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PlayStation names Hermen Hulst and Hideaki Nishino as its new CEOs
Paulistano
Member
Ouch... that Guerrilla guy bad news.
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Ok Im reading that Hermen Hulst was the one who was pushing for more Blockbuster games.
All may not be lost if thats the case. Anything but Pass GAAS games as the major focus
All may not be lost if thats the case. Anything but Pass GAAS games as the major focus
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Topher
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Where are you reading that?
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the purple place,
probably BS, but could be true.
hinch7
Member
I'm okay with this.. Hust is probably the best guy for the job currently. Guy knows his stuff about the inner workings of a studio and has the technical know-how, which will hopefully translate into good results. Hideaki Nishino on the other hand is a bit of a mystery.
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ChorizoPicozo
Member
I'm making my list of everyone talking shit.
tmlDan
Member
They don't know, they don't even know him but blame him for everything cause he enjoys life.
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ChorizoPicozo
Member
the dude was in charge of guerrilla, giving a master class of how to transition a studio that made FPS to make a third-person game, in addition to the creation of the best engine within SEI.
Horizon may be lackluster in storytelling , but it's a technical and artistic achievement with a superb gameplay
nial
Gold Member
It was picked up as a PS Studios game in 2021, guess who's the president of the division.
Which I knew you would mention, and that's why I said over an externally-developed title. Tango Gameworks was an internal studio of Microsoft.
Irrelevant, I don't know what would Sony gain with lying to make a developer partner look good.
All which would have surely stopped once they deduced it was a financial failure from the start.
Just like Resogun? I don't know man. Either way, Sony acquiring Housemarque and giving them the budget to develop another project in the same vein of Returnal is already much more than whatever Microsoft has done with Tango.
CosmicComet
Member
God damn not Hulst I absolutely hate this boring dutch fuck.
How the hell did this guy go from a mere game director at Guerilla (a studio whose only real hit was Horizon) all the way to CEO of Playstation in less than 10 years?
How the hell did this guy go from a mere game director at Guerilla (a studio whose only real hit was Horizon) all the way to CEO of Playstation in less than 10 years?
ChorizoPicozo
Member
IS THIS A BIT OR WAT?!
nial
Gold Member
They're not saying it in a positive way, and there's nothing to suggest that it's all SIE's doing in the coming years.
Varteras
Member
One thing is for sure. If Concord is shown off this year, it doesn't matter how shit it looks.
Men_in_Boxes
will be here to tell us why it deserves more love than our own children. Meanwhile,
rofif
will lament that Sony once again neglected using air time to remind us that Forspoken is a masterpiece. So either Hulst is the man, or a piece of shit.
Men_in_Boxes
will be here to tell us why it deserves more love than our own children. Meanwhile,
rofif
will lament that Sony once again neglected using air time to remind us that Forspoken is a masterpiece. So either Hulst is the man, or a piece of shit.
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Kaiserstark
Member
No it's Shawn Layden.
https://www.cnet.com/culture/sonys-shawn-layden-wants-fewer-bigger-playstation-games/
Honestly it would not be a surprise with Hulst to see a bigger push for first party japanese games when you see the game he like :
https://www.playstationlifestyle.net/2017/06/23/hermen-hulst-lists-his-favorite-ps4-games/
He is already doing that with Physint from Kojima who will be his new MGS.
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Men_in_Boxes
Snake Oil Salesman
Herman learned much under the tutelage of Jim Ryan so PlayStation won't skip a beat.
Plus, he won't wear graphic t's. Excellent hire.
Plus, he won't wear graphic t's. Excellent hire.
Men_in_Boxes
Snake Oil Salesman
One thing is for sure. If Concord is shown off this year, it doesn't matter how shit it looks.
NeoGAF: Live Service is saturated luck.
Men_in_Boxes: Helldivers 2 and Concord become grand slam hits.
NeoGAF: Why didn't Men_in_Boxes tell us?
Varteras
Member
Dirk Benedict
Member
I don't know why, I cannot place my finger on "it" but... he became insufferable after Horizon: Zero Dawn shipped. That's just my take, though. More so, after he got the Promotion @ PlayStation.
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tmlDan
Member
Wtf is the bold, are you drunk? LOL
ChorizoPicozo
Member
another one
Varteras
Member
saintjules
Member
Dirk Benedict
Member
Bro, we have a better chance at collapsing as a global society than PS brand collapsing in 3 years...(shit.. that is kind of hypocritical in a sense. LOL)
yurinka
Member
According to them, the ones who started the PS Studios expansion to PC were Shawn Layden and Shuhei Yoshida. Hermen just continued their work.
