Yoshida: If it Weren't for Fan Support The Last Guardian Would Have Been Cancelled - News

by William D'Angelo , posted on 01 July 2015 / 4,920 Views

SCE Worldwide Studios President Shuhei Yoshida credits the strong fan support for The Last Gaurdian as preventing it from being cancelled.

"If everyone stopped asking about it, probably we would have [cancelled it]," Yoshida told Edge magazine.

According to Yoshida porting the game to the PlayStation 4 was "really, really tough."

"Tech issues aside, the game was still early in development, so we had to have a really strong desire to continue the project and rebuild on PS4. And of course we believed in the vision of Ueda-san, and Ueda-san and the core teams really wanted to see this realised, and so did I. Having so many people asking us about the game was great encouragement for us to continue the development," he added.

The Last Gaurdian is set to release on the PS4 in 2016.

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10 Comments

Mystro-Sama (on 01 July 2015)

Yoshida has played a key role in this company's resurgence.

mjk45 Mystro-Sama (on 01 July 2015)

that's true , but he has also made mistakes like not bringing dark souls to the west , letting the last guardian saga drag on without giving any clear answers , also his positive image largely stems from his twitter account that sees him as an unofficial media liaison officer.