Allegedly, the company is impressed by the success of projects from Chinese developers like Wukong, Wuthering Waves, and Genshin Impact.
According to That Park Place, citing its sources, Sony Interactive Entertainment is not very happy with the performance of projects from its Western teams and the attitude towards them from the gaming community. Allegedly, there are talks within the Japanese office about changing priorities and redirecting funding.
Currently, the fate of Naughty Dog, Sucker Punch, Bend, and Guerrilla depends on how Ghost of Yotei and Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophet Fail perform from a financial point of view.
Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophet and Ghost of Yotei from Naughty Dog are the last chance for Western developers. If they fail, Sony will completely focus on Japanese developers and return to traditional stories and characters. As a reason for the changes, they cite China's success in the gaming market with Genshin Impact, Wukong, and Wuthering Waves.
