Sony Establishes SCE Worldwide Studios News
Jon Wilcox
14/09/2005
SCEE`s Phil Harrison takes to the presidency of Sony’s new combined global studios...
Sony has today announced the formation of SCE Worldwide Studios in order to âaccelerate the creation of global hit titles and be responsible for creative,
technical and strategic direction setting of development and production of computer
entertainment software for the PlayStation® platforms.â The various Sony studios around the world will work for each of the SCE WWS regional headquarters in Europe, North America, South Korea, and Japan but there will also be a commitment from each of them to work together and produce global franchises across the PlayStation family.
Sony Computer Entertainment has announced that heading the new body will be SCEE Executive Vice President Phil Harrison who will be responsible for overseeing game development across the four territories.
Ken Kutaragi, President and Group CEO, SCEI âAs SCE enters its second decade, we need to challenge to reinforce our games development power and create new entertainment experiences that will bring out the best of the technology in platforms such as PSP® (PlayStation®Portable), PLAYSTATION®3, and beyondâ¦With PlayStation, favored by 200 million people all over the world, combined with Philâs strong leadership, I am confident that the power of our development studios are further empowered to create more new and innovative titles.â
âSCE is unique in having innovative development studios in the US, Europe and
Japan, that have each created numerous global hit titles. By combining the wealth of creativity and talent of games development we can dramatically change the landscape of computer entertainment,â said Phil Harrison, president, SCE Worldwide Studios. âI am honored to be taking on that challenge working alongside the best people in the business.â
Sonyâs strategy follows a series of mergers and takeovers throughout the industry as the build-up to the next-generation continues with some publishers such Ubisoft utilising the skills of several of its development studios to produce titles for Xbox 360, PlayStation3 and Revolution.
Weâll have more on SCE Worldwide Studios shortlyâ¦
