PS5 on Track to Become Sony's 'Most Successful Console Ever,' Says Jim Ryan

Former PlayStation boss Jim Ryan has said that the PS5 is "on track" to become SIE's "most successful console ever."

[Lightning77]

Now he wants to say good things about PS after he laid off a bunch of ppl.

Real classy Jimmy.

[Einhander1972]

Is that the worst you can come up with? Because if I was criticizing Microsoft I could easily list a dozen things only one of which would be the 5000+ people they have fired from their gaming divisions in the past 16 months including everyone who worked on producing physical games.

Let me remind you that PS5 is selling faster than PS4, they just had the hit live service game Helldivers, Spider-Man is still charting, they have already released Granblue Fantasy, Rise of The Ronin, and Final Fantasy Rebirth and Stellar Blade is right around the corner, they also have Silent Hill and two Kojima games in the works. They also have all the big gatcha coming out of Japan, Korea and China lined up for their consoles, which let me remind you that Genshin and Honkai Star Rail made close to a billion dollars last month alone.

They also have PlayStation Portal which is selling as fast as they can make them, and just around the corner they have a 33.5tf console coming out which don't listen to the BS is going to be awesome and supporting it is going to be easy since every game already has two modes so "quality" mode will only need to be unlocked for PS5 Pro's and existing games will be able to easily have PSSR enabled for them.

So yeah, things are looking really good for PlayStation, and the second half of the generation is going to be huge when all the PlayStation developers start releasing their PS5 Pro Enabled games.

[Lightning77]

"Is that the worst you can come up with?"

I'm. Sorry what? Its called facts. I forgot you love Jim Ryan even if he doesn't know or care about you. None of them do. The sooner you touch grass and grow up the better.

Ok cool so what's the point of saying all that? I know all that.

[StormSnooper]

@Lightning
Except it wasn’t a fact. Ryan has left PlayStation already. The layoffs that we saw with every publisher recently were after Ryan. So nice try.

[Lightning77]

"Except it wasn’t a fact. Ryan has left PlayStation already. The layoffs that we saw with every publisher recently were after Ryan. So nice try."

That was all Ryan before he left clearly. He stepped down officially a few days ago. He was doing his good byes he even took a picture with the London Studio only to shut them down days later. Don't try and shift blame or change history it was all him.

[S2Killinit]

Ryan left in September. 🤦

[DivineHand125]

I thought the layoffs were bad. It's bad when Microsoft does it and when Phil Spenser spoke about it 99% of the comments on this site were about how Xbox sucks. When someone is commenting on how Sony layoff people, you instantly find persons that run to defend Sony. This type of behavior is not good for gaming. Remain consistent in your principles no matter who is doing the wrongdoings. Stop waving your pompoms to one side because these companies don't care about you or their employees.

[JackBNimble]

Ryan announced it in September, he didn't leave in September.

[Lightning77]

Omg https://en-as-com.cdn.amppr...

Not even a few days ago just yesterday he left.

Hiroki Totoki is temporarily taking Jim's spot doing Jim's work for 7 months until he was gone April 1 . Now anymore foolish deflection from you ppl?

[StormSnooper]

@divine
Layoffs are bad, but we get these guys with zero credibility, who all of a sudden want to bring up layoffs because an article says something they don’t like. All the while they never bothered when MS did more than twice the layoffs after spending 68 billion to destroy multiplatform segment of gaming. The double standard SHOULD be mentioned.

[Cacabunga]

I just want to see those single player first party games.. i do not like the silence from ww studios

[Eonjay]

I'm sure you also would say the same thing about Phil Spencer to be logically consistent.

[Lightning77]

Yeah why wouldn't I?

[fr0sty]

You tell us, he laid of orders of magnitude more people than Sony did, and you remained silent.

[JackBNimble]

Are you guy's defending Jim Ryan just because he was part of playstation?
The guy did nothing good for the industry the entire time he was head of playstation.
It's his bad decision's that got people fired .

[Lightning77]

@Frost really now? Go find the article and look through the comments and you'll see my comment mocking MS. This isn't about MS though just the usual whataboutism from you.

