First of all, Yoshida-san mentioned that Days Gone will come in 2018. This is the first time that a Sony executive actually announces a release year for the game.
Yoshida-san has been playing the title. While it’s not playable at PlayStation experience, it’s playable internally from start to end, and it’s currently in the phase in which developers are applying tweaks and polish, and doing playtesting. It’s a “big game,” and there is a lot of focus on storytelling. Yet, it’s still an action game where players can approach each situation in different ways.