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

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,

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.

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.

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

Xbox's Phil Spencer offers heartfelt praise to PlayStation's Shuhei Yoshida as the popular executive announces a major career transition.

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,

In January 2025, Shuhei Yoshida will be leaving Sony after spending 31 years with the company. Yoshida started out speaking with developers and publishers to convince them to make games for the original PlayStation but he would rise to being the president of PlayStation Studios during the PS3 and PS4 eras.