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Who makes sense as the next CEO of SIE?
- Thread starter Mibu no ookami
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StealthGoblin
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Hulst is not under consideration. He's a game developer that rose to leading a studio and then a group of studios.
He has no experience of marketing, M&A, corporate synergy etc.
I do wonder why Shawn Layden was fired. With him, Tretton, House and now Ryan out there aren't serious contenders. At least having a head for SIEA, SIEE and SIEJ gave people the experience before the big job.
He has no experience of marketing, M&A, corporate synergy etc.
I do wonder why Shawn Layden was fired. With him, Tretton, House and now Ryan out there aren't serious contenders. At least having a head for SIEA, SIEE and SIEJ gave people the experience before the big job.
bitbydeath
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JohnnyFootball
GerAlt-Right. Ciriously.
One thing I would like is for them to get better Playstation TVs and monitors. Mainly TVs that have more than 2 HDMI 2.1 ports using the shitty mediaTEK controller card. Inzone I9 monitor was a good start, but I'd love to see them make their own QD-OLED monitor.
oh..wait this is about SIE
Someone with ties to Japan Studios. A japanese head wouldn't be a bad idea.
oh..wait this is about SIE
Someone with ties to Japan Studios. A japanese head wouldn't be a bad idea.
Mibu no ookami
Banned
If Sony were to say buy Capcom... Urata might make a lot of sense.
Immediately gives you Monster Hunter/Monster Hunter Online/Mobile
Resident Evil is huge right now. They could probably do a Resident Evil TV show.
You can give Insomniac access to Mega Man and Sucker Punch access to Onimusha.
You get Street Fighter for Evo and Hideaki Itsuno could make Sony a real smash competitor in the style of Power Stone.
I think Hulst would still be under consideration. Ken Kutaragi was an engineer who didn't have any experience in any of those things before getting the nod. Different time, yes, but Hulst is recognized as pretty high up in the company and even sits on Bungie's board along with Lempel.
Shawn Layden didn't get the head job and that is why he was out. Jack Tretton oversaw the largest failure in PlayStation history, while Jim Ryan kept PlayStation afloat in Europe. Andrew House left at the top of his game and largely so is Jim Ryan.
You don't need to be a regional head in order to get the necessary experience any of the SVPs that aren't HR, IT, or Legal could feasibly step up.
The way things are structured now, the SVPs run things largely out of California, but they're still responsible for divisions globally. And then Urata is the equivalent of President of SCEJ.
The reality is this structure actually makes a lot more sense than what they had before and is a more modern approach. With all the regions Sony is building in, you can't have a President/CEO of each region. That's expensive and exhausting because they all still have to report up to CEO of SIE and work with the individual departments.
Immediately gives you Monster Hunter/Monster Hunter Online/Mobile
Resident Evil is huge right now. They could probably do a Resident Evil TV show.
You can give Insomniac access to Mega Man and Sucker Punch access to Onimusha.
You get Street Fighter for Evo and Hideaki Itsuno could make Sony a real smash competitor in the style of Power Stone.
I think Hulst would still be under consideration. Ken Kutaragi was an engineer who didn't have any experience in any of those things before getting the nod. Different time, yes, but Hulst is recognized as pretty high up in the company and even sits on Bungie's board along with Lempel.
Shawn Layden didn't get the head job and that is why he was out. Jack Tretton oversaw the largest failure in PlayStation history, while Jim Ryan kept PlayStation afloat in Europe. Andrew House left at the top of his game and largely so is Jim Ryan.
You don't need to be a regional head in order to get the necessary experience any of the SVPs that aren't HR, IT, or Legal could feasibly step up.
The way things are structured now, the SVPs run things largely out of California, but they're still responsible for divisions globally. And then Urata is the equivalent of President of SCEJ.
The reality is this structure actually makes a lot more sense than what they had before and is a more modern approach. With all the regions Sony is building in, you can't have a President/CEO of each region. That's expensive and exhausting because they all still have to report up to CEO of SIE and work with the individual departments.
Mibu no ookami
Banned
Expand on that and explain why ties to Japan would strengthen SIE despite Japan shrinking as a game market with the rest of the world growing exponentially...
Slothbeing1209
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Lin Tao is japanese? That name doesn't sound japanese to me lol. It's chinese name.
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64bitmodels
Reverse groomer.
only one of these suggestions that will actually happen, unfortunately.
