Kotaku: Shuhei Yoshida

Sony Hopes Vita Will Stymie Pirates, Please Fans and Last Eight Years

Stephen Totilo — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 10:00:00 EST

The PlayStation Vita is built to last more than half a decade and is designed to confound pirates more than it confounds the average gamer, Sony's head of worldwide game development, Shuhei Yoshida, tells Kotaku. More »

"This is Crap," Sony's Chief of Development Said, After First Playing Demon's Souls

Owen Good — Sat, 11 Feb 2012 13:00:00 EST

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We've heard (as far back at 2010) Sony admit that it blundered big time by not publishing Demon's Souls in North America. Now we know why they passed. Shuhei Yoshida, Sony Computer Entertainment's head of product development, told Game Informer that he played two hours of the game as it was close to final, and walked away convinced it would be terrible. More »

3DS Game Bug Sends Players to Big Boob Hell

Brian Ashcraft — Mon, 26 Sep 2011 06:00:00 EDT

Senran Kagura, that booby ninja game, is apparently doing pretty well in Japan. Even Sony's Shuhei Yoshida bought a copy. More »

Sony: The PlayStation Vita Is Region-Free

Michael McWhertor — Fri, 16 Sep 2011 22:30:00 EDT

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We're one step closer to world peace and universal harmony, thanks to Sony Computer Entertainment Worldwide Studios boss and recent Tokyo Game Show keynoter Shuhei Yoshida. Asked if Sony's new PlayStation Vita handheld would be region-free and capable of playing software from any region, Shuhei said "Yes." More »

All About PlayStation Vita, from Tokyo Game Show 2011

Owen Good — Wed, 14 Sep 2011 22:16:17 EDT

In moments we are due for a keynote address on Sony's next-generation handheld system from Tokyo Games Show, courtesy of Shuhei Yoshida, the president of Sony Computer Entertainment worldwide studios. More »

The Tokyo Game Show Will Tell Us More About the PS Vita

Brian Ashcraft — Tue, 02 Aug 2011 07:30:00 EDT

The keynotes at this year's TGS will be delivered by Square Enix honcho Yoichi Wada, Sony's Shuhei Yoshida, and the president of social gaming company Gree. Japanese netizens speculate that the PS Vita will be dated during Sony's keynote, the title of which translates as "The PS Vita's Full Details". More »

Infamous Studio Is Now All Sony's

Brian Ashcraft — Tue, 02 Aug 2011 03:00:00 EDT

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Sony Computer Entertainment has acquired Sucker Punch, the studio behind titles like Infamous and Sly Cooper, the Tokyo-based game giant revealed today. More »

When Did Sony Start Giving Birth to the PS Vita?

Brian Ashcraft — Wed, 22 Jun 2011 08:00:00 EDT

Kotaku already broke that Sony had a ¥25,000 pricetag in mind when it began work on the PS Vita and that the company almost dropped the rear-touch feature. Sony's Shuhei Yoshida filled in more details with Famitsu, like that work began on the Vita in spring 2009 and that the current button layout was created with advice from third-party developers. More »

What If The PlayStation Vita is Just Another PSP?

Michael McWhertor — Tue, 21 Jun 2011 22:00:00 EDT

I worry about Sony's new PSP. After the shock of the impressive visuals of Sony's next-generation portable, the PlayStation Vita, had become familiar, after the pleasant surprise of the new handheld's price settled in ($249 USD, the launch price of a PSPgo), I started thinking about the harsher realities of the Vita. Is it just another PSP? More »

PS Vita to PS3 Connectivity Was Driven by Developers, Could Mean Wii U Style Experiences for Sony's Console

Michael McWhertor — Fri, 10 Jun 2011 18:00:00 EDT

Perhaps the most potentially compelling argument for owning a PlayStation Vita, Sony's recently renamed NGP handheld, is how beautifully it can play with the PlayStation 3. Connectivity between Sony's two consoles was driven by developers prototyping for the Vita, the company says, and may eventually lead to the system doing a fairly good impression of Nintendo's new Wii U control scheme. More »

Why You'll Pay for the NGP, According to Sony

Brian Crecente — Fri, 03 Jun 2011 15:00:00 EDT

Sony's new gaming portable is priced just right, at least in the company's eyes. In fact, the NGP's price was determined before they started designing the dual-thumbstick portable. More »

