Layden says the Japanese publishers are also coming back, listing off recent games like Resident Evil 7, Nioh, Nier: Automata, Persona 5 and Final Fantasy XV as examples. "That's super important for us," he says. "I think a lot of Japanese developers lost their way chasing the mobile games yen, if you will, but they're coming back to console in a major way. And speaking of, we'll have some big announcements at E3 in that precise vein."

http://time.com/4804768/playstation-4-ps4-pro-psvr-sales/

Yeah, now they're hyping up huge expectations for Japanese games at E3!

I doubt he'd say that if there wasn't at least two big Japanese titles to be announced this E3.

I wasn't even aware of there being a Monster Hunter rumour. Any links?

His reasoning for the fall of Japanese developers is weird. It was actually the high development cost of PS3 game's and a major consumer attitude shift in B/C class games in the beginning - middle of last gen.

I think there will be something from Capcom, not MH though

Cheers for that, and it's pretty recent too.

Excellent news. The Japanese gaming comeback must continue!

What a lot of Japanese publisher started doing was to release clearly lower quality, lower budget games in order to maximize their margins but the result was that consumer confidence dropped. Lined up against many major western releases, it was clear that much of what Japan produced wasn't as polished. Even classic and beloved franchises were getting low quality sequels that did not measure up to their predecessors.

I don't know how or why that changed but it seems obvious that now they mostly understand that they get better short-term AND long-term value out of high-effort releases.

Been saying this for months now.
With the huge succses of Japanese games jup sony will focus more on it.

Dq11, mh5,bloodborne 2, shenmue 3,new game from Japan studio's here we come!