Just like pretty much every platform holder, PlayStation is sat on a huge pile of franchises that have been left dormant for years, even decades in some instances. Every one of you reading this article probably has a beloved series you wish would make a comeback, but Sony has looked at its vault full of titles and has come to the conclusion that it simply doesn't have enough original IP.
These rather bizarre comments came from new Sony CFO Hiroki Totoki in a recent interview with the Financial Times (thanks PlayStation Lifestyle), in which he claims the company is currently "lacking" in original IP that it "fostered from the beginning."
"Whether it’s for games, films or anime, we don’t have that much IP that we fostered from the beginning. We’re lacking the early phase (of IP) and that’s an issue for us.”
Totoki goes on to explain that he thinks the company has done well getting the existing, popular IP to new audiences - possibly referring to PlayStation's big push into the PC market - but that Sony and PlayStation won't grow if it doesn't start creating original IP from scratch.
Totoki's comments come at a rather bizarre time, right...
