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Articles<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%98The_Number_of_Live_Service_Games_Is_Not_Important_PS5_Boss_Gives_Rare_Insight_into_Strategy\"><\/span>&#8216;The Number of Live Service Games Is Not Important&#8217;: PS5 Boss Gives Rare Insight into Strategy<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div class=\"body body-text article-text\">\n<section class=\"text\">\n<figure class=\"picture\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"scanlines\" title=\"'The Number of Live Service Games Is Not Important': PS5 Boss Gives Rare Insight into Strategy 1\" href=\"https:\/\/images.pushsquare.com\/d9bd33e0a6c59\/the-number-of-live-service-games-is-not-important-ps5-boss-gives-rare-insight-into-strategy-1.large.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.pushsquare.com\/d9bd33e0a6c59\/the-number-of-live-service-games-is-not-important-ps5-boss-gives-rare-insight-into-strategy-1.450x.jpg 450w, https:\/\/images.pushsquare.com\/d9bd33e0a6c59\/the-number-of-live-service-games-is-not-important-ps5-boss-gives-rare-insight-into-strategy-1.900x.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 799px) 450px, (min-width: 800px)\" src=\"https:\/\/images.pushsquare.com\/d9bd33e0a6c59\/the-number-of-live-service-games-is-not-important-ps5-boss-gives-rare-insight-into-strategy-1.900x.jpg\" width=\"900\" height=\"506\" alt=\"'The Number of Live Service Games Is Not Important': PS5 Boss Gives Rare Insight into Strategy 1\"><\/a><figcaption class=\"caption\"><em class=\"credit\">Image: Push Square<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Earlier in the generation, Sony famously announced plans to release 10 live service titles, as it looked to diversify its first-party offering and create lucrative recurring revenue streams.<\/p>\n<p>But it\u2019s been a year since the disastrous first-person shooter Concord released and was subsequently shuttered, which has prompted the platform holder to make some sweeping changes internally.<\/p>\n<p>In a rare interview with the <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ft.com\/content\/d5859ffc-c4d7-4480-98a6-c1cff07af299\">Financial Times<\/a> (paywalled), PS Studio boss Hermen Hulst has outlined the changes the manufacturer has made to avoid this problem from repeating.<\/p>\n<div class=\"for-mobile\">\n<figure class=\"youtube with-primis\" data-videoid=\"y-XGB8_bQ3s\" data-start=\"0\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/y-XGB8_bQ3s?rel=0&amp;hd=1&amp;showinfo=0&amp;modestbranding=0&amp;autohide=1\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" id=\"yt-2\" class=\"external youtube-thumbnail\" title=\"Play\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=y-XGB8_bQ3s\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/y-XGB8_bQ3s\/mqdefault.jpg 800w, https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/y-XGB8_bQ3s\/maxresdefault.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/y-XGB8_bQ3s\/maxresdefault.jpg\" width=\"890\" height=\"501\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"YouTube Video\"><\/a><figcaption>\n<p class=\"youtube-watch\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Watch This Video on YouTube\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=y-XGB8_bQ3s\" class=\"external\" rel=\"noopener\">Watch on <strong><span class=\"icon icon-youtube-play\"><\/span> YouTube<\/strong> <span class=\"icon icon-link-external\"><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"youtube-sub\">Subscribe to <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"external\" rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/pushsquare?sub_confirmation=1\">Push Square<\/a> on <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"sub-button external\" rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/pushsquare?sub_confirmation=1\"><span class=\"subs-label\">YouTube<\/span><span class=\"subs\">160k<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>He\u2019s also hinted that his company is no longer interested in the quantity of live service games it makes \u2013 but the quality of a diverse offering instead.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cThe number [of live service games] is not so important. What is important to me is having a diverse set of player experiences and a set of communities. We have since put in place much more rigorous and more frequent testing in very many different ways. The advantage of every failure\u2009is that people now understand how necessary that [oversight] is.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The article explains that PlayStation is now doing much more group testing, it\u2019s encouraging intelligence sharing between studios, and it\u2019s fostering a closer relationship between executives.<\/p>\n<p>But the challenge for Sony, and Hulst specifically, is allowing its portfolio of developers to flex their creative talents, while still subscribing to the firm\u2019s overall goal of never-ending growth.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t want teams to always play it safe, but I would like for us, when we fail, to fail early and cheaply,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"object object-youtube\">\n<figure class=\"youtube\" data-videoid=\"B7jhHkd1UbM\" data-start=\"0\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/B7jhHkd1UbM?rel=0&amp;hd=1&amp;showinfo=0&amp;modestbranding=0&amp;autohide=1\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Top 10 Best PS5 Games Of 2025 | Mid-Year Update\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/B7jhHkd1UbM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><figcaption>\n<p class=\"youtube-watch\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Watch This Video on YouTube\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=B7jhHkd1UbM\" class=\"external\" rel=\"noopener\">Watch on <strong><span class=\"icon icon-youtube-play\"><\/span> YouTube<\/strong> <span class=\"icon icon-link-external\"><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"youtube-sub\">Subscribe to <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"external\" rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/pushsquare?sub_confirmation=1\">Push Square<\/a> on <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"sub-button external\" rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/pushsquare?sub_confirmation=1\"><span class=\"subs-label\">YouTube<\/span><span class=\"subs\">160k<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/aside>\n<p>This would perhaps explain the sheer number of cancellations within PS Studios recently; we know projects have been binned at Bluepoint, Bend Studio, and Firesprite \u2013 perhaps an admission that it\u2019s best to pull the plug early rather than leave things too late.<\/p>\n<p>It seems, when it comes to new intellectual property, Sony is looking at the bigger picture. It\u2019s no longer enough to deliver a great game \u2013 it needs to be something that can also be adapted into anime, film, television, manga, comics, and more.<\/p>\n<p>Hulst explained:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cWe take a very intentional approach to IP creation [\u2026]\u2009understanding how a new concept can turn into an iconic franchise for PlayStation that can then again become a franchise for people beyond gaming.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>While we don\u2019t love everything we\u2019re reading here, we can see what Sony is <em>trying<\/em> to do.<\/p>\n<p>Many miss the days when PlayStation would put its development budget behind all sorts of weird and wonderful projects, like Vib Ribbon and PAIN. But it\u2019s mostly ceded that space to indie developers these days \u2013 although, to be fair, it\u2019s still actively empowering creators around the globe with its Hero Project programmes.<\/p>\n<p>It strikes us that PlayStation\u2019s first-party is now all about building brands that both help sell consoles and feed Sony\u2019s wider strategy of becoming an entertainment juggernaut. It\u2019d certainly help explain its focus on franchises like God of War, Horizon, and even the upcoming Physint \u2013 all of which have cross-media potential.<\/p>\n<p>And of course, the live service aspect <em>is<\/em> still high on its agenda: PlayStation is making the <em>vast<\/em> amount of its money via microtransactions purchased within a handful of games. 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He\u2019s an expert on PS Studios and industry matters, as well as sports games and simulators. He also enjoys RPGs when he has the time to dedicate to them, and is a bit of a gacha whale.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li class=\" first\"><span class=\"icon icon-profile\"><\/span> Author Profile<\/li>\n<li><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/get2sammyb.bsky.social\"><span class=\"icon icon-bsky\"><\/span> Bluesky<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\" last\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" onclick=\"return replyTo('get2sammyb');\" href=\"#\"><span class=\"icon icon-comments\"><\/span> Reply<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<div class=\"insert with-label centered block lazyload for-desktop lazyload\">\n<div id=\"PS_MPU_X_K68ABE52DD5117\" style=\"min-width:300px; min-height:250px\" data-dfp-id=\"pushsquare\/desktop_web_display\/article\" data-dfp-sizes=\"300x250\" data-dfp-targeting=\"pos=1,gto=false,experiment=nl-article-foot-after-author\" class=\"lazyload\" data-dfp-refresh-direct=\"true\" data-prebid-config=\"LAZY_DESKTOP\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"comments-list\">\n<section id=\"comments\" class=\"block comments\">\n<header class=\"widget-header\">\n<p>Comments <span class=\"counter comment-count\">85<\/span><\/p>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"body\">\n<div class=\"comments hidden-comments\" data-subject=\"dgp:news\/2025\/08\/the-number-of-live-service-games-is-not-important-ps5-boss-gives-rare-insight-into-strategy\">\n<article class=\"comment\" id=\"comment8791538\" data-author=\"users\/274188\" data-subject=\"comments\/8791538\" data-dislikes=\"0\" data-id=\"8791538\">\n<p class=\"avatar\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"framed lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/images.pushsquare.com\/users\/274188\/avatar.jpg?v=1704236216\" width=\"80\" height=\"80\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"PaperAlien\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"detail\">\n<ul class=\"info\">\n<li class=\" first\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"num\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"news\/2025\/08\/the-number-of-live-service-games-is-not-important-ps5-boss-gives-rare-insight-into-strategy#comment8791538\">1<\/a><\/li>\n<li>PaperAlien<\/li>\n<li class=\" last\"><time data-days=\"5\" class=\"date age \" datetime=\"2025-08-24T14:10:49+00:00\">Yesterday, 3:10pm<\/time><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<section class=\"text\">\n<p>Just shows you all these people care about is moneymoneymoney it&#8217;s no longer good enough to make a great game that will sell millions, now they want it to have shows, films and all that BS. The chase for money always leads to the death of creativity and reputation.<\/p>\n<p>Lets hope the door hits Hulst on the way out right after ole Pete Parsons from Bungie has been pushed through them.