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Former PlayStation boss blames AAA "production costs" for $80 games, says titles with "tighter teams" like Clair Obscur could be the way forward

"You can make excellent games with tighter teams and budgets without compromising quality," Shuhei Yoshida says

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After playing Ghost of Yotei "at several stages of its development," former Sony exec Shuhei Yoshida swears it's "even better" than Ghost of Tsushima

Sounds good to me

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Ex PlayStation boss says $50 Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 is the "perfect balance" of AAA ambition, AA budget, and "independent vision" – "This is the path the industry should be pursuing"

"I hope the game gets the success it deserves, because it’s time for AA games to regain their market share"

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Ex Sony exec Shuhei Yoshida says "of course" The Duskbloods will "be great," but it and Elden Ring Nightreign present a "new challenge" for FromSoftware and boss Hidetaka Miyazaki

"Miyazaki-san [isn't] necessarily a big fan of PvP"

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Unofficial Ghost of Yotei playtester and former PlayStation exec Shuhei Yoshida says "in development" build of the open-world PS5 game "always felt great"

Newly prolific podcaster Yoshida strikes again

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Ex PlayStation boss Shuhei Yoshida doesn't understand why Nintendo Switch 2 Welcome Tour is $10 either

"I just don't understand"

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Former PlayStation boss wishes that Nintendo Switch 2 wasn't just a better Switch: "Nintendo is losing their identity"

For Shuhei Yoshida, Nintendo is "always about creating some new experience"

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Former PlayStation Studios boss Shuhei Yoshida says he shut down 2 games "in deep production" after Sony had spent $25 million on them: "At that time, that was lots of money"

"I felt really bad about how we couldn't see this"

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The Last of Us and Ghost of Tsushima devs always made the best prototypes, says former PlayStation boss Shuhei Yoshida: "From the very beginning, they make games feel great"

Even from "a very early stage," Ghost of Tsushima "always felt great"

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God of War was delayed 6 months because PlayStation boss was "horrified" by "multiple things not working" during his play test

Sometimes you just need more time

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Former PlayStation exec Shuhei Yoshida gives the Switch 2 Direct a 7/10, and he says it would be even lower if FromSoftware didn't show up with The Duskbloods

"I wanted to see more new game announcements"

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PlayStation needs to "reconsider" its push for "cutting-edge graphics" and "change our way of thinking" says former Sony boss

More games made with worse graphics please

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Why are Japanese game developers succeeding where western devs aren't?

Some think it was due to moment of rediscovery.

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Former PlayStation boss says Nier Automata "revived" the Japanese games industry and convinced developers to stop chasing overseas trends

Shuhei Yoshida thinks too many Japanese developers were chasing global trends in the PS3 era

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Beloved PS1 JRPG Legend of Dragoon wasn't meant to be a Final Fantasy 7 killer, Super Mario RPG's battle designer just said "I want to make a new RPG"

"No one told us to make any kind of game. We wanted to make this game."

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Former Sony exec Shuhei Yoshida says the PlayStation marketing team had to completely redesign Crash Bandicoot in PS1 commercials because he was too ugly for the Japanese market

Late '90s body shaming was tough for Crash Bandicoot

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Why are we getting so many PlayStation PC ports? Former president says it's 'like printing money'

Former PlayStation boss Shuhei Yoshida has discussed the rise of PlayStation PC ports.

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"It's almost like printing money": Former Sony exec says PC ports of PlayStation games are too valuable to ignore, and he wanted to see more first-party games come to PC

Shuhei Yoshida says he pushed for PC ports before Sony fully supported the idea

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Former Sony exec finally says the quiet part out loud: putting PlayStation games on PC is 'almost like printing money'

Server bank.

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Former PlayStation boss says Microsoft's decision to bring Xbox games to PS5 is 'a win for PlayStation owners'

Former PlayStation boss Shuhei Yoshida has praised Microsoft's multi-platform push, calling it "a win" for PlayStation users.

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FromSoftware didn't work with Sony on Dark Souls because of how the company failed Demon's Souls, says ex-PlayStation boss: "We definitely dropped the ball"

It seems to have learned its lesson now

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Cancelled The Last of Us Online game was "great," but former PlayStation exec says Naughty Dog had to scrap it after Bungie told them how much work it would be

Shuhei Yoshida spills the beans on the multiplayer game set in the Last of Us universe

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"I thought PlayStation was finished": Former Sony boss says TV sales were the only thing that could save the company when the PS3 was "losing a billion dollars"

Hanging on for dear life

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Sony finally managed to pry Final Fantasy 7 away from Nintendo thanks to a "schmoozer" of a former employee who hung out with Square Enix executives at his parties, according to one former PlayStation boss

The Nintendo 64 sticking with cartridges over CDs certainly helped, too

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Sony was making a space shooter for its unreleased Nintendo PlayStation console, according to Shuhei Yoshida

Former PlayStation boss Shuhei Yoshida has revealed the first game for the unreleased Nintendo PlayStation console.

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