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20.03.2024 - 14:19 / gameranx.com / Laura Miele / Connie Booth
Connie Booth, former executive at Sony, and arguably one of the founders of PlayStation, has now joined Electronic Arts.
As reported by IGN, EA Entertainment Head Laura Miele has shared a statement about her friend Connie’s new job:
“Connie spent more than 30 years helping to build Sony Interactive Entertainment’s internal studios and is responsible for guiding the development of some of their biggest franchises, including Marvel’s Spider-Man 1 & 2, The Last of Us, Ghost of Tsushima, Uncharted, Ratchet and Clank, to name just a few.
She is known for having created an incredible developer-first culture and supporting creative vision while driving innovation.
I have known Connie for many years and have always been impressed by her love and commitment to games. She especially cares about game developers. She has an impeccable reputation within the development community and will undoubtedly have a positive impact on our games.”
So, Laura herself has explained Connie’s importance to PlayStation and why this was an incredible hire for EA. Connie’s new position will be Group General Manager for Action RPG, and will be reporting directly to Laura. Among the games that Connie will manage in this new position are Dragon Age, Mass Effect, and the upcoming Iron Man and Black Panther games.
Some of the details may be different, but it certainly sounds like Connie has essentially been given the same role she had in PlayStation, but now to make games for multiple platforms, and arguably bigger stakes than what she had been used to when it was just pleasing Sony fans.
Sony and Connie herself have been reticent to explain her exit from the company, and Sony itself took days before they confirmed it. This lack of openness has opened the door for rumors on the situation to take root.
And so, the rumors go that Connie was unceremoniously fired, on the same day it was announced, and that it had something to do with Sony failing to get their live service games ready to launch. In particular, Naughty Dog’s The Last of Us Online was singled out as the biggest example for this. Connie worked closely with Naughty Dog for decades, and from when Naughty Dog started making games for Sony.
This all certainly sounds like a Sony story so far, but the truth is, this could mean really huge things for Electronic Arts. Connie’s experience will certainly be invaluable, as she will bring the experience that helped make Sony’s first party and second party games certified hits, to EA’s most popular AAA product, their action RPGs.
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Veteran Sony executive Connie Booth exited PlayStation after a 30-year career at the firm, a surprising move that caused some confusion late last year after outspoken God of War creator David Jaffe let the cat out of the bag on social media. We still don't have the full details on her departure or whether the split was amicable, but we do know where Booth will end up next. The illustrious exec has accepted the very impressive-sounding title of Group General Manager, Action RPG, at EA.
Long time PlayStation veteran Connie Booth has been hired by EA to lead its studios.
Electronic Artshas tapped former PlayStation executive Connie Booth as its new Group General Manager within its Action RPG division. EA is currently in the process of restructuring following a tumultuous first quarter, which included laying off 5% of its employees and the cancelation of multiple titles that were in development.
PlayStation's former head of internal game production Connie Booth, who departed Sony last October after nearly three decades, has joined EA to to oversee its action-RPG portfolio.