PlayStation CEO Jim Ryan stepping down in March (www.polygon.com)
from stopthatgirl7@kbin.social to games@lemmy.world on 27 Sep 2023 23:23
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Ryan has led Sony Interactive Entertainment since 2019

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bighi@lemmy.world on 28 Sep 2023 00:00 next collapse

Great news!

scala@lemmy.ml on 28 Sep 2023 00:07 next collapse

Amazing. Hopefully that company moves into the 21st century and allows crossplay to all their online games, and perhaps even a step further and redecuding exclusive games and add release more PC games.

Cheebus@lemmy.world on 28 Sep 2023 01:40 collapse

And a fair refund policy

Wodge@lemmy.world on 28 Sep 2023 00:51 next collapse

Compared to Phil Spencer, he comes across a bit of a Superintendent of the Fun Police.

Good that he’s going, hopefully the next CEO is someone who actually likes games, maybe that’s why Kamiya stepped down at Platinum…

Zehzin@lemmy.world on 28 Sep 2023 04:35 collapse

Kamiya has no business being the CEO of a billion dollar megacorp subsidiary and that’s one of the best compliments I can give someone.

ilickfrogs@lemmy.world on 28 Sep 2023 01:31 next collapse

Good riddance. He’s a man you could always tell doesn’t play games.

LetMeEatCake@lemm.ee on 28 Sep 2023 03:44 next collapse

Curious why everyone in the comments (as of my own comment) is happy about this?

Sure, he exudes C-suite personality and doesn’t act like he’s a gamer. But that doesn’t matter. He oversaw Sony’s rise to dominance in the console market. That dominance is built on the foundation of their first party AAA games — which is a less than ten year old change for them. Sony porting their big games to PC was a project that was fully embraced under his leadership.

Point being, as a gamer it seems like he’s done a fairly decent job. I don’t care how boring his interviews or speeches are or that he looks and acts like he belongs in a board room — they’re all like that anyway even if their public persona says otherwise. I care about games and treatment of consumers.

[deleted] on 28 Sep 2023 05:12 next collapse

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helloharu@lemmy.world on 28 Sep 2023 06:54 next collapse

I don’t get it either. PlayStation have release some amazing first party games, and equally great consoles over his tenure that have captured my imagination and passion many times over. These are the things that matter, not some idealised or stereotypical c-suite gamer persona. He’s done great things with PlayStation and deserves the credit for that.

Zehzin@lemmy.world on 28 Sep 2023 12:52 collapse

I’d hardly pin their rise on him, in 2019 when he took over it was already pretty clear they were on top in the high end console front. If anyone should take credit it’s Don Mattrick lmao

Zehzin@lemmy.world on 28 Sep 2023 04:39 collapse

Good. The last few years made me lose any interest in them as a punisher.

Virkkunen@kbin.social on 28 Sep 2023 05:19 collapse

Sony is out for justice