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Media Molecule's PS4 Project Made Shuhei Yoshida’s Mind ‘Stop Functioning’

Though Shuhei Yoshida, President of Worldwide Studios is featured a lot on PSLS (he’s so cute!), he won’t replace Kaz as #1 in our hearts. But, if keeps up his awesome streak via his Twitter account, Kaz could be dethroned one day. - PSLS

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Abash4702d ago (Edited 4702d ago )

It's a new IP, last I heard LittleBigPlanet 3 was being made by SumoDigital (they created the Cross-Controller level pack for LittleBigPlanet 2)

grassyknoll4702d ago

I heard rumours it maybe at Gamescom this year.

FlameHawk4702d ago

@grassyknoll, I feel like you pulled that out of your butt.

abzdine4702d ago

wow now i wanna know more

Mr_Nuts4702d ago (Edited 4702d ago )

God I hope LBP3 will introduce 3D levels aswell as more 2.5 stuff

Imagine the stuff you could create with massive 3D worlds.

badz1494702d ago (Edited 4702d ago )

like 3D Dot Game Heroes? or Minecraft?

ginsunuva4702d ago

where did you hear that???

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greenlantern28144702d ago

Whatever they are doing will be pretty cool if they bring lbp 3 or something new either way MM will deliver.

ftwrthtx4702d ago

No one can replace Kaz in our hearts.

ChozenWoan4702d ago

he's taking more profile pics for all the animated gifs that will come out after Games Con.

Godmars2904702d ago

Now that people have forgiven him for that "thing" he once said...

wenaldy4702d ago

RIIIIIIDGE RACEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEERRR RR..

Muerte24944702d ago (Edited 4702d ago )

is soooo original." says the Xbox fanboy.

Shuhei Yoshida chuckles as he says: "Ha ha ha, phew..... sure it is." While he observes Media Molecule's upcoming ps4 title.

theWB274702d ago

Why are you Sony boys so threatened by what Microsoft does? You haven't seen anything on Media Molecules next game, but you have seen Project Spark and it looks legit. But since it's not coming to a playstation console you degrade it.

I think Project Spark has been pretty impressive according to most except for the most ardent, blind Sony fanboys.

ziggurcat4702d ago (Edited 4702d ago )

it's probably not being picked on because it's an xbone title, and not coming to playstation. it's probably being picked on because playstation owners have been enjoying titles that have a user-created content aspect to it for years (LBP, modnation racers, infamous 2, echochrome, sound shapes, etc...), and MS is a little late catching on (and minecraft is garbage, so...).

theWB274702d ago

@ziggurcat
You do know you just contradicted yourself right? It's not being picked on because it's an X1 title, it's just being picked on cause Sony owners have been enjoying this type of game for years. So they're picking on it cause it's an X1 title that came too late.

In other words...that's the exact reason it's being picked on by insecure fanboys. Different strokes for different folks...but the popularity of Minecraft lets me know a ton of people think otherwise.

TheOneEyedHound4702d ago

Just Stfu. Project Spark is LBP 2.5.

theWB274702d ago

There you go oneeyedhound. Just stfu..spark lbp 2.5 so now all user generated games are sony clones. You crying? You mad someone said something about "the precious?" Get over it muchacho.

karl4702d ago

im sorry.. but we are just having fun at the xone expenses and its games..

u probably feel more threatened by the ps4 than we by the xone

the system clearly has no chance this gen .. soo there is no need to name it or its games except for the fun of it...

and again.. im just messing with u...

Hicken4702d ago

There's no contradiction.

As ziggurcat said: PS fans have been enjoying games in the vein of Project Spark for some time now. Yet MS fans are touting the game as if it's some super original concept. Whether it's impressive or not is irrelevant, really, where this is concerned.

By the way, where were you when MS fans were saying the same thing about LBP? Or when they were irrationally attacking the PS3, in general?

theWB274702d ago

@Hicken
People are touting it as a good looking game. I've yet to see someone say it's so original. That's the insecurity Sony fans carry. If a game gets praise the first thing is to prove this game did it first or did it better.

