It seems PlayStation is not done with live-service titles yet and wants to focus more on first-party and third-party content.
Live service games and PlayStation have not had the best relationship historically. A major example is Concord, and now Destiny 2 has also joined the list of live-service games that did not turn out well for PlayStation. Despite these setbacks, Sony remains hopeful and plans to continue developing more live-service games.
PlayStation Believes Live-Service Attracts Users on a Global Level
In a recent interview with Famitsu (via WccfTech), Hideaki Nishino, the President of Sony Interactive Entertainment, shared insights about PlayStation’s strategy for live-service titles. Nishino emphasized that Sony believes live-service games have the potential to reach players on a global scale. The company aims to “revitalize the market through both first-party and third-party content.”
In terms of live service content, PlayStation is not only focusing on marketing its upcoming titles but is also considering how to enhance existing games in both the medium and long term. Nishino emphasized that it is crucial to continuously provide new content for live-service games, as this genre is still relatively new and many developers are experimenting with different approaches. PlayStation aims to “continue to take on challenges within that context.”
Nishino also reaffirmed that single-player games will remain first-party, while with live-service multiplayer games, the platform will be considering PS5 and PC as the basic platforms for release.”
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Also Pro-AI but the woke millennial anti-AI crowd won’t boycott Sony. Same way they didn’t boycott CdPR over lying about Cyberpunk or now GTA6 with all those scummy practices. Expose every one of them. Also how does Sony do this all they have are Bungie and Haven who else is making live service games.
Sony are going to keep making on until they find one we like.
And Bungie just canceled their one live service game.
oh god
All I want are story based, 1 player games of a reasonable quality. Sony if you cannot do this while doing…whatever tf this is, I will stop supporting you. I will go full p.c. why would I be brand loyal if you cant be customer loyal
Did someone drop these people on their head when they got off the plane in commiefornia or what? And with the politics and greed they wont have a company if they keep up this madness.
The only live service game I want is Destiny 3. Until this game is announced I will be indefinitely boycotting all Sony products and services. I started by trading in my PS5 yesterday for an Xbox Series X.
Live Service games are what is killing the industry. They have shown decreased player activity acriss the board.
If the live service model worked there would be a shitload more live service games today. There are maybe a dozen that actually THRIVE.
TL:DR. So they are going to make more of the one type of game that is ruining the format. Hasn’t Sony gotten the hint from the multiple times they have tried to get one that’s good and failed every time. There are basically 4 live service games that dominate and will not be replaced. Minecraft, Fortnite, Apex and Warzone. They have covered all the age ranges with those.
No thanks
Can’t wait for concord 5
We want Destiny 3. Just make Destiny 3.
After so many years of watching the company’s shenanigans, I wouldn’t trust PlayStation to give me the correct time of day. 😏
Live service games live and die by players. Killing off your biggest title and infuriating thousands of players is not a good way to cultivate a loyal player base. There are hundreds of thousands of players who now that much less likely to support any sony-developed live service game.
Bring back Destiny support or every new live service game you develop will end up like Concord, or limp along for months like Marathon before eventually dying, losing millions of dollars along the way.
Tldr: bring back Destiny or players won’t have any faith in any new live service game you make. if you can kill a decade-long, million-player game like D2, what makes us think whatever else you develop won’t end the same way?
Give the players what they want and you’ll succeed, it’s really that simple. The players want Destiny.
Again?
They have to keep trying. They put all of their eggs in this live service basket. They learned nothing from concord. I remember hearing about how they had another 8 or so other live action games in developement around the time that concord dropped and because of how awful concord did they cancelled half of those. THIS is why sony has hardly released any games this console cycle. Its because they e been wasting all their time and money developing a bunch of live service games using their first party ips