It's definitely not the author's intent. The biggest problem with industry-facing journalism is that most consumers see a piece of the story re-reported (not always correctly, form inaccurate opinions, and then the original writing's intent and meaning gets twisted). There is a severe lack of fluency among end-users when it comes to how the industry *actually* runs, and it is rarely more apparent when people apply emotional nonsense to factual reporting (even factual reporting that relies on background and anonymous sourcing).Oh I find it very fascinating as well, and perhaps it's not the intent of the author at all, but there are people using it in this thread to try and form a consolidated narrative.
The next few years are going to be very interesting though with all of the different transitions happening at the company.
Agreed, I can't really argue with this.To be fair, so was Jack Tretton. But I guess we all have fonder memories of Jack because he was on stage during the Troubled Years when Playstation fans didn't have much to be happy about. Bonded by flame and such.
Hopefully nothing to disruptive. We need both MS and Sony to be strong going into next gen.
I'm not sure i have ever seen someone who was not pretty cheesy at any of these companies, besides maybe peter moore...ok i forgot about the tats hes still awesome tho
I'm out. I'm just... out. Have fun.I'm sure Gamedaily. biz (never heard of em) gotta hella clicks today on their clickbaity article..
I await credible reports from a credible guy like Jason or Kotaku before I believe any of this. Speculation at best, at worst, outright lies for hits.
Call me paranoid, but im not buying it. Worst of all, if it's a personal issue, God forbid Shawn or his family are dealing with an emergency or something, anything they dont want known in the public domain, and people write speculative drivel trying to stir a pot or fanboy war of some sort... that wouldn't be fair, and said site would need to apologize.
This thread is a good case study of fans of a popular company confronting an uncomfortable reality, rather then explore it, dismiss it as fabrication to avoid personal anguish. First few pages is embarrassing.
Something is up with Sony, an employee of Shawn's experience and position doesn't usually leave with immediate effect, unless it serious. We have insiders from all areas hinting as much, until Sony clear the air its seems what's being suggested is highly probable, so to take that onboard at this moment seems sensible, with the obvious caveat nothing is confirmed.
Oh it's happend before in this beautiful industry called videogame journalism. People leaving a studio, speculation that a game is in jeopardy, but his kid was sick and he wanted to be near him. Oh, we've seen the credibility come full circle.
Really?the most crazy part is dismissing an actual reputable source like GameDaily.biz and choosing to rely on tabloid like Kotaku
I honestly feel bad for you right now.Oh it's happend before in this beautiful industry called videogame journalism. People leaving a studio, speculation that a game is in jeopardy, but his kid was sick and he wanted to be near him. Oh, we've seen the credibility come full circle.
I just want more respectable sites comment on this.
Man oh man. ok bud. ;)
I don't see how Sony corporate would let him get away with that. The controlling power should preferably be in Japan and if not there the US, since that's where the things people care about are located. Sony Europe I don't even care about. I completely agree.
When someone leaves under those stuff, you still get best wishes , hope everything turns out alright. This was a straight up firing. No time for a goodbye party, heres a cake.Oh it's happend before in this beautiful industry called videogame journalism. People leaving a studio, speculation that a game is in jeopardy, but his kid was sick and he wanted to be near him. Oh, we've seen the credibility come full circle.
I just want more respectable sites comment on this.
Leaders tend to bring in people they know when they are promoted because they know what they can do, that helps bringing results faster than trying new people in. I have seen that all my professional life.If the rumors of a power play are to be believed it sounds like Jim Ryan is trying to consolidate power around his home territory rather than having everything spread across Japan, the US and Europe.
Hopefully the rumors aren't true, because a Playstation being controlled by Sony Europe would be a Playstation I want nothing to do with. Sony Europe is useless to me.
I don't really dive deep into these things, but what exactly did Shawn do besides doing PR for Sony? Was he the person that were head of the team that has a say in what direction the brand is going?
I'm sure Gamedaily. biz (never heard of em) gotta hella clicks today on their clickbaity article..
I await credible reports from a credible guy like Jason or Kotaku before I believe any of this. Speculation at best, at worst, outright lies for hits.
Call me paranoid, but im not buying it. Worst of all, if it's a personal issue, God forbid Shawn or his family are dealing with an emergency or something, anything they dont want known in the public domain, and people write speculative drivel trying to stir a pot or fanboy war of some sort... that wouldn't be fair, and said site would need to apologize.
Oh it's happend before in this beautiful industry called videogame journalism. People leaving a studio, speculation that a game is in jeopardy, but his kid was sick and he wanted to be near him. Oh, we've seen the credibility come full circle.
I just want more respectable sites comment on this.
