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Sony has a couple of significant PlayStation 3 games releasing later this year. Sly Cooper: Thieves in Time is due out in mid-September, followed by PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale one month later.
But some would say that Sony is missing out on a hardcore, “mega-blockbuster” title for the rest of 2012.
This is something that Game Informer quizzed Sony Worldwide Studios president Shuhei Yoshida on in its latest issue.
When asked about the company’s lack of “mega-blockbusters” for the rest of the year, Yoshida pointed to the fact that some highly-anticipated projects such as The Last of Us and God of War: Ascension require appropriate development time. He also mentioned how Sony intends “to go big on family-friendly titles” for the holiday and its overall lineup will be boosted by third-party releases.
Yoshida stated:
“We’d love to have multi-million sellers for the holiday. But each title needs time to develop, especially new IP like The Last of Us. God of War has always come out in March, so that’s a natural time to aim at. Our strategy for Christmas is to go big on family-friendly titles. This is a neglected genre for the PlayStation 3, but as it matures, I think it’s really important to have these games on the platform. I think we have a great lineup this holiday to complement third parties’ big core games.”
http://gamingeverything.com/25301/yoshida-on-lack-of-mega-blockbuster-sony-titles-this-year-family-friendly-strategy/
