Sony Interactive Leisure CEO Hermen Hulst has mentioned that PlayStation’s portfolio of “nice video games” has grow to be extra numerous over time, and the platform boasts a “larger” group than ever earlier than. Hulst made these feedback in the course of the newest episode of the official PlayStation podcast, the place he and Staff Asobi’s Nicolas Doucet talked about Astro Bot‘s profitable launch.
Making PlayStation video games in varied genres is ‘massively essential,’ says CEO
The podcast was targeted on Astro Bot so it’s no shock that Hulst didn’t deliver up Harmony, however the gaming group isn’t about to let that one go, particularly for the reason that podcast went reside on the identical day that Harmony went darkish… probably for good.
“Recreation launches are massively essential and so they’re completely different for each group,” Hulst mentioned whereas explaining his particular curiosity in Astro Bot. “In my new function as a CEO of the Studio Enterprise Group at SIE, I look a bit bit extra on the enterprise side of a launch.”
Hulst went on to say that it’s crucial for PlayStation Studios to focus on varied genres, together with the household market. “PlayStation has a much bigger group than it’s ever had and I believe our portfolio of nice video games is extra numerous now,” Hulst continued. “However with the launch of Astro, I believe what we’re doing is celebrating what PlayStation has made nice over time…it’s a celebration of pleasure and of collaboration.”