With his next game set to release on PlayStation 4, Yakuza series director Toshihiro Nagoshi isn't quite ready to focus on the incoming PS5 just yet. Speaking during a recent SEGA livestream (as translated by Gematsu) the eccentric developer was asked about Sony's next-gen console, and although Nagoshi seems excited at the prospect of working with much more powerful hardware, it sounds like he's in no rush to move on from the PS4.
"Even after PlayStation 5 is released, I think PlayStation 4 is going to be the main focus for a while longer," he said. Given his studio's history, we suppose this isn't too big a shock. Yakuza games were still being made for the ageing PS3 back when the PS4 had launched, and even when Nagoshi and his team did make the jump, it would still be a while before they'd take full advantage of the new hardware with Yakuza 6: The Song of Life, which used an all-new engine.
Of course, let's not forget that the PS5 will be backwards compatible, so this shouldn't be a big deal. As regular readers will know, we're always up for more Yakuza, regardless of when and how it finds its way West.
[source gamestalk.net, via gematsu.com]
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This is great news. I personally have no plans or interest in upgrading to a PS5 anytime soon, especially with how Sony has been acting recently.
So the more games i can continue playing on the console i have, the better.
Hopefully this means we'll get the 3,4,5 remakes and dare I say it, the samurai spin-offs!
profit trumps progress, a scabby port will do 3 years later
Glad the PS5 is backwards compatible, so if the games are PS4 only I can still play them on the PS5.
I do question how far into the PS5βs life it will be when weβll get an exclusive PS5 title not on the PS4? Because it sort of makes sense for 3rd party at least to just make PS4 games. Making a PS5 exclusive game will have greater development costs due to having to make everything shiny for all those Kβs you need to show off on the telly, AND will have a much smaller possible customer pool to sell to.
@MrGawain Imagine if it just backfires and every developer just ends up making ps4 games because nobody bought the new console
Well they've only just updated their game engine so it's got another 15 years of life left yet π
Makes sense. PS4 will have a massively bigger install base for years to come, and it's not like these games are pushing tech boundaries on the PS4. If the PS5 is fully backwards compatible, owners can still play new PS4 games anyway.
@Abeedo I can definitely see that happening though. Sony's business choices lately compared to Microsoft could cost them the game, especially if PS5 has a steep price (judging by specs, it's not going to be cheap) and competing now with the extra competition of the Switch and Xbox's new consoles (if the rumor is true about there being a cheaper one and more expensive one more advanced than PS5, and with the addition of all their new studios for console exclusives). So it could end up like how the PS3 started out or how the Wii U was, people not wanting to upgrade for awhile and eventually going somewhere else for their games.
@MrGawain
When it launch? π They never said that the
Ps4 π Έπ Compatible with the ps5, β(οΏ£γοΏ£)β
@Abeedo Then Sony could sell the PS4 for a few more years. π
@Ryumoau How have they been acting? I must have missed something.
@BezBot
A new God of War, Spider-Man, Horizon 2, MLB The Show, whatever Naughty Dog, Japan Studio and Sucker Punch come up with. Sony is going to have plenty of exclusives people want to play. Of course if the console is priced insanely stupid it won't sell, but even with some of the stupid stuff coming out of the Kenichrio Yoshida's mouth, I don't think the company will be dumb enough to price PS5 so high that people jump ship in large numbers. Especially when MS has made some puzzling decisions as well lately. The next 6-8 months are going to be big for both companies in the push to next-gen. I hope for the sake of competition MS has its first truly great E3 in a long time.
@Ridwaano what?
And Stop publishing Yakuza games for PC BEGGAR.
@Adam47 lol yeah
@ellsworth004
ππ Ύπ can't play ps5 games on ps4?
@Flaming_Kaiser There might be a lower profit margin since people wont be willing to pay too much for a 6 year old console
@Abeedo And its cheaper too make too. π
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