Former Sony executive Shuhei Yoshida revealed the reasons why Japan Studio shut down, noting that the gaming market made it "really difficult" for the studio's games to succeed. Yoshida also commented on the expectations that Sony had for its developers and Japan Studio for AAA PlayStation games.
In November 2024, Yoshida announced his plans to step down from his PlayStation head of indies role at Sony Interactive Entertainment on January 15, 2025, after serving more than 30 years with the company. In the few months following his departure from the company, Yoshida shared more insight involving his role in recent years at Sony, including how he "had no choice" but to accept the head of indies position or leave Sony entirely in 2019. A few years after transitioning to his new role, Japan Studio was reorganized in 2021 and shut down.
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Shuhei Yoshida revealed new details about the shutdown of Japan Studio in 2021 on the Sacred Symbols+ podcast, citing that "the market became really difficult" for the smaller "AA" titles that the studio created for Sony. Yoshida explains that...