Has been at SIE since 2006, before that he also was at Sony Ericsson. He was in charge of Sony Network Entrtainment (PSN & services) and later he also became in charge of R&D, hardware and accesories. He will be doing the same, but now will also handle 3rd party relationships.
In the same way, Hermen will continue doing the same, but on top of PS Studios he now will be also handling Bungie and PlayStation Productions (and other potential future adaptations of SIE game IPs to other mediums).
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ChorizoPicozo
Member
ouch wat?
Anchovie123
Member
Bring back Andrew House and Shuhei, the PS4 golden era 
rofif
Can’t Git Gud
Forspoken is 10x better than both horizon games. Actually fun to play.
You really have to have bad taste not to see how boring and stale horizon is
Fabieter
Member
The sheer amount of people here who think they can make better hiring decisions for multibillion dollar corporations, is staggering to me
There is no discussion without different opinions on something. It's not like it some proven fact that they will do a bad job but it still can be said..
Sanepar
Member
Why?
Majormaxxx
Member
ok you will get Druck next
Stooky
Member
ShaiKhulud1989
Gold Member
People are still coping with Sony doomed?
From my perspective, it’s the best decision possible. The job is finally evenly distributed between two CEOs that are not competing and, as did Ryan, both report to Sony’s CEO. Previous PS CEOs were so stressed even with smaller scale PS Division that typical leader burned out in 5 years or so. This was not very healthy.
Now, about the hires. You can trash Hulst as much as you want, but Guerilla in 2005 was a trash-level Eurojank developer lacking in both tech and talent. Killzone 2 was a freaking miracle after 1 and that shitty Nam game, and Horizon breakthrough into new tech and genre solidified Hulst as one of the best studio heads out there. Plus, he was one of the main forces behind the creation of ICE Team. Considering the geography and the number of proprietary tech involved, his leadership over PS Studios is at least not something to frown upon. Just look at Matt Booty for comparison heh.
Nishino is the right type of internal veteran to lead the hardware team too. He has deep understanding of Sony’s hardware legacy and culture, had a shtick with big Sony during SE days so he actually can feel the internal management dynamics, and is a perfect guy to lobby PS interests in Japanese HQ.
Both CEOs are already familiar with their areas of expertise, now they have more autonomy and less management layers so the transition will happen without needless wrinkles too.
If anything, it’s way better turn of event than rumored promotion of marketing head Eric Lempel and show us that current Sony leadership has a good understanding of its businesses inner dynamics.
From my perspective, it’s the best decision possible. The job is finally evenly distributed between two CEOs that are not competing and, as did Ryan, both report to Sony’s CEO. Previous PS CEOs were so stressed even with smaller scale PS Division that typical leader burned out in 5 years or so. This was not very healthy.
Now, about the hires. You can trash Hulst as much as you want, but Guerilla in 2005 was a trash-level Eurojank developer lacking in both tech and talent. Killzone 2 was a freaking miracle after 1 and that shitty Nam game, and Horizon breakthrough into new tech and genre solidified Hulst as one of the best studio heads out there. Plus, he was one of the main forces behind the creation of ICE Team. Considering the geography and the number of proprietary tech involved, his leadership over PS Studios is at least not something to frown upon. Just look at Matt Booty for comparison heh.
Nishino is the right type of internal veteran to lead the hardware team too. He has deep understanding of Sony’s hardware legacy and culture, had a shtick with big Sony during SE days so he actually can feel the internal management dynamics, and is a perfect guy to lobby PS interests in Japanese HQ.
Both CEOs are already familiar with their areas of expertise, now they have more autonomy and less management layers so the transition will happen without needless wrinkles too.
If anything, it’s way better turn of event than rumored promotion of marketing head Eric Lempel and show us that current Sony leadership has a good understanding of its businesses inner dynamics.
RoadHazard
Gold Member
So SIE itself will just not have a CEO? And sounds like Hulst didn't really get promoted, lol.
ShaiKhulud1989
Gold Member
SIE will have two CEOs, both will report to Totoki. You know, just like Jim did.
nial
Gold Member
Yes, he did. He didn't oversee Bungie and PS Productions before.
Hideaki Nishino wasn't involved in third-party relations either.
RoadHazard
Gold Member
Yeah, I didn't know you could have two CEOs. I mean, technically they will be CEOs of different groups, but there will not be any CEO of the entire SIE.