But cool keep making up more stories it's in your head kiddo.

Funny to see Jim Ryan is suddenly a hero on here now.

[StormSnooper]

Fun fact:
MS laid off 1900 employees from MS studios.
Sony laid off 900 employees from Sony Interactive Studios.

I hope you liked the classy MS after spending 68 BILLION on buying up the industry, then firing people.

[S2Killinit]

@Lightning77
Did it upset you that PlayStation is successful?

[Lightning77]

I have PS so why would it upset. I'm not a weirdo did Jim Ryan do lay offs or not?

[S2Killinit]

Because you always seem to be upset when PlayStation is going good.

And Ryan retired in September. Sony laid off 900 employees recently. Every other large publisher did as well, including MS which laid off the most developers at 1900.

For the sake of proving your objectivity, please show me any comment you made about how MS showed its class by laying off developers after spending 69 billion on cannabalizing the industry. No joke, did you make any comment like that?

[StormSnooper]

I’m pretty sure you won’t hear back from him.

[Lightning77]

It's your head wanna see fanboy in everyone else because you are one. Not how it works I'm afraid.

Ryan announced his retirement in September. He was still in office Hiroki was training under Ryan hence why we've heard from Hiroki and not Ryan. Ryan officially left yesterday.

That's means Ryan did those lay offs. For God sakes just google it since it's so hard hard for you to understand.

"Sony laid off 900 employees recently. Every other large publisher did as well, including MS which laid off the most developers at 1900."

Yeah... No duh...

Wait class? MS showed no class they were candid about the lay offs and their strategy. They said no patronizing words as far as I know.

Other than that I don't know what you're even talking about. What comments do I have?

[S2Killinit]

Haha bravo! way to ignore what I said, conveniently. But, that answers my question. You need say no more.

[Cockney]

I'm sure he was saying good things about playstation before they laid people off, not sure of your point

[Lightning77]

He lays off ppl and shut down a studio then wants to say good things about PS, not hard to understand. He was saying good things because he worked there, of course he said good things at the company he worked for.

They all do, so I don't know what you mean.

[fr0sty]

You say that like Phil didn't just give thousands of people the axe while you stood in silence. We see your hypocrisy... We know you're mad that your box just got the Dreamcast treatment, but at least try to remain objective.

[Lightning77]

Nice wrong assumption as always. You're a funny guy though.

Where I mocked MS

https://n4g.com/comments/re...

Anything else I can shut you on? You know know first hand I'm good at that

[TheEroica]

Ps5 is a turd of a console. If it outsells the ps2 Itll be the greatest paper tiger in gaming history. All pop and no fizzle.

[Profchaos]

Also Jim Ryan by the way everyone PS2 now sold 160 million total.

Still yes ps5 is a fantastic console if the games library in it's later half follows past cycles of showing off what the true hardware capabilities are we are still yet to see it's best games.

Rockstar is going to make the console sing with GTA 6.

With Xbox floundering talk of EU stores no longer stocking the games going third party fanbase is more divided than ever and Nintendo doing its own thing even delaying (rumour) switch 2 till next year PlayStation is running seemingly unopposed I'm not sure if that's a good thing but it's the reality we are in

[SimpleDad]

I hope it does.

[PhillyDonJawn]

Yet you still laid off a ton of people

[Leeroyw]

So should you keep staff you don't need in any other business? That's called socialism.

[thesoftware730]

I doubt it will reach 160 million.

[Eonjay]

Yeah I'm not sure it will sell THAT much. Perhaps most successful refers to revenue which is very conceivable.

[thesoftware730]

True!

Fair point.

[fr0sty]

Keep in mind PS2 didn't hit 160m until years after PS3 was out.

[fxa5209]

And yet it lacks exclusive..... I remember the PS3 days when Sony was underdog and releasing exclusive after exclusive

[purple101]

5 exclusives this year before it’s even April/may

Ff7
Stellar blade
Hell divers 2
Granblue
Rise of ronin

Silent hill remake conning soon too + can’t wait to see what their game for Xmas is

[MrNinosan]

3 years in, and PS5 has more exclusives than PS3 after the same time frame.
What ya chewing?

