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SONY May Cut Game Division Jobs WorldwideBy Patrick Klepek
1up.com
April 25, 2007
Last week, news leaked that 160 "redundancies" at Sony Computer Entertainment Europe, roughly 10% of their workforce, were being cut from the company following the launch of the PlayStation 3 overseas. Such downsizing does not appear to be limited to Europe. Sony Computer Entertainment spokesman Satoshi Fukuoka told Reuters such changes could be in store in both Japan and the United States, though nothing has been decided -- yet.
If cuts were to take place, however, Fukuoka says the downsizing would not be related to sales of PlayStation 3, but due to a shift towards "changes in the game industry," such as the movement towards online distribution vs. retail packages.
Given that PlayStation Network hasn't been around for a year, here's hoping there's a little more to that decision than just a push to more games like Calling All Cars.
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