PlayStation Has 2 CEO's Now. With Jim Ryan Gone, What Does This Mean For PS5 & The Future?

[@courtz1ace]

Nice to see Sony learning from the Sith Lords & introducing the Rule of Two

[@Real-Name..Maqavoy]

They. Dont. Ever. Learn...

[@shadowaussie1012]

Xperia line was one of there biggest failures

[@DavideDavini]

Or The Office. LOL.

[@jzilla1234]

​@@shadowaussie1012 I'm using an Xperia phone right now. the only top end phone with 4k oled, sd card slot and a headphone jack with hi res audio chip

[@Jedimindfocker]

I wonder if there’ll ever be a time where they’ll issue their own version of a order 66

[@AndersonTenecela]

Let’s hope this will be PS’s return to its Japanese roots

[@jamesray1950]

Game Informer did and interview with Hermen Hulst in 2021 and Hulst says that Japanese games are core to Sony’s identity, despite rumors of the contrary.“I will say that we are in some ways very much a Japanese company still,” says Hulst. “That’s our heritage. That’s still part of who we are. We love our Japanese games.”

[@jackrobinson3751]

What would that look like?

[@KonaSquid]

Nope. Herman Hulst hates Japan.

[@Pyovali]

​@@jamesray1950 So much bs. Playstation is currently the most anti-Japanese console to exist.

[@KonaSquid]

Nope, Herman Hulst hates Japan.

[@КириллГалыбин]

Finally CEO of gaming company who play games and produce them

[@Toddfrommario]

The Sony you knew is gone

[@alexk9295]

You mean like Phil?

[@ps4games164]

Sony is in WEF. There's no hope.

[@TheDeviantPro]

@@alexk9295 Phil never produced games/a game developer like Hermen Hulst was.

[@alexk9295]

@@TheDeviantPro i thought he was. Apparantly he developed things like Encarta encyclopedia. Anyway, supposedly he is a real gamer.

[@sonypony69420]

Nice to see a Japanese CEO, & Hermen Hulst is awesome!

[@SD-vp5vo]

herman hulst purchased concord for sony

[@sonypony69420]

@@SD-vp5vo Concord is trying to be Valorant, but way better than Valorant. Valorant is free-to-play. The mistake was asking $40 for Concord instead of making it F2P.

[@NxtDoc1851]

Let's hope for more great (physical) games, return to some dormant franchises (Resistance, Killzone, inFAMOUS, Socom) and a focus on Home Consoles for a long time.

[@Demonsouls1993]

they are suits not gamers they dont care what we want or whats needed to survive

[@captaindestruction9332]

The focus should still be to expand PlayStation especially to places like PC. The focus can still be on consoles but imo it's smart business and makes sense to keep pushing outwards where it makes sense especially if it allows more games to be made.

[@curryking1]

@@Demonsouls1993 this guy literally created both horizon and killzone what the hell are you talking about 🤡🤡

[@ericwalker6477]

If they let go of the greed and make games we want, we will buy those games and be happy

[@The_Primary_Axiom]

Once Sony stops selling physical copies, it’s going to be tough selling millions of copies of games. Especially now where they force censorship on digital purchases. I was signed up for PSN since PS4. I canceled my subscription for the first time in 2m years after the pointless stellar blade censorship, and I will never sign up again. I’ll stick to my PC now, and occasional physical copies of games I’ll buy. Probably never a western game again. Selling you a a mature game uncensored and then forcing a censorship patch is so anti-consumer. Not to mention this was right after they did the same shit with tomb raider. Then after stellar blade they censored their own booklet on an adult game but kept it uncensored on the Nintendo. So they censor their own mature rated game on PlayStation but keep it uncensored on a child’s console. Then comes the helldivers 2 debacle. Whoever is making these absolutely terrible decisions over there need to be let go.

[@parallelfinn]

Hurmen hulst going from managing a game studio to managing playstation is quite a wild career

[@dapperfan44]

From managing a game studio, to being head of all the studios, to being a CEO.

