A recent comment from Sony CFO Hiroki Totoki about the company not having enough original IP has gone down rather contentiously with several PlayStation fans online. Sony has nurtured and created countless franchises over the course of its near 80-year history, especially under its bread-winning PlayStation division, but it appears that they may not be enough for Totoki.
PlayStation has been a major player in the games industry since the mid-1990s, and its fans know full well the gold mine of IP the brand is sitting on. Fostering and developing fresh IP has always been a shared tenet among every PlayStation console generation. This holds true even for the current PS5 generation, as nearly half of PlayStation Studios' upcoming games will be new IP. PlayStation's continued faith and investment in original IPs is quite evident, then, but it seems the upper echelon of management at Sony has a differing opinion.
Although the following PlayStation franchises undoubtedly have their dedicated fan bases, a revival doesn't seem to be in the cards.
In a recent interview with The Financial Times, Sony Group CFO Hiroki Totoki remarked that "whether it’s for games, films, or anime," the company doesn't...