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<ul class=\"ui-comment-tools\">\n<li class=\"likes first last\">45<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article class=\"comment\" id=\"comment8791540\" data-author=\"users\/326340\" data-subject=\"comments\/8791540\" data-dislikes=\"0\" data-id=\"8791540\">\n<p class=\"avatar\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"framed lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/images.pushsquare.com\/users\/326340\/avatar.jpg?v=1685550965\" width=\"80\" height=\"80\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Scottyy\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"detail\">\n<ul class=\"info\">\n<li class=\" first\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"num\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"news\/2025\/08\/the-number-of-live-service-games-is-not-important-ps5-boss-gives-rare-insight-into-strategy#comment8791540\">2<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Scottyy<\/li>\n<li class=\" last\"><time data-days=\"5\" class=\"date age \" datetime=\"2025-08-24T14:14:23+00:00\">Yesterday, 3:14pm<\/time><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<section class=\"text\">\n<p>Another step they should take is firing Helmen Hulst.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<ul class=\"ui-comment-tools\">\n<li class=\"likes first last\">33<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article class=\"comment\" id=\"comment8791543\" data-author=\"users\/253229\" data-subject=\"comments\/8791543\" data-dislikes=\"1\" data-id=\"8791543\">\n<p class=\"avatar\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"framed lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/images.pushsquare.com\/users\/253229\/avatar.jpg?v=1686047715\" width=\"80\" height=\"80\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"djlard\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"detail\">\n<ul class=\"info\">\n<li class=\" first\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"num\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"news\/2025\/08\/the-number-of-live-service-games-is-not-important-ps5-boss-gives-rare-insight-into-strategy#comment8791543\">3<\/a><\/li>\n<li>djlard<\/li>\n<li class=\" last\"><time data-days=\"5\" class=\"date age \" datetime=\"2025-08-24T14:15:56+00:00\">Yesterday, 3:15pm<\/time><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<section class=\"text\">\n<p>It is tragic truth to see they really don&#8217;t care about fun anymore&#8230;<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<ul class=\"ui-comment-tools\">\n<li class=\"likes first last\">15<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article class=\"comment\" id=\"comment8791544\" data-author=\"users\/276878\" data-subject=\"comments\/8791544\" data-dislikes=\"1\" data-id=\"8791544\">\n<p class=\"avatar\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"framed lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/images.pushsquare.com\/users\/276878\/avatar.jpg?v=1755816751\" width=\"80\" height=\"80\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"UltimateOtaku91\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"detail\">\n<ul class=\"info\">\n<li class=\" first\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"num\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"news\/2025\/08\/the-number-of-live-service-games-is-not-important-ps5-boss-gives-rare-insight-into-strategy#comment8791544\">4<\/a><\/li>\n<li>UltimateOtaku91<\/li>\n<li class=\" last\"><time data-days=\"5\" class=\"date age \" datetime=\"2025-08-24T14:16:02+00:00\">Yesterday, 3:16pm<\/time><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<section class=\"text\">\n<p>I don&#8217;t mind there being more Anime, Movies and Shows of games as long as they are good. Cyberpunk Edge Runners and The Last of Us show were good and hence boosted game sales, but the Borderlands movie was god awful and did nothing to help the series grow.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<ul class=\"ui-comment-tools\">\n<li class=\"likes first last\">10<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article class=\"comment is-supporter\" id=\"comment8791546\" data-author=\"users\/4271\" data-subject=\"comments\/8791546\" data-dislikes=\"1\" data-id=\"8791546\">\n<p class=\"avatar\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"framed lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/images.pushsquare.com\/users\/4271\/avatar.jpg?v=1529104267\" width=\"80\" height=\"80\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"get2sammyb\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"detail\">\n<ul class=\"info\">\n<li class=\" first\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"num\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"news\/2025\/08\/the-number-of-live-service-games-is-not-important-ps5-boss-gives-rare-insight-into-strategy#comment8791546\">5<\/a><\/li>\n<li>get2sammyb<span title=\"Push Square Supporter\" class=\"icon icon-hookshot supporter-badge\"><\/span> <span title=\"Push Square \/ Hookshot Staff\" class=\"icon icon-star user-admin\"><\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\" last\"><time data-days=\"5\" class=\"date age \" datetime=\"2025-08-24T14:17:23+00:00\">Yesterday, 3:17pm<\/time><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<section class=\"text\">\n<p>@djlard I don&#8217;t think that&#8217;s true at all.<\/p>\n<p>I know these quotes all seem a bit corporate and soulless (the source is the Financial Times!!!), but I think they understand they need to create compelling products that people enjoy in order to make lots of money off them.<\/p>\n<p>Exactly as @UltimateOtaku91 said, the strategy only really works if you make games people want to play and TV shows\/animes\/movies people want to watch.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<ul class=\"ui-comment-tools\">\n<li class=\"likes first last\">7<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article class=\"comment is-supporter\" id=\"comment8791547\" data-author=\"users\/4271\" data-subject=\"comments\/8791547\" data-dislikes=\"1\" data-id=\"8791547\">\n<p class=\"avatar\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"framed lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/images.pushsquare.com\/users\/4271\/avatar.jpg?v=1529104267\" width=\"80\" height=\"80\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"get2sammyb\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"detail\">\n<ul class=\"info\">\n<li class=\" first\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"num\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"news\/2025\/08\/the-number-of-live-service-games-is-not-important-ps5-boss-gives-rare-insight-into-strategy#comment8791547\">6<\/a><\/li>\n<li>get2sammyb<span title=\"Push Square Supporter\" class=\"icon icon-hookshot supporter-badge\"><\/span> <span title=\"Push Square \/ Hookshot Staff\" class=\"icon icon-star user-admin\"><\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\" last\"><time data-days=\"5\" class=\"date age \" datetime=\"2025-08-24T14:19:32+00:00\">Yesterday, 3:19pm<\/time><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<section class=\"text\">\n<p>I would also add that while I don&#8217;t think Hermen Hulst has done a good job at all so far, the strategy won&#8217;t change if he leaves.<\/p>\n<p>This is all coming from above, and so whoever replaces Hulst will have the exact same remit.<\/p>\n<p>Perhaps they&#8217;ll be able to better execute it, but the goals will be the same.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<ul class=\"ui-comment-tools\">\n<li class=\"likes first last\">17<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article class=\"comment\" id=\"comment8791550\" data-author=\"users\/357453\" data-subject=\"comments\/8791550\" data-dislikes=\"1\" data-id=\"8791550\">\n<p class=\"avatar\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"framed lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/images.pushsquare.com\/users\/357453\/avatar.jpg?v=1755906396\" width=\"80\" height=\"80\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Elfuggingjefe\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"detail\">\n<ul class=\"info\">\n<li class=\" first\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"num\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"news\/2025\/08\/the-number-of-live-service-games-is-not-important-ps5-boss-gives-rare-insight-into-strategy#comment8791550\">7<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Elfuggingjefe<\/li>\n<li class=\" last\"><time data-days=\"5\" class=\"date age \" datetime=\"2025-08-24T14:25:15+00:00\">Yesterday, 3:25pm<\/time><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<section class=\"text\">\n<p>Games are still games, but it&#8217;s incredible how far removed the industry is from when I fell in love with gaming 35+ years ago. While PlayStation are moving with the times, I&#8217;d say it&#8217;s me who&#8217;s losing touch with gaming, and more than that, falling out of love with it. I used to think it was something I&#8217;d do forever. I no longer feel that way.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<ul class=\"ui-comment-tools\">\n<li class=\"likes first last\">10<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article class=\"comment\" id=\"comment8791556\" data-author=\"users\/332621\" data-subject=\"comments\/8791556\" data-dislikes=\"0\" data-id=\"8791556\">\n<p class=\"avatar\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"framed lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/images.pushsquare.com\/users\/332621\/avatar.jpg?v=1754228315\" width=\"80\" height=\"80\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Ricky-Spanish\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"detail\">\n<ul class=\"info\">\n<li class=\" first\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"num\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"news\/2025\/08\/the-number-of-live-service-games-is-not-important-ps5-boss-gives-rare-insight-into-strategy#comment8791556\">8<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Ricky-Spanish<\/li>\n<li class=\" last\"><time data-days=\"5\" class=\"date age \" datetime=\"2025-08-24T14:33:21+00:00\">Yesterday, 3:33pm<\/time><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<section class=\"text\">\n<p>So any new games coming from Sony will have to be a successful game,film, tv show, anime??<br \/>What next musicals??<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<ul class=\"ui-comment-tools\">\n<li class=\"likes first last\">6<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article class=\"comment\" id=\"comment8791561\" data-author=\"users\/342389\" data-subject=\"comments\/8791561\" data-dislikes=\"0\" data-id=\"8791561\">\n<p class=\"avatar\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"framed lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/images.pushsquare.com\/users\/342389\/avatar.jpg?v=1729762822\" width=\"80\" height=\"80\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Oz_Who_Dat_Dare\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"detail\">\n<ul class=\"info\">\n<li class=\" first\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"num\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"news\/2025\/08\/the-number-of-live-service-games-is-not-important-ps5-boss-gives-rare-insight-into-strategy#comment8791561\">9<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Oz_Who_Dat_Dare<\/li>\n<li class=\" last\"><time data-days=\"5\" class=\"date age \" datetime=\"2025-08-24T14:35:29+00:00\">Yesterday, 3:35pm<\/time><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<section class=\"text\">\n<p>Here&#8217;s an idea&#8230; incentivise creatives to create interesting and enjoyable games; fund them and take out road-blocks; but most of all, understand what gamers want (and not just the F2P crowd). When they start worrying about creating a whole panapoly of media outputs from a single game brand, it starts sounding a little bit too much like Unknown 9: The Completely Unknown Gaming+cinematic+anime+manga+short-story Universe.