He's a major talent in the industry, although perhaps his stature is less than it was since he made some rather inflammatory comments regarding how he believes that
the Japanese gaming development industry is finished and that he hates his job.
Not exact matches
Japanese game
development has taken a back seat to more popular western developers in recent years, but if this year's TGS is any indication of where Japan's videogames industry is headed, we're looking at a long and exciting next - generation in
gaming.
And Nintendo has announced their intention to team up with major
Japanese mobile
gaming development firm DeNA to create smartphone games starring your favourite Nintendo characters.
Japanese gaming firm Gree International has shut down its studio in Vancouver, Canada, laying off all staff and discontinuing
development on all of the team's projects.
If you were lucky enough to have played through the Metal Gear Solid games the first time round then you can count yourself as having taken part in a glory period of
gaming history, a pinnacle of
Japanese development and the cementing of one of
gaming's greatest heroes.
Producer Yoshinori Ono spoke to
Japanese gaming magazine Famitsu recently to discuss just how much of the Sony PlayStation 3 and Microsoft Xbox 360 game would make the transition to handheld 3D, why the
development team chose the 3DS for the game's handheld console debut, and just how the system's 3D capabilities will be put to non-gratuitous use.
He's
Japanese, maybe his ability to communicate to the English speakers is poor, but I think he's asserted fairly clearly in the past that they have a more viable
gaming system with more
development options (Wii fit being more or less a brand new genre invented last gen) at a price that masses can afford.
Ito told the
Japanese gaming website 4Gamer (translated by DualShockers) that «first - party studios have no titles in
development for PS Vita,» confirming what many have suspected and feared for a while now.
However, it looks like the
Japanese gaming firm is planning to ramp up its mobile games
development by partnering with more developers.
Ito told the
Japanese gaming website 4Gamer (translated by DualShockers) that «first - party studios have no titles in
development for PS Vita,» confirming what many have suspected and feared for a while now.