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Forums - Gaming Discussion - Guerrilla’s Hermen Hulst Named Head of PlayStation Worldwide Studios; Yoshida to Support Indie Devs

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danasider on 07 November 2019
COKTOE said:
“Hermen is a European who will be taking one of the major offices at PlayStation. I think everybody in Europe should be thrilled and happy and proud that that is happening."

Kinda an odd statement. Reads weird to me.

Anyhoo, hope this change works out for the best for both Guerrilla and PS.

Maybe the translation makes it odd sounding.

But I think the gist is that Europe has been the largest market for PS4 (I just looked at the numbers and it's been the largest market for Sony's consoles/handhelds since PS2 narrowly missing PS1 by around 2 million units). So Playstation is probably catering to them by putting a European in charge.

Meanwhile, Japan has been less concentrated on dedicated consoles and the mobile trend doesn't seem to be changing there.



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DonFerrari on 07 November 2019
think-man said:
Does Hermen Hulst like Legend of Dragoon? I hope so xD

I smell a summoning spell.



duduspace11 "Well, since we are estimating costs, Pokemon Red/Blue did cost Nintendo about $50m to make back in 1996"

http://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/post.php?id=8808363

Mr Puggsly: "Hehe, I said good profit. You said big profit. Frankly, not losing money is what I meant by good. Don't get hung up on semantics"

http://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/post.php?id=9008994

Azzanation: "PS5 wouldn't sold out at launch without scalpers."

BOLLOCKS on 07 November 2019

He has better on stage presence than Shawn Layden..



Mospeada21CA on 07 November 2019

Congrats!!

I am already imagining the next Marvel's Spider-Man game running on the Decima engine.

Oh. So good.



DonFerrari on 07 November 2019
Mospeada21CA said:
Congrats!!

I am already imagining the next Marvel's Spider-Man game running on the Decima engine.

Oh. So good.

I think the engine in S-M was fine, and perhaps Decima wouldn't fit a very fast action.



duduspace11 "Well, since we are estimating costs, Pokemon Red/Blue did cost Nintendo about $50m to make back in 1996"

http://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/post.php?id=8808363

Mr Puggsly: "Hehe, I said good profit. You said big profit. Frankly, not losing money is what I meant by good. Don't get hung up on semantics"

http://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/post.php?id=9008994

Azzanation: "PS5 wouldn't sold out at launch without scalpers."

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DonFerrari on 08 November 2019
twintail said:
Decker said:
I didn't love Horizon and I'm not into Killzone but I've always thought Herman Hulst was a cool guy, my only issue is that this makes me a bit worried for how Japan Studios will be treated now without Yoshida being in charge of all that.

I don't know if sceja was treated exceptionally well with Shu. Ithink many of their games needed a bigger budget, or just more ambition. 

I do think it's an opportunity to let Decima be used as an engine for their realistic games.  But not necessary. 

think-man said:
Does Hermen Hulst like Legend of Dragoon? I hope so xD

Does Sceja even like LoD???

Haha, hopefully. 

Hiku said:
Well he seems like a cool guy, and I guess he played a prominent part in deciding to give Kojima the Decima engine, which sped up the production time of the game significantly.

I hope Shuhei wasn't forced to leave his position, but that he chose to take that role since it's better if everyone is passionate about their position.

I recall reading that Shu wanted to retire but then VR came along.  He seemed to love the tech. As long as he enjoys the new position. 

Mospeada21CA said:
Congrats!!

I am already imagining the next Marvel's Spider-Man game running on the Decima engine.

Oh. So good.

I think Insomniac are fine with their current engine, and that SM2 will look incredible alongside Horizon 2. 

If Shu wanted to retire but found new passion on VR and steering Indies (possibly to improve VR more and more) then it is even more positive new.



duduspace11 "Well, since we are estimating costs, Pokemon Red/Blue did cost Nintendo about $50m to make back in 1996"

http://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/post.php?id=8808363

Mr Puggsly: "Hehe, I said good profit. You said big profit. Frankly, not losing money is what I meant by good. Don't get hung up on semantics"

http://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/post.php?id=9008994

Azzanation: "PS5 wouldn't sold out at launch without scalpers."