r/gaming • u/xenocea • 10h ago
PlayStation Architect Mark Cerny 'Nearing the End' of Career, Launching Fellowship Program With Game Awards Creator Geoff Keighley
https://www.ign.com/articles/playstation-architect-mark-cerny-nearing-the-end-of-career-launching-fellowship-program-with-game-awards-creator-geoff-keighley127
u/Iggy_Slayer 10h ago
He just turned 62 so yeah makes sense. No doubt ps6 and the handheld is his last hardware he'll be on most likely.
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u/r31ya 10h ago
I suppose ps6 would be his last
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u/HoloandMaiFan 3h ago
If we are lucky we will get one more generation but yeah, good chance this is his last
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u/r31ya 3h ago
From the leak and rumor, sony and cerny have cooked for PS6.
But current ram crisis hampers the production plan.
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u/HoloandMaiFan 3h ago
I heard that too, but let's see. Either way I have no plans on getting the ps6 right away. I'm taking my time, because fuck Sony ATM, and I still have like 12 games on my backlog on ps5 that will take me a year or two to beat.
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u/NiceTrySuckaz 10h ago
Really? A guy in his sixties nearing the end of his career? Fascinating stuff
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u/TheRealNox 9h ago edited 8h ago
What age do you guys retire at? It's around 62-65 in EU. Edit: Why am I getting downvoted?!
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u/NiceTrySuckaz 9h ago edited 9h ago
Totally depends. You can technically start collecting social security when you're 62 but you get more if you wait until age 67 for the full amount. And if you're wealthy, you obviously just retire whenever you want, but then a lot of them never choose to retire because their love of work is why they're rich in the first place.
If you aren't depending on social security and did the smart/normal thing of investing your money in a private 401k for retirement but you aren't super wealthy, then you can start accessing that fund at full maturity when you are 59 1/2,and most people start thinking of retirement at that point if they want to retire at all.
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u/Ahindre 4h ago
Though you can’t qualify for Medicare until 65, so really that’s when anyone not wealthy can even think about retirement.
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u/NiceTrySuckaz 4h ago
I just realized this conversation was taking place in the gaming subreddit. What the fuck are we doing
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u/val_tuesday 7h ago
Haha love of work is why they’re wealthy. Good luck loving your way to wealth at a regular wage!
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u/NiceTrySuckaz 7h ago
You're thinking about it wrong, I think. They love working because they love making lots of money... or they love working because they don't make much money but they truly enjoy their work. The former group doesn't retire because continuing to make fistful of cash is their passion, which is why they don't retire even though they are financially able.
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u/val_tuesday 7h ago
If that’s the case then it’s because you’re saying it wrong. You literally wrote “… is why they’re rich in the first place.”, very clear kart before horse statement according to your clarification.
The reason it needs to be pointed out or dunked on is that it reads like propaganda. Get on your own side and stop carrying water for these ghouls!
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u/NiceTrySuckaz 7h ago
I'm really not sure what you mean
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u/val_tuesday 6h ago
You’re saying “love of work” -> “wealthy”.
I’m pushing back on that because that doesn’t work unless you’re making an obscene amount of money at work. Most wealthy people inherit and invest. Work usually doesn’t factor into it whatsoever.
That’s the propaganda. The story that a normal person can simply work their way to wealth. It barely ever happens, it’s much like saying you should play the lottery to get wealthy.
Apparently you’re blind to it and just regurgitate it thoughtlessly.
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u/FastFooer 1h ago
Anyone born after 1985 in North America needs family money to retire otherwise it’s basically work until you die or try homelessness.
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u/GreatnessToTheMoon 10h ago
It’s interesting how he had no engineering background but became a lead hardware architect. Anything is truly possible in America
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u/M4rshmall0wMan 7h ago
Some people are just that smart. Cerny’s position is unique because long before he worked on hardware, he spent over a decade cultivating relationships with every studio making PlayStation games. He has the most objective view of the platform’s health out of anyone in the company, even the CEO. That’s where his value really lies.
