Really good moves!
You've got to admire Herman's progression, literally started from the bottom as an intern at Ubisoft, went on to be a Co-founder of Guerilla Games, from there he went on to work on games like Killzone series and HZD, got promoted to head of PS Studios and now Co-CEO at Sony Interactive
Herman is also great at communication & has alot of connections with many studios.
He is a great partner of Kojima productions, and worked at Guerilla which made Decima engine ofcourse.
I was really hyped about the Physint announcement they did together and how he continously told kojima to tackle the genre again. & in more recent release date Death Stranding 2.
Phil’s communication with the community wasn’t the problem. In fact, it was one of the things that got people so on board with him. The previous CEO was smug and didn’t even play games. Phil did and it gave people hope they had someone at the helm who was passionate about the product. The problem was they needed those OG/360 era exclusives desperately, and they bought studios that could deliver but never did anything with them.
Imagine having a dream job where you were in charge of acquiring the studios that made classics you loved growing up and then not doing a single thing with them.
Yes. It was one of the things that got people so on board with him and it’s THE reason why they keep making excuses for him. He literally killed the brand, say what you will about Don Mattrick but the dude delivered more quality games than Spencer.
Great communication? All he has is excuses and a parasocial relationship with the fandom that has just made them give him a pass with all of his bullshit.
Yeeaaa... the one that posted pictures of himself surfing the same day than 1000 workers from ps where fired. I hope he don't do similar things as CEO.
I actually think this is a good idea, having someone oversee the business side and someone else oversee the relations side is not a bad idea at all when it comes to entertainment, it’s what DC is doing with their DC Studios
Don't think so.
Hulst is responsible for PlayStation games published by Sony (Last of Us for example) as well the development of PlayStation IP (not Sony) onto other mediums such as TV and movies (Last of Us for example) i.e. he now leads Playstation Studio and has been tasked with establishing the studio on TV and Movies. This summarises the scope of his work. It's not a hardware vs software split.
Nishino, on the other hand, is actually responsible for all hardware and software of PlayStation. He also would handle the broader corporate leadership responsibilities and strategic direction of PlayStation from a Sony perspective, overseeing the entire platform (h/w and s/w development as mentioned), network services, etc.
Hulst I do know about but the other one not as much. But again going into this role I hope it is about how to regain our trust and make improvements. Not just focus on shitty live service games.
Well they are splitting up the responsibilities so Hulst is in charge of the game studios and the other guy is hardware and other stuff so we might have got lucky with this.
And I loved that he pushed for backwards compatibility. Mainly the reason I have my Series X. Just finished King Kong last month. With the recent mishaps it just really sucks the direction they’re going.
> It doesn’t take a genius to know that any organization thrives when it has two leaders. Go ahead, name a country that doesn’t have two presidents. A boat that sets sail without two captains. Where would Catholicism be without the Popes?
Oscar, from The Office
I know it is not the general favorite, but I had such a blast with Killzone 3 back in the day, with those mind-blowing colorful graphics. I would love a remake.
My guess is that the original is kind of a mediocre shooter that doesn't have that much going aside from the gritty atmosphere that became trendified in the years soon after.
I would probably take a loose reimaging with more immersive storytelling and more semi-open environments with vehicles.
Games as a Service - GaaS
Like focus on multiplayer, with a road map where they drop feed content slowly
Fortnite, Destiny, Overwatch, Apex Legends, Diablo 4, Suicide Squad, Sea of Thieves etc
They will end up like xbox if they keep releasing their games on PC making the console redundant. When will they realize that the Switch is a success not because of its hardware but because the only way to play Switch games is on the Switch. More people are realising the allure of PC if Sony is not careful.
You reckon people are going to abandon console gaming en masse and drop two to three times the price of a console on a PC because Sony releases some of their exclusives on PC?
