class=”abCity”> TOKYO. Shuhei Yoshida is the head of Sony Worldwide Studios.
In plain English means the beautiful title that he is one of the gaming industry’s most powerful people, responsible for Sony’s game studios that are scattered across the globe.
Aftonbladet participated as the only Swedish publication of a roundtable with Yoshida after his opening speech at the Tokyo Game Show.
This had Sony bugs to say about …
… how mobile gaming revolution affected the Playstation 4:
– Mobile and social games have really inspired us to look at the social aspect, and how fun it is to play with their friends in a social network. What we have done with the PS4 is to incorporate these features in the system itself. So on top of the great games we’ve added a layer of playing with others, share things with others, giving things to others, compete with others. This is an improvement of the gameplay.
– Although the graphical improvements are important. Different games have different needs. Games like “The last of us”, and teams that Naughty Dog and Quantic Dream, nudges already the frontiers of the PS3 hardware. They have done a good job of creating high-quality cinematic experiences on the PS3. And I can imagine what they can do on the PS4 in the future. So these developers appreciate certainly the basic performance. But as I said, all games can utilize the social functions. And this is not just about people who play on the PS4, but also of their acquaintances. They also become part of the PS4 community. PS4 players become missionaries for Playstation thanks share function.
… what he has to say to the customers, with hackings scandal in 2011 in mind, do not want to invest in a PlayStation Plus membership just to be able to play multiplayer games online
– We have tried to improve infrastructure, services and security. We are making progress.
– If we can promise that it will not happen again? Never say never! Hackers are very smart people. But we know what we can do and we will do our best.
– To use video services on the Playstation 4 need no PS Plus membership. You just online multiplayer. And some free-to-play games can all play, even without membership. So not all online games require PS Plus.
… whether Sony will commit virtual reality game:
– I’ve tried Oculus Rift. I think the work they do is magnificent for the industry. They show how technology has evolved. Their idea is good, and they offer a powerful experience. I think that they are amazing. But if it fits into the Playstation family? I will not answer.
… Playstation 4′s new control:
– We have added new features – the control has received touchpad and speakers, and we also introduce a new Playstation camera with more features than today’s PlayStation Eye. We do not expect that every game uses all of this. We want developers to choose functions that suit their game. When I look at the games that will be launched together with the PS4, it seems many teams use the control’s touchpad in interesting ways. And that’s great – our thought about it was that people are used to the touch interface because of their mobile devices, and there are things that only touch solution can do, such as buttons and levers can not recreate. In the end we decided that the touch function is secondary – that’s why we placed it in the middle of the controller rather than a more prominent position, which we instead reserved for buttons and levers. But when it suits a game using different gestures, it is quite intuitive to use. So it will be experimented a lot. But it is optional for developers.
… threat from smartphones:
– When people talk about the consoles ‘murky future – it was announced the other day that “Grand Theft Auto V’ breaking sales records. The number of people playing the Playstation 3 or Xbox 360 in the West is very, very large. There is a mass market. It is true that hundreds of millions of people have smartphones and tablets, and that many are playing games on them. But since they already bought these devices, and many games are free, so why not? People who just want to kill some time without spending money – we are not trying to make our games free for them. Although we actually supports the free-to-play, which suits some games. So I do not think we are trying to replace smartphones or tablets. They are already there. And there are also things like smartphones and tablets can not replace – the joy of playing on consoles. That is why we are investing further in our hardware.
… the importance of ensuring that independent developers prefer Playstation 4:
– It’s not so much that we are better than others, but we have succeeded in attracting very exciting indie game. It is because we have focused on this the past two years or so. We have very high expectations of this community – even more so when it comes to the future. So we continue to work hard. And if they choose us, it’s great.
– This is absolutely important for Playstation 4 than it has been for the Playstation 3. No doubt. The amount of people who are indie developers, and the quality level they agree, is fantastic. Many who have long experience of making bigger games are now independent. They know how to make games. That’s why we’re so excited – these people have no limitations. They do what they want to do. This personal aspect that you feel when you play – there is a person who has a creative vision, which ensures that the game is his or her product. We want to give their visions of our support. It’s very exciting.
… the ability to stream games to the PlayStation Vita TV:
– It would be absolutely logical. Our cloud solution means that you will be able to stream PS3 games for PS4, PS3 and PS Vita, starting with the United States. PS Vita support is already planned. This means that the PS Vita TV will also be supported.
… why Sony launches PlayStation 4 in the west first, and in Japan in 2014:
– The Western markets are ready, in terms of content, publishers and developers as well as consumer expectations. People have watched more quality games on pc from last year – at E3 2012 began publishers display their multi-platform games on pc. People have started to look slightly better graphics on the PC than on consoles. So they require.
… when we get to see the new slimline PlayStation Vita in Europe:
– The … we’re talking about! Hahaha.
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