That's not hundreds of millions of gamers though.

Um... if PS5 holds true to those sales numbers, it will be near half a billion consoles sold to hundreds of millions of people by the time this gen is over.

It's only hundreds of millions of people if you assume everyone who bought a PS1 didn't buy a PS2, and PS2 owners didn't buy a PS3, etc.

Hundreds of millions of consoles sold to largely the same group of people does not equal hundreds of millions of gamers. I've bought a PS1, PS2, PS3, PS4, PSP and a PS Vita. I don't count for 6 gamers, I count for one.

Not anytime soon. As long as a Sony console exists there won’t be day one on PC or service. There is supposedly talks with Netflix like Sony might make them a game or give them access to a few. I think that’s as far as it goes. MS has always had the foundation to do great things with windows money. They don’t care if people go to PC even though they sell a console. It’s a different strategy entirely. Sony depends on PlayStation.

what game is being played by hundreds of millions of players? I hate it when they try to equate install base as the number of people playing games or buying every game released. there are billions of PCs out there but that doesn't mean "hundreds of millions" of people buying games on them!

all I'm saying to Jim Ryan is not to be too quick to diss console exclusivity just because there are billions of PCs out there! MS has since gone PC with 0 console exclusive and NOTHING from them has been huge sellers like those from Sony and Nintendo despite being available to the install base of billions! you can say Minecraft but MS didn't make that and just like GTAV, it's an exception. not even any CoD or FIFA is selling over 20mil every single year, so what hope does any other game has? stop being delusional and start seeing the reality of things.

PS has been the pillar in gaming for many years, thanks to the CONSOLE gamers, not PC gamers. you treat your fanbase well, you get rewarded and that has been the core of the PS business. stop being alluded by this "hundereds of millions" install base and trying to project them onto the mind of your fanbase. it's disheartening and annoying!

@ Badz

Roblox and Minecraft are the only two I know of that top 100million monthly players. Fortnite and others come close.

They do so because those games are everywhere. Sony doesn't care about your feelings. They care about money.

The money is in going to the consumer, not waiting for them to come to your closed little ecosystem. PC, mobile, and streaming are absolutely a focus of Sony's future. They would be stupid to ignore that.

Says the person in the comments....
What amazes me is everyone speaking from a point of personal preference, only, as though that speaks for everyone.
Can you see the numbers that he can?
Can he see the numbers you can't?

Just because there are a few people wanting to revisit old games doesn't mean there's a majority that shares in their sentiment. Jim is about profit and that is great for Sony.

In an interview with Time, Ryan discussed seeing versions of Gran Turismo running side-by-side on PlayStation 4, PS3, PS2 and PSOne. “The PS1 and the PS2 games, they looked ancient, like why would anybody play this?” he said at the time.

"Kept you waiting, huh?"

Fair enough that is a stupid remark to make.

No worries. You wouldn't think that the CEO of Playstation would say such a moronic thing. But there it is. The guy is something alright.

Which in turn, might explain why they didn't care about the Playstation Classic.