Shuhei Yoshida video interview "We will never forget hardcore gamers"

Dagbladet.no made an video interview with Shuhei Yoshida and asked him about few this regarding PS3. He is very excisted about next Team ICO game... check vid for more info

[Darkiewonder]

We would like some RPGs too. thanks.

[NO_PUDding]

Team ICO game is more important actually.

By miles in fact.

So excited, it sounds like he's seen it, or knows the concept.

[LiquifiedArt]

Will make there way to ps3. Think about it like this. Since the xbox was a year early some of teh games are supporting there platform FIRST to start generating revenue to make a more COMPLETE version for the PS3.

:D Thats fine with me. Too many games right now. Heck Disgaea 3 could eat up 6months of your life.

[socomnick]

Or maybe MS published/ paid for all the jrpgs to be deved for the 360 so they will never come out for Sony. Who knows maybe MS is still purchasing and buying up all the rpgs in the shadows. Versus has a pretty good chance of being multi.

[mfwahwah]

@1.3

Actually, Versus has a very low chance. It SPECIFICALLY says "PS3 exclusive world wide" instead of "For PS3." Nomura hates the 360, and disagrees strongly with the 13 team of what FF should be. Nomura wants to make the most out of Cell and use SIXAXIS. I could go on, but in the end, it's a pretty damn good chance that it won't go multi.

"So excited, it sounds like he's seen it, or knows the concept."

Do you know who Shuhei Yoshida is? He DEFINITELY has seen it ;)

[spoon]

"We will never forget hardcore gamers like nintendo"

this is so funny .

edit: only becuase there was this guy called Lord Shuehi Yoshida on n4g

[Deviant]

mind elaborating?

[TOO PAWNED]

I like this guy more and more i see/hear from him.

[NO_PUDding]

Exactly.

[mfwahwah]

He seems like the kind of guy that could be your neighbor. Just a regular cool guy. Except he's not... he's more important than my neighbors lol.

[Silogon]

Until some RPG's are released I won't buy a word this guy says. He's classic for axing games -

"Getaway" "8days"

Come to mind. In a sense they already have forgotten the hardcore gamer cause all they care to release are FPS anymore. FPS and Sports games and those are as casual as you can get. Nintendo isn't the only ones in the wrong here and Microsoft are the only ones who are working towards establishing and keeping their hardcore gamers intact.

[NO_PUDding]

But look at him smile whne ICO is mentioned.

this guy rocks, I love it.

[TOO PAWNED]

FPS genre is for casual market? Buahahhahaha now iv heard it all....hillarious. If there is genre that is hardcore than that is FPS.

BTW-Killzone 2, Resistance 2, Motorstorm 2, heavy Rain, Infamous, GT5, White Knight Stories, Uncharted, etc, etc, etc all of these "casual" IP say hi to Silogon and other "casual" gamers.

N4G best place to read anything and everything.

[Silogon]

I thought you were acting a little strange in your PMs but now you've flipped your lid.

FPS aren't casual? Halo isn't a casual franchise that sold 8 million alone for the xbox 360? ahhaah, please. FPS are casual, if not for their content and presentation, but for the sheer simplicity of them. Jump, run, shoot.

GT5, casual. Reached a market of 14 million worldwide. Not hardcore.

Uncharted, casual. Casual controls.

Motorstorm... that isn't casual to you? hahahahahahahahah, please. What next, you gonna try and tell me Super Mario bro's is hardcore?

You need to learn a few things about genre and defining. The IP's you listed are, for the most part, casual experiences.

White Knight story is an RPG, that equates and lends itself to the hardcore crowd. That is the only one on your list that isn't pick up and play gameplay.

Heavy Rain is going to be a casual affair, sorry. Timed button presses wants you to say hello to Dragon's Lair. < Not hardcore at all. So not hardcore, it was aged 5 and up.

I can go on but you clearly have no concept of hardcore and mainstream.

FPS are mainstream/casual. Sports games are mainstream/casual. They are for the pick up and play crowd and if you disagree with this statement then maybe you need more hands on time in reality and a little less time trying to be a detective and sending general creepy message to peoples PM boxing eluding to certain people being Games blow when they're clearly not.

[TOO PAWNED]

Hmm you are so Gamesblow, or at least "one" of Gamesblows that are over the internet.
Back on topic, you can scream and jump all days long, but all of those games that you mention are not made with "casual" in dev mind. I will never see my father play for ex. resistance 2, controls are to complicated, its not just jump or shoot. It is most of the time Jump+Shoot+Aim+move all at the same time, and not many "casual" gamers are able to do that, just letting you know it.

It seems you miss understood something. Sales does not equal casual or not. Halo being sold as it did, it was because of MS brilliant marketing, being first(back in xbox era) great FPS on console + awesome online. Sure probably a lot of people bought it because it was hot stuff atm but that doesn't mean it is game for casuals or that only casual gamers play it, not saying that a lot of casual gamers didnt try it, but that doesnt make it casual game. And you using GT5 THE MOST HARDCORE RACER games EVER, with having races that last 24H (yeah casuals do like to play 24H roll eyes) and other most hard core modes and challenges you will ever see in any racing game. If you said Motorstorm can be played by casuals, 5 minutes, and done, but putting GT games in same box, ultimate FAILURE BRO.

Casual is Wiisport, Buzz, Singstar, EyeToy, many DS games and what not, those are gamers for which you dont need experience or "expertise" to be able to play them. YOu can play most of those games with one hand, that is casual bro, that is casual.

