Hidetaka Miyazaki

Unlike most kids in Japan, I didn't have a dream. I wasn't ambitious.

We do need this diversity in the industry. Regardless of what From Software is doing, we need people making battle royale games and live services, and we need people making single-player focused experiences. We feel that this diversity is what will keep everyone going.

Being a director, I've had the privilege of heading a PS3 launch title. Looking back, I think the PS4 has made the development cycle much easier.

To be honest, I'm really not interested on how I'm viewed as. The only thing I'm interested in is to keep creating something special. Whether that something is synonymous to me or not is really none of my concern.

I personally want my games to be described as satisfying rather than difficult.

One of my favourite Japanese cartoons is 'Yasuragi no Yakata,' written by the famous Fujiko Fujio.

Personality-wise, I like to avoid putting my pride on parade.

From the initial design stages of 'Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice,' we had the idea of the player being able to move dynamically through a detailed, multi-layered map. We found that a 'shinobi' type character was the key to achieving this in a way that was both realistic and cool.

In 'Demon's Souls,' we tried to implement some features in a kind of experimental way, not being sure whether or not it would be popular, but we did it anyway so that we could see how people reacted.

I love throwing down the gauntlet and trying our hand at that new tech.

I am very happy if those who played 'Bloodborne' are interested in 'Dark Souls III' too.

I believe that 'Dark Souls III' must be developed as its own individual series.