Where was I...I didn't join this site until almost 2 years ago when I discovered it. So I don't know what happened during the earlier years of these system launches. I do see this is a insecure site when it comes to anything Micro related. So the first thing to do is berate it as much as possible.

fsfsxii4702d ago

I'm sorry, but i agree with oneeyedhound
Project spark is nothing original, the level creation seems to be LBP but easier and doesn't require knowing anything and collecting items in levels to unlock more stuff

friedricr4702d ago

lol. you're the only one getting so worked up over nothing...

greenlantern28144702d ago

I will say project spark looked interesting but there is a lot we don't know about that game. Where people have seen lbp,lbp 2 and lbp carting so they know what to expect from the game.
The thing about the spark demo at e3 a lot of stuff they showed was " done already" so I would like to know how easy it will be to create stuff.
But play create share is nothing new. But I do see potential in spark in fact I thought that was 1 of the more interesting games ms showed.

mattdillahunty4702d ago

"and minecraft is garbage, so"

so...one of the most popular games in the world, one of the best user-creation games ever, which also happens to be on damn near every platform EXCEPT Playstation, is all of a sudden garbage? just because you want to act like Playstation is some haven for user-creation?

whatever helps you sleep at night, i guess.

PC has had user-created content for much longer than the PS3, and it has done it 1000x better with mods and the like. so stop trying to act like the PS3 is gods gift to user creation.

itspeaks4702d ago

Can we all try to remember that most of the features that are being touted in respect to Project Spark are features that only developers and programmers will be able to make use of. Project Spark is a programming game for a next gen console, LBP 2 used predefined bits of code that could be mixed and matched by the player to create a desired outcome. Project Spark is a development tool and LBP 2 was a real game. That isn't sony fanboyism, that is exactly what the industry was saying at E3 when Spark was shown off on stage.

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fOrlOnhOpe574702d ago

MM must have given Microsoft High Command, several showings :) lol

elhebbo164702d ago

The sculpting demo MM showed back in the first PS4 conference was mind blowing imo.

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Shuhei Yoshida Shares Why Releasing 1st-Party Games On PC Day One Is A Bad Strategy For PlayStation

Former head of PlayStation Studios Shuhei Yoshida has shared why releasing first-party games on PC day one is bad strategy for PlayStation.

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Redemption-6431d ago

I wonder if he tried to stop Shawn Layden from starting it?

Profchaos31d ago

Technically horizon came out in 2020 under Jim Ryan who took over in 2019

It's hard to tell who initiated the project but the Decima engine makes porting to PC fairly easy so who honestly knows if this was Jim's initiative or not I get the feeling it was

Redemption-6430d ago (Edited 30d ago )

It's actually not hard at all. Shawn Layden said he started it. Shawn Layden has confirmed that he was behind the strategy to bring PlayStation exclusive games to PC. Regardless of whether you hate Jim or not this wasn't his idea. It happened during his watch, but it was started before he took over. Below are links with him confirming it started with him

https://www.gamesradar.com/...

https://x.com/i/status/1444...

Reaper22_31d ago

Fake news. He didnt say that.This video was posted on YouTube and on here they decided to change the title. Shame on you.

i81duce31d ago

At 5:16, he literally states the thing you say he doesn’t say. Did you even watch the video?

GotGame81831d ago

Sony already said they weren't porting to PC anymore. Or, at least that is how I interpreted a couple of articles. I think if it were not for Helix, that may not have happened.

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PlayStation legend Shuhei Yoshida says Jim Ryan fired him because he didn't listen to him

Why did Sony push Shuhei Yoshida out of his role leading PlayStation's first-party games? He'd overseen some huge successes. Well, apparently, he didn't listen.

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Relientk7736d ago

Yeah I can see that for sure. Shuhei Yoshida should have been in charge not Jim Ryan.

Cacabunga36d ago

It should be free highway for him now.. but Sony are too stupid to see this, especially that moron Hulst

S2Killinit36d ago (Edited 36d ago )

Wtf why all that anger. PlayStation is dominating on every level. Besides I think there is a little more to hiring a CEO than just who is available. Its not like its a athlete your team wants to buy.

neutralgamer199236d ago

S2Killinit

live service failures, chasing trends, closing studios. yes dominating

Cacabunga35d ago

Sony is Dominating because competition is not existing. Compared to previous gens this is the poorest in terms of software offerings.

Last gen we got Uncharted 4 Lost Legacy and TLOU2 from ND alone.

This is so far a remasters gen, with no competition to lift up the quality

1nsomniac35d ago (Edited 35d ago )

..."PlayStation is dominating on every level"....

