No first-party Sony studio was forced to make live service games according to Shuhei Yoshida. "I played the last of us online and it was great"

[Fatboi1]

Yoshida: I Played The Last of Us Online And It Was Great

Exec suggests teams aren't being forced to make live service

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Yoshida continued that, to his knowledge, no first-party studio has been forced to make live service games. He noted that sometimes teams see the direction the company is heading, and pitch their titles accordingly.


“From my experience, when studios see the company has a big initiative, [they realise] riding on that gives them a better chance of getting a project approved and supported,” he explained. “It’s not like [current PS Studios boss Hermen Hulst] is telling teams they need to make live service games, it’s likely mutual.”

Yoshida continued that, to his knowledge, no first-party studio has been forced to make live service games. He noted that sometimes teams see the direction the company is heading, and pitch their titles accordingly.


“From my experience, when studios see the company has a big initiative, [they realise] riding on that gives them a better chance of getting a project approved and supported,” he explained. “It’s not like [current PS Studios boss Hermen Hulst] is telling teams they need to make live service games, it’s likely mutual.”

“The idea for The Last of Us Online came from Naughty Dog and they really wanted to make it,” he explained. “But Bungie explained [to them] what it takes to make live service games, and Naughty Dog realised, ‘Oops, we can’t do that! If we do it, we can’t make Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophet.’ So that was a lack of foresight.”

 

[daze23]

kind of semantics, since Sony chooses which pitches become games

 

[Khalil's_Black_Excellence]

kind of semantics, since Sony chooses which pitches become games

No it isn't. So shut the fukk up.

 

[Tunez]

Thank You Bungie

 

[MeachTheMonster]

No it isn't. So shut the fukk up.

Sony stans

 

[Rekkapryde]

kind of semantics, since Sony chooses which pitches become games

No it isn't. So shut the fukk up.

 

[Him]

They should have just kept going on that TLOU online game. shyt had potential to be amazing.