Well this is a surprise. Shuhei Yoshida, Sony Worldwide Studios boss, said in a recent interview that he wants the Xbox 360 to succeed in Japan. Not only that, he also says that he likes the avatars of the New Xbox Experience, preferring them over Miis.

What happened to all the mud slinging between Sony and Microsoft? This is so unnatural.

A couple weeks back, we heard Ryan Payton expressing his thoughts that Japan was no longer the center of video game development. Today we hear how Sony Worldwide Studios big wig Shuhei Yoshida echoes Payton's thoughts, saying that Japan is starting to lag in its video game technology, especially when compared to the speed in which it's progressing in the US and Europe. Despite gaming feats like MGS4 or GT5: Prologue, there doesn't seem to be enough to go by with in game technology in in Japan.

PlayStation 3 owners who are running out of space on their consoles, storing all downloadable goodies they've been hording over the months, may be a bit disappointed with the recent statement released by Sony Worldwide Studios boss Shuhei Yoshida, regarding the possibility of adding an external hard drive peripheral.