According to GamesIndustry.biz, Sony Playstation hired two executives from mobile game giants in April to vigorously develop Sony's mobile game business.
Two executives introduced:
Kris Davis: From Kabam (a large social game developer), he has been with Kabam for more than 7 years as Vice President of Business Development and is now hired as the head of business development for Sony's mobile games.
Olivier Courtemanche: From Zynga (mobile game giant, acquired by Take-Two for $12.7 billion), after 6 years as Product Director at Zynga, he is now appointed Head of Product for Sony's mobile games business.
左：Kris Davis 右：Olivier Courtemanche
In addition to the two hired in April, Sony has been frantically poaching mobile game executives in recent years to expand its mobile game field, such as Nicola Sebastiani, head of content at Apple Arcade, and Chris Spencer, an executive of EA's mobile business, who were also recruited by Sony last year.
It is worth mentioning that in July last year, Sony Interactive Entertainment CEO Jim Lane mentioned in a statement to investors: In the future, we will use the first-party IP of Sony to launch new works on the mobile phone platform. And over time, PCs and mobile terminals will become more and more important.