Overseas Publishers Like Microsoft Want Games Done as Quickly As Possible, Says Kamiya, Who Still Can't Let Scalebound Go

It may be over eight and a half years since Microsoft cancelled Scale bound, the action game it would publish as a PC and Xbox exclusive from developer PlatinumGames, but Game Director Hideki Kamiya still hasn't let this go.

In the following years, the veteran game designer and director, whose works include Resident Evil 2, Devil May Cry, Viewtiful Joe, Ōkami, Bayonetta, and The Wonderful 101 among others, often remarked on how disappointed he was in what happened with that project. Earlier this year, he even said he'd love to resurrect Scalebound someday.

In a fresh interview with VideoGamesChronicle , he returned to the subject from another perspective: discussing the differences between Japanese and Western publishers.

What it feels like when working with Japanese publishers is