...Really???

PlayStation are soon heading into a new generation in the not to distant future. They currently have the worst customer satisfaction they've ever sustained as a company. The company is heading for a huge crash while at the same time they'll need to be planning how they are going to try and win back that favour and the build up to their new releases.

Yes financially they're winning but they're going to have to ride out this complete public corporate disaster. No one has faith in the company or the product anymore. They've damaged their public image so much this generation. Greed can kill anyone.

medman35d ago

Hulst is a disaster......

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blacktiger35d ago

He would've done the same thing and fire Jim Ryan and Shuhei would be the villain. Why?
Because Elite creates the narrative and distraction for gamers, users and citizens.

Outside_ofthe_Box36d ago

More confirmation that Jim Ryan is the culprit for what has happened to Sony. Hulst needs to go too. What sucks is that a lot of the good top heads at Sony are no longer there. I wish that guys that were forced out prematurely by Dumbo Jimbo like Shuhei and Layden came back.

robtion35d ago

Yep. Yoshida was responsible for bringing one of the best games of this generation to playstation (Stellar Blade). He is an actual gamer and is in touch with what gamers want (creative, fun games, not GaaS and agenda pushing). He also seems like a genuinely nice guy if you watch some interviews. Of course they got rid of him.

darthv7236d ago

Makes you wonder if MS even thought about hiring him after Phil and Sarah were leaving. He certainly couldn't make their situation any worse.

Agent7536d ago

Microflop. After Windows XP and Xbox 360, it all went floppy.

S2Killinit36d ago

Floppy 😆
No pun intended

badz14936d ago

Yoshida for President! Jim Ryan was and always be a hack! Sony should get Shu back

Lightning7736d ago

All the gamer/consumer lead heads are gone across PS and Xbox. shuhei gone phil's gone (questionable) but gone. The future of gaming is somewhat uncertain across the board.

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Sony's Bluepoint Closure Should Concern Every PS Studios Fan

Sammy: "Sony disastrously and disgracefully shuttered Texas-based fan favourite Bluepoint yesterday. The long-time PS Studios partner never got a chance to ship a game under its new parent company.

This news hit me particularly hard because I believe it reflects the erosion of once-great PlayStation management that I think we’ve all been feeling for quite some time."

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CrashMania96d ago

How was this allowed to happen? A studio know for excellent remakes and remasters were put on a GOW live service game? Something nobody wanted? There are so many other, more interesting projects, for me they were the prime studio who should have remastered or remade Bloodborne, what an absolute waste, I'm really annoyed about this.

Hulst should have followed Jim Ryan out the door, especially after his failed concord brainchild, execs really do only fail upwards.

Extermin8or3_95d ago

You say "no body wanted" but we don't actually know if the Devs were the ones to pitch it. For all we know

Elda95d ago

If that was the case you would have thought Sony would have told Bluepoint no & had them make the God Of War trilogy remake instead while having Santa Monica Studios concentrate on the next God Of War & what ever else they're working on. A Bloodborne remake/remaster would have definitely printed Sony millions. It seems the upper management doesn't care what the fans think including them making awful business decisions. To take Bluepoint under their wing for 5 years & dismantle them is crazy work, Sony should have auctioned Bluepoint off to to a company that could really use them.

-Foxtrot95d ago

If the really did pitch it then they would have wanted their own IP for being a brand new game, not using someone else’s IP when it’s not a remake this time.

CrashMania95d ago

I mean I guess, but doubt that a small team of 70 wanted to do a live service game, I don't buy it personally, but we'll never 100% know.

Scissorman95d ago (Edited 95d ago )

i think you are half right. sony became hyper-focused on live service games and given that, studios would then pitch live service games because those projects were the most likely to be greenlit by the higher ups. now, as for what the hell bluepoint was working on since their god of war game was cancelled is beyond me. it's just increasingly frustrating when sony just announced a god of remake which is still in its infancy when bluepoint could have been working on it for years and likely would have shipped it by now.

MDTunkown95d ago

We had a god of war mp in the past and it didn’t do well back then with less competition so doubtful people wanted a live service game especially from devs that made some top tier remakes

Michiel198995d ago

Copium like this is the reason they're in this position. Sony could do no wrong and when something did go wrong, it's never the corporate suits at sony who are to blame.....its either: devs bad or ms/phil spencer bad while their own backyard is on fire. This is the result of not caring what your fav company does just because another company does (way) worse and automatically condoning everything. I hope they can turn it around without having to fuck over their customers more because especially some of the games on ps1 through ps3 were absolutely amazing.

