If walls had ears Credits AFPGetty Images A Readers Feature tries to imagine what the boardroom discussions at Sony might have been like over the last couple of weeks A fictional yes definitely fictional multibillion dollar games company outlines its plans for the future CEO What have we got for the rest of the year and beyond HENCHMAN One of our developers want to make something unique with stunning animation and a compelling core gameplay loop that reminds gamers why they love games so much in the first place Best of all its not overblown and can be finished in a reasonable time CEO Sounds quirky Shut them down HENCHMAN What do you mean CEO You know peculiar off the wall Unconventional We cant be having that What about the other studios Any big open world live service epics with all those side quests and microtransactions that people love so much HENCHMAN You said the last one cost so much not to bother again And you sacked most of the studios staff after they complained of burnout CEO Burnout now that was a hell of a game What was it on again the Spectrum HENCHMAN Uhh CEO What about our competitors over the road HENCHMAN Well theyre remastering their greatest hits collection again but its a lazy bare bones port CEO Thats outrageous And here we are working hard on our remasters like suckers All these fancy modern bells and whistles and for what Put an end to the remastering department and have it renamed the lazy shoddy port whatever department We cant have our competitors stealing a march on us HENCHMAN Sir are you sure this is the way to go CEO This is the way as Yoda once said He did HENCHMAN I think we need to get back on track here Theres a very good 3D platformer out at the moment What about making something like that something thats you know fun CEO Wow I know things can get a bit emotional but theres no need for that type of inflammatory language And anyway I thought players said they were bored of 3D platformers HENCHMAN Actually they didnt People like us told them they were The audience have always liked imaginative games CEO Im getting sick of your attitude We need to come up with something more daring HENCHMAN How about an expensive overthetop console reveal thats barely an improvement on the last CEO Come off it now Take that back Ive still got some dignity you know HENCHMAN Youre right I apologise Besides we still have one or two big hitters coming out this year When should we release them CEO Lets have a look The Legend Of Link is out in a couple of weeks and after that theres laughs HENCHMAN You OK CEO Sorry I was just watching footage of that horror remake out in early October bless em Anyway release our games anytime between now and then HENCHMAN But sir isnt that period a bit busy already CEO Nobody else cares why should we Anyway if our games flop and they will we have the prefect excuse for re HENCHMANRethinking our strategy CEO Redundancies Yes to all And replace all of studio developers voice actors etc with AI HENCHMAN They wont stand for that CEO Of course they will AI love doing all that stuff We should know were AI systems after all HENCHMAN We are CEO This is the way By reader David PS5 Pro not Sonys most successful reveal Sony Interactive Entertainment The readers features do not necessarily represent the views of GameCentral or Metro You can submit your own 500 to 600word reader feature at any time which if used will be published in the next appropriate weekend slot Just contact us at gamecentralmetrocouk or use our Submit Stuff page and you wont need to send an email MORE With the price of PS5 Pro I have never felt so outoftouch with Sony MORE Concord is one of the best video games Ive ever played MORE PS6 should release as soon as possible as a reset for PlayStation Sign up to all the exclusive gaming content latest releases before theyre seen on the siteSign upPrivacy Policy This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply