The closure of Sony Japan Studio has been discussed by former executive Shuhei Yoshida, who says the decline of the double-A market was largely to blame.
The PS6 releasing in 2028 ‘feels right’ to former PlayStation executive Shuhei Yoshida, who suggested a 2027 is ‘a bit too early.’
Shawn Layden feels that the PS6 won’t be entirely discless, stating it would be hard for Sony to go entirely digital for next-gen.
Shuhei Yoshida, who departed Sony last week, has said he was ‘wrong’ about the PSVR 2, suggesting it didn’t live up to expectations.
Sony’s former indie chief Shuhei Yoshida has looked back on the ‘difficult’ PS3 launch, recalling how Sony’s TV business managed to cover the huge losses it made on the system.
Ex-Sony boss Shawn Layden says that games need to be shorter to combat rising development costs, which he says are “not sustainable.”
Sony has announced that Astro Bot has sold 1.5 million units.
Shawn Layden has said that format holders need to do more to preserve double-A game development as production costs for blockbusters rise.
Shawn Layden, the former CEO and president of SIE America, has touched on the closure of Sony’s Japan Studio during a talk at Gamescom Asia.
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