Can't really say im surprised it's gotten to this point although I didn't expect them to close Bluepoint who has always delivered stellar work.

1nsomniac94d ago

The devs didn’t pitch it. It’s already been discussed publicly. They had literally just started on a new undisclosed project they were still in the initial ideas phase when they were asked to stop and do GoW instead.

Extermin8or3_84d ago

Love the downvotes considering it's since become public knowledge that yes bluepoint DID infact pitch the god of war game. They also eventually pitched a Bloodborne remake but from software torpedoed the project, sadly.

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neutralgamer199295d ago (Edited 95d ago )

Everyone keeps asking for a Bloodborne remaster or remake — a game that genuinely deserves preservation and modernization. Instead, we got a remake of The Last of Us and then a remaster of The Last of Us Part II, both of which were already recent and widely available. That decision feels tone-deaf. It’s hard not to question priorities when so many legacy titles are untouched.

Bluepoint built its reputation on honoring PlayStation’s history. They were masters at remakes and remasters. There is an entire catalog — from PS1, PS2, and PS3 eras — that fans would celebrate. Yet instead of leveraging that strength, they were redirected toward live service ambitions. Six years later, there’s nothing to show, and now the studio is gone. That’s not just disappointing — it feels like wasted potential.

Sony Bend is another example. Days Gone 2 wasn’t greenlit, and the studio was reportedly shifted toward live service. Years later, that project was canceled, and they’re back at square one. That’s years of development time lost in a generation that already feels light on first-party output.

What’s even more concerning is the broader shift. PlayStation used to thrive on bold, risk-taking single-player projects and strong Japanese creative influence. Now the strategy appears more Western-focused and heavily driven by the live service model — where multiple failures are acceptable as long as one becomes a breakout success.

Competition used to push Sony to take creative risks. The PS3 vs. Xbox 360 era forced innovation. Today, Xbox has shifted direction, Nintendo operates independently in its own lane, and Sony doesn’t feel the same competitive pressure. Without that tension, the urgency to push boundaries seems diminished.

The frustration many fans feel isn’t just about one remake or one canceled project — it’s about a sense that PlayStation’s identity is drifting. And while loyalty is natural, defending every decision without criticism doesn’t help the platform grow.

It’s not anger because we hate PlayStation. It’s frustration because we care about what it used to represent

Jack tretton
Shawn laden
Andrew house
Kaz
Shu Yoshida

These people aren't walking through the doors anymore

Relientk7796d ago

It does concern me that they think closing amazing studios like Bluepoint and Japan Studios is smart.

I'm honestly surprised Media Molecule is still around. They put out what 1 game in the past 10+ years? I personally wasn't interested in Dreams, so they have been a wash for me since the PS3 era. Are they working on a new game? What are they doing?

Stevonidas95d ago

I immediately recalled when they shut down Japan Studio. I don’t understand why any studio would agree to be acquired by Sony, EA, or Microsoft with their history of studio closures.

Reaper22_80d ago

Because of money. Most game studios need financial backing in order to develop games.

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MrNinosan94d ago

MM is most likely next to close down, and my guess it's sooner than later

FTLmaster95d ago

Frustrating news, for sure. Hulst is on a major losing streak. Baffling decisions....

Lightning7795d ago

They could of let them do a Remakes of Sly, Jak and Daxter maybe the old Killzone games. Ported Demon Souls to other platforms. Steady revenue for growth becoming a 70 team to 100+ eventually.

toxic-inferno95d ago

Precisely! PlayStation have a rich back catalogue that is screaming out for a talented team like those at Bluepoint to work their magic upon.

Such wasted potential. And a terrible thing to happen to those talented workers at Bluepoint.

Demon's Souls remake was the gateway to FromSoft games for me. I'd fully beaten Bloodborne, but had struggled to get into Dark Souls. Demon's Souls - as a launch title - showed me how these games are meant to be played.

Miacosa95d ago

As a PS Fan and someone that looks to new exsperiences not rehashing old ones I can feel for the devs but it does not move the needle as far as getting new video games.

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