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Sony co-CEO Hideki Nishino talked about PlayStation's future in the home console market during a recent interview, confirming the company's focus on home consoles.
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Nishino emphasized the growing amount of games available for PS5, highlighting the many users who continue to play PS4 games.
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He also highlighted Sony's recent efforts to expand PlayStation's user base, including PS Portal in the form of cloud gaming for PS5 players.
PlayStation Addressing the growing popularity of cloud-based gaming, it intends to keep its focus on the home console market and the PS5 in the future. Since the debut of the PS1 in the 1990s, PlayStation has become one of the biggest titans of the modern gaming industry, with Sony becoming a household name in gaming. The PS2 is one of the best-selling consoles of all time and a report last month revealed that the PS5 has sold 65 million consoles. Now, Sony's focus seems to remain firmly on the console market.
Recent years have seen Sony push new ways for PlayStation fans to experience the platform's best games on a variety of hardware. Sony has brought its first-party exclusives to PC, such as cute games God of War: Ragnarok and Marvel's Spider-Man The series is making its multi-platform debut. Sony also debuted PlayStation Portal as a handheld peripheral for the PS5, allowing users to stream their PlayStation 5 to the device. A new interview with Sony's co-CEO confirms that Sony continues to prioritize the console market.
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Sony is committed to focusing on the home console market
As reported by TwistedVoxel, Sony Interactive Entertainment CEO Hideaki Nishino spoke about the company's future in the console market in a recent interview with Famitsu. Nishino believes that PlayStation home consoles will be the main focus for the company for the foreseeable future, citing the growing volume of PS5 games. Nishino also proudly touts the many users who continue to play PS4 games, while he believes the PS5 still has a long life ahead of it.
While Nishino largely affirmed Sony's focus on the console market, he addressed how Sony continues to push the envelope in expanding PlayStation's user base. He cited PlayStation Portal as a major recent addition to the Sony lineup, allowing players a remote way to play PS5 games while discounting cloud gaming as the company's main future. Nishino also briefly talked about Sony's next-generation console plans, emphasizing the need for innovation with new consoles along with the price and release window.
Hideaki Nishino's optimism about the future of PlayStation's home console comes amid a celebratory time for the Sony gaming brand. Sony is celebrating the 30th anniversary of the Japanese release of the original PlayStation with a number of festivities, including special anniversary menu themes for the PS5. Sony has also featured several major sales as part of the celebrations, including huge discounts on popular series. god of war, Gran Turismoand horizon among others. Sony looks set to maintain its dominance as the biggest console figurehead in gaming going into the future.
PlayStation 5
Sony's PlayStation 5 is part of the ninth console generation and debuted with a launch lineup that included Demon's Souls and Astro's Playroom. The console comes with a Blu-ray disc, although a digital-only version is also available at a cheaper price.
