Shuhei Yoshida's Very Happy With The PlayStation Move & Sony's Position In Japan.

The motion controller was on display at this week's Tokyo Game Show, and was obviously drawing plenty of attention from local gamers and press.

Speaking with GamaSutra at the event, the SCE Worldwide Studios Boss said he was "very happy" with Move because he believes it can be used for years to come.

This is the first major event [for the Move] in Japan, so a lot of Japanese people have not played PlayStation Move before…you have to try it before you can understand the difference,” he said. “I’m very happy. We know we have a lot more work to do, but I’d give ourselves a nod.

“We didn’t just make games, if you realize. We are an integral part of making the Move system itself. We are so excited to read lots of articles from people who praise the potential of Move and what it does. We are as happy to see the reactions to the Move system itself as when we get a great review on our games, so it’s a kind of new experience that we’re going through as a studio.

“So I’m very happy that the PlayStation Move is very robust, that we can use it for many years.”

Interestingly, Shuhei was also keen to sing the praises of Microsoft, who announced a decent amount of Japanese investment during the event. Shuhei believes that Sony can cater "better" to the local market, but was pleased to see Microsoft invest in Japan, purely for the good of the industry.

“I saw many familiar faces, so I was smiling,” he said, “but you realize some of those presentations were very, very early. Microsoft seems to be restarted investing in development in Japan, so I think that’s good.

“The money coming in, and more opportunity for Japanese developers.

“[However] there are very particular cultural sensibilities that people outside of Japan do not understand. And the same way — many games are strange and bizarre, especially the characters, coming from Japanese developers, [when seen] outside Japan.”

Top bloke, that Shuhei. He's doing an amazing job for Sony too; this is the guy that's responsible for all your first-party titles. We'd give him a big hug if we ever saw him across the street.

[source vg247.com]