As Sony celebrates hitting 2m PS4s sold in the UK, MCV meets UK MD Fergal Gara to discuss price wars, the next generation of PS4 owners and what has happened to all the games.
Fergal Gara has joined Amazon UK as director of PC.
He joins the company after four years in charge of PlayStation’s UK and Ireland business.
During his tenure, he helped turn around the firm’s fortunes in the UK. PlayStation was ranked No.3 in terms of console market share when he joined the business and, by the time he left, PS4 was the No.1 games console in the country.
He was in charge of marketing, sales, finance and customer service
Prior to joining PlayStation, Gara spent six years at Asda, which included stints as category director for music, video and games, general manager for entertainment and - eventually - trading director for Asda Direct.
He´s been in charge of Sony PlayStation UK since 2011, meaning he was in charge for the PS3 doings in that territorial .... if PS3 was only 3rd when he joined Sony, he prolly hasn´t done much to change that image.
Dunno how you can now claim that thanks to him the PS4 is nrº1 in UK. It has to do more that the PS4 is a sexy beast and successful on its own merits and not because he was in charge of it. You could most likely hire an ape from the local Zoo to direct Sony UK and the PS4 would still print money like a wh...
PlayStation UK head Fergal Gara talked about what Black Friday and the season around it ended up resulting in.
The PS4 has had unprecedented success since it was released in 2013, but its predecessor, the PS3, seems to be drifting off into the distance. This Fall represents a massive opportunities for developers and publishers to capitalize on a rising new-gen audience and Sony is quite aware of that.
Seing as how Tretton said there'd be a 10 year plan for the console, this should come as no surprise
Seeing how everyone gets excited with all the remasters for PS4 I'm not surprised and sorely disappointed. That generation lasted longer than it should, I'm baffled to why people want to extend that longer into the PS4. Let's keep it moving.
Sony may have 'no concerns' but what about PS4 gamers?
That's what I'm talking about, be confident and let haters keep talking that good s#*t
LFG E3!
Those two games mentioned happen to be games that I'm looking forward to. Plus I just got Bloodborne and MLB15: The Show which are both great games, Bloodborne being a GOTY contender. In addition we could be in store for some great announcements for holiday 2105 at E3. So I'm not concerned. Also you have your yearly multiplats
They have a decent lineup and who knows what may be released around then. Sony has it.
I think Sony tends to be more concerned about the whole year instead of 2 months only.........the summer drought is real on the other side though.