnt know

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PitbullMonster243d ago

Oh please, the last ps+ price hike was 6 years ago in 2017 while Netflix, Spotify, Amazon Prime etc. raise their price nearly every year.

erinlime243d ago (Edited 243d ago )

Unlike those services, the PS+ price hike wasn't by dollar amount, it was by percentage. Across the board the prices for each PS+ tier increased about 30%. The lowest tier went up by way less than the highest tier. It's a clear money-grab, especially when they haven't even offered more Classics to warrant the huge increase on the Premium tier.

Also, unrelated, but it's still bad when those other services increase the price of their subscriptions as well, so I don't understand the use of this argument.

crazyCoconuts242d ago

"a clear money grab"- how is that clear? They were already MUCH cheaper than their competition in terms of annual so they brought that a little more in line. I think they were losing money on that $99/year Extra plan in my guestimation

EvertonFC242d ago

Exactly, everything goes up practically on a yearly basis apart from gaming subs.

Inverno243d ago

There's no way they would buy Bungie for the life service stuff to drop those plans after this guy leaves.

Obscure_Observer243d ago (Edited 243d ago )

"We won't see the real effects of Jim leaving for another 2-3 years and it all depends on who is replacing him."

I believe we´ll have news regarding the future of Playstation rather sooner than later.

As Ryan steps down next month, demands for what´s next for Playstation will not only be made by gamers, but shareholders, investors and board directors.

PS games on PC will still to be a thing? Will those games come to PC sooner or even later?

Day One Playstation games on PS Plus will be a thing? Will those games be released sooner on the service? There´ll be AAA third party day one releases on the service?

GaaS will continue to be a focus?

Will Playstation continue and invest in third party exclusives?

Will Playstation establish new partnerships with Microsoft and or Nintendo?

Will Playstation continue and invest in acquisition of studios? Will they now invest in publishers as well?

There will be more PSVR2 games from first party studios?

There´s lots of questions that needs to be addressed by the new leadership.

Of course, Totoki also might answer all of it with a single note: "All of Playstation future plans and direction, remains the same" and call it a day.

shinoff2183243d ago

Day One Playstation games on PS Plus will be a thing? Will those games be released sooner on the service? There´ll be AAA third party day one releases on the service?

I don't see this happening. The only reason ms did it is cause they were desperate imo. I'd rather Sony not do day one. I'm also of the mindset I prefer to physically own my games not rent or digitally have them. I've got no issue paying for a game I will truly enjoy.

Obscure_Observer242d ago (Edited 242d ago )

@shinoff2183

"I don't see this happening."

Just because you don´t see it happening doesn´t mean it won´t happen.

I don´t think you remember but there´s a lot of "I don't see this happening" type of comment in the comment history of many people here regarding both Playstation games on PC and some Playstation "Gamepass" type of service.

"The only reason ms did it is cause they were desperate imo."

By the time MS announced day one first party games on Gamepass the general opinion were that it would never happen! All that bs talk about "it´s not sustainable" blah blah bah.

Now we have not only all of the first party games day one on Gamepass but AAA third party games day one as well.

Imo, PS Plus will never outperform Gamepass if Sony is not willing to heavily invest on it specially now after that 40% price hike, and yet, they had the nerve to remove Spider-Man from its content list.

According to FTC documents MS had made more profit out revenue in 2022 than Sony, while numbers from both Bethesda and Activision weren´t even accounted.

You might think Sony have nothing to worry about, but that sudden retirement announcement does sound an alarm, and things about to change, again. Like it or not.

Elda242d ago (Edited 242d ago )

I saw you addressed Shinoff by saying Gamepass will be getting third party AAA games day one. I have Gamepass & what third party AAA games have currently released on Gamepass?

Obscure_Observer242d ago

@Elda

"I have Gamepass & what third party AAA games have currently released on Gamepass?"

Those are the latest off the top of my head:

A Plague Tale Requiem
MLB 23
Atomic Heart
Wo Long: Fallen Dinasty
Exoprimal

Upcoming AAA Third Party releases day one on Gamepass (also off the top of my head)

S.T.A.L.K.E.R 2
Flintlock
Like a Dragon Gaiden: The Man Who Erased His Name
Persona 3 Reload
Kunitsu-Gami: Path of the Goddess

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ChasterMies243d ago

“Less live service nonsense, I hope.”

