Yeah...i can't believe the guy that:
. As a first move back in 2019 actually gave PSNow its second life by reducing its price and investing in better in new games for it;
. Managed the Insomniac acquisition which Sony couldn't do for over a decade;
. Managed 5 other studio acquisitions this year alone; (more than the entire time the previous CEO was there);
. Chose Herman, someone that's highly experienced in managing one of their biggest gaming studios to oversee all the WW studios, which we still aren't feeling its effect.
...is still there!
They should bring back the previous team...the one that closed Evolution studios and other 3 or 4 studios, started to charge for online gaming, etc...
Now seriously...Jim is an extension of what the previous CEO was doing. PS4 was already "leaving" Japan. PS3 was also a lot less successful than the PS2 already. But no one can say Sony isn't investing on Japanese and Asian emerging markets in general. Look at all the deals with Square-Enix, Persona series, Genshin Impact, China in general...even after closing down Sony Japan they still gave the only subdivision a chance instead of closing it all.
Sony, just like Nintendo and MS have never been this healthy and with as many videogames in full production.
Your post is odd. Sony not investing as much in Japan is a result of the market itself rejecting home consoles. And in a time they can barely produce enough consoles to the countries that want them...why send them to a country that's not buying much software or exporting it to other countries anyway?
The guy that raised game prices across the board for first party and is charging for upgrades to games you already own?
The guy who said he believed in generations?
The guy who shut down Japan Studio and got rid of legendary people like the producer of Bloodborne?
The guy who decided to close the PS3 and PSP/vita store and gave developers just a few weeks notice and had to reverse the whole thing?
The guy who talks about hundreds of millions playing PS Studios games..... puts the games on PC and they barely sell over 1 million and he talks about it like it is some huge achievement?
The guy who is allowing the competition to control the narrative in the media for 99% of the time?
Also PSNow is something I really want to die... subscription gaming and cloud gaming is crap IMO.
Jim 'things are tight' Ryan..... can't wait for his next GQ interview, since every gamer has a subscription there. He relates to us so well.... you know, he just 'gets it'!
I don't give passes on complete incompetence..... I'll let you all know when I see something good from him.
The latest thing was hilarious..... He releases a big statement about Activision and how terrible they are and then a day or two later an ex Sony employee is suing them for wrongful termination and says Sony has many of the same issues. He is the one who created the situation that led to her being jobless BTW.
Leadership needs to go back to Japan, moving it to California is the worst thing that ever happened and every american and european should be removed from the upper management. Cause they don't have a clue....useless, bloody USELESS.