PlayStation Mobile Loses Another Top Executive - News

Tweet

PlayStation Mobile has lost another one of its top executives, according to MobileGamer. 

Michail Katkoff, the Managing director at Savage Game Studios, announced on LinkedIn he is leaving less than a year after it was acquired by Sony. The head of technology Mike McManus and game director and cofounder Nadjim Adjir will now be taking leading the studio forward.

"I’d like to believe I’ve done my fair part in taking the company from zero to one," said Katkoff. "Now I’m eager to watch from the side as Nadjim and Mike take it from one to one hundred.

"In the same breath, I wish nothing but the best to Olivier C. and Kris Davis who are leading PlayStation’s charge onto mobile. Can’t wait to play all the amazing games from all the fantastic developers!"

He added, "Well… for as long as I remember, my mentality was to push tirelessly to pursue my career and financial goals. Little did I know, this pursuit came at the expense of friendships, parental life, marriage and a mental health. Needless to say, my life got out of balance. And now I’m taking a good amount of time to course correct and find the equilibrium."

The Vice President and head of mobile at PlayStation Studios Nicola Sebastiani left the company in June. He was responsible for building up PlayStation's mobile, which was established in July 2021 and was a main reason Sony acquired mobile game developer Savage Game Studios.

A life-long and avid gamer, William D'Angelo was first introduced to VGChartz in 2007. After years of supporting the site, he was brought on in 2010 as a junior analyst, working his way up to lead analyst in 2012 and taking over the hardware estimates in 2017. He has expanded his involvement in the gaming community by producing content on his own YouTube channel and Twitch channel. You can contact the author on Twitter @TrunksWD.

More Articles

12 Comments

Sort by Highest Rated

• Newest
• Oldest
• Highest Rated
• Lowest Rated

DonFerrari (on 03 July 2023)

Did they lose him or was his contract for transition to new ownership? Otherwise I don't care about mobile efforts anyway.

• +3

CosmicSex DonFerrari (on 03 July 2023)

I know this sounds silly but I just realized that nearly all video game related articles are just gas lighting clickbait.

• +2

ClassicGamingWizzz CosmicSex (on 03 July 2023)

Shh , you cant say these things in here . Vgchartz is a bastion of unbias reporting!?!?

• 0

scrapking ClassicGamingWizzz (on 04 July 2023)

VGChartz is one of the best, IMO, because video game news is kind of a side hustle for them rather than their entire reason for being.

• +1

G2ThaUNiT CosmicSex (on 03 July 2023)

So did PS's mobile division lose another executive or not?

• +1

Iveyboi (on 03 July 2023)

I'm a die hard Sony Fan and haven't heard of Sony Mobile. Couldn't name a single title

• 0

G2ThaUNiT Iveyboi (on 03 July 2023)

You'd be forgiven as the PlayStation Mobile division hasn't released a game yet. The branch was only founded in 2021 and Sony acquired their first, first-party mobile studio in 2022. So not time yet to see what their first mobile game will be.

• +6

Qwark G2ThaUNiT (on 03 July 2023)

At this rate the division would sooner be closed than it produces a game though.

• -2

CosmicSex Qwark (on 03 July 2023)

I mean if you actually read his comments and not just click bait headlines you wouldn't be surprised when they release a game.

• +1

trunkswd CosmicSex (on 03 July 2023)

The headline wasn't meant to be clickbait. A lead guy at PlayStation Mobile did leave. Plus the place I found the news that I linked to has a similar headline.

• 0

CosmicSex trunkswd (on 03 July 2023)

O worries. O understand and I wasn't claiming that it was VGChartz as it was evident the story came from another site. This is actually a positive story because the guy left for the right reasons.

• 0

Qwark CosmicSex (on 03 July 2023)

When all your top figures are walking away, that usually doesn't mean it's going fine and dandy.

• 0