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Connie Booth Leaves PlayStation After 34 Years, It's Claimed

The Head of Production at PlayStation, Connie Booth, has allegedly left PlayStation after 34 years, it's been claimed.

insider-gaming.com

The Head of Production at PlayStation, Connie Booth, has allegedly left PlayStation after 34 years.

Citing four unnamed sources, David Jaffe has taken to YouTube to claim that Connie Booth has left PlayStation after 34 years.

“Here’s what I can tell you, she is no longer at Sony, right? 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,” Jaffe said.

He continued to say that Connie’s team also walked out and Angie Smets, who worked at Guerrilla for 20 years would be taking Booth’s role. While Jaffe continued to say that these are just things he’s heard and not completely verified, he doubled down on Booth leaving Sony and said, “The Connie thing is pretty much true because I’ve heard it from four people, two in and two out of Sony.”

According to her LinkedIn profile, Angie Smets took the role of VP, Head of Development Strategy seven months ago after her role at Guerrilla.

If the rumor is true, 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.

At the time of writing, Insider Gaming is unable to verify the rumor but has reached out to its sources and Sony for verification.

 

[Killjoy-NL]

Is this the dramatic news Jaffe was talking about?

 

[StueyDuck]

I feel so disrespected

(You guys see what I did)

 

[Kilau]

 

[Mowcno]

Is this the dramatic news Jaffe was talking about?

Yes this is the "Sad, frustrating, potentially super disrespectful news" and now he's upset that people, A. don't think it's as big a deal as him and B. had very different expectations.

Here's an idea for him. Don't vaguely tease stories like this and instead just post it when you are going to post it. Why tease something like this a few hours early. So silly.

 

[mitch1971]

 

[LiquidMetal14]

Well wishes to her but yes, this.

I guess anything to rile up potentially bad Sony news. Up until right now, I've never heard of this person who I wish the best for.

 

[Thick Thighs Save Lives]

Isn't this basically what Jaffe claimed here: https://www.neogaf.com/threads/davi...dropping-tomorrow-about-playstation.1662654/?

 

[L*][*N*K]

She is a business executive, you know the “cut cost and raise profit” type of person, they have their uses but who the fuck cares?

 

[SmokedMeat]

Thirty four years, she’s been around since the early days. Back when PlayStation was the fucking shit.

Sounds like a pretty big loss.

 

[Roxkis_ii]

She left after 34 years? Sounds like a good career to me.

I guess this is supposed to be bad news by the person posting it?

 

[BootsLoader]

 

[DGrayson]

Damn, industry changing and disrespectful and disappointing news!

 

[squarealex]

Damn, how Jeff tease is... I through Cory Balrog leave Santa Monica, or his game is cancelled..

 

[Cyberpunkd]

Not really...

 

[Gamerguy84]

This is not the news some were hoping for.

 

[SEGAvangelist]

He's been pretty vocal about her for a long time. I wonder if the circumstances leading to her departure were unfair or something.

 

[winjer]

I can't seem to find a single fuck to give.....

 

[Ammogeddon]

I had a huge crush on her when she presented Blue Peter. Not heard anything about her since then, until now.

Oh wait, not Konnie Huq?

 

[DryvBy]

Is this the dramatic news Jaffe was talking about?

Yes. 34 years at the same company? That's usually retirement numbers.

 

[radewagon]

 

[Dick Jones]

Damn, industry changing and disrespectful and disappointing news!

 

[Nankatsu]

 

[Dick Jones]

I had a huge crush on her when she presented Blue Peter. Not heard anything about her since then, until now.

Oh wait, not Konnie Huq?

No. Connie Booth. She played Polly in Fawlty Towers. Dumbass

 

[Duchess]

34 years is a fuck of a long time to work at one company.

Edit: hold up - why are they saying she left PlayStation after 34 years? Did she work at PlayStation in 1989?!!

 

[Trogdor1123]

She left or was told to leave? If she just left after 34 years it could be for lots of good reasons.

 

[onQ123]

Maybe not a big deal to outsiders but he worked at PlayStation so it hits different.

I'm still upset that Richard Marks left

 

[StreetsofBeige]

Is this the dramatic news Jaffe was talking about?

Ya.

This is the world turning news he tweeted bad news about PS, and at the same time said he chats about it more in members only YT channel.

 

[Nankatsu]

She left or was told to leave? If she just left after 34 years it could be for lots of good reasons.

Maybe she had a crush on Jimbo and seeing him leaving broke her spirit.

 

[T-0800]

Not even going to bother, Willis with this one.

 

[Dick Jones]

Maybe not a big deal to outsiders but he worked at PlayStation so it hits different.

I'm still upset that Richard Marks left

To continue his music career?

 

[Salz01]

Came to look for this gif. Succeeded.

 

[TheDarkPhantom]

...and all remained well in the House of PlayStation, thanks for all the hard work Connie

 

[T-0800]

Maybe not a big deal to outsiders but he worked at PlayStation so it hits different.

I'm still upset that Richard Marks left

Don't feel bad. He's right here waiting for you.

 

[onQ123]

To continue his music career?

Funny I started to point out that it wasn't that Richard Marks lol

Richard Marks | School of Data Science and Society

datascience.unc.edu

 

[mansoor1980]

meanwhile jim ryan leaves and no one gives a shit.........................

 

[diffusionx]

Thirty four years, she’s been around since the early days. Back when PlayStation was the fucking shit.

Sounds like a pretty big loss.

Do you expect people to work forever? That’s almost an entire working life lmao.

 

[violence]

Is this his old fling or something?

 

[Dibbs]

Didnt know she was still active

 

[Northeastmonk]

She has Ico and Dark Cloud on her resume.

 

[Belthazar]

So... A suit in a very high position was fired? Is this something I'm supposed to be outraged about?

 

[Ansphn]

All I have to say about this is look at Horizon burning shores and look at everything else. Burning shores is still the best looking game and runs smooth as butter. Angie Smet was a part of the leadership team that made that possible.

 

[DenchDeckard]

I guess Jaffe knew her on a personal level, and maybe aware of the work she has dedicated to Sony for 34 years?

That's all I can come up with for how he mentioned it. Just because we don't know her, doesn't mean she hasn't worked her ass off for 34 years at Sony?

Has she been axed in some shitty way, or just retired...that would be the kicker here.

 

[ChorizoPicozo]

yeah. Jaffe was right. Im so frustrated it wasn't Drunkman.

 

[Mibu no ookami]

34 years is a fuck of a long time to work at one company.

Edit: hold up - why are they saying she left PlayStation after 34 years? Did she work at PlayStation in 1989?!!

She worked for Sony before PlayStation. People are incorrectly attributing her time at Sony as time at PlayStation.

 

[Gamer_By_Proxy]

Someone I've never heard of got fired. Sucks for her. But

 

[I'm nobody]

Loved her in Fawlty towers

 

[NEbeast]

Playstation is finished.

/s

 

[jorgejjvr]

Wow so it was really nothing huh

 

[reinking]

Thirty four years, she’s been around since the early days. Back when PlayStation was the fucking shit.

Sounds like a pretty big loss.

At times PlayStation can be just fucking shit it is still THE fucking shit. This has been a good generation of games. Too bad the whole industry has moved to a ship now and fix it later model.

Good luck to what’s her name. Connie. I hope she enjoys retirement. Probably well earned.