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William D’Angelo
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Former President of Sony Interactive Entertainment Worldwide Studios Shuhei Yoshida in an interview with AVWatch (and translated by Genki) said PlayStation should reconsider its focus on having cutting-edge graphics.
“Up until now, PlayStation’s DNA has been driven by values such as ‘cutting-edge graphics’ that have continued since [Ken Kutaragi]’s time,” Yoshida said. “Users have also expected that from PlayStation games. However, it’s about time we have to reconsider that.
“Of course, I think it’s necessary to provide the very best (in terms of graphics quality) to those who want it. But, in order to continue to be popular with users in a broad sense, we naturally have to change our way of thinking.”
The majority of first-party PlayStation games do have cutting-edge graphics, however, not all do. Astro Bot is a prime example of a game from PlayStation that does not have top of the line visuals.
Yoshida previously stated PlayStation’s Japan Studio was shut down because the AA market disappeared.
A life-long and avid gamer, William D’Angelo was first introduced to VGChartz in 2007. After years of supporting the site, he was brought on in 2010 as a junior analyst, working his way up to lead analyst in 2012 and taking over the hardware estimates in 2017. He has expanded his involvement in the gaming community by producing content on his own YouTube channel and Twitch channel. You can contact the author on Bluesky.