<\/p>\n<p>We know Sony&#8217;s all about verticals and IP creation, but it also sounds a little like they&#8217;re seeing gaming as a engine room\/testing ground for other media expansion. That comes after they make a successful game, not as part of the games inception.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<ul class=\"ui-comment-tools\">\n<li class=\"likes first last\">2<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article class=\"comment\" id=\"comment8791565\" data-author=\"users\/295920\" data-subject=\"comments\/8791565\" data-dislikes=\"0\" data-id=\"8791565\">\n<p class=\"avatar\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"framed lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/images.pushsquare.com\/users\/295920\/avatar.jpg?v=1631111514\" width=\"80\" height=\"80\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Perturbator\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"detail\">\n<ul class=\"info\">\n<li class=\" first\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"num\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"news\/2025\/08\/the-number-of-live-service-games-is-not-important-ps5-boss-gives-rare-insight-into-strategy#comment8791565\">10<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Perturbator<\/li>\n<li class=\" last\"><time data-days=\"5\" class=\"date age \" datetime=\"2025-08-24T14:40:47+00:00\">Yesterday, 3:40pm<\/time><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<section class=\"text\">\n<p>Everything here sounds bloody awful.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<ul class=\"ui-comment-tools\">\n<li class=\"likes first last\">2<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article class=\"comment\" id=\"comment8791566\" data-author=\"users\/342389\" data-subject=\"comments\/8791566\" data-dislikes=\"0\" data-id=\"8791566\">\n<p class=\"avatar\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"framed lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/images.pushsquare.com\/users\/342389\/avatar.jpg?v=1729762822\" width=\"80\" height=\"80\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Oz_Who_Dat_Dare\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"detail\">\n<ul class=\"info\">\n<li class=\" first\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"num\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"news\/2025\/08\/the-number-of-live-service-games-is-not-important-ps5-boss-gives-rare-insight-into-strategy#comment8791566\">11<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Oz_Who_Dat_Dare<\/li>\n<li class=\" last\"><time data-days=\"5\" class=\"date age \" datetime=\"2025-08-24T14:40:47+00:00\">Yesterday, 3:40pm<\/time><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<section class=\"text\">\n<p>@get2sammyb I agree &#8211; this is coming from SonyHQ&#8230; but also, it&#8217;s possible to take the lemons and make lemonade&#8230; but no one really just wants to drink that luke-warm-slightly-off-yellow drink that was prepared earlier. Games are a business, but making great games needs a good gamer-sense. Hulst has been preparing his drinks&#8230; and to be fair, there&#8217;s definitely a lot of lemons.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<ul class=\"ui-comment-tools\">\n<li class=\"likes first last\">0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article class=\"comment\" id=\"comment8791571\" data-author=\"users\/192411\" data-subject=\"comments\/8791571\" data-dislikes=\"0\" data-id=\"8791571\">\n<p class=\"avatar\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"framed lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/images.pushsquare.com\/users\/192411\/avatar.jpg?v=1746536302\" width=\"80\" height=\"80\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"RBMango\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"detail\">\n<ul class=\"info\">\n<li class=\" first\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"num\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"news\/2025\/08\/the-number-of-live-service-games-is-not-important-ps5-boss-gives-rare-insight-into-strategy#comment8791571\">12<\/a><\/li>\n<li>RBMango<\/li>\n<li class=\" last\"><time data-days=\"5\" class=\"date age \" datetime=\"2025-08-24T14:47:15+00:00\">Yesterday, 3:47pm<\/time><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<section class=\"text\">\n<p>So, when are we getting the Astro Bot movie from Sony Pictures Animation, where he&#8217;s voiced by Chris Pratt or Jack Black?<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<ul class=\"ui-comment-tools\">\n<li class=\"likes first last\">2<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article class=\"comment\" id=\"comment8791572\" data-author=\"users\/16223\" data-subject=\"comments\/8791572\" data-dislikes=\"1\" data-id=\"8791572\">\n<p class=\"avatar\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"framed lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/images.pushsquare.com\/users\/16223\/avatar.jpg?v=1700355147\" width=\"80\" height=\"80\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Splat\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"detail\">\n<ul class=\"info\">\n<li class=\" first\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"num\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"news\/2025\/08\/the-number-of-live-service-games-is-not-important-ps5-boss-gives-rare-insight-into-strategy#comment8791572\">13<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Splat<\/li>\n<li class=\" last\"><time data-days=\"5\" class=\"date age \" datetime=\"2025-08-24T14:48:23+00:00\">Yesterday, 3:48pm<\/time><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<section class=\"text\">\n<p>I really wish the industry would have learned a lesson from Expedition 33. They clearly didn&#8217;t.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<ul class=\"ui-comment-tools\">\n<li class=\"likes first last\">17<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article class=\"comment\" id=\"comment8791574\" data-author=\"users\/285287\" data-subject=\"comments\/8791574\" data-dislikes=\"0\" data-id=\"8791574\">\n<p class=\"avatar\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"framed lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/images.pushsquare.com\/users\/285287\/avatar.jpg?v=1729012007\" width=\"80\" height=\"80\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"truerbluer\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"detail\">\n<ul class=\"info\">\n<li class=\" first\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"num\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"news\/2025\/08\/the-number-of-live-service-games-is-not-important-ps5-boss-gives-rare-insight-into-strategy#comment8791574\">14<\/a><\/li>\n<li>truerbluer<\/li>\n<li class=\" last\"><time data-days=\"5\" class=\"date age \" datetime=\"2025-08-24T14:49:42+00:00\">Yesterday, 3:49pm<\/time><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<section class=\"text\">\n<p>Hulst is pushing PlayStation into FUBAR territory.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<ul class=\"ui-comment-tools\">\n<li class=\"likes first last\">0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article class=\"comment\" id=\"comment8791578\" data-author=\"users\/241524\" data-subject=\"comments\/8791578\" data-dislikes=\"0\" data-id=\"8791578\">\n<p class=\"avatar\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"framed lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/static.pushsquare.com\/themes\/base\/images\/avatar.svg\" width=\"80\" height=\"80\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"ATaco\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"detail\">\n<ul class=\"info\">\n<li class=\" first\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"num\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"news\/2025\/08\/the-number-of-live-service-games-is-not-important-ps5-boss-gives-rare-insight-into-strategy#comment8791578\">15<\/a><\/li>\n<li>ATaco<\/li>\n<li class=\" last\"><time data-days=\"5\" class=\"date age \" datetime=\"2025-08-24T14:52:12+00:00\">Yesterday, 3:52pm<\/time><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<section class=\"text\">\n<p>With bigger salaries should come bigger risks. Hermen has, in my eyes, screwed up the last 2 or 3 years at PlayStation&#8230;and yet he suffers no consequences or penalties?<\/p>\n<p>At this point I feel like CEO is basically &#8220;scapegoat who has to apologize for us so none of us who are actually in charge have to deal with it.&#8221; What a joke.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<ul class=\"ui-comment-tools\">\n<li class=\"likes first last\">2<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article class=\"comment\" id=\"comment8791580\" data-author=\"users\/225544\" data-subject=\"comments\/8791580\" data-dislikes=\"0\" data-id=\"8791580\">\n<p class=\"avatar\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"framed lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/images.pushsquare.com\/users\/225544\/avatar.jpg?v=1752658634\" width=\"80\" height=\"80\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Max_the_German\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"detail\">\n<ul class=\"info\">\n<li class=\" first\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"num\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"news\/2025\/08\/the-number-of-live-service-games-is-not-important-ps5-boss-gives-rare-insight-into-strategy#comment8791580\">16<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Max_the_German<\/li>\n<li class=\" last\"><time data-days=\"5\" class=\"date age \" datetime=\"2025-08-24T14:55:23+00:00\">Yesterday, 3:55pm<\/time><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<section class=\"text\">\n<p>If their number is not important, my wish for new live service games is zero.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<ul class=\"ui-comment-tools\">\n<li class=\"likes first last\">8<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article class=\"comment\" id=\"comment8791593\" data-author=\"users\/344700\" data-subject=\"comments\/8791593\" data-dislikes=\"1\" data-id=\"8791593\">\n<p class=\"avatar\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"framed lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/images.pushsquare.com\/users\/344700\/avatar.jpg?v=1725289203\" width=\"80\" height=\"80\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"ZeroSum\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"detail\">\n<ul class=\"info\">\n<li class=\" first\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"num\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"news\/2025\/08\/the-number-of-live-service-games-is-not-important-ps5-boss-gives-rare-insight-into-strategy#comment8791593\">17<\/a><\/li>\n<li>ZeroSum<\/li>\n<li class=\" last\"><time data-days=\"5\" class=\"date age \" datetime=\"2025-08-24T15:08:53+00:00\">Yesterday, 4:08pm<\/time><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<section class=\"text\">\n<p>There are two different threads here; Sony aren&#8217;t concerned about the quantity of live-service games, but more so the quality. This quality over quantity can only be a good thing for us as gamers.<\/p>\n<p>The second thread is Sony&#8217;s push to expand its IPs across media, which has already happened, most notably with The Last of Us, which is a great series. If Sony take their time and focus on quality over quantity, it can only be a good thing for us.