![]() ![]() In contrast to Western video game development, Yoshida said Japan Studio's methods tended to allow games to wander. Yoshida attributed this to the general game development practice in Japan which he described as a "grassroots and bottom up", without a clear vision of what a final game would look like, with exceptions being for people like Kazunori Yamauchi or Fumito Ueda who possessed a specific drive towards a product. Though Japan Studio's output during the PlayStation 2 years were strong, it struggled to release successful games during the PlayStation 3 era. According to Yoshida, this led Sony into some complacency on relying on third-party games to support further consoles, and oversight and support for first-party games was less of a priority. Alongside these first-party titles, the latter years of the original PlayStation saw strong third-party support, with games like Final Fantasy VII and Metal Gear Solid. New games such as Ape Escape and The Legend of Dragoon came out from Yoshida's approach, as well as dedicated teams such as Team Ico for Ico, and Polyphony Digital for Gran Turismo (which eventually was spun out as its own first-party developer for Sony). Yoshida started creating teams within Japan Studio and hired for them, while simultaneously assisting other developers for Sony-published exclusives. ![]() Yoshida oversaw Japan Studio from 1996 through 2000. Examples of these works included PaRappa the Rapper by Masaya Matsuura, and Everybody's Golf by Masashi Muramori. The studio was run similar to Sony Music Entertainment during its first few years, with producers seeking out creative talent and nurturing them to help develop new games. Japan Studio was founded in Tokyo on 16 November 1993. In April 2021, Japan Studio was reorganized and merged with Team Asobi and other SIE studios. A first-party studio for Sony Interactive Entertainment (formerly Sony Computer Entertainment), it was best known for the Ape Escape, LocoRoco, Patapon, Gravity Rush and Knack series, the Team Ico games, Bloodborne, The Legend of Dragoon, and Astro's Playroom. Japan Studio was a Japanese video game developer based in Tokyo. ![]()
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