meta_pixel
Tapesearch Logo
Log in
Official PlayStation Podcast

Episode 481: Here’s To You, Jim

Official PlayStation Podcast

Sid Shuman

Psp, Blog, Playstation, Games, Podcast, Videogames, Ps2, Ps, Official, Vita, Technology, Ps3, Video, Leisure, Video Games

4.61.1K Ratings

🗓️ 29 March 2024

⏱️ 61 minutes

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

Hi everyone! The gang is back this week to catch up on what we’ve been playing. And it’s a stacked deck with Helldivers 2, Pacific Drive, and much more in the rotation.

Also, special guest Jim Ryan discusses his remarkable run with the PlayStation brand, from starting up the first offices in Europe before the launch of the original PlayStation, to his retirement next month as CEO of Sony Interactive Entertainment. We’ll miss you, Jim!

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0

The Hey folks and welcome back to the official PlayStation podcast. I'm your host Sid Schuman. I'm joined by Kristen Zatani.

0:26.4

Hello, hello. And Brett Elston looking very, very comfortable.

0:30.4

Hello. I'm coming to you live from a very relaxed chair the only one with a full you know not recliner but a comfortable chair not these folding chair an easy chair and not the folding chairs that we normally have I don don't know how this happened, but I...

0:42.6

I was gonna say, dear listener, let me set the scene for you.

0:45.8

We record in a room, we have this podcast cart

0:47.6

that normally we just fold out some chairs,

0:49.2

and there is like a comfortable, you know, sitting chair to sit in as well.

0:53.4

When we came here, Brett just plopped down there and we were like, why don't we just roll the card over?

0:57.4

Don't get up, sir.

0:58.4

Don't get up.

0:59.4

I didn't expect this, but here we are.

1:01.8

But my butt is pressed into cold

1:03.3

unyielding metal on a folding chair is the rest of us but anyway on with the show

1:07.9

as they say in the showbiz which this most certainly is not. We got a show for you today. We got some news you can use and

1:16.8

a very special interview. I'm actually going to, I've invited Mr. Jim Ryan who is retiring from Sony Interactive Entertainment as the CEO

1:26.2

and we're gonna chit chat a little bit so stay tuned for that it's a fun conversation

1:30.1

but I think you know all the usual stuff next week's new release highlights news and then we're going to talk about how divers to non-stop so and more and more and more

1:39.4

So stay tuned and more Definitely a lot more than just hell divers to talk no seriously I'm

1:45.2

going to talk about Pacific Drive I've been playing that Kristen I know you have some

1:48.6

adventures on your portal that definitely I have many things to talk about yeah well anyway let, let's, we'll get to all that, but first, let's start with next week's new release highlights.

1:58.0

What do you think, Kristen?

1:59.0

Yeah, I'll grab this one.

...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Sid Shuman, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of Sid Shuman and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.

Copyright © Tapesearch 2025.