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Departing PlayStation Chief Jim Ryan Reveals the Biggest Challenges of His 30-Year Career
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Katatonic
Member
He shits on you. Trust me.
killatopak
Member
I feel attacked.
nial
Member
BC discourse is tiring these days, mostly because, even if it's still no disc-based (sadly), we finally got PS1 games on PS4 (and PS5) with Jim Ryan, when Andrew House and Tsuyoshi Kodera never bothered to bring them on.
And yes, Japan Studio was a brand and it was very easy for Sony to keep using it for the studio that would be focused on the Astro Bot games (Team Asobi), while avoiding all the internet backlash, but they didn't because SIE had its own plans, particularly making Astro the face of the studio.
A big part of why Sony dropped the Japan Studio brand was because they were going to expand FP development on China and Korea, games which would also be produced in Japan along with the actual Japanese-developed ones.
And yes, Japan Studio was a brand and it was very easy for Sony to keep using it for the studio that would be focused on the Astro Bot games (Team Asobi), while avoiding all the internet backlash, but they didn't because SIE had its own plans, particularly making Astro the face of the studio.
Men_in_Boxes
Snake Oil Salesman
If Gran Turismo 1 and 2 came out during mid PS4 generation, when Jim Ryan said the quote, Polyphony would get obliterated in the press. Those games, while not 0% value, were awful at that point.
Their only value was for a minuscule subset of people who love nastolgia. Jim Ryan was right.
Unknown Soldier
Member
30 years is a long time to spend at any one company. Dude earned his retirement, he rides off into the sunset with Playstation at its strongest position ever in the product's history
mckmas8808
Mckmaster uses MasterCard to buy Slave drives
Agreed. I hated him 50% of the time. But he did a good job.
Hero of Spielberg
Member
So long Jim. I hope your replacement provides as good a gif.
TheBomb
Member
Yeah, that’s a worry for me. There will be no one like him.
Unknown Soldier
Member
Alright I'm curious though, what is the origin of this GIF? I've seen it a thousand times but never saw the actual source
Would not be a proper send off without.....
Topher
Identifies as young
You got me man. Must have been a funny joke.
DeepEnigma
Gold Member
I think it was E3 2014 or around that time, but found the origin of the other laugh.
Jim, you cheeky bastard,
Topher
Identifies as young
Love that attitude of "we don't care what anyone else does". Lessons others in the industry should learn.
Not naming names.
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Successfully championed $70 games, we bought it.
Introduced a digital only playstation, some desperate people bought it, digital for life now.
Revamped playstation plus, increased prices and decreased value, we bought it.
Something something DLC released at full price under the guise of full complete games.
Share holders won.
Partially kidding, people can hate him but the suits loved him. Imagine if no pandemic.
He's still no Don Matrick though.
Introduced a digital only playstation, some desperate people bought it, digital for life now.
Revamped playstation plus, increased prices and decreased value, we bought it.
Something something DLC released at full price under the guise of full complete games.
Share holders won.
Partially kidding, people can hate him but the suits loved him. Imagine if no pandemic.
He's still no Don Matrick though.
