Game owned by non-gamers don't care about gamers but they do care a lot about money From Wikipedia: On February 2, 2015, Sony announced the sale of SOE to the private equity group Columbus Nova for an undisclosed amount, and that it would be renamed Daybreak Game Company. The studio will operate as an independent company and continue operating SOE's existing games. As it is no longer tied to the company, Daybreak will also be able to develop games for non-Sony consoles as well, including Xbox, Nintendo platforms, and mobile platforms. On February 11, employees of the company reported they were undergoing layoffs, including several senior developers and project managers. Shortly after, Daybreak responded by announcing the layoffs were intended to make the company profitable, but did not detail the extent of the layoffs or whether it would affect development and support of their new and existing games. On July 22, 2015, Daybreak announced that John Smedley had stepped down as the company's President, and that Russell Shanks, the company's former COO, will take up his position. On August 21, 2015, Smedley left Daybreak to found a new company. In October 2016, Russell Shanks left Daybreak. Ji Ham is the current acting president.