Report: PlayStation Producer Connie Booth Leaves Sony - News
by William D'Angelo , posted on 23 October 2023 / 2,611 Views
The PlayStation head of internal production Connie Booth has reportedly left Sony, according to God of War and Twisted Metal series creator David Jaffe.
"Sad, frustrating, potentially super disrespectful news dropping tomorrow about PlayStation if my sources are correct," said Jaffe on Sunday. He added "the Sony we all came up with is mostly dead."
Jaffe later confirmed the news is for Booth leaving the company as he said he heard this from "verified from people outside of Sony." This has yet to be confirmed by Booth or Sony.
"She is no longer at Sony," said Jaffe. "I don’t have a lot of details, I don’t know if she was fired, or laid off – when I heard the story everyone was telling me she was fired, and then I heard that her team was also walked out of the building. I don’t know if that’s just someone being dramatic or if that actually happened."
Jaffe doesn't have the full details as it is coming from multiple sources and is sure at least Booth has left as he heard it from two people inside Sony and two people outside Sony. He also claims Booth is being replaced by Angie Smets, who worked at Guerrilla for 20 years.
Booth had worked at PlayStation since the early days and been involved in the production of over 100 games, starting with the original Crash Bandicoot as a senior producer. She has also been involved with Ratchet & Clank, inFAMOUS, SOCOM, Ghost of Tsushima, The Last of Us, Uncharted, Days Done, Marvel's Spider-Man, and more.
A life-long and avid gamer, William D'Angelo was first introduced to VGChartz in 2007. After years of supporting the site, he was brought on in 2010 as a junior analyst, working his way up to lead analyst in 2012 and taking over the hardware estimates in 2017. He has expanded his involvement in the gaming community by producing content on his own YouTube channel and Twitch channel. You can contact the author on Twitter @TrunksWD.
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confirmed:
https://www.resetera.com/threads/sony-confirms-the-departure-of-long-time-head-of-internal-studios-connie-booth.778895/page-4
Kinda strange someone like her getting fired. Some big shit must have happened.
I mean... Under Matt Booty Xbox's internal studios have been a disappointment for years, and he's just been promoted. Connie Booth had years working on the successes that made Playstation the market leader and gained almost undeniable recognition, she was just fired.
Xbox should really call her, activision needs someone to lead and she looks amazing.
Maybe there's a legit reason for this, let's just wait for more information.
There's talk on Era. see the link for more.
Well hopefully it's just fake news til it has confirmation
confirmed.
