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Sony Entertainment Head Steps Down

Posted by Soulskill on from the so-long-and-thanks-for-all-the-data-breaches dept.

New submitter Mephistophocles writes "Japan Times reports today that Sony Entertainment Chief Tim Schaaf has stepped down. Schaaf's division has recently drawn the ire of users and governments alike after multiple hacks which resulted in the theft of millions of users' personal information. Schaaf joined Sony after a stint at Apple, and had ambitious plans for unifying the end-user's entertainment experience on Sony products, as well as having some big words for how to help out Sony's music division. Tim will be replaced by Andrew House, currently of Sony's Game Division. One wonders — is this a continued sign of deterioration in Sony's Entertainment house?"

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  1. Re:It's about time. This is a good day for Sony. by Gr8Apes · · Score: 4, Insightful

    I haven't liked Sony for years but with this move I might give Sony a second chance.

    Why give them a second chance? Has the board and entire executive arm been replaced? If not, what makes you think that those DRM hugging, root kit installing, standards breaking overcharging swine have changed their ways? They just found a scapegoat for their shrinking market share. Someone had to take the fall, and considering it's been a 5+ year dive, I guess he ran out of flunkies to blame.

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  2. The Cost of Anti-Consumer Policies... by dryriver · · Score: 4, Interesting

    ...from stealth DRM spyware on your Music CDs, to shitty closed-ecosystem type policies for PS3 is that SONY - once a "Superbrand" - is crumbling in the eyes of consumers. No big loss, really. Samsung does everything Sony once did better, and at lower prices. Maybe Samsung could be persuaded to create an Android or Linux powered game console that frees people from the inevitable "horror" that will be Playstation 4? Go on Samsung; Take that "final leap" to challenging Sony in "all things consumer electronics"...

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  3. Fishing from a Sewer by CanHasDIY · · Score: 4, Funny

    Schaaf joined Sony after a stint at Apple... Tim will be replaced by Andrew House, currently of Sony's Game Division...

    Words of wisdom: When you refuse to fish anywhere but a sewer, all you'll ever catch are turds.

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  4. Re:It's about time. This is a good day for Sony. by ifiwereasculptor · · Score: 4, Insightful

    The guy is being replaced by someone from the Games Division. Surely the tinkerer suing, DRM purveying, Linux removing and just general customer fucking guys that brought us the overly expensive PS3 will do very differently at the helm of the company.

  5. Re:Good ... by iluvcapra · · Score: 4, Informative

    I'm a Sony employee. Note that Tim Schaaf was head of Sony Network Entertainment, which is a distinct entity from the movie and music groups. Sony Pictures*, Sony Music**, and Sony Computer Entertainment (the videogames) are all direct reports to the parent. Sony Network Ent. is strictly the Playstation Network and some other stuff, mainly services that compete with iTunes/Roku/Unbox.

    The entertainment divisions are all distinct with regard to Sony Corp. There is no all-encompassing "Entertainment division."

    * (incl. Columbia Pictures, Sony Classics, Screen Gems, Sony Pictures Animation, Sony Imageworks, the distribution network, the studio, Crackle.com)

    ** (incl. Arista, RCA, Columbia, Gracenote)

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