Worldwide Studios President Claims SOCOM Franchise is Not Finished

<p>President of Worldwide Studios&comma; Shuhei Yoshida&comma; says he has adopted a &&num;8220&semi;never say never&&num;8221&semi; attitude towards the SOCOM series&period; The series itself has fallen under harsh circumstances after the closure of its developer Zipper Interactive&comma; as well as the merely lukewarm reviews SOCOM 4 received&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>During an interview with <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;community&period;us&period;playstation&period;com&sol;t5&sol;SOCOM-4-US-Navy-SEALs&sol;Still-Some-SOCOM-Hope&sol;td-p&sol;37696797&sol;page&sol;2" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank">Official PlayStation Magazine<&sol;a>&comma; Shuhei said &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;It&&num;8217&semi;s not done&period; We never definitely retire any franchise&period; It’s sometimes great to have a fresh look at the classics that we have&comma;&&num;8221&semi; in regards to the series&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>He also compared the future of the SOCOM series to the newly revised Sly Cooper series&colon;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;We are launching a new Sly Cooper game this year after so many years&period; Never say never&period; I feel sorry for the people who are long-time SOCOM fans&comma; and there are many people who still play SOCOM 1 and SOCOM 2 especially&comma; those seem to be their favorites&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Yoshida finalized his statements by pointing out the waning popularity of SOCOM in the seventh console generation&comma; as well as his belief that an HD remake of the widely popular PlayStation 2 titles would prove worthwhile&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&lpar;Via <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;pushsquare&period;com&sol;news&sol;2012&sol;07&sol;shuhei&lowbar;yoshida&lowbar;socom&lowbar;franchise&lowbar;is&lowbar;not&lowbar;done&quest;utm&lowbar;source&equals;twitterfeed&amp&semi;utm&lowbar;medium&equals;twitter" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank">PushSquare<&sol;a>&rpar;<&sol;p>&NewLine;