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Good guy Jim saved PS Indies

Liked the guy

Hated his strategy and comments for the division.

Got rid of conventional E3s, got rid of indies, felt AAA’s data could be numbered, etc

Just felt like a weak dude

How did he get rid of conventional e3s? You mean when they stopped showing up after e3 2018?

Don't care for indies personally so didn't effect me.

What you mean by AAAs data can be numbered?
 
That’s not unfair but I’d argue every $100 million put into making a movie could be another game made instead.
Not if all the resources are already making games. What about all the revenue new stuff like the Uncharted movie hauls in? That can fund the next game.
 
You….add resources with said revenue.
I was just pointing out the hypotheticals go both ways. The actual outcome to care about is the company making more money to invest more where they see fit. Eventually it might be some stupid Sony candy crush game racking in the money for investments.
 
Shawn Layden era was the worst era ever
He was the guy against crossplay, he closed Evolution studios, he abandoned PS Now basically when his predecessor was actually at the forefront of these cloud services when Microsoft wasn't even dreaming about that, only to setback Playstation about 5 years in this business...it's clear his vision for the company was a lot more traditional.

Never in a million years he would be releasing PC games like during the Jim Ryan era, lmao.
 
So Bloodborne Remaster died for indies? Cool, thanks Jimbo.
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Since Jimbo took over in 2019 we've had the following initiatives pushed. I'm not saying he personally mandated each of them, but they did all occur under his watch:

- The largest acquisition spree in SIE's history, and they're not done yet
- Massive expansion across all of SIE's studios, with some going multi-project
- PlayStation Productions became a thing (10+ projects)
- PlayStation's current PC push
- PlayStation's push into mobile gaming (still pending)
- The push into live service gaming (10+ projects)
- The renewed Indie initiative
- The push into premium subscription services
- A renewed push into legacy games with PS1, PS2 and PSP games finding their way to modern consoles. We also have rumors that PS3 emulation is still being worked on at SIE.


The pandemic massively fucked up their plans both for software and hardware, so they're behind the PS4's sales curve right now. We know from Sony's own statements that they've taken steps to secure components and plan to surpass the PS4's sales curve next year. If Tom Hendersons leak is to be believed they're aiming for a ludicrous 30.5 million PS5's shipped next FY, so they're gonna be aggressive as fuck on that front. We're awaiting what their software lineup will be like beyond a few known quantities like Spider-Man 2, Wolverine, Horizon CotM and TLOU MP. Plus third party deals like FF16, FF7 Rebirth, Forspoken, Stellar Blade and Rise of the Ronin. The vast bulk of their software lineup are still unknown to us.

Jimbo is precisely the leader Sony needed to grow their business, expand their footprint into new areas and prepare the division for the future.
 
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