It’s no secret that under new CEO, Kaz Hirai, Sony has been doing a lot of restructuring. This has resulted in the company laying off 10,000 employees, closing down chemical plans, and ending product line like their  tape recorder which should have been discontinued 10 years ago. Sony has also been aggressive about cutting costs where it can by selling its NYC HQ for $1.1 billion and Sony City Osaki building for $1.2 billon, opting to lease the properties instead. To help further consolidation and place the company on a much more targeted and in sync path, Sony has announced that Sony’s Computer Entertainment Asian and Japanese units will merge operations.

The new merged units will be overseen by SCE Japan president Hiroshi Kawano and Asian unit’s ex-chief, Hiroyuki Oda becoming his deputy. Under this new division, even departments like marketing and finance will be consolidated in order to help preserve cash. No job cuts have yet to be announced though with any merger, there tends to come over lapping of positions.

Discuss:

Do you think Sony Computer Entertainment is doing the right thing by shrinking down their corporate structure?

[Via Sony]