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Longtime PlayStation executive Shuhei Yoshida , who became one of the faces of the companionship during its PlayStation 3 and 4 eras , is retiring after more than 30 years .
Yoshida announced his retreat in apost on the PlayStation Blogand the official PlayStation Podcast on Tuesday . He ’s best known as the former chairwoman of SIE Worldwide Studios from 2008 to 2019 , and had spend the the last few eld as the psyche of the Independent Developer Initiative . His retreat officially commence on January 15 , 2025 .
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“ I ’ve been with PlayStation from the beginning , and this is my thirty-first yr with PlayStation . And when I hit 30 class , I was thinking , hmm , it may be about time for me to move on , ” he said on the official PlayStation Podcast commemorate the move . “ So you know , PlayStation is in really good hands . I thought , OK , this is my time . ”
Yoshida has been with PlayStation since 1993 during the development of the first PlayStation , which is celebrate the30th day of remembrance of its launchthis year . He was the lead invoice executive director , connecting with publishers to hopefully get them to make game for the new console . Yoshida pronounce in the interview that it was “ challenging ” because people did n’t trust in the potential ofPlayStationat the fourth dimension . It ended up revolutionizing the console industriousness thanks to its capabilities with 3D graphics , its use of the CD - ROM rather of cartridges , and a now legendary batch of game .
However , Yoshida is most have a go at it to fans as the nerve of thePlayStation 4 . He made many coming into court on stage at presentations and in merchandising . He was a huge font for those see PlayStation ’s now famous E3 2013 presentation where the company unveiled the PS4 following adisastrous Xbox One reveal .
I was reminded of this piece of marketing where Yoshida appear to discourse how to bestow used secret plan to your champion on the PS4 . This was in reply to Xbox ’s attempt to collapse down on players sharing games , which was one of the many loser of the Xbox One launch .
Many of his peers from across the industriousness congratulated him on his retirement on X.Head of Microsoft Gaming Phil Spencer call hima “ keen advocator for the diligence , for creators and for players , ” while Guerrilla secret plan film director Mathijs de Jongethanked himfor all his “ support and kindness . ”
Congrats on an awing career at PlayStation . You've always been a with child advocate for the industriousness , for creators and for histrion . I've appreciated the sentence we've been able-bodied to spend talk gaming . give thanks You@yosp .
& mdash ; Phil Spencer ( @XboxP3)November 27 , 2024
Sad to see you leave Shu , you ’ll be missed ! give thanks you for your support and benignity . care you all the just on your next dream job ! 💙
& mdash ; Mathijs de Jonge ( @dejongemathijs)November 27 , 2024
However , Yoshida says that he ’s not withdraw from game — just from PlayStation . In another position on X , he enounce that he ’d “ like to quell in the industry . ”
