60 by 40. This is exactly how Sony envisioned game development in the future. A larger percentage would go towards ambitious live games. This is less than the traditional single-player story games that were synonymous with PlayStation consoles until recently.
Jim Ryan, then head of SIE, said in 2022 that by the end of 2025 12 live service projects. However, gradually this idea began to collapse, and so far only two have come out: Helldivers 2 And Concordand the latter was canceled a short time later with all the fanfare and the Firewalk studio with ex-Call of Duty veterans was disbanded. Gradually, Concord was joined by 8 more games that were canceled over the last year or so. That’s a lot of money and a lot of people working on something that no one will ever play.
What did Sony cancel? Let’s get started great multiplayer game The Last of Us. Naughty Dog studio had to create a huge online game with a story. However, development did not go as expected and the title was not attractive enough, so Sony canceled it in December 2023. The cancellation followed at the beginning of 2024. Spider-Man: The Great Web from Insomniac Games. He was also buried soon after. twisted metal multiplayer from London Studio, Destiny third-person spin-off from Bungie and some multiplayer action from Deviation Games.
This year Sony continues in this style. The company has canceled Bluepoint Games’ God of War multiplayer mode. (remake and remaster specialists: Demon’s Souls, Shadow of the Colossus, Uncharted: The Nathan Drake Collection) and Bend studio project. It was supposed to be some kind of sci-fi action game based on the open world mechanics of the post-apocalyptic biker ballad Days Gone.
We can’t be too surprised that gamers are upset and pointing to Sony’s poor decision. I myself am very interested in how this will actually turn out. Helldivers 2 is doing great and at least it’s still in development. Marathon from Bungie, FairGame$ from shelter Horizon Online from Guerrilla Games. From single-player games we know about Ghost of Yothei, Death in Stranding 2 And Marvel’s Wolverine.
Naughty Dog is working on a new single-player game, Media Molecule is working on something, then we have God of War creators Santa Monica Studios, a Horizon sequel with Aloy, a new Gran Turismo and some shooter from the creators of Housemarque Returns.
The question is when can we expect each game. Starting with the upcoming fiscal year (beginning April 1, 2025), Sony plans to release major single-player games. This year it will most likely be Ghost of Yotei and Death Stranding 2.
Source :Indian TV
