Phil Harrison answers some interesting questions in this video interview.
Square Enix launches Final Fantasy X 25th anniversary site, revealing new Nomura art, books, music releases, and merchandise.
Look I know VIII has its issues and all that but how on earth can the do big anniversary events with new artwork and merchandise for VII, IX and X yet VIII got sweet f*** all.
They could have given it something during its 25th anniversary yet all it got was a single Happy Anniversary post on their social media.
they should know that we are OG fans of VIII as it sold truckload as well. not as much as VII or X. I personally didn't like IX but X and VI are my personal fav.
Shadow Hearts 2 covenant is another game I love. I hope one day someone can make remake, I would be delighted
Final Fantasy VIII is great and you are always the first to defend it in the comments
A brutal reset, a smarter story, and a return to what made it great—Mortal Kombat (2011) revived the series.
Underrated comment. I used to hate that game so much that any time my siblings asked me to play it, I just picked Hom and shut myself down mid-match.
15 years went by so fast. I remember playing through the story mode at launch.
Why did Sony push Shuhei Yoshida out of his role leading PlayStation's first-party games? He'd overseen some huge successes. Well, apparently, he didn't listen.
Yeah I can see that for sure. Shuhei Yoshida should have been in charge not Jim Ryan.
It should be free highway for him now.. but Sony are too stupid to see this, especially that moron Hulst
Wtf why all that anger. PlayStation is dominating on every level. Besides I think there is a little more to hiring a CEO than just who is available. Its not like its a athlete your team wants to buy.
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live service failures, chasing trends, closing studios. yes dominating
Sony is Dominating because competition is not existing. Compared to previous gens this is the poorest in terms of software offerings.
Last gen we got Uncharted 4 Lost Legacy and TLOU2 from ND alone.
This is so far a remasters gen, with no competition to lift up the quality
..."PlayStation is dominating on every level"....
...Really???
PlayStation are soon heading into a new generation in the not to distant future. They currently have the worst customer satisfaction they've ever sustained as a company. The company is heading for a huge crash while at the same time they'll need to be planning how they are going to try and win back that favour and the build up to their new releases.
Yes financially they're winning but they're going to have to ride out this complete public corporate disaster. No one has faith in the company or the product anymore. They've damaged their public image so much this generation. Greed can kill anyone.
He would've done the same thing and fire Jim Ryan and Shuhei would be the villain. Why?
Because Elite creates the narrative and distraction for gamers, users and citizens.
More confirmation that Jim Ryan is the culprit for what has happened to Sony. Hulst needs to go too. What sucks is that a lot of the good top heads at Sony are no longer there. I wish that guys that were forced out prematurely by Dumbo Jimbo like Shuhei and Layden came back.
Yep. Yoshida was responsible for bringing one of the best games of this generation to playstation (Stellar Blade). He is an actual gamer and is in touch with what gamers want (creative, fun games, not GaaS and agenda pushing). He also seems like a genuinely nice guy if you watch some interviews. Of course they got rid of him.
Makes you wonder if MS even thought about hiring him after Phil and Sarah were leaving. He certainly couldn't make their situation any worse.
All the gamer/consumer lead heads are gone across PS and Xbox. shuhei gone phil's gone (questionable) but gone. The future of gaming is somewhat uncertain across the board.
"So what do you think about the average 12 year old who mows lawns to buy a $60 game and beats it in 5~6 hours?"
Phil handled that dumbass question quite well with "I don't know anyone that can beat Heavenly Sword in...5 to 6 hours. Maybe one of our hardcore beta testers?" The game took me 8 and a half hours to finish, and I sure as hell wouldn't complain. It seemed shorter because there wasn't any filler and the story was so engaging.
And besides, what average twelve year old is going to have a PS3 if they're mowing lawns to buy their games? If they're parents had enough money to get them a PS3, I'm pretty they're buying games for the kid as well.
im not hard core and i beat it in 5 1/2 hours no sh1t. but i also beat mario bros in under 2 hours theirs a point to be made here.
I'm glad he's at the helm. Phil Harrison is a very focused intelligent guy, and I think he will do a great job at SONY.
His answers always seem sincere to me, unlike allot of the formulaic BS, some of these execs seem to spew forth when interviewed.
He knows whats up.
Drilled him with some tough questions there. I have to say they were reaching a bit there with the 12 year old mowing lawns thing. I know when I was doing chores like that, I was only buying cds, not games.
Also, everyone has to stop drilling game makers for making 'short' games. Seriously, it's getting ridiculous. If the game is well made, looks great, is engaging, and fun; what is wrong with a shorter game. If your only complaint is that the game was short, your getting picky. Gears of War was short. Was it still not a good game? Besides, if you hear it is short but good, wait until the price goes down on the game.
And I know a lot of people who never finish games. They just get bored with it and get something else.
i played hl2 ep1 which lasted only 5 hrs.. i didnt complain