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Sony's closure of Japan Studio was like "pruning a bonsai", says former PlayStation boss
The closure of Sony's Japan Studio "wasn't necessarily a surprise" to former PlayStation boss Shawn Layden, who likened…
The closure of Sony's Japan Studio "wasn't necessarily a surprise" to former PlayStation boss Shawn Layden, who likened it to "pruning a bonsai". "Writ large, there's a lot of legacy, historically super-talented teams that haven't tasted success for a while and are still struggling to get back to it," he said of the industry in Japan. Two of the studio's biggest successes were Ape Escape and LocoRoco, both of which are heavily referenced in the latest Astro Bot game, which now has its speedrun DLC releasing each week.
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