Jim RyanThe CEO of the PlayStation brand was ranked by Variety magazine as one of the most influential business leaders in shaping the global media industry among the 500 people.

Ryan, who was honored on the same list in both 2020 and 2021, was credited with completing Sony's acquisition of Bungie Studio, which will allow Sony to gain a large share of the MMO gaming market. The magazine's description of Ryan reads:

The company has continued to make strategic investments, acquiring $141 billion from FromSoftware and injecting $1 billion into Epic Games, and has also challenged the deal with Activision Blizzard, which the FTC is now trying to block. The PS5 still outsells the Xbox Series X|S by nearly two to one, but Xbox's dominance in subscription services prompted Sony to revamp PS Plus in June, offering players a larger library of titles.

There was also talk about Ryan's role in creating the PS Productions studio, which is working on converting major PlayStation titles into TV works, where we got the Uncharted movie, and soon the series The Last of Us will begin to be broadcast on the HBO platform, and there are many films and series based on PlayStation works in production.

Ryan also played a key role in Sony's entry into the virtual reality market and the new technologies that will be introduced in the next-generation PSVR 2, which will be released later this year.

Jim Ryan isn't the only PlayStation CEO to appear on the list, as the head of PlayStation Studios was also honored. Herman Holst Additionally. He has been credited with Sony's award-winning slate of exclusives in 2022, including God of War Ragnarok and Horizon Forbidden West, as well as having a vision for diversifying the company's titles, which will see it launch its first live service and smartphone games later this year. in general.

Additionally, Holst and Ryan played an important and effective role in bringing major PlayStation titles to PC, as these titles were able to attract a new player base to Sony's ever-growing arsenal.

Do you think Holst and Ryan deserve this honor for their efforts in expanding and growing the PlayStation brand?

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