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[DonJorginho]

Sony Pictures so not gaming related, the word picture is nowhere to be found in this thread.

Sony Pictures temporarily shuts offices in London, Paris and Gdynia, Poland, over coronavirus

Sony Pictures said it has opted to temporarily close offices in London, Paris and Gdynia, Poland, after a London-based employee may have been exposed to coronavirus.

www.cnbc.com

Reports are coming in that Sony has closed three of its European offices due to concerns over the coronavirus. Offices in London (UK), Paris (France), and Gdynia (Poland) have been shuttered for the rest of the week as a precautionary measure.

Sony says that none of its employees have tested positive for the coronavirus, but it's still taking action after one member of staff travelled to a region where the virus is a known threat. According to TBI, an internal memo reads: "Out of an abundance of caution, the London, Paris and Gdynia offices will be closed for the remainder of the week, and employees should work from home"

As of now this is not affecting their gaming studios, but this could very easily affect Playstation if the virus gets worse.

 

[Agnostic2020]

Good on them for caring for their work force health

 

[Blond]

>New consoles
>2020

Corona-chan you, naughty, naughty girl.

 

[DonJorginho]

Good on them for caring for their work force health

Watch people get annoyed by this lmao

 

[Dr.Morris79]

Sony Europe are shit anyway, they might as well stay shut. No one will notice the difference.

 

[M1chl]

Sony Europe are shit anyway, they might as well stay shut. No one will notice the difference.

Are they not the ones who are leading Playstation now?

 

[DonJorginho]

Sony Europe are shit anyway, they might as well stay shut. No one will notice the difference.

Doesn't matter on how good they are, Sony will obviously follow the same safety policies.

This means that other studios will be shut soon when the virus gets predictably worse.

 

[thicc_girls_are_teh_best]

>New consoles
>2020

Corona-chan you, naughty, naughty girl.

You leave Madagascar ALONE!!!!

 

[Pejo]

Meanwhile, my boss:

 

[Roberts]

Good for them. This is just a beginning and other companies will do the same. Unless they don't give a shit about their employees.

 

[DonJorginho]

Meanwhile, my boss:

I feel you brother.

 

[Jadsey]

I'm guessing it's going to be Autumn 2021 until we see the new consoles.

It's going to be a looong couple of years.

 

[darkinstinct]

Good on them for caring for their work force health

I don't think they have loads of people over 60, and for anyone below it's pretty harmless. And just for the rest of the week is pretty weird. UK expects that we reach the height of the outbreak in three months. If they shut it down now for the week, surely they will have to shut them down for the next three months as a minimum.

 

[Nero_PR]

Meanwhile, my boss:

Boss: You will use a mask! And you will like it!

 

[Birdo]

Sony want their staff to be the last of us.

 

[Slings and Arrows]

Cost saving measures preparing for the recession that is going to hit the entertainment industry HARD

 

[Shin]

Sony Pictures so not gaming related, the word picture is nowhere to be found in this thread.

Sony Pictures temporarily shuts offices in London, Paris and Gdynia, Poland, over coronavirus

Sony Pictures said it has opted to temporarily close offices in London, Paris and Gdynia, Poland, after a London-based employee may have been exposed to coronavirus.

www.cnbc.com

 

[EverydayBeast]

How do you get work done? For the record they're other virus, more deadly virus' out there.

 

[DonJorginho]

Sony Pictures so not gaming related, the word picture is nowhere to be found in this thread.

Sony Pictures temporarily shuts offices in London, Paris and Gdynia, Poland, over coronavirus

Sony Pictures said it has opted to temporarily close offices in London, Paris and Gdynia, Poland, after a London-based employee may have been exposed to coronavirus.

www.cnbc.com

I clearly said it hadn't affected their gaming studios as of yet, but this is still gaming related in a way as if Sony are taking this precaution with their film studios, and with the virus getting worse, then the gaming studios will follow surely.

 

[gatti-man]

Seems ridiculous to me. Unless you plan on staying closed for a year or longer it's not going to keep people safe from a virus like Corona. It's going to spread and spread like a flu naturally does.