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[Cheesemeister]

Sony Computer Entertainment Japan, Sony Computer Entertainment Asia, and Sony Computer Entertainment Pan-Asia are being dissolved as of today.

Being formed in their place is Sony Computer Entertainment Japan/Asia, led by President Hiroshi Kawano.

Japanese: http://www.scei.co.jp/corporate/release/130401.html
English (Google Translate): http://translate.google.com/transla...i.co.jp/corporate/release/130401.html&act=url

 

[moolhy]

lol...

EDIT:

wait, seriously?

They couldn't have picked another date to announce this?

 

[Seda]

April Fools?

heh, guess not

 

[DatDude]

april fools?

 

[Wario64]

April Fools jokes are bannable (lol)


What timing Sony



(no it's not a joke guys)

 

[waypoetic]

I can hear bishop coming.

 

[FearMyWrench]

Doesn't really sound like a joke to me.

Although I'm prepared to be laughed at forever if it turns out to be.

 

[FlutterPuffs]

Oh GREAT news. SCE Pan Asia has been badly managed.

 

[Recall]

You're so silly April.

 

[dragonflys545]

Uh o

 

[sohois]

This is like the lamest april fools joke ever. SCEJ is being dissolved and replaced with SCEJ/A. Hilarious

 

[Cosmo Clock 21]

April 1st being the start of the fiscal year is impeccable timing.

 

[Speevy]

So that means The Last Guardian is finally ready, right?

 

[baphomet]

Interesting I suppose. Hope it's for the better.

 

[LiquidSolid]

Can't really think of anything to say other than "okay, that makes sense." No clue why they didn't do this years ago.

 

[Nibel]

Was shocked for a second

Damn you Cheese

 

[Thoraxes]

New fiscal year. Totally possible.

 

[ant1532]

that thread title sensationalism

 

[Striek]

Literally impossible to be a worse arrangement than exists now I guess.

 

[Redhood]

Hmm another restructuring apparently! Lets hope it streamlines the development pipeline also.

 

[Face it Tiger..]

I feel annoyed OP.

to your banning, if you are lying.

and to this melding, if it is true.

 

[z0m3le]

Well today marks a new business year, so it is the day you would announce something like this... Sort of would be weird for Sony to make a joke about something like this, even on april fools, on their Japanese site.

 

[Dreams-Visions]

Okay.

 

[moolhy]

So that means The Last Guardian is finally ready, right?

haaaaahhhhahahahhahaha...

ehhahahhah

heh heh..

ehum..

:')...

..:'|

x'(

 

[Anth0ny]

what the fuck?

 

[Jinfash]

Ugh, Kawano is still the head though.

 

[Mikey Jr.]

Can't day I'm surprised. Their output was abysmal.

Also, its a sign of the times. America and Europe have really taken over in terms of game development.

Edit: The fuck is going on?

 

[Danthrax]

everyone correct your fellow GAFfers from now on. it's SCEJA, not SCEJ, duh

 

[Carl]

Lol, i have no idea what to think

 

[purnoman3000]

Maybe they can finally release some games now, emirate guys............. guys?







.

 

[Eusis]

April Fool's jokes wouldn't be written like this. They'd be talking about moving everyone to America or Europe, not consolidating all of the Asian branches under one banner.

So, yeah, just bad timing.

 

[Chanser]

I don't know what to believe.

 

[Mr.Fresh]

It's still SCEJ just with more Asia now lol

 

[Exentryk]

So, just some restructuring. No big deal.

 

[dragonflys545]

Maybe they can finally release some games now, emirate guys............. guys?







.

Buuu But PS4 already has too many games.

 

[polyh3dron]

SCEJ is dead, long live SCEJA

 

[Mikey Jr.]

OHHH, just some sensationalist bullshit thread title.

Gotcha.

 

[Ostinatto]

but i want my last guardian now

 

[FrostuTheNinja]

New fiscal year. Totally possible.

Pretty much what I thought. Restructuring and all that jazz.

Sony cleaning house.

 

[FyreWulff]

Sony: They put the SCEJ in scejuling announcements

 

[Ken]

So will there still be Asian and Japanese releases of games?

 

[rdrr gnr]

That thread title...

Move makes sense.

 

[Toki767]

I know SCEI is their overall name, but they should have just gone with SCEI.

 

[Shard]

Wait, what?

 

[Danj]

Sony Computer Entertainment Japan, Sony Computer Entertainment Asia, and Sony Computer Entertainment Pan-Asia are being dissolved as of today.

Being formed in their place is Sony Computer Entertainment Japan/Asia, led by President Hiroshi Kawano.

Dat sensationalist thread title.

But yeah even if it is the beginning of a new financial year, 1 April is a dumb day to announce anything that's actually a) true and b) important.

 

[Duffyside]

What does this mean for Shuhei Yoshida? That's all that matters to me!

(And Studio Japan).

 

[Cheesemeister]

I know SCEI is their overall name, but they should have just gone with SCEI.

But in Latin, it's spelled with an I.

 

[ULTROS!]

I wonder if this means that publishing games from an Asian country that's not Japan to SCE would be actually possible.

 

[wilflare]

hope this means that Asia/HK/Singapore PSN... would get updates faster and all

 

[dakkumauji]

Wonder if this will actually change anything in the whole Asian and Japanese releases.

Probably not though, so I can keep getting those cheaper Asian editions!