Sequels to 2 fan-favourite PS Vita video games have been in growth earlier than the funds for each video games was diverted to PlayStation 4 growth.
That’s in keeping with former SIE president Shuhei Yoshida, who this week revealed that the sequels have been in growth, however finally scrapped as Sony transitioned from specializing in the cult-favourite handheld to placing its assets behind the PS4.
Talking on Sacred Symbols+, Yoshida mentioned: “We have been really engaged on Soul Sacrifice 2 and Freedom Wars 2, however due to funds limitation we needed to cease and transfer on to PS4.”
Yoshida additionally claimed that the transfer to PS4 is the primary motive that extra Sony first-party IP didn’t obtain a PS Vita iteration, in the identical model as Sony Bend’s Uncharted: Golden Abyss.
Freedom Wars was initially developed by Dimps and printed by Sony Laptop Leisure. Whereas a distinct segment hit within the West, the sport was much more widespread in Japan, attaining the second-highest opening gross sales for any PlayStation Vita title.
“Within the distant future, humanity is in a wrestle to outlive. Air pollution has devastated the planet, and the remnants of humanity are divided amongst city-sized prisons known as Panopticons,” the sport’s official description reads.
“So scarce are assets that dwelling itself is against the law and people born are instantly given one million years of jail time.”
A remastered model of the sport was launched in January.
Marvelous developed Soul Sacrifice in collaboration with the now-defunct PlayStation Japan Studio. The sport was designed by Capcom veteran Keiji Inafune, and was launched in 2013. An exdanded model, Soul Sacrifice Delta, was launched the next yr.
