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Sony Appoints New Worldwide Studios President
Chris Faylor
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Publisher and PlayStation maker Sony Computer Entertainment has named Shuhei Yoshida as president of its worldwide development studios, effectively immediately.

In his 15 years thus far at SCE, Yoshida has served as a product development producer, vice president of product development at SCE America, and senior vice president of SCE worldwide studios.

Yoshida replaces former SCE studio boss Phil Harrison, who resigned in February for a presidential position at Atari owner Infogrames.

"Under the leadership of Yoshida, who has proven track record in managing creative talent, SCE WWS will accelerate the software development for the PlayStation 3 and PSP platforms and vigorously expand the gaming market," said SCE president and CEO Kazuo "Kaz" Hirai.

Chris Faylor was previously a games journalist creating content at Shacknews.

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  • araczynski legacy 10 years
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    May 16, 2008 8:49 AM

    still can't figure out why phil would leave sony now, when things are starting to pick up... i'm guessing someone got the boot rather than just decided to leave, especially when he picked infrogames/atari... ick.

    • NuMMnUtZ legacy 10 years
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      May 16, 2008 9:41 AM

      The looking up part is mostly corporate spin. He saw the bottom falling out in the fall and decided to go where he wasn't stuck supporting an eternal #3.

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