Sony says it plans to release six live service games in the coming years. That is half as much as the company previously indicated. The PlayStation maker previously said it wanted to release twelve such titles through March 2026.
Sony confirmed the postponement in a conference call with shareholders, also writes gaming website VGC. Hiroki Totoki, Sony’s COO and CFO, says the previous schedule of twelve games will be changed. “We are reviewing this. We are trying to make sure that [deze games] will be enjoyed and enjoyed by gamers for a long time.” Of the twelve planned titles, six will now be released by the 2025 financial year, the CEO confirms. The company says it is still working on the other six titles.
Several Sony studios are working on live service games. For example, Naughty Dog has a Last of Us multiplayer game in development, as well as a Horizon online game from Guerrilla and a new franchise from PlayStation’s London studio. The company has had many of its upcoming live service games evaluated by Destiny developer Bungie, which is now part of PlayStation.
It was previously announced that The Last of Us online game has been delayed. Its development is said to have been delayed after Bungie expressed concerns about the project. Layoffs have also taken place at several PlayStation studios in recent months. At Naughty Dog, dozens of employees had their contracts not renewed, sources told Kotaku at the time. Bungie also recently had a round of layoffs, as did LittleBigPlanet dev Media Molecule.