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PlayStation veteran, Sony Interactive Entertainment’s Head of Indies Initiative Shuhei Yoshida is retiring from Sony in January.
In a recent interview published on PlayStation’s official blog, Shuhei Yoshida announced his retirement: “I’m leaving Sony Interactive Entertainment on January 15, 2025… it’s like announcing the launch date of a new game, [something] I haven’t done for a long time.”
The executive has a long career at Sony and has worked in the company for over 30 years since 1993:
“Iv’e been with PlayStation from the beginning, and this is my 31st year with PlayStation. And when I hit 30 years, I was thinking, hmm, it may be about time for me to move on. You know, the company’s been doing great. I love PS5, I love the games that are coming out on this platform. And we have new generations of management who I respect and admire. And I’m so excited for the future of PlayStation.
So you know, PlayStation is in really good hands. I thought, okay, this is my time.”
Shuhei Yoshida shared that he joined Ken Kutanagi’s team in February 1993 while they were still developing the original PlayStation. Shuhei was the only “non-technical person” on the team, as its other members were engineers, as at the time, Sony started to plan to bring PlayStation to market.
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Before Yoshida took the position of Head of Indies Initiative, he was the President of Sony Interactive Entertainment Worldwide Studios from 2008 to 2019. When asked how he became the indie department head, he said that he loves indie games, and when in 2000, the “indie boom” started, it became an “amazing opportunity for the industry to try new ideas” that had never been seen before. “It was like treasure hunting for me,” Yoshida shared.
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