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[OuterLimits]

If we fault Jim for anything, it’s the poor communication.

Lol. This is true. "Nobody wants to play those old shitty games"(yes, I know not the exact quote)

 

[gaming_again]

I am many many years younger than Jim Ryan and I recently flew to Switzerland. Coming back was a 9.5 hour flight.

It was awful doing it twice (there and back). I can't imagine doing it multiple times per year for consecutive years.

But we still got to hear "jIm rYaN wAs FiReD!"

I fly to Japan twice a year and each time it gets more brutal. I can't imagine what it'll be like 20 years later from now. I've gone from 24 hour recoveries to needing 72 in just half a decade.

 

[nial]

Did he get this from Futaba Channel?

 

[Cyberpunkd]

taking trips in this day and age is idiotic but companies still force it because the execs want to go out and have fun away from families, fuck hookers and do blow etc. the thing is the rest of us just want to stay home and join via zoom.

Realistically he should only be traveling to LA once a year. For the game awards. To show support for his devs. Tokyo every quarter to talk to the board. But that’s it. Everything can be handled over teams nowadays. Let’s face it. He’s the CEO, no one’s going to leave him on Read. His secretaries should be connecting him at all times anyway.

This. There is a reason to be in the same office especially for line managers - you cannot trust your young employees, sometimes you need to whip them into shape. But his job is not this.

 

[yurinka]

Yeah well there is no new locoroco he clearly doesn't know what he's doing...



/s

His job isn't to decide which games do they greenlight at PS Studios, this is Hermen's and his editorial team job. Jimbo's job was being the CEO and making sure they grew their revenue and profits, somehting he did better than anyone else.

This. There is a reason to be in the same office especially for line managers - you cannot trust your young employees, sometimes you need to whip them into shape. But his job is not this.

His job as CEO is to have top level meetings and to sign important stuff. Things that sometimes can be made remotely but some important meetings and deals must be done in person.

Seems like CEOs of PlayStation don't last long because of this, I recall Hirai also said the same

Maybe Sony needs to have a hard look at why they are grinding these guys out. MS and Nintendo don't seem to have this issue all things considered

Maybe at Sony they have to travel more because they have a more global team with talent across the world and have more deals to sign. When you have all your important teams in a single region (NA for MS, JP for Nintendo) plus you have way less deals to sign they don't need to travel that much.

And well, maybe it's just an excuse and they simply decide to retire because they are tired of working and are rich enough to quit.

 

[Ozriel]

His biggest dream.

I would love to be in the stadium when NUFC wins the Champions League. I think this will happen within the next ten years.

At least he can dream.
As a Man United fan, i despair of us winning the UCL again in my lifetime

 

[Nitty_Grimes]

I’m sure Jim travels business if not first class everywhere.

Flat beds on the planes. You can sleep like a baby for 6/7 hours on a nine hour flight and still answer all your emails.

 

[Ar¢tos]

Lessons In life.

The man that close many studios talking about humble.

?!?

PixelOpus - 2 guys in a room inside another studio, working with Sony Animation for more than one year with absolutely nothing to show.

Japan Studio - 800 people, a few dozens in team Asobi, another few dozen doing 3rd party support and the other few hundreds going to work to scratch their balls all day.

He didn't close anything important, he made successful studios grow bigger and some potentially good acquisitions.

 

[Thick Thighs Save Lives]

 

[Hudo]

What if he just moves the HQ into the plane.

 

[OuterLimits]

As a person who cares more about the first party games Sony makes than how happy the shareholders are, I won't be sad to see him go honestly.

 

[sono]

Lol
(This makes me wonder how much he makes)

 

[kubricks]

"I have the best job in the world."

Also

"I get up at 3am to get on 9 hour flights all week. It's fucking bullshit."

That's not contradictory though?
I work in multiple time zones and it's really hard to deal with sometimes, but I love the job itself.

 

[Slothbeing1209]

Lol
(This makes me wonder how much he makes)

His networth around $250 million in 2020...
He's rich af.

 

[Salmon Snake]

Best way to hold a Dualshock.

 

[BlackTron]

Dude can't even hold a Playstation controller right. He looks like a model holding a Nintendo 64 controller in a JC Penny catalog.

edit: beaten by seconds lol

 

[Ansphn]

Jim alway seemed like a genuine straight shooter type to me instead of the manipulative snake oils Salesman like Phil Spencer. Dont know people hated Jim and worshipped Phil.

 

[ahtlas7]

Go have fun Jimbo. Play some of those movie games you like so much.