Sony Exec: "Past Three Weeks Have Been the Longest Three Weeks of My Life"

Brian Crecente — Tue, 17 May 2011 16:00:00 EDT

Sony is still pushing to get the rest of the Playstation Network up and online by the end of the month, Sony Computer Entertainment told a room of journalists today. More »

Sony's NGP Was Stripped Of Features

Brian Ashcraft — Tue, 15 Feb 2011 08:00:00 EST

The Next Generation Portable is an amazing little machine. I was quite impressed with it. But it could've been even more amazing — amazinger! Not to mention more expensive, too. More »

Sony Is Not Ready To Discuss NGP Price Or Skype, But Portable 3D Is Another Story

Brian Ashcraft — Thu, 27 Jan 2011 14:30:00 EST

The NGP, Sony's new gaming portable, might seem like a great machine. But there are things that Sony isn't quite ready to talk about. That doesn't mean I didn't ask after I saw the NGP in Tokyo. More »

Is The Age Of Exclusives Over?

Brian Ashcraft — Mon, 20 Sep 2010 05:00:00 EDT

Not first party exclusives like Mario, Halo and God of War. Those will live on as long as there are console platform holders. Rather, is the age of big third-party exclusives finished? More »

Let's Not Talk About The PSP2

Brian Ashcraft — Mon, 20 Sep 2010 02:00:00 EDT

In 2005, Sony released the original PlayStation Portable. Five years have passed, and the handheld has seen various iterations, including a digital-download-only version. It's about time for a new PSP. More »

Sony's Thoughts On Insomniac Going Multi-Platform

Brian Ashcraft — Thu, 08 Jul 2010 07:00:00 EDT

Game studio Insomniac Games has created a slew of exclusive titles for the PlayStation platform. Franchises like Ratchet & Clank and Resistance are PlayStation hallmarks. The day of Insomniac making only PS games are over. More »

In The Future, The PlayStation Will Be A Little More Developer Friendly

Michael McWhertor — Tue, 06 Jul 2010 17:40:00 EDT

The people who make the PlayStation have received their share of flak for creating systems that were tougher to make games for than their competitors. That's something PlayStation big boss Kaz Hirai wants to change. More »

Sony Hears You On Those Ico, Shadow of the Colossus HD Remakes

Michael McWhertor — Thu, 01 Jul 2010 20:00:00 EDT

While Team Ico's The Last Guardian was distressingly absent from E3 2010 and speculation around high-definition remakes of Ico and Shadow of the Colossus is sadly just speculation at this point, Sony is "very aware" of fans' expectations. More »

Sony: Almost All Sony Developers Looking Into 3D

Brian Ashcraft — Tue, 22 Jun 2010 10:00:00 EDT

Sony is making a big push for 3D with 3D televisions and a 3D ready game console. But Sony isn't alone, the company says. More »

Sony Still Pondering Names, Options For Motion Controller

Brian Ashcraft — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 03:00:00 EDT

It's simply dubbed the Wand Controller. For the time being, that is. More »

Sony Not Concerned About Japan's PSP - PSPgo Price Gap

Brian Ashcraft — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 09:00:00 EDT

The price difference between the PSP-3000 and the PSPgo? In Japan, about a hundred bucks. But, no sweat, Sony's not worried. More »

Sony: Only One PS3 Wand Controller Necessary

Brian Ashcraft — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 23:00:00 EDT

At E3, Sony demoed its new wand controller. Actually, Sony demoed two of them. That doesn't mean you'll necessarily have to buy two of them, though. More »

Sony Looking Forward To PS3 Exclusives In 2009, PSP Not So Much

Michael McWhertor — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 19:20:00 EST

What are Sony's top brass looking forward to from the PlayStation family in 2009? Console exclusives, naturally. And "making money." While the PS3 gets 'em all hot and bothered, the PSP is, at best, remembered. More »

PS3 Not Selling In Japan? Blame Japanese Publishers

Luke Plunkett — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 09:20:00 EDT

