Ex-PlayStation Exec Says He Would Have "Resisted" Sony's Live-Service Push

Former 31-year PlayStation veteran Shuhei Yoshida, who just left the company on January 15, sat down for an in-depth interview about his career. One of the most notable topics that came up was his thoughts on Sony's semi-recent push into the live-service market, which has been filled with ups and downs thus far. He told Kinda Funny that he would have attempted to "resist" the push into live-service had he still been in charge before Hermen Hulst took over.

He said Sony gave PlayStation "a lot more resources" after Hulst took over, with the aim of funding both single-player games and new live-service projects.

"They said, 'These games are great, keep doing that, and we'll give you additional resources to work on these live-service games and try it,'" he said, noting that management understood the shift into live-service was "risky." That's in part because the chance of finding success in the highly competitive live-service market "would be small," Yoshida said (via IGN).

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