Shuhei Yoshida announces he will leave PlayStation in January 2025 The current Head of Indie's has worked at PlayStation for 31 years Yoshida said that after he hit 30 years, he thought it was "time for me to move on" The head of PlayStation's indies,

As of January 15, 2025, PlayStation’s Shuhei Yoshida will leave Sony but not retire from the industry entirely. Yoshida made the announcement while on the PlayStation Podcast Tuesday (a condensed transcription of the interview appears on the official PlayStation blog.

Shuhei Yoshida, the popular PlayStation executive, has announced that he will leave Sony Interactive Entertainment on Jan. 15, 2025. At that point, he’ll be just shy of his 32nd anniversary with the company, having joined in early 1993 when the first PlayStation console was still in development.

From running the brand to rejecting Demon’s Souls, and eventually becoming a champion of indie games, Shuhei Yoshida’s time with PlayStation is ending

Sony’s head of independent development at PlayStation and long-time game development leader for the console maker, Shuhei Yoshida, is leaving the company after over three decades. He helped produce some of the PlayStation’s earliest hits before moving onto help lead the platform’s powerhouse first-party studios across multiple console generations.

Long-time PlayStation executive Shuhei Yoshida, lovingly known as Shu, has announced his departure from Sony after 31 years of service. Although understandable, the announcement came as a bit of a surprise and in a rather unconventional way: an interview with the PS Blog.

Shuhei Yoshida, a prominent PlayStation executive, will leave the company in January 2025 after 31 years, marking the end of an era.

Longtime PlayStation veteran Shuhei Yoshida will leave the company on January 15th, 2025. Having spent over 30 years with Sony, Yoshida has been a vital member of the PlayStation family since its launch in 1993. He served as the President of SIE Worldwide Studios from 2008 through 2019.

PlayStation legend and industry icon Shuhei Yoshida is to leave the company after almost 32 years, but he's not disappearing from gaming entirely.

PlayStation veteran Shuhei Yoshida is leaving the company after 31 years. As announced on the PlayStation Blog, the former SIE Worldwide Studios president will leave Sony early next year. "I’m leaving Sony Interactive Entertainment on January 15 2025,