jet1911 said:Soooo... any good news for Sony lately?
The former editor-in-chief of Game Developer magazine and lead development support engineer at Nintendo of America is now technical director for Ubisoft North America in San Francisco, and is responsible for ensuring the technical quality of all third-party developed titles published by Ubisoft in North America.
argon said:I wonder when he left NoA.. He certainly knows an opportune time to jump ship.
Title pretty much says it all, but Mark DeLoura, Manager of Developer Relations at Sony is leaving after five years at the job. I've met Mark many times and shared some good-natured jibes and drinks with him, and I have to say this is a huge loss for Sony. Mark was one of the best in developer relations, very well respected in the industry, and was instrumental in trying to get Sony Corporate to take developer support seriously. (Although I like to think Mark was following the example our Game Technology Group sets.)
I do have to wonder how much of Sony's flailing was a part of this decision, but I guess we'll never really know since Mark is too much of a professional to kiss and tell. My guess is that it had to be at least part of the decision, though.
Damn! You guys are cold. :lol (and funny)Francias Castiglione said:He used to drink a lot of coffee so they'll save a bit of money there!
That's the spirit! Keep thinking positive!BenjaminBirdie said:I don't see how losing a skilled and possibly respected Developer Relations Manager could possibly have a negative impact on the PS3 or the pedigree of games coming to their console.
Proelite said:Next up, Ken, and Kaz. Please Sony make it happen!
At least they would have a piece of good news then.Proelite said:Next up, Ken, and Kaz. Please Sony make it happen!
That's pretty ironic (or self fulfilling I guess) considering the amount of people who were calling for heads to roll on the back of Sony's woeful E3 presentation. So now they're falling, and what - it's suddenly shocking?Gek54 said:Have we ever seen a company lose such high profile employees so close to a console's launch? Both PR and Dev relations since E3? Could it be a worse time?
Mmmkay said:That's pretty ironic (or self fulfilling I guess) considering the amount of people who were calling for heads to roll on the back of Sony's woeful E3 presentation. So now they're falling, and what - it's suddenly shocking?
Xbox team lost some pretty key people too, from the very core of the team. I have no idea how much it hurt them in the end, but I'm guessing not much.Gek54 said:Have we ever seen a company lose such high profile employees so close to a console's launch? Both PR and Dev relations since E3? Could it be a worse time?
Y2Kevbug11 said:It's a bad loss, but does it necessarily mean something is wrong? I mean...that's a nice job opportunity he took. People jump ship all the time. The only other jump I can remember is that Molly woman that left after Sony's E3 PR disaster.
Francias Castiglione said:Losing two key Public and Developer relations staff members in the period between a terrible E3 showing and the biggest hardware launch in the companies history should surely set off some kind of alarm somewhere.
Over-analyze much? And Sony's E3 showing was pretty good. It was the pre-E3 conference that sucked.Francias Castiglione said:Losing two key Public and Developer relations staff members in the period between a terrible E3 showing and the biggest hardware launch in the companies history should surely set off some kind of alarm somewhere.
RaijinFY said:Indeed, do you have some information? What do your sources tell you?
Proelite said:Next up, Ken, and Kaz. Please Sony make it happen!
SolidSnakex said:No Sony fan should want Ken to leave. He talks crazy sometimes (well often) but his ambitious is why the PS exists in the first place.
SolidSnakex said:No Sony fan should want Ken to leave. He talks crazy sometimes (well often) but his ambitious is why the PS exists in the first place.
SolidSnakex said:No Sony fan should want Ken to leave. He talks crazy sometimes (well often) but his ambitious is why the PS exists in the first place.
SolidSnakex said:No Sony fan should want Ken to leave. He talks crazy sometimes (well often) but his ambitious is why the PS exists in the first place.
Mojovonio said:Bill gates is leaving MS....
snatches said:Hey Snake, was Deloura's office close to yours at all?
TheKingsCrown said:And no Nintendo fan should have wanted Yamauchi to leave...
DaCocoBrova said:This whole Sony/PS3 saga is very entertaining. Can't wait to see how it all ends. There's virtually no good PS3 news...at all. Amazingly ironic.
mrwilt said:Doesn't anyone remember SCEA President Steve Race resigning just before Playstation launched in the US back in 95? Ironically, the rumor was he quit because of disagreements over the long-term pricing of the Playstation.
Fatghost said:It was after the launch IIRC...Race quit in 1996
Fatghost said:It was after the launch IIRC...Race quit in 1996
mrwilt said:Actually it was August 7, 1995 when the announcement was made. Martin Homish replaced him.