Like, a lot a lot.
Far more than it makes video games for.
Sony, by and large, is doing well.
The issue is it is slowing down.
The only issue is the people who make those decisions have a way of making everything seem impossibly boring.
And the good news is he gave a recent interview and discussed potentially bringing the old Sony games back.
That’s something a lot of gamers, myself included, are happy to hear.
The bad news is the way he said it.
There is more, but I’m already falling asleep.
Of course, there are some caveats.
Hulst is a businessman speaking as a businessman, which requires a sense of dullness.
However, these caveats do not entirely assuage my fears.
The problem is he speaks very plainly about the fact these video games are simply tools to generate income.
If that’s the case, they might be forced to bend until they break.
2024 was the year the live-service bubble suffered a very public and embarrassing burst.
Do we really want Siren back if it’s now an asymmetrical survival horror?
Will Jak suffer the same fate as Crash viaJak Team Rumble?
Would you take a newApe Escapeif it was now a hero extraction shooter?
This is the problem with bringing classics back with a modern mindset.
These games should sell enough copies that they cost less than they make.
They should be 10-12 hour games that we play, like, and move on from.
That’s how games used to be, and still can be today.
Better yet, they can be while existing alongside technical behemoths Sony has become known for.
I’m excited for old games to come back.
But I’m not sure I trust the man who sees that as an opportunity to leverage legacy IP.
