'Wipeout' & 'Crash Bandicoot' for PS4 Coming? Sony Exec Shuhei Yoshida Gives Hints
Shuhei Yoshida is not closing doors on games that played a significant part in Sony's PlayStation venture.
According to VG247, the idea of bringing back "Wipeout" in this current generation of PlayStation is never really counted out because the possibilities are just there. In his statement, he said, "Never say Never! There are many IPs that we kind of stopped iterating with new games. One of the reasons is we always love to work on a new IP."
He also added that he tries to balance everything, especially when it comes to the number of games present in a franchise. He also hinted that there might be a chance reviving the hit "Wipeout" in the future.
When asked whether "Crash Bandicoot" will also make it to PlayStation 4 in the future, Yoshida merely implied that Activision will have to decide on that as they are the ones who own the IP and not Sony.
According to PushSquare, "Wipeout 20148" is the last series of the game for PS Vita, receiving less than the expected sales after Liverpool Studios closed down for good. Despite the close down, Liverpool maintained its good relationship with former staff and employees, working on Sony's Playroom. Therefore, it shouldn't be hard to build the team that once created "Wipeout" because of their close-knit relationship to this day.
"Wipeout" is one of the most popular games that carried the PlayStation on the market competition, so it shouldn't be hard to revive the historic game in memory of PlayStation's first appearance in Japan.
A small but very significant revelation, however, was announced by Yoshida, saying, "Sony Bend exists. They are making some awesome cool game that we have not announced. I'm not allowed to say." This is in response to some updates about Syphon Filter Studio Sony Bend.
Meanwhile, PlayStation Lifestyle revealed that Yoshida admitted that while many still support the PS Vita when it comes to gaming, he doesn't see another development of the said platform after mobile phones have taken the gaming world by storm. It wouldn't be practical and there's no plan on creating the PS Vita 2 at the moment.
In his statement, he said, "People have mobile phones and it's easy to play games on smartphones. And many games of smartphones are free. So I hope, like many of you, that this culture of playing portable games continues but the climate is not healthy for now because of the huge dominance of mobile gaming."
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