Kenichiro Yoshida, the CEO of Sony, recently gave an interview to Norges Bank Investment Management, a government fund in Norway. He was asked about the future of the gaming industry and where it is headed. Yoshida’s response was that games will be ubiquitous, meaning people will be able to play games from anywhere with any device that has processing power. While Sony still sees its console, PlayStation, as the primary market, they are expanding their game services to include PC, mobile, and cloud gaming.
We have already seen PlayStation games being ported to PC for some time. As for cloud gaming, it exists to some extent, but it is not a major focus yet (currently limited to game streaming through PlayStation Plus or PlayStation Now). Mobile gaming is also an area where Sony has not made much of an impact. At the moment, there is only the PlayStation Portal, a device for streaming games over Wi-Fi. Therefore, Yoshida’s statement might indicate that we will see Sony taking cloud and mobile markets more seriously in the near future.
Yoshida also mentioned the concept of subscription-based gaming, which Sony already offers with PlayStation Plus. He pointed out that gamers tend to play only one game at a time during a certain period. As a result, the model of paying a subscription fee to play games without limitations may not have a significant market, compared to the familiar pay-per-view model for movies.
TLDR: Kenichiro Yoshida, the CEO of Sony, believes that games will become ubiquitous, accessible from any device with processing power. While Sony still sees PlayStation as its main market, they are expanding into PC, mobile, and cloud gaming. Yoshida’s comments suggest that we may see Sony focusing more on cloud and mobile markets in the near future. He also mentioned that subscription-based gaming may not have a big market compared to pay-per-view models for movies.
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