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drkohler said:

Was Hermen Hulst just bitchslapped for the GAAs fiasco?
Beginning Apr 1st (no joke), he seems to have been sort-of demoted:

Nishino was elevated to CEO of Sony Interactive’s Platform Business Group in May 2024. He shared oversight of the PlayStation maker with Herman Hulst, who was CEO of the division’s studio business group. Those appointments were made in the wake of the departure of CEO Jim Ryan. The elevation of Nishino to the top post overseeing all of SIE caught industry observers by surprise.

Hard to say. You could say yes because it was his work to oversee the projects and channel the best ideas and a lot of those ideas are now cancelled because they were services ... but they were services to begin with because his boss was asking for services. Not a lot of room to play there.

At the same time the higher you are in the chain the less you are actually in contact with the people who are making the games. Maybe they realized the co-ceo structure was redundant and was keeping Hulst from what they want him to actually do.

Only time will tell but in the world of money it wasn't bad news. https://automaton-media.com/en/news/sony-stocks-hit-new-record-high-in-japan-following-corporate-restructuring-announcement/