PlayStation’s new CEO has begun

There was strong news from PlayStation executives last year, as it confirmed Jim Ryan He’s leaving the company and his cycle ended a few weeks ago, which means someone needs to take over immediately, and the chosen one is Hiroki Totokiwho were already part sony But from another category. In fact, in the previous weeks they commented that they would make some changes, and one news that was quite popular was that 2024 There will be no great exclusive from their studies.

Something to mention about this is that he is an interim president, so he is only temporary while they find a real successor. Jim Ryan, But he will still contribute his experience so that everything flows smoothly for at least one year.

Here is the statement part sony respect Totoki:

Mr. Totoki will work closely with Sony Group Corporation Chairman and CEO Kenichiro Yoshida and SIE’s leadership team to help define the next chapter of PlayStation’s future, including the CEO role of SIE.

Here are some statements Totoki Related to the changes that are coming play station:

In the past, we wanted to popularize consoles, and the main goal of first-party titles was to popularize the console.

That’s true, but there’s a synergy with that, so if you have strong first-party content, not only on our consoles, but also on other platforms like computers, [juego] Can grow with its own multi-platform. And that can help improve operating profit, so that’s another aspect we want to actively work on.

Personally, I believe there is an opportunity to improve margins, so I want to be aggressive in improving our margin performance.

It is currently unknown when the final CEO will arrive.

Through: VGC

Editor’s note: I don’t think it’s going to be the representative face of the division, because it doesn’t make sense as it’s temporary. So they have to improve for the next live shows where they reveal new video games to us.