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BraLoD on 21 April 2026

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.



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twintail on 21 April 2026
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. 



gooch_destroyer on 21 April 2026
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 whatsoever.

Fuck Jimbo. 



BraLoD on 23 April 2026

Saros reviews are dropping tomorrow.
I'm guessing it'll land at 89, seems like a better Returnal all around. Would be nice if it could reach 90 tho.



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-Adonis- on 23 April 2026

Saros launch trailer is so great !



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GymratAmarillo on 23 April 2026

I'll say 88 so when the late reviewers feel the need to lower the rating because "evil Sony must not win" it falls to 87.
Returnal is perfect for what it is and it only has 86 but I know metacritic is important for some people to buy so that's why 87.



GymratAmarillo on 24 April 2026

It looks like People Can Fly prototype survived the first test.



BraLoD on 24 April 2026

Saros is averaging a 88/91 (MC/OC) right now.
Seems like it should settle around 87/89 or 87/90.
Having that 90 on OpenCritic at least would be cool.

Really does feel like a better Returnal.

Edit: Funny that 2 of the 70 scores on Metacritic say complete opposite things about the difficulty and learning curve.

And I can understand that, with the new system where you can choose to focus on stuff you are good while getting some penaltis for it, or choosing to get help with stuff you are not so good but losing some of the stuff you are good with (or choosing to not mess with the system at all), it is literally a different game based on how you want to approach it.

Its commendable, but let's see if it works out well or not, when I play it.

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AddRat on 24 April 2026

Do we know if Saros supports gyro?



Otter on 24 April 2026
AddRat said:

Do we know if Saros supports gyro?

Not sure, but I doubt it based off the way the aiming works. Ideally they would have full 360 pointer controls (Metroid Prime 4) which can move the camera fully, but so far Playstation studios have only ever done adjustment with gyro which isn't needed much in this kind of game because of the amount of aim assist