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Shuhei Yoshida, former head of Sony Worldwide Studios, has remarked that he was "fired" by then-CEO Jim Ryan "because I didn’t listen to him." Yoshida suggested Ryan "asked to do some ridiculous things, and I said 'No,'" before saying he highly enjoyed his subsequent PlayStation Indies role.

thisweekinvideogames.comShuhei Yoshida Says Jim Ryan Fired Him From PlayStation Studios "Because I Didn’t Listen to Him"Yoshida, who left Sony in 2025, spoke at Australian games festival ALT: GAMES, sharing perspective on what he believes makes a successful indie game

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ghoultex
@californiatexas.bsky.social

im so curious what suggestions of ryans yoshida shut down. especially with them shuttering so much of the first party studios right now... I WANT GRAVITY RUSH 3 DAMMIT I WANT BLOODBORNE ON PC

Jason
@jvegas702.bsky.social

Jim Ryan is the main reason why PlayStation is in the horrible state it’s in now, with hardy any 1st Party titles in its lineup this console generation. Then he just fucked off and left the mess to his successor.

Kentrix
@kentrix11.bsky.social

I wanna say I feel bad for the current CEO but PS announced they STILL wanted to do live service after like 11 disasters, they seem about as bad.

magnumstache.bsky.social
@magnumstache.bsky.social

Yeah I feel like Hermen Hulst dodges a lot of the flak thrown at Jim Ryan, despite Hulst being in charge of the game studios at the time, meanwhile Yoshida gets a lot of credit for the previous generation (rather than Andrew House, who Ryan replaced).