Platinum Games Co-Founder Hideki Kamiya Reveals Why He Left The Studio
More than two months after leaving Platinum Games, co-founder and The Wonderful 101 and Bayonetta director Hideki Kamiya has revealed why he left the studio. In a new interview with IGN, Kamiya told the publication he decided to leave «because I felt that the direction the company was heading in was different from my beliefs as a developer.»
«Without that element of trust, I couldn't continue working there, and so I left, so that I could continue working in what I consider to be the right way,» Kamiya said. «I don't think of games as products, but rather as works of art. I want to put my artistry into games and deliver games that could only be made by Hideki Kamiya, so that players can enjoy Hideki Kamiya games exactly as they are.
»I decided to leave the company and forge my own path, to continue making games that reflect the developers who made them."
Kamiya announced in September that he was leaving the company. His final day was October 12, and that same day, he revealed he had started a YouTube Channel. Throughout his final month at Platinum, his departure, and creation of the Hideki Kamiya Channel, Kamiya hadn't revealed why he left the studio, leaving fans questioning the decision. Thanks to this new interview with IGN, we now know it was about creative direction.
Elsehwere in the interview, Kamiya said he had many deep discussions with Platinum president Atsushi Inaba about his potential departure, deciding to leave only after the two agreed.
«Inaba also had his own set of beliefs as the head of the company,» Kamiya told IGN. «Although his beliefs differed from my own, we talked it out thoroughly, so we were both satisfied with the conclusion we reached.»
Kamiya said the reaction from the development teams at
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