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Shuhei Yoshida on the future of gaming

aired Sep 28, 2026 · 47.0m
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Summary

I'm your friend Sean Hollister, and today we're talking to Shuhei Yoshida. He helped work on the original PlayStation, he produced PlayStation games for decades, he led Sony's internal publishing teams, and he championed indie games.

Why listen

It goes beyond the title with direct discussion of know, games, like, including: I'm your friend Sean Hollister, and today we're talking to Shuhei Yoshida.

Key takeaways
  1. 01Welcome to The Vergecast, the flagship podcast of sticking an SNES cartridge into your handheld
  2. 02How will games be made and played in an era when server farms are gobbling up all the chips and developers have generative AI tools?
  3. 03But two June owners have started Project July, which claims your oven can run its own server
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