PlayStation PlayStation Will Continue To Push Live Service Games Despite Evident Challenges

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Read from wcftech:

In the PlayStation 5 generation, Sony Computer Entertainment's software output hasn't been as impressive as it was in the previous console generation. Due to SIE's aggressive live service push, the Japanese publisher released several games - such as the ill-fated Concord from Firewalk Studios and Marathon from Bungie - that did not meet players' expectations. Despite this, President Hideaki Nishino confirmed they will continue to pursue live-service games, even as he heavily hints at a PlayStation 6 handheld designed to meet the changing playstyles of gamers worldwide.

"We believe that live service games are content that attracts users on a global level, so we want to continue to revitalize the market through both first-party and third-party content," Hideaki Nishino said in a new interview with Famitsu celebrating the magazine's 40th anniversary. "We are not only focusing on promoting new releases, but also considering what we can do with older titles in the medium to long term. Also, this year we are planning to release our own live service title, MARVEL Tōkon: Fighting Souls, and we hope everyone will enjoy it."

Asked if PlayStation will continue to pursue live service games, Nishino-san left no doubt on the matter. "With live service games, it's important to continuously provide something. The genre itself is relatively new, and I think many people are trying various things, so we also want to continue to take on challenges within that context."

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Saw these lol

Playstation really needs a new capable CEO that's a real gamer like Shuhei.

 

[Demon_Skeith]

I thought they were scrapping live service game?

 

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I thought they were scrapping live service game?

from the latest Shareholders QA session, Nishino and Hulst are still hellbent on doing it. They already spent at least more than 1 billion USD with zero return and burned down at least 8 of their own game dev studios chasing Gaas. It's just very very stupid like SE previous CEO hellbent-ness on making NFT games that costed Square around 140 million USD losses. And The GaaS market profit margin is actually shrinking, even Epic had to letgo 1000 employees and cut over 500 mililion USD operating costs because of fortnite's sharp downturn in engagement and profit. Also Nishino said during the QA session that GaaS is still a new thing lmao GaaS has been around for a long time wayy back in 2004, definitely not new. the guy lied a lot to investors about other things too and sadly majority of current sony investors knowledge about the gaming world also very bad they have weak grasp of the gaming industry's nuances. If this continues on and on I could see Nishino and Hulst bringing down the Playstation brand though it started with Jim.

 

[Demon_Skeith]

from the latest Shareholders QA session, Nishino and Hulst are still hellbent on doing it. They already spent at least more than 1 billion USD with zero return and burned down at least 8 of their own game dev studios chasing Gaas. It's just very very stupid like SE previous CEO hellbent-ness on making NFT games that costed Square around 140 million USD losses. And The GaaS market profit margin is actually shrinking, even Epic had to letgo 1000 employees and cut over 500 mililion USD operating costs because of fortnite's sharp downturn in engagement and profit. Also Nishino said during the QA session that GaaS is still a new thing lmao GaaS has been around for a long time wayy back in 2004, definitely not new. the guy lied a lot to investors about other things too and sadly majority of current sony investors knowledge about the gaming world also very bad they have weak grasp of the gaming industry's nuances. If this continues on and on I could see Nishino and Hulst bringing down the Playstation brand though it started with Jim.

Yeah they need new leadership. Specially with rumors of PS6 costing 1k.