Christian Svensson join Sony as the head of global portfolio

[Loudninja]

Svensson, meanwhile, will take on the role of head of global portfolio. This change is now reflected in his Twitter bio and on LinkedIn, though he has yet to issue a statement on the new position. His former roles include senior VP at Capcom from 2005 to 2013, where he was responsible for Capcom's North and South American consumer software businesses. Following that, he was COO at publisher Six Foot and in charge of games business development.

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https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2019-12-11-greg-rice-christian-svensson-join-sony

 

[DongBeetle]

Hopefully we start seeing his name pop up again. I miss those days

 

[Deleted member 58846]

Oh I remember him, he's pretty damn awesome.
Good get for Sony.

 

[Bundy]

Damn, Greg Rice AND Christian Svensson. Great job, SIE!

 

[BlackPizzaCrocodile]

What's happening at Sony

 

[AshenOne]

Wasn't he the one who pushed for PC ports for capcom games at a time when they didn't give a shit about PC? If true then It'd be interesting to see his train of thought when it comes to Sony's strategy for allowing PC ports.

 

[Imran]

Not surprised he left Six Foot, that whole thing didn't go great.

 

[DieH@rd]

What's happening at Sony

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Getting ready for the next generation. Same happened before PS4 launched.

 

[dragonflys545]

Gotta spend money to make money!

 

[SilverX]

Global portfolio is a pretty big position, right? What did this guy do that was so great for Capcom from 2005-2013? Because I wasn't a huge fan of most their games like Lost Planet, Asura's wrath, Bionic Commando, DmC, etc.

 

[Deleted member 9317]

Sony expansion coming up. Next gen can't come sooner.

 

[Imitation Of Life]

Global portfolio is a pretty big position, right? What did this guy do that was so great for Capcom from 2005-2013? Because I wasn't a huge fan of most their games like Lost Planet, Asura's wrath, Bionic Commando, DmC, etc.

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I don't think this guy will have any control over what games get made by Sony.

 

[SilverX]

I don't this guy will have any control over what games get made.

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I know, but he had some influence with the software at Capcom and I wasn't impressed with the company last gen. I just want to know why some are excited for him being at Sony now.

 

[SgtCobra]

Like I said in another thread they got someone very capable in their team. I still haven't forgotten about your LP2 leaderboard reset you pronised and never fulfilled though :P (pretty sure it was you right??? hehe)

 

[Luckett_X]

I didn't particularly care for his severe bending of truth while running PR for Capcom and I think the whole "test game" rhetoric began on his watch, so I hope he has changed tacts a lot or it simply won't be necessary at Sony compared to whatever Inafune and co were chucking at him back in that era.

 

[Drensch]

Next-Generation forums shout out!

 

[aisback]

It's always Interesting seeing Sony changes people around when there's a new Gen. I don't know much about the guy so I'm not sure If he's a good pick or not

 

[john2gr]

Ah, I remember Svensson when he was doing his best to convince Capcom to put more effort on its awful - at that time - PC games/ports. Best of luck to him.