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Shuhei Yoshida: Japan Studio sets a 'high target,' to release titles infused with Japanese creativity
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They need to poach a great director or two. They have talent, but seem to lack the. I thought Becker was supposed to elevate them. Hasn't happened yet.
I think one of main guys from the Silent Hill team is already making games for Sony. I think he created Siren.
I think one of main guys from the Silent Hill team is already making games for Sony. I think he created Siren.
I was joking. Toyama is the guy behind the original Silent Hill and Siren. He's been working on something and has made some tweets about Siren recently.
That game didn't take 10 years to make. It was put on ice because the PS3 couldn't run it.
Not true at all. Gravity Rush 2/R sold poorly at launch, and based on sales trajectory, completely plummeted immediately shortly after - highlighting that whatever WoM it had among the echo chamber of hardcore Gravity Rush fans didn't matter one bit.
In my opinion, the harsh reality of Gravity Rush is that the IP simply didn't connect at all to the general audience.
The metrics for Gravity Rush IP were absurdly bad. Absurdly so. Games with zero marketing can easily get 5x the viewcount on YouTube by just a shadow drop. We like to say how there's a huge disconnect among audiences for Ubisoft games ( they don't have high engagement on forums, but sell crazy well ) and Gravity Rush is the exact opposite. ( have high engagement on forums, and sell extremely badly )
Before even talking about WOM for games, the first thing a game needs to be is to be interesting or appealing. Gravity Rush is among the few games out there where in spite of having unique visual aspects that make it stand out, the IP itself was, based on metrics were so unappealing that all the previews and 'decently positive' reviews in the world won't matter one bit because the general audience already wrote off the game from their minds day one.
If they do something that big for VR it needs to work without VR too like RE7 if they want to reach a big audience.
When the hell are they going to announce the PS4 game they mentioned at the end of last year o.O?
They've been working on a title with a bunch of interesting creators forever now.
They've been working on a title with a bunch of interesting creators forever now.
Playstation Allstars Battle Royale 2 please.
But I would be happy with a AAA RPG. Astrobot is amazing, so I'd also be content with a full blown Astrobot game that didn't require PSVR, to be Sony's Mario.
Wasn't he responsible for the wooden doll platformer that bombed
But I would be happy with a AAA RPG. Astrobot is amazing, so I'd also be content with a full blown Astrobot game that didn't require PSVR, to be Sony's Mario.
Wasn't he responsible for the wooden doll platformer that bombed
I've felt the same way for a while. They aren't always perfect games, but I've always loved what Japan Studios puts out and I hope they keep that "Japanese Creativity" at the forefront as always.
Woulden't that be up to TM to decide? Also LEGEND OF DRAGOON 2/REMAKE!
If that is just one of many project sure. Sony have already said in their financial statments that they are trying to expand the Fate recognition and i'm sure Nasu and Takeuchi have no issues with that....however, I still am hoping the big fate 15th project is the ufotable fate route remake
#FREEARTURIA2019
Toriyama. He's the creator of Silent Hill. He's also the creator of Siren and Gravity Rush and yes, he works at Japan Studio.
Not co-owners. Sony is the only owner of Dark Cloud.
https://trademarks.justia.com/761/22/dark-76122325.html
Level 5 has no say other than Sony only deciding to make it with Level 5 out of respect. Similar to if BB2 ever happened Japan Studio wouldn't make it without From Software out of respect. If Sony wanted to they could continue both franchises themselves without input from either Level 5 or From Software, but they have respect for both so I don't think they would ever do that.
Lol you haven't paid attention to Sony for that long have you? Much of what they do is not logical.
Yeah I misremembered the quote.
https://www.polygon.com/2017/8/22/16182888/dark-cloud-3-level-5-akihiro-hino-interview
Ah I see, they probably just mean they collaborate with Sony on it. Still, Dark Cloud 3 would be nice. That article mentions they've talked about Dark Cloud before with Sony in the recent years so we can only hope. Japan Studio has worked on Dark Cloud so who knows, could be Dark Cloud they're making next.
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They have been this generation.
JPRGs not named Final Fantasy(or Kingdom Hearts) don't sell. Can't see them making a massive investment in one just for fan service.
They made/make AA games like Erica, PlayLink, Knack, Gravity Rush, Concrete Genie, etc. So yes, it's time to make some JRPGs for us JRPG fans. Doesn't have to be AAA. Just make one with an AA budget :)
True. Something on Bloodborne's level of production values would be good.
Or that. But Bloodborne is AAA. I don't think they will fund an AAA JRPG. AA budget is good enough :)
It's AAA, but not Horizon/GOW/Uncharted level. I guess I meant something that can be successful/profitable without selling 5 million+ copies like Bloodborne or Detroit.
They got Bloodborne, Horizon, Uncharted, God of War, The Show, and Spider-Man right. But they've dropped the ball in many ways too. No follow up to Until Dawn or Bloodborne in sight. Instead Sony had those studios putting out VR games as follow ups to those extraordinary games. Forgive me for not being as optimistic about the choices Sony the games publisher has made recently.
Yeah I want something with a Xenoblade Chronicles 2 budget. Xenoblade Chronicles 2 was good and got developed by a really small team. Let's go, Shu and Shawn. Do it already ;)
Sony doesn't own From Software. They can't make them make another Bloodborne. The VR game was basically a small side project.
Same for Supermassive. They said they didn't want to make exclusives any more and their next big project is multiplatform.
You might subjectively not have faith in them as publisher, but objectively they are doing amazing and nothing indicates that will be changing.
Ah yeah time for Japan Studio to finally give what everyone has been asking for, Legend of Dragoon 2 and Tokyo Jungle 2.
this guy knows whats up. and a trigun avatar too? taste
Well...this goes too far for me. Quality is quality. I am interested to see what Sony of Japan will churn up though, since a fire in their belly has been ignited. This seems most likely related to the fervor whipped up by Ghost of Tsushima coming from a western studio and Sekiro, Project Judge and possibly the forthcoming Ominusha reboot.
There haven't been prominent games steeped Japanese aesthetic/culture/lore for quite some time and it seems like a lot of Japanese studios have been stuck in the past just trying to catch their breath to catch up to other studios. Now it seems many studios are hitting their stride again. It would be nice to see Japan studio reimagine something like Soul Sacrifice or something else on an epic scale.
