The Last Guardian came as a surprise during this year’s E3. However, some info surfaced up about the game in a nice long lengthy interview that Metro conducted with Sony Europe boss Jim Ryan.

The Last Guardian’s first gameplay at E3 looked pretty interesting if you ask me. Although the video was quite impressive, the game had some problems in development, which took quite some time to fix and even resulted in platform changes.

The game is now slated for the PS4 in 2016, and it was noted by Jim Ryan that its release is very important. Looking back at the previous games in the series, like Shadow of the Colossus and Ico which were praised by a lot of the critics, the two games didn’t sell as the company had wanted. Sony now hopes and wants to change that with The Last Guardian.

Looking over to publication site PS4 Daily, the source points out some interesting stuff about what Ryan had said to his team and how he expects the game to sell…

“My organisation [Sony] did not perform particularly well with either Ico or Shadow Of The Colossus. I have berated them [the team] for this, and said, ‘We have to do better with this game’”. He added that big games like The Last Guardian have to be profitable, because “The sums are just too big, the amounts of money are just too great.”

The interview that Metro had done with Jim Ryan — which PS4 Daily had cited above — was very interesting and covered quite a bit. If you’re interested you can read the full interview over at Metro.

Although the interview covers a lot of the business aspects, Ryan wanted to make sure that this game will also reach fans where the other games didn’t. Doing some research, quite a bit of fans commented on different forums and seem to be pretty excited for the game, but that doesn’t necessarily mean that it will move as many copies as Sony would hope for.

In case you didn’t see the trailer for this game, you can check out the full E3 trailer that Sony had posted to their official YouTube channel below…

The Last Guardian – E3 2015 Trailer | PS4 May contain content inappropriate for children. Visit www.esrb.org for rating information.

Again, the game will arrive for PS4 sometime in 2016. Psyched about The Last Guardian? Let us know what you think about it and if Sony hit the nail with this title.

Author: W. Ethan