Konsoller sælger hurtigere end nogensinde, og i år får vi masser af fede spiludgivelser. Men det betyder ikke, at konsollernes tilstedeværelse kan tages for givet, og i et interview fortæller PlayStation-ikonet Shuhei Yoshida, at det er en konstant kamp for at forblive relevant på markedet.
"Like Michael Pachter saying console is dead, or this is the last console generation, I feel we've been fighting against obsolescence."
Yoshida fortsætter og siger, at selv med disse dages solide salgstal for PlayStation 4, så betyder det ikke, at der er en større interesse for konsol-gaming:
"Even when PS4 is doing well, you might look at the sales, the fast pace of PS4 sales, we may be just selling to the same people faster, right! That's a sad view of things, but it could be the case."
Yoshida siger, at Sony bliver nød til at finde ny måde at tiltrække gamere, og udvide konsollens popularitet. Dette er en af grundende til, at udgiver PlayStation VR, som de håber vil appellere til et bredere publikum.
"PlayStation VR has broader applications than the games, and demos we've been doing, the very first demo we provided was The Deep. It has no gameplay at all. Anyone can enjoy it.
Of course there's a challenge of pricing and whatnot, but in the future we position PlayStation VR not as a peripheral to VR, but as a virtual reality system that makes use of PS4. We're hoping in the future that people might pick up PlayStation VR and PS4 not only for the games, but for other entertainment usage."
Har Yoshida en pointe? Er konsollerne truet?