Yoshida publicly took responsibility for one famous misstep while he was in this role. As SCE Worldwide President, Yoshida declined to publish FromSoftware’s Demon’s Souls, as Yoshida himself did not enjoy playing the game’s early demo. FromSoftware would go on to approach Bandai Namco to publish their Dark Souls games.

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.