While Sony has been fairly successful with PS3 and arguably with PS Vita (at least in Japan), the profit margins are still quite low, and Sony Computer Entertainment President Andrew House is very aware that the clock is ticking, and that a higher degree of success is necessary with the upcoming PS4.
The path from the PlayStation 1 to the upcoming PlayStation 5 lines up neatly, but only if you’re looking at it numerically. In actuality, for more than 25 years the PlayStation team has had to navigate some of the industry’s most difficult terrain. During that time, a dedicated team of visionaries, engineers, and software developers established a brand from scratch, propelled it to unprecedented heights, struggled to maintain dominance, and eventually returned to what initially made them so successful.
Andrew House is no longer at Sony, but he still thinks that consoles like the PlayStation 4 have big future ahead of them.
I still remember how the misinformed media tried to push a doom and gloom narrative for the future of consoles at the beginning of the decade
Didn't even notice it earlier but PlayStation already has it's own GAAS as part of it's PSN service model. It's "Free-to-Play" games & "Streaming", ala PSNow as part of it's "Adaptive Monetization ", according to Ex-PlayStation Boss Andrew House.
Consoles have successfully existed for the past 46 years and they’ll successor exist for the next 46 years.
Former Sony Interactive Entertainment CEO Andrew House gives an uplifting farewell after stepping down from his position at PlayStation.
“Former PlayStation CEO Andrew House's Stirring Farewell: "PlayStation Has Always Been About Games"
I’m really going to miss this guy. Thank you for your help bringing PlayStation to where it is today.
I think the PS4 is what will make SCE a success
A bit over dramatic after having one home console that was "only" second and not first.
If it wasn't for the bad advertising for Wii U and the lack of games to the console I really think Xbox One would've been the underdog. Nintendo should've waited on extra year for the launch to improve the hardware and launch line-up. The it would've been a choice between PS4 and Wii U - the Xbox One wouldn't be necessary at all.
In other words: Microsoft should be glad Nintendo screwed up on their own launch last year.
Well over 1million ps4 sold yeah i think they will succeed big time.
Im also sure that many people will get their ps4 at a retailer
this is what sony needs to do they need to listen to gamers we need more exclusives everyone is begging for a remake of final fantasy 7 or final fantasy 6 sony needs to advertise as much as they can to prove ps4 console is what it is a true next gaming console, and they need to make a powerful console at a really good price like they did with the ps4