PlayStation Announces Hermen Hulst And Hideaki Nishino As Its New CEO's!

[Bryank75]

Sony is wielding a katana and a longsword, while Xbox(Microsoft Gaming) is wielding a stubby dildo.

 

[Banana]

The problem isn't PlayStation lacking Japanese games. They get every single major one and vast majority of the smaller ones.

The problem is they have lost a lot of Japanese exclusives over the past few years. Yakuza, MGS, Persona, Street Fighter, and likely now going forward Final Fantasy, among various others. And a platform ultimately needs its exclusives for content differentiation in the market, and value proposition.

I'm gonna bring up Steam real quick because here's something the Valve fanboys don't talk about: Steam has a METRIC FUK-TON of 3P exclusives when you just look at it from a PC launcher POV. They have way more 3P games than EGS, volumes more than GOG, more than the Windows/Microsoft store, etc. And it's funny, because all of the PC people crying about exclusives and how everything should be multiplat, are ONLY doing it from the POV of Steam vs. console platforms.

You don't see these people saying that more 3P on PC should put their games on non-Steam storefronts. You don't see Valve doing that, either. Know why? Because they know the power of exclusivity; they just pretend not to when they want to take digs at other platforms (mainly PlayStation) for having them. PlayStation needs to cement having real exclusives again and that includes more Japanese exclusives.

But if big 3P like Square-Enix, Capcom or SEGA/Atlus want to pursue multiplat strategies, they're within their right to do so. Sony should fill those voids by working with smaller 3P studios like Level 5, Vanillaware, Arc System Works etc. on co-developed exclusives, preferably with IP SIE own. And JRPG-wise they have a good few, like White Knight Chronicles, PoPoLoCrois, Legend of Dragoon, Okage, Dark Cloud etc.

Literally no one on steam cares if games go to egs, we just don't want egs money hat exclusives.

Steams a pretty nice platform.

 

[Killer_Sakoman]

All Herman has to do is show up with games and everyone will shut up. Its always about the games and will always be about the games, Although I hate horizon I hope Herman does well.

He is our Phil

 

[Eternal_Wings]

The M&A of 1st party studios will be handled by Hermen who will be in charge of everything related to 1st party studios and IPs.

"3rd party relations" division at SIE isn't related to acqusitions, it's the one that handles day to day relations between Sony and the 3rd party publishers regarding to the paperwork needed to publish a 3rd party game on PS, signing some exclusives, agreeing marketing stuff, providing them the needed devkits/test kits/tech suppot, paperwork and payment of the revenue cuts of the 3rd party games, etc. They work with every single 3rd party publisher on PS, with both the big publishers and the indies.

There are different executives in charge of 3rd party relations (Shuhei Yoshida being in charge of its subdivision PlayStation Indies), which I assume will continue doing the same they have been doing until now, and in the same way.

Yeah small studios. But if it comes to potential targets like Bungie or generally big 3rd Party developers, this will be ultimately taken care of by Itsuno. It was literally stated in his function description that he will be entrusted with Negotiations and everything that includes the relationships to 3rd Party.

 

[Yurinka]

Yeah small studios. But if it comes to potential targets like Bungie or generally big 3rd Party developers, this will be ultimately taken care of by Itsuno. It was literally stated in his function description that he will be entrusted with Negotiations and everything that includes the relationships to 3rd Party.

Their 3rd party relations division handles negotiations with 3rd parties. To sign some exclusive, marketing deals, inclusion on PS+, inclusion in bundles, store featurings, etc.

But acquiring them is a different thing handled by other SIE teams. They have people dedicated to Portfolio Management and Acquisitions, or Corporate Development and Strategy.

 

[Papacheeks]

Yeah let's undermine Andrew House and give Hulst credit

House had nothing to do with the new Metal gear successor. Andrew was friends with Kojima and Death Stranding was a thing because of his help/ and him fostering a great relationship with him.
Herman though worked with Kojima Productions directly while they were using Decima. He was literally in calls/meetings and had people within/outside the studio set aside for helping out with engine trouble.

