A new era will begin at Sony Interactive Entertainment, colloquially referred to as the PlayStation business, starting June 1. He came to light To the new administration. The company's top man since 2019 had been Jim Ryan, but after three decades at the company, he retired at the end of March and has since been temporarily replaced by Hiroki Totoki, president and CEO of Sony Group Corporation.
In an unprecedented move in the history of PlayStation's business, Sony decided that Jim Ryan would be succeeded by two co-CEOs who would ultimately report to Totoki.
One director's name may sound familiar to gamers: Hermen Hulst, who led developer Guerilla Games and then PlayStation Studios, will be head of the new Studio Business Group. In the future, it will be responsible for its own content arriving on PlayStation, as well as handing over PlayStation's intellectual property to other media, such as TV series or film adaptations, and PC ports.
Another top PlayStation executive is Hideaki Nishino. As the top person in the Platforms business group, he is responsible for PlayStation technology, hardware products, software, services and platform experience, while working with external publishers and developers also enriches his role.
New leaders aren't expected to bring amazing changes overnight, but the dual leadership lineup is a huge reorganization at the top of PlayStation, which could have beneficial effects in the long term. Decision makers took advantage of the opportunity provided by Jim Ryan's departure, and distributed his multi-faceted duties between two people from different backgrounds, both of whom were assigned tasks more related to the body.
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