Jim Ryan (Person)

Jim Ryan

PERSON

A veteran of the PlayStation team's European division.

Jim Ryan was Sony Computer Entertainment Europe's (SCEE) executive vice president and co-chief operating officer. He was responsible for managing all aspects of SCEE Finance, Treasury, MIS, and Human Resources.

Jim Ryan ascended to president and CEO of Sony Interactive Entertainment in 2019 succeeding Shawn Layden (Person) and oversaw the PlayStation brand for the PlayStation 4 (Platform) and PlayStation 5 (Platform) consoles. In 2023, Ryan announced that he would step down from his role in March 2024.

Legacy

Jim Ryan left a mark as one of the most controversial presidents overseeing the PlayStation brand after making comments against backwards compatible gaming for which the PlayStation was known for in its early days. Ryan also bought up developer Bungie (Company) in an attempt to kickstart development of 12 live-service games, 6 that ended up cancelled before Ryan's departure from SIE. Despite this, Ryan would claim that Bungie would be worth more than Microsoft's proposed buyout of Activision Blizzard.

Ryan continued on in his role during negotiations of the Microsoft-ABK deal, flying back and forth between countries around the world attempting to convince regulators to block the proposed merger at every turn, at one point even declaring to an Xbox executive during one of these hearings that he didn't "want a better deal. I just want to block your merger." Despite his best efforts, Ryan would talked into taking a deal as legal proceedings against Microsoft brought forth by the FTC came to a close.

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