On this week's episode of IGN's PlayStation show, Podcast Beyond!, host Jonathon Dornbush is joined by Brian Altano, Max Scoville, and Tom Marks to discuss the news that Shawn Layden is departing PlayStation. The cast dives into theorizing about how this will affect the PS5, if at all, what this might mean for Sony in the short term, and more.
Plus, the cast discusses PlayStation Now's new low price point and library additions, the exciting ability to play God of War on a PC, The Last of Us Part 2's lack of multiplayer, and plenty more on the latest PlayStation news. The cast also reads a couple of great Memory Card stories, and much more.
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Sony owns a fair few iconic franchises - many dating right back to the original PlayStation. But while we’re pretty familiar with the likes of ongoing series such as God of War, Horizon, and Gran Turismo, there are plenty of PlayStation franchises that haven’t seen the light of day in a long time. So in this video, we’re going to be taking a look at the status of PlayStation’s many IPs, and checking in on when we last heard from them.
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All the old blood is leaving, but that makes sense they've been with Sony for like 30 years and I think they want to pass on the torch. Why work till you're dead when you are a million a year CEO? Retire on your own private island
Did Jack leaving at the start of the PS4 affect this gen? No? Then you have your answer.
Norio Ohga, Shigeo Maruyama, Howard Stringer, Phil Harrison, Ken Kutaragi, Jack Tretton, Kaz Harai, Andrew House, Dr Richard Marks, blah blah blah, yada yada yada, Shawn Layden, sis boom bah, mazel tov, happy new year and all that jazz.
If you get the point, and I've said this before, executives come and go. I've watched them go since the beginning of PlayStation. But as long as the good ship Sony is heading in the right direction, don't worry about it and try to make waves.
Just keep on gaming. And have fun doing it. Because the record so far is 3 out of 4 successes with the comings and goings. With 1 still doing very well even after some missteps. Don't worry about it.
It could remember ps4 doubling ram last minute