Now i want to make it clear once again. I am not debating if casual gamers did purchase and played Halo, GT, uncharted, etc. I am arguing that casuals playing something that hardcore gamers also play, does not make it casual game. There is difference between casual game and game that was made for hardcore (that buy games every month) gamers in mind, FIRST.

I know it is waste of my time to even bother writing this, since knowing how ignorant you are, even if everyone on this site was to prove you wrong, you would still stick to your thoery, but what ever, i wont replay anymore. You are wrong and it is so obvious.

[Madgunner]

Hes classic for axing games? its not like he said meh lets stop making these games and make more casual ones.... he Ceased production on these games so other stuff can get done.... as far as im concerned its been halted not compleltely axe'd

[juuken]

...You can't be serious with that statement.

Let me refer to a quote I've heard every single time.

"The 360 is the now, the PS3 is the future."

I trust that the PS3 is in good hands. We haven't seen even two years of the PS3 lifecycle. Things are only beginning for the PS3 and they will in fact get better.

Think about that.

[Lord Shuhei Yoshida]

We always give support for our hardcore gaming audience unlike Nintendo.We also don't sell faulty merchandise unlike Microsoft.That is why Sony is Number One and the other "console" makers are begging for mercy.

[Lord Shuhei Yoshida]

Damn,I look good.

[clintos59]

I totally respect guys like Kojima for focusing on bringing us hardcore fans the best expirience he can possibly bring us, and am glad he didnt do what the these other hungry money devs did and abandoned quality exclusives just to make more money by making titles go multiplatform. Just shows u how great and loyal kojima is to his fans. No not the ps3, but the fans who grew up loving this legendary series. Thank u kojima for being that dev willing to put his foot down and remember who were the ones that made this great series what it is today. The best stealth action seires in the history of gaming. Hats off to one of the greatest devs of all time and more people should learn from this man, it just shows when it comes to the fans of mgs, kojima will always deliver quality over quantity.

[Madgunner]

clinto dude.. i agree with u all the way, MGS are my favorite games.. ever since MGS4.. its been my favorite game of all time and will be unless MGS5 is what im hoping it is, I truely thank Hideo Kojima and i feel like my thanks is never quite enough for what this man did for the industry... gamers, and this man here who grew up loving and playing his games since the beggining. Thank you Hideo Kojima, for giving me one of my greatest pleasures and most fondest memories in MY life

[Aclay]

Very nice interview. I'm totally excited for Team ICO's next project too and I can only hope that they are at TGS this year (they better be). Sony did say that there would be some software announcements at TGS and I hope one of them is Team ICO's PS3 project.

And I'm pretty sure that Sony would never forget the hardcore gamers because Sony originally created the Playstation video game system for the older gamers and they have managed to capture tons of casual gamers in the process.

[Zerodin]

LOL too bad hardcore gamers forgot about him!

[hgn]

And your mum forgot to put you on a leash.

[juuken]

Would you like a foot up the ass?

[Liar]

juuken; would you like a ċock up yours?

[juuken]

Would you like a puss filled, bleeding nutsack?

[Liar]

You didn't answer my question!

[SmokingMonkey]

this is why SONY has ruled for the past two console gen's. Hardcore gaming since day1 PS1

[CouchKing0]

PS3 is the best.

CRY MORE BOTS AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

[Peekay]

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[morganfell]

Sony knows that this casual crap won't hold. People want that immersive experience wrapped up in a next gen machine. Since there is only one next gen machine on the market, the PS3 wins. But not by default. It wins because instead of employing the "We'll get to the market first, Sony said "We'll bring the best experience."

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[thereapersson]

I can't understand a word of what's been typed!

[Asurastrike]

I wish he spoke English better...

[Willio]

I wish you spoke Chinese better.

[tangerine]

Yeah, Asurastrike is an ignorant twat.

[beavis4play]

i thought his english was pretty good, considering it isn't his first language.

[mfwahwah]

He speaks it a whole hell of a lot better than other Japanese people. I had very little trouble understanding him, and usually I have to really strain to make out some things from people with accents.

[heyheyhey]

check out his smile when the Norweigan bloke mentions ICO.... that was cute

can't wait for the announcement of the game

[WengYong]

More Jak, please. More GOW, Uncharted. Cant wait for ICOs game aye. Cant wait for info on it

Glad hes not talking about PC gamers. Sorry but 1/2 hour at the local lan cafe put me off PC gaming bigtime. Too hardcore. Stupid keyboard warriors.

Thank God For Consoles.

[Eggywegs]

Uh...he's Japanese not Chinese. Cant you tell the difference?

[TOO PAWNED]

Hmm most white guys cant, but i can. But to all fairness thats like asking some Chinese guy, can he tell difference between some Swedish guy vs Italian.

[LeShin]

Well to be fair, you can tell by just looking at his name. Chinese names and Japanese names are not exactly alike.

[TOO PAWNED]

Well i assumed he was talking about facial appearance. Name is something else, even if that case many dont know the difference or just dont care.
But yes i can tell difference, i was big on Anime for 3 years so if i hear japanese name i know.

[Dmack79]

They will never abandon us hardcore gamers and go the way Nintendo is. Sony's UNSTOPPABLE!

[Exia]

That's good, but you forget a very important genre Sony, RPGs!!!!