Sony Gaming Gets New Chief in Wake of PSN Hacks
With barely two months having passed since the Sony hacking incident (which led to the closing down of their prestigious online gaming systems, the PlayStation Network), Sony is now ready to reshuffle the management of their company, switching around some executives. They will start from the top of the pyramid, working their way down.
In August, Kaz Hirai, the former president and group chief executive of Sony Computer Entertainment, will sit on the Chairman division after Akira Sato retires. The president of Sony Computer Entertainment Europe, Andrew House will take the place of Kaz Hirai as president of Sony Computer Entertainment, which will take effect on the first of September this year. He will then be responsible for taking care of the PlayStation business on a day-to-day basis. House will be the one to introduce Sony’s release of PlayStation Vita, Sony’s next generation handheld game gadget.
One challenge that House will be facing will be contending hackers. Hirai, on the other hand, will be the first candidate to replace Howard Stringer. Hirai will still remain as Sony’s executive deputy president for the Sony group and will be responsible on Sony’s electronic lines (Televisions and Digital Cameras).
Hopefully, with this new set of executives, Sony will find a way to contend and stop the hackers. Investing on the best security software is very important during these critical times. “I think you see that cyber terrorism is now a global force, affecting many more companies than just Sony,” Sony CEO Howard Stringer says.
Sony and its executives will just have to make sure that security will also be a focal point, as not to repeat the same incident that happened two months ago. Although there are numbers of hackers being arrested in different countries, these newly appointed executives must do their very best to protect their company and customers.
Security in gaming networks is an important aspect of Sony’s consumer product portfolio, especially as the industry moves into the mobile sector. But Sony’s facing some obstacles here as well. Their latest device, the Android-based Xperia Play, has met mixed reviews, leaving it as an experimental development in Sony’s current roll out. Competitors including Microsoft and Nintendo are betting big on mobile, adding pressure to Sony’s seemingly destabilized gaming business.
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