Polyphony is a musical term which refers to a style of musical composition that involves simultaneous independent melodies in harmony. The intent is that it would be a place where voices of unique talented individuals would come together in harmony. And Digital, stands for our radical resolve to quantify nature and the universe so that it becomes something that can be calculated.

What Polyphony values, is design and technology. This is a policy that has not changed since the company was established, and they supplement each other. Technology not supported by design has no integrity, and the same goes for design that does not have technology as a background. Polyphony digital is a functional group of artists and technologists, driven by the two wheels of design and technology.

During peacetime it's a logical and rational company. It has an Intellectual climate about it that values logic and fairness, that is increasingly rare these days. It might be more appropriate to describe it as a research lab of advanced technology. On the other hand, during 'wartime'; when a piece of work is approaching completion, we value wild, non-rational spontaneity.

Games have a tendency to be created just inside the creator's head, in an inner space. But what we want to make are works that are "open" to society. We want to continue actively communicating with the ever changing world around us.

Kazunori Yamauchi