Team Asobi

The PS5 Generation Has Brought Something Special, Insists Team Asobi

Team Asobi, a first-party PlayStation studio, asserts that the current console generation offers distinct technological advancements despite a market environment where incremental hardware improvements are often overshadowed by the continued relevance of older devices.

• Team Asobi studio director Nicolas Doucet identifies the PS5’s DualSense haptic feedback and SSD storage as the primary technical differentiators that define the current generation's value over previous hardware.
• Team Asobi functions as a key partner for PlayStation’s platform engineering team, frequently developing rapid prototypes over one-to-two-week periods to test new hardware features before they are finalized.
• The studio produced the award-winning title Astro Bot in three years with a core team of approximately 65 people by prioritizing small, iterative gameplay prototypes that allowed for efficient development without costly reworks.