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[jroc74]

RIP

NOOOOOOOOOOO!!

Also for a split second I saw SNE as SNES and almost fainted.

 

[LycanXIII]

Andrew House reports to Andrew House now.

 

[EatinOlives]

Update

My title won't change

https://twitter.com/yosp/status/691869390279680001

Company payroll on the same servers as PSN confirmed.

 

[DangerMouse]

But head of SCEA now head of WWS, and head of SCEE now head of marketing!

This is the weirdest part.

 

[Muzy72]

Okay OP should be good to go now, if anymore updates need to be made, shoot me a PM and I'll fix it up in the morning.

P.S. If a mod could change SNE in the thread title to SNEI that would be lovely!

 

[Xenus]

Andrew House reports to Andrew House now.

Company flow charts are always fun for things like that. You never seem to get both positions pay though

 

[Doctor_Thomas]

Andrew House reports to Andrew House now.

"Andrew, I think you've been doing a good job, so I'm going to give you a pay rise and the rest of the day off."

"Thank you, Andrew. I am going to spend the day drinking cocktails with Hideo."

 

[Tapejara]

Should have just kept it all under the SCE banner. That name's got history.

 

[TetraGenesis]

But head of SCEA now head of WWS, and head of SCEE now head of marketing!

Hmm. Yeah. Weird. Feels like they needed to throw Shawn and Jim a bone.

 

[I-hate-u]

But head of SCEA now head of WWS, and head of SCEE now head of marketing!

Does that also apply locally for each region, or are we getting new heads for the 3 territories?

Hmm. Yeah. Weird. Feels like they needed to throw Shawn and Jim a bone.

GG Atsushi Morita.

 

[brickarts295]

How is fake KazCEO going to top this?

SCE is now called SIE. We were originally going to call them “International Sony Interactive Studios“, until we saw the acronym

@KazHiraiCEO

Like that

 

[Alo0oy]

No Yoshida as head of worldwide studios anymore, it can only get better from now on

As if Shawn Layden will greenlight a game like Bloodborne.

 

[RE_Player]

Sony needed this shake up.

 

[crinale]

Back in PS1 era networking on consoles was never a thing hence the company was called Sony Computer Entertainment. After 2 decades networking is more important than ever so the whole merger makes 100% sense to me..

 

[juicyfruitas]

so looks like Andrew House is packing bags and moving to San Mateo?

 

[Movalpolos]

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).

This is exactly what it reminds me of, lol

 

[wapplew]

so looks like Andrew House is packing bags and moving to San Mateo?

And Shawn Layden is the second most powerful man in SIE.

 

[EekumBokum]

So does this mean Shu is no longer in charge of greenlighting first party or collaboration games and this responsibility now goes to Shawn? Aw man, I feel like the only reason we even got a game like Bloodborne was because Shu is so fond of From Software.

 

[allan-bh]

Playstation headquarters is no longer in Japan, that's an interesting change.

 

[I-hate-u]

As if Shawn Layden will greenlight a game like Bloodborne.

Shawn better not not greenlight Bloodborne 2.

 

[GravityInsanity]

 

[Black Republican]

Same ol

 

[EdReedFan20]

So does this mean there's no longer regional branches (i.e. SCEA, SCEE)? If so, I hope employees don't get laid off due to redundancies.

 

[zsynqx]

I hate change, it's scary. Hope Uncharted 4 still has SCE presents.

 

[A-V-B]

Damn!

 

[KingBroly]

Sony's greatest product continues to shine

 

[crinale]

I hate change, it's scary. Hope Uncharted 4 still has SCE presents.

SIE will become a thing only after April though.

 

[J-Skee]

RIP

Nooooooooooo!!!!

Ugh, I don't like this name at all. Will the logo at least still be the same?

 

[FluxWaveZ]

I hope this means we still get pre-TGS SCEJ conferences.

 

[A-V-B]

Nooooooooooo!!!!

Ugh, I don't like this name at all. Will the logo at least still be the same?

I hope so! I love that logo. Or at least what it represents.

 

[neurosyphilis]

Man fuck that I love you Sony, but you'll always be SCE to me.

 

[Exquisik]

But head of SCEA now head of WWS, and head of SCEE now head of marketing!

All the names listed in OP, except John Kodera, were all Executives and Officers (CEO, CFO, COO). And the fact that Shu still has the same title, means that all the names listed in the OP are now CEO of the listed division. Shawn Layden will now be in command of World Wide Studios with Shu as second in command. And there could be new presidents for the regional divisions/branches, and they will report to both Shu and Shawn.

 

[wapplew]

SIE will become a thing only after April though.

We gotta use SCE as much as we can until then.

 

[Movalpolos]

 

[TWrecks310]

I always loved that "Sony Computer Entertainment Presents" at the beginning of all their titles though

It's style was so epic to me for some reason, and I don't think the new name will fit as well.

 

[Chie Satonaka]

Glad I peeked in on this thread.

 

[fvng]

Is this new name really fucking necessary? SCE was a fine name

 

[zsynqx]

SIE will become a thing only after April though.

Uncharted 4 releases at the end of April.

 

[GootecksShimmy]

I laughed so hard.

This twitter is gold.

 

[Qblivion]

I'm more confused as to why PSN was technically managed by a separate company in the first place.

 

[oti]

Is this new name really fucking necessary? SCE was a fine name

Who cares. It's just a name. Let's hope this change streamlines things and makes their games better.

 

[crinale]

http://www.sony.co.jp/SonyInfo/News/Press/201601/16-008/index.html

Sony purchased Altair Semiconductor (makes mobile chips) but I don't think it is related that much.

 

[Rephin]

Holy shit, lol.

 

[mollipen]

Just like the original PlayStation will always be the PSX to me, they'll always be SCEA / SCEE / SCEJ to me.

 

[wapplew]

I'm more confused as to why PSN was technically managed by a separate company in the first place.

Because movie tv music not part of SCE?

 

[A-V-B]

I always loved that "Sony Computer Entertainment Presents" at the beginning of all their titles though

It's associated with Fumito Ueda's titles, for me ...

 

[mysteriousmage09]

Forever the best.

 

[TetraGenesis]

http://www.sony.co.jp/SonyInfo/News/Press/201601/16-008/index.html

What. What are we supposed to do with that.

Edit: Ah, you edited. Unrelated certainly but interesting.

 

[KRaZyAmmo]

It's always gonna be SCE to me...I'll still use it lol

 

[Primethius]

Fantastic, as always.