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PlayStation's team in North America would appear to be in flux. Veteran Peter Dille left his post earlier in the year, replaced by Guy Longworth back in October, and nowIndustryGamers has learned that two key members of the executive team have parted ways with Sony: VP of Marketing Scott Steinberg, and SVP of Publisher Relations Rob Dyer.
Although one of our sources claimed that Steinberg was let go and escorted out by security, an SCEA spokesperson confirmed to IndustryGamers that Steinberg resigned from the position. A replacement has not been named yet, and we don't yet know where he's headed. Steinberg joined SCEA back in 2007, and prior to that he held a VP role at Sega of America. He's also worked with Eidos Interactive and Crystal Dynamics, and outside the games industry at Roxio and Liquid Audio
SCEA also confirmed to us that Rob Dyer has left the company. There's no replacement yet for Dyer either. We've discovered that he's joined social giant Zynga as the Head of Partner Publishing, although we've yet to hear back from Zynga to receive 100% confirmation. Dyer had previously served as the President of Eidos from 1998 to 2004 and President of Crystal Dynamics from 1994 to 2000. He joined Sony in 2008.
Dyer will always be remembered on IndustryGamers for giving us one of the most provocative interviews ever, when he told us, "publishers are getting the living crap kicked out of them by Microsoft."
If you want to be cynical, you could speculate that Sony's looking to shake up its team, which has been handily beaten by Microsoft this year in the US. During Black Friday week alone, Xbox 360 sold nearly a million units.
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