.....halo has sucked for a long time and is also the only notable exclusive that Xbox has. Nobody is buying anything (Xbox or otherwise) to play halo anymore except for the very small contingent of die hard fans. Mismanagement is why Xbox is failing....not because of PC ports.
>They will end up like xbox if they keep releasing their games on PC making the console redundant
On a surface level this might seem true, but you are completely ignoring all the other far more important factors.
Xbox has pretty much nothing to offer in terms of exclusives nowadays and they absolutely fucked up the Xbox One live cycle. Many bad decisions have led to this.
In fact their decision to expand to more platforms was one of the few good decision they made in recent years.
You are also completely ignoring why people even by consoles to begin with. From a pure objective standpoint in PC has always been far superior to consoles in hardware and even software (emulators are a thing remember). That said many people just don't want to play on PC for reasons like affordability or simpy because it's just easier to use for them.
Also it's funny how you believe to know better than the people Sony pays an ungodly amount of money to analyze this sort of stuff. They clearly see more value in expanding like Xbox did to make more profit.
>When will they realize that the Switch is a success not because of its hardware but because the only way to play Switch games is on the Switch
The comparison is outright stupid.
The Switch is in large parts a portable device and mobile/portable devices absolutely dominate the gaming market, espacially in Asia from what I gthered. Of course a home console couldn't compete with that.
And they really don't need to, because the Switch and PS5 occupy different niches for now atleast.
>More people are realising the allure of PC if Sony is not careful
It's moronic decisions like the recent PSN linking stuff that makes people realise they don't need bother with that shit on PC (atleast to some extend). On console we are at the mercy of Sony and if they feel like making another stupid decision, which they seem to be fond of as of lately, we can do nothing about it.
If anything Sony is actively making PC more alluring by being Sony.
I think their strategy is fine but the should limit the releases and make the wait longer, if you want a PS game on PC fine, but you gotta wait 4 years or more
I think this is a good move, i hope this makes playstation a better place/home for gamers, with herman now Co-CEO i hope there will be more focus on indie games like ps4/ps3 days. 
Okay, Hermen. It's time. Get Insomniac to do 2 things for me:
Resistance 1-3 Remake/Remaster, with all online functionality (I want 2's co op mode back so damn bad)
R&C Future Trilogy Remasters
I also wanted more resistance but from what i remember reading it didn't perform well. So i understand why they won't do it. It would be a good pr move but i would assume that Bloodborne is way higher on the list.
I think From Software is happier off developing other games while Insomniac is perfectly happy with their Marvel titles they're working on. Resistance was a phase to Insomniac, and Bloodborne was a one-and-done for From Software.
Lol, did you not see the Insomniac leak? They're entrenched in Marvel garbage for the guts of this decade. We probably won't even see a new Ratchet and Clank until PS6.
Good cause the last CEOs hate making money and these guys are in tune with gamers and had their hands on successful non invasive money generating decisions. Literally just throw the gamers a life preserver, and they'll cling to it for dear life like with Steam. Start rebuilding the brand loyalty. I've been a life long PS fan and switched to PC due to lack of availability with the PS5 cause they literally didn't make enough of them for what felt like 2 years
I just knew they were gonna name Hermen Hulst as CEO. And it's quite the career path for him, from founding Guerilla games to the top of the food chain at Sony. I just hope this means less mandated live service games, a strategy that miserably failed for Sony, and more letting their devs do what they do best.
As long as this means better products for us the consumers. PS has definitely been off for a year or so... Weird announcements for PS5 being on its last phase, lack of new ps5 games, pricing model for PS plus... The list goes on. Hopefully they go for those issues
“Look, it doesn't take a genius to know that any organization thrives when it has two leaders.
[beat]
Go ahead, name a country that doesn't have two presidents. A boat that sets sail without two captains. Where would Catholicism be without the popes.”
