PlayStation CEOs sat with Variety to talk about the PS5 Pro, adaptation of their IPs into movies, and everything in-between. The CEOs Hideaki Nishino and Hermen Hulst made several eyepopping revelations including clarifying that PS5 Pro is not the next-gen console.
From the reveal of the PS5 Pro, Sony made it clear that what it wants to do is to eliminate the situation where gamers had to choose between Fidelity and Performance mode. The new console added the PSSR, PlayStation’s native image upscaler. Nevertheless, some gamers still think the PS5 Pro is the next-gen console.
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“I just wanted to say that the Pro is not a next-gen,” Nishino clarified. “It is still in the PS5 generation. PS5 Pro will do everything [the] PS does. So, it’s a consumer choice. If they see a need for more visuality, they will get it. So, we wanted to provide an option for the consumer within the generation, that’s what we’re doing.”
Sony launched the PS5 on November 19, 2020 but Nishino said the development of the mid-generation upgrade was already in works before that time—and the current-gen pro release builds on the experiences they gathered from making the last generation pro.
“So, we have done Pro in the last generation,” Nishino said. “We learned a lot from there. When we were selling PS4 Pro, in addition to the PS4, 20% of customers actually got the PS4 Pro. It was high end, it was premium tier.”
“We started working on PS5 Pro even before PS5 launches — it was another five-year project for us. So, there was a conversation around whether we wanted to do another Pro or not.
“But the main thing was, there are technologies we can grow up in three years time or five years time. So the innovation and technology advancement is more quicker in a modern world.
“Phones are updating every year, PCs are updating every year. I don’t think we’d go every year updates, but there are things we can package together to bring the greatest things into game console segment range. So that’s the vision.
“But we’re kind of happy to see, like most engaged gaming users are interested in the PS5 Pro, and then I’m pretty sure new users will grab the PS5 Pro as well.
Sony has 10 video game movie adaptations in the works
Another take-home from the exclusive interaction with PlayStation’s CEOs is that ten of its IPs are coming to the cinema. Currently, those that have been made public are The Last of Us Season 2, God of War (which recently suffered a setback), Horizon TV show, and Twisted Metal.
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“The Last of Us HBO series has been a game changer in terms of the credibility of adaptations from games to television series,” Hulst said. “We learned a lot from that. We learned that it’s really important to involve the original creators to ensure that your experience remains very authentic.”
“As the teams stay involved, we’re applying these kind of learnings across the board. At PlayStation productions, we have 10 productions now in the works: ‘The Last of Us,’ ‘Twisted Metal,’ a few others that we’re very excited about.
“I think going forward, we will become increasingly meticulous and rigorous about our franchising. So, we’re talking about adaptations, but in adaptations, that’s taking the game and then see what else you can do with it.”
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