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<ul class=\"ui-comment-tools\">\n<li class=\"likes first last\">5<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article class=\"comment\" id=\"comment8791595\" data-author=\"users\/318256\" data-subject=\"comments\/8791595\" data-dislikes=\"1\" data-id=\"8791595\">\n<p class=\"avatar\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"framed lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/images.pushsquare.com\/users\/318256\/avatar.jpg?v=1667924016\" width=\"80\" height=\"80\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"MasterChiefWiggum\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"detail\">\n<ul class=\"info\">\n<li class=\" first\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"num\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"news\/2025\/08\/the-number-of-live-service-games-is-not-important-ps5-boss-gives-rare-insight-into-strategy#comment8791595\">18<\/a><\/li>\n<li>MasterChiefWiggum<\/li>\n<li class=\" last\"><time data-days=\"5\" class=\"date age \" datetime=\"2025-08-24T15:09:37+00:00\">Yesterday, 4:09pm<\/time><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<section class=\"text\">\n<p>This generation has been stagnant and dull. Very few great first party games and new IPs. Sony have lost their way by chasing live service games to excess, and seem uninterested in giving fans what they actually want.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<ul class=\"ui-comment-tools\">\n<li class=\"likes first last\">3<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article class=\"comment\" id=\"comment8791603\" data-author=\"users\/184844\" data-subject=\"comments\/8791603\" data-dislikes=\"0\" data-id=\"8791603\">\n<p class=\"avatar\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"framed lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/images.pushsquare.com\/users\/184844\/avatar.jpg?v=1725111293\" width=\"80\" height=\"80\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Old-Red\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"detail\">\n<ul class=\"info\">\n<li class=\" first\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"num\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"news\/2025\/08\/the-number-of-live-service-games-is-not-important-ps5-boss-gives-rare-insight-into-strategy#comment8791603\">19<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Old-Red<\/li>\n<li class=\" last\"><time data-days=\"5\" class=\"date age \" datetime=\"2025-08-24T15:21:23+00:00\">Yesterday, 4:21pm<\/time><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<section class=\"text\">\n<p>I didn&#8217;t know Bluepoint had a live service game cancelled. That would explain them falling off the face of the planet. Was this general knowledge?<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<ul class=\"ui-comment-tools\">\n<li class=\"likes first last\">0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article class=\"comment\" id=\"comment8791613\" data-author=\"users\/356843\" data-subject=\"comments\/8791613\" data-dislikes=\"0\" data-id=\"8791613\">\n<p class=\"avatar\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"framed lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/images.pushsquare.com\/users\/356843\/avatar.jpg?v=1754835667\" width=\"80\" height=\"80\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"TrollOfWar\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"detail\">\n<ul class=\"info\">\n<li class=\" first\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"num\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"news\/2025\/08\/the-number-of-live-service-games-is-not-important-ps5-boss-gives-rare-insight-into-strategy#comment8791613\">20<\/a><\/li>\n<li>TrollOfWar<\/li>\n<li class=\" last\"><time data-days=\"5\" class=\"date age \" datetime=\"2025-08-24T15:33:02+00:00\">Yesterday, 4:33pm<\/time><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<section class=\"text\">\n<p>While it&#8217;s great that PlayStation puts more focus on the quality of their (live-service) games, this also sounds a bit like longer development periods and less creative\/innovating ideas:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>We have since put in place much <strong>more rigorous and more frequent testing in very many different ways<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Additionally feedback loops take time to evaluate and incorporate the changes<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<ul class=\"ui-comment-tools\">\n<li class=\"likes first last\">0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article class=\"comment\" id=\"comment8791614\" data-author=\"users\/344884\" data-subject=\"comments\/8791614\" data-dislikes=\"2\" data-id=\"8791614\">\n<p class=\"avatar\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"framed lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/static.pushsquare.com\/themes\/base\/images\/avatar.svg\" width=\"80\" height=\"80\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"LogicStrikesAgain\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"detail\">\n<ul class=\"info\">\n<li class=\" first\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"num\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"news\/2025\/08\/the-number-of-live-service-games-is-not-important-ps5-boss-gives-rare-insight-into-strategy#comment8791614\">21<\/a><\/li>\n<li>LogicStrikesAgain<\/li>\n<li class=\" last\"><time data-days=\"5\" class=\"date age \" datetime=\"2025-08-24T15:34:11+00:00\">Yesterday, 4:34pm<\/time><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<section class=\"text\">\n<p><strong>\u201cThey just need to understand gamers and bring the fun back in games!\u201d<\/strong> &#8211; Average Push Square commenter<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile statistics show most gamers play everything from Fortnite, FIFA and CoD to other F2P crap. Deciphering what gamers want is so easy to do for us armchair anaylists, but hardly ever correlates with reality. Saying they need to just bring back the fun in games is so easy when you don\u2019t have a clue which type of games will be succesful anymore nowadays.<\/p>\n<p>Sony made arguably one of the funnest games in their repertoire, which was lauded by critics and users, and even won more than a hundred GOTY awards, but hardly moved the needle commercialy speaking.<\/p>\n<p>But yeah, people here know all the answers \ud83d\ude0e<\/p>\n<p><strong>Edit:<\/strong> Also, taking an intentional approach to IP creation doesnt mean it can\u2019t be fun games, as always people here are taking a statement and use elaborate ways to make it mean anything their imagination wants it to mean<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<ul class=\"ui-comment-tools\">\n<li class=\"likes first last\">8<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article class=\"comment\" id=\"comment8791622\" data-author=\"users\/275143\" data-subject=\"comments\/8791622\" data-dislikes=\"0\" data-id=\"8791622\">\n<p class=\"avatar\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"framed lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/images.pushsquare.com\/users\/275143\/avatar.jpg?v=1748416606\" width=\"80\" height=\"80\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Intr1n5ic\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"detail\">\n<ul class=\"info\">\n<li class=\" first\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"num\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"news\/2025\/08\/the-number-of-live-service-games-is-not-important-ps5-boss-gives-rare-insight-into-strategy#comment8791622\">22<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Intr1n5ic<\/li>\n<li class=\" last\"><time data-days=\"5\" class=\"date age \" datetime=\"2025-08-24T15:44:08+00:00\">Yesterday, 4:44pm<\/time><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<section class=\"text\">\n<p>Sony are so silly sometimes. The easiest way to diversify your catalogue is to spend 85+ billion buying everyone elses, problem solved.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<ul class=\"ui-comment-tools\">\n<li class=\"likes first last\">5<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article class=\"comment\" id=\"comment8791626\" data-author=\"users\/341664\" data-subject=\"comments\/8791626\" data-dislikes=\"0\" data-id=\"8791626\">\n<p class=\"avatar\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"framed lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/images.pushsquare.com\/users\/341664\/avatar.jpg?v=1755618524\" width=\"80\" height=\"80\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"PuppetMaster\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"detail\">\n<ul class=\"info\">\n<li class=\" first\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"num\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"news\/2025\/08\/the-number-of-live-service-games-is-not-important-ps5-boss-gives-rare-insight-into-strategy#comment8791626\">23<\/a><\/li>\n<li>PuppetMaster<\/li>\n<li class=\" last\"><time data-days=\"5\" class=\"date age \" datetime=\"2025-08-24T15:46:35+00:00\">Yesterday, 4:46pm<\/time><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<section class=\"text\">\n<p>With Marvel Tokon looks solid and China \/ India \/ MENA Hero Projects are still running, i guess there&#8217;s some chance that Hulst learnt the lesson from his live service mistakes&#8230;But we&#8217;ll see.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<ul class=\"ui-comment-tools\">\n<li class=\"likes first last\">1<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article class=\"comment\" id=\"comment8791628\" data-author=\"users\/356843\" data-subject=\"comments\/8791628\" data-dislikes=\"0\" data-id=\"8791628\">\n<p class=\"avatar\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"framed lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/images.pushsquare.com\/users\/356843\/avatar.jpg?v=1754835667\" width=\"80\" height=\"80\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"TrollOfWar\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"detail\">\n<ul class=\"info\">\n<li class=\" first\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"num\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"news\/2025\/08\/the-number-of-live-service-games-is-not-important-ps5-boss-gives-rare-insight-into-strategy#comment8791628\">24<\/a><\/li>\n<li>TrollOfWar<\/li>\n<li class=\" last\"><time data-days=\"5\" class=\"date age \" datetime=\"2025-08-24T15:47:56+00:00\">Yesterday, 4:47pm<\/time><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<section class=\"text\">\n<p>@UltimateOtaku91 The &#8220;unicorn&#8221; franchises which Herman Hurst is probably alluding to are Mario, Pokemon, Sonic and Minecraft, which all had tremendously successful movies in recent years, are selling tons of merchandise including clothes worn by kids and have (or will have) theme parks. Hulst might think that Horizon has the potential to become such franchises, but personally I&#8217;m not sure if they have a popular franchise which is beloved by young and old players alike.<\/p>\n<p>In case of the Borderlands movie the creators didn&#8217;t care about making a good movie. Tales from the Borderlands has proven how compelling stories work in the Borderlands universe.