The Last Guardian Struggling with "Technical Difficulties"

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by Sammy Barker Wed 6th Jun 2012

The Last Guardian was not present at this year’s E3 due to “technical difficulties”, Shuhei Yoshida has confirmed. The president of Sony’s Worldwide Studios admitted that while the developer is “working hard” on the game, it is still not working as expected.

Some are speculating that the technical issues, coupled with the late stage of the PlayStation 3’s life cycle, might result in the title being switched to Sony’s next-generation console. But Yoshida deflected that claim.

Speaking with Eurogamer.net, he stressed, "It is a PlayStation 3 game."

Regardless of Yoshida's comments, The Last Guardian would make a pretty compelling launch window title for PlayStation 4, wouldn’t it? Day one, and all that.

[source eurogamer.net]

As the Editor of Push Square, Sammy has over 15 years of experience analysing the world of PlayStation, from PS3 through PS5 and everything in between. He’s an expert on PS Studios and industry matters, as well as sports games and simulators. He also enjoys RPGs when he has the time to dedicate to them, and is a bit of a gacha whale.

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Kelvin
Wed 6th Jun 2012

I bought a PS3 solely for this game, so I hope it doesn't shift over to the PS4!

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get2sammyb
Wed 6th Jun 2012

@Kelvin You might have bought a PS3 for this game, but I'm sure there's plenty you've played on the platform that have made it worthwhile. If the game's not working on PS3, I'd rather they fully realised their ambition on better hardware.

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KALofKRYPTON
Wed 6th Jun 2012

@get2sammyb
I agree to a point. But give the style of the game (much like previou stitles SotC and Ico), there probably isn't a huge amount going on other than your principle characters. With what we've seen of 'the power of PlayStation' 3 this week. they cleary need to try harder!

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get2sammyb
Wed 6th Jun 2012

@KALofKRYPTON Possibly, but Shadow of the Colossus was a crazy game for the PS2 hardware and it pushed that system to the very limit. Also, I believe Yoshida said recently that Sony Santa Monica and Sony Europe were helping out on this, so if all three teams can't get running, there must be something wrong.

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rjejr
Wed 6th Jun 2012

Would be nice if they could keep it as a PS3 game. The Last Guardian as the last great PS3 game has a nice ring to it. And if the PS3 sells like the PS2 it has a few good years left yet.
I'm so not ready for a PS4. I was so ready for an HD Wii but after yesterday I'm reconsidering. I may not get a PS4 until the PS5 gets announced.

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KALofKRYPTON
Wed 6th Jun 2012

@rjejr
I'm happy with my PS3 until it's old man 60GBness gives up. But even then, I have Continuous Play so can get a replacement refurb model. I think PS4 is going to have to be pretty special to get me to buy it. The current generation of games and gamepley is probably about as far as gaming goes (as in, traditional controller, console, TV), so the only major change will be graphical quality. We're pretty far along now, and perhaps, we don't need to go further.

Problems would occur I think if we get to the point of true photo realism in games like HItman for example, which get a lot of flack aimed that them even though it's clearly a game.