Sony intends to make solid progress in preparing for its next-generation platform, Chief Financial Officer Lin Tao announced during an earnings call, indy100 reported.
Looking ahead to the next fiscal year, Tao said that solid progress is already underway in the hardware’s development.
“From next fiscal year onward, there will be investment in the new platform,” Tao told indy100. “For future growth, we have to attach great importance to a new platform and make the necessary investments for that.”
The company plans to balance next-generation hardware development with the existing financial soundness of its current ecosystem.
“We have to support the soundness of our platform and think about how rationally we can invest in that platform,” Tao said. “We will announce that at an appropriate time in the future.”
Former Sony Interactive Entertainment America president and CEO Shawn Layden argued that the primary focus for future hardware should center on affordability rather than escalating price tags.
“I think we have enough power in the machine,” Layden said on The Trophy Room podcast. “The innovation needs to come from not making PS6 $1,200, it’s to make another PS5 for $300. That would be true innovation.”
Layden said that the current console generation represents the first time a PlayStation platform has increased in retail price over time, contrasting it with the end of the PlayStation 2 era when consoles dropped to $99 to expand the install base.
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