Layoffs hit Sony public relations

"Layoffs hit Sony public relations" - Just until they get hacked again.

After spending $50 million on advertising for the North American Vita, and only generating 600k-700k in North American Vita sales, you'd think SCEA would be firing Guy Longworth, and his stunningly incompetent marketing division. That's like $75+ in promotion per Vita sold. You could achieve better results with your advertising budget by just leaving dollar bills on the ground like bread crumbs to lure passerby into the Vita section of Gamestop.

Another day....another bit of bad news for Sony.

Get Kevin Butler back.

That's all your PR really needs.

Dear Sony,

Since you currently have the giant banhammer out, would you mind swinging it once more, this time taking out Sony Computer Entertainment Europe too? Merge all of its resources into SCEA, dissolving all regional PlayStation stores and providing just one functional store with the same content to all PS3 owners. The EU division is a disgrace, the store has been broken for several weeks, content keeps getting delayed and there's not enough information being relayed to customers every time something goes wrong (almost weekly).

Cheers. Sincerely,

A PS3 fanboy with a 1500+ game collection and several PlayStation consoles, a PS Plus subscriber, and a big-spending supporter of SCE's fine products since the first PlayStation console launched.

shit slowly hitting the fan?

it's sad the there are so many layoffs in the games industry right now. i hope they all find jobs soon. its rough in this job environment.

Hmm, I wonder if they got rid of Christina Kim and all the other weirdos who cover E3 for them (including that peculiar tatted up Latino dude who wears red leather jackets).

With some of the ridiculous things coming out of Sony mouthpieces in recent years, it's about time.

Moral of the story : Major in computer science or engineering. Not marketing :P

Sony is just regrouping and hopefully will "get it together" The world economy is not going to get better anytime soon. Sony is just riding out the economic storm. That is why they released the cheaper 12GB Flash memory SuperSlim PS3 in Europe. Which has been hit the hardest Greece, Spain, ireland have all been in danger of going belly up. Sony has to cut jobs and costs. They will survive but it will take some doing.

I see the Microsoft faithful are reading the news and going "GIGGITY! GIGGITY!! GIGGITY!! GIGGITY!!. This is not unusual, lots of companies cut back on redundancies from within. In the interest of equality, Microsoft laid off advertising and marketing people back in February AND May, and yet I don't see anyone saying "IT'S OVER FOR MICROSOFT!!". 

To all those making jokes, just stop. People losing hard-earned jobs isn't a laughing matter, especially in this economy.

Its the cruel reality of the world nowadays. In my humble personal opinion, I would rather work at a reduced salary for a time than get fired out of the blue. It may sound like non-sense, and many would disagree, but considering how hard is to get a job inmediately (some people spend several months looking for anything) the fact that you will receive at least a couple dollars in the next days helps you overcome the hardness of it 

Hopefully they can the people who set up the awful PSN store. It's filled with clutter, the same things over and over again. 

When will Kaz Hurai get laid off?

You can tell that there is at least one person in Sony's PR department from the use of the word 'reorganisation'.

To think this is the same corperation who created the PS2! Verily, Sony has fallen on hard times.

"no impact on game development." So why is this being reported on a gaming site?

And what about the marketing dept. that made those awful PS3 comercials? 8-\

Thanks Eddie, I LOVE SONY

Sorry to hear about those affected. :( It's tough times, these days. At least game development wasn't cut.

Thats what happens when you take millions dollar losses 6 years in a row.

I wish that Sony made money.  The PS3 is the best console on the market.

Get rid of their junk tv's and stereos. Stick with gaming 

terrible for the pr guys but come-on how hard is it to do that job and exactly how many people do you need to hype like a drunk girl at a party.

omg! omg! omg! u guysh! i am sooooooo ashome! 

I hope something good happens to Sony. They should stop focusing on the TV's thats losing them so much money and focus on what makes them the most money.

Nuts hit Mcooch in the face

LOL!! At least they are cutting employees who are the least important. Anyone can do public relations. It baffles that they are able to cut 10,000 jobs yet open Mobile Stores all over the world. They are still losing millions. Their new PS3 Slim might save them a few more pennies though.

GAME OVER MAN, GAME OVER!!!!

Not...

SONY DOOM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

The end is near!!!!

PR job. Now that's a job to have.

This is unfortunate and I wish those who lost their jobs luck in their future.

Hmmmm, this could be a sign that Sony is planning a change in their PR style. Or, they could have just thought, these guys aren't worth it. Course, it could be a ton of other things.

Song HAS public relations?!!