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[GHound]

I hope they replace him with someone who will tone down or better yet remove Sony's censorship of japanese games.

Incredibly unlikely and likely to not even matter before long anyway unfortunately.

 

[thicc_girls_are_teh_best]

First thing i'll do is sack Herman and close media molecule and cancel all the PC ports

Then i'll deal with Phil

You got my vote!

I was very wrong then... but still, Phil looks much younger to me

My link might've been wrong, too, FWIW.

What the heck? Did he kill his entire tribe? Why's he acting this way?

Didn't one of Pyo's latest rumors turn out to be a big ol' bag of shit?

 

[//DEVIL//]

get better dreams

I am guessing your sarcasm detection meter is broken beyond fixing...

 

[SlimySnake]

First thing i'll do is sack Herman

Good

and close media molecule and

Cool.

cancel all the PC ports

Nice.

Then i'll deal with Phil

I am with you.

and close media molecule and

Wait. wtf!?!

 

[Gamerguy84]

Eh well likely never know tbh. Guy could be just retiring. Or maybe he just can't PR with the general public and they feel it's a bad look.

I don't think Jim Ryan made many decisions on his own. He wasn't really spear heading the direction of the company.

I hope Whoever replaces him will be a good fit. I never really cared one way or the other about the guy. Then again I don't think I can name any CEOs of the products I use.

 

[Sorcerer]

00000000000

Aging more or less stopped for Phil after he gained possession of the One Ring.

But the Gollum game never came to Gamepass. So much for "Sauron" Spencer.

 

[Moonjt9]

Hard to argue with his results as a leader. He leaves PlayStation in a position of supremacy in the gaming industry.

Ps plus price increase sucks tho.

Really curious who his successor will be. PlayStation has always had such big personalities at the head.

 

[thicc_girls_are_teh_best]

Maybe something bad was found when they got hacked?

Really don't wanna entertain that possibility but damn, the timing between that and this is a bit something itnnit?

Probably less than 5% chance it's related to anything with the ransomware hack tho.

 

[El Pistolero]

Jason schrier finally with good news for once.

Bye Jimbo, will never forgive you for
- trying to pass off Horizon, miles and gt7 as next Gen.
- making horizon, miles, gt7 and gow last Gen
- turning god tier Sony first party into a gaas machine
- raising ps+ prices
- $70 games
- ps5 price increases
- horizon next Gen upgrade scam
- ps vita and ps3 store closings

The last three you walked back because they blew up in your face. Good to see Sony still has some accountability.

You think the guy got sacked for those reasons?

 

[TheDarkPhantom]

The best thing PlayStation could do is hire George Bush. He led the most powerful country on Earth, he understands war and he amuses me, you know what to do Sony.

 

[Keihart]

Do i have a cristal ball or what? i was just saying the other day that all the min maxing that he did since he took the position was typical of a CEO's looking for a fat bonus when retiring, you see it all the time.
Maybe i should play the lottery or something.

 

[Larxia]

I just hope this won't change anything to PS games coming to PC.

 

[Dolomite]

Damn...they said Phil would step down / get fired first

 

[Aces High]

I won't miss him.

Jim absolutely dominated the competition and made a shitload of money for Sony but I as a consumer gradually disconnected from the PlayStation brand during his time as CEO.

I hope they don't get a Spencer-type guy as replacement.

 

[DrFigs]

Damn...they said Phil would step down / get fired first

palystation rotates their leaders pretty often. i wouldn't read this as a sign of anything tbh

 

[Alebrije]

A new contender approach

 

[zedinen]

Kenichiro Yoshida has been the CEO of Sony Group since April 2018, succeeding Kaz Hirai.

 

[Nonehxc]

First thing i'll do is sack Herman and close media molecule and cancel all the PC ports

Then i'll deal with Phil

We all know the first thing you'll do(we would all do)...

Is put that media molecule sack close to Jade Raymond.

 

[SlimySnake]

Here is what I want the next PS CEO to do:

- Fire Herman
- Cancel all GaaS games
- Cancel all PC ports
- Have all current PC studios work as support studios ensuring faster game releases.
- Cancel PS Premium
- Drop PS5 Price to $399
- Rehire the Days Gone leads and have Bend work on Days Gone 2
- Rehire the Japanese studios team.
- Move Sony headquarters back to Japan. No more woke nonsense stemming from their San Mateo HQs and LA studios.
- Model themselves after Nintendo. Focus on your own hardware and first party exclusives. Focus on single player games. Stop chasing trends, and just put in the work.
- Double ND, GG, SSM, Sucker Punch, Bend and Insomniac workforce. Stop buying studios and just hire everyone from studios Embracer is shutting down then have them work for your A tier studios and Insomniac.

 

[truth411]

That makes more sense. He looks like he's in his 60s. He doesn't look 53.

p.s. In which case, never mind about the early retirement thing. Sounds like he's normal retirement age.

Correction 55, according to Google he was born in 1968.

