Former executive Shuhei Yoshida has canceled the mischievous dog, which has canceled the US multiplayer game, Xbox launched its game on Playstation, and recently more in an interview. Last month, Yoshida, who retired from the Sony Interactive Entertainment (SIE), said that the last of us was “great”, but the studio did not dedicate the resources required for the title of live service without endangering its next project. Mischievous dog canceled the Last of US Multiplayer title in December 2023 and chose to focus on its next single-player game instead.
The last of us was ‘great’
It is visible Holy symbol+ Podcast (through) Push square), Yoshida touched the decision to quit development on the multiplayer title, saying “played the game and it was great”.
“The idea for the last of the last online came from a mischievous dog and wanted to make it really,” Yoshida said in the paved episode of Podcast published on Wednesday and they really wanted to make it. ” “But Bangi explained [to them] What does it take to create a live service games, and the mischievous dog realized, ‘Oops, we can’t do that! If we do this, we can’t make intergactic: Heritic Prophet. ‘So it was a lack of foresight. ,
Yoshida’s comments have been corresponding to reporting since May 2023, which claimed that Destiner Maker Bungi, an experienced developer of the live service title, evaluated us online and raised concerns about the potential of multiplayer projects that the players had raised concerns about the potential of the multiplayer project. Had the ability to keep connected for a long time.
After the assessment, Sony and mischievous dog scored the team working on the project. The report came after the announcement of the mischievous dog that the online game needed more time and confirmation that it was also working on a brand-new single-player experience.
Month later, in December 2023, mischievous dog announced that the final of the previous was canceled online. The studio said it was excited by the direction that the game was led, but decided that it could not support the live service title continuously beyond the release without affecting development on future single-players.
“In ramping for complete production, the huge scope of our ambition became clear. We have to place all our studio resources behind supporting the post-launch content for the coming years to release and support the last of the online, to severely affect development on future single-players games. Therefore, we had two ways in front of us: completely live service games studios or continue to focus on single-Khiladi Katha Games, who have defined the heritage of the mischievous dog, ”the mischievous dog said at that time.
In its announcement, the studio also confirmed that it was working on the “more than one” brand’s new single player game. One of them was eventually revealed to be intergactic: Heritic Prophet at Game Awards 2024. The Vigyan-Fi Action-Adventure title has not yet been released for release, but Sony-owned studio said it had been working on it since 2020.
Yoshida PS5 on Xbox Games
Separate, Yosida also talked about Microsoft’s decision to launch his first-sided games on PS5. Former Sony executive, once prepared for the initiative of his independent sports, oversee the first-party outlay of Playstation, said (through VGC) The Xbox game coming to PS5 was “victory for playstation owners”.
“Looking at the install base of Xbox hardware, it is natural to understand what they are doing, and it is very straightforward,” said Yoshida. According to him, it would be “impossible” to maintain the first-party development on a minority platform, as game developers and studios wanted their title to reach big audiences.
The sales of Xbox are declining as Microsoft has Pivoted to launch its first-sided games on rival platforms. After announcing some of its games for the PS5 and Nintendo switch in early 2024, Xbox parents continue to release their exclusive titles on those console.
This year, the company has already confirmed that the first-party title Forza Horizon 5, Edge of Mythology: Rit and Edge of Empire 2: A fixed version will soon be launched on PS5. Bethesda’s Indiana Jones and The Great Circle, which was launched in December 2024 as an Xbox and PC Ananya, is ready to reach PS5 in 2025. X and PS5 on 13 May, 2025.
Yoshida, an industry legend and a 31 -year -old playstation veteran, retired from C last month. The executive was serving the chairman of Playstation Studios until 2019 before Sony’s independent developer initiative.
