Det har på många sätt varit ett fenomenalt spelår, men för de som faktiskt gör spelen har det varit värre och uppsägningarna har fullkomligt haglat. Playstation Studios hör till dem som sagt upp flest personer och högste chefen Hermen Hulst fick nyligen en fråga om uppsägningarna under en intervju hos Variety, med fokus på hur de påverkar framtiden för Playstation. Hulst svarade:
"It's our duty to look at our our resource planning, and make sure that we run a sustainable business. That's part of being CEO. We never take that lightly, because we know these people personally, and it's very close to our hearts and the teams and good working atmospheres. But yes, we've had some layoffs. But it's also important to realize that on the content side, Playstation Studios is now a much bigger organization than when it started. It's grown tremendously. And that is organic growth that our existing teams, I think, hired quite aggressively, as well as through M&A. So the organization, the employment is much greater now than it was, let's say, for example, five years ago."
Senare i samma intervju avslöjar Hideaki Nishino, Playstation Studios andra huvudchef, att Playstation 5 Pro faktiskt varit under utveckling sedan innan lanseringen av Playstation 5:
"We started working on PS5 Pro even before PS5 launched — 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."
Intervjun genomfördes för övrigt innan Firewalk Studio fick klappa ihop, vilket naturligtvis hade påverkat svaret en del.