Do you even read what you're writing? Jesus.Man oh man. ok bud. ;)
Blocked. I dont think its good to come into a thread and try stealthily bash people because they share a different opinion than you, especially based on an article on speculation. Given you're previous posts, I have to block you.
I appreciate what you're going for here, but there's no reason to compare GD and Kotaku. They have different audiences, different staff resources, different editorial ethos, etc. Some of our peers at Kotaku do amazing work and enrich the industry. We source and credit them. We celebrate their journalistic achievements. We hope our peers do the same when we have our wins.comparing the both, Kotaku is the one with a higher likelihood of clickbait.
He clearly has no idea who I am, what I've done in my career, or how seriously I take my reputation. He can pound salt.
For what some peopel are saying, is Sony EU that wants more power and i agree, we deserve to get some great deals.
Friend, I personally vetted the sources in the article.Man oh man. ok bud. ;)
Blocked. I dont think its good to come into a thread and try stealthily bash people because they share a different opinion than you, especially based on an article on speculation. Given you're previous posts, I have to block you.
Just report him, sad to see a massive fanboy like that.He clearly has no idea who I am, what I've done in my career, or how seriously I take my reputation. He can pound salt.
To be clear, I am not the author. I just assisted vetting the sources. Johnny, the author, also has a long and respected career. That said, thank you. <3Just report him, sad to see a massive fanboy like that.
Great article, hard to see industry facing publications not taken seriously around here.
Because why would it? It's the not the biggest single market and the corporate headquarters isn't there. Hell there aren't even any note worthy devs there aside from mediamolecule. The US quite frankly is the best fit. The headquarters is already there and it's amongst other industry powers. Japan at least makes sense from a corporate standpoint. The EU doesn't.EU is a more important market that Japan to Sony and what is the problem the controlling power being in EU?
Guerilla isn't noteworthy? It's not about which region has the best devs anyway.Because why would it? It's the not the biggest single market and the corporate headquarters isn't there. Hell there aren't even any note worthy devs there aside from mediamolecule. The US quite frankly is the best fit. The headquarters is already there and it's amongst other industry powers. Japan at least makes sense from a corporate standpoint. The EU doesn't.
Guerilla isn't noteworthy? It's not about which region has the best devs anyway.
It's not that important nowadays when you can easily do skype calls and take planes (like Shu already does).The seat of Sony's development power right now is in the US, and after the Insomniac acquisition it's even more important for them to have someone in a high position on the West Coast. Moving their first-party leadership to Europe, a relatively tiny fraction of their output, seems foolish.
They basically made his position redundant. 3rd party relations just became a yearly wire transfer to Activision.It does. Adam Boyes left and they didn't have a successor for him in place either. Happens all the time.
Forgot about GG. Point still stands. There is nothing in the EU worth moving execs for. Naughty Dog, Insomniac, Bend, Sucker Punch, Santa Monica, the new studio. All in the US plus Activision, EA, Microsoft, Take 2. It's straight up weird to move to the EU.Guerilla isn't noteworthy? It's not about which region has the best devs anyway.
It's not that important nowadays when you can easily do skype calls and take planes (like Shu already does).
The switch from JP to US was more due to them putting more importance on western developers than JP devs, but there's no real difference between US and EU headquarters.
It's not that important nowadays when you can easily do skype calls and take planes (like Shu already does).
The switch from JP to US was more due to them putting more importance on western developers than JP devs, but there's no real difference between US and EU headquarters.
Whoa. I can assure you that this train wreck of a thread is not what anyone associated with that story wanted.Looks like you and the other three adopted the tried & true method of picking out three words out of a larger context so you could add something profound to the effect of "well, duh".
I am fairly certain everyone knows how anonymous sources work and their contribution to journalism.
Everything else I said in that sentence should not be how it works. Do you see the responses in this thread? Exactly what was intended by posting the article with that headline.
I appreciate what you're going for here, but there's no reason to compare GD and Kotaku. They have different audiences, different staff resources, different editorial ethos, etc. Some of our peers at Kotaku do amazing work and enrich the industry. We source and credit them. We celebrate their journalistic achievements. We hope our peers do the same when we have our wins.
As for the person who doesn't think too highly of GameDaily, we broke the news about the Telltale layoffs, the Telltale assignment (closure), The ESA leaking the 2018 data, layoffs at GameStop/ThinkGeek, layoffs at Mixer, and more. That doesn't take away from Kotaku or Polygon or any of our other peers, and honestly, we should be lifting up good journalism, not tearing people down.
You're right. I shouldn't have been so flippant. I've read up on the site and what they have reported on and it's impressive.What is this? What is up with people discrediting a site because they haven't heard of it before and are too lazy to look through anything else they have published?