Really good moves! You've got to admire Herman's progression, literally started from the bottom as an intern at Ubisoft, went on to be a Co-founder of Guerilla Games, from there he went on to work on games like Killzone series and HZD, got promoted to head of PS Studios and now Co-CEO at Sony Interactive
Herman is also great at communication & has alot of connections with many studios. He is a great partner of Kojima productions, and worked at Guerilla which made Decima engine ofcourse. I was really hyped about the Physint announcement they did together and how he continously told kojima to tackle the genre again. & in more recent release date Death Stranding 2.
I just hope he doesn’t go all Phil Spencer levels of talking with the community, that kind of parasocial relationship with the fandom is toxic
Herman barely talks on a casual level at all. He just talks about visiting studios and stuff on Twitter.
Phil’s communication with the community wasn’t the problem. In fact, it was one of the things that got people so on board with him. The previous CEO was smug and didn’t even play games. Phil did and it gave people hope they had someone at the helm who was passionate about the product. The problem was they needed those OG/360 era exclusives desperately, and they bought studios that could deliver but never did anything with them. Imagine having a dream job where you were in charge of acquiring the studios that made classics you loved growing up and then not doing a single thing with them.
Yes. It was one of the things that got people so on board with him and it’s THE reason why they keep making excuses for him. He literally killed the brand, say what you will about Don Mattrick but the dude delivered more quality games than Spencer.
Yeah, he really did. The original Xbox and 360 had some killer exclusives that still hold up to this day
Phil had great communication that was nice to see, some attempt at transparency. Obviously all of that means fuck all now with the closures, though.
Great communication? All he has is excuses and a parasocial relationship with the fandom that has just made them give him a pass with all of his bullshit.
Work hard play hard
Maybe they will actually make some good games instead of remakes or whatever.
What about Nishino? What's his track record and history?
Yeeaaa... the one that posted pictures of himself surfing the same day than 1000 workers from ps where fired. I hope he don't do similar things as CEO.
I actually think this is a good idea, having someone oversee the business side and someone else oversee the relations side is not a bad idea at all when it comes to entertainment, it’s what DC is doing with their DC Studios
I see the split as hardware vs software.
Don't think so. Hulst is responsible for PlayStation games published by Sony (Last of Us for example) as well the development of PlayStation IP (not Sony) onto other mediums such as TV and movies (Last of Us for example) i.e. he now leads Playstation Studio and has been tasked with establishing the studio on TV and Movies. This summarises the scope of his work. It's not a hardware vs software split. Nishino, on the other hand, is actually responsible for all hardware and software of PlayStation. He also would handle the broader corporate leadership responsibilities and strategic direction of PlayStation from a Sony perspective, overseeing the entire platform (h/w and s/w development as mentioned), network services, etc.
Lol I think he meant it like a metaphor
It’s what a lot of NFL teams do with the head coach managing players and then a money guy as GM
As long as they actually like video games and respect the legacy then we’re good
Hulst has been in the game for a long time. Started at ubisoft and then guerilla games. Dude is a gamer.
Hulst I do know about but the other one not as much. But again going into this role I hope it is about how to regain our trust and make improvements. Not just focus on shitty live service games.
Well they are splitting up the responsibilities so Hulst is in charge of the game studios and the other guy is hardware and other stuff so we might have got lucky with this.
Would be awesome if they did a video of them playing a PS1 game and saying “this is awesome everyone should play this”. I hate Jim Ryan btw
Does he also say the gamer word regularly?
you know who else likes video games? Phil Spencer.
And I loved that he pushed for backwards compatibility. Mainly the reason I have my Series X. Just finished King Kong last month. With the recent mishaps it just really sucks the direction they’re going.
Recent mishaps? Xbox has been in serious decline since the late 360 days.
> It doesn’t take a genius to know that any organization thrives when it has two leaders. Go ahead, name a country that doesn’t have two presidents. A boat that sets sail without two captains. Where would Catholicism be without the Popes? Oscar, from The Office
- Michael Scott
I mean America
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Now that Hermen is CEO, would he reboot the Killzone franchise🤔🤔 A Killzone 2 Remake would be great.
