- Sony’s third-party VP Christian Svensson thinks Chinese and South Korean developers are faster than Western studios.
- The studios in the region and their approach to updates are unlike anything in the West.
- According to Svensson, these studios are the most exciting thing in the gaming world.
In the past few years, Asian developers have made a name for themselves in the AAA ecosystem. With titles like Black Myth Wukong and Stellar Blade, the region has gradually started to challenge Western dominance in the market. The release of Crimson Desert has further strengthened this narrative.
Thanks to the brilliant post-launch support, the Pearl Abyss title has gone on to sell over 5 million copies around the globe while garnering glowing reviews from both critics and fans. As it turns out, these efforts haven’t gone under the radar, as even Sony thinks that studios in the region are faster in delivering quality compared to European and American game developers.
Why it matters: While budgets keep ballooning in the West, game development in Asia is progressing at a pace that is threatening Western dominance in the market.
In a new interview with The Game Business, Christian Svensson, the Vice President of Sony’s third-party development, stated that the response speed of Chinese and Korean developers is unlike anything the company has ever seen.
The pace at which I’m seeing teams in China and South Korea move are astonishing. The scale and the responsiveness in their approach, it’s something that we’re not necessarily seeing from some of our Western or even Japanese teams. It’s really impressive.
Svensson praised the studios for the scale they work at and even went on to say that Japanese and American developers can’t compete with the approach they have regarding updates. The VP of Sony’s third-party ventures also claimed that these Chinese and Korean studios are the most exciting thing in the gaming world.
Moreover, Christian Svensson highlighted that this difference in pace is due to a completely different dynamic among these developers compared to the West, which results in unique content from South Korea and China.
Sony has also put its trust in the region’s studios via the China Hero Project, which is giving us the highly anticipated Phantom Blade Zero from S-Game.
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Shameer Sarfaraz has previously worked for eXputer as a Senior News Writer for several years. Now with Tech4Gamers, he loves to devotedly keep up with the latest gaming and entertainment industries. He has a Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science and years of experience reporting on games. Besides his passion for breaking news stories, Shahmeer loves spending his leisure time farming away in Stardew Valley. VGC, IGN, GameSpot, Game Rant, TheGamer, GamingBolt, The Verge, NME, Metro, Dot Esports, GameByte, Kotaku Australia, PC Gamer, and more have cited his articles.
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