Sony is reportedly «uncomfortable» about outgoing PlayStation boss Jim Ryan's pivot to games as a service.
27.09.2023 - 22:17 / gamesindustry.biz / Jim Ryan
PlayStation CEO and president Jim Ryan will retire at the end of this year, the company has announced.
He will be succeeded on an interim basis by xxxxx.
Ryan is a long-serving veteran of PlayStation. He joined the company in 1994 ahead of the release of the first PlayStation, and has since held senior roles launching PS2, PS3, PS4 and PS5, alongside the handheld PSP and PS Vita consoles.
He was named the president and CEO of Sony Interactive Entertainment Europe in 2011, and then took a global role as head of sales and marketing for the entire business in 2016. After a successful stint as deputy president of Sony Interactive Entertainent, he was named the full CEO and president of the PlayStation division in 2019.
Sony is reportedly «uncomfortable» about outgoing PlayStation boss Jim Ryan's pivot to games as a service.
The surprising revelation that Jim Ryan will retire as Sony Interactive Entertainment’s President and CEO at the end of March 2024 has been, perhaps predictably, met with glee from most corners of the wider video game world. In addition to courting controversy on a number of occasions, the British executive’s tenure has largely been marred by a change in corporate goals: an emphasis on games as a service which has yet to really bear fruit, a lack of engagement with enthusiasts, and a blank slate of upcoming first-party releases.
With Sony announcing that PlayStation CEO Jim Ryan will be retiring in April of next year, this kind of message from Phil Spencer was inevitable. The Xbox boss has taken to Twitter in order to praise 63-year-old Ryan's impact on the industry, as you'd expect.
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.
Sony Interactive President Jim Ryan—the man who's led Sony's PlayStation division since 2019, is stepping down from his role as president and retiring from the company.
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Jim Ryan, PlayStation head and CEO of Sony Interactive Entertainment, is leaving the company after an almost 30-year stint. In a press release, Sony confirmed that he will be retiring in March 2024, with COO Hiroki Totoki being appointed as the interim CEO of the company from April 1, 2024. Ryan merely served four years as CEO, having replaced John Kodera in 2019, and most notably oversaw the launch of the PS5, which has sold over 40 million units worldwide, as of July. It's unclear who will eventually be taking over as the new CEO, but for the time being, Totoki will assume the role of SIE chairman in October.
Jim Ryan, Sony Interactive Entertainment (SIE) CEO, console dad, and crash zoom victim, is stepping down from his position at the top of the PlayStation tree after nearly 30 years at the company. Ryan will retire in March next year, at which point Sony's current COO and CFO Hiroki Totoki will assume the role of interim CEO while SIE hunts for a new, more permanent overlord.
Jim Ryan's retirement from PlayStation was not entirely unexpected.
Jim Ryan, President and CEO at Sony Interactive Entertainment (PlayStation), will retire in March 2024 after 30 years of working within the company. Sony has decided to place President, COO, and CFO Hiroki Totoki as the new Chairman of SIE (PlayStation) starting next month to help Jim Ryan with the transition. Totoki will also assume the role of interim CEO at SIE starting on April 1st, 2024, while Sony seeks a successor to 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.