The last year couldn't have been easy for Jack Tretton, president and CEO of Sony Computer Entertainment America.
The PlayStation 3 launch last Thanksgiving was marred by hardware shortages and bad press over the high price and the lack of exclusive titles. And worse: The PlayStation 3 has consistently finished third to Microsoft's Xbox 360 and Nintendo's Wii in monthly sales.
But Tretton shrugs off the slew of bad luck, saying that Sony is taking the long view with the PlayStation 3. They've played this game before, he says, and they've taken home the trophy more often than not.
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.
Good analogy, Jack... He's a really likeable guy. That's what I like about Sony. They have 3 really likeable guys you can understand and relate to. Phil, Jack and Kaz... 3 of the most personable people around. They're very charasmatic, and you know who they are by sight. That's important to have. Nintendo has Shig and Reggie, but lets face it... no one can relate to Shiggy and Reggie is just offensive. He's a bullish, loud mouth with an attitude and a car salesman smile. And Microsoft.. well, who the hell they have now anyways?
What were they thinking again when they said PS3 $600? Not to mention there's a learning curve for developing on the console.
I love PS3, but being honest if they don't sell atleast close to half of what XBOX 360 sells in November and December it's gonna be a tough go for PS3.
I think these last two months sales in North America will indicate if PS3 has any chance of getting back into this console war or not.
"Sony was charged with being arrogant toward its fans. Would you say that “here it is, plug it in” could be construed as such?
I don’t know that we were ever considered arrogant by consumers. … I think the arrogant claims came from the press and bloggers more than true consumers. … I think the arrogance claim comes with a leadership position and being unwilling to admit that you’re failing. And anybody who’s been through media training or been with the press isn’t going to get on a soapbox and talk about their failures. If that gets construed as arrogance, then I guess that’s a risk you have to take."
That's the best of the best in this interview. Jack hit it out of the park and no one can disagree with that. Or expect anyone in a position of authority to go back on this principal. Sorry.
Sony aims to lose money and go bankrupt with PS3.
Please don't state the obvious, it's not news and it's not clever.
lol Why are people so overdramatic with the PS3. It wasn't even doing bad to begin with. Is it a rule that when you're discussing the PS3 you can only use extremes?