According to the latest report by Japanese media GameWatch, Hara Ryosuke, the producer of Bandai Namco's new work "Digimon Story: A Time and Space", confirmed that the development cycle of the game has been as long as seven to eight years.This means that its conceptual stage can be traced back to 2017, when the predecessor of the series "Digimon Story: Cyber ​​Detective" was released.

Regarding the long development time, Hara Ryosuke explained that in addition to the significant improvement in quality of the game itself compared with the previous work, the core difficulty lies in the careful crafting of the plot.The team is committed to deeply building the game's worldview setting to fully demonstrate the core theme of "the bond between humans and Digimon", and weave stories and shape the world around the key element "The Twelve Gods of Olympus".

This work is positioned as the most ambitious work in the series, and its scale is far beyond the past.The most intuitive manifestation is that the game will include more than 450 unlockable and cultivated Digimons, setting the largest number of lineups in the series.The workload of creating such a huge library of role models under modern graphics technology is conceivable.

When reviewing the development process, Hara Ryosuke admitted: "I sincerely feel that it is the passion of the development team, or 'crazy' that allows us to complete this game." This sentiment confirms the huge challenges faced by the project and the level of investment of the team.

This highly anticipated ambition is scheduled to be available on the PS5 platform on October 3, 2025.The huge digital world and in-depth plot that the production team devotes years of hard work to create can meet the expectations of fans. The answer will be revealed at that time.