Following the reveal of the PS5 Professional, PlayStation’s co-CEO has stated that consoles will stay on the core of its enterprise.
In a latest interview with Japanese publication Nikkei (by way of VGC), Sony Interactive Leisure’s Platform Enterprise Group head, Hideaki Nishino, was requested in regards to the worth of PlayStation’s console.
In response, the co-CEO defined that though the corporate is presently increasing its general recreation market to PC, consoles will stay on the core of its enterprise.
“I feel that with cellular gadgets, there are lots of video games that present ads, and PCs are troublesome to arrange, however with PlayStation, when you flip it on, you may expertise the content material you obtain immediately,” Nishino stated. “The shop the place you buy software program additionally affords an intuitive expertise as a result of the merchandise are specified by an easy-to-understand method.”
Nishino additionally stated that it hopes to succeed in a wider viewers by providing video games throughout a number of platforms, in addition to on PlayStation gadgets.
“We try to extend our share of the general recreation market by growing content material for PCs as properly,” he stated. “There isn’t any doubt that consoles might be on the core of our enterprise, however by providing titles for platforms apart from consoles, we’ll attain a wider vary of shoppers.”
Sony formally unveiled the PS5 Professional final week as a part of its PlayStation 5 Technical Presentation, the place it confirmed that the mid-generation console will launch globally on November 7, 2024.
Pre-orders for the PS5 Professional are set to go stay on September 26 and can value $699.99 / £699.99 / AU$1052.99.
