Speaking in an interview with Kinda Funny Gamescast, Ex-Sony bigwig Shuhei Yoshida said that if he were in the position of current PlayStation chief Herman Hulst, he would have resisted the push into live-service games.
Yoshida-san packed his bags and left Sony this week after more than 30 years with the console manufacturer. However, he explained during the interview that Sony wasn’t keen in stopping its single-player projects despite the live service push; rather, they afforded additional resources to support it.
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Sony added a lot more resources. They didn’t, I don’t think they said to Hermen [Hulst] ‘stop making single-player games,’ they said ‘these games are great, just continue doing that, and we’ll give you additional resources to work on these service games.’ I’m sure they knew it’s risky, the chance of a game being successful in this hugely competition genre would be small..[…] so in my mind that’s great, and hopefully some games will become successful.
“If I was in the position of Hermen, I would try to resist that direction, so that’s maybe one of the reasons they removed me,” he joked.
Speaking in the same interview, Yoshida also touched base on the PS Vita and the reasons he felt it didn’t take off as expected, as well as explaining why he feels Sony hasn’t done anything with the Bloodborne franchise despite continue interest among fans.
[Source – Kinda Funny Gamescast]