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Glad to see Hulst still there. Though the co-CEO thing probably did not go as smoothly as Sony wanted.
Going from co-CEO in a role to reporting to someone in that role is literally a demotion.
Sounds like he actually lost the CEO hunger games then.
Yup. Ryan gone and Hulst demoted.
Sony resorting to go back to the old 1 CEO structure while at the same time leaving Hulst with the exact same responsibilities as before, just now requiring one additional 'yes' for whatever he plans to do, doesn't leave too much space for any sort of doom twisting. This is the second (or third) time in a row Totoki has seen him of being capable of leading the content business, cope eternally with that.
Having the same responsibilities as before doesn't mean much when he's now working for his former peer and is one rung farther away from the CEO on the org chart. Saying he lost isn't dooming. The truth is that the top job at SIE was actually up for grabs and he didn't get it. Most likely due to his capable leadership.
By textbook definition? Sure, but what I'm not sure about is why anyone should expect anythig significant to come out of this.
Not sure why you simp for this guy so hard. He sucks at his job and everyone but you hates him.
Oh, don't worry, that part wasn't directed at you. I actually agree that Nishino was a better choice for the top job, simply enough because maintaining a platform ecosystem is THE core of their business.
Top Sony management doesn't quite agree with that, I think we can leave our personal feelings out of the talk.
Huh? I'm actually curious to know about another case *exactly* like this.
There is no demotion whatsoever. Co-CEO thing was clearly a transitional period and Hulst was never into hardware and bigger business operations for President post, it was Nishino’s job from the start. For Hulst it’s basically nothing, he is still the head of content. For Nishino this is a promotion sideways, newly created President post is here to narrow down the responsibility to a single person. People are making this more of a fuss than it’s really is.BROOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
EDIT: Maybe not as big a shake-up as the OP title suggested? Tho before, Herman and Nishino were Co-CEOs. So in a way it is kind of a demotion for Hulst if he's reporting to Nishino now instead of Totoki.
If we're lucky, he's being kept on to oversee all the slop he greenlit until the end of the generation. Then Sony does another shakeup as they go in a new, better direction.
Because a demotion at a CEO level is almost always a precursor to a resignation. No one wants that to bookend their career. He probably has a bunch of loose ends to manage and then he will likely GTFO.
