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PlayStation Boss Jim Ryan Stepping Down - Moonface - Sep 27th, 2023 Pretty much what the Tweet says. Thought it was interesting enough to share it and I wouldn't be surprised if this is true. UPDATE: Sony has officially confirmed that Jim Ryan will be stepping down in March 2024: https://sonyinteractive.com/en/press-releases/2023/new-management-structure-of-sony-interactive-entertainment-2/ Sony Interactive Entertainment Wrote: Jim Ryan Wrote: As per the statement, Hiroki Totoki to assume Interim CEO role while keeping his current role at Sony Group. I couldn't determine from the statement if he's going to become the full CEO once Jim Ryan steps down or if it'll be someone else. RE: PlayStation Boss Jim Ryan Stepping Down - Mr EliteL - Sep 28th, 2023 Never knew who Jim Ryan was so it's whatever news to me other than wow 30 years, and he seemed to have enjoyed his time in the role overall. RE: PlayStation Boss Jim Ryan Stepping Down - Moonface - Sep 28th, 2023 (Sep 28th, 2023, 10:59 AM)Mr EliteL Wrote:He was the guy in charge of PlayStation as a whole since 2019, but unlike those before him he wasn't as prominent as a public facing figure, similar to how Doug Bowser currently is for Nintendo compared to Reggie, where the latter was far more of a public facing figure than Bowser has been. Prior to Ryan, the CEO's were Shawn Layden (2014 - 2019) and Jack Tretton (2006 - 2014), who were both a bit more well known compared to Ryan, although that was also helped by the fact back during their tenures PlayStation still did live presentations at E3 and whatnot and both Layden and Tretton would attend those. PlayStation moving away from those to State of Play's meant Ryan would've only had those to show his face at but he never really did. As CEO though from 2019 - 2024 it would mean most major decisions related to PlayStation are attributed to him, both good and bad, including the increase to PS+ prices. RE: PlayStation Boss Jim Ryan Stepping Down - shadow - Sep 28th, 2023 My personal opinion: he should have retired when Fils-Aimé did. 🤷♂️ Still, should be interesting to see how Sony moves forward after his departure. RE: PlayStation Boss Jim Ryan Stepping Down - Moonface - Sep 28th, 2023 (Sep 28th, 2023, 10:18 PM)shadow Wrote:That could only happen if Ryan chose to not become PlayStation CEO, since he was put into the role in the same year that Reggie retired as Nintendo CEO. I could see Hermen Hulst becoming the next CEO, since he is currently the head of PlayStation Studios and before that was Co-Founder and Managing Director at Guerilla Games. If it isn't him I don't have a clue who else it's going to be. RE: PlayStation Boss Jim Ryan Stepping Down - queenzelda - Sep 28th, 2023 Honestly, I'm not going to miss him. He is the guy who said; "Who wants ps1 or ps2 on their system? They look terrible no one want to play that." [I'm paraphrasing but still.) Um, I would like to play my ps1 copy of FF7 Jim Ryan, and my PS2 copy of Shadows of Darkness looks just fine to me in 2023. RE: PlayStation Boss Jim Ryan Stepping Down - Moonface - Oct 3rd, 2023 (Sep 28th, 2023, 11:13 PM)queenzelda Wrote:Seems a lot of people aren't going to miss him: Bloomberg | Why PlayStation Fans Are Cheering CEO’s Departure For the part you're paraphrasing, the article I just linked to has the full quote: Bloomberg Wrote:I remembered he had made some remark about retro games but I forgot just how out of touch it was. Just because a game looks ancient doesn't mean it's bad or that people no longer want to play it. Also if all of this can get dumped into a fire that'll be good: Bloomberg Wrote:I wasn't aware of Insomniac working on a multiplayer game at any point, but I knew of Naughty Dog with The Last of Us: Factions which I could never trust them to balance as a live service game when they've never balanced the multiplayer in any of their previous games remotely well. Guerilla's multiplayer game was announced to be some form of co-op game set in the Horizon universe, but nothing more has been said ever since that initial statement. |