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mansoor1980
Member
terrible news , this will give complete control to evil hermen hulst
Radical_3d
Member
That’s the last one of the old guard. I’ll never forgive him for cancelling 8 Days and closing Liverpool but he’s still better than the bunch of pirates he left us with.
Physiognomonics
Member
He was stored in the archives anyways. He was the last sane person at Playstation (Cerny is not a Sony employee, just a free-lance).
The japanese Playstation era is officialy over. California era is now fully in place.
The japanese Playstation era is officialy over. California era is now fully in place.
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Cyberpunkd
Member
The PS3 ads dunking on Xbox was a thing to behold, Sony was savage back then. Years later and Microsoft’s marketing is still thrash lol.Loved the team from the PS3 era...he's one of the last.
Also...part of a tag team that buried the Xbone
64bitbros
Member
“You want me to stay and work under your company? I got one demand……” - Hidetaka Miyazaki
Portugeezer
Member
During PS4 geb for sure. He's taken a back seat (with Sony's new messaging shift) for a few years now.
Fabieter
Member
It's understandable when a incompetent guy like hulst is getting a promotion over him. Really sad and dark times.
Moriarty1889
Member
Yes very true. It is the result of them relocating to California sadly. At some point one would think Sony would relocate back to Japan and end this death spiral. One can hope.
there’s no other way to put it, this is completely true.
Fabieter
Member
I expect alot more concords going forward under current leads.
diffusionx
Gold Member
Thick Thighs Save Lives
NeoGAF's Physical Games Advocate Extraordinaire
I loved his passion and support for indie titles and his efforts to bring so many interesting and unique games to PS. I feel it will be hard to find someone as dedicated as he was... I hope I'm wrong, but man, this departure really sucks.
Anyway, here's a good parting quote from Shuhei from this recent dengekionline interview:
dengekionline.com
“Indie creator support is important in this business. Recently, AAA titles have been the drivers of business, but because they have become so large in scale, it can be difficult to try new things. It is the indie community that creates new genres and gives birth to innovation. That’s why it’s really important for PlayStation, one of the major players in the industry, to support indie games.”
Anyway, here's a good parting quote from Shuhei from this recent dengekionline interview:
【電撃独占】SIE吉田修平氏が2025年退職へ。“PlayStation”と共に生きた31年間を振り返るインタビュー前編
“PlayStation”と共に生きた、SIE吉田修平氏の退職独占インタビュー前編をお届けします。
dengekionline.com
“Indie creator support is important in this business. Recently, AAA titles have been the drivers of business, but because they have become so large in scale, it can be difficult to try new things. It is the indie community that creates new genres and gives birth to innovation. That’s why it’s really important for PlayStation, one of the major players in the industry, to support indie games.”
PeteBull
Member
That guy should have been current CEO of playstation instead of hermen "the flop" hulst, we gonna miss u, mr Yoshida, u were true gamer who actually understood ur customers.
Lets not forget he had very high lvl bloodborne character and has beaten the game and all its endgame.
Oh, and fun fact from his youth, he was producer of this beloved game back in his youth:
en.wikipedia.org
Thats how character roster looked like, back then:
Lets not forget he had very high lvl bloodborne character and has beaten the game and all its endgame.
Oh, and fun fact from his youth, he was producer of this beloved game back in his youth:
The Legend of Dragoon - Wikipedia
Fabieter
Member
So basically a mimic of Herman.
Moriarty1889
Member
Very true. Dark and sad due to the California effect. People like Hulst get promoted and people like Shuh leave.
Moriarty1889
Member
Yes, more Concords and endless Horizons shoved in people’s faces. The woke mind virus is strong within Sony under Hulst.
Pedro Motta
Member
Little Mac
Member
Sony is losing a valuable asset.
Fbh
Member
Sad to see him go, dude always seemed like he had a genuine love for games. Not many people (if any?) left now from the "old guard" at playstation.
But after more than 30 years I can also understand the desire to move on. And it sounds like he'll still continue to support indies in some capacity, which seems to be what he enjoys doing the most. So best wishes to him
But after more than 30 years I can also understand the desire to move on. And it sounds like he'll still continue to support indies in some capacity, which seems to be what he enjoys doing the most. So best wishes to him
Tiago Rodrigues
Member
The idea that a huge corporation like Sony has irreplaceable people is so weird. Playstation has huge teams on xDev that are always making these sorts of deals. Shu was mostly indie or smaller stuff more recently and he always did a hell of a job. But he's not the only one. I don't think he had anything to do with partnerships like Stellar Blade or Rise of the Ronin. That was all xDev.
Games of Today
Member
Maybe he'll open his own studio. I don't follow a lot of these actual employees too closely but I always knew when he came out on stage at E3 something sick was about to happen.
Mibu no ookami
Banned
I wonder if this is a sign that the Kadokawa acquisition is pretty much a done deal and maybe a sign that Sony is shifting away from external development and external indie titles.
If I was Microsoft, I'd fire Booty and hire him.
If I was Microsoft, I'd fire Booty and hire him.
Topher
Identifies as young
I suspect that would be more corporate culture shock than the man could handle
Mibu no ookami
Banned
You're not wrong. I'm sure he'll probably go find a place where he can produce AA indie titles. He really wasn't in charge of much since shifting away from being head of PlayStation Studios.
Dirk Benedict
Member
Wow... this is kind of depressing. I feel like they removed his influence, already. Him leaving is pretty iconic... to be perfectly honest with everyone here, I was wondering when he was going to leave... PlayStation just seems like a brand that is becoming more and more westernized and less about Japanese influenced products. In before Astrobot, too...
nial
Member
Jim Ryan hasn't been in the company for over half a year, Hermen Hulst is not his boss (he reports to Hideaki Nishino per the internal structure), and bolded... that took almost 9 years?
SmokedMeat
Gamer™
Yoshi was the man. Looking forward to see where he turns up.
mckmas8808
Mckmaster uses MasterCard to buy Slave drives
This is the only sad part to me.
nial
Member
Says that when no Californian is at the top, but instead you have Hideaki Nishino as CEO of the Platform Business Group and Hiroki Totoki (and Kenichiro Yoshida more than ever, honestly) basically controlling the whole thing.
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PatientGamer
Member
I didn't know that. It's probably for the best, he can charge top dollar as a consultant / freelancer in that regard then.
Monkfish877
Member
This just isn't the Playstation that I know and loved anymore, it's pretty much a completely different company nowadays. Shu was probably one of the last remnants of that old PS that I was a fan of and now he's gone, those late 2000s to around 2018 was a golden period for PS, constant stream of first party exclusives, multiple conferences a year, it really was a great time to be a PS fan. I've pretty much lost all my enthusiasm for them now, long live the old Playstation!!!, and Hulst, Druckmann and all the other virtue signalling degenerates that are ruining Playstation, if your reading this, go suck on one, peace.
Kagoshima_Luke
Gold Member
Oof.
The list of active and competent game execs grows thin.
The list of active and competent game execs grows thin.
Trilobit
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AmuroChan
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XXL
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FunkMiller
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