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u/CombatMuffin 9h ago
Not all skills are backed up by a formal degree. Especially videogames, back then
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u/Nothing-Is-Real-Here 10h ago
He entered Berkeley when he was 16 and had an interest in programming. With that in mind and being incredibly smart, i imagine it wouldn't have been that hard for him to land that job.
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u/piichan14 9h ago
That was the US' selling point back in the day. As long as you're smart and/or hardworking, a degree didn't matter and you'd still get hired.
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u/xenocea 10h ago
If you have some time, check out this video of him giving a presentation how he started gaming and how he eventually got the role as lead system architect. It's an interesting watch. He also touched upon the subjects how each Playstation came to be and the reasons behind the use of the specs at the time.
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u/Iucidium 11m ago
I don't know about his education but being a devolper himself helped A LOT. his "time to triangle" philosophy that helped the PS4 be as Dev friendly as possible and also advising on their dev tools to help games get made as quickly and smoothly as possible.
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u/ClacksInTheSky 9h ago
... What exactly has Geoff Keighley done to stand shoulder to shoulder with Mark Cerny?!
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u/drdillybar 9h ago
Consoles are dying. Not enough monthly fees. They want everyone to cloud now. More reason for their Ai investment. That also increases our power bills, 'cus F us.
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u/profchaos111 5h ago
Seems obvious dude is rolling in money and I mena I recall playing his stuff when he was working for Sega
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u/TheThirdStrike 55m ago
Yeah, if I worked at Sony in the current gaming climate, I'd be thinking about retiring too!
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u/OMG_NoReally 10h ago
Sony will be lesser without Cerny. I hope he has made enough money for his lifetime and continues to help smaller studios and devs with his expertise when he retires.
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u/jwrice 10h ago edited 7h ago
Thanks for all the hard work you've done over the years Mark! You've made Playstation feel like a home and welcomed everyone to experience what is possible when you lead with innovation and curiosity.
It's sad that Nashino is tanking the brand and essentially letting shareholders ruin all goodwill that this brand has built over the past 30+ years. I am truly ashamed of what Playstation has become this past year and I will not be buying a Playstation 6 or any future games that aren't available to play completely offline or on disc.
No Call of Duty.\ No GTA VI.\ No more digital-only games or DLC.\ No more Playstation Plus membership.\ No Playstation 6.
I'm fucking done with this company and I'm glad Mark is getting out while he can.
THANKS AGAIN MARK! YOU'RE A REAL ONE!
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u/shitfucker90000 10h ago
after highguard geoff shouldn't be in charge of any fellowship program or anything to have to do with promoting games
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u/Miller021 10h ago
Lmao how is it his fault the game flopped because it wasn’t good? All he did was give them a prime spot for their trailer
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u/PsychoCobra1 10h ago
Yea it’s easy to tell he’s just a guy that loves games like I hope most of us in the subreddit do. He saw a game he personally enjoyed and wanted it to succeed, it just sucks it didn’t.
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u/Hansgaming 8h ago
Steven Ma, senior vice president of Tencent, holds a permanent seat on The Game Awards advisory board. Just two months before it was revealed that Tencent was the secret primary investor behind Highguard, the game received the most prestigious showcase spot of the entire show.
Look, I would love to say ''this prominent figure just does this out of the pure love for video games'' but the Game Awards have always been about money. Even the old E3 shows were all just about money.
I personally don't blame the man for looking out for his business interest and maybe doing the mightiest gaming company a small favor but I also do not expect anything on the Game Awards to not be purely about cash.
The only thing I find pretty disgusting is this: ''Keighley explicitly praised Highguard as a prime example of the "power of independent, self-publishing indie studios."
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u/ConsequenceChoice222 10h ago edited 4h ago
Is it a relevant idea to partner with a man (Keighley) who commissioned a stillborn game (Highguard) to some devs so as to get a pretext to fire them?
Seems like this opinion is unpopular.
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u/InactiveMedusa 10h ago
The times they are a changing. How long before Miyamoto, starts thinking the same? Any of the other OGs?