Longtime Sony executive Shuhei Yoshida has announced their departure from PlayStation this week, and Xbox boss Phil Spencer has sent the exec a warm message - as he prepares to leave one of Microsoft's biggest competitors in the gaming space.
Taking to Twitter early this morning, Phil sent his congratulations to Shuhei for "an amazing career at PlayStation". The Xbox boss said that he's "appreciated the time we've been able to spend talking gaming", and that the Sony exec has "always been a great advocate for the industry".
As you can see up above there, Shuhei has since replied to Phil, commenting on the Xbox exec's "pioneering work" over at Microsoft. We always like to see stuff like this - it reminds us that every now and then, wholesome exchanges can happen on social media.
Shuhei Yoshida has been at Xbox competitor PlayStation for over 30 years, and came to public prominence with the platform's big indie games push during the early PS4 era. We wish him the best on what's next in his career!
What's your lasting memory of this era of Xbox and PlayStation? Tell us in the comments section down below.
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Two classy industry legends who have each done a lot to push the industry forward. Love to see it.
The man had a hand in a number of the greatest titles ever to hit any platform. Well done, sir oo7
Is it „he” or „they”? In the opening paragraph you say Shuhei announced their departure and in the closing paragraph you wish „him” the best. Anyway, Shu is a well-loved guy in the industry and I appreciate all the stuff he contributed to gaming in general.
@gollumb82 It's interchangeable.
And yeah, congratulations for Shuhei Yoshida and the amazing career he's had. What an amazing contribution to video games.
What game is Phil Spencer playing in that picture, @Kezelpaso? Thanks...
@Fiendish-Beaver i think it’s monster hunter. here’s the link to the purexbox article where the pic is from : https://www.purexbox.com/news/2024/10/xbox-japan-takes-us-through-a-tokyo-game-show-journey-featuring-phil-spencer
& just some advice , if you’re on mobile, whenever you’re curious about the source of a picture just long press on the image and select “image source” , “google lens” , or whatever options pop up to find the source for you. im sure you can do it on a desktop computer by right clicking on the image or something too.
These top level execs showing more courtesy and professionalism than the warring fanboys fighting for these companies.
@LogicStrikesAgain Such is always the case as these executives actually have respect for each other despite being competitors professionally.
Of course, it's a huge relief for him. When Jack Tretton left and during an interview Geoff Keighley did with himself and Jack Tretton, that is ironically found nowhere on the Internet now, Geoff asked Phil about it and you see Phil with this huge sigh of relief and then he says "Yeah, I don't have to worry about you kicking me in the heels".
This is a major relief for Phil Spencer, like seeing the four star general of your opposing army retiring. Shu Yoshida is a legend in the PlayStation development community right alongside Scott Rodhe. Shu has been around since the beginning of PlayStation. The first game I ever saw him credited in was THE LEGEND OF DRAGOON on the PS1. Scott Rodhe originally started his gaming career as a QA Tester at SEGA, yeah. So, unlike has been the track record with Xbox's Executives (watch GEARS OF WAR - THE ROAD TO E3 funny enough included as a Bonus Feature with the Gears of War Collectors Edition Bonus Disc where Epic Games is faced with a Executive from Xbox that tried to convince them to remove the Lancer because it was too violent and how Epic devs responded, yeah, Xbox thought they knew better and sent in the Exec to tell them to tone it down, can you imagine what that would've done to Gears of War? They wanted another Halo. Adult, but not too violent..... Yeah). But, you'll always read when Shu Yoshida or Scott Rodhe walk through those front doors to take a look at your product, as gamers themselves, you know you're gonna get really good feedback that's going to be the best constructive criticism to help your game. And how have they seen that? Two of Shu's biggest fans, that will evangelize Shu's name to know end are former Game Director of Sony Santa Monica David Jaffe and current Game Director for Santa Monica Studios Corey Barlog, just to name two, and you can see by God of Wars reviews and Corey Barlogs reaction to those reviews how much he respects Shu Yoshida. Yoshida knows his sh*t so of course Phil will smile about his departure. A veteran like that coaching your Game Director and designer's, it's a relief when Xbox has no comparison. Fortunately, at least for now, Sony isn't doomed as they've still retained Scott Rodhe, for now, again and Exec that actually knows his stuff and has again been praised by numerous PlayStation first-party devs.
Shu leaving is music to Phil Spencers ears, but is really bad news for PlayStation fans. It's a HUGE loss you can't even know
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Thank you, @nomither6, that's very helpful...
These two men made Xbox the best console in the business. Hats off to you kings!
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