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<ul class=\"ui-comment-tools\">\n<li class=\"likes first last\">1<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article class=\"comment\" id=\"comment8791630\" data-author=\"users\/344884\" data-subject=\"comments\/8791630\" data-dislikes=\"0\" data-id=\"8791630\">\n<p class=\"avatar\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"framed lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/static.pushsquare.com\/themes\/base\/images\/avatar.svg\" width=\"80\" height=\"80\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"LogicStrikesAgain\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"detail\">\n<ul class=\"info\">\n<li class=\" first\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"num\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"news\/2025\/08\/the-number-of-live-service-games-is-not-important-ps5-boss-gives-rare-insight-into-strategy#comment8791630\">25<\/a><\/li>\n<li>LogicStrikesAgain<\/li>\n<li class=\" last\"><time data-days=\"5\" class=\"date age \" datetime=\"2025-08-24T15:49:52+00:00\">Yesterday, 4:49pm<\/time><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<section class=\"text\">\n<p>@Intr1n5ic Haha, Love this! \ud83d\ude02\ud83d\udc4d\ud83c\udffc<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<ul class=\"ui-comment-tools\">\n<li class=\"likes first last\">1<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article class=\"comment\" id=\"comment8791631\" data-author=\"users\/151393\" data-subject=\"comments\/8791631\" data-dislikes=\"0\" data-id=\"8791631\">\n<p class=\"avatar\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"framed lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/static.pushsquare.com\/themes\/base\/images\/avatar.svg\" width=\"80\" height=\"80\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Nepp67\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"detail\">\n<ul class=\"info\">\n<li class=\" first\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"num\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"news\/2025\/08\/the-number-of-live-service-games-is-not-important-ps5-boss-gives-rare-insight-into-strategy#comment8791631\">26<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Nepp67<\/li>\n<li class=\" last\"><time data-days=\"5\" class=\"date age \" datetime=\"2025-08-24T15:51:48+00:00\">Yesterday, 4:51pm<\/time><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<section class=\"text\">\n<p>He&#8217;s said it before or someone else has, doesn&#8217;t matter if a lot of live service games fail, just as long as one sticks.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<ul class=\"ui-comment-tools\">\n<li class=\"likes first last\">0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article class=\"comment\" id=\"comment8791632\" data-author=\"users\/355567\" data-subject=\"comments\/8791632\" data-dislikes=\"0\" data-id=\"8791632\">\n<p class=\"avatar\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"framed lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/static.pushsquare.com\/themes\/base\/images\/avatar.svg\" width=\"80\" height=\"80\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"SilentC\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"detail\">\n<ul class=\"info\">\n<li class=\" first\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"num\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"news\/2025\/08\/the-number-of-live-service-games-is-not-important-ps5-boss-gives-rare-insight-into-strategy#comment8791632\">27<\/a><\/li>\n<li>SilentC<\/li>\n<li class=\" last\"><time data-days=\"5\" class=\"date age \" datetime=\"2025-08-24T15:53:09+00:00\">Yesterday, 4:53pm<\/time><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<section class=\"text\">\n<p>I honestly don&#8217;t have any faith in Hermen Hulst to lead Playstation.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<ul class=\"ui-comment-tools\">\n<li class=\"likes first last\">2<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article class=\"comment\" id=\"comment8791633\" data-author=\"users\/355238\" data-subject=\"comments\/8791633\" data-dislikes=\"0\" data-id=\"8791633\">\n<p class=\"avatar\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"framed lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/static.pushsquare.com\/themes\/base\/images\/avatar.svg\" width=\"80\" height=\"80\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Questionable_Duck\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"detail\">\n<ul class=\"info\">\n<li class=\" first\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"num\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"news\/2025\/08\/the-number-of-live-service-games-is-not-important-ps5-boss-gives-rare-insight-into-strategy#comment8791633\">28<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Questionable_Duck<\/li>\n<li class=\" last\"><time data-days=\"5\" class=\"date age \" datetime=\"2025-08-24T15:53:28+00:00\">Yesterday, 4:53pm<\/time><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<section class=\"text\">\n<p>@get2sammyb Yep. The live service stuff, the multimedia focus, the multiplatform push, etc. won&#8217;t go away unless Hiroki Totoki and the other Sony execs are replaced.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<ul class=\"ui-comment-tools\">\n<li class=\"likes first last\">1<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article class=\"comment\" id=\"comment8791636\" data-author=\"users\/355238\" data-subject=\"comments\/8791636\" data-dislikes=\"0\" data-id=\"8791636\">\n<p class=\"avatar\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"framed lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/static.pushsquare.com\/themes\/base\/images\/avatar.svg\" width=\"80\" height=\"80\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Questionable_Duck\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"detail\">\n<ul class=\"info\">\n<li class=\" first\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"num\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"news\/2025\/08\/the-number-of-live-service-games-is-not-important-ps5-boss-gives-rare-insight-into-strategy#comment8791636\">29<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Questionable_Duck<\/li>\n<li class=\" last\"><time data-days=\"5\" class=\"date age \" datetime=\"2025-08-24T15:56:34+00:00\">Yesterday, 4:56pm<\/time><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<section class=\"text\">\n<p>@Old-Red Jason Schreier reported on the cancellation of Bluepoint&#8217;s next project a few months ago. It was a live service God of War game.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<ul class=\"ui-comment-tools\">\n<li class=\"likes first last\">0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article class=\"comment\" id=\"comment8791639\" data-author=\"users\/326340\" data-subject=\"comments\/8791639\" data-dislikes=\"0\" data-id=\"8791639\">\n<p class=\"avatar\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"framed lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/images.pushsquare.com\/users\/326340\/avatar.jpg?v=1685550965\" width=\"80\" height=\"80\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Scottyy\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"detail\">\n<ul class=\"info\">\n<li class=\" first\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"num\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"news\/2025\/08\/the-number-of-live-service-games-is-not-important-ps5-boss-gives-rare-insight-into-strategy#comment8791639\">30<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Scottyy<\/li>\n<li class=\" last\"><time data-days=\"5\" class=\"date age \" datetime=\"2025-08-24T15:59:31+00:00\">Yesterday, 4:59pm<\/time><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<section class=\"text\">\n<p>@get2sammyb<\/p>\n<p>Executing better is much preferable than executing worse. So, yeah. I would choose the lesser evil for sure.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<ul class=\"ui-comment-tools\">\n<li class=\"likes first last\">1<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article class=\"comment\" id=\"comment8791640\" data-author=\"users\/355238\" data-subject=\"comments\/8791640\" data-dislikes=\"0\" data-id=\"8791640\">\n<p class=\"avatar\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"framed lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/static.pushsquare.com\/themes\/base\/images\/avatar.svg\" width=\"80\" height=\"80\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Questionable_Duck\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"detail\">\n<ul class=\"info\">\n<li class=\" first\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"num\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"news\/2025\/08\/the-number-of-live-service-games-is-not-important-ps5-boss-gives-rare-insight-into-strategy#comment8791640\">31<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Questionable_Duck<\/li>\n<li class=\" last\"><time data-days=\"5\" class=\"date age \" datetime=\"2025-08-24T15:59:56+00:00\">Yesterday, 4:59pm<\/time><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<section class=\"text\">\n<p>@LogicStrikesAgain You made a great point there. The thing that a lot of hardcore gamers don&#8217;t understand is that they do not represent the majority.<\/p>\n<p>Most gamers these days play almost nothing but free-to-play live service games, like Fortnite, CoD Warzone, etc. They don&#8217;t care about stuff like Expedition 33 or pretty much 99% of singleplayer games. That&#8217;s why Sony is trying so hard to gain a foothold in this market.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<ul class=\"ui-comment-tools\">\n<li class=\"likes first last\">6<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article class=\"comment\" id=\"comment8791642\" data-author=\"users\/171728\" data-subject=\"comments\/8791642\" data-dislikes=\"0\" data-id=\"8791642\">\n<p class=\"avatar\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"framed lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/images.pushsquare.com\/users\/171728\/avatar.jpg?v=1744455203\" width=\"80\" height=\"80\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Th3solution\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"detail\">\n<ul class=\"info\">\n<li class=\" first\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"num\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"news\/2025\/08\/the-number-of-live-service-games-is-not-important-ps5-boss-gives-rare-insight-into-strategy#comment8791642\">32<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Th3solution<\/li>\n<li class=\" last\"><time data-days=\"5\" class=\"date age \" datetime=\"2025-08-24T16:01:09+00:00\">Yesterday, 5:01pm<\/time><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<section class=\"text\">\n<p>@Old-Red Fairly common knowledge but could have been buried in other stuff if you didn\u2019t see it \u2014<br \/>https:\/\/www.pushsquare.com\/news\/2025\/01\/sony-cancels-bluepoint-bend-studio-ps5-games-one-being-a-live-service-god-of-war-title<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<ul class=\"ui-comment-tools\">\n<li class=\"likes first last\">0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article class=\"comment\" id=\"comment8791662\" data-author=\"users\/322808\" data-subject=\"comments\/8791662\" data-dislikes=\"0\" data-id=\"8791662\">\n<p class=\"avatar\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"framed lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/images.pushsquare.com\/users\/322808\/avatar.jpg?v=1674791177\" width=\"80\" height=\"80\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"8thDoctor\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"detail\">\n<ul class=\"info\">\n<li class=\" first\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"num\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"news\/2025\/08\/the-number-of-live-service-games-is-not-important-ps5-boss-gives-rare-insight-into-strategy#comment8791662\">33<\/a><\/li>\n<li>8thDoctor<\/li>\n<li class=\" last\"><time data-days=\"5\" class=\"date age \" datetime=\"2025-08-24T16:21:30+00:00\">Yesterday, 5:21pm<\/time><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<section class=\"text\">\n<p>Cross-media potencial? Make a Puppeteer stop-motion film &amp; hire Laika to do it! Then in the meantime remaster the game for ps5. <i title=\":grinning:\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/cdnjs.cloudflare.com\/ajax\/libs\/twemoji\/14.0.2\/svg\/1f600.svg)\" class=\"twa twa-lg twa-grinning\"><\/i><br \/>I think building more all-ages ip is the route forward if they want that explosive perpetual money maker like a Mario, Fortnite or Minecraft. Last of Us, Horizon, Ghost of, God of War, &amp; Uncharted can\u2019t fill that space, they\u2019re too teen &amp; up oriented. That means finding a way to make Astrobot and Ratchet &amp; Clank sell big numbers, put MediaMolecule back on Tearaway &amp; LBP.