Teams under the PlayStation have excelled at single-player action-adventure games. But Sony also wants to grab a piece of the multiplayer game pie and plans to bring it to market within three years. up to 12 live service titles. Which in itself sounds intimidating, considering how much competition there is in this segment. The recent failures of Marvel’s Avengers and the action game MultiVersus are proof of this.
Sony seems to be aware of this and is taking a different approach to their games on live services. According to the head of PlayStation Studios Hermen Hulst, their games live fromthey target different genres and target groups of players. So they shouldn’t just copy the style of Fortnite or Destiny, nor should they compete with each other as they will also have different amounts of content. According to Hulst, it’s a mistake to think that live service is one genre or even one business model.
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“We create games for a wide variety of players, and I believe we are able to create worlds and stories that PlayStation fans love.” he added in an interview with GamesIndustry, stating that they need the highest quality games.
The interview took place after the acquisition of the team Firewalk Studios, which is made up of former Call of Duty, Destiny, Titanfall, Apex Legends and Halo veterans. They are working on some kind of multiplayer game for PS5 and PC.
We know of four more live service games from Sony: Naughty Dog’s The Last of Us multiplayer game, Guerrilla Games’ Horizon online project, Haven Studios’ online community game, and London Studio’s co-op fantasy game. . Let’s see what will happen next. There is no doubt that when developing Sony uses the experience of Bungie, the authors of the Destiny series, which it bought some time ago.
For those who love single player story games (I am among you), so don’t be afraid. Sony will continue these stories in the future.
Source :Indian TV