Don’t bet on it. All the top grossing games are live service games. It’s apparently where the masses want to spend their money.

Jin_Sakai243d ago

I just hope an actual gamer gets the position. I wouldn’t mind Herman Hulst. He knows how gaming development works inside out.

Shane Kim243d ago

At the end of the day, if you want to run a billion dollar company, you need to make money for the shareholders. If not they will throw you out like yesterdays garbage.

MrNinosan242d ago

Do you for real think he's the reason why we'll get 10 live-service games over the span of 8 years, a long with singleplayer masterpieces?

Regarding the "price hike" it's the first in 6 years, and still cheaper than GamePass, even thou it became a better service.

What is it you're actually crying about?

northpaws242d ago

They haven't even put out one and you guys are screaming too much.

Personally I can't wait for a live service games on some of the IPs, for example, Ghost's legend mode, it was awesome that it was free, I played at least 200 hours on it, but if it is a live service game then I would still be playing today because it would get the funding for additional content, which I don't mind paying because of how good that was.

A monster hunter type of games in the Horizon's universe would be fun too.

A lot of amazing world that I would love to explore more with friends.

Of course I still looking forward to all the single player games, but both can co-exist.

crazyCoconuts242d ago

Cashing MLB and GT7 live service games...dunno. They both have tons of single player content.
Destruction All Stars isn't even a first party game.

Obscure_Observer242d ago

"Destruction All Stars isn't even a first party game."

Yes, it is.

S2Killinit242d ago (Edited 242d ago )

@erinlime
What live-service nonsense?
Here is what Sony has said:

“We will continue to publish the games that have served us so well over the years. These single player, graphically beautiful, narrative rich games will continue to be the bedrock of our first party publishing business”

Why is making live-service on top, nonsense?
MS is currently only doing live service. Starfield is live service, redfall is live service.

Double standard much?

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Flawlessmic243d ago

A return to the old Sony hopefully, way less focus on gaas, don't overly secretive about what games you have coming, keep providing AAA single player games.

Basically do what they have always done before Jim.

gold_drake243d ago (Edited 243d ago )

just to let you know, he has worked for sony, for 30 years.

so .... your comment doesnt rly make a whole lot of sense.

Kaze88242d ago

He was the boss of sony's game department for 4 years. All those years Sony has been arrogant and secretive, so I would say that the comment is valid.

DogJosha242d ago

Working for someone and making their major decisions is two vastly different things...

crazyCoconuts242d ago

I'm sorry guys, like just because Ryan SAID some things about GaaS, doesn't mean they actually did anything there.
PS kept up the quality of the 1st party games which have all been single player (NOT Gaas)
PS released PSVR2 (Hoorah)
PS5 turned out to be awesome, with awesome games, and sold the pants off of ... er.. the other guys
Ryan was honest about the sub service and how it'll never make money giving away day 1 games. He stuck to his word there
So same PS as always...

Yea, less communication about upcoming games... probably because they're in a fierce competitive battle w/ MS at the moment and are keeping secrets.
Yea, they bought Bungee and I'm not thrilled with that. Bungee probably pulled the plug on ND's factions thing because it wasn't gonna make $. They probably weren't wrong. So I don't know...
But overall not that much has changed - overall PS has pretty much continued to dominate while still making games that are way better than anything the competition can churn out despite all their $$. So, like, I kinda think the Jim hate thing is irrational

mudakoshaka242d ago (Edited 242d ago )

Every single game that has come out for the past 3 years, including Spider-Man 2, was greenlit before Ryan. And to be honest, the games that have been coming out for the past 2 years for PS5 are not impressive at all, with the exception for God of War Ragnarök. Mostly 3rd party games have been the big hitters. So you are totally wrong about Ryan. He has kind of messed up the approach of Playstation and they have become more generic and try to invest in GaaS. Playstation were always innovators, now they are just doing the same as the competitors. I think Jim Ryan was forced to resign as the brand is not heading in the right direction. Spider-Man 2 looks like a bland game with great graphics. I might get Spider-Man 2 on a sale in the future. No other big upcoming games which have official release dates. Are we supposed to wait until 2025 for the next PS5 exclusive? This is getting ridiculous. I am playing games on my PS5 I could have played on my PS4. People expected some great games to go along with their PS5 and not just 3rd party stuff that you can play on a Switch. E3 in 2016, that is 3 years after the release of the PS4, blew everyone away with the great upcoming titles. Sony’s presentation 3 year after the release of the PS5, a freaking joke!