The PS3's doing well in Japan, but compared to the unstoppable Wii and the coming-along 360, Sony wish it was doing better. So much so that SCE Worldwide boss Shuhei Yoshida believes that many Japanese punters are waiting on the sidelines, and are yet to see anything on the system to make buying one worthwhile. So who's to blame? Japanese publishers, of course. More »

Sony Exec Notes "Slow Progress" In Japanese Development

Brian Ashcraft — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 23:00:00 EDT

Japanese game folks have been down on themselves as late. Sony Computer Entertainment exec Shuhei Yoshida is the latest to enter the fray: More »

Why The 360 Didn't Ship With A HDD (And Why The PS3 Did)

Luke Plunkett — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 22:20:00 EDT

Two sides of the same story here. On the one side, ex-Xbox man Peter Moore, who explains how the decision to include a HDD in the original Xbox eventually led to its early demise (they even had a pre-determined kill figure!), and thus why they didn't bother making them standard in the 360: More »

Lack of PSP Third Party Support Is "Really, Really Disappointing"

Brian Ashcraft — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 09:40:00 EDT

Hey! Don't make Sony Worldwide Studio boss Shuhei Yoshida sad, three parties. Your lack of support for the PSP is totally bumming the dude out. Just listen to Yoshida: More »

Sony Hopes 2009 Will Be Year of PS3, Too

Brian Ashcraft — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 08:00:00 EDT

Righto, this year is supposed to be the year of the PS3. That's what they say, whoever they are. But Sony Worldwide Studios honcho Shuhei Yoshida also hopes next year would be the year of the PS3. Talking about this year (and next), Yoshida says: More »

Phil 2.0: LittleBigPlanet Will Be Sony's Biggest Game In 2008

Luke Plunkett — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 23:30:00 EDT

Speaking with VG247, SCE Worldwide boss Shuhei Yoshida - aka Phil 2.0 - sounds confident that LittleBigPlanet will be a success for Sony. A big, fat success. So big, so fat, that it'll be the company's biggest-selling game in 2008. And that's not just in Europe. Dude means worldwide. More »

Sony Like To Provide Services For Free

Brian Ashcraft — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 08:00:00 EDT

In case you didn't know (and why didn't you), the PlayStation Network is free. The console may cost money, but the online service doesn't. Sony Worldwide Studios president Shuhei Yoshida explains to game site Games Industry Sony's view on free stuff: More »

Next Team Ico Game is "Really, Really Good"

Brian Ashcraft — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 03:00:00 EDT

Ico and Shadow of the Colossus guy Fumito Ueda is hard at work on a PS3 title. Oh yes, but what's going on with that? Sony's Shuhei Yoshida explains: More »

Yoshida: PS3's The Underdog

Leigh Alexander — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 17:20:00 EDT

New president of Sony Worldwide Studios Shuhei Yoshida is reflecting on the company's underdog years in a new interview with VentureBeat. Interestingly, he credits getting Square to get on board with PlayStation with Final Fantasy VII with the largest share of the original console's successful entry into the market. More »

New SCE Boss (ie Phil v2.0) Speaks

Luke Plunkett — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 07:30:00 EDT

While I'm sure they do loads of important meeting-and-paperwork-related stuff in the office, from where we're sitting, the job of a corporate exec is simple: act as a corporate figurehead. Give us an idea of how your company's feeling, and where it's headed, from a bunch of quotes you deliver in an interview. So when new SCE boss Shuhei Yoshida - Phil Harrison's replacement atop Sony Computer Entertainment's Worldwide Studios - gave his first real interview, it was time to listen! Listen to him talk about getting SCE Japan, America and Europe on the same page, about how developers underestimated the PS3's multi-core architecture. More »

Meet Sony's New Phil Harrison

Luke Plunkett — Fri, 16 May 2008 01:00:00 EDT

Phil Harrison was boss of SCE Worldwide Studios. We all loved Phil. But then Phil went and became Directeur Général Délégué at Infogrames, and nobody was boss of SCE Worldwide Studios. So Sony needed a replacement. That replacement is...Shuhei Yoshida! Come on down! Yoshida's current (well...former) job was as senior vice president of product development at SCEA, so this presumably won't be too big a stretch for the man. So, welcome to the big leagues, Shuhei. You may not be a strapping, bald giant with a taste for business casual, but I'm sure we'll find different reasons to love you soon enough. More »