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Ghost of Tsushima Devs Were Nervous About the Setting; Shuhei Yoshida's Advice Gave Them Confidence

Ghost of Tsushima has charmed many both in the west and in Japan, but Sucker Punch was fairly nervous about tackling the setting.

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Hakuoro1360d ago

I have always thought that if Shu spoke more fluent English he would make such a great face for PlayStation. He's got a really sincere love of games as well as being quite a skilled gamer. How cool would it be if PlayStation stage presentations were Shu playing the games live on stage.

SullysCigar1360d ago

That would be great. He also has a likeable demeanor - a rare thing in an executive in this industry.

On the language thing, Andrew House always impressed the hell out of me standing up and delivering full presentations in Japanese.

morganfell1360d ago

He has such a sense of humor about everything including himself. This always killed me.

Shu comes in at about 4:09

https://www.youtube.com/wat...

Abriael1360d ago (Edited 1360d ago )

I was really bummed when Shu was pretty much sidelined in favor of western executives. He's so wasted working only on VR and indies... 🤔

SullysCigar1360d ago

^ Have an agree Abriael, this guy should be front and centre.

Having said that, it does at least indicate the importance that Sony is placing on the VR and indie sectors, which is nice to see.

LucasRuinedChildhood1360d ago (Edited 1360d ago )

@morganfell
If you right-click on a video on Youtube, then you can "Copy video URL at current time". Just a friendly tip from LucasRuinedChildhood. haha.

It's a shame that Shu isn't used quite as much for PR as he used to be.

morganfell1359d ago (Edited 1359d ago )

Uhm Lucas...who doesn’t know that but the preceding portion of the video is short and is part of the setup for what Shu is doing there. You may not know this but context matters.

Regarding Shu, we do not know that he was sidelined. That’s pure supposition. Most of his peers had moved on, retired, taken less stressful work, and he may have intentionally or rather with purpose asked for a reduced profile and position of responsibility.

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phoenixwing1360d ago

Sully you got it right. Sage wisdom from shu

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ApocalypseShadow1360d ago (Edited 1360d ago )

Thanks Shu, Sucker Punch and Sony.

It was the right samurai game at the right time. Excellent execution of a new IP. Beyond brilliant. There was no need for being nervous. With their pedigree, there should have been more confidence. Now they know better that they make great games. Whatever the setting.

Who's next to blow gamers away with a new IP at Sony?

SullysCigar1360d ago

Very much diggin' the profile pic!

ApocalypseShadow1360d ago

Appreciate it.

VR rejuvenated my love for gaming. Made it fun again. Like when I was little. Enjoying VR made me enjoy regular games like Ghost and Horizon as new IPs that much more. So I needed a pic that represented me more than my previous ones.

Elda1360d ago

I knew GOT was going to be a good game & a good game it is. I was bummed when it was over because I did every single mission & side missions & just wanted more. I can't wait for the multi-player/co-op campaign expansion to release.

patterson1360d ago

Shu has the best smile in the industry.

VsAssassin1359d ago

This. Devs must still have that grounded side to them that requires the opinion of people who actually care. In this case, it's Shuhei. Now I know there are those who love The Last of Us Part 2, but in my opinion, if Neil only sought the opinion of similar people (and actually considered and applied them), the game would've ended up with a far better narrative. Kudos to SP for putting out such a memorable and FUN game in Ghost of Tsushima!

Tetsdah1359d ago (Edited 1359d ago )

While the perspective and opinion of TLOU2 narrative and story beats are subjective, the amount of love and quality that went into that game is undeniable. Their attention to detail and care to mundane atmospheric touches, the attention to sound, the voice work for missable and moments, that game was made with love.

The story is challenging and whether it vibed with you or not, Druckman didn't do it half heartedly. Yes opinions could have very well influenced it, and they likely ran the game by Shu and other members of the Sony Studios. This is the story they chose.

I personally loved both and yes I had certain issues with TLOU2 story. But damn is its quality on a whole different level. Same with Ghosts, probably prettiest open game ive played. But just TLOU2 edges it out there.. i enjoyed the gameplay of both, though Ghosts edges that department out in pure fun. im trying to decide my game of the year and two nominations are coming From Sony.

VsAssassin1359d ago

Your reply is refreshing in that it's not attacking me nor making fun of my opinion. Kudos! Anyway, yeah, Naughty Dog is still the company to beat when it comes to production values and technical prowess. Sadly, to me Part 2's story is a miss. That said, I won't fault those who enjoyed its narrative. I guess I am just such a fan of many exemplary movies and story-driven games that something as polarizing and contrived as Part 2 isn't gonna cut it. To each his own, indeed!

Tetsdah1359d ago

@VsAssassin

Yea i can understand the pain of discussing this game. Sides for or against Naughty Dog, have insufferable peeps screaming at you if your opinion is different from their own. Different strokes for different folks. They cannot respect that fact.

But yea, regardless of the feeling of the story, the amount of love and attention they payed to this game was on another level. And a lot of detractors try to shit on that, which is just disrespectful to the rest of the team.

I'm glad we agree on that.

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XDefiant dev confirms release date for upcoming sniper nerf patch

Following a wave of community complaints, XDefiant executive producer Mark Rubin has confirmed when players can expect the sniper nerf patch to arrive.

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"We are the competitors of GTA 6, Forza, The Crew," says TDU: Solar Crown

Amaar writes: "Our recent interview with TDU: Solar Crown's game director reveals their ambitions to compete with titans in the gaming industry."

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anast4h ago

So far, it doesn't look like it.

dumahim46m ago

I dunno. Might actually be better than Forza Motorsport 2023 was at launch.

Jingsing3h ago

Only a competitor if your game works fully offline and isn't some service.

