The global head of marketing and sales thinks the next year of the PlayStation 4 will be strong, but he doesn’t have a clear opinion of mid-generation, „mobile update” consoles, though.

Jim Ryan was interviewed by EDGE, whose #309, September issue will contain said interview, but WCCFTech already quoted Ryan’s words.

„I understand that [2017 doesn’t have a lot of PlayStation 4-exclusives]. We probably haven’t been sufficiently vocal about a year in which we’ve had Horizon Zero Dawn, which has been a hugely successful new IP. And breaking new IP – and you know this as well as I do – is fraught with peril.

We’ve got that, we’ve got Uncharted: The Lost Legacy and we’ve got Gran Turismo Sport, all in the same year, all from our studios, all exclusive to PlayStation. I think that’s a pretty decent statement. I think that many of the games that you saw at E3 2017 that are coming in 2018 are looking very strong.”

He also commented on the situation with the PlayStation 4 Pro and the Xbox One X: „It’s a very interesting question. The cultural phenomenon of regular updates to smartphones and tablets is without question, perhaps subliminally, coloring mindsets. And the days of a 13-year PlayStation 2 cycle will almost certainly never repeat themselves. But equally, a platform is a very delicate ecosystem, and if that platform is to succeed, you’ve got to give those who make content for it the chance to recoup on it. At the end of the day, like it or not, these are businesses.

We struck – and Microsoft has as well – a good balance of innovation within the confines of the platform. Also, services which operate agnostically of particular hardware, like PlayStation Now, for example, are something you’re going to see more of. I think we’re only six months into PlayStation 4 Pro, and it’s too early to tell. The Xbox One X hasn’t launched yet. I don’t know if this is the way forward or not.”

Previously, we already heard that Sony is working on the PlayStation 5. Let’s hope they don’t follow Microsoft’s route.