PlayStation has undoubtedly enjoyed a lot of success throughout its three-decade run, and with a total of five generations till now, the platforms are considered to be the ultimate video game consoles with very little competition. However, this level of triumph does not come overnight, as countless days and nights have to be put in to earn the reputation that Sony has managed to create for itself.
PS boss Jim Ryan definitely deserves plenty of credit for this, and as he spends his final days as the company head, there are five games that stand out among the rest as his absolute favorites.
PlayStation Boss Jim Ryan Lists His Five Personal Favorite Video Games
Ryan recently sat down with Variety to have a conversation about his long decade-spanning career at PlayStation, and to close things off, he also listed down his personal favorite titles from each PS generation leading up to the PS5. The first entry on his list is a game that laid the foundation for what the PlayStation was truly capable of even three decades ago, as Ridge Racer pushed the racing genre forward on the PS1.
Released for Sony’s console in 1994, Ryan called the game “really different and a really fun and enjoyable game to play,” because according to him, “it set the standard” and a high benchmark for an entire gaming generation.
Although that may have been an obvious choice for the PS1 era, it was the next entry on Ryan’s list that came off as an interesting surprise, as GTA 3 is apparently the Sony boss’ favorite title from the good old PS2 times. The third mainline Grand Theft Auto installment completely revamped the franchise, from the gameplay to the shift away from the top-down perspective, and even Jim Ryan admits just how “transformative” it really was “for that generation and as a cultural moment.”
Every Grand Theft Auto that followed used Grand Theft Auto 3 as a foundation and a blueprint, and the departing Sony boss says that it left “a huge and lasting impact on the gaming industry and certainly on PlayStation.”
Naughty Dog, Insomniac Games, and Santa Monica Studio Join the List
Continuing with listing down his favorite PS experiences, Ryan chose Naughty Dog’s first Uncharted game, Drake’s Fortune, to be his top PS3 title. To no one’s surprise, as many players would agree, the next game on his list is Marvel’s Spider-Man by Insomniac Games, as it truly was an “amazing” PS4 experience that resonated quite “well with the PlayStation community.”
When asked about the current generation of Sony’s console, Ryan picked Santa Monica Studio’s Nordic epic God of War Ragnarok as the best PS5 game, mainly because of how “wonderful” it is.
Do you agree with Ryan’s picks for the best PS games, or do you have your own personal favorites? Let us know in the comments!
