The closure of Sony’s Japan Studio “wasn’t necessarily a surprise” to former PlayStation boss Shawn Layden, who likened it to “pruning a bonsai”.
In 2017 Japan Studio released Knack 2 and a year later Team Asobi released VR game Astro Bot Rescue Mission.
Speaking with IGN Japan at Gamescom Asia, Layden discussed the end of Japan Studio and “legacy malaise”.
In 2021 the studio was effectively disbanded, with Astro Bot’s internal Team Asobi going independent as a PlayStation studio.
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