Platinum Games‘ Studio Head Atsushi Inaba has revealed in an interview with VGC that they don’t believe Japanese developers will lessen their support for the PS5, with Sony focusing on the Western markets, like the US.
Speaking with VGC, Inaba said the following about Japanese developers support for Sony’s new console.
“To be honest, we don’t feel it that much, or at least I haven’t felt the impact of it myself yet. That being said, I do understand that the console industry in Japan is not what it used to be and when that happens the priorities of these big console makers will change, and that makes perfect sense to me.”
Inaba then goes on to say that he doesn’t believe Sony should focus on Japan, just because they are a Japanese company. They also don’t consider Sony to now be American, but rather international.
Hideki Kamiya went on in the interview with VGC to talk about Sony’s decision to make the confirm button in Japan cross when it was previously circle.
“To me, this doesn’t feel like a Japan versus US thing – my pride isn’t hurt as a Japanese person – it’s just more that there are two camps who had two ways of doing things, and I think they’ve short-sightedly leaned one way. I don’t understand the reasoning behind that.”
“It’s just a little bit of disrespect towards the gaming cultures that have existed for decades now as part of so many peoples’ lives. I feel like PS5 has disrupted that and I don’t know if it was meaningful to do that.”
Kamiya then goes on to close that he doesn’t think Japan support for PS5 will crumble, and Sony won’t be shunned by Japanese creators. All of this information comes from an extensive interview which you can read on VGC. Jim Ryan has previously dismissed claims that Sony is moving away from Japan.
Platinum Games confirmed earlier today that its final “4” announcement will be something smaller, but hopefully, a reveal fans will like.
The PS5 is available now.
Source – [VGC]