Over the last couple of years — and particularly the last several months — there’s been a lot of discussion surrounding PlayStation’s relationship with Japan. It’s no secret that the company has become very westernised, consolidating its efforts across North America and Europe especially. This is also true of PlayStation’s first-party developers; the likes of Naughty Dog, Sony Santa Monica, Guerrilla Games, and Sucker Punch now spearhead the company’s approach to blockbuster software — and all of them are based outside of Japan.
However, head of PlayStation Studios Hermen Hulst stresses that PlayStation hasn’t abandoned the country that it came from.
