Just read on the layoffs from video games chronicle :
According to people with knowledge of the situation, American PlayStationdirectors visited Sony Interactive Entertainment Europe (SIEE) in London on Tuesday to announce the restructuring of several divisions, including marketing and PR.
Affected employees were then given notice and meetings were set for those required to re-interview for their jobs.
There were also a number of layoffs in the US-based creative services team, with one affected employee writing on Twitter: “I hate that this is going to be drowned by the PS5 announcement.”
PlayStation’s North American arm, Sony Interactive Entertainment America (SIEA), has seen its influence grow significantly in the past year, VGC was told, as the platform holder moves further towards a centralised global structure.
Previously PlayStation’s regional arms were able to act autonomously, signing their own games and setting their own marketing budgets.
However, following a restructure SIEA is increasingly taking the global lead, with Europe frequently having to take orders from the American operation.
SIE formally announced its intention to reorganise the structure of its regional companies on April 1, 2018.
The centralisation has seen a significant number of layoffs across Europe in the past 12 months, culminating in this week’s redundancies, while some dissatisfied senior staff have also left the company.
A number of employees told VGC that they were particularly disappointed SIE had decided to tell them they were facing losing their jobs at the same time as publishing the latest PS5 details, although there was no suggestion the timing was intentional.
According to people with knowledge of the situation, American PlayStationdirectors visited Sony Interactive Entertainment Europe (SIEE) in London on Tuesday to announce the restructuring of several divisions, including marketing and PR.
Affected employees were then given notice and meetings were set for those required to re-interview for their jobs.
There were also a number of layoffs in the US-based creative services team, with one affected employee writing on Twitter: “I hate that this is going to be drowned by the PS5 announcement.”
PlayStation’s North American arm, Sony Interactive Entertainment America (SIEA), has seen its influence grow significantly in the past year, VGC was told, as the platform holder moves further towards a centralised global structure.
Previously PlayStation’s regional arms were able to act autonomously, signing their own games and setting their own marketing budgets.
However, following a restructure SIEA is increasingly taking the global lead, with Europe frequently having to take orders from the American operation.
SIE formally announced its intention to reorganise the structure of its regional companies on April 1, 2018.
The centralisation has seen a significant number of layoffs across Europe in the past 12 months, culminating in this week’s redundancies, while some dissatisfied senior staff have also left the company.
A number of employees told VGC that they were particularly disappointed SIE had decided to tell them they were facing losing their jobs at the same time as publishing the latest PS5 details, although there was no suggestion the timing was intentional.