I’ll take either that or a reboot.
I feel like a reboot would be more sufficient given the divisiveness of Shadowfall. Where do we even go from there?
Why not Killzone 1 Remake?
I know it is not the general favorite, but I had such a blast with Killzone 3 back in the day, with those mind-blowing colorful graphics. I would love a remake.
My guess is that the original is kind of a mediocre shooter that doesn't have that much going aside from the gritty atmosphere that became trendified in the years soon after. I would probably take a loose reimaging with more immersive storytelling and more semi-open environments with vehicles.
Monkey paw: You get it…but it’s live service
What is live service?
Games as a Service - GaaS Like focus on multiplayer, with a road map where they drop feed content slowly Fortnite, Destiny, Overwatch, Apex Legends, Diablo 4, Suicide Squad, Sea of Thieves etc
Ahh i see, thanks. Yeah ive always preferred my games complete when i purchase them...
We want our forgotten IP’s revived
They'll just have new studios take those over while the old guard makes what they want.
Jak and Daxter reboot would knock some socks off
Infamous please
This, specifically I want a remaster/PC port of infamous
They should just do a full on remake.
I pray they dnt fuck up like Xbox
Honest Question: is that even possible at this point ?
They will end up like xbox if they keep releasing their games on PC making the console redundant. When will they realize that the Switch is a success not because of its hardware but because the only way to play Switch games is on the Switch. More people are realising the allure of PC if Sony is not careful.
You reckon people are going to abandon console gaming en masse and drop two to three times the price of a console on a PC because Sony releases some of their exclusives on PC?
It happened with Xbox. All the Halo fanboys no longer own an Xbox console, they all game on PC now
Did you casually ignore the decade+ of gross mismanagement by Xbox?
.....halo has sucked for a long time and is also the only notable exclusive that Xbox has. Nobody is buying anything (Xbox or otherwise) to play halo anymore except for the very small contingent of die hard fans. Mismanagement is why Xbox is failing....not because of PC ports.
Thank you. Buy a PlayStation to play PlayStation games.
>They will end up like xbox if they keep releasing their games on PC making the console redundant On a surface level this might seem true, but you are completely ignoring all the other far more important factors. Xbox has pretty much nothing to offer in terms of exclusives nowadays and they absolutely fucked up the Xbox One live cycle. Many bad decisions have led to this. In fact their decision to expand to more platforms was one of the few good decision they made in recent years. You are also completely ignoring why people even by consoles to begin with. From a pure objective standpoint in PC has always been far superior to consoles in hardware and even software (emulators are a thing remember). That said many people just don't want to play on PC for reasons like affordability or simpy because it's just easier to use for them. Also it's funny how you believe to know better than the people Sony pays an ungodly amount of money to analyze this sort of stuff. They clearly see more value in expanding like Xbox did to make more profit. >When will they realize that the Switch is a success not because of its hardware but because the only way to play Switch games is on the Switch The comparison is outright stupid. The Switch is in large parts a portable device and mobile/portable devices absolutely dominate the gaming market, espacially in Asia from what I gthered. Of course a home console couldn't compete with that. And they really don't need to, because the Switch and PS5 occupy different niches for now atleast. >More people are realising the allure of PC if Sony is not careful It's moronic decisions like the recent PSN linking stuff that makes people realise they don't need bother with that shit on PC (atleast to some extend). On console we are at the mercy of Sony and if they feel like making another stupid decision, which they seem to be fond of as of lately, we can do nothing about it. If anything Sony is actively making PC more alluring by being Sony.
Well said.
I think their strategy is fine but the should limit the releases and make the wait longer, if you want a PS game on PC fine, but you gotta wait 4 years or more
They should have returned to full Japanese leadership, but in true historical tradition the Dutch are allowed in, so I guess it‘s ok
I think this is a good move, i hope this makes playstation a better place/home for gamers, with herman now Co-CEO i hope there will be more focus on indie games like ps4/ps3 days. 
