Sony is hiring a supervisor to guide PlayStation acquisitions, and the job advert has generated fairly the excitement amongst followers. The in any other case mundane advert seeks candidates for the place of Supervisor, Company Technique & Growth-Integration and Acceleration, the outline of which mentions “inorganic development alternatives.”
PlayStation hiring acquisition consultants is nothing new
This isn’t the primary time Sony has marketed for such a place and gained’t be the final. It’s par for the course for an organization of this scale, particularly one which has a historical past of acquisitions. Nonetheless, the latest Microsoft-Activision merger has some PlayStation followers hoping that Sony will “battle again” with a significant acquisition of its personal. With Activision’s acquisition nonetheless within the information, it’s no shock that Sony’s job advert ended up making rounds.
“The Company Growth and Technique staff works intently with SIE’s management staff to determine and execute inorganic development alternatives by means of acquisitions, investments or joint ventures which might be aligned with SIE’s strategic priorities and drive important long-term worth for the corporate,” the job description reads.
There was a variety of speak of Sony buying Sq. Enix or builders like CD Projekt RED. Nevertheless, Sony isn’t any stranger to creating investments in firms like Epic Video games so the aforementioned position might not be what followers are hoping for.