 

[Ansphn]

Seems like CEOs of PlayStation don't last long because of this, I recall Hirai also said the same

Maybe Sony needs to have a hard look at why they are grinding these guys out. MS and Nintendo don't seem to have this issue all things considered

Why when the results have been so positive versus Xbox?

 

[BootsLoader]

He looks cool, funny and decent guy. As all people who have a lot of money and don’t care about possessions.
I would like to know the real “him”. When he didn’t had all that.

 

[GHG]

This is a non-trivial challenge as what gamers love in Tokyo can be very different to what gamers love in Dubai

Jimbo with the shout out.

 

[Woopah]

"I have the best job in the world."

Also

"I get up at 3am to get on 9 hour flights all week. It's fucking bullshit."

He's saying he gets up early to have calls with Japan, not to fly there every week.

Where is this informaiton coming from? I don't know why people believe this.

 

[GHG]

I am many many years younger than Jim Ryan and I recently flew to Switzerland. Coming back was a 9.5 hour flight.

It was awful doing it twice (there and back). I can't imagine doing it multiple times per year for consecutive years.

But we still got to hear "jIm rYaN wAs FiReD!"

Did some travelling in August back and forth across 3 different time zones in a multi-leg trip.

That was only for pleasure, not business and it really fucked with me and my wife. Wouldn't recommend and I'm in my 30's. Can't imagine how bad it would make you feel at an older age.

 

[Kenpachii]

Night work breaks you up at some point. Specially when its not needed.

 

[Skifi28]

Dude can't even hold a Playstation controller right. He looks like a model holding a Nintendo 64 controller in a JC Penny catalog.

edit: beaten by seconds lol

To this day, I still have no idea how one holds a n64 controller.

 

[Kenpachii]

To this day, I still have no idea how one holds a n64 controller.

Same here that controller was so dam weird.

 

[ShaiKhulud1989]

Mai-san!!!!

As a former news reporter and then media executive I can perfectly understand Jimbo. Even frequent business trips across your own contry are taking a huge strain in your mental wellbeing and family.

 

[GHG]

I’m sure Jim travels business if not first class everywhere.

Flat beds on the planes. You can sleep like a baby for 6/7 hours on a nine hour flight and still answer all your emails.

I fly business on Emirates whenever I fly and it's the best business class of any airline.

I can assure you it's not the same as getting a proper night's sleep on the ground in a real bed.

 

[Dr.D00p]

See guys, not even the best job in the world is worth sacrificing your health for.

Well, maybe not once youve secured that 6 figure pension and millions in stock options....

 

[FunkMiller]

Where is home? I live in Highgate, in North London

Fuck. That's only down the road from me.

 

[SHA]

There are two wolves inside him.

A werewolf.

 

[Sleepwalker]

A werewolf.

A Jimwolf if you may

Wait a minute... GymWolf ..Jim?

 

[Draugoth]

Jim, that's called getting old.

A day in the life of you?

It depends on where I am. If I’m in the UK, I get up very early for the London/Tokyo crossover, break around midday, then sleep, eat and have a walk, then start again around three just as the West Coast is getting going, and slog through on Teams until supper.

I stay in front of a computer all day so i can relate. It's horrible.

 

[GymWolf]

A Jimwolf if you may

Wait a minute... GymWolf ..Jim?

Spoiler

 

[Bernardougf]

Jim seems like a likeable enough fella. He just stinks at public speaking and has 0 charisma.

Perfect.. we have enough Phil Spencer already

 

[TheRaidenPT]

Recently saw this interview and couldn't agree more with Jim.

I'm always traveling from Europe to Latin America and the US for work and at some point the jet lag is just part of you. Mix that in with not spending enough time at home, you get constantly tired and trying to find mitigations to either be able to sleep properly or get things done.

One of the first things I noticed from hitting 30, is how the jetlag hits differently and now I need a half a day rest before getting down to work after a 10h-15h plane ride.

 

[ElCasual]

Jim doesn't care about material possessions

And the Playstation brand.

 

[BlackTron]

To this day, I still have no idea how one holds a n64 controller.

Check the first page of the manual for the game you're playing. Some people have IQ's of 300 and when they switch to Dr. Mario which uses the D-pad. They figure out the other way to hold it without the manual. Lucky for me, I keep all of mine so I don't need to remember so many hard facts

 

[Mibu no ookami]

His job isn't to decide which games do they greenlight at PS Studios, this is Hermen's and his editorial team job. Jimbo's job was being the CEO and making sure they grew their revenue and profits, somehting he did better than anyone else.