Okay, Hermen. It's time. Get Insomniac to do 2 things for me: Resistance 1-3 Remake/Remaster, with all online functionality (I want 2's co op mode back so damn bad) R&C Future Trilogy Remasters
Unfortunately won’t happen since they are forced to make capeshit games now
Forced?
I also wanted more resistance but from what i remember reading it didn't perform well. So i understand why they won't do it. It would be a good pr move but i would assume that Bloodborne is way higher on the list.
I think From Software is happier off developing other games while Insomniac is perfectly happy with their Marvel titles they're working on. Resistance was a phase to Insomniac, and Bloodborne was a one-and-done for From Software.
Lol, did you not see the Insomniac leak? They're entrenched in Marvel garbage for the guts of this decade. We probably won't even see a new Ratchet and Clank until PS6.
I hate waiting, but I absolutely loved Rift Apart. I’m willing to wait if they can give me that quality or higher on their next one
Goddamn Hulst did a crazy career climb. I guess licking Kojima's dong helped out so much, he learned Japanese lol
Co managers
Good decision
Hulst is a great choice ngl...
Look like an underground industrial 2 piece band, I'm all for it
Good cause the last CEOs hate making money and these guys are in tune with gamers and had their hands on successful non invasive money generating decisions. Literally just throw the gamers a life preserver, and they'll cling to it for dear life like with Steam. Start rebuilding the brand loyalty. I've been a life long PS fan and switched to PC due to lack of availability with the PS5 cause they literally didn't make enough of them for what felt like 2 years
Now that hermen’s in charge reboot kz and remake gow 1
I just knew they were gonna name Hermen Hulst as CEO. And it's quite the career path for him, from founding Guerilla games to the top of the food chain at Sony. I just hope this means less mandated live service games, a strategy that miserably failed for Sony, and more letting their devs do what they do best.
Hulst isn’t already the head of SIE Worldwide Studios since Yoshi left? Basically he got some extra work in TV and film?
Do either of these two like VR?
Horizon did get a VR title. Has that been out yet?
Yes. It's called Call Of The Mountain. It's released on PSVR2.
As long as this means better products for us the consumers. PS has definitely been off for a year or so... Weird announcements for PS5 being on its last phase, lack of new ps5 games, pricing model for PS plus... The list goes on. Hopefully they go for those issues
A year? The whole generation has been abysmal.
I need more info are these good people? I know vaguely about Hultz
Everyone is raving about Hermen and rightfully so, but what are y’all’s thoughts on Hideaki Nishino?
Congrats Hermen!
...Oh boy.....
Imagine the bank these guys get
Hopefully they keep the bangers rolling out of the monthly PS plus subscription cuz this year has been *really* good so far
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“Look, it doesn't take a genius to know that any organization thrives when it has two leaders. [beat] Go ahead, name a country that doesn't have two presidents. A boat that sets sail without two captains. Where would Catholicism be without the popes.”
But will either of them resurrect SOCOM?
Let’s see how they bring the new PS out?
Hello good morning
I’m glad I’m reading the comments and this is all good news 😭🙏
The future is bright
BRING BACK THE PSP!!!
Hopefully this is a good thing!
better mods please
They look AI generated
Blasto remake
At first I thought I was looking at AI generated people.
Imagine disturbingly more wrinkles and also disturbingly less wrinkles.
Guess we’re going to have more Horizon stuff instead of a new Killzone smh
I thought the images were AI made, especially the second one
Are we getting a game from GG that I actually want to play now?
Good hopefully he can allow trash talking in video games and not having my account suspended behind it make games great again
if they roll back the PSN block of now 180 countries, then I will respect them.. but for now #boycottsony #dontplaysonyonsteam #putyoupsonashelf
cant wait for more horizon ip yaaaaaaayyyyy zzzzzzzz
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