Sony rarely compliment other companies but they recently made an exception for Nintendo and The Super Mario Bros Movie. Sony Corp’s new President and Chief Executive Officer Kenichiro Yoshida says that it is a beautiful & wonderful IP after watching the new movie. He also said during an investor relations web meeting that he played the Mario franchise intensely around 30 years ago and that “a loveable IP can survive 30, 50, or 100 years.” He went on to say “that is something we would like to make investment into for sustainable growth.” While Sony has disbanded its Japan Studios, it has been focussing on its Astro Bot series with Astro’s Playroom preinstalled on PS5 consoles.
