Sony's Shuhei Yoshida Says A Future Dominated By Live Service Titles Would Be 'A Bit Boring' - PlayStation Universe (original) (raw)

Sony indie boss Shuhei Yoshida reckons a future dominated by live service games would be boring for him, and took the time to praise thatgamecompany’s Journey for its impact on the industry.

When [Journey] received all its game-of-the-year awards – not just the best indie game, but the best game, against all these AAA titles, it started something […] It had such impact on the people who played. You could finish it in four hours but it’s about life and death, and people who have gone through family or close friends passing away could reflect on things they experienced as they played. I am so fortunate to have been involved with it.

You don’t want to see the Top 10 games every year being almost the same, all games becoming service games… That would be a bit boring, for me.

Sony is obviously push hard towards live service games, and having now acquired Bungie, the company is working on a number of these projects with the former Halo developer.

[Source – The Guardian]