Two beloved PlayStation Vita video games had been initially getting sequels earlier than Sony determined to place its deal with PS4 within the mid-2010s, in response to Shuhei Yoshida. The previous Sony Interactive Leisure Worldwide Studios president just lately opened up about plans for Soul Sacrifice 2 and Freedom Wars 2.
VGC experiences that Yoshida appeared on Sacred Symbols+ and mentioned how sequels had been within the works for each Vita exclusives at one level. “We had been really engaged on Soul Sacrifice 2 and Freedom Wars 2, however due to finances limitation we needed to cease and transfer on to PS4,” Yoshida mentioned on the podcast.
Soul Sacrifice launched in 2013 for PS Vita and got here from an idea created by former Mega Man designer Keiji Inafune. In the meantime, Freedom Wars arrived the next 12 months in 2014 for the hand-held. Each Vita exclusives featured Monster Hunter-like similarities, which is notable as a result of Capcom’s in style franchise skipped the Sony handheld after being a juggernaut on PlayStation Transportable. Nintendo was in a position to safe Monster Hunter 4 as an unique for 3DS.
The net servers for Soul Sacrifice and Freedom Wars had been shut down in 2021. Nonetheless, Freedom Wars Remastered launched earlier this 12 months, offering a brand new solution to play the sport on PC, PS4, PS5, and Nintendo Swap.
As for Yoshida, he is been displaying up on different podcasts just lately, too. As an illustration, Yoshida acknowledged that sure $80 video games might be a steal due to the hours of leisure they supply.