[@VonDutchNL]

Hermen*

[@SD-vp5vo]

and a grave mistake for sony

[@GrainGrown]

Hurmen? hulst?

[@Boss_Fight_Index_muki]

Let's hope having a game dev in the captain's seat will mean less emphasis on live service games and more focus on deep single player experiences/

[@Jay2loud]

I hope so

[@stark5679]

Really, lets get back to the story driven gaming

[@ThomastheDankEngine8900]

To add on to that, hopefully it also means more focus on Eastern/Japanese games and far less focus on Western garbage.

[@ElPibePlay1000]

They already lowered 12 GaaS to 6, thts a hint imo

[@kurvas12peligrosas]

Yeah that what i love about playstation

[@Embrace_the_darkness]

I miss the old dreamteam from the PS3 PS4 days. Uncle Kaz, Jack Tretton, Shawn Layden and Andrew House.

[@cokelife5831]

Dont forget kevin butler

[@Embrace_the_darkness]

@@cokelife5831 I will never forget him. That character was great. 'Every gamer is a true gamer'

[@GrandMasterJon]

ITS TIME TO GO BACK TO THE OLD DAYS OF PLAYSTATION WHEN IT WAS MARKETED WITH KEVIN BUTLER AND PUTTING GAMING ON THE FORFRONT

[@1kbmahan]

Yaptastic

[@curryking1]

that's.... not the old days of playstation.... old days of playstation was crash bandicoot standing in front of nintendo headquarters with a megaphone.... kevin butler is good but not that good

[@SweetKingTanner]

It’s like you think PlayStation isn’t putting out good games. My backlog for this year is already fool. B0z0

[@ZackSNetwork]

@@SweetKingTannerThey aren’t Sony sucks know.

[@avgnfandon2]

@@ZackSNetworkyour grammar is even worse

[@NFSBeast2365]

I’m gonna hold my breath until I see HOW these fellows perform.

[@SD-vp5vo]

herman hulst bought concord studio

[@bobafett4265]

To quote an infamous movie is how I feel about this. "This is getting out of hand, now there are two of them".

[@curryking1]

its an interesting choice and natural step, they are already in those roles effectively under the previous leadership with jim ryan, now without him they are instead of svp of the same divisions, they are now CEO of those divisions, which just gives them more control of what they already were in charge of, i wish them the best, and it is good they already have shown they are effective managers just being in the svp positions for so long before this change, it matters for our gaming hardware and software 🙏🏾🙏🏾

[@DeadPiixxel]

bring back PlayStation home

[@ChicagoBulls1984]

And every old PS1/2/3 game to the PS store

[@Abdullah3ashoor]

Yes please god please

[@sam2399]

Ps home with dream integrated into the experience.(so the community can make there own clothes and areas) plus exclusive items you get from ps studios trophy unlocks... It's a pipe dream

[@ericwalker6477]

Yes it’s not too late to turn the ship around and go home

[@Abdullah3ashoor]

@@sam2399 i do like the idea but in the age of micro transactions i think it will never happen 🙄 lets hope they make it to begin with i dont think they want ps home at all unfortunately, mystic documentary on home was amazing and it showed a lot of interest among people. Yet sony wouldn’t listen to them which is very unfortunate

[@MegaDrain]

I misread the title like 3 times thinking it said, "PlayStation 2 Has CEO's Now." I was very confused.

[@CaptainCJ97]

The return of the ps2 lets go

[@Packbeee]

Eric Lempel, now there's a name I haven't heard in a while. Any major UI overhauls back in the day Lempel was the guy.

[@deusmico]

Thanks!

[@Rukzy]

Let's go Mystic, keep up the great content bud

[@kevikiru]

CEOs not CEO's. The former is plural, the latter indicates possession, as in, that is the CEO's seat.

[@hymiecamp]

It’s LeviOsa, not LeviosAR! 🤓

[@dominicmanning4512]

Thanks for mentioning this, a very common error these days.

