Yakuza Creator Toshihiro Nagoshi Wants To Focus On Human Drama
The developer has big plans for the future.
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The person behind the Yakuza franchise, Toshihiro Nagoshi, mentioned that he wants to focus on human drama in his upcoming titles. The developer left Sega last month to found his own company, Nagoshi Studio, under the watchful eye of NetEase Interactive.
Nagoshi detailed his plans and ambitions with respect to his work in the games industry during an interview with IGN. This of course involves leaving the Yakuza franchise behind, but Nagoshi wants to keep what made his previous work so successful.
“We are influenced by movies and are interested in creating games that offer a high level of human drama,” Nagoshi mentioned. “That’s what we find fun. Just as before, I hope to create games in that vein that can reach a global audience. So, you won’t find us making, like, smartphone puzzle games or whatever. Those games are fun, but what we’re good at and what the world expects from us is games with dramatic and moving stories and that’s what we want to make. So, that’s where our focus is.”
When asked if he had any ideas for his next game, Nagoshi said that “I have always had a number of things I’d like to do one day and there is one idea in particular from my personal locker that I’d like to try to expand on. Now, the idea is slowly taking shape.” What form this might ultimately take remains uncertain, but the focus will clearly be on creating drama. “If the quality is good, then anyone anywhere should be able to enjoy it,” Nagoshi remarked. “I want to return to that pure element of entertainment.”
Nagoshi pointed out that he wants the community to be involved in the process of production. “I like to be able to hear player feedback to the games we work hard to develop,” he noted. The developer went on to say that he wants to “consider the reaction and adjust the end goal accordingly. So, I hope to be able to show off the game as soon as it is in a condition that is good enough to share. And we will ensure the game is impressive when we do so. I don’t want to take too long.”
The studio is apparently doubling down on the development of this unannounced game. “We haven’t decided how many projects to produce at once. But the studio will have a compact number of staff which means it would be difficult to focus on several games at a time. So, there are limitations. It’s possible that we will work on an extra project in tandem, but the basic idea is to work on one idea and put all of our energy into it to release a first game that is strong and that is well received.”
Nagoshi Studio might however be on the cusp of a huge expansion. Nagoshi is expecting to see exponential growth in his company over the course of the coming years. While the studio started out with only a dozen employees, the developer plans to bring this number up to over 100 in the future. This could very well be an indication that great things are on the horizon for Nagoshi Studio.
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