These days, AAA publishers seem to be eager to burn it all down, closing studios almost as fast as they're opening them, ripping game servers offline just barely after they've come into existence, and none of the talented developers involved in these condemned projects seem to escape the purgatory of being laid off. Guilty Gear creator Daisuke Ishiwatari thinks he knows why.
While speaking to Japanese site 4Gamer about Guilty Gear studio Arc System Works' new action game Damon and Baby (translation via Automaton), Ishiwatari explains "overspecialization" is the latest problem in big-budget gaming. He worries that development staff are being assigned "highly specialized" tasks that make them forget their skills in other important areas – including the desire to be creative.
