Jim Ryan

Head of Xbox Phil Spencer has paid tribute to PlayStation boss Jim Ryan following the news that the Sony executive will retire from the Japanese gaming giant next year.

Jim Ryan, President of Sony Interactive Entertainment, has announced that he will retire in March 2024, bringing to a close an almost thirty year career with the PlayStation business, in which he has held a variety of senior positions at the company.

An end of an era.

Sony has announced that PlayStation boss Jim Ryan will be retiring next March, capping off nearly 30 years with the company that saw him take the lead for the launch of Sony's current-gen offering, the PlayStation 5. 

PlayStation boss Jim Ryan has shared praise for Sony's PS3 project PlayStation Home in newly revealed documents part of the court case concerning Microsoft's acquisition of Activision Blizzard. While talk surrounding the Metaverse has somewhat died down as of late, Ryan believes PlayStation Home was an early interpretation of the concept, and was even «10 to 15 years ahead of its time».

Sony has announced PlayStation boss Jim Ryan will be retiring from his role in March 2024. To help with the transition, Hiroki Totoki will assume the position Interim CEO of Sony Interactive Entertainment from next month. «Mr. Totoki will work closely with Sony Group Corporation Chairman and CEO Kenichiro Yoshida and the management team of SIE to help define the next chapter of PlayStation’s future, including the succession of the SIE CEO role,» a press release states.

Sony Interactive Entertainment president and CEO Jim Ryan will retire in March 2024 after nearly 30 years with the PlayStation business, the company announced.

It’s a big, unexpected day for Sony PlayStation fans. New information has surfaced online that the president of Sony Interactive Entertainment, Jim Ryan, will be stepping down from the company. What might shock some fans is that while Jim Ryan only served as the president of Sony Interactive Entertainment since 2019, they were a part of the Sony company all the way back in 1994. Details are scarce, but details are coming from a reliable source online, along with a press release that offers a bit more insight. 

PlayStation head Jim Ryan is leaving the company, according to a press release from Sony Interactive Entertainment. Ryan has served as president and CEO since his appointment in 2018. Ryan’s tenure at Sony spans nearly 30 years, during which he’s held numerous leadership roles, including serving as the head of Sony Europe after former SIEE president Andrew House passed the torch in 2011.

Sony Interactive Entertainment CEO and president Jim Ryan is retiring from his position leading the PlayStation business, Sony announced Wednesday. Bloomberg reporter Jason Schreier first reported the news Wednesday afternoon before Sony published its news release. Ryan will step down in March 2024 after 30 years at Sony and PlayStation.

Sony announced today that Jim Ryan, head of Sony Interactive Entertainment (SIE) and PlayStation, is retiring in March 2024. He has worked for Sony for almost thirty years and assumed the role of CEO of SIE in 2019. He oversaw the launch of the PlayStation 5, which has sold over 40 million units. Ryan gave no indication that he is moving to a new role in the games industry.

The head of PlayStation will depart from his role at the company next year. Sony Interactive Entertainment President and CEO Jim Ryan is retiring from his position at Sony in March 2024, with other executive leadership taking his place in the interim.

Jim Ryan, the CEO and President of Sony Interactive Entertainment, is set to depart the company and retire at the end of next March, it’s been announced. Sony has confirmed that the PlayStation boss will be stepping down from his role after more than thirty years with the company.

PlayStation boss Jim Ryan is reportedly stepping down from his position as Sony Interactive Entertainment president and CEO.

Sony Interactive Entertainment CEO and president Jim Ryan is set to step down from his position, the company has confirmed.

By Emma Rothand Ash Parrish

Sony has announced PlayStation boss Jim Ryan will be retiring next March, after nearly 30 years with the company, having joined in 1994.

PlayStation CEO and president Jim Ryan will retire at the end of this year, the company has announced.

PlayStation and Sony Interactive Entertainment CEO Jim Ryan has been at the helm of the company since replacing John Kodera in 2019, but it's now being reported that Ryan is apparently stepping down from his role within the company, according to two sources familiar with the situation.

PlayStation and its many leaders are in a curious position right now. The reason for that was how they tried to take Microsoft to court to stop the merger between their rival and Activision Blizzard. One of the most outspoken people about that merger was Jim Ryan, who said that the merger would be bad for the game industry as a whole. The FTC helped Sony try and stop the merger, but to no avail. Just as interesting, thanks to the court case, numerous documents have leaked, including ones that have Jim Ryan talking about the focus of PlayStation going forward.

Stockbroking firm Goodbody analyzes the challenges faced by Devolver and TinyBuild due to subscription deals and underperforming titles.

Game Pass has become central to Microsoft’s gaming efforts ever since its introduction, driving the company to a much more platform agnostic approach. Interestingly enough, however, PlayStation CEO Jim Ryan doesn’t seem to be a big fan.

Gaming companies have been struggling with leaks for years. In February 2022, Rockstar Games was hit with a shocking breach when over 90 early development videos of GTA 6, its rumored next big game, were dumped online on GTAForums by a hacker. We've already had a few leaks during the ongoing FTC vs Microsoft case. In June, Sony presented a document from PlayStation chief Jim Ryan in the court, which detailed its revenue from Call of Duty games, as well as the cost of making AAA titles. Now, another goldmine of leaks has surfaced during the case, and it is being called the “biggest leak in Xbox history”.

