{"id":328358,"date":"2021-08-21T07:37:23","date_gmt":"2021-08-21T04:37:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/sony-interactive-entertainment-investing-in-external-japanese-development\/"},"modified":"2021-08-21T07:37:23","modified_gmt":"2021-08-21T04:37:23","slug":"sony-interactive-entertainment-investing-in-external-japanese-development","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/sony-interactive-entertainment-investing-in-external-japanese-development\/","title":{"rendered":"#\n                Sony Interactive Entertainment investing in external Japanese development"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;<strong>#<br \/>\n                Sony Interactive Entertainment investing in external Japanese development             <\/strong>&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"post_subtitle_text\" itemprop=\"description\">\n                                    &#8220;That&#8217;s a team that has obviously worked with the likes of FromSoftware and Kojima Productions.&#8221;                                <\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"post_content\" itemprop=\"articleBody\">\n<p class=\"aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"337\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gematsu.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/XDEV-Japan_08-20-21.jpg\" alt=\"SIE XDEV\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-684773\"><\/p>\n<p>Sony Interactive Entertainment is investing in its external development team in Tokyo, according to PlayStation Studios boss Hermen Hulst. <span id=\"more-684772\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Speaking to <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gameinformer.com\/2021\/08\/20\/inside-the-mind-of-playstation-studios-hermen-hulst\">Game Informer<\/a>, Hulst said Japanese <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/game\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"7\" title=\"Game\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">game<\/a>s are core to Sony Interactive Entertainment\u2019s identity, despite rumors otherwise.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI will say that we are in some ways very much a Japanese company still,\u201d Hulst said. \u201cThat\u2019s our heritage. That\u2019s still part of who we are. We love our Japanese games.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"g g-2\">\n<div class=\"g-single a-13\">\n<div style=\"margin: 0 0 15px;\"><!-- Gematsu - 300x250 Static (5f806c91d0b2e22f7c503a7a) - 300x250 - Place in <BODY> of page where ad should <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>ear --><\/p>\n<div id=\"ad-container-444\"><\/div>\n<p><script>\n    window.top.__vm_add = window.top.__vm_add || [];\n    (function(success) {\n        if(window.document.readyState !== \"loading\"){\n            success();\n        } else {\n            window.document.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\", function(){\n                success();\n            });\n        }\n    })(function () {\n            var placement = document.createElement(\"div\");\n            placement.setAttribute(\"class\", \"vm-placement\");\n            placement.setAttribute(\"data-id\", \"5f806c91d0b2e22f7c503a7a\");\n            document.querySelector(\"#ad-container-444\").appendChild(placement);\n            window.top.__vm_add.push(placement);\n    });\n<\/script><!-- \/ Gematsu - 300x250 Static (5f806c91d0b2e22f7c503a7a) --><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Hulst also commented on the restructuring of Sony Interactive Entertainment Japan Studio, now known as Team ASOBI.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re building out Team ASOBI under Nicolas Doucet, so we\u2019re actually investing in that team,\u201d Hulst said. \u201cPeople forget sometimes that we have Polyphony Digital, which is a team in two locations.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Hulst continued, \u201cWe are investing in our external development group out of Tokyo as well, and that\u2019s a team that has obviously worked with the likes of FromSoftware and Kojima Productions. So we are very invested in Japanese development, and Japanese development is something that we love\u2026 I think it\u2019s such a core part of the PlayStation identity, that I can\u2019t ever see us shy away from Japanese or even Asian development.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Hulst also commented on the growth of PlayStation Studios as a whole.<\/p>\n<div class=\"g g-3\">\n<div class=\"g-single a-14\">\n<div style=\"margin: 0 0 15px;\"><!-- Gematsu - 300x250 Static (5f806c91d0b2e22f7c503a7a) - 300x250 - Place in <BODY> of page where ad should appear --><\/p>\n<div id=\"ad-container-888\"><\/div>\n<p><script>\n    window.top.__vm_add = window.top.__vm_add || [];\n    (function(success) {\n        if(window.document.readyState !== \"loading\"){\n            success();\n        } else {\n            window.document.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\", function(){\n                success();\n            });\n        }\n    })(function () {\n            var placement = document.createElement(\"div\");\n            placement.setAttribute(\"class\", \"vm-placement\");\n            placement.setAttribute(\"data-id\", \"5f806c91d0b2e22f7c503a7a\");\n            document.querySelector(\"#ad-container-888\").appendChild(placement);\n            window.top.__vm_add.push(placement);\n    });\n<\/script><!-- \/ Gematsu - 300x250 Static (5f806c91d0b2e22f7c503a7a) --><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cWe are investing in the amazing teams we have. We are signing up new developers. We continue to focus on quality. We continue to focus on experiences that in my mind are experiences that matter\u2014that sometimes only could have been created by us. That\u2019s what I stand for. And I will ensure that we\u2019re going to carry on making those.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Back in May, Hulst said Sony Interactive Entertainment has over 25 titles in development for PlayStation 5\u2014nearly half of which are new intellectual property.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span class=\"post-author\"><i class=\"fa fa-user\"><\/i>Sal Romano<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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