Sony Corporation has made a major change in its management and appointed new names to the head of both the company and the PlayStation division. According to the statement made, Hiroki Totoki will be the new CEO of Sony as of 1 April 2025. This decision was made after the current CEO Kenichiro Yoshida left the leadership. Yoshida will continue his role at Sony as chairman of the company’s board of directors.
PlayStation’s new leader: Hideaki Nishino
PlayStation, one of Sony’s biggest divisions, has also undergone a significant change. Previously, with the retirement of Jim Ryan, the PlayStation division was divided into two: Platform Operation Group and Studio Operation Group.
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However, Hideaki Nishino has been appointed as the sole CEO to lead the entire PlayStation. With this change, Nishino will be responsible for the PlayStation hardware and software ecosystem, while game studios and content management will be entrusted to Hermen Hulst.
Hermen Hulst will lead the development and publishing of PlayStation games, as well as series and film adaptations of games through PlayStation Productions. With this move, Sony aims to both strengthen the competition on the gaming side and bring its games to different media platforms.
These management changes are not limited to PlayStation. Sony’s new chief financial officer (CFO) is Lin Tao, the first female CFO in the company’s 80-year history. Considering that Sony is a giant company with more than 110,000 employees, these appointments are of great importance for the company’s future strategies.
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In recent years, Sony has focused on high profit margin products by focusing on camera, TV, PlayStation and entertainment industry. It is curious how this strategy will evolve with the new management. In addition, the inclusion of a PlayStation 5 in the Afeela electric car developed in cooperation with Honda shows that the company is trying to integrate the gaming industry into different areas.
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