Former PlayStation Exec Shuhei Yoshida Says He Was Fired After Top Boss Asked Him To Do "Ridiculous Things"

Gamespot — Apr 20, 16:33 PM

Shuhei Yoshida, the https://www.gamespot.com/articles/playstation-veteran-shuhei-yoshida-announces-retirement-from-sony/1100-6528084/">30-year PlayStation veteran who left the company in 2025, has shed more light regarding the situation that culminated in his eventual exit from the company.

He said at the ALT: GAMES event recently in Australia that after 11 years leading Worldwide Studios, he was "fired from the role."

As reported by https://thisweekinvideogames.com/news/shuhei-yoshida-says-jim-ryan-fired-him-from-playstation-studios-because-i-didnt-listen-to-him/">This Week In Video Games, Yoshida said he was fired from that job in 2019 in part because he refused to listen to PlayStation's top boss, Jim Ryan.

"Jim Ryan wanted to remove me from first-party because I didn't listen to him," he said. "He asked to do some ridiculous things, and I said, 'No.'"