DigitallyAfflicted3h ago

it sounds like this game is stuck in last generation.

Skuletor3h ago

Personally, I wouldn't want my game compared with The Crew at all, I certainly wouldn't be the one making the comparison either.

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Take-Two CEO Doesn’t Think AI Will Reduce Employment or Dev Costs; “Stupidest Thing” He’s Heard

Take-Two CEO Strauss Zelnick doesn't think AI will reduce employment or lower development costs, and calls it "stupidest thing" he's ever heard.

lodossrage2d ago (Edited 2d ago )

They already have AI trained to do coding.......

How he thinks it's stupid is beyond me, Especially since we see it happening in real time.

CS72d ago

Company A has 300 employees and lays of 200 to replace them with AI to release the same quality game.

Company B has 300 employees and keeps all 300 but instead uses AI to release a game with dramatically larger scale, scope, complexity, short dev cycle etc.

Company B would release a dramatically better product by using humans + AI and consumers would buy the better game.

I actually agree with this concept.

Huey_My_D_Long2d ago (Edited 2d ago )

This is key facet. Its how the AI is used. It's actually is impressive as is and really would make an amazing addition to alot of people in their jobs, not just tech. It also has the potential for businesses to use to lay off large amounts of people, as much as they could to save money on labor. I hope too many companies don't go with the latter. But since usually companies are worried about bottom line over people...we will see some try and hopefully fail. But yeah, if its to help workers like in your company B scenario I'm totally down...Just scared Company A may be too enticing to some ceos and businesses.

Darkegg2d ago

Value of AI and value of humans will both be increased with human-AI complex. Each, by themselves, will not be independently better than the other. Whether AI will ever be independent from humans is the fear question of humans, ironically because of our doing. At this stage, most of the doing is because of humans, not because of AI. AI is doing exactly that by our design, until we have failed ourselves with an AI development that went awry. The biggest take is that humans have only ourselves to blame when things become wrong, and we have to decide what is the ultimate goal with AI we want to accomplish. It would take a person with high morals and high ethics to make right of AI. I would not want businessman to decide what AI should do or what capabilities it can have. AI should be in the hands of people with high moral fiber, or those operating on love, kindness, and compassion.

BlackOni2d ago

AI is SUPPOSED to be used as a tool, not a replacement. It's designed to do two important things artists can take advantage of immediately.

- Make the ideation/reference imaging process much quicker and easier (basically using it as a google search)
- Make mundane and time consuming tasks faster and easier so more time is spent on creation.

Unfortunately, what many have done is used it as a way to replace rather than supplement.

Einhander19722d ago (Edited 2d ago )

CS7

In the ideal world yes.

In the real world where companies have shown little desire to innovate and spent every effort to maximize profits the end result will be the same quality games (if were lucky) made by less people and more AI.

Company Real World: Fires 200 people and makes the same game cheaper using AI and the executives get record bonuses.

Edit:

Lets look at history, specifically auto manufacturing.

In the 70's and 80's the auto unions tried to oppose automation of jobs (robots) stating that they would take peoples jobs. And the people in charge who wanted to make more money said the exact same types of things that are being said about AI. But we can look at history and see that countless types of jobs were in fact replaced by automation, that was of course even compounded upon by computers.

The net effect was that the rich got richer less jobs were needed so wages were forced down by competition for the jobs that were left.

hombreacabado1d 8h ago

that concept works in the initial beginning phase of AI but once AI learns and surpasses the knowledge and coding expertise of even the best human employee than this CEO will no longer need competent humans in that line of work.

Extermin8or3_1d 6h ago

@Hue_My£D_Long

Yes but that is a choice then by massively increased productivity and this greater income and wealth and stagnating with similar levels of productivity and output and not creating much wealth. Usually the option that creates wealth prevails because a rising tide raises all ships.

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Number1TailzFan2d ago

You can already make your own SFX with text prompts now as well, of course it will lower development cost and time

1Victor2d ago (Edited 2d ago )

WARNING WARNING ‼️ SARCASM AHEAD
Sure Strauss and robots didn’t take jobs from car factories.
Edit:Sad thing is he believes it and unfortunately he won’t be replaced for a long time by AI

senorfartcushion2d ago (Edited 2d ago )

He doesn't, he's just lying. These people lay people off so they can get bonuses. If AI takes jobs, their bonus goes bigger and the workforce goes smaller.

porkChop2d ago

Because he sees AI as a tool to aid development. He wants to use AI to help make bigger and better games in the same timeframe. Other CEOs want to replace devs with AI to cut costs and make lifeless games faster for a quick buck. Strauss has the right idea, this is how AI should be used. To extend and expand the capabilities of devs.

neutralgamer19921d 7h ago

There will be few companies who will go overboard and try to replace their employees with AI tech. The ones that will make the most money will be the ones that utilize ai, along with their employee talent, to make the best product possible

AI could handle some of the most time consuming processes. To expediate the development, so in return, costing the publisher's last money end time.

Extermin8or3_1d 6h ago

Not reliably they haven't. Coding done by ai is generally abysmal for all but the most generic tasks.

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jambola2d ago

Ceo says stupid thing
Part 5837384

Zeref2d ago (Edited 2d ago )

I think maybe sometimes we give people in these positions too much credit when it comes to intelligence.

DarXyde1d 11h ago

I think you mean candor, not intelligence.

If you take him to mean what he's saying at face value, sure.

I don't. And I think he's clearly lying.

romulus232d ago

As long as it doesn't effect his inflated executive salary or his ridiculous bonuses I'm sure he's fine with it.

RNTody2d ago

Hahaha yeah trust the CEO suit over the actual developers making the games. Good one.

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