Mibu no ookami
Banned
It does sound like a chinese name, but she writes in Japanese, went to college in Japan. I guess shouldn't assume that makes her Japanese though.
BootsLoader
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Andrew House.
Brigandier
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Someone who isn't afraid of upsetting Naughty Dog and telling them to release some fucking games.
IFireflyl
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Let's be honest: that would break Sony.
Mibu no ookami
Banned
This really has to stop.
They released a major work 3 years ago. Since then they've remade TLOUP1 and ported Uncharted 4/Lost Legacy to PS5.
No other studio is held to some higher standard.
Like please name me all of these studios that put out a major game in 2020 or later and have produced another major game since.
MDSLKTR
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I'm scared nowJade Raymond obviously
twinspectre
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Between Yoshida and Scotty.
Heisenberg007
Gold Journalism
Rim Jyan.
ChorizoPicozo
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Neil Drunkman.
SEGAvangelist
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Dude knows a thing or 2 about GaaS.
StealthGoblin
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Layden was told he was fired and was walked out with security with no notice.
Tretton didn't oversee anything bad - under his watch the US division and studios had a resurgence.
Mibu no ookami
Banned
He was there the entire time the ps3 underperformed in the us.
He was walked out according to whom? Provocateur David Jaffe?
DenchDeckard
Moderated wildly
Dr.Uckmannnnnn
Rocco Schiavone
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Someone who gives Socom another chance. Hulst sucks ass btw.
TheThreadsThatBindUs
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Mibu no ookami
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The studios themselves are... a division.
semiconscious
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woz:
now doing well after minor stroke. someone with a real, warm, genuine smile...
now doing well after minor stroke. someone with a real, warm, genuine smile...
KimDongHwan
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Thanks, did some exploration of myself and found out the problem was me, not Sony.
Mibu no ookami
Banned
Glad I could help.
James Sawyer Ford
Member
I like Hermen Hulst. But he's more of a studio guy, not sure if he's a fit to run SIE
James Sawyer Ford
Member
Shawn Layden was also a "studio guy" who didn't have experience in many of those other functions.
He was fired because he was probably better as a studio guy than as a leader
Sushi_Combo
Member
It would also break Playstation in the worst way possible. Melon Husk can fuck off.
Chuck Berry
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Reggie
JohnnyFootball
GerAlt-Right. Ciriously.
I trust that someone from Japan would be better focused on making better games and less on trying to make GaAS and microtransaction infested games.
Mibu no ookami
Banned
Japan wants the most growth and operating income possible... So yeah, they want MTX and GaaS.
There is a reason why Square Enix was looking at NFTs... this myth that Japan is gaming purity is laughable. When you stop and think about it, people actually hate most Japanese companies.
Square Enix - lazy ports/remasters, emo characters, NFTs
Konami - Need I say more
Capcom - Killed Mega Man and basically any old franchise not named Street Fighter or Resident Evil, but also how many times will they release the same Street Fighter game
Sega - Super greedy with Atlus games
Namco Bandai - Basically the Ubi Soft of Japan
Let's keep pretending that they are golden
tmlDan
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An MBA means nothing, we need to stop this in society
Katajx
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People aren’t saying they are golden. They are saying they offer different experiences. We want more than cinematic, narrative driven experiences.
SportsFan581
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Sleepwalker
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Peter Moore or Andrew Wilson. Alternatively Strauss Zelnick
FalconPunch
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Andrew Wilson is a clown who killed EA. It’s so bad that the best EA games aren’t made by EA but their partner studios. Not him for sure lol
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Mibu no ookami
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Hilarious because all the games released so far to date were probably greenlit by his predecessors who you are all obsessed with...
Mibu no ookami
Banned
I take it you don't have an MBA.
Having an MBA means a lot. It means that you studied a wide range of business foundations. That you otherwise wouldn't get in a sole concentration.
This is what allows an executive to work in hand with marketing, operations, legal, human resources, product, logistics e.t.c.
To suggest otherwise is the height of Dunning Kruger.
tmlDan
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I actually do, it was a waste of time and money. You're outlining it like you read it in a university pamphlet.
My point is that you don't need it as often at all anymore, it's a silly requirement that means nothing of someone's skill in the profession. I work alongside others with MBA's and they're dumb as shit, it means nothing and companies need to stop catering to the money laundering scheme an MBA is.
I've worked in tech, marketing management, data analytics (now in marketing analysis and analytics) - the smartest people I have worked with are the ones without a piece of paper.