Sony Names New PlayStation Co-CEOs , Following Jim Ryan’s Departure.<br />Beginning June 1, Hermen Hulst and Hideaki Nishino will lead PlayStation, The Verge reports.<br />Beginning June 1, Hermen Hulst and Hideaki Nishino will lead PlayStation, The Verge reports.<br />Hulst will oversee Sony Interactive Entertainment's (SIE) studio business group.<br />while Hideaki will helm <br />SIE's platform business group.<br />Both men will report to Hiroki Totoki, <br />Sony's CFO and SIE chairman.<br />Hulst's current role is PlayStation studios chief.<br />Nishino has held several positions <br />at Sony for over 20 years. .<br />PlayStation has never before had co-CEOs.<br />The announcement comes as 900 PlayStation employees were laid off earlier this year.<br />Last quarter, Sony lowered its <br />predictions for PS5 console sales. .<br />Earlier this year, Totoki discussed the <br />possibility of growing PlayStation <br />games outside of consoles.<br />In the past, we wanted to <br />popularize console... but <br />there is a synergy to it. , Hiroki Totoki, Sony's CFO and SIE chairman, via earnings call.<br />So if you have strong first-party content, <br />not only with our console but also other <br />platforms like computers, first-party can <br />be grown with multi platforms and that <br />can help operating profit to improve, Hiroki Totoki, Sony's CFO and SIE chairman, via earnings call
