A Conversation with Shawne Benson, Head of Third Party Portfolio at PlayStation - Ep. 322

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What's Good Games

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🗓️ 14 April 2023

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Thank you HelloFresh, MeUndies and BetterHelp for sponsoring this week's episode! Go to http://hellofresh.com/whatsgood50 and use code whatsgood50 for 50% off, plus your first box ships free Go to http://meundies.com/WGG to get 25% off your first order and free standard shipping This episode is sponsored by BetterHelp — go to http://betterhelp.com/whatsgoodgames to get 10% off your first month. This week Britt and Andrea chat with the director and global head of PlayStation's third party portfolio Shawne Benson! Shawne breaks down her job in layman's terms, gives tips on how to successfully pitch a game, offers fantastic advice for breaking into the industry and more in this fun and informative interview. Thank you to this month's Patreon Producers: Chewy’s Godson Alex Rigopulos Faris Attieh Justin Foshee Punkdefied Listen to WGG Ad-Free on Patreon: http://www.patreon.com/whatsgoodgames Subscribe to our channel and don't forget to hit the bell: http://bit.ly/2rAcJvF 01:12 - Shawne Benson Special Interview Part 1 21:47 - A Message from HelloFresh 23:42 - A Message from our Sponsor 23:46 - A Message from MeUndies 25:30 - A Message from BetterHelp 26:49 - Shawne Benson Special Interview Part 2 40:35 - Outro Want audio only? http://whatsgoodgames.com/podcast/ Merch: https://teespring.com/stores/whatsgoo... Follow on Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/whatsgood_games Follow on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/whatsgoodgames Follow on Twitch: http://www.twitch.tv/whatsgoodgames Join our Discord community: http://discord.gg/whatsgoodgames Follow on Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/whatsgoodgam... Our website: http://www.whatsgoodgames.com #playstation #shawnebenson #sony Follow the crew: Andrea: http://www.twitter.com/andrearene http://www.instagram.com/andrearene_ http://www.tiktok.com/@andrearene Britt: http://www.twitter.com/blondenerd http://www.instagram.com/blondenerd http://www.tiktok.com/@britt.brom Riana: http://www.twitter.com/rianatweetsnow http://www.instagram.com/rianagramsnow http://www.tiktok.com/@rianatiktoksnow Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Coming up on today's show, we're getting all of the hot secrets about PlayStation.
0:06.0	Just kidding! What's good, everybody, and welcome to a very special episode of the What's
0:32.4	Good Games Podcasts! Normally your source for video game news commentary analysis and funny stuff every Friday, but this Friday we've got a special episode that we're gonna tell you about just a minute. I'm Andrea Renee joined by my wonderful co-host Brittany Brombacher.
0:46.7	Hello, somewhere Sony PR is freaking out. They're like, no!
0:51.2	I know, but that's why I did it just to have a little giggle. Please welcome to the show the global head of third party portfolio at Sony Interactive Entertainment, the wonderful Shawn Benson is here!
1:02.1	Hello, everybody! Thanks for having me! Shawn, it's so fantastic to finally get you on the show. You and I have known each other behind the scenes for quite a few years now, but we haven't ever had the opportunity to get you on What's Good Games.
1:16.3	And when it arose, I was like, hey, I know her! Oh, yes, let's get her on the show!
1:21.6	Thank you so much! I've been really excited for the opportunity. It's always so much fun talking games with you behind the scenes, so it's cool to be able to share the love publicly in this way.
1:30.7	Absolutely. We ran into each other at the dice summit, not that long ago, but you have been keeping yourself very busy.
1:38.1	Sony just launched a brand new piece of hardware. BsVR2, how has the launch been going?
1:44.0	Oh, it's been so great. There's been a lot of really positive reception from both gamers and the press and fans across the board.
1:51.4	Our developers are super happy. There's been a lot of really good residents around games that didn't maybe see as much attention
1:58.8	kind of towards a later part of the life cycle for psbr, getting new breath of life in psbr2. So we're super excited about all the reception overall.
2:08.5	I've been just like need even vr ever since I got back from dice and was able to finally open up the box.
2:14.2	It's been a lot of resident evil, a lot of puzzling places for some chill vibes.
2:18.8	And definitely if you want to pull some heartstrings, I spent a lot of time in before your eyes, which I don't know if anybody's had a chance to play it yet, but
2:26.6	I grab your Kleenex kind of moment for sure. But I have my psbr2. So thank you PlayStation.
2:33.2	And I do have a code for before your eyes and I'm preparing myself. I'm preparing myself. Let me just say that.
2:38.8	I know I've been told I need tissue. I'm very excited. Hop into that one though.
2:42.8	Yeah. How does that work though when you have the headset on your face and then you start crying?
2:48.7	Show me the headset.
2:50.4	Kind of sneak the tissues. At least you can pull the head piece out a little bit so you can sneak a Kleenex in.
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