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<ul class=\"ui-comment-tools\">\n<li class=\"likes first last\">1<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article class=\"comment\" id=\"comment8791668\" data-author=\"users\/355236\" data-subject=\"comments\/8791668\" data-dislikes=\"0\" data-id=\"8791668\">\n<p class=\"avatar\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"framed lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/images.pushsquare.com\/users\/355236\/avatar.jpg?v=1749210388\" width=\"80\" height=\"80\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Jammer\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"detail\">\n<ul class=\"info\">\n<li class=\" first\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"num\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"news\/2025\/08\/the-number-of-live-service-games-is-not-important-ps5-boss-gives-rare-insight-into-strategy#comment8791668\">34<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Jammer<\/li>\n<li class=\" last\"><time data-days=\"5\" class=\"date age \" datetime=\"2025-08-24T16:26:20+00:00\">Yesterday, 5:26pm<\/time><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<section class=\"text\">\n<p>@PaperAlien To be fair outside of the indies it&#8217;s always been like that whether in games, the music industry or Hollywad. On a plus I can&#8217;t think of one live service title I&#8217;ve ever liked or invested in after a trial, it&#8217;s just not for me.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<ul class=\"ui-comment-tools\">\n<li class=\"likes first last\">0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article class=\"comment\" id=\"comment8791675\" data-author=\"users\/308595\" data-subject=\"comments\/8791675\" data-dislikes=\"0\" data-id=\"8791675\">\n<p class=\"avatar\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"framed lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/images.pushsquare.com\/users\/308595\/avatar.jpg?v=1724212490\" width=\"80\" height=\"80\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"IOI\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"detail\">\n<ul class=\"info\">\n<li class=\" first\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"num\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"news\/2025\/08\/the-number-of-live-service-games-is-not-important-ps5-boss-gives-rare-insight-into-strategy#comment8791675\">35<\/a><\/li>\n<li>IOI<\/li>\n<li class=\" last\"><time data-days=\"5\" class=\"date age \" datetime=\"2025-08-24T16:34:11+00:00\">Yesterday, 5:34pm<\/time><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<section class=\"text\">\n<p>Lmao just a few years ago they were bragging that they had dozens of live service games in development but now that most have been cancelled or became the biggest flop ever for the brand the quantity is suddenly \u201cnot important\u201d, wish they\u2019d have taken that advice back in 2019\u2026<\/p>\n<p>Also, I really don\u2019t like this approach of exploiting an IP to almost burn it, just look at TLOU, for a franchise with only two games it feels incredibly burned and overused, and when they don\u2019t nail an adaptation, just like Season 2 of TLOU it plays against the IP and even devalues it.<\/p>\n<p>And mind you, this push isn\u2019t necessary, same as becoming more multi platform, Sony has repeatedly exceeded financial expectations every single quarter and have said this is the most profitable generation by far and <strong>it\u2019s not enough<\/strong>, at this rate they\u2019ll end up losing much more while seeking that extra $1.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<ul class=\"ui-comment-tools\">\n<li class=\"likes first last\">3<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article class=\"comment\" id=\"comment8791681\" data-author=\"users\/192411\" data-subject=\"comments\/8791681\" data-dislikes=\"0\" data-id=\"8791681\">\n<p class=\"avatar\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"framed lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/images.pushsquare.com\/users\/192411\/avatar.jpg?v=1746536302\" width=\"80\" height=\"80\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"RBMango\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"detail\">\n<ul class=\"info\">\n<li class=\" first\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"num\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"news\/2025\/08\/the-number-of-live-service-games-is-not-important-ps5-boss-gives-rare-insight-into-strategy#comment8791681\">36<\/a><\/li>\n<li>RBMango<\/li>\n<li class=\" last\"><time data-days=\"5\" class=\"date age \" datetime=\"2025-08-24T16:40:04+00:00\">Yesterday, 5:40pm<\/time><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<section class=\"text\">\n<p>@LogicStrikesAgain You&#8217;re not wrong about the financial reality of the majority of gamers, but I genuinely believe a lot of us armchair analysts could have made much smarter business decisions for PlayStation this generation that would have generated more positive long-term goodwill and still made them lots of money. For all of PlayStation&#8217;s combined business smarts and experience, it&#8217;s still staggering that they thought highly expensive and\/or nonsensical bets (such as buying Bungie, nurturing Concord to market, and allowing Bluepoint to make a God of War live servive) would pan out for them. Sometimes, the average person who wants more fun in their games definitely knows better and has a more discerning ear to the ground than the C-suite that stares at charts and trends all day.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<ul class=\"ui-comment-tools\">\n<li class=\"likes first last\">1<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article class=\"comment is-supporter\" id=\"comment8791686\" data-author=\"users\/4271\" data-subject=\"comments\/8791686\" data-dislikes=\"0\" data-id=\"8791686\">\n<p class=\"avatar\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"framed lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/images.pushsquare.com\/users\/4271\/avatar.jpg?v=1529104267\" width=\"80\" height=\"80\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"get2sammyb\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"detail\">\n<ul class=\"info\">\n<li class=\" first\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"num\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"news\/2025\/08\/the-number-of-live-service-games-is-not-important-ps5-boss-gives-rare-insight-into-strategy#comment8791686\">37<\/a><\/li>\n<li>get2sammyb<span title=\"Push Square Supporter\" class=\"icon icon-hookshot supporter-badge\"><\/span> <span title=\"Push Square \/ Hookshot Staff\" class=\"icon icon-star user-admin\"><\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\" last\"><time data-days=\"5\" class=\"date age \" datetime=\"2025-08-24T16:45:44+00:00\">Yesterday, 5:45pm<\/time><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<section class=\"text\">\n<p>@Old-Red It was in the news a few months ago, yeah. You may have just missed it.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<ul class=\"ui-comment-tools\">\n<li class=\"likes first last\">1<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article class=\"comment\" id=\"comment8791692\" data-author=\"users\/333150\" data-subject=\"comments\/8791692\" data-dislikes=\"0\" data-id=\"8791692\">\n<p class=\"avatar\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"framed lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/static.pushsquare.com\/themes\/base\/images\/avatar.svg\" width=\"80\" height=\"80\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Contimaloris\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"detail\">\n<ul class=\"info\">\n<li class=\" first\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"num\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"news\/2025\/08\/the-number-of-live-service-games-is-not-important-ps5-boss-gives-rare-insight-into-strategy#comment8791692\">38<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Contimaloris<\/li>\n<li class=\" last\"><time data-days=\"5\" class=\"date age \" datetime=\"2025-08-24T16:48:44+00:00\">Yesterday, 5:48pm<\/time><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<section class=\"text\">\n<p>I was never upset at their strategy to make live-service games. I&#8217;m upset they made most of their best single-player studios develop them, then cancel them&#8230; Now since game development time is so high we may not even get a single new game this entire generation from some studios.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<ul class=\"ui-comment-tools\">\n<li class=\"likes first last\">4<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article class=\"comment\" id=\"comment8791698\" data-author=\"users\/156576\" data-subject=\"comments\/8791698\" data-dislikes=\"0\" data-id=\"8791698\">\n<p class=\"avatar\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"framed lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/images.pushsquare.com\/users\/156576\/avatar.jpg?v=1687420734\" width=\"80\" height=\"80\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Ken_Kaniff\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"detail\">\n<ul class=\"info\">\n<li class=\" first\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"num\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"news\/2025\/08\/the-number-of-live-service-games-is-not-important-ps5-boss-gives-rare-insight-into-strategy#comment8791698\">39<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Ken_Kaniff<\/li>\n<li class=\" last\"><time data-days=\"5\" class=\"date age \" datetime=\"2025-08-24T16:54:35+00:00\">Yesterday, 5:54pm<\/time><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<section class=\"text\">\n<p>I would love to go 10 years in the future and see how many of these titles fail. I know they wont stop making them, but everyone that fails or gets canceled puts a little smile on my face.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<ul class=\"ui-comment-tools\">\n<li class=\"likes first last\">2<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article class=\"comment\" id=\"comment8791700\" data-author=\"users\/175814\" data-subject=\"comments\/8791700\" data-dislikes=\"0\" data-id=\"8791700\">\n<p class=\"avatar\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"framed lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/images.pushsquare.com\/users\/175814\/avatar.jpg?v=1550237925\" width=\"80\" height=\"80\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"dskatter\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"detail\">\n<ul class=\"info\">\n<li class=\" first\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"num\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"news\/2025\/08\/the-number-of-live-service-games-is-not-important-ps5-boss-gives-rare-insight-into-strategy#comment8791700\">40<\/a><\/li>\n<li>dskatter<\/li>\n<li class=\" last\"><time data-days=\"5\" class=\"date age \" datetime=\"2025-08-24T16:55:10+00:00\">Yesterday, 5:55pm<\/time><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<section class=\"text\">\n<p>Translation: \u201cWe THINK we learned from Concord. Probably. Maybe. We\u2019ll see how badly Marathon and Fairgames flop and go from there.