[@TheFloodFourm]

When would it be CEOs’?

[@victxr]

Clutch upload timing

[@keijijohnson9754]

Wow, came in really early this time. Hopefully these new introductions will result in more of a restructuring to the PlayStation lineup to the point of bringing it back to becoming more worthwhile like woth the PS3 and 4. I hope this would also resukt in them fixing a lot of Jim Ryan's mistakes from the last few months as well. Many of us would love for PS Plus to be something like it was back in the PS3 days instead of being something that is necessary to get the most out of the PS4 and especially PS5.

[@curryking1]

herman hulst most important endeavour is now going to be trying to integrate bungie as a sony studio, and importantly their technology for shooter games, since that is proprietary to bungie, they should absolutely never let bungie go, even if there is turnover as a cost, they also need to take over the bungie board as they have been doing apparently, because this lack of integration cannot continue in scei/scewws

[@CMONCMON007]

Its interesting to see a game developer becoming a CEO which could be a good thing. Satoru Iwata before he became CEO of Nintendo had his background in game development

[@Imhim247]

Hopefully Playstation going back to Japan roots where the games was creative and revolution

[@Thespywhoteabaggedme]

And hopefully the games sell well this time to force Sony to keep supporting them.

[@ElPibePlay1000]

@@Thespywhoteabaggedme LMAO nice trolling

[@Electro096]

Yeah I know right

[@Imhim247]

@@Thespywhoteabaggedme Hahahaha! That's funny

[@Imhim247]

@@Electro096 Yup. But I doubt it lol

[@RazielAU]

I'm on board with Herman Hulst, I think most of us expected he might be the next CEO, what I didn't expect was that they'd split Playstation into platform hardware and software divisions with different CEOs for each. I'm going to have to see how this plays out over the coming years, it's hard to say if this is a good or bad thing.

[@hazime241]

Nice late night video before I sleep thank you Mr mystic ❤

[@tristanedwards7302]

I think it's a good move to put someone in charge that has been there and done that (and been successful), in terms of being in the trenches and understanding what challenges the developers and development teams as a whole have to deal with on a day to day basis.

[@jankmedia1985]

Sony has a long way to go still but in glad to see a Japanese guy as CEO.

[@sam2399]

Thanks for the update 🤙🏼

[@SD-vp5vo]

that hermen hulst guy will completely kill off playstation

[@peoplepeople21]

I hope they relist their games on steam again. The fact that they sold Hell Divers 2 initially to so many countries and just took them down is so bad. A live service game needs as many players as possible

[@Blag_Cog]

Do you think Nishino handling 3rd party relations has to do with many of the most interesting 3rd party prospects are all eastern studios like Korean, Chinese and Japanese? Maybe they think he'll do a better job with communicating due to cultural cohesion? Just speculation ofc.

[@takerukurosawa2337]

Yes, he's responsible for third party relations

[@sdmalpas]

If i have any wishes for playstation going forward,i would say utilize stagnant IP's. There are so many great games that deserve some love, some genuinely amazing games. Calm down with the multiple remasters. More love for peripherals. PSVR2 could be great, even more so with the ps5 pro coming soon. A new PSP. No,not the fucking portal. Light gun games...i need them.

[@robertlawrence9000]

As long as the left hand, knows what the right hand is doing. Hopefully they will be for the customer. It makes me wonder what happened with the Helldivers PC fiasco and who made that out of touch decision. A bit concerning.

[@wotanmituns33]

Remember when Michael Scott and Jim Halpert were both regional managers in The Office? 😂😂

[@AnEnglishGentleman]

So many of us have been playing PlayStation for ages, and know that many of our favourite franchises haven’t seen a new game for a decade. Time to revive them gentlemen.

[@lrc1986]

I expect there to be a bigger push into PC given Hulst's track record.

