"The announcement that he’s stepping down as CEO of Sony Computer Entertainment America came as a surprise and we’ll all be very sad to see him go. Hopefully he will move on to something else that puts him front and centre in the games industry so that we don’t entirely lose his wit, charm and intelligence from the industry altogether.
In the meantime, join me for a revealing trip around my own personal fantasy world of Jack Tretton to explore the top ten things I know he’d be the best in the world at, now he’s set to have some spare time on his hands."
From GameIndustry.biz: "When Citadel: Forged With Fire launches this fall, the release of the online sandbox RPG will be a milestone not just for the developer, Toronto-based Blue Isle Studios, but also for Jack Tretton, former CEO of Sony Computer Entertainment America.
Since leaving Sony five years ago, Tretton has turned his eye toward investment in the games industry. He is a strategic partner at Ocean IQ Ventures, as well as a managing partner in Interactive Gaming Ventures, two outfits with a remit to invest in gaming intellectual properties rather than game studios. While IGV has yet to announce the projects it's backing, Ocean IQ invested in three Blue Isle properties back in 2016. Two of those games -- Valley, and Slender: The Arrival -- received Switch ports earlier this year. The last of them is Citadel: Forged With Fire, which debuted in Steam Early Access two years ago this week and is slated for a full release on Steam as well as PlayStation 4 and Xbox One October 11."
Former SCEA boss Jack Tretton said Sony is well position for next-gen as the current market leader but will face much greater competition this time around.
Naturally, though this seems to be part of the cycle. Not only are Sony going to face increased competition from MS, but Nintendo are in a very strong position. Plus the growth of PC gaming and cloud gaming.
It’s amazing enough to see PS4 doing on par with PS2 in the same timeframe when PS4 has had far more competition than PS2 did.
PS5 will most likely break the 100 million mark as well
That's every gen, but i agree that technology and popularity have both increased and the gaming landscape is evolving faster than ever. However, Sony has sustained enormous gaming success for a number years and the popularity of the PlayStation brand is at an all-time high. Not only that, but gaming is a larger part of Sony's business model than ever before, by a mile. MS for example makes the vast majority of its profits outside of gaming, but PlayStation is the engine that drives Sony. When Sony restructured back in 2013 they decided that gaming was the lifeblood of the company, they realized that gaming saved the company, and they went all in.
Sony may have more gaming competition than ever, but they are also more committed to gaming than ever. This entire generation has also seen PlayStation dominate the market and build an enormous infrastructure of customers, technology, and successful new IPs. Sony is the only console provider to seriously enter the VR space and for all the talk about being behind in streaming, people forget that Sony was well ahead of its competitors and really ahead of its time with the inception of PSNow. Also, Sony has amassed a ridiculous war chest of successful AAA IP this gen. They already boasted an impressive selection of franchises even prior to 2013, but this generation has added hit after hit franchise to deepen their arsenal further. Bloodborne, Until Dawn, Horizon, Spiderman, and Days Gone are already hit new IPs and new franchises like Ghost of Tsushima, Dreams, and Death Stranding are still to come. Not to mention fantastic reboots of games like R&C and God of War. Great new VR franchises like Astro Bot and Firewall, 3rd party games like Predator.
Sony has more established franchises than ever and they are dominating the console and VR space. PS+ has 40 million subscribers, there are hundreds of millions of active PSN accounts and everything we hear about the PS5's infrastructure and technology is great. It seems to me that Sony is in a better position than ever with PlayStation and i expect the unprecedented success to continue from now through next gen proper.
Jack Tretton used to run Sony's PlayStation business in North America. Now he is investing in small game studios and helping them scale.
Imagine if he went to Microsoft like Phil. Now that would just crash the internet.
We need more people like Jack, I hope Microsoft/Xbox hires him
I wouldn't be surprised if he ended up with Amazon's new game division. They have the money and resources to lure an experienced leader from another company.
I believe he left due to money. If true, then Microsoft will more than likely have a shot at it. He was a CEO in a massive company, that means high paychecks. Him leaving due to money then going to EA or Activision doesn't make sense, they won't pay him nearly the same.
Microsoft is the only company big enough with a need for a game related CEO that will pay high enough for him to go. The only thing stopping him is if he signed a contract with Sony to not go there for a year. A no compete style contract.
IF Amazon gets him, they are paying big bucks, and I 100 percent will support whatever console they throw out.
IF he left for any other reason than money, then he could easily end up at EA, Activision, MS, Amazon, or Google.
go to nintendo they need the american blood