After 31 years at Sony, long-time PlayStation govt Shuhei Yoshida departed the corporate. Seeming like a everlasting fixture with PlayStation, he was one of many extra ahead going through leaders for the corporate. Folks inside the business all the time had optimistic issues to say about him, together with Stellar Blade developer and Shift Up CEO Hyung-tae Kim, who hilariously recreated one in all Yoshida’s most iconic moments.
Stellar Blade dev references notorious PS4 advert in picture with Shuhei Yoshida
In an X (previously Twitter) publish from Kim, the CEO reminisced in regards to the first time they noticed Yoshida in a industrial. The industrial referenced is the Official PlayStation Used Sport Educational Video by which Yoshida and former PlayStation VP Adam Boyes walkthrough easy methods to lend PS4 video games to a pal. It was an apparent dig on the Xbox One, and possibly one of many extra identified advertisements PlayStation has launched in both PS4 or PS5 period.
Connected to the publish is an image of Yoshida and Boyes from the industrial. Subsequent to it’s Yoshida and Tae recreating the second. They even discovered a replica of Killzone: Shadow Fall to precisely painting the video.
Tae additionally thanks Yoshida for his work and help within the business.
“I remembered the primary time I noticed Yoshida Shuhei in a industrial,” says the translated publish. “Thanks for all of your arduous work and help for the gaming world. Thanks very a lot!”
Yoshida made his departure announcement in late November. Whereas he’s shifting on from Sony, he does need to keep within the video video games business. It’s nonetheless unknown if he has already landed a gig.
Shift Up has been busy supporting its newest launch Stellar Blade. Simply final month, the developer collaborated with Nier: Automata for a brand new DLC pack. It included a number of cosmetics for Eve, in addition to one for the Drone, Adam, and Lily.
