The PlayStation Vita has already been dead for quite some time, but this feels like the last nail in the coffin. Gio Corsi, a vocal and loyal supporter of Sony's second handheld device, has left the company with last week being his final one.
Taking to Twitter, Gio said: "A hearty thank you to all the great devs, pubs, partners, friends & fans who made my time at PlayStation so memorable -- so many cool moments. From all the titles, to all the shows, as I said, it was a hell of a ride! Thanks for it all and long live the Vita!" The man spent six and a half years with Sony, nearly five of which were spent in the role of Senior Director of Third Party Production and Developer Relations. In April 2018, he then became head of Global Second Party Games.
You may remember him from various appearances at PlayStation Experience over the years where he made a point of announcing PS Vita ports of various games. This, of course, follows in the wake of former Sony Worldwide Studios Shawn Layden's departure. Are you sad to see another PlayStation employee go? Let us know in the comments below.
[source twitter.com, via linkedin.com]
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Goodbye the Guy Fieri of PlayStation and RIP Vita. You will be missed.
so much leadership and personality is now gone from sony. ps5 is going to be very interesting. sony will either fall flat on its face or will prevail as a worldwide leader. we shall see soon enough. do not take the people behind the scenes for granted, though. they are a big reason for the ps4's success.
Wow, this really feels like the end of an era. House, Layden, Boyes, and now Corsi are gone. I hope whoever the key figures behind the PS5 are know what they're doing.
It was under his watch that games like Yakuza 5 got released to west when Sega weren't prepared to put up the translation cost so for that alone I'll miss him.
@Porco You do realise there are thousands of people who work for PlayStation, right?
Truly saddened to see the departure of one of the only real advocates for the Vita at HQ. A few more Gio's and we might have seen substantially different fortunes. Alas, its not to be.
Obviously concerning that another 'face' is leaving in such a short space of time, but i dont think this is anything to be worried about. If it was Cerny or Shu i think that would be a different story.
Obviously, wish Gio the very best in his future endeavors.
@RBMango really hope they don't hire any fired people who worked at game informer or ign or shamespot.
@BarefootBowser It was always a fantastic console. It literally dropped at the wrong time, with the rise of the smart phone. Had it even dropped a year earlier, I'm sure it would have exploded on to the scene.
Too expensive (a full PS3 home console cost a lot less), ridiculous memory card prices, shoddy DS ports and Sony giving up after a few top titles was the Vita's downfall.
The fact that it couldn't be made to be backwards compatible with the PSP (even via an accessory) was just another nail in its coffin from day 1.
It's a lovely piece of kit with some great games on it but it never caught on because no-one knew what it was - the PSP was more easily recognised and seemed more cherished - the name Vita just confused the issue.
I still hold out hope for a proper PSP2.
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