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<ul class=\"ui-comment-tools\">\n<li class=\"likes first last\">2<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article class=\"comment\" id=\"comment8791702\" data-author=\"users\/175814\" data-subject=\"comments\/8791702\" data-dislikes=\"0\" data-id=\"8791702\">\n<p class=\"avatar\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"framed lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/images.pushsquare.com\/users\/175814\/avatar.jpg?v=1550237925\" width=\"80\" height=\"80\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"dskatter\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"detail\">\n<ul class=\"info\">\n<li class=\" first\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"num\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"news\/2025\/08\/the-number-of-live-service-games-is-not-important-ps5-boss-gives-rare-insight-into-strategy#comment8791702\">41<\/a><\/li>\n<li>dskatter<\/li>\n<li class=\" last\"><time data-days=\"5\" class=\"date age \" datetime=\"2025-08-24T16:56:17+00:00\">Yesterday, 5:56pm<\/time><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<section class=\"text\">\n<p>@RBMango Pedro Pascal, actually.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<ul class=\"ui-comment-tools\">\n<li class=\"likes first last\">1<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article class=\"comment\" id=\"comment8791721\" data-author=\"users\/253229\" data-subject=\"comments\/8791721\" data-dislikes=\"0\" data-id=\"8791721\">\n<p class=\"avatar\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"framed lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/images.pushsquare.com\/users\/253229\/avatar.jpg?v=1686047715\" width=\"80\" height=\"80\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"djlard\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"detail\">\n<ul class=\"info\">\n<li class=\" first\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"num\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"news\/2025\/08\/the-number-of-live-service-games-is-not-important-ps5-boss-gives-rare-insight-into-strategy#comment8791721\">42<\/a><\/li>\n<li>djlard<\/li>\n<li class=\" last\"><time data-days=\"5\" class=\"date age \" datetime=\"2025-08-24T17:16:37+00:00\">Yesterday, 6:16pm<\/time><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<section class=\"text\">\n<p>@get2sammyb Sammy, where is the joy and fun, there is money. Just make game for fun, like Balatro for example, and money comes. If you think, at first, it makes lots of money and focusing on it then come soulless product, Concord for example.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<ul class=\"ui-comment-tools\">\n<li class=\"likes first last\">1<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article class=\"comment\" id=\"comment8791722\" data-author=\"users\/41270\" data-subject=\"comments\/8791722\" data-dislikes=\"0\" data-id=\"8791722\">\n<p class=\"avatar\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"framed lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/images.pushsquare.com\/users\/41270\/avatar.jpg?v=1490068056\" width=\"80\" height=\"80\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"EbolaGW\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"detail\">\n<ul class=\"info\">\n<li class=\" first\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"num\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"news\/2025\/08\/the-number-of-live-service-games-is-not-important-ps5-boss-gives-rare-insight-into-strategy#comment8791722\">43<\/a><\/li>\n<li>EbolaGW<\/li>\n<li class=\" last\"><time data-days=\"5\" class=\"date age \" datetime=\"2025-08-24T17:17:24+00:00\">Yesterday, 6:17pm<\/time><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<section class=\"text\">\n<p>Ignoring the success of Astro Bot while doubling down on another Concord.<\/p>\n<p>Get that man away from PlayStation. He&#8217;s the sole reason why the PS5 era has been beyond mediocre.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<ul class=\"ui-comment-tools\">\n<li class=\"likes first last\">2<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article class=\"comment\" id=\"comment8791724\" data-author=\"users\/344884\" data-subject=\"comments\/8791724\" data-dislikes=\"0\" data-id=\"8791724\">\n<p class=\"avatar\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"framed lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/static.pushsquare.com\/themes\/base\/images\/avatar.svg\" width=\"80\" height=\"80\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"LogicStrikesAgain\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"detail\">\n<ul class=\"info\">\n<li class=\" first\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"num\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"news\/2025\/08\/the-number-of-live-service-games-is-not-important-ps5-boss-gives-rare-insight-into-strategy#comment8791724\">44<\/a><\/li>\n<li>LogicStrikesAgain<\/li>\n<li class=\" last\"><time data-days=\"5\" class=\"date age \" datetime=\"2025-08-24T17:18:30+00:00\">Yesterday, 6:18pm<\/time><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<section class=\"text\">\n<p>@RBMango<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Sometimes, the average person who wants more fun in their games definitely knows better and<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>You might be right. I, like many here, like to speculate and strategize what Sony needs to do. However, while i agree that they\u2019ve made some stupid decisions, i think you might underestimate the complexity of making such big corporate decisions.<\/p>\n<p>Sure, some of us might have good ideas, but which of those ideas would you follow?<\/p>\n<p>Some of us want sequels, some only want new IPs. Some want IPs to be remade, some hate Remakes. Most only play live service, some of us despise live service. Some want them to focus on AAA exclusives, some want them to focus on indie and AA. There are so many conflicting opinions about everything here, how would you know which decisions to push for?<\/p>\n<p>Even gamers on this site have wildly different expectstions of what they think Sony should do.<\/p>\n<p>Not too mention having to grow financially and keep stockholders happy in an industry that is highly unpredictable. There\u2019s a lot more to it than people clamoring for more \u201cfun\u201d games, especially if those \u201cfun\u201d games don\u2019t sell well. Fun sadly, doesnt <em>always<\/em> correlate with succesfull. That\u2019s why i referred to Astro Bot in my original post, an undeniably fun game, but it didnt exactly light the world on fire commercialy.<\/p>\n<p>I think Sony is doing their best to diversify their content by focusing on single player, live service, indie (through their many hero projects) while also trying to create IP that they can utilize through the rest of their businesses like Sony Pictures and Music.<\/p>\n<p>Don\u2019t get me wrong, they\u2019ve made some pretty stupid decisions, which i\u2019m not a fan of. But the fact that so many studios everywhere are closing and games fail to deliver commercialy, tells us that its really not <em>that<\/em> easy to know what gamers want. It\u2019s not only Sony who is struggling with finding the right answers<\/p>\n<p>Edit: live service \ud83d\ude07<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<ul class=\"ui-comment-tools\">\n<li class=\"likes first last\">8<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article class=\"comment\" id=\"comment8791737\" data-author=\"users\/231618\" data-subject=\"comments\/8791737\" data-dislikes=\"0\" data-id=\"8791737\">\n<p class=\"avatar\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"framed lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/images.pushsquare.com\/users\/231618\/avatar.jpg?v=1554204730\" width=\"80\" height=\"80\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Robocod\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"detail\">\n<ul class=\"info\">\n<li class=\" first\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"num\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"news\/2025\/08\/the-number-of-live-service-games-is-not-important-ps5-boss-gives-rare-insight-into-strategy#comment8791737\">45<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Robocod<\/li>\n<li class=\" last\"><time data-days=\"5\" class=\"date age \" datetime=\"2025-08-24T17:32:13+00:00\">Yesterday, 6:32pm<\/time><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<section class=\"text\">\n<p>Maybe when Hermen got annoited by the clueless Jim Ryan as his captain&#8217;s pick Worldwide Studios head,(&amp; embarking on their massive live service spree including buying Bungie&#8217;s &#8220;expertise&#8221;),maybe moving on reportedly veteran Playstation producers &amp; replacing them with ex-guerilla game colleagues that wouldn&#8217;t disagree with their old studio boss was among the many mistakes &amp; bad calls Hulst has made.<\/p>\n<p>For all the previous &#8220;creative freedom&#8221;, Sony first parties used to state they enjoyed, one can only speculate on some of the senior r&#8221;etirements&#8221; or departures with the mandates to create IP&#8217;s with multiplayer only, or heavy emphasis on from devs experienced in single player games.<\/p>\n<p>Likewise, in the rare interviews I&#8217;d recalled from Hulst, never heard him mention some of Playstation&#8217;s historical IP&#8217;s ala Jak &amp; Daxter,Sly Raccoon, Little Big Planet, Resistance, Motorstorm &amp; others unlike Shuhei Yoshida, or Shawn Layden would.<\/p>\n<p>His prattling on of ways to expand IP&#8217;s to other mediums rather smacks of Xbox&#8217;s disastrous Xbox One &#8220;TV,TV,TV!&#8221;,launch.<\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately, the legacy of Jim Ryan &amp; Herman Hulst&#8217;s mismanagement has seen the upper echelon of Sony group executives weilding a far tighter financial reign on Playstation operations &amp; it feels like the &#8220;suits&#8221; rather than management with knowledge of &amp; appreciation of their gaming fanbase that are calling the shots now.<\/p>\n<p>Given Hulst was hyping up Concord prior to release &amp; was taking advice from the likes of Bungie Execs suggest it&#8217;s his failings to surround himself with objective management rather than people wanting to keep an out of his depth boss happy that was the real failing.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<ul class=\"ui-comment-tools\">\n<li class=\"likes first last\">2<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article class=\"comment\" id=\"comment8791740\" data-author=\"users\/265956\" data-subject=\"comments\/8791740\" data-dislikes=\"0\" data-id=\"8791740\">\n<p class=\"avatar\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"framed lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/static.pushsquare.com\/themes\/base\/images\/avatar.svg\" width=\"80\" height=\"80\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"MFTWrecks\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"detail\">\n<ul class=\"info\">\n<li class=\" first\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"num\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"news\/2025\/08\/the-number-of-live-service-games-is-not-important-ps5-boss-gives-rare-insight-into-strategy#comment8791740\">46<\/a><\/li>\n<li>MFTWrecks<\/li>\n<li class=\" last\"><time data-days=\"5\" class=\"date age \" datetime=\"2025-08-24T17:35:07+00:00\">Yesterday, 6:35pm<\/time><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<section class=\"text\">\n<p>@TrollOfWar The issue, though, is that NONE of those franchises started off as cross-media properties. They were good, creative experiences that organically grew into massive juggernauts. (Pokemon quicker than the others.)<\/p>\n<p>What I don&#8217;t get is how all these bigwigs think starting off with &#8220;unbeatable cross-media uber-franchise&#8221; as a goal is REMOTELY attainable. That is nearly ALWAYS a byproduct of creativity, freedom to explore, innovation, passion, and attention to detail.<\/p>\n<p>If these decision makers want &#8220;the next big thing&#8221; they have to understand they can&#8217;t cook that up in a lab or in a focus test. They need to empower passionate creators to create. It&#8217;s a marathon, not a sprint.