PlayStation veteran and games industry legend Shuhei Yoshida announced he was leaving Sony Interactive Entertainment (SIE), after a 31-year-long career at the company.
The Sony executive, who currently heads the independent developer initiative at the company, will depart SIE on January 15, 2025.
Yoshida said it was time for him to move on after over three decades at Sony in various roles. The executive joined the Japanese firm when it was still developing the first PlayStation console in 1993 and later served as president of PlayStation Studios until 2019.
In an interview on the PlayStation Blog Tuesday, Yoshida said he would leave the company next year. “Yes, I have an announcement to make.
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,” he said.