More than anything this seems to be a major issue
We see this on the consumer end with sporadic content drops, big announcements being blog posts, PSVR2 state of play earlier in the year being AFTER launch. It's been this way ever since the Jim takeover
But I think it must be even more of a mess on the inside
Today they showed up to the Showcase with gameplay for only 2 games, both of which release in the next few months. These weren't vertical slices, they were basically showings from the near completed product
There was no organisation to have vertical slices ready for FairGame$, Concord, Marathon. At best it seems like Sony decided to have a showcase fairly recently and rolled out some thrown together CG Or internal marketing material from these games. Incompetence here has basically thrown these games under the bus
Naughty Dog missed the boat, nothing from Cory, Sucker Punch etc. And the reason is because Sony is not demanding them to be ready with something to show with 6-12 months notice. These teams are capable of doing so because we have seen them do it all throughout the last gen
Just compare third parties to Sony's first party for this showcase to see the difference
Sony was so lacking in their own content they had to chuck in a Gran Turismo movie trailer FFs
Bring back Shawn Layden, this guy knew marketing like the back of his hand because that's his background. He could set a marketing roadmap that hyped players through the entire generation. Bring back Adam Boyes getting exciting third party partnerships rolling. Bring back Shu to head of first party, having them humming like clockwork and focusing on GOTY quality games
We see this on the consumer end with sporadic content drops, big announcements being blog posts, PSVR2 state of play earlier in the year being AFTER launch. It's been this way ever since the Jim takeover
But I think it must be even more of a mess on the inside
Today they showed up to the Showcase with gameplay for only 2 games, both of which release in the next few months. These weren't vertical slices, they were basically showings from the near completed product
There was no organisation to have vertical slices ready for FairGame$, Concord, Marathon. At best it seems like Sony decided to have a showcase fairly recently and rolled out some thrown together CG Or internal marketing material from these games. Incompetence here has basically thrown these games under the bus
Naughty Dog missed the boat, nothing from Cory, Sucker Punch etc. And the reason is because Sony is not demanding them to be ready with something to show with 6-12 months notice. These teams are capable of doing so because we have seen them do it all throughout the last gen
Just compare third parties to Sony's first party for this showcase to see the difference
Sony was so lacking in their own content they had to chuck in a Gran Turismo movie trailer FFs
Bring back Shawn Layden, this guy knew marketing like the back of his hand because that's his background. He could set a marketing roadmap that hyped players through the entire generation. Bring back Adam Boyes getting exciting third party partnerships rolling. Bring back Shu to head of first party, having them humming like clockwork and focusing on GOTY quality games
