How will PS 4 transition to PS 5? Let’s hear it directly from the source. Here’s what Jim Ryan, the chairman of Sony Interactive Entertainment and CEO, has to say on this subject.
But before that, there is one thing we need to mention. The upcoming PS 5 console is a beast of machinery. Therefore, the price for it will be on its worth. And some players might complain about this very touchy subject. But, great devices are worth every penny. However, how will today’s recession affect the next-gen console selling?
“Recent history has told us that gaming is one of the pastimes, and one of the businesses, that benefits in economically difficult times,” Ryan suggests. “It’s quite logical, people don’t have the money to go out so they stay at home. Now, who knows how this recession is going to look, how deep it will be and how long it will last. It could be that the historic templates, the historic models, that have applied in the past may not apply in the future”
“I think the best way that we can address this is by providing the best possible value proposition that we can. I don’t necessarily mean lowest price. Value is a combination of many things. In our area it means games, it means number of games, depth of games, breadth of games, quality of games, price of games… all of these things and how they avail themselves of the feature set of the platform.”
It is hard for every company to find a big audience to sell their products. Just think about the Unreal 5 demo released earlier this month. You can definitely see the hard work Sony has done to make the game experience even better than it is at the moment. And all that fancy technology has a price.
As for the transition between the PS 4 and its successor, it will happen “at a scale and pace that we’ve never delivered before,” says Ryan.
This article is base on Jim Ryan’s interview with gamesindustry.biz.
