Adam Boyes has one of the most recognisable faces at PlayStation – but the Vice President of Developer and Publisher Relations is moving on. The suit – perhaps best known for announcing Final Fantasy VII Remake and Shenmue III at last year's E3, as well as featuring in the infamous used games video with Shuhei Yoshida – revealed on the latest episode of the PlayStation Blogcast that he wants to get back to making games.
"I've made the super, super difficult decision to leave PlayStation," he said as part of an emotional cameo. "It's been an amazing run, I've been here for over four years and have had an incredible, incredible experience – but I want to go and make games again. That's basically the next chapter of Adam's story – making games."
Boyes, it seems, will be departing the company on highly positive terms, describing his soon-to-be-vacant role as a "dream job". He'll certainly be missed by the higher-ups at Sony, as along with the likes of Mark Cerny, Andrew House, and the aforementioned Shuhei Yoshida, the always affable Boyes helped form a formidable squad of suits that really managed to connect with fans.
Not only that, but his work behind the scenes has been impressive; Sony always came off second-best with third-party deals last generation, but Boyes spearheaded the company's aggressive relationship with Destiny among many others, which has helped the PS4 become the console of choice for many gamers around the world.
Writing on Twitter, Boyes said that there's an incredible team already in place at PlayStation, so "gamers are in great hands". We'd like to wish Adam all of the best with his future endeavours.
[source blog.us.playstation.com]
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Big loss! He's done an amazing job since joining.
Just thanked the guy on Twitter for his hard work, was surprised he replied back thanking me. Sad to see him go but he along with several others brought PlayStation back to the top of the console market again by connecting with core gamers and establishing partnerships with massive 3rd party IP's that sell systems and getting exclusives that appeal to core demographics like Street Fighter V and Double Fine's remastering of Lucasarts games.
He was one of my favorite Sony guys ;_;
Wish him the best of luck.
That's quite a big loss for Sony. He worked really hard, listened to gamer communities and was responsible for a lot of cool games and surprises, including the deal to get Shenmue III on PS4 and Super Star Wars. Total legend.
However, as a creative person, I can understand his wish to switch into game development. Observing and supporting the work of others is fun for a while, but the creative beast is always calling. I'll look forward to what he does in a dev role, wherever his games end up.
The game swapping video was outstanding. Good luck, hopefully Sony wont mess up your good work here on in.
Big shoes to fill! He's contributed a lot to PlayStation's success. Interested to know where he ends up, or what he creates
Lol why can't he make games with sony?
Anyway Sony is so far ahead I'm sure whoever takes his place has a cake walk. Especially considering how long games take to make, the next year if not more is already mapped out
He probably wants to leave in a high-note. And he did.
ok another big NO! ready?!
Noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!
He didn't have an easy job when he took over but did phenomenally well and played a huge role in PlayStation moving back to the top of the home console market. He was also one of the few suits who doesn't come across as a suit so that makes it a worse loss. Hopefully whoever replaces him can continue to do stellar work with developers/publishers. Somebody with a personality will be key. Have to wonder if the people at the Xbox division were happy to hear this news.
@LeeHarveyOzgod
Probably wants to get whatever he'll work on out to as many gamers as possible. At least that would be my goal if I were talented enough to make games.
@Gamer83 wouldn't that be more reason to stick with sony? This guy is not hideo kojima. He will likely move on to some indie game that nobody cares about after a day....
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