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Once a champion for physical media, Sony is now telling PlayStation customers they don’t actually own the digital video games they paid $70 for

A class action lawsuit filed in June alleges the PlayStation maker did not properly disclose that paying for a downloadable game is different from owning it.

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13 years after famous Microsoft dunk, ex-PlayStation boss Shuhei Yoshida says Xbox disc-to-digital feature is "a great move"

Given PlayStation's latest moves, everyone's mind went to the same clip

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Former PlayStation boss Shuhei Yoshida told Clair Obscur devs to not call it a 'turn-based RPG' so people wouldn't 'overlook' it

More than eight million copies sold suggests he might've been right.

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Former PlayStation boss says it's "really funny" turn-based JRPGs are so in-demand after he advised Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 devs not to use the term

"A lot of developers are now pitching new turn-based JRPG-like games to publishers"

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Ex-PlayStation boss doesn't know if Sony killing physical games is "such a big issue" since players need to download patches and extra data anyway

Shuhei Yoshida is a "totally digital consumer" himself

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Ex PlayStation boss told Clair Obscur Expedition 33 devs not to call it a turn-based RPG: "That alone might cause players to overlook it"

Yeah, right

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Former Sony exec Shuhei Yoshida is 'a huge fan' of Bloodborne, says it's 'a complete mystery' why it was never put on PC

A riddle for the ages.

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There's a timeline where Dark Souls was a PlayStation exclusive, but Sony lost out on the chance because it wouldn't publish Demon's Souls in North America

Things could always be worse.

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Former PlayStation head says the rise of AAA games shut down Japan Studio because Sony "wanted to drive hardware sales with games like God of War and Uncharted"

"That's the kind of game that's in demand"

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Even former PlayStation chief Shuhei Yoshida doesn't know why Bloodborne hasn't been remastered or released on PC: "It's a complete mystery"

"As a huge fan, I hope it will come out"

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"I should have listened properly to Miyazaki": Ex PlayStation boss admits giving FromSoftware "the lowest number possible" for physical copies of Demon's Souls after getting stuck in its "demanding" starting area

"When I tried it, after two hours I was still standing in the spot at the very start of the game. I thought, 'why is this game so hard?" says Shuhei Yoshida

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'Meh': Ex-PlayStation president Shuhei Yoshida weighs in on Valve's Steam Machine after a few hours with it

Suppose it does seem like a decent indie machine.

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"Am I going back to the PS4 days?" - Former PlayStation president Shuhei Yoshida shares a very mixed Steam Machine review

The former president of PlayStation, Shuhei Yoshida, has a Steam Machine, and he's shared a spicy hands-on mini review after a few hours of play.

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"Xbox will dissolve into Windows," ex PlayStation boss says, which is Microsoft's "strength"

His comments come amid reports of restructuring under Xbox's new CEO

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Former PlayStation boss blames "really sad" layoffs on "misjudgment" of companies: "It's funny to see the companies who shut down, lay off, the stock price goes up"

Publishers were too quick to grow, he believes

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Former PlayStation boss says "we did not want to make fun of Xbox" in PS4 game-sharing video that quite obviously seemed to make fun of Xbox

Recent events make the whole video a bit ironic

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Hideo Kojima and Dark Souls creator Hidetaka Miyazaki's games have something other AAA titles don't, former PlayStation boss says: "You can tell it's their visions"

Shuhei Yoshida says with most AAA games, "it's really hard to tell who is the creator"

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Releasing PlayStation games day one on PC isn't "a good strategy" for its AAA titles, former Sony head says, but he hasn't seen proof its abandoning the platform altogether

"If they are changing, it's going to be interesting how they are able to maintain the investment on the big budget games on the first-party side," says Shuhei Yoshida

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"After 11 years leading the first-party development," PlayStation veteran Shuhei Yoshida says he was "fired" from the role for not listening to ex-Sony boss Jim Ryan

"He asked to do some ridiculous things, and I said, 'No'"

PC Gamer

Sony was ready to approve a Bloodborne remake, but FromSoftware turned it down

The chances of it happening are now at their lowest.

GamesRadar

How Ape Escape's DualShock legacy lives on in today's PS5 games: "We'll never make it compatible with regular controls!"

Interview | Shuhei Yoshida and Kenji Kaido shed light on Ape Escape's numerous sequels, spin-offs, and recent Astro Bot cameo

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Ex-Sony boss Shuhei Yoshida says Japanese devs likely can't keep up with Chinese games: "They are made in an environment which allows for hiring a large number of personnel who can work long hours"

"It would be quite difficult for Japanese developers to make games in the same way miHoYo does"

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Don't worry, former PlayStation president Shuhei Yoshida also finds Silksong difficult: "I need to quit"

Even people who play games for a living are finding it tough

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Former PlayStation boss says that the indie scene is developing "creative uses for AI" and that it "can only take shape so quickly" thanks to their effort

"Both indie and larger studios are using AI in every aspect of game development"

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Former PlayStation boss Shuhei Yoshida "canceled so many games," including a new IP from God of War dev Santa Monica Studio: "These days, a $25 million cancellation is nothing special"

"No one knows most of the games, because we canceled early enough"

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