Tag Archives: Jim Ryan

Thu, Jan 12, 2012 | 15:46 GMT

Sony: 3DS sales “confounding the naysayers” over space for dedicated gaming handheld

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SCEE CEO Jim Ryan has said soaring sales of Nintendo 3DS have confounded “naysayers” who say there isn’t room for a dedicated gaming portable in the current market.

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Thu, Jan 12, 2012 | 13:54 GMT

SCE believes PS Move “could and should” do better at UK retail

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SCE UK boss Fergal Gara believes despite having a “solid foothold” with Move, the motion controller should have sold more units in UK.

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Mon, Dec 05, 2011 | 12:12 GMT

SCEE boss: PS3 to aim at “younger demographic”

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Newly-installed SCEE head Jim Ryan has said the firm is to start pushing PlayStation 3 towards a “younger” audience.

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Fri, Dec 02, 2011 | 18:24 GMT

Ryan: Insomniac going multi-platform isn’t “the end of the world by any means”

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Sony’s Jim Ryan has said that in an “ideal world,” the firm would have preferred that Insomniac stayed exclusive to PS3 development, but the firm harbors no ill will and is “still friends” with the Resistance developer.

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Wed, Nov 30, 2011 | 15:34 GMT

Sony looking to apply a “more tailored approach” to Vita game pricing

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SCEE president and CEO Jim Ryan has said Sony plans to offer various price-points for Vita software offerings, ranging from console equivalent pricing, to lower-than-average.

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Tue, Nov 29, 2011 | 17:17 GMT

SCEE: Vita “primarily a gaming device,” whereas PSP “ended up confusing consumers”

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SCEE president and CEO Jim Ryan feels Sony made a mistake when marketing PSP as a multimedia device to consumers, and said the firm doesn’t plan on making the same mistake with Vita.

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Wed, Nov 23, 2011 | 21:17 GMT

Quick Quotes: Sony feels it would be “undesirable” for PS4 to launch later than its competition

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“I think we would consider it undesirable to be significantly later than the competition [with PS4], [but] there’s still a lot of unfinished business on PS3. If you look at PlayStation 2, now in excess of 150 million units installed globally, a huge majority of that was done at price points of £120 or lower. [With PS3] we’ve only just hit £199 in the UK, so clearly there’s a considerable untapped part of the market there.” – PlayStation Europe boss Jim Ryan to Eurogamer.

Tue, Sep 06, 2011 | 18:43 BST

New PSP SKU aimed at “teens and much younger”

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SCEE’s Jim Ryan has said the budget PSP mode unveiled at gamescom last month is aimed directly at the younger market.

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Thu, Sep 01, 2011 | 02:40 BST

Sony: Vita is all about games

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Despite its gamescom celebration of the handheld’s social network functions, Sony is putting games first with Vita.

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Fri, Aug 26, 2011 | 17:07 BST

PS3 passes 22 million units sold in Europe as price drop campaign gets into high gear

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SCEE’s Jim Ryan has said PS3 has passed the 22 million sold mark in European territories, and said the console still has “lots of life,” left in it.

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Thu, Aug 25, 2011 | 10:08 BST

Weak PS3 UK performance “something we want to address,” says new SCEE boss

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While PlayStation 3 has had a fair amount of success in mainland Europe, new Sony Computer Entertainment Europe boss Jim Ryan has said it’s looking to “address” the hardware’s weaker performances in the UK.

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