PlayStation cuts down number of Live Service games planned to release by March 2025 from 12 to 6 games, admits "not hitting expectations of gamers"

Was mentioned earlier on the Q2 webcast




Gaming is healing

Xcucks seething

that says 2026 and that article was written over a year and a half ago arsehole.keep trying retard

Nice to see a company pivot so quickly.... And glad they didn't let Jim Ryan kill PlayStation.

i swear this section brings the worst out of me but yes this is good news.they were gonna lose a ton of money and got their head out of their ass.this is a good thing

Lol gottem! Sonycels seething!

Article is from 2022, boxcels really coping hard

Seethe harder! You're just mad because SubGamer absolutely destroyed you lol.

Is it even possible that these are serious posts?

So what you're saying is that .... Sony has no games? SHOCKED!!!!!

I'll throw him a bone and say yes

Lol @ Sony trying to spin this into positive news and playcels eating it up. The games are being delayed cuz they're chit and need more time. The other 6 games aren't canceled, just delayed. Sony can't even release 2 single player games per year, did we really expect 12 live service games in 1.5 years?

They can't get their chit together so they release an article pretending they care so much about gamers and reducing their number of releases as if they really had a choice lmao. Sony is in a mess right now.

Nah, this course correction aligns with the announcement that Jimbo will be out by next April.

He and the other suits were the ones that wanted to push the GaaS angle and tried to reallocate financial and developer resources to come up with the next Fortnite, Warzone or whatever. Which of course is a fuking retarded idea since you can't exactly tell studios that have 10+ years' worth of experience coming up with cinematic single player games to start printing out gacha games that require a certain type of knowledge and a support/dev team of several hundred people at the very least. No wonder studios were getting pissed.

Their whole "plan" sounded like they were just going to throw **** at the wall and hope that some of it will stick. I mean the plan is pretty much the same, and there's still a very good chance that most of the 6 planned games will fail but at least we're - hopefully - not going to see close to a dozen Redfail tier flops.

6 games in 18 months or so is still too much imo, but definitely more reasonable than pissing away all the talent and resources on 12 attempts.

Sony ponies are happier with less games? Amazing watching them try and spin things as a positive.

I don't think "course correction" is the best term because it implies Sony made this choice willingly cuz they care. The reality is they are in shambles and had no choice in the matter.


The honest statement:

"Dear fans, this chit was harder than we thought and we were far too ambitious. Things are in a mess right now and we need much more time to get these games out. Instead of the proposed 12 games we planned by 2025 to milk you dry, we can only squeeze out 6"


The PR statement:

"Dear fans, we heard loud and clear that you did not like our strong pivot to GAAS games. Since we care so much about you, the gamer, we have chosen to release 6 live service games by 2025 instead of 12 as we believe in delivering quality games to our loyal customers."


And the playcels start cheering lmao

Gaming is healing lmao

As if Sony wouldn't and doesn't milk you dry at every opportunity already. They simply just don't have enough games in the bag to live up to their original plan and this is the way to handle it that PR thought looked the best.

They thought Bungie would guide them then got a fat wakeup call when they realized Bungie isnt a good live service developer. The best of Bungie died with the best of halo.

Had no choice is a very strong assumption. Plenty of companies release crap GAAS games.

The reality is probably somewhere between what you and Barney are claiming it is.

some of you guys are so fuking stupid i dont even know how to articulate to you guys anymore.we got a chit ton of games next year and we dont have too much info.we got games like Lost Souls Aside and the like and we have no real dates.they will be bangers and i think sony would rather get those games hyped up than the stupid live game chit whatever that means and focus on promoting those sure fire bangers that are coming out probably by march.im looking at lost soul aside and those games.its pretty funny watching some of you who think they know everything about the biz when most of you know jack chit.you guys actually gamers?im challenging every fuking one of you to a duel.make it easy.Tekken or Soul Caliber.anything.ill make it easy

I would be more on the other side if not for all the leaks about projects being put on ice and devs being frustrated as well with the huge GAAS push, namely Naughty Dog for example who got a huge hit to their reputation. Destiny 2 also in shambles right now, big layoffs from Bungie and we got a poverty CGI trailer for concord so that game wasn't ready to release any footage. Also taking into account we only got 1 first party game this year and basically nothing first party in the pipeline for next year, besides maybe a Ragnarok DLC?

This is the PS5's 3rd and most successful year in terms of console sales and for some reason single player releases have dried up when compared to the previous years when the player base was much smaller. So yeah if I had to take an educated guess it seems they put most of their eggs into the GAAS basket and are now in panic mode.

Brutal. Which character you play in Tekken?

i havent played since Tekken Tag back in the day on PS2 but im pretty confidant i can play with Hwoarang.in Soul Caliber,forget about it.i played the new Tekken for a minute.its not a problem.i can download it anytime.i never back down

I'm not sure what your point is, we both seem to agree that the original 12 GaaS game plan was retarded and unsustainable. And it was pushed by Ryan and his buddies and he is "stepping down" next year and that retarded plan got scrapped/downsized.

LMAO Sonycels...

2 weeks ago:
Why Jim Ryan getting fired is a good thing(We actually never liked him)


Last Week:
Why Firing half your staff is a good thing!!!

This week:
Why cutting the number of planned multiplayer games in half is a good thing.

Can't wait for next week LMFAO.

the fuk you talking about punk?nobody except sony execs who had to go along with that stupid live desicision thought it was a good idea.WE ALL HATED IT! so keep making chit up.your just a lier and makes you look weak when you resort to LIES!

put your money where your punk ass mouth is.i gaurantee you take 5 xbox guys against 5 sony guys and the sony guys will win.why?ill explain when the match is done.i challenge all and any of you to challenge me and my logic.do it.im waiting.im done playing with you chumps

Yeah I hate when the platform I play on makes more games. Really pisses me off.