Games veteran Hideo Kojima has said that smaller development teams are his preference. 

Speaking at a press event – as reported by Dexerto – the industry icon called out the recently-released Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 for its small team size. Obviously it's worth noting that while the core team at Sandfall Interactive was about 30 members strong, the RPG's credits list hundreds of staff from outsourcing companies. 

“When I first started, it was like a team of six,” Kojima said. 

“You could do everything yourself. Now, it’s expanded. You can’t really control each employee, so you delegate. But sometimes, the idea doesn’t really work out because it’s a bigger team.”

He continued, speaking about Sandfall: “They only have like 33 team members and a dog. That’s my ideal when I create something with a team.

“Creation has now become much bigger. It’s kind of a war between how efficient you could [be] with the small team, but you have to make it so grand.”