It's unsurprising that PS VR2 failed to kickstart PlayStation's VR endeavours. For anyone on the fence about getting into VR, having to pick up an expensive console and then an ex

Shuhei Yoshida shares his thoughts on the PlayStation VR2, Sony's ambitious hardware that faced some setbacks after its 2023 release.

Pursuing live service games is risky, especially for Sony, after the failure of Concord and server shutdown. Sony president Hiroki Totoki aims to approach live service games with caution to avoid repeating the Concord disaster.

Former PlayStation executive Shuhei Yoshida has said he would have tried to resist Sony’s controversial live service video game push. Yoshida, who was President of SIE Worldwide Studios for Sony Interactive Entertainment from 2008 to 2019, told Kinda Funny Games that Sony always knew its investment in live service games was risky.

Shuhei Yoshida, a beloved PlayStation figurehead, has now concluded his time with the company. After a run of 31 years, he's been a part of Sony's video game brand since its very inception, climbing the ladder to become one of the most important and recognisable people in the business.

With three decades spent at Sony, Shuhei Yoshida is a genuine veteran of the games industry, which lends this specific theory a little more credibility. But as he’s quick to specify, this isn’t insider information; it’s just a theory.

It is one of the biggest conundrums in the video game industry: why hasn’t Sony followed up Bloodborne with… anything? A remaster (Sony loves a remaster)? A sequel? A next-gen update? Fans of FromSoftware’s PlayStation 4 masterpiece have begged for more ever since the game launched to critical and commercial acclaim a decade ago.