Game Consoles To Remain ‘At The Centre Of Our Business For Some Time,’ Says PlayStation CEO Hideaki Nishino

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Hideaki Nishino, Platform Business Group CEO for Sony Interactive Entertainment, has revealed during a recent interview with Famitsu that he doesn’t see traditional gaming hardware disappearing anytime soon, and that consoles will remain an important part of the PlayStation business for a while yet.

As of today, many PS4 games are being played, and the number of PS5 games is increasing rapidly. It is unlikely that this will suddenly change tomorrow, so there is no doubt that home video game consoles will remain at the center of our business for some time.

However, we are also seeing an increase in the number of PCs and other different styles, so we are in the process of thinking about how to increase the number of PlayStation users overall, including those on the PSN. Some people may misunderstand me when I say this, but if you have cloud gaming on PS Portal and PS5 games running, some people may think that we have already entered the era of cloud gaming. However, you still need a controller and a screen in your hand, and we believe that hardware will not disappear just yet.

Elsewhere, the executive stated that Sony feels the PS5 will enjoy a long market life similar to its predecessor, and indicated that it will still be very much in use by the time new hardware comes along.

We believe that PS5 will have a long lifecycle, just like PS4. However, I don’t think it is right to delay the timing of the launch of the next product that incorporates new technology because of the long time it will take. The timing for the launch of new hardware is related to the time frame in which technology evolves and the time frame in which we are able to implement that technology. Therefore, I think it is important to offer new products while people play the ones that are currently being used, and to expand the total number of games we offer.

Sony hasn’t announced anything about the PS6 yet, but the console is reportedly well into development and will utilise AMD’s UDNA GPU architecture with either a Zen4 or Zen5-era CPU.

[Source – Famitsu via MP1st]