PSVR2 was greenlit by Shuhei Yoshida and not Jim Ryan. So another example of Jim Ryan’s only contribution during his tenure is a bad version of Splatoon and a handheld screen to stream games.

crazyCoconuts242d ago

@mud you lost me at Spiderman 2 looks like a bland game lol
So it kinda sounds like he gets credit for nothing because everything was greenlit before him, and blamed for things like GaaS, which outside of a few games I guess hasn't been a real thing. I don't know, I hear some of your points about wanting more, less playing safe. I'd be curious to compare where, say PS4 was 3 years after launch compared to PS5...was it really that different in terms of first party games being released?

mudakoshaka242d ago

@CrazyCoconuts

Look at Sony’s E3 presentation in 2016. That was an amazing show! And the thing is that in 2016 during E3, most of the games presented were still years away. God of War was shown for the first time ever during that E3 presentation and it took almost another 2 years until release. At least we got a taste for what was to come. The only taste Sony is giving now is a taste of doubt. PSVR2 is almost shelved by Sony under Jim Ryan. Mine has been collecting dust for 4 months since almost all of the games released are available on PCVR as well. I am ready to downgrade the graphics in VR for PSVR2 in order to enjoy Playstation exclusive games, but since none of those seem to be coming, I see no reason why I would play Green Hell on PSVR2 when on PCVR it is crystal clear. They need to invest in their current products and not trying to chase the next Fortnite.

Regarding Spider-Man 2, it was fun swinging around New York and fighting was fun in the beginning. But after a while it is just like Assassin’s Creed where the same type of mission is repeated on a different location. I wrote in another post, it does not bode well that we are getting two Spider-Men and Venom in the same game. It’s just like in Hollywood when the story does not hold its own, you just add more characters to make it more appealing. Spider-Man 2 will look amazing, but be ready for a repetitive game.

outsider1624242d ago

And when at the end of a game showcase...always have a "there's one more thing" at the end of the show for a special game.

neutralgamer1992243d ago

Clear messaging about what is coming up content wise. Can’t say it’s only possible on PS5 than have the same game run on PS4 or run without SSD on PC’s

I hope they really go back and get Shawn Layden who was starting to have a really good synergy with gamers

Shawn layden
Andrew house
Jack Trenton

Please get one of these

And please put some more focus on Japanese market. MS have been growing their business in Japan and TGS showed how much they are investing yet Sony seems to care less and less

Do 2 shows/presentations a year. One totally focused on 3rd party content and the other all about 1st-2nd party exclusive content

Less focus on GAAS because there are enough 3rd party big games doing GAAS and companies like PlayStation and Xbox get 30%. They have bungie who will keep doing GAAS so let the other studios do more traditional games

Acquire some more studios or even smaller publishers to grow the PlayStation strength. Like Sony themselves said PlayStation is very important to the core of their business. I believe owning square and capcom would do well for PlayStation (Sony has close to 20 billion in acquisition funds and they can get both square and capcom for less than 20)

shinoff2183243d ago

I agree withwith everything neutralgamer, especially about the Japan gmfocus, and bringing back if possible one of those guys. Specifically layden

Rodney25243d ago

His run as CEO is why I stopped mainly gaming on Playstation. No fun first party games, no actual exclusives everything just goes to PC, the censorship that started, and the straw that broke was the PS+ price hike. It all screams arrogance of a company in the lead that just doesn't care what it does it's all about money. I just want old Sony that made wild exclusives like Crash and Spyro got Japanese publishers on their side and was the friendliest place for any dev to put whatever they wanted on console.

ChasterMies243d ago

“No fun first party games”

Yeah, right. Because Ghost and Tsushima and Horizon Forbidden West are a bad time.