 

[Dolomite]

palystation rotates their leaders pretty often. i wouldn't read this as a sign of anything tbh

Neither would I, the irony is there tho lol

 

[Moriarty1889]

Good bloody riddance! Great news! Bring back Shawn Layden please or Andrew House.

 

[Topher]

Correction 55, according to Google he was born in 1968.

That's still wrong.

"He joined Sony in 1994, just before the first PlayStation console was introduced, and was appointed to his current role in 2019. The 63-year-old executive said he's found it difficult to reconcile living in Europe, while working in North America."

PlayStation Boss Jim Ryan Is Retiring From Sony in March

Jim Ryan, chief executive officer of Sony Interactive Entertainment, is stepping down after almost 30 years with the company.

www.bloomberg.com

 

[Killjoy-NL]

Wonder who will replace him?
Can't imagine it'll be Hermen Hulst, he's doing a good job as head of Playstation Studios.

 

[Aces High]

Can't imagine it'll be Hermen Hulst, he's doing a good job as head of Playstation Studios.

 

[phant0m]

Bring back Jack Tretton.

Or better yet, Kevin Butler. I miss fun Sony.

 

[Topher]

Wonder who will replace him?
Can't imagine it'll be Hermen Hulst, he's doing a good job as head of Playstation Studios.

If I were a betting man, I'd bet it will be Hulst.

 

[Barakov]

New Management Structure of Sony Interactive Entertainment​

New Management Structure of Sony Interactive Entertainment

(September 28, 2023, Tokyo / September 27, San Mateo, CA) – Sony Group Corporation and Sony Interactive Entertainment (SIE) today announced that SIE President and CEO Jim Ryan has made the decision to retire in March 2024 after almost thirty years with the PlayStation business. To support Mr...

sonyinteractive.com

 

[Varteras]

Bring back Jack Tretton.

Or better yet, Kevin Butler. I miss fun Sony.

 

[Topher]

 

[Killjoy-NL]

If I were a betting man, I'd bet it will be Hulst.

You could be right, but I wonder if he'll be up for the task as CEO of Playsation.

What's wrong? He did a great job making sure great games released, despite the covid pandemic.

Bungie is a great catch as well.

 

[bender]

Wait. wtf!?!

 

[blakdecaf]

I love people’s fantasy wishlists when stuff like this happens. Cancel PC ports? Yeah ok

 

[mrmustard]

Sad, he was so memable

 

[Sleepwalker]

Pretty sure Jim is in his 60s lol he looks way older than 55, that website posted earlier also said hes american but hes actually British.

First thing i'll do is sack Herman and close media molecule and cancel all the PC ports

Then i'll deal with Phil

Lmao whats the beef with MM

 

[Topher]

Pretty sure Jim is in his 60s lol he looks way older than 55, that website posted earlier also said hes american but hes actually British.

Bloomberg said in their article that he is 63.

PlayStation boss Jim Ryan is retiring March 2024

I hope they replace him with someone who will tone down or better yet remove Sony's censorship of japanese games. Incredibly unlikely and likely to not even matter before long anyway unfortunately.

www.neogaf.com

 

[Sleepwalker]

Bloomberg said in their article that he is 63.

PlayStation boss Jim Ryan is retiring March 2024

I hope they replace him with someone who will tone down or better yet remove Sony's censorship of japanese games. Incredibly unlikely and likely to not even matter before long anyway unfortunately.

www.neogaf.com

Sounds about right, he's probably yearning for a well earned rest.

Pretty sure no one even read what the man said, but he states its been hard to reconcile working in US but living in europe, hes probably super tired.

 

[Larxia]

- Cancel all PC ports

Legit question, why?
I'm really confused by this. I see multiple replies in this thread having this stance, or mocking people who like PC ports, and I don't really understand why. It doesn't change anything for people playing on ps5, it stays the same for you.
The only thing it does is that it lets more people play the game on a different platform, which only seems like a positive thing.
I don't understand how it can be viewed as a problem when it doesn't change anything to you.

 

[Sleepwalker]

Legit question, why?
I'm really confused by this. I see multiple replies in this thread having this stance, or mocking people who like PC ports, and I don't really understand why. It doesn't change anything for people playing on ps5, it stays the same for you.
The only thing it does is that it lets more people play the game on a different platform, which only seems like a positive thing.
I don't understand how it can be viewed as a problem when it doesn't change anything to you.

Something something brand value. Pay it no mind.

 

[Robbinhood]

Tretton is a boss. Bring his ass back.

Don't care about their Gaas push, they are hiring studios that wouldn't have worked on SP games anyways, its not taking away from their SP studios. If these gaas games can help fund other games its a win for PS.

They should keep expanding as they are, and buy Square Enix while you're at it. Square with Sony's full support will be banger after banger.

Otherwise it's business as usual. Foster talent, small games, big games, third party and first party. Sony knows how to win.

 

[Topher]

Sounds about right, he's probably yearning for a well earned rest.

