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Sony Names New PlayStation Co-CEOs , Following Jim Ryan’s Departure.<br/>Beginning June 1, Hermen Hulst and Hideaki Nishino will lead PlayStation, The Verge reports.<br/>Beginning June 1, Hermen Hulst and Hideaki Nishino will lead PlayStation, The Verge reports.<br/>Hulst will oversee Sony Interactive Entertainment's (SIE) studio business group.<br/>while Hideaki will helm <br/>SIE's platform business group.<br/>Both men will report to Hiroki Totoki, <br/>Sony's CFO and SIE chairman.<br/>Hulst's current role is PlayStation studios chief.<br/>Nishino has held several positions <br/>at Sony for over 20 years. .<br/>PlayStation has never before had co-CEOs.<br/>The announcement comes as 900 PlayStation employees were laid off earlier this year.<br/>Last quarter, Sony lowered its <br/>predictions for PS5 console sales. .<br/>Earlier this year, Totoki discussed the <br/>possibility of growing PlayStation <br/>games outside of consoles.<br/>In the past, we wanted to <br/>popularize console... but <br/>there is a synergy to it. , Hiroki Totoki, Sony's CFO and SIE chairman, via earnings call.<br/>So if you have strong first-party content, <br/>not only with our console but also other <br/>platforms like computers, first-party can <br/>be grown with multi platforms and that <br/>can help operating profit to improve, Hiroki Totoki, Sony's CFO and SIE chairman, via earnings call