Already did, it's all there
Not really...
Yes they do. And it's why a lot of visual novels never got out of Japan
Nope. Some of the most popular games in Japan, still exist in the west like Pokemon, Mario, Zelda, Dragon quest etc. Mainly selling in Japan doesn't automatically mean it must ONLY sell in Japan. You are creating a limitation just to argue, now suddenly the game must NOT exist else where in order to really be focused on that market? smh. Ok pal...
And a lot of Japan Studio employees got fired.
Yea thats how that works, someone fucking being fired doesn't mean they have no interest in the country cause clearly someone fucking being promoted shows the issue was THAT TEAM IN GENERAL, not the entire region.
Unrelated to games. We're talking about Playstation.
Yet your statement is this...
Sony is moving away from Japan
Yet GT7 exist, Team Asobi is expanding, Ghost Of Tsushima exist, Demon Souls remake exist and they did a deal with Square for Final Fantasy, I'm sorry but none of those points sounds like a company even in regards to just PLAYSTATION doesn't care or have interest in Japan. You simply can't explain the existence of Ghost Of Tsushima, a AAA game literally about the very region you are claiming Sony is moving "away from".
Sounds to me like Sony is simply moving away from the actual TEAM "Sony Japan".
NOT JAPAN in general.
Sucker Punch and Bluepoint are not japanese developers
Crazy, its almost as if the talented developers got supported and funded to do those projects.....as if the fucking SUBJECT ABOUT JAPAN wasn't hte issue, but hmmmmm maybe a team in Japan that couldn't do those projects maybe? hmmmmmmm /s
I mean sir, you are literally proving my point. Nevermind they are not Japanese developers, they are NOT SONY JAPAN, it shows SONY HAS NO FUCKING ISSUE WITH Japanese titles, their issue clearly is with the team Sony Japan, to the point of actually even oking a project like Ghost to a team NOT SONY JAPAN. That should even show you JUST how much Sony didn't feel they could pull off such a concept
If it sells well it's good
Thats pretty much the point bud.... they sell well, their team got promoted, they are IN JAPAN. Clearly Sony had no fucking issue expanding their team cause their issue isn't with Japan, just like Sucker Punch got the funding and support for Ghost Of Tsushima....a fucking JAPANESE TITLE, cauuuuuuuuuuse they are NOT SONY JAPAN, they are a team that actually puts out successful titles often, thus got the funding.
You not seeing a pattern here or?
How come GT7 is being made? That doesn't fit your narrative or? I don't see anything in this that screams some master plan to "sideline Japan", all I see is the team Sony Japan struggling for several generations and being absorbed thru a team in Japan that actually has been successful in Team Asobi. If Sony truly felt that very japanese things wouldn't sell and are moving away from that, they would have never funded a team like Sucker Punch to do something like Ghost, clearly they feel nothing is wrong with the subject matter, simply that it needs a trusted, CAPABLE team to fucking do it. Thats not saying Sony won't support the east or is moving away from it, its simply saying they want trusted developers. As to why Team Asobi is expanding and not being shut down or something. You simply want to argue that narrative, but offer very little to support it.