Tag Archives: Shuhei Yoshida

Wed, May 08, 2013 | 11:48 BST

Sony “didn’t consider” always online for PS4, Yoshida says

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Sony worldwide studios president Shuhei Yoshida has said that the company didn’t even consider making PS4 always-online in a new interview with GameInformer.

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Wed, May 08, 2013 | 00:27 BST

Infamous: Second Son featured on June cover of “definite” PS4 Game Informer issue

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The next Game Informer will be PlayStation 4-centric and will feature new images and information on titles already announced as well 10 pages devoted to InFamous: Second Son. The latter is also the cover image.

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Mon, May 06, 2013 | 00:08 BST

PS4 Share button won’t be available everywhere

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SCE Worldwide Studios boss Shuhei Yoshida has confirmed that Sony will allow developers to disable the PlayStation 4′s Share button.

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Sun, May 05, 2013 | 23:38 BST

DualShock 4′s LED indicates health in Killzone: Shadow Fall

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Sony Worldwide boss Shuhei Yoshida has explained one of the ways the light-bar on DualShock 4 will work by using the Killzone: Shadow Fall demonstration show during the PS4 event as an example.

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Wed, Apr 10, 2013 | 16:02 BST

Sony doesn’t want just FPS games developed for PS4, says Yoshida

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Sony worldwide studios president Shuhei Yoshida has said the firm doesn’t want just shooters on its new console, which is why the firm showed off Mark Cerny’s Knack first during the PS4 reveal event.

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Mon, Feb 25, 2013 | 23:37 GMT

PS4: all Sony studios working on next-gen games

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Sony Worldwide Studios boss Shuhei Yoshida has confirmed that all 12 first-party studios are working on PlayStation 4 games.

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Mon, Feb 25, 2013 | 03:14 GMT

Yoshida “happy” to see Sony games go episodic

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Sony Worldwide Studios boss Shuhei Yoshida gave a shout out to TellTale in discussing the PlayStation 4′s support for new business models.

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Sat, Feb 23, 2013 | 22:10 GMT

PS4: physical releases to have digital option, possibility of game “packages” in the future – Yoshida

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Sony is shifting its platform “more and more” to the digital side of things, according to worldwide studios president Shuhei Yoshida. So much so, that every physical game released for PS4 will also be available as a digital download.

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Thu, Feb 21, 2013 | 23:39 GMT

Yoshida will be “heartbroken” if PS4 launches without Vita Remote Play

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Sony Worldwide Studios boss Shuhei Yoshida has said he expects Vita Remote Play to be functional for most PlayStation 4 games at system launch.

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Thu, Feb 21, 2013 | 16:39 GMT

PS4 will display 4K video, but games will miss out

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PS4 will output video at 4K resolution, but not games, Sony has confirmed.

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Thu, Feb 21, 2013 | 16:17 GMT

PS Vita: no price cut for America, Sony confirms

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PS Vita will not be receiving a price cut any time soon, Sony has confirmed.

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Thu, Feb 21, 2013 | 15:37 GMT

PS4 firmware updates could be relegated to the background, says Yoshida

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PS4 firmware updates could be so seamless that you’d never know they were happening in the background. That’s the ambition of SCEE president Shuhei Yoshida.

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Thu, Feb 21, 2013 | 08:44 GMT

“The console is just a console”: Sony explains lack of PS4 hardware during reveal

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PS4 was revealed last night at a Sony event in New York City, but the console itself was nowhere to be seen. Shuhei Yoshida, president of worldwide studios at Sony Computer Entertainment has explained that the console itself is considered as less important than the DualShock 4, and therefore wasn’t shown.

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Thu, Feb 21, 2013 | 06:17 GMT

PS4 will not blocked used games, Yoshida confirms

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After weeks of speculation the PlayStation 4 has been revealed, and although most of the rumours were true there was one very important omission.

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Mon, Nov 19, 2012 | 22:26 GMT

Vita firmware update makes browser usable mid-game

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A Vita firmware update due this week brings the portable’s operating system to version 2.0, Sony Worldwide studios boss Shuhei Yoshida revealed via Twitter. The update’s change list has not yet been released, but Yoshida said the Internet browser app has been made usable at the same time as games, and should also be faster in general.

Thanks, Joystiq.

Mon, Nov 19, 2012 | 09:35 GMT

PS Vita firmware 2.0 rolls out from tomorrow, all the updates here

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PS Vita is to receive its firmware 2.0 update this week, adding new web browser capabilities and PS Plus support to Sony’s handheld. It starts rolling out in the US from tomorrow and other territories throughout the week. Get the details below.

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Tue, Nov 06, 2012 | 14:57 GMT

The Last Guardian – Yoshida “can’t promise” a 2013 release for the Team ICO project

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Sony Worldwide Studios boss Shuhei Yoshida “can’t promise” The Last Guardian will launch during 2013, as he doesn’t want to get anyone’s hopes up by promising a launch window.

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Mon, Nov 05, 2012 | 22:30 GMT

‘It’s too early to talk about the end of this gen’, says Sony’s Yoshida

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PS4 chatter is premature, according to Shuhei Yoshida president of Sony Computer Entertainment Worldwide Studios. The exec has stated that while consoles may hit technical boundaries near the end of their span, new services and ideas can prolong life cycles beyond what is possible with raw hardware.

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Fri, Oct 19, 2012 | 15:54 BST

Yoshida explains content disparity between the US, EU, and JP PS Stores

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Shuhei Yoshida, Sony’s worldwide studios boss, has explained why the PS Store operates on a multi-regional system instead of one single entity such as Xbox Live.

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Mon, Oct 01, 2012 | 04:19 BST

Yoshida disappointed in third-party support for Vita

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Worldwide Studios President for Sony, Shuhei Yoshida, has expressed disappointment in the lack of support the Vita is receiving from third-party developers. He has said he is ready to show developers that Vita is the right hardware for games.
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