Longtime PlayStation executive Shuhei Yoshida, who became one of the faces of the company during its PlayStation 3 and 4 eras, is retiring after more than 30 years.
Yoshida announced his retirement in a post on the PlayStation Blog and the official PlayStation Podcast on Tuesday. He’s best known as the former president of SIE Worldwide Studios from 2008 to 2019, and had spent the the last few years as the head of the Independent Developer Initiative.
His retirement officially begins on January 15, 2025. Recommended Videos “I’ve 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,” he said on the official PlayStation Podcast commemorating the move. “So you know, PlayStation is in really good hands.
I thought, OK, this is my time.” Related Your PlayStation Portal is about to get a much-requested feature I own a PlayStation 5 Pro.