We'll get six instead of twelve.
Sony has delayed half of its planned live service games, offering up just six instead of twelve as part of its release schedule.
Speaking during a quarterly financial results briefing, Sony CFO Hiroki Totoki said the company will be rethinking its games as a service approach.
“We are reviewing this…we are trying as much as possible to ensure [these games] are enjoyed and liked by gamers for a long time,” Totoki said (via VGC). “[Of] the 12 titles, six titles will be released by [Fiscal Year 2025]. That’s our current plans. [As for] the remaining six titles, we are still working on that.”
The Fiscal Year 2025 will end March 2026.
“That’s the total number of live service and multiplayer titles [and] mid-to-long-term we want to [push] this kind of service and that’s the unchanged policy of the company,” Totoki continued. “It’s not like we stick to certain titles, but game quality should be the most important [thing].”
Sony didn’t speak to specific titles, but Naughty Dog’s Last of Us multiplayer title has reportedly been shelved.
The publisher acquired live service giant Bungie; the developer of Destiny 2 is hard at work on Marathon, though it has recently come under fire for a series of layoffs.
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