Unexpected. I remember seeing his perfectly fluent Japanese in the promo for Hideo Kojima and how warm it felt that this great man was running Sony.

So long, excited to see what’s up with your next adventure.

And so another great face for Playstation departs.

Oh well, my video game heart was already taken by one Andrew, that beautiful fallen angel that is EA's Andrew Wilson.

Weird i thought Sony computer entertainment ( the PlayStation part of Sony ) was doing well ? Did he found a football club he could manage as well ?

Andrew House was the President and Global CEO of SIE. Kaz Hirai is still the President and CEO of Sony Corporation. Title confused me for a moment.

@soulcake: The released statement implies that he chose to step down to go pursue some other project in the industry and spend more time with his family.

So who's gonna take his place?

I wouldn't read anything about the health of Sony into this. It's a stressful job, he's had it for a while, and he probably has all the money in the world already. I can't imagine he was fired.

@soulcake: I think this is more of a case of an exec stepping away when they are pretty much at the top of their game and achieving a pretty massive milestone. I imagine it opens a lot of opportunities for you when you can say you're coming off of building the number 1 product in your market/industry.

@soulcake: It is doing well. This is likely him wanting to do something else combined with there being no higher position within Sony for him to go to. So long as Kaz is still around there's a ceiling on how high guys like Andrew House can get.

I hope he stays around in the company. He's a likable personality. He was obviously very business oriented but he had a charm about him.

Seeing him drop that fluent Japanese in the video with Kojima is still one of the coolest surprises I have seen on the business side of gaming.

Jim Ryan's time to shine.

Not that I don't believe you but link? How was it cushioned/ presented by Sony or himself?

https://www.theverge.com/2017/10/3/16407804/sony-game-chief-andrew-house-steps-down-playstation

House, who is 52, will remain as chairman until the end of the year.

Gives them time to announce a successor. Sounds like Andrew wants to move on, rather than a reshuffle.

Jack Trenton, Adam boyes and Andrew house, So pretty much a lot of the golden boys who helped win over hearts and minds during the rise of the PS4 is now gone (well by next year Andrews out)

Well, hopefully they keep Jim Ryan away from interviews

@kingbonesaw: If the rise of Jim Ryan will lead to more moments like that, then I’m onboard