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BraLoD said:

https://www.vgchartz.com/article/467581/shuhei-yoshida-says-jim-ryan-fired-him-as-playstation-studio-president-due-to-not-listening/

The lastest article about Shuhei Yoshida its pretty interesting. Apparently Jim Ryan removed him from SIE presidency because refused to do something "ridiculous".

Was it to move studios to the live service push?
Was it to shut down Japan Studios?
Was it something else?

Either way, Shu has my respect. Already did, but has even more of it now.

GymratAmarillo said:

Idk, when he leaved he said something similar, then "clarified" saying that Ryan treated him with respect and now this. So then what's the truth? Why not tell the complete story the first time or idk right now? Is he going to tell a new part of the story every 6 months?

I have no doubt that Ryan is an ass and I'm grateful for what Yoshida did but this is starting to feel like Layden saying the same bullshit 3 times per year so people remember he is still alive (how services aren't the way to go when The Show and GT became services under his leadership, how big games are unsustainable when the first wave of truly expensive PS games happened under him and how consoles aren't selling when he knows selling a console is just the beginning, how much people spend in the console is what matters).

I like Yoshida, but without context the highlighting of 'ridiculous' means next-to-nothing. This is especially true when you consider that Ryan also offered Yoshida the position to help with indies, which was a passion of Yoshida's. The headline makes it sound like there's some bad blood between the 2 when really it's just more that whatever Ryan wanted (or his bosses wanted) was far too much of an undertaking for Yoshida, for whatever reason that may have been.