Another veteran of the Japanese division Sony announced his departure from the company and plans to create his own game studio. It’s about the producer Bloodborne, Demon’s Souls and Soul Sacrifice Teruyuki Toriyama… He also worked on many other games that were developed in-house. SIE Japan Studio, and in the framework of cooperation with third-party developers. From the latter – on account of his production of the remake Demon’s Souls and exclusive to PlayStation VR Adventure Deracine from FromSoftware…
In an address to users, Toriyama said that he would stop working for Sony at the end of December, after which he would start creating his own game studio, which would start creating a completely new IP. He also thanked the fans who have supported SIE Japan Studio for a long time.
Earlier on leaving the Japanese division of Sony announced the creator Silent Hill, Siren and Gravity Rush Keiichiro Toyama… Along with several other colleagues who quit at the same time, he opened the Bokeh studio, which will produce multi-platform games.
Former SIE Japan Studio employee and close friend of Toyama Zunya Okura said that the structure of Sony has undergone changes, as a result of which the company’s focus has shifted to the production of large-scale titles, and there is less room for experimentation.
“I have been working with Toyama for many years, so I somehow share his position. After the internal structure [Sony] has undergone certain changes and the focus has shifted directly to the development of huge projects in its scale, it has become very difficult to experiment in the approach to creating new games. The same applies to the revision of any production moments, if the circumstances require it. “
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