Microsoft has announced the full list of games coming day one with Xbox Game Pass Core tomorrow, September 14.

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For a while now, popular online game platform Roblox has been pretty much exclusive to Xbox consoles, even though the company behind the title doesn't have any publicly known deals with Microsoft. It was assumed that Roblox was only on Xbox because the majority of people play the game on PC and it was just a natural place to have a console presence.

Game creation platform Roblox will belatedly launch for PlayStation 4 and PS5 in October.

The Ratatan team has announced it'll be hosting a celebratory livestream as the game's Kickstarter campaign comes to a close on 1st September 2023. The Patapon-inspired title has raised almost ten times its original pledge goal to secure 18 stretch targets — the campaign currently sits on £962,000 raised having initially asked for £108,000. The livestream will take place this Friday at 1pm BST / 5am PT / 8am ET.

Starfield officially arrives September 6, but it has already begun breaking records on Steam. The expansive space RPG hit an all-time peak of 248,632 concurrent players, at the time of writing, which goes to show how impatient players have been for Bethesda's latest. For the uninitiated, those who aren't willing to wait for the official launch can purchase the Rs. 6,699/ $100 Premium Edition of the game and play it early. This is applicable across both Steam and Xbox platforms, with even Game Pass members willing to fork over $31.49/ Rs. 2,519 for early access, despite the title being essentially free for them.

We have a rumor suggesting that Sony has scheduled a State of Play, and the timing seems to be particular.

Microsoft’s head of gaming has said he’d like to find ways to ensure that hundreds of Xbox 360 titles aren’t lost when the console’s digital store closes next year.

Sony's handheld gaming device, once codenamed Project Q, now has a proper name and a price tag to go with it.

August 2023’s PlayStation Plus Game Catalogue and Classics titles have been made available to subscribers.

What better way to find out if a prospective candidate has knowledge of your game than to launch a job interview process within the game itself?

Sony has reportedly begun rolling out public beta access for cloud gaming on the PS5. As per ResetEra user ArashiGames, chosen PS Plus Premium members will be able to stream select games at up to 4K resolution. While the company confirmed the addition of cloud streaming in June, it's only now that we're learning about the supported resolution. That said, it's unclear whether the maximum resolution refers to the in-game graphical fidelity or the streaming resolution, but a screenshot suggests that available resolutions are entirely dependent on the player's internet connection. The core idea is that you can play games from the cloud without actually owning or downloading any of them.

Sony has begun beta testing cloud streaming PS5 games for some users.

Final Fantasy XVI failed to meet the high-end of Square Enix's sales expectations, according to company president Takashi Kiryu.

PlayStation 5 sales have increased 75% in the UK following its price cut.

Sony has kicked off a big PlayStation summer sale, with £75 off the list price on a new PlayStation 5 console, a saving that UK retailers are pushing that little bit further to take £80 off the price.

Sony is temporarily lowering the price of the PlayStation 5 in the U.K., Ireland, Germany, Austria, and India, a discount that appears to signal a similar temporary price drop in the U.S.

Lies of P project director Jiwon Choi has referred to Xbox Game Pass as a ‘momentous occasion’ for the game.

PlayStation boss Jim Ryan has announced more than 40 million PS5 consoles have now been sold since its release in November 2020. With any PS5 Stock issues now completely rectified, Ryan said: «With the support of PlayStation fans, we have reached a milestone of 40 million PS5 consoles sold through to gamers since launch. Thank you so much to our community of gamers — without you this would have been an impossible task.»

Polish studio CD Projekt RED has announced it'll be cutting «around 100» jobs in the very near future as part of a structural reshuffle.

Sony Interactive Entertainment has launched a PlayStation 5 hardware sale in Europe.

Sony has kicked off a big PlayStation summer sale, with £75 off the list price on a new PlayStation 5 console, a saving that UK retailers are pushing that little bit further to take £80 off the price.

The PlayStation 5 has passed another milestone, with more than 40 million consoles now sold by Sony since its launch in late 2020.

Sony Group Corp has sold more than 40 million PlayStation 5 consoles, its gaming division said on Thursday, citing the easing of supply chain problems.

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Sony has sold in excess of 40m PlayStation 5 consoles.

Sony Interactive Entertainment has revealed the PlayStation 5 has surpassed 40 million units sold. 

Microsoft has announced the Games with Gold lineup for August 2023, the final set of games to launch under the Games With Gold banner before the promotion comes to an end in September.

The PlayStation 5 has topped 40 million lifetime sales in under three years.

The PlayStation 5 has passed another milestone, with more than 40 million consoles now sold by Sony since its launch in late 2020.

PlayStation 5 has sold through more than 40 million units worldwide as if the week ending July 16, Sony Interactive Entertainment announced.

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Sony Interactive Entertainment (SIE) has claimed that PlayStation 5 sales have reached 40 million units worldwide.

Sony has announced that the PS5 has now sold over 40 million units worldwide. As of March 31, the console stood at 38.4 million units shipped.

PlayStation 5 has now sold 40 million consoles worldwide, Sony has announced.

Several images and a video of what's alleged to be PlayStation's newly-announced handheld system, currently only known by its codename Project Q, have leaked online.

Call of Duty has around 90 million monthly players, with half of all Call of Duty engagement on mobile, Activision Blizzard has revealed.