Soul Calibur creator talks about how the industry has changed over the years

A portion of a CVG interview with Soul Calibur creator, Hiroaki Yotoriyama…

CVG: And how do you reckon the games industry has changed around you?

HY: The current videogames market is very extreme - some products are achieving great sales, whereas others are simply waiting to fail.

This situation could not be imagined eight years ago, especially since the global economic downturn has limited player’s budgets on videogames, driving them to purchase popular sequential titles only.

This situation possibly causes some stagnation in which neither users nor publishers can easily try out new products.

That said, even in such situations some new IP products have been successful by making the consumers recognize their potential and persuading them to pick them up at stores.

Being a developer/publisher ourselves, we would like to keep on taking new challenges without being satisfied with our popular franchise titles in trying to keep the profits stable.