Sony Interactive Leisure CEO Hermen Hulst has mentioned that PlayStation’s portfolio of “nice video games” has change into extra various 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 Group 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 centered on Astro Bot so it’s no shock that Hulst didn’t convey up Harmony, however the gaming group isn’t about to let that one go, particularly because the podcast went reside on the identical day that Harmony went darkish… probably for good.
“Sport launches are massively essential and so they’re completely different for each staff,” 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 of bit extra on the enterprise side of a launch.”
Hulst went on to say that it’s essential for PlayStation Studios to focus on varied genres, together with the household market. “PlayStation has an even bigger group than it’s ever had and I feel our portfolio of nice video games is extra various now,” Hulst continued. “However with the launch of Astro, I feel what we’re doing is celebrating what PlayStation has made nice over time…it’s a celebration of pleasure and of collaboration.”
