CrispyBoar
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Someone post this in the OP.
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SCE & SNE merge to Sony Interactive Entertainment, HQ moving from Tokyo to California
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Someone post this in the OP.
NinjaCoachZ
Member
So is not much changing after all?
Can someone screencap Shu's tweet about Layden so I can add it to the OP? Thanks
https://twitter.com/yosp/status/691869390279680001
RIP
I hope the new logo makes up for the weird acronym.
Benclank01
Member
Maybe because they wanna go back to the 90's where 20th Century Fox and Universal Studios would do their own video game division under the word "Interactive", like Fox Interactive and Universal Interactive Studios (otherwise known as Vivendi Games until 2007).
piccio_ssl
Member
Oh thank god
I don't know was their networking stuff headquarter in the US or Japan before?
That's a good thing right?
neurosyphilis
Definitely not an STD, as I'm a pure.
Damn "Sony Computer Entertainment" was so cool growing up and still is. I'm going to miss that "Sony Computer Entertainment Presents" screen.
Layden's SCE roots are from Japan.
katsubento
Member
Interesting indeed. SIE has an odd ring to it.
Playstation Network?
ThoughtsOfSpeaking
Banned
It says that PSN will be in the press release, but its not clear at this point if it will development of PSN services like Now Vue and Music or the whole damn thing.
The PS4 firmware might still stay in Japan under Sony electronics however.
TimFL
Member
Don't get my hopes up.
Krusenstern
Banned
The change will only take effect on April 1st. So you will still see it in your next Uncharted.
Cynn
Member
With absolutely no disrespect to the Japanese teams intended, it could be a fantastic thing.
NinjaCoachZ
Member
Uncharted is coming out in April now. :|
Is he teasing Tokyo Jungle 2 with that background?
wapplew
Member
So this is like SCE say fuck you, we take over the PSN now?
Networking appears to be. Was it before? I'd guess OS would be under Ito in Hardware engineering and operation though
Krusenstern
Banned
Oh well, sucks for the SCE lovers.
DriftingSpirit
Member
I am interested in this as well.
..or more like SCE and SNE business are so entangled together that why keep companies separate instead of having one big SIE.
Lol that shit ain't ever getting fixed
Seeing as Masayasu Ito is the chief of Hardware engineering and operations, firmware developments will probably remain in Japan.
Blog post from Layden http://blog.us.playstation.com/2016/01/25/announcing-sony-interactive-entertainment-llc/
If you're talking about his twitter background, then the background is from Kojima and Cerny's tour at Media Molecules.
And just because SCE and SNE merged, does not mean that there still won't be an America, Europe, and Japan (Asia) division.
Doctor_Thomas
Member
Wario64 ‏@Wario64 1m
Sony can change its name but we still can't change our PSN names
Sony can change its name but we still can't change our PSN names
NinjaCoachZ
Member
ramoisdead
Member
lawlz at Yosp retweeting that. They are indeed laughing.
NinjaCoachZ
Member
Wario beat Fake Kaz to the punch
What Kaz came up with is equally great.
https://twitter.com/KazHiraiCEO/status/691871745289129985
Krusenstern
Banned
How is fake KazCEO going to top this?
wapplew
Member
But head of SCEA now head of WWS, and head of SCEE now head of marketing!
DangerMouse
Member
EatinOlives
Member
Oh please be true.
The firmware team really should not follow the Japanese software model of "everything is siloed and nobody knows anything, things will come out from this office sometimes maybe, we may implement some features, not necessarily in the way the consumers want it, and there's no given timeline on any of this".
