Sony 'Love[s] That People are Still Interested' in The Last Guardian

The Last Guardian – the PlayStation-exclusive title from Team ICO which has now been in development for some eight years – is still “absolutely in the mix” at Sony, according to Scott Rohde, one of the men in charge of Sony’s roster of fully-owned studios.

[pedrof93]

Wasn't Sony to announce a new game this month ? Maybe this is it.

[Hatsune-Miku]

Im still anxiously awaiting this game . I still watch the few trailers downloaded on my ps3 every now and then. buying this game day one

[TomShoe]

Oh Sony, you teasers you.

[sonarus]

Seriously though sony at this point fuk you and this gm. Shadow of colossus still goat tho

[KendrickLamar]

"I can't wait for this game to come out"

-PlayStation 9 owners

[MysticStrummer]

"Seriously though sony at this point fuk you and this gm. Shadow of colossus still goat tho"

That's really an odd sentiment in my view, but to each their own. As I said below, If I'm not mistaken Ico was originally supposed to be a PS1 game, and it was nearly as magical to me as SotC was. Some devs get more of a pass for things like this than others, and for me Team Ico is one of those devs that gets a pass. I'll still have hope for TLG until it is officially confirmed as dead.

[trenso1]

honestly why? there was one trailer about it with no gameplay. Other than that this game is being developed by the same people who made SotC, why be so excited.

[UltimateMaster]

I was never interested in this game, ever.

[elninels]

Pedro I regrettably disagree.

And you in your heart of hearts probably know better as well.

team ico is one of those developers that help to legitimise the video games as art argument, which we could use right now seeing as some officials are looking to scapegoat games for guns and violence.

Another note.

To be in development for eight years must have cost a lot of munnies. This game will come out because sony needs to see some kind of return on this long of a development cycle.

[ThichQuangDuck]

Cool Sony Cool

[Spikeantestor]

I don't think my excitement had ever really gone away for this game. I still watch every E3 or read about every TGS hoping this is finally the one where the game gets shown in a big way.

[WooHooAlex]

One more chance, Sony. Announce it at E3 this year, and we can put all of this behind us.

[chrissx]

Sony,don't stop loving that fact and please give us this game on Ps4!

[SpiralTear]

It says a lot about a game when people are still interested in it even though all they've seen is a trailer and some concept art.

Get crackin', Sony!

[MysticStrummer]

"Still interested" is quite an understatement.

Whether it's E3 or some other industry event where Sony has a presence, when people talk about what they hope will be shown, The Last Guardian still appears in those discussions after all this time.

[SpiralTear]

I think the community has talked more about it than Sony has.

[Dark11]

The game has been in development hell for a long time , i no longer care about it.

[MysticStrummer]

Ok man. Peace be with you.

I definitely still care.

Hell I still care about The Agency. Bring it back, Sony!

[rayzorn]

hell yeah i want tlg, the agency, the getaway, and 8 days still.

come on at least give us 1 or 2 of them.

[MegaRay]

Yea who cares about games that takes years to be polished, why dont all publisher do what activition does with CoD?

[PrinceOfAllSaiyans]

I am a Saiyan Warrior one of the few left and a demand this game on my PS4 Sony !

All joking aside, I really hope this game comes out this year for PS4. Sony has some serious competition with ms this holiday. And MS is bringing Halo 2 anniversary, Quantum Break, Sunset Overdrive, and possibly Halo 5. All reasons why I'm getting a Xbox One and a few months. Bring me some games for my PS4 !

[waltyftm]

After tasting Ico and SotC, my mouth waters every time i see or hear a little snippet about this game, please somebody put me out of my misery, yes or no, go or no go, tell us.

[Summons75]

Why wouldn't we? It's Team ICO!!!

[curtis92]

I'm sure this game will be awesome but dang.... 8 years is ridiculous. I mean... get it together and get on schedule. No game should take 8 years to develop. Seems like a HUGE waste of resources.

[rayzorn]

i think it started 8 years ago but i think they stopped working on it for a few years when they realized they couldn't achieve what they wanted on the ps3 and started planing for when the ps4 came out.

[porkChop]

I'm sure the game will be cool, but I've lost all hype for it. I'm really just not interested anymore. I don't know what happened during development. All I know is that if the game is taking this long and the creator left the studio, then there is likely something seriously wrong with the game.

[BABY-JEDI]

Just watched the trailer. A tear began to well up in my eye. Sony how could you do this to us gamers.
:""(
It's soo sad.

[Yahdaree]

Then count me as one of the people who Sony loves.

[TomRL]

I'm frequently surprised by Sony. They have a lot of faith in their developers. Naughty Dogs apparent freedom, Heavy Rains existence and continued support for indie devs since early in the last generation. But there surely has to be a limit, Team ICO have not made a game for an entire generation of consoles... Cmon.

Edit: I am thrilled that they still have Sony's support and haven't been forced to compromised. I'm not saying action like that has to be taken, but it's just a surprise is all.

[Bathyj]

Well I like many am disappointed by their lack of output, but it does say alot about Sony, as anyone else would have disbanded that studio by now.

I can only assume it wasnt ready for PS3 or their vision stretched beyond that machine and going to PS4 was the best way to go for the sake of the game itself, not necessarily for the sake of Team ICO or Sony. This was probably decide years ago.

Sony absolutely has to show something for this game now by TGS, or I really am going to sulk.

[TomRL]

Maybe, and I appreciate the Full Metal Jacket avatar. The game did look way ahead of the PS3 hardware to be honest. And the game will hopefully look even more beautiful still, should it release on the PS4.

But even if it was a plan. It leaves the question, were they actually developing the game in all that time? What on earth were they doing? Eight years, remember.

[MysticStrummer]

"Team ICO have not made a game for an entire generation of consoles... Cmon."

If I'm not mistaken, Ico was originally meant to be a PS1 game, so TLG moving from PS3 to PS4 wouldn't exactly be unprecedented. Sony does give devs a lot of leeway though for sure, or at least some devs.

[Bathyj]

I think its safe to assume they decided years ago this was going to be a PS4 title and started the game down that path.

All I want is a new trailer running on PS4 or even just announce that yes, it is a PS4 game and you can string me along for another year at least.

[MysticStrummer]

As amazing as TLG was looking on PS3 even in an early state, I can't wait to see the PS4 version.

[Purpleeyeblack]

Waiting impatiently for this game to come out! I just hope they don't change the art and the graphics when they re-introduce the game

[BladerunnerZX]

The original ICO was first under development for the PSone before it was moved over to PS2. There is early footage of the PSone version on the net.

It looks as though The Last Guardian will be a PS4 title now..or maybe released on PS3 after all these years of dev time and then remastered for PS4?

I dont care what console its on as long as I get to play The Last Guardian before I die.

[Elda]

I had high hopes about TLG,knowing it's probably being developed for the PS4 because it has the horsepower which was needed because of past technical difficuties with the PS3 & the fact that fans are eagerly waiting for more news..if there isn't any news by this years E3 or TGS then it's time for everyone to move on about this game,enough is enough keeping eager fans in the dark.

[NikX]

Release this game on PS4 instead. No point on releasing it on PS3 if it's keep coming out next year.