HERMEN HULST LIKE A BOSS - PlayStation restructure news BLOWOUT - president of SIE Worldwide Studios

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Published on November 8, 2019 12:21:15 AM ● Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iiqvaqi5R0w

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Herman Hulst is the new president of Sony Worldwide Studios
And PlayStation boss Jim Ryan explains the restructuring and roadmap for the PS5 generation.

KEY POINTS:

* Sony ‘Respects’ its first-party games too much to give them away ala Xbox Game Pass
* Sony confirms its commitment to indie game support and development
* Shuhei Yoshida becomes head of Indie developer relations
* PlayStation Now price cut has led to fastest ever increase in new subscribers
* Staff and executive restructuring is happening to streamline PlayStation into a unified global business
* Sony is expanding its east European operations
* PSVR is the leading Virtual Reality platform and Sony is committed to it
* Sony is cautiously eyeing-up new game studios
* The PS5 has been designed by a single team
* Developers say PS5 is the easiest PlayStation to make games for

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Hermen Hulst like a boss.


Timestamps
[00:20] Introduction to Jim Ryan's GamesIndustry.biz interview PS5 news blowout
[00:57] Guerilla Games' Hermen Hulst is named President of SIE Worldwide Studios
[03:51] Shuhei Yoshida is made the head of Indie developer relations
[05:34] Shahid Kamal Ahmad praises and endorses Shuhei Yoshida's new appointment
[06:09] Jim Ryan says Sony never stopped indie game development
[07:21] Sony has been restructuring to reposition itself as a global business
[08:02] Restructuring the PlayStation business has led to streamlined PS5 development
[09:12] The global marketing of Spider-man PS4 led to it becoming the bestselling PS4 exclusive
[10:16] PlayStation is expanding in eastern Europe
[10:40] Cloud gaming will be a growing part of the future of PlayStation
[12:16] PSVR is the largest Virtual Reality platform in the world and Sony is committed to it
[12:39] The PS Now price cut led to the fastest growth in subscribers ever
[13:03] Sony WON'T give away first-party exclusives with PlayStation Now because it 'respect's its IP
[14:40] Sony wants to buy more developers but must be 'careful' who it talks to
[16:00] Developers say PS5 is the easiest PlayStation to develop for

Source: GamesIndustry.biz



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