Jim Ryan A lengthy interview with GamesIndustry.biz this week, a lot of interesting information emerged from it, but some unleashed some controversy, as often happens to the CEO of Sony Interactive Entertainment, particularly in relation to the concept of video games as not being in the Middle east Before PlayStation and on the size of the markets in Russia and Spain.
Obviously, even in this case, it’s about to explain Jim Ryan’s words, taken literally, may seem out of place but their meaning needs to be rephrased. “In the Middle East, people have never experienced video games before PlayStation,” especially the sentence uttered by the SIE chief in the interview, which provoked numerous reactions.
Among all, the famous independent developer is especially noteworthy Rami Ismail, who noted that video games had already been enjoyed even before the arrival of PlayStation, but also the site IGN and others to determine how the Atari, Nintendo Famicom and Sega Mega Drive are.
Even the fact that markets are described as Spain and Russia Despite its small size and not as developed as it later became with the arrival of PlayStation, it drew some criticism, although in this case Ryan was at least a little measured against the claim.
Obviously, everything must be explained to find the meaning of the words of the president of Sony Interactive Entertainment: the fact is that thanks to the distribution chain that it already had thanks to other consumer electronics sectors, Sony above all preferred a more widespread distribution And above all responsible for the consoles with the access of PlayStation to these regions, in particular in the Middle East and in some regions of Europe, which, moreover, was followed directly by Ryan in the EMEA region.
However, it is also true that even in this case, Jim Ryan has somewhat emphasized the tendency to speak somewhat directly perhaps without measuring words as much, despite his position as the best supporter of the Sony PlayStation, which in the past has also led to many of reactions after other general interventions.
In the same interview, Jim Ryan also mentioned that PS5 has the best selection of exclusives ever among Sony consoles, and that he dreams of a world where exclusives aren’t imprisoned on consoles.