[@KristianNikolla8]

Damn was checking to see if you posted a new Gaming pickups episode but at least we got another video LFG

[@HIGHonLIFE1012]

I think it's especially exciting with Hideaki Nishino, who has been more console focused over the years. If this means more console exclusives then I'm all for it. Him being in charge of 3rd Party relations is probably going to go a long ways too if they continue to partner with eastern studios like Shift Up and bring great games like Stellar Blade to the PS5. PlayStation Studios and their games will continue to reign supreme!

[@nineten9011]

I kinda like how Sony executives are long time company employees, not ceo shuffling like most other corporations do

[@princegroove]

The best of both worlds: creative and technical visionaries. Let’s go!

[@adavidtoremember]

What a subversive move. Honestly having a former game developer as the head of all their game developers is an absolutely great idea. I know he was already the head of PS Studios but that thought just came to me right now.

[@Henkibojj]

It's great, but also makes me wonder who his replacement will be. A numbskull? Then the effect will be contrary unless HH grabs them by the ear all the time.

[@Abdullah3ashoor]

i honestly dont know whats the power of a ceo in playstation and what they are able to change or do

[@davidforman6191]

Someone needs to make final decision on strategy etc.

[@ICESTORMSx]

Bungie should be given the reigns to RESISTANCE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@vintatsh]

I don't expect much to change but there is a sliver of hope here. Hulst being responsible for the first-party output from the west while the hardware/platform development is primarily managed from Japan is how it's been for years from my understanding. But the potentially interesting thing is that in addition to managing the platform experience, Nishino will now also be responsible for third-party publisher and developer relations AND commercial operations which could open the door to a wider portfolio of "second-party" games, potentially from and into the japanese market. They might start to think about Nintendo more, especially with the rumors of a potential Playstation handheld for next gen.

[@papi1999]

It means that playstation will do better and make pro consumer decisions? We all hope so at least that's for sure

[@redkhamelejoon1599]

co -ceos rarely work out in the business world if at all lets see how it goes

[@quiethours1818]

I think this is a smart move. The Playstation brand is huge now - too much for one person to really be on top of.

[@CaptainCJ97]

Herm moving up fast. hopefully this turns out well for ps onwers

[@striderryu6228]

Hopefully 🙏🏾 PlayStation home comes to psvr2

[@naruto21048]

I want to see game preservation with PS1 to PS3

[@DeanPlays]

I kind of like that there's 2. Hopefully it means less stress for them and more back and fourth ideas compared to their being just 1 CEO.

[@Wolverine-ky9gk]

I want a Sly Cooper revival make it happen Sony

[@gurulaghima6518]

Dude, just play new games. You can't be 11 years old for the rest of your life

[@shadowaussie1012]

​@gurulaghima6518 why spend money and gamble your savings when sony milk its loyal gamers to microtranctions, ntcs and online when ps3 established free online gaming. Why should I pay premium just to play ps2 and ps3 digital games when I buy second hand ps3 and pay nothing. Sony better wake up and bring in disk baclwards compability even it'll on the pro or an update or even sony backwardsninstallmebt option

[@klarapetrijevcanin]

​@@gurulaghima6518let the man have his wants

[@musicimpact7120]

​@@gurulaghima6518 we should still be able to play the old games if we want to though. Especially since these are PlayStation franchises...

[@gurulaghima6518]

@@musicimpact7120 yeah I agree, I don't know why Sony doesn't have a service to play retro games

[@beautepley8352]

Looks like we're in good hands. Looking forward to late cycle ps5 games and hopefully a better launch of titles on ps6.

[@zadi10gaming16]

Great news. One can focus on software, one on hardware

[@Watersleigh]

I hope this means something serious in the advancement of gaming for PlayStation. It is 2024 after all.

[@thestealthdragon6022]

Definitely impressed 👏 with the decision for 2 ceos for playstation going forward!!!!

[@KRIAJK]

Hopefully with two separate CEOs we will get either more events or more updates on things.

[@Jnrlionndogg]

57 seconds ago is crazy

[@locodesert2]

Whatever the new ceo is I hope they try to help PlayStation get its shit together.

