Kenichiro Yoshida, who has led Sony since 2018, will be succeeded as chief executive by the company’s chief financial officer.
Sony Group Corp. is appointing Hiroki Totoki as chief executive officer, a stamp of approval for the longtime finance chief’s push to expand the Japanese company’s entertainment reach.
Hideaki Nishino has been promoted to CEO and president of Sony Interactive Entertainment, with Hermen Hulst retaining his position as CEO of the Studio Business Group. Nishino's new role as the sole CEO of SIE will come into effect from April 1, 2025.
Sony is pushing back the release date of its latest Insidious movie and dating the Darren Aronofsky-directed Caught Stealing starring Austin Butler.
Sony Corp. has shaken up its leadership ranks, naming Hiroki Totoki as corporate CEO while Hideaki Nishino is elevated to CEO of Sony Interactive.
Sony upset PlayStation fans after announcing that classic console themes from the PS1, PS2, PS3, and PS4 eras would be removed. Many players demanded they be made permanent, sparking backlash online on social networks like X,
Sony plans to bring back classic PlayStation themes due to popular demand after their limited-time release. The return of these themes is expected in the months ahead, pending further work behind the scenes.
The 30th Anniversary PlayStation Themes on PS5 will no longer be usable, but PlayStation promises to bring them back in the future.
Samsung, for instance, stopped shipping ATSC 3.0 tuners in its OLED TVs last year and will exclude them again from its 2025 OLED sets. (The company still offers ATSC 3.0 on its Neo QLED line.) LG won’t be bringing ATSC 3.0 back to its TVs this year either, after dropping support in 2024 sets over a patent dispute.
Those retro-tinged PS5 themes have been a resounding hit. They have been such a hit that Sony just announced it’s bringing them back in the future.