Herman took over the relationship Andrew had with Kojima. And has forged his own closer relationship that is more intimate on a game designer to game designer relationship.

 

[Danja]

House had nothing to do with the new Metal gear successor. Andrew was friends with Kojima and Death Stranding was a thing because of his help/ and him fostering a great relationship with him.
Herman though worked with Kojima Productions directly while they were using Decima. He was literally in calls/meetings and had people within/outside the studio set aside for helping out with engine trouble.

Herman took over the relationship Andrew had with Kojima. And has forged his own closer relationship that is more intimate on a game designer to game designer relationship.

None of this is relevant. The comment said Hulst is the reason Kojima is working with Sony... It was factual wrong

 

[Papacheeks]

None of this is relevant. The comment said Hulst is the reason Kojima is working with Sony... It was factual wrong

House left in like 2017. He had a long term relationship with Kojima that spanned PS2 era. But that at this point in time has no bearing on deals being made and Sony using their own studio for Kojima to work on spiritual successor.

I should have said now, in my original post. But house has been so far removed, the relationship which seems to have continued is between Herman/Kojima currently and Herman's support for Kojima's team on a developer level is the beneficial thing currently.

House was not a game designer he was a CEO. He knew kojima through exclusive deals in the past they did together and the fact House was a big player in Japanese relations.

So sorry , but house has not been relevant to the conversation in literally 7 years.

 

[Danja]

House left in like 2017. He had a long term relationship with Kojima that spanned PS2 era. But that at this point in time has no bearing on deals being made and Sony using their own studio for Kojima to work on spiritual successor.

I should have said now, in my original post. But house has been so far removed, the relationship which seems to have continued is between Herman/Kojima currently and Herman's support for Kojima's team on a developer level is the beneficial thing currently.

House was not a game designer he was a CEO. He knew kojima through exclusive deals in the past they did together and the fact House was a big player in Japanese relations.

So sorry , but house has not been relevant to the conversation in literally 7 years.

It was House that secured the Kojima partnership immediately after he was able to leave Konami. I don't see how Hulst simply not messing up an important partnership is warrant of getting credit.

You were wrong and your overblown word dribble will change this. His would have rolled had he let that partnership rot.

 

[Papacheeks]

It was House that secured the Kojima partnership immediately after he was able to leave Konami. I don't see how Hulst simply not messing up an important partnership is warrant of getting credit.

You were wrong and your overblown word dribble will change this. His would have rolled had he let that partnership rot.

There's a difference in being wrong and misspoke. I clearly was talking about the now, the recent new IP by Kojima specifically he is pursuing.

Again House had a long relationship with People from Japan and Hideo Kojima was one of those.

I was clearly talking about the now not agreements made back when he left Konami back in 2015. Everything that has been greenlit going forward, and Kojima's use of Decima/and support from Guerilla games who are supporting him for Death stranding and new Espionage title is all Herman Not Andrew.

Putting you on ignore because you want to drag this out and not think of relevancy.

Laters,

 

[Danja]

There's a difference in being wrong and misspoke. I clearly was talking about the now, the recent new IP by Kojima specifically he is pursuing.

Again House had a long relationship with People from Japan and Hideo Kojima was one of those.

I was clearly talking about the now not agreements made back when he left Konami back in 2015. Everything that has been greenlit going forward, and Kojima's use of Decima/and support from Guerilla games who are supporting him for Death stranding and new Espionage title is all Herman Not Andrew.

Putting you on ignore because you want to drag this out and not think of relevancy.

Laters,

I don't see the point of announcing you're putting someone on ignore other than some attention seeking movelmao, just do it and move on. It ain't like I'm coming to this forum to chat with you .

 

[Gediminas]

I don't see the point of announcing you're putting someone on ignore other than some attention seeking movelmao, just do it and move on. It ain't like I'm coming to this forum to chat with you .

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