[@milesmorales9438]

What you mean “whoever the new ones are”, your literally watching the video/ saw who they were

[@cosmosofinfinity]

@@milesmorales9438 I'm sure that the point is that they don't care WHO the new CEOs are

[@milesmorales9438]

@@cosmosofinfinity oh ok, I just saw that and thought what he said made no sense but the way you put it sounds better now

[@Raventhewitch-fk8hm]

My favorite console is Playstation 3 let's hope that they fix the sign up for PlayStation Network for your PS3

[@Thisisaparticularlylonghandle]

No apostrophe in CEOs, my man, unless it's a possessive clause for one of them.

[@Attackonjon_]

Maybethey can lower the price of PS Plus back to $60

[@teenermeener971]

Maybe there still hope for ps4 folders on ps5.

[@reticulizeta7351]

let’s bring physical copies back

[@thefallenvalley4340]

Sorry man but as much as I LOVE physical copies, I think most people don't care. For us who love physical copies, I think we'll have our fair share.

[@CloudyMemory]

Back? They didn't go anywhere. Or is this a US thing?

[@thefallenvalley4340]

@@CloudyMemory Back as in the main focus.

[@AverageAspie]

The Dutch are getting to be in charge of everything haha

[@carltonbanks7566]

I hope Playstation will have a much better condition now that it's in good hands 🙌

[@eded9157]

So, kind of the same but Hulst got a bigger check.

[@BoltonGaming]

Wow I’m so surprised that Herman hulst is part of the leadership group lol who saw that one coming

[@jeffreygranda9815]

I didnt bud

[@curryking1]

he has advanced every few years by a large margin, he was definitely headed there

[@BoltonGaming]

@@jeffreygranda9815 the way Ryan has talked about Herman hulst recently as in the last 2-3 years I think that’s when I realized he was gonna have that job as soon as it was freed up

[@ThomastheDankEngine8900]

Honestly thought Eric Lempel would be the new CEO, not that it would be a co-CEO position with Hulst becoming one of them.

[@smgofdvld]

He got horizon on him and someone in Sony hq must really like him .

[@thedayofquicksilver6930]

🎉 A new Playstation generation officially begins, and I'm excited! 😊

[@xfa93]

So 3 people are filling Ryan's role, hope this won't cause conflicts in important decisions.

[@aricanderson3715]

What is the name of Ryan’s podcast?

[@droningharry]

Why to be on top of the Sony PlayStation news as it breaks Ryan! He's hoping that ruling by committee doesn't become an issue and PlayStation continues to grow and expand. I came back to PlayStation because they always seem to have a plan unlike Xbox where it seems Phil Spenser is getting overruled with every decision he makes. I hated to leave but PlayStation just has the leadership and more importantly the games. I'm a 62 year old gamer who just want to casually have my fun playing the games I love and enjoy so much.

[@Stripes404]

THIS IS THE BEST NEWS ABOUT PS I HAVE HEARD 🗣️🗣️🗣️🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@fighthistoryarchive9630]

We will see 10,000 pc ports devaluing the consoles library and 7000 new Horizon games and not much else. All Hulst has done

[@cokelife5831]

That boy hermen come a long way

[@izzyd3613]

Love this move! Excited to see what the future holds.

[@marcosalvarez5712]

State of play or playstation showcase just need to be announced. I'm looking forward to buying a playstation 5 pro.

[@jeremygalloway1348]

Bring back ps3 and ps1

[@NFSBeast2365]

And your mom

[@maalikserebryakov]

@@NFSBeast2365classic playstation kiddie

[@luizmelendezgaming1615]

Get over it, with the old games already...

[@jefftheindianchief8279]

Old games matter, otherwise there wouldn't be a concerted effort to remake & remaster.

[@dapperfan44]

​@@luizmelendezgaming1615Get over other people wanting what they want.

[@mpa324]

PS fan since PS1, I'm older now and rarely find time to play, but I still like to play online. Please make cheaper PS+ tier solely for just being able to playing online. Possibly free like the good old days.

