The AA sport growth market disappeared, resulting in the closure of Japan Studio again in 2021. Whereas the closure occurred, although, Workforce Asobi is the following smartest thing.
Talking to Sacred Symbols (through VGC), exited PlayStation govt Shuhei Yoshida, who has been making tons of interview appearances, shared the almost definitely purpose surrounding the studio’s closure regardless of having tons of main video games underneath their belt.
“Apart from Gran Turismo, we had many nice merchandise however didn’t actually have many triple-A-level profitable merchandise. That turned increasingly more necessary as the large video games turned greater – the indies crammed the hole and the double-A market appears to have disappeared.
A lot of the IPs that Japan Studio had have been in that smaller double-A sized group and the market turned actually troublesome for these sorts of video games. For instance, after Gravity Rush 2, [director Keiichiro Toyama] tried to give you a brand new idea, however we weren’t in a position to greenlight any of his new ideas, regardless that they have been actually attention-grabbing.”
It’s honest to say Sony has completely different markets, however with the success of Astro Bot, and the aim of Workforce Asobi, we hope that smaller video games will proceed to be part of the studio.
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