Rodney25242d ago

Both those games are boring to me, IDK what to tell you.

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gold_drake243d ago

can you imagine being that bothered by one person that u quit something entirely?

DogJosha242d ago

Imagine hating what someone does with their free time so much that you support getting rid of games that have 0 impact on your life. Are you that guy Drake? Please don't be that guy Drake.

goldwyncq242d ago

If you actually read it properly, they didn't stop gaming entirely, they just stopped gaming mainly on Playstation because of the changes Jim Ryan made.

shinoff2183243d ago

Ps plus was the last straw. It was only a few dollars. I think I'm paying like 19 a month. I do agree with the last part of your comment about though. Where else do you game didn't all the console up prices on things recently.

TheTony316242d ago

The censorship started in 2016. Long before Jimbo was in charge.

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Resident Evil Zero and Code Veronica Remakes are reportedly in the works, not Resident Evil 1

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-Foxtrot1d 4h ago

RE Zero would be better to do first over RE1 because they can tie the story into RE1 more.

The original RE Remake was weird because Rebecca never mentioned anything about what happened in Zero and it felt so disjointed because Zero was developed during the Remake and they clearly didn't share any notes with one another.

Cacabunga3h ago

Wise decision. 2 of my favorites!

Knightofelemia1d 2h ago

Give me Dino Crisis dammit Capcom

TGG_overlord7h ago

And all it took was +24 years + a phone call from me lol.

GotGame81813m ago

LOL! A phone call from you? ROFL! They have been remaking RE games for YEARS! It was a matter of time!

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Neil Druckmann clarifies true intent of new Naughty Dog game comments

Following a recent interview with Sony, Naughty Dog head Neil Druckmann claims the original intent was “unfortunately lost” in the process.

just_looken2d ago

He can take dog shit put it in a oven with seasoning then call it waistland cookies the sony fans will pay $40 a cookie give them a medal of cooking.

No mater what trash this sobs puts out/talks about it will sell.

The true fact in the 8 years sense uncharted 4 his first time in the main seat to a point all this "amazing" team did was get 2 dudes to fuck in a van then destroy a franchise they never created.

But being a port studio they are decent at they should keep in there lane at being just that a glorified port studio.

fr0sty2d ago

Salty Bots... gotta love it.

just_looken2d ago

@frosty

Over what? naught dog under his command is a glorified port team tlou2 was mostly tlou 1 asset's with the same game play loop but forced a trans down your throat.

I would gladly help pay for this blight and his team to get removed from gaming in general.

fr0sty2d ago

Seeing a LGBT person exist in a work of fiction isn't "forcing them down your throat". Nobody is forcing you to play it. Nobody is forcing you to agree with it. If you think that just seeing a LGBT person exist is "force", it sounds like they make you very uncomfortable, and maybe you need to be doing some serious reflecting on exactly why... looks to me like you're suppressing something with all that fear.

just_looken2d ago

@fro

When i think of the last of us i think of a group of survivors crossing the apocalypse wasteland with a growing bond between 2 people that end up with Joel making ellie his new daughter.

Then you fire up the 2nd one bang joel is dead oh that comic series? bang dead

Oh you want to continue all that we grew in the first one? na f that toss it in the trash

Now here is a trans woman so strong superboy would blush go out there kill all what made tlou1 then halfway get a forced sex scene that you can not skip between 2 dudes.

The gameplay? just like the first game the combat/backpack system crafting sytem? 0 changes/improvements.

I could go on but lets face it they copy pasted that tlou 1 assets bin a shit ton of times.

There is nothing on the box or the ads or anything before the game that said you would going to spend most of the game controlling a new trans character that has no ties to anything of the first game the only existence was to kill what the first game made.

Oh but hey there is a mp mode coming out before 2022 wait what is that? oh we made it its own game then cancelled it now go but the game again as we port it a few times.

https://www.youtube.com/wat...

mkis0072d ago (Edited 2d ago )

What has Straley or Henig released since they left ND? Not a thing! stop scapegoating! Which of them is credited with co-writing a majorly successful show?

just_looken2d ago

@mkis007

You bring up Bruce Straley really? someone that gave us 4 generations of amazing games and was there in the creation of 4 legendary franchises but was tossed in the trash for the pos niel druckmann not 7? years ago

So yeah in those 7? years you right all he has done is get 2 awards one is a game award for a puzzle game he made oh boy right like for fuck sake's all niel has done is one game that was a overhyped fan boy orgasm underneath all that ps jizz was just a typical 5/10 game.

