Kotaku (Free subscription) | 07/17/2008
Recently minted Sony Computer Entertainment's Worldwide head Shuhei Yoshida sat down with us this week to talk about the future of the Playstation 3, where the PSP headed and why he wasn't surprised...
Kotaku (Free subscription) | 07/17/2008
Recently minted Sony Computer Entertainment's Worldwide head Shuhei Yoshida sat down with us this week to talk about the future of the Playstation 3, where the PSP is headed and why he wasn't...
PS3 Fanboy (Free subscription) | 07/17/2008
Filed under: e-Distribution Games , Business Where are all the PS1 games? We chatted with SCE Worldwide Studios president Shuhei Yoshida about the lack of PS1 downloadable titles in America, and he admitted it frankly: "I'd like to see more games on that as well ... we haven't done enough with third party publishers." In Japan, companies like Square Enix and Konami have supported the PSN by re-releasing...
PSP Fanboy (Free subscription) | 07/17/2008
Filed under: News Joystiq and PS Fanboy interviewed Sony Computer Entertainment Worldwide Studios president Shuhei Yoshida about a number of hot topics earlier this week. However, one of the big talking points had to be the expansion of the PLAYSTATION Network beyond the PS3. Currently, home console owners can sign in using a single PSN ID, and can access a Friends list, send messages to friends,...
PS3 Fanboy (Free subscription) | 07/16/2008
Filed under: e-Distribution Games We teamed up with Joystiq's Chris Grant in a lengthy interview with Sony Worldwide Studios president Shuhei Yoshida (full interview to come later in the week). One of the random details we stumbled upon was the fate of the long-forgotten PSN episodic title, Rat Race . He admitted earnestly: "So, yeah, we stopped it. We really liked the concept; it's like The Office...
Joystiq (Free subscription) | 07/16/2008
Filed under: Sony PlayStation 3 Following a discussion of Siren , we asked Sony Worldwide Studios pres Shuhei Yoshida about development of the not-quite-funny episodic comedy series Rat Race for the PSN. Yoshida laughed, telling Joystiq: "You have good memory. Yeah, maybe I talked about episodic games and that's my fault. So, yeah, we stopped it. We really liked the concept; it's like The Office TV...
Evil Avatar Forums - News Items (Free subscription) | 07/09/2008
Three Speech has an interview with Sony's Shuhei Yoshida, President of Worldwide Studios. Quote: Q: Im wondering about Sony's policy regarding exclusive PS3 games it leans more towards internal development rather than paying third parties for exclusives. Are you re-evaluating that policy? SY: My role is to run first-party development, and we are always exclusive. Because, in this generation, it...
PS3 Fanboy (Free subscription) | 07/08/2008
Filed under: Interviews Sony's President of Worldwide Studios, Shuhei Yoshida, sat down with ThreeSpeech in an interview to discuss his plan for the PlayStation name. He began by giving some background information about himself and his transition into Phil Harrison's former position, admitting that his predecessor's departure was "unexpected" but he will "continue that drive." The main question on...
TechSpot (Free subscription) | 07/08/2008
Early last year, Phil Harrison, at the time President of Sony Computer Entertainment, was eager to talk about the PS3. During those early days right after the console's launch, Harrison spoke about the title line-up of 2007 and how those games would change console gaming altogether. By February 2008 Harrison had left the company, and Sony had filled his position with Shuhei Yoshida.
Boomtown - PS3/PSP (Free subscription) | 07/08/2008
President of Sony worldwide studios Shuhei Yoshida says that first party games are most important.
QJ.NET (Free subscription) | 07/08/2008
Shuhei Yoshida, Sony 's president of worldwide studios, was recently quoted from the ThreeSpeech blog saying that first-party titles are now more important than ever if a platform is to succeed. He said that it's completely understandable for third-party publishers to release cross-platform games, making the role of Sony studios more vital than ever. "In this generation, it costs much more to develop...
PS3 (Free subscription) | 07/08/2008
Speaking to the allegedly independent PS3 related blog 'Three Speech' (incidentally the second best blog on such topic currently on the go) new Sony President of Worldwide Studios Shuhei Yoshida claims that future multi-platform titles will be better on the...
Joystiq (Free subscription) | 07/07/2008
Filed under: Sony PlayStation 3 , Sony PSP , Business Sony Computer Entertainment's president of worldwide studios, Shuhei Yoshida, isn't blind to the fact that exclusive games are becoming a rarity these days. In an interview with UK blog ThreeSpeech , the man who replaced Phil Harrison says that, given the trend towards multi-platform releases of major titles, first-party studios and games become...
arnsteinblogg 2.0 (Free subscription) | 07/07/2008
SCEE's "independent" blog Three Speech has spoken with Sony's new Worldwide Studios boss Shuhei Yoshida, who recently stepped into the role vacated by Phil Harrison. Yoshida's been with PlayStation since 1993, primarily as a strategist - he claims credit, in the interview, for convincing Sony to invest in the PlayStation business to begin with. Among many things, Yoshida expanded on his earlier response...
Kotaku (Free subscription) | 07/07/2008
SCEE's "independent" blog Three Speech has spoken with Sony's new Worldwide Studios boss Shuhei Yoshida, who recently stepped into the role vacated by Phil Harrison. Yoshida's been with PlayStation...