His job as CEO is to have top level meetings and to sign important stuff. Things that sometimes can be made remotely but some important meetings and deals must be done in person.


Maybe at Sony they have to travel more because they have a more global team with talent across the world and have more deals to sign. When you have all your important teams in a single region (NA for MS, JP for Nintendo) plus you have way less deals to sign they don't need to travel that much.

And well, maybe it's just an excuse and they simply decide to retire because they are tired of working and are rich enough to quit.

The real problem for Jim Ryan is that he lives in the UK and the HQ is in California and that the main company is in Japan.

That's a terrible timezone difference. 9AM in California is 5pm in the UK. 5PM in California is 1AM in the UK. The timezone is even worse for Japan. 9AM in the UK is 6PM in Japan. So the day is largely over by the time they're waking up. It couldn't be a worse location to be in for a California/Japan centric company.

It's not just meetings with internal teams, but also meetings with partners and vendors who are based in the US.

The next CEO of SIE will probably be expected to live in California.

It's been discussed before, but past CEOs have spoken Japanese. Not sure that will be a requirement moving forward, but it still might be. Their decision will say a lot about what direction they want to the company to take in the next 5+ years.

 

[Nitty_Grimes]

I fly business on Emirates whenever I fly and it's the best business class of any airline.

I can assure you it's not the same as getting a proper night's sleep on the ground in a real bed.

Well of course cos you’re on an aeroplane.

I too travel business unless it’s on to Australia then I travel first on Emirates where I can have a shower on the plane but that to is not like having a shower at home either.

My point was it’s not economy where someone’s seat is reclined into your lap for 9 hours.

 

[RoboFu]

Well yeah .. sitting on a plane seat with a million dollars in petty cash in your back pocket is very uncomfortable and leads to back problems.

 

[BootsLoader]

"I have the best job in the world."

Also

"I get up at 3am to get on 9 hour flights all week. It's fucking bullshit."

He loves his work for real, problem is that he is getting old and his body can’t keep up with all this. Good thing is that he admits that.
I imagine that he wants a simpler life now, have a beer, watch some tv, eat with family etc. and then go to sleep.

 

[Thirty7ven]

How can people possibly believe this type of bullshit? It defies reason.

 

[Heimdall_Xtreme]

Jim Ryan complains about 9-hour flights where he can read a book or sleep...

At work I was awake for more than 50 hours on some occasions without resting. And I entered a covid-19 area in the middle of the pandemic with more than 20 people with a confirmed diagnosis, which I survived, in 2020.

So Jim Ryan don't cry over insignificant things.

 

[BootsLoader]

Jim Ryan complains about 9-hour flights where he can read a book or sleep...

At work I was awake for more than 50 hours on some occasions without resting. And I entered a covid-19 area in the middle of the pandemic with more than 20 people with a confirmed diagnosis, which I survived, in 2020.

So Jim Ryan don't cry over insignificant things.

Are you a doctor?

 

[Heimdall_Xtreme]

Are you a doctor?

Yes friend

 

[Champomade]

I’m sure Jim travels business if not first class everywhere.

Flat beds on the planes. You can sleep like a baby for 6/7 hours on a nine hour flight and still answer all your emails.

Not really...

 

[BootsLoader]

Yes friend

I really asked out of curiosity. Doctor is a very underrated profession. Thank you for your contribution to our society.
You really deserve more than that.

 

[Mibu no ookami]

How can people possibly believe this type of bullshit? It defies reason.

No one actually believes it. It has 63 likes on twitter. A lot of people have invested a lot of time and money into the Xbox ecosystem. The games the controllers, Xbox live communities e.t.c.

None of those people believe this is true, they just want to celebrate anything that suggests things aren't as bad as they are and there are a lot of people making a living on promoting Xbox as a platform.

Colt Eastwood has 158K subscribers on youtube... He's now promising AI will save Xbox. And maybe AI will have a profound impact on gaming in the next 10 years, but what he is doing is trying to sustain his cult. Will his very specific cult stick with him if Xbox folds?

Look at how his channel evolved over time. He's had this YT channel for 16 years. 6 years ago he found success really leaning into the console war stuff. They're con artists that get access directly from Microsoft in exchange for shepherding their flocks and keeping them engaged.

 

[Hudo]

Jim Ryan complains about 9-hour flights where he can read a book or sleep...

At work I was awake for more than 50 hours on some occasions without resting. And I entered a covid-19 area in the middle of the pandemic with more than 20 people with a confirmed diagnosis, which I survived, in 2020.

So Jim Ryan don't cry over insignificant things.

That's pretty ....Xtreme.