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The game\u2019s producer, Hiroyuki Sakamoto, confirmed as much to IGN during an interview conducted at Gamescom Asia x Thailand Game Show 2026 this week.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe set out to make Stranger Than Heaven as a completely brand-new game, with the goal of creating something entirely fresh while putting forth the absolute best quality we can produce right now,\u201d explained Sakamoto. \u201c[So] we decided to drop previous-gen platforms like the PS4 and focus on creating an experience best enjoyed natively on current-gen consoles like the PS5.\u201d<\/p>\n<section data-transform=\"ignvideo\" data-slug=\"stranger-than-heaven-official-1943-minami-osaka-overview-trailer\" data-loop=\"\"><\/section>\n<p>Since the launch of the PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S systems back in 2020, all of RGG Studio\u2019s games have still kept one foot stuck in the previous console generation. 2024\u2019s Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth was developed to run across two eras of PlayStation and Xbox, and while Xbox One was finally dropped for Yakuza Kiwami 3 &amp; Dark Ties earlier this year, support for PlayStation 4 remained. <\/p>\n<p>However, by developing Stranger Than Heaven purely for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, and PC, the team hasn\u2019t had to make any hardware-based compromises to its vision for the new game\u2019s multiple decade-spanning journey through early 20th century Japan.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn the past, hardware constraints meant limiting the number of characters we could display on screen at once, among other things we had to give up on,\u201d continued Sakamoto. \u201cWith Stranger Than Heaven, by fully leveraging the PS5&#8217;s capabilities we were able to showcase more characters on screen simultaneously than ever before and raise character quality to the next level.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Despite some lingering reservations regarding its digital resurrection of the late rapper Tupac Shakur, IGN&#8217;s Michael Higham found a lot to like about Stranger Than Heaven in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ign.com\/articles\/stranger-than-heaven-the-final-preview-of-the-yakuza-teams-ambitious-decades-spanning-action-adventure\">his recent hands-on preview<\/a>. 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