Shuhei Yoshida Says Former SIE CEO Wanted to Remove Him From First-Party Development
Shuhei Yoshida revealed in an interview that former Sony Interactive Entertainment CEO Jim Ryan removed him from his first-party development role in 2019 because Yoshida refused to follow Ryan's "ridiculous" requests. Yoshida, who had led first-party development for 11 years and worked on titles like Ghost of Tsushima, was then moved to support indie game development. He stated that this transition was more significant to him personally than leaving the company later to work freelance, where he now has the freedom to discuss other platforms like Nintendo and Xbox.
- Entities
- Company: Naughty Dog
- Person: Jim Ryan
- Platform: Xbox
- Company: Sony Interactive Entertainment
- Game: The Last of Us
- Game: Ghost of Tsushima
- Company: Housemarque
- Platform: Nintendo
- Person: Shuhei Yoshida
- Company: Santa Monica Studio
- Company: Sucker Punch Productions
- Game: Uncharted
- Company: Bungie
- Company: Nixxes Software
- Company: Insomniac Games
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