[@thefallenvalley4340]

Hopefully they start showing games soon and go back to their old roots.

[@FurBurger151]

Seem like some pretty solid choices!

[@xcom_rx7241]

Bring back MOTOR STORM

[@lemming9984]

Oh Yeah!. I'm not a great fan of racing games generally, but I did love Motorstorm (and Burnout). The only Motorstorm I can play at the moment is RC on my Vita - not a great game at all!

[@Crimsongz]

Yes please !

[@xcom_rx7241]

@@lemming9984 yeah Burnout is the best but sadly EA Is getting worse and worse, If Play station getting worse I end up buying a PC, Sony:They focused lot of activist games and hours unnecessary Cut scenes

[@lemming9984]

@@xcom_rx7241 Agree. I've had my PS5 since 2 months after release. I have 8 games. In the same period for PS1 - PS4 I had over 40. Modern gaming is so boring - whatever console it is on. I won't buy COD 63, Farcry 19 or Assasin's Creed 57 etc, etc, etc.

[@xcom_rx7241]

@@lemming9984 The reason I play PS5 faster loading time 60 FPS Better cooling. Can play PS4 Games PS4 overheat struggle to play newr games

[@Swagkia_Kuchiki]

Glad we got a Japanese CEO. Hopefully we see a big focus on Japanese software. Sony nerds to strengthen their sales there. Though companies like Capcom, Bandai or Square have been trying to appeal to western audiences given that's where the bulk of sales are. Sony should get deals with Sega (Persona), Nihon (Ys & Trails of Cold Steel) and Level 5 studios (Dark Cloud and Ni No Kuni) for exclusivity.

[@cosmicobsidian672]

Save the playstation Society Hermen Hulst!!!

[@tucoerquilenne6765]

I hope the next step is to get out of the US. We’ll have to see how they respond to the BS moves Sony has made lately.

[@blacklotus9121]

Playstation should never have been in American hands

[@izzyperez5319]

Hope new PlayStation CEOS will ban Force DEI/ESG/BRIDGE ECT and bad politics from Gaming and bring PS 1/2/3 Games from PS Plus Premium to PS Store (Physically) . I've wish getting Batman Arkham Origin on PS5!😊

[@dapperfan44]

That won't happen. At least PS1 and 2 games are in the store, but the problem is we haven't been getting any new PS2 games.

[@ThomastheDankEngine8900]

@@dapperfan44they are making a new emulator I think because of exploits with the old one

[@lifestream85]

2 CEOs ? Oh boy , it’s going to be a new era for PlayStation ❤

[@Digital-_-Spirit]

With Sony dividing up the hardware and software PlayStation under different leaderships, I believe it’s more telling of them wanting to become a bigger third-party publisher

[@eatoneaton]

Playstation in its the office season 6 era

[@thefallenvalley4340]

That was when Jim Ryan was in charge, Hulst is some sort of a Michael.

[@mandarinamala6513]

So... Hideo Kojima and Herman Hulst announcing a multiplattform espionage thing... That shit just got serious!!!!

[@itachi93674]

Maybe they will get rid of censorship for eastern games now

[@ThomastheDankEngine8900]

Lol that’ll happen

[@cokelife5831]

I want socom killzone resistance mag warhawk

[@danieljames7605]

bring back playstation community

[@ogre706]

Sony needs 5 CEOs in order to fully maximize the multi-threading capabilities of the business suit each one wears.

[@Imhotep397]

So basically Hiroki Totoki is the real boss now…

[@Good_Horsey]

And with a name like that, good on him.

[@stewarde17]

Good perhaps they will not need travel as much with london studio closed and 2 ceo one for each side of the pond. Maybe sony can keep a ceo longer than 5 years as well is get better communication.

[@silverian]

Thanks for Playstation update!

[@rednival]

“Hideaki is very pervey to what’s going on.” Don’t kink shame, bro. Some people just like to watch.

[@nolifebr]

I will only approve if one of them (or both) wears a "gamer" shirt at an event.