[shinoff2183]

Not in the first few years. Ps3 was fairly dead. You ain't remembering right.

[Petebloodyonion]

So again I'm baffled by the responses from this forum defending a guy's statement when Sony themselves:

A) had to cut the same % of workers as MS and had to close some studios (reason unknown for Sony since N4G established that it's not capitalism or needs to make a profit).
https://n4g.com/news/259282...

B ) mentioned in an Investor's call that the console was entering the latter half of the life cycle and was expecting a decline in sales due to missed projections.
https://www.pushsquare.com/...

But hey it's great news for Sony because if they are on track to be the most successful console ever.
So just picture what they would have achieved if they had met sales expectations and not cut jobs.
Perhaps selling twice as much as the Ps2 console?
Beating Quest3 for VR unit sold?
London Studio would be working on Blood & truth 2?

[Christopher]

***had to cut the same % of workers as MS***

I agree they suck, but playing % game is weird.

***mentioned in an Investor's call that the console was entering the latter half of the life cycle and was expecting a decline in sales due to missed projections. ***

No no no. You don't get it. It's both! /s

Yeah, I don't understand how you can say it will be most successful unless you talk about the total revenue it brings in, which is an unfair comparison considering price increases and market reach.

*** London Studio would be working on Blood & truth 2? ***

Or, now hear me out, something actually good? :P

[Petebloodyonion]

"I agree they suck, but playing % game is weird."
It's the metric used in business and finance to evaluate the situation of a company (health, performance, etc)
For example, stating I only cut 5 jobs from a staff of 10 is much worse than cutting 100 jobs from a staff of 1000 hence why you always see a % of the total workforce when there's a layoff.
In the case of both companies, it's around 8%, and by business practice, it's a healthy move showing that they are willing to trim due to expectations of lower sales.

I do wish that the ppl from London Studio are affected by new projects within Sony (if they are still employed) or that they are working on a new VR idea. They are talented folks who managed to create great games with the limited resources or mandates that they had.

[Christopher]

***It's the metric used in business and finance to evaluate the situation of a company (health, performance, etc) ***

People aren't percentages to me, I guess.

[fr0sty]

1. MS laid off thousands of people, several times more than Sony did.

2. PS5 is nearly 4 years old, new consoles typically drop 6-8 years after the previous, with the previous being supported up to 10 years total. There is nothing out of the ordinary by saying PS5 is in the latter half of its generation.

3. London Studio didn't make money... so they got closed. Nothing out of the ordinary there either.

[Petebloodyonion]

@Frosty
I'm sure you have sources other than your beliefs to demonstrate that Microsoft laid off several times more compared to Sony, especially in regards to Xbox and Playstation since we saw the same pattern here on N4G where MS announces Layoff to cheer off the community with MS can't manage jack Sh*t followed by a similar wave from Sony simply due to different date for the fiscal year.
In 2022 MS laid off 1000 jobs out of all MS (1%) In 2022 Sony announced 90 layoffs from Playstation only.

Regarding console life, I believe that you forgot a pandemic slowed everything to a crawl hence why ppl still feel that we have yet to have true PS5 and Xbox Series X experience but that's my point of view.

totally agree with you on last point regarding London Studio.

[Tedakin]

I don't believe it's going to outsell the PS2.

[Asterphoenix]

It's hard to say if it will become more successful than the PS2. I know it will do very well overall. As a gamer I can't keep up with all the stuff releasing this year

[Destiny1080]

currently at 50 Million, expected to sell 22+ Million this year

there's no doubt the PS5 will be breaking some records

GTA 6 launch will also bring a massive boost to PS5 Sales and the all new 33 teraflop PS5 Professional model

[gold_drake]

i think GTA6 is gonna help the console seel a shit ton, but 160 mio iii dunno.

maybe hes talking about hoe much money it brings in due to games sold on it. who knows.

[TheEroica]

Ps5 is easily the worst console in Playstation history. It's not even close. Vita was better.

[fsfsxii]

Go back and play it then lol

[TheEroica]

I do.... Because it's better than ps5.