Sony PlayStation has a new president and CEO

Recently, Sony's gaming and gaming accessories business has witnessed a significant change in high-level staff.Jim Ryan, an experienced PlayStation business manager from Europe, will take over as president and CEO of Sony Interactive Entertainment (SIE) starting April 1. While The current CEO, John Kodera, will take over as SIE's vice president soon after Jim Ryan officially takes over.

Although he no longer serves as a driver of SIE's development, former CEO John Kodera will remain one of the key figures, holding a major responsibility in building the content and business services business. of the company.Meanwhile, Jim Ryan will be overseeing the entire PlayStation business in the near future.

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Jim Ryan has built up his famous reputation after leading the PlayStation brand to beat popular rivals like Xbox and Nintendo to become the dominant name in the European market.He has been a senior supervisor for Sony Computer Entertainment Europe for many years and has been with the PlayStation since 1994, also serving as president of Sony Interactive Entertainment Europe before being promoted to vice president Sony Interactive Entertainment. global in 2018. With a strong track record and expertise, it is no surprise that Jim Ryan was chosen to become the head of one of the world's largest gaming service providers.This man has extensive knowledge of the business and game industry, as well as a deep understanding of the PlayStation's culture and strengths.

What is the purpose behind this change of Sony?

Sony is reaping a lot of success in gaming and gaming equipment business.They are holding the most successful console ever, the PlayStation 4, with more than 91.6 million units sold, as of January 2019, and will likely reach more than 100 million units sold in the year. now on.So why does Sony need a major change in high-level personnel?The current chief executive of Sony Kenichiro Yoshida said that he wanted an individual with the necessary capacity to focus entirely on developing the PlayStation as a platform and the mainstay of the development strategy of Sony in the future.

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'The situation of our network and gaming services business has been and will grow rapidly, becoming a key business of Sony Group in both revenue and reputation.At the same time, it will also serve as a source of motivation for our overall growth in the future.To do that, we have to constantly develop, innovate ourselves with the sense of responsibility at work to the highest level, 'said CEO Yoshida in a press conference.

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The CEO also decided to combine the senior management team after talking to John Kodera about the changes in which he would be the one who suffered, but this was beneficial for development. General of the company.Specifically, CEO Yoshida still wants to keep John Kodera with the PlayStation but not in the position of chief executive but in charge of business, expanding network services.Meanwhile, Jim Ryan with rich experience in the game service business will hold the CEO seat of SIE to ensure stability in the development of PlayStation.

'Jim Ryan has long been a leading name in the development of the PlayStation business for the past 25 years and this is necessary for future PlayStation growth.Since April 1, Jim Ryan will manage the entire organization and operation of SIE, and this will allow John Kodera to focus better on the main task that is to develop and expand the scale of PlayStation Network.This is a very heavy task by PlayStation Network, which is a large platform with more than 90 million active users every month.I believe that with this new HR structure, Sony Interactive Entertainment's pace of innovation and development in particular and Sony Group in general will be further strengthened. '

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From a personal point of view, I believe that this change is more meaningful than just about expertise and profit.John Kodera accepted backwards to put the company's interests first.With the current fierce competition in the market, the SIE really needs a more stable steering wheel.So, with Jim Ryan taking command of business projects, and John Kodera holding the PlayStation Network array thanks to a deep understanding of networking tools, the former CEO will now be able to focus more. more into your area of ​​expertise.With such logical and logical changes, the PlayStation continues to dominate the market is certainly not outside the calculation of Sony management.