The head of Platinum Games Atsushi Inaba (Atsushi Inaba) in an interview with Video Games Chronicles spoke about what the studio is doing now.
Platinum Games is in the middle of developing an unannounced project that has "never done before". Inaba added, "I know a lot of people say this, but the game we're working on is really like nothing else. Even for our diverse history of veteran game developers, this is something that has never been created before. So, in terms of game design, we're really impressed right now."
Development of Bayonetta 3 is also different from the process of creation . Perhaps even the players themselves will notice this.
β2019 will be an incredibly important year for us,β said Inaba. β Without talking about the specific number of games that we may or may not announce, I can say that this will be a year of new major approaches, new challenges and new methods for us. In principle, we are building a new foundation that will pay dividends in the coming years. New challenges will be very important for us.β Platinum Games' new approaches include moving away from outside funding from publishers, as well as exploring the structure of game design. The studio continues to strive towards independence to ultimately own its intellectual property and make decisions about the future on its own.
Platinum Games has worked with third party partners on projects on various intellectual property that it does not own, such as Bayonetta, and the upcoming Astral Chain. The studio is currently working on two new franchises that are wholly owned by the studio. However, this path will not lead to the termination of cooperation with third-party partners. βThere will still potentially be games [created in collaboration] with publishers,β Inaba said. βThere may be co-publishing options where we do something and they do something to create a big game, and there can be situations where we publish big games ourselves.β
The next Platinum Games game is for Nintendo Switch. It will go on sale August 30th.