Shuhei Yoshida, a former PlayStation executive who retired from Sony last year, finally could speak freely after leaving.The veteran even revealed that he was forced to take over the independent game department, otherwise he would have to be left with a bedding.

As a veteran of the opening dynasty who has been with the PlayStation brand for 30 years, many people wonder why Yoshida has never been considered as PlayStation CEO.In the paid column of Game File, Gilles Langourieux, the CEO of Virtuos, raised this sharp question: "I thought you would be a popular candidate for the helmsman of SIE, why did you fail to get on the top?"

Yoshida's response was surprisingly straightforward: "Perhaps because they don't trust me to make the best business decisions... I always want to try interesting new things, innovative projects that may create the future." When asked if the decision-making level values ​​stable operations more, he joked: "Look at the heads of SIEs in history - except for the crazy genius Ken Hatsuraki, later Ichio Hirai, Andrew House, and Jim Ryan were all business elites, which is very telling."

The reporter asked whether it was because of his "crazy index exceeding the standard", and Yoshida admitted with a smile: "That's right!" This conversation revealed the power logic of Sony's gaming department - after Ken Kuroki used PS consoles to subvert the industry, the preservation stage required more businessmen who were proficient in financial reports rather than adventurers.

The dual-headed system formed by current SIE CEO Hideaki Nishino and Hermen Hulst continues this complementary structure of "business + content".Just imagine if Yoshida, who is passionate about independent games, took over the power, PlayStation might take a completely different path.