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There may be a shortage of PS4 consoles in some European countries over the remainder of the holiday period. That’s according to Sony Computer Entertainment CEO Andrew House, who told Reuters that Europe I think it is potentially, for the second year running, going to be quite inventory challenged”. He …
Read More »The PS4 is looking ahead to its next 10m sales
1m sales in the UK. 10m units worldwide. PS4 has had the best possible start to life. But what now? And does a rapid rise mean a steep decline? MCV asks the man in the know, PlayStation CEO Andrew House… So you’ve hit 10m worldwide at a record pace. Does …
Read More »How come PS4 has sold so well?
Last month, Sony’s Shuhei Yoshida told Eurogamer he did not ‘completely understand’ why PS4 has been such a big seller. The console has shifted 10m units worldwide faster than any other console, and today has sold 1m machines in the UK – making it the second fastest selling home games …
Read More »MCV @ GAMESCOM: PS4 goes beyond the core as sales fly past 10 million
TheCEO of PlayStation says the console games industry must go beyond the core gamer if it wants to see the sort of numbers reached by PS2 and Wii again. Speaking to MCV @ Gamescom after the reveal that PS4 sales had shot past 10m units in nine months, Andrew House …
Read More »How Sony’s secret weapon resurrected PlayStation
It was Gamescom 2009 and Andrew House had just finished his first press conference as SCEE boss. His first extended stay on stage in front of millions. A fellow journalist and I were hovering outside when House came out to greet us. How did I do?” he said. It quickly …
Read More »Read about twenty years of Koch Media in this week’s MCV
This week MCV celebrates two decades of Koch Media. Menno Van Der Bil, Craig McNicol, Paul Nicholls and Jamie Brewer tell MCV about Koch Media – past, present and future. We speak to PlayStation boss Andrew House about how he turned the firm’s console around. In our Insight section this …
Read More »Cerny: Selling cameras separately makes sense
PS4 lead architect says PlayStation Camera does not need to be bundled with hardware to be a success
Read More »Sony was ‘extremely negative’ about original PlayStation
'I was asked why would I want to work on a toy,' says Andrew House
Read More »PS4 specs were ‘based on what devs were thinking of making’
Lead architect Mark Cerny says new-gen game concepts shaped PlayStation’s new console
Read More »Sony didn’t believe PlayStation ‘would ever be a major part’ of its business
PlayStation was viewed extremely negative from large parts of Sony before it launched, Andrew House revealed at Develop Conference today. In a piece that looked back on the history of the PlayStation business, House and Cerny took a trip down memory lane to discuss the origins and growth of the …
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