Sony’s just lately appointed joint CEO Hideaki Nishino says consoles will stay on the “core” of the corporate’s enterprise going ahead, however it can nonetheless proceed to supply titles on different platforms as nicely.
Nishino – who serves as CEO of the corporate’s Platform Enterprise Group – just lately took half in an interview with Japanese publication Nikkei. Right here, the corporate govt was requested to summarise the worth of PlayStation consoles inside Sony.
In response, Nishino mentioned: “I feel that with cell units, there are lots of video games that present ads, and PCs are troublesome to arrange, however with PlayStation, when you flip it on, you possibly can expertise the content material you acquire right away” (translated by VGC).
“The shop the place you buy software program additionally affords an intuitive expertise as a result of the merchandise are specified by an easy-to-understand method,” Nishino continued, including Sony is rising its “share of the general recreation market by creating content material for PCs” as nicely.
“There isn’t any doubt that consoles might be on the core of our enterprise, however by providing titles for platforms apart from consoles, we are going to attain a wider vary of shoppers,” Nishino closed.
Earlier this 12 months, fellow Sony CEO Hermen Hulst said the corporate was releasing its live-service video games comparable to Helldivers 2 and the short-lived Harmony day and date on PC and PlayStation consoles. Nevertheless, its single participant, narrative-driven “tentpole” video games might be launched on console first. This, Hulst mentioned in Might, is a method the corporate hopes will encourage extra gamers to buy a PlayStation console.
“We introduce our nice franchises to new audiences, and we’re discovering new audiences which can be probably going to be very eager about taking part in, for instance, sequels on the PlayStation platform,” Hulst mentioned, including the corporate had “excessive hopes” this method will “carry new gamers into PlayStation at giant, however into PlayStation platforms particularly”.
As for what’s subsequent, final week, Sony introduced the long-rumoured PlayStation 5 Professional. The digital-only PS5 Professional is about to reach on seventh November, with a price ticket of £699.99/$699.99. Preorders will start later this month, on twenty sixth September.
