You can now own a digital bobblehead of the man who laid off 900 employees at PlayStation before retiring

The latest PlayStation Stars digital collectible is a bobblehead of Jim Ryan, the soon-to-be ex game console The boss’s last major move at the company was to lay off 900 employees.

Last September, Ryan announced that he would step down as PlayStation boss after 30 years at the company. Now, to commemorate his time with the company, through PlayStation’s Stars program, which lets you collect digitizable items (definitely not NFTs), you can now get a “Tribute to Jim Ryan,” a pun that’s obviously intentional because it It’s a Ryan bobblehead. “Help us celebrate Jim Ryan’s 30 years at PlayStation and get a special digital collectible by playing any of the many impressive games he championed as CEO, ” reads the item’s description. “Happy retirement, Jim!”

I’m sure being the boss of PlayStation can set you up for a pretty comfortable retirement, but I’m not sure it’s the job I’ll remember him for – last month, Ryan’s last major action at the company was laying the groundwork for its closure employing over 900 people, including the complete closure of his London studio Visit and smile happily in the photos This news comes less than a week ago). “Thank you Jim for 30 years of hard work and great racing” Indeed.

The layoffs come after a rocky start to the year, with Microsoft cutting 1,900 employees from its own video game division, shortly after PlayStation EA announced it would lay off 5% of its workforce, and the cancellation of Respawn Entertainment’s unannounced Mandalorian shooter. It’s safe to say that the gaming industry’s tough year last year has continued into this year, although there weren’t such massive layoffs in March, even as smaller indie studios had to announce closures.

But hey, at least you can forget all that when you unlock Ryan as a digital bobblehead that you’ll be spinning for 10 seconds until PlayStation announces it’s shutting down the Stars program.