{"id":54655,"date":"2025-12-06T01:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-12-05T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/?p=54655"},"modified":"2025-12-05T18:39:01","modified_gmt":"2025-12-05T09:39:01","slug":"playstation-veteran-shuhei-yoshida-says-japanese-studios-are-unlikely-to-replicate-the-production-scale-and-speed-of-chinese-games-like-genshin-or-honkai-star-rail","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/playstation-veteran-shuhei-yoshida-says-japanese-studios-are-unlikely-to-replicate-the-production-scale-and-speed-of-chinese-games-like-genshin-or-honkai-star-rail\/","title":{"rendered":"PlayStation veteran Shuhei Yoshida says Japanese studios are unlikely to replicate the production scale and speed of Chinese games like Genshin or Honkai: Star Rail"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Former Sony executive and video game industry veteran Shuhei Yoshida<\/strong> recently attended WePlay Expo 2025, one of the biggest indie game events in China. In an interview with 4Gamer<\/a>, he talked about his impression of the Chinese video game industry after seeing it up close, and pointed out some differences he\u2019s noticed compared to the game industry in Japan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe development speed in China is amazing. They\u2019re also quick at changing personnel, and all of the game development work itself unfolds rapidly,\u201d Yoshida remarked. The large production scale of Chinese games<\/a> has been a hot topic among Japanese creators, and even seasoned industry veterans like Yoshida seem to agree when it comes to specific fields like animation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Reminiscing on his past encounters with Genshin Impact developer miHoYo, the former executive suggested that Japan still has a long way to go to match the scope and speed of Chinese development.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cBack when I talked to representatives of miHoYo, we discussed how it would be quite difficult for Japanese developers to make games in the same way miHoYo does. Not to mention the legal problems that would come with it,\u201d said Yoshida. \u201cI wonder if there are some aspects [of the development process] that Japanese game developers just can\u2019t replicate. One reason why games in China are so strong is because they are made in an environment which allows for hiring a large number of personnel who can work long hours. Of course, you never know what might happen in the near future, but looking at the current state of things, I think that\u2019s the biggest factor.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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