Sony PlayStation’s 'Last Guardian' Almost Cancelled: Video Game Saved by Fans

For a time it looked like Sony PlayStation's The Last Guardian was dead in the water. According to Sony, the game would have just been cancelled if people stopped asking about it. Were it not for the game's fans, Sony would not have invested in the time to make it because of some serious technical issues developers faced in the conversion from PS3 to PS4.

SCE Worldwide Studios president Shuhei Yoshida spoke about those technical difficulties with Edge Magazine. Yoshida says it was "tough."

"[It was] really, really tough. Especially because we were not sure if the game could be made," Yoshida said. "Tech issues aside, the game was still early in development, so we had to have a really strong desire to continue the project and rebuild on PS4. And of course we believed in the vision of Ueda-san, and Ueda-san and the core teams really wanted to see this realized, and so did I. Having so many people asking us about the game was great encouragement for us to continue the development."

Yoshida was then asked if the game was going to be cancelled if fans didn't speak up. His answer was, "If everyone stopped asking about it, probably we would have."

The Last Guardian was first introduced to the world back in 2007. Even then many feared the game wouldn't see daylight so hearing the game ran into the same issues is no surprise. It has been the theme for it for almost ten years. Right now it's slated for a 2016 release and will be a PlayStation 4 exclusive.

Here are some fan reactions on The Last Guardian.

Then I'm glad that fans kept asking about #TheLastGuardian since it might have been cancelled if not @Sony #PS4 https://t.co/7Mhe7bFbMj

— Mark Clapsaddle (@clapsaddle35) July 2, 2015

Looking forward to seeing if it will be worth the loooong wait! #TheLastGuardian #Gaming https://t.co/xAo9f9CiGE — New Player Xperience (@BuggedBossRun) July 2, 2015

My goal over the next 6 months is to attempt to save up enough money to buy a #PS4 i feel like im missing out :( also #TheLastGuardian — NovaBlue/Joe (@NovaBlue353) July 2, 2015