the-pi-guy said:
It's probably overly easy to blame Jim Ryan for everything. (I mean in the sense that other execs could have made similar bad decisions.)
But I do feel like Sony has been much more driven by the financials this generation.
Not that Layden and Shuhei are perfect, but they both seem to have a genuine passion for games. Jim Ryan has always seemed proud of what PlayStation has done, but I've never gotten the impression that he has the same level of passion for the games themselves. I couldn't see him trying to sneak into a Nintendo conference, because he was excited to see what Nintendo was making. And it does feel like a safe place to put a lot of the blame on him. And it's similarly felt concerning that Sony Group put their CFO in charge of SIE.
And it doesn't feel surprising that it feels like Sony under Jim Ryan has done away with a lot of the good will that they've built the last 2 generations. |
Many also seem to forget that it was under Ryan that PS navigated covid even with all the logistical nightmares that came with supply chains, and moving to remote work (if I am not wrong, Sony were one of the first major dev/ pub to do this)
Everyone will make good and bad decisions.
BraLoD said:
Jim Ryan was literally puzzled why would anyone play PS1 and PS2 games because they look ancient, of course the guy has no love for gaming whatsover. |
He was talking about the older Gran Turismo games against the newer GT Sport at the time. Hard to extrapolate beyond punchy headlines.