Pretty sure no one even read what the man said, but he states its been hard to reconcile working in US but living in europe, hes probably super tired.

I'm betting he has to do a lot of flying back and forth. I wouldn't want to be doing that in may 60s either.

 

[James Sawyer Ford]

Tretton is a boss. Bring his ass back.

Don't care about their Gaas push, they are hiring studios that wouldn't have worked on SP games anyways, its not taking away from their SP studios. If these gaas games can help fund other games its a win for PS.

They should keep expanding as they are, and buy Square Enix while you're at it. Square with Sony's full support will be banger after banger.

Otherwise it's business as usual. Foster talent, small games, big games, third party and first party. Sony knows how to win.

Tretton really was the best

Took an early shit sandwich with ps3 and turned it around aggressively

All it took was good exclusive games

 

[blakdecaf]

Legit question, why?
I'm really confused by this. I see multiple replies in this thread having this stance, or mocking people who like PC ports, and I don't really understand why. It doesn't change anything for people playing on ps5, it stays the same for you.
The only thing it does is that it lets more people play the game on a different platform, which only seems like a positive thing.
I don't understand how it can be viewed as a problem when it doesn't change anything to you.

Winner.

Double down on it. Release a PC app/storefront with full PSN integration - Trophies, friends lists. Play anywhere is one of Xbox’s better ideas, Sony should’ve gone down the same route.

 

[S0ULZB0URNE]

Really don't wanna entertain that possibility but damn, the timing between that and this is a bit something itnnit?

Probably less than 5% chance it's related to anything with the ransomware hack tho.

Who knows?

Hopefully we get a improvement in the replacement.

As for the hacked data... I hope consumers credentials aren't compromised but I do hope we can see the release schedule.

 

[blakdecaf]

Probably the right time to go as the company looks towards a next gen platform. This happens a lot…it’s a big time commit. You don’t wanna bale out at the start of a gen.

 

[StreetsofBeige]

Here is what I want the next PS CEO to do:

- Fire Herman
- Cancel all GaaS games
- Cancel all PC ports
- Have all current PC studios work as support studios ensuring faster game releases.
- Cancel PS Premium
- Drop PS5 Price to $399
- Rehire the Days Gone leads and have Bend work on Days Gone 2
- Rehire the Japanese studios team.
- Move Sony headquarters back to Japan. No more woke nonsense stemming from their San Mateo HQs and LA studios.
- Model themselves after Nintendo. Focus on your own hardware and first party exclusives. Focus on single player games. Stop chasing trends, and just put in the work.
- Double ND, GG, SSM, Sucker Punch, Bend and Insomniac workforce. Stop buying studios and just hire everyone from studios Embracer is shutting down then have them work for your A tier studios and Insomniac.

TBH, you'd be lucky if one of those comes true.

The only one I see as a possibility is if the DG guys get rehired somehow and make DG2 or another game. I dont see Herman getting fired, but similar to any other person out there, there's always chance he quits for a different company unless he wants to be a lifer and retire for good with Sony as his last employer.

 

[DrFigs]

Here is what I want the next PS CEO to do:

- Fire Herman
- Cancel all GaaS games
- Cancel all PC ports
- Have all current PC studios work as support studios ensuring faster game releases.
- Cancel PS Premium
- Drop PS5 Price to $399
- Rehire the Days Gone leads and have Bend work on Days Gone 2
- Rehire the Japanese studios team.
- Move Sony headquarters back to Japan. No more woke nonsense stemming from their San Mateo HQs and LA studios.
- Model themselves after Nintendo. Focus on your own hardware and first party exclusives. Focus on single player games. Stop chasing trends, and just put in the work.
- Double ND, GG, SSM, Sucker Punch, Bend and Insomniac workforce. Stop buying studios and just hire everyone from studios Embracer is shutting down then have them work for your A tier studios and Insomniac.

cancelling all gaas is a bit extreme, since sony has zero multiplayer games right now. but i hope the next ceo rethinks some of jim's ideas. i think everything else on that list sounds good to me. Jim's been terrible, but investing in a bunch of gaas right before MS buys overwatch and call of duty seems like a pretty smart move.

 

[nial]

Wonder who will replace him?
Can't imagine it'll be Hermen Hulst, he's doing a good job as head of Playstation Studios.

If I were a betting man, I'd bet it will be Hulst.

Hermen ain't getting a CEO position anytime soon, he only barely got an important role in the company. Lin Tao (Senior Vice President of SIE) is my guess, she's been working there since 2001.

Leadership Spotlight: Lin Tao SVP, Finance, Corporate Development and Strategy – Sony Interactive Entertainment

sonyinteractive.com

 

[MatrixReloaded101]

Personally didn't like the way PS was trending under him, I think this is a good thing for PS

Why is that exactly? What direction do you think Jim should have taken?

These questions aren’t for just you, I’ve seen people have the same take and just curious.

 

[Represent.]

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