Developer of Bayonetta 3, PlatinumGames, spoke about their new focus on creating larger and riskier games with a different structure than the ones they already created.
Instead of single-player games, PlatinumGames is planning on taking a step towards live service games as many huge companies are currently doing it. CEO and co-founder of the studio, Atsushi Inaba, spoke about those plans. Here are the words of Inaba about this subject below.
“When it comes to future game production, we want to focus on creating games that are different from the past, I would like to focus on creating games that can be enjoyed and loved for a longer period of time. Of course, we would like to cherish and create small but brilliantly conceived games such as Sol Cresta, and games in which you can enjoy the process of clearing the game by going through one-off, well-designed stages, such as Bayonetta. However, the projects that we are trying to create for the future will be different in terms of their structure. Considering the changes in the market over the next five years or so, I think it is absolutely necessary for us to do this. I’m sorry for being so vague, but I think that’s all I can tell you right now.”
As much as Inaba’s words carry a relatively vague nature indeed, previous comments and this latest statement is reasonably aligning on the aim of a live service game rather than a one-shot game project. Time will tell how their plans will unfold, and if they will be successful with this attempt.
