Sony Confirms Connie Booth's Exit From PlayStation

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Sony Confirms Connie Booth's Exit From PlayStation

Sony has confirmed that Connie Booth has departed from PlayStation following this week's rumours of her apparent firing.

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Tom Henderson·
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·October 26, 2023·1 min read

SONY CONFIRMS CONNIE BOOTH’S EXIT FROM PLAYSTATION​

Sony has confirmed that Connie Booth has departed from PlayStation following this week’s rumors.

In a statement to Axios, Sony said, “Booth “helped drive the success PlayStation Studios is experiencing today and her passion in fostering an environment where a team’s creative vision could fully flourish has left a positive impact on many game developers.”

“We’re thankful for Connie’s numerous contributions to the company and wish her the best in future endeavors”, the company said.

While Sony did not specify the reason for Booth’s departure, former PlayStation developer David Jaffe, who broke the news on Booth’s leaving the company said that she was “fired” from her role.

“She didn’t retire; She didn’t quit. She was fired”, Jaffe said on his YouTube channel. Insider Gaming has reached out to its sources to help corroborate the claims.

“Nobody can quite figure out how this was Connie’s fault,” Jaffe said while mentioning that outgoing Sony Interactive Entertainment CEO Jim Ryan was “convinced” that GaaS was the future of gaming.


Booth’s departure marks the end of a 34-year-old run at Sony which began in 1989 and in a higher-up capacity in 1995 as an Executive Producer. Since 1998, Booth has had four roles under the Product Development umbrella at Sony which has included Director, Senior Director, Vice President, and SVP, Head of Internal Production.

It’s currently unclear who will be taking the role of Connie Booth’s position.

 

[Bryank75]

What an absolute shame, she helped build this gaming empire and was used as a fall-guy for others incompetence and decisions.

I really hope justice is done or at least karma sorts this situation out if it did transpire as we have heard.

 

[historia]

What an absolute shame, she helped build this gaming empire and was used as a fall-guy for others incompetence and decisions.

I really hope justice is done or at least karma sorts this situation out if it did transpire as we have heard.

Or she could simply leaving to taking easier jobs.

If you eating the shit that Jaffe feed, he is grifting to the greet rats. They watch the shitty clickbaity channels, they eat this shit up.

 

[Lord Mittens]

What an absolute shame, she helped build this gaming empire and was used as a fall-guy for others incompetence and decisions.

I really hope justice is done or at least karma sorts this situation out if it did transpire as we have heard.

Now's your chance, apply!

 

[Eggman]

So now we are just going to believe all the nonsense Jaffe was saying? All they confirmed is that she is no longer at Sony. That does not validate Jaffe's garbage at all

 

[Bryank75]

So now we are just going to believe all the nonsense Jaffe was saying? All they confirmed is that she is no longer at Sony. That does not validate Jaffe's garbage at all

There's a difference between healthy skepticism and then denying everytime someone is right just because you don't like them or what they are saying.

Sometimes we have to accept the bitter truth.

Now's your chance, apply!

I'd love to but I'm guessing I would find it frustrating talking to people who don't want to listen or think they know more... and maybe they do know more.

 

[daniel5043]

Can't wait for console warriors and outrage merchants to make a beg meal out of this

 

[AshHunter216]

There's a difference between healthy skepticism and then denying everytime someone is right just because you don't like them or what they are saying.

Sometimes we have to accept the bitter truth.


I'd love to but I'm guessing I would find it frustrating talking to people who don't want to listen or think they know more... and maybe they do know more.

This doesn't really confirm most of the shit Jaffe was saying though. It doesn't confirm why she left, whether or not Hulst hates Japanese games or if PlayStation's 1st party games will be low quality going forward like Jaffe was implying.

I know there's a lot of anxiety and disappointment around how slowly PS has been moving this gen (I'm annoyed too because it leaves an opening for fanboys to spread narratives), but that doesn't mean every bit of FUD is true.

 

[Johnic]

Do Hulst next.

 

[Bo_Hazem]

 

[Bryank75]

This doesn't really confirm most of the shit Jaffe was saying though. It doesn't confirm why she left, whether or not Hulst hates Japanese games or if PlayStation's 1st party games will below quality going forward like Jaffe was implying.

Yeah, I mean of course you have to use some judgement to discern Jaffes bias from what he couldn't really make up...

I doubt standards will drop but I imagine Connie was dismissed, I don't think she stepped down. But I am open to being corrected, I always accept the facts.

 

[Danja]

Yeah she was def fired if her exit was announced via email by Hermen Hulst to her colleagues with studios she oversaw being split between Angie Smets and Scott Rhode.

A disgusting move by Playstation.

 

[Bryank75]

Do Hulst next.

Out along with the PC ports!

 

[AshHunter216]

Can't wait for console warriors and outrage merchants to make a beg meal out of this

Some on this forum let trash talking and propaganda videos from Xbox shills bother them too much and affect their outlook too much.

 

[Bryank75]

Some on this forum let trash talking and propaganda videos from Xbox shills bother them too much and affect their outlook too much.

These days I just look at the creator and I know by the name if I need to avoid it... and there are many names to avoid.

It is a bit of a minefield but within a few seconds you can figure if they are just a disingenuous shill cause they all sound the same and say the same things, they work from the same playbooks.

 

[Eggman]

There's a difference between healthy skepticism and then denying everytime someone is right just because you don't like them or what they are saying.

Sometimes we have to accept the bitter truth.


I'd love to but I'm guessing I would find it frustrating talking to people who don't want to listen or think they know more... and maybe they do know more.

What bitter truth should we be accepting? Just because she is no longer at Sony doesn't mean all the garbage Jaffe said was correct. Him and his sources even flip flopped multiple times

None of you even know what this lady's day to day responsibilities were to even care about what she did.

She most likely spent most her time working with game budgets and helping heads of studios allocate funding and resources. Thats it

All this dooming nonsense over someone none of you can even list one thing she did for a single video game, you just know her title

 

[Sircaw]

Some on this forum let trash talking and propaganda videos from Xbox shills bother them too much and affect their outlook too much.

 

[AshHunter216]

The funniest part is that all of the Xbox fanboys that will no doubt be making videos about this didn't even know who she was last week, but will be trying to convince everyone that PlayStation is burning to the ground and doomed without her. Xbox can't look good unless PlayStation is made to look bad.

 

[Bryank75]

What bitter truth should we be accepting? Just because she is no longer at Sony doesn't mean all the garbage Jaffe said was correct. Him and his sources even flip flopped multiple times

None of you even know what this lady's day to day responsibilities were to even care about what she did.

She most likely spent most her time working with game budgets and helping heads of studios allocate funding and resources. Thats it

All this dooming nonsense over someone none of you can even list one thing she did for a single video game, you just know her title

Well, there is definitely truth to what you wrote but at the same time I can respect she was a part of PlayStation from the start.

What I find amazing is that she survived the PS3...if she was fired, it is bizarre.

 

[Remember_Spinal]

Outside of TLOU what GAAS games is sony making that are having trouble?

Why are people acting like they’ve been dropping flops before we even know what the majority of these games are