In a current interview, the CEO of PlatinumGames has expressed curiosity in video games that “will be loved and cherished for an extended time frame.” This, and different feedback appear to level towards the studio shifting focus to extra reside service titles. This will likely embrace Challenge GG, which has been described because the conclusion to Hideki Kamiya’s superhero collection.
Will PlatinumGames solely make Video games as a Service titles?
Atushi Inaba, who lately rose to president and CEO of PlatinumGames in January, spoke with Famitsu about the way forward for the corporate. Whereas he didn’t explicitly state that the studio could be working completely on Video games as a Service titles, he strongly hinted that will be the case. He said that he would love PlatinumGames to focus on video games that aren’t “one-off” content material like Bayonetta, and initiatives which can be “completely different when it comes to their construction.”
He additionally said this about Challenge GG:
Challenge G.G. continues to be within the stage of testing numerous issues, so I can’t let you know a lot about it, however with regards to future recreation manufacturing, we need to concentrate on creating video games which can be completely different from the previous. I wish to concentrate on creating video games that may be loved and cherished for an extended time frame.
In fact, we wish to cherish and create small however brilliantly conceived video games corresponding to Sol Cresta, and video games in which you’ll benefit from the technique of clearing the sport by going by means of one-off, well-designed levels, corresponding to Bayonetta.
Nevertheless, the initiatives that we are attempting to create for the longer term might be completely different when it comes to their construction. Contemplating the modifications out there over the subsequent 5 years or so, I believe it’s completely needed for us to do that. I’m sorry for being so imprecise, however I believe that’s all I can let you know proper now.
These feedback come as PlatinumGames is making ready to launch its first live service recreation, Babylon’s Fall, with Sq. Enix as writer. We’ll get to see how Inaba’s aspirations play out when it launches on March 3.
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