Then you drag Amy Hennig that poor woman was also kicked out then became this century's Brendan Fraser with her sexual misconduct information coming out.

We all know how horrible people are treated behind the scenes she might have been sexual attacked groped or something.

So yeah all she did after was battlefield hardline forspoken now that new marvel 1945 game but hey Brendan Fraser was a great actor till he also said he was sexually attacked just now he is allowed back in no doubt she also had to take a leave of absence out and or was forced out on ice.

Man there are way to many out there that look at niel at the new gaming jesus when all he had done is some work on uncharted 4 then tlou2

Oh also the tvhshow? for real all they did was use stuff from the 2013 game its like saying GOT was a 10/10 but never watching past season 3

-Foxtrot2d ago

@mkis007

That's highly unfair to them both

Amy Hennig got messed around working on projects that got cancelled by the publishers (EA) and then ended up on a awful game (Forspoken) where you had 4 other writers working on it which is just a recipe for disaster. She is now working on Marvel 1943: Rise of Hydra. Not her fault she was pushed out of NaughtyDog, something both Nolan North and Richard McGonagle have both said in interviews.

Bruce Straley left after burn out, the rest of the story we don't know and will never know just like what happened with Amy Hennig. He decided to take a break and wasn't sure if he wanted to come back to gaming however he had an idea he wanted to make so he founded Wildflower Interactive, a smaller studio where they are currently working on a new game.

Tacoboto2d ago

@the obvious stain of a commenter

The trans character wasn't Abby. Try playing Part 2 instead of gatekeeping what you think Part 1 was about and meant.

Maybe try watching the show while you're at it, because you're terribly off with your opinion on that too

MajorLazer2d ago

Naughty Dog is better than all the MS studios put together.

derek2d ago (Edited 2d ago )

@just he has been behind 2 of the greatest games ever made. Tlou2 was easily the best non-vr game made last gen. Losers just can't get over Joel's death, mixed with the usual console war nonsense. The fact that you so casually call him a sob shows how deranged some gamers have become about Drunkmann.

derek2d ago

@frosty, for people like Just, including anyone that can be categorized as being a minority in any kind of media is "forcing it down his throat " lol. I to don't care for poor "checking box" inclusion for inclusion sake but that was not the case with tlou2.

fr0sty2d ago (Edited 2d ago )

The pathetic part about it is, you can tell just_looken never even played TLOU, because that was the game where Ellie's sexuality was first brought to light... No "that was forced down our throats" to be said about that.

Only terrified folks in the closet that use their hatred as cover from outing themselves fear LGBT people that much. They exist. They will exist in all aspects of life, including popular media. Get over it.

just_looken1d 18h ago

@all

Once again you drag out something like its a big win

Here is my old channel a clip of me playing TLOU on ps3
https://www.youtube.com/wat...

Search my channel for more clips

Proof its my channel? look at this profiles banner that is 7yrs old then look at other vids on that channel like my bf3 clips to see my psn id. But knowing this group that is way to much work.

Also elle being a lesbian is another trump card? one dlc is all we got of that a dlc that took over a year to be tossed out.

Rainbowcookie1d 17h ago

Hey at least we have cookies to eat 😄

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Rangerman12083d ago

Glad he clarified it but i'm still somewhat skeptical. Plus, his comments about how Ai will revolutionize storytelling were still pretty iffy.

anast3d ago

No need to bow down, Stan your ground. The AI comments were gross though.

S2Killinit3d ago

Pretty excited as I read these. I just cant wait to see what ND is up to.

Export2d ago

put a chick in it and make her gay !

shadowknight2032d ago

Next they need a diverse couple, and perhaps some climate activists

StormSnooper2d ago (Edited 2d ago )

I would love that if only to piss off all the lunatics. Lol

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Limited Run Games reveal physical console editions of Clock Tower: Rewind

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Hugodastrevas4d ago

Still waiting for the physical release of Tomba!