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chakkra on 01 October 2023
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twintail said:
chakkra said:

Let's recap some of Jim Ryan's accomplishments:

1 - Pioneered the new era of $70 games
2 - Responsible for the slow down of 1st party single-player games output.
3 - Announced (and greenlit) 10 GAAS games to be released in a span of less than three years (which remains to be seen if they will be able to even meet that deadline).
4 - Ushered a new era of consoles having price increases instead of price cuts.
5 - Kept the microtransactions for GT7 hidden until after reviews (has EA and Activision ever done that? I'm not even sure).

You know what? I'm actually a little bit sad to see Jim Ryan go. I really wanted to see how far he could push their customers brand loyalty, and I TRULY hope that whoever replaces him shares his same philosphy and continues his vision.

1. Sucks. But considering how others have followed it seems like they were all just waiting for someone to do. At least it was done at the beginning of a new gen rather than midway though.

2. Is he though? Big budget AAA games are only going to take longer to release. That's the reality of game development. Besides, Herman is the one in charge of 1st party development.

3. Not sure what the issue is with this besides the obvious disdain for gaas games in a time when live service games are among the most popular, if not the most popular, games being played today.

4. Sucks too. But he's a numbers guys. Part of the reason why PS has been so dominant in EU since PS1 is because of him.

5. Sucks. A lot of publishers have done this before. Not sure why this is a Ryan issue though. 

1 - Yeah, it sucks. One has to wonder if the others would have dared to do it first, but hey, there is no way for us to find that out, so I guess we can forgive him for that one.

3 - You know, I actually have zero issues with GAAS games; I only brought it up cuz Sony has always been praised for their "narrative driven single-player experiences" while Microsoft has always been attacked for their GAAS games; but I can see people are already changing their perception of GAAS games, which is a good thing, seeing people here acting like single-player games are inherently better than multiplayer ones has always been cringe to watch.

4 - Yeah, it sucks; but you know what? I will concede that he never actually messed up to the point of tarnishing the brand (as evidenced by the fact that Playstation keeps having record sales on a year with only one 1st party exclusive) but y'all out here acting like he wasn't toying with the line; which is why I'm a bit sad to him go; I really wanted to see how far he could push the boundaries of his customer's loyalty.

5 - Yeah, it sucks. I mean, if that was not his idea then buckle up, because whoever did that is bound to do it again.