<\/p>\n<p>I don&#8217;t think it&#8217;s wild to say that had Sony thrown its GaaS and Bungie money at a wide range of fresh developers and let them cook, they probably WOULD have 1-2 of these franchises on the path to the success they seem to want. Instead, they put the cart before the horse and just expect money thrown at random IP to become instantly successful beyond their wildest dreams. And then they&#8217;re shocked when it repeatedly fails to amount to anything.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<ul class=\"ui-comment-tools\">\n<li class=\"likes first last\">5<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article class=\"comment\" id=\"comment8791742\" data-author=\"users\/164029\" data-subject=\"comments\/8791742\" data-dislikes=\"0\" data-id=\"8791742\">\n<p class=\"avatar\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"framed lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/images.pushsquare.com\/users\/164029\/avatar.jpg?v=1735757853\" width=\"80\" height=\"80\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Gremio108\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"detail\">\n<ul class=\"info\">\n<li class=\" first\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"num\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"news\/2025\/08\/the-number-of-live-service-games-is-not-important-ps5-boss-gives-rare-insight-into-strategy#comment8791742\">47<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Gremio108<\/li>\n<li class=\" last\"><time data-days=\"5\" class=\"date age \" datetime=\"2025-08-24T17:37:25+00:00\">Yesterday, 6:37pm<\/time><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<section class=\"text\">\n<p>@Ricky-Spanish I&#8217;d go and watch a Bloodborne musical to be fair<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<ul class=\"ui-comment-tools\">\n<li class=\"likes first last\">7<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article class=\"comment\" id=\"comment8791743\" data-author=\"users\/344884\" data-subject=\"comments\/8791743\" data-dislikes=\"0\" data-id=\"8791743\">\n<p class=\"avatar\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"framed lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/static.pushsquare.com\/themes\/base\/images\/avatar.svg\" width=\"80\" height=\"80\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"LogicStrikesAgain\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"detail\">\n<ul class=\"info\">\n<li class=\" first\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"num\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"news\/2025\/08\/the-number-of-live-service-games-is-not-important-ps5-boss-gives-rare-insight-into-strategy#comment8791743\">48<\/a><\/li>\n<li>LogicStrikesAgain<\/li>\n<li class=\" last\"><time data-days=\"5\" class=\"date age \" datetime=\"2025-08-24T17:37:27+00:00\">Yesterday, 6:37pm<\/time><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<section class=\"text\">\n<p>@Robocod Good points about Hulst appointing and surrounding himself with former employees and thereby possibly creating a environment that might have difficulties pushing back on his decisions<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<ul class=\"ui-comment-tools\">\n<li class=\"likes first last\">2<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article class=\"comment\" id=\"comment8791747\" data-author=\"users\/184503\" data-subject=\"comments\/8791747\" data-dislikes=\"0\" data-id=\"8791747\">\n<p class=\"avatar\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"framed lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/images.pushsquare.com\/users\/184503\/avatar.jpg?v=1548631422\" width=\"80\" height=\"80\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Nyne11Tyme\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"detail\">\n<ul class=\"info\">\n<li class=\" first\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"num\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"news\/2025\/08\/the-number-of-live-service-games-is-not-important-ps5-boss-gives-rare-insight-into-strategy#comment8791747\">49<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Nyne11Tyme<\/li>\n<li class=\" last\"><time data-days=\"5\" class=\"date age \" datetime=\"2025-08-24T17:41:35+00:00\">Yesterday, 6:41pm<\/time><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<section class=\"text\">\n<p>The fact that these huge brands think that creating a Hollow Knight, Stardew Valley, Balatro, Fez&#8230;I think you all get my point- isn&#8217;t a financial lucrative option&#8230;at least one of the 4 titles I named has sold more than any Playstation franchise except GT and thats a 30 year old IP. It doesnt have to be all AAAA blockbusters and Live service to make boatloads of money. Herman is a Turd and Jim Ryan was a turd. Get me Andrew House, Shu and Sean back<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<ul class=\"ui-comment-tools\">\n<li class=\"likes first last\">3<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article class=\"comment\" id=\"comment8791752\" data-author=\"users\/344884\" data-subject=\"comments\/8791752\" data-dislikes=\"0\" data-id=\"8791752\">\n<p class=\"avatar\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"framed lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/static.pushsquare.com\/themes\/base\/images\/avatar.svg\" width=\"80\" height=\"80\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"LogicStrikesAgain\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"detail\">\n<ul class=\"info\">\n<li class=\" first\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"num\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"news\/2025\/08\/the-number-of-live-service-games-is-not-important-ps5-boss-gives-rare-insight-into-strategy#comment8791752\">50<\/a><\/li>\n<li>LogicStrikesAgain<\/li>\n<li class=\" last\"><time data-days=\"5\" class=\"date age \" datetime=\"2025-08-24T17:48:28+00:00\">Yesterday, 6:48pm<\/time><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<section class=\"text\">\n<p>@MFTWrecks I do agree that typically you\u2019d want a games success to organically grow to other media forms. And not every IP can be designed to be iconic from the get go. But i don\u2019t think its that unrrasonable to consider cross media potential during the IP creation process<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<ul class=\"ui-comment-tools\">\n<li class=\"likes first last\">1<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article class=\"comment\" id=\"comment8791761\" data-author=\"users\/103228\" data-subject=\"comments\/8791761\" data-dislikes=\"0\" data-id=\"8791761\">\n<p class=\"avatar\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"framed lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/images.pushsquare.com\/users\/103228\/avatar.jpg?v=1624284665\" width=\"80\" height=\"80\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"nessisonett\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"detail\">\n<ul class=\"info\">\n<li class=\" first\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"num\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"news\/2025\/08\/the-number-of-live-service-games-is-not-important-ps5-boss-gives-rare-insight-into-strategy#comment8791761\">51<\/a><\/li>\n<li>nessisonett<\/li>\n<li class=\" last\"><time data-days=\"5\" class=\"date age \" datetime=\"2025-08-24T18:05:34+00:00\">Yesterday, 7:05pm<\/time><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<section class=\"text\">\n<p>\u201cHermen Hulst speaks\u201d should be immediately followed with \u201cHermen Hulst shuts up forever\u201d<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<ul class=\"ui-comment-tools\">\n<li class=\"likes first last\">2<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article class=\"comment\" id=\"comment8791766\" data-author=\"users\/356843\" data-subject=\"comments\/8791766\" data-dislikes=\"0\" data-id=\"8791766\">\n<p class=\"avatar\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"framed lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/images.pushsquare.com\/users\/356843\/avatar.jpg?v=1754835667\" width=\"80\" height=\"80\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"TrollOfWar\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"detail\">\n<ul class=\"info\">\n<li class=\" first\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"num\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"news\/2025\/08\/the-number-of-live-service-games-is-not-important-ps5-boss-gives-rare-insight-into-strategy#comment8791766\">52<\/a><\/li>\n<li>TrollOfWar<\/li>\n<li class=\" last\"><time data-days=\"5\" class=\"date age \" datetime=\"2025-08-24T18:16:01+00:00\">Yesterday, 7:16pm<\/time><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<section class=\"text\">\n<p>@LogicStrikesAgain<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>I think Sony is doing their best to diversify their content by focusing on single player, <strong>love service<\/strong>, indie (through their many hero projects) while also trying to create IP that they can utilize through the rest of their businesses like Sony Pictures and Music.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>I think Sony should charge more money for those &#8220;love services&#8221;. \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n<p>Great typo. \ud83d\ude04<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<ul class=\"ui-comment-tools\">\n<li class=\"likes first last\">2<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article class=\"comment\" id=\"comment8791767\" data-author=\"users\/344884\" data-subject=\"comments\/8791767\" data-dislikes=\"0\" data-id=\"8791767\">\n<p class=\"avatar\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"framed lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/static.pushsquare.com\/themes\/base\/images\/avatar.svg\" width=\"80\" height=\"80\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"LogicStrikesAgain\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"detail\">\n<ul class=\"info\">\n<li class=\" first\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"num\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"news\/2025\/08\/the-number-of-live-service-games-is-not-important-ps5-boss-gives-rare-insight-into-strategy#comment8791767\">53<\/a><\/li>\n<li>LogicStrikesAgain<\/li>\n<li class=\" last\"><time data-days=\"5\" class=\"date age \" datetime=\"2025-08-24T18:20:40+00:00\">Yesterday, 7:20pm<\/time><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<section class=\"text\">\n<p>@TrollOfWar LOL! Sony\u2019s diversification strategy is getting out of hand.<\/p>\n<p>Wait you dont know about their service where you can hire someone to dress up as your favourite character and\u2026. Never mind, i\u2019d better stop before this joke gets flagged \ud83d\ude06<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<ul class=\"ui-comment-tools\">\n<li class=\"likes first last\">1<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article class=\"comment\" id=\"comment8791771\" data-author=\"users\/356843\" data-subject=\"comments\/8791771\" data-dislikes=\"0\" data-id=\"8791771\">\n<p class=\"avatar\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"framed lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/images.pushsquare.com\/users\/356843\/avatar.jpg?v=1754835667\" width=\"80\" height=\"80\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"TrollOfWar\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"detail\">\n<ul class=\"info\">\n<li class=\" first\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"num\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"news\/2025\/08\/the-number-of-live-service-games-is-not-important-ps5-boss-gives-rare-insight-into-strategy#comment8791771\">54<\/a><\/li>\n<li>TrollOfWar<\/li>\n<li class=\" last\"><time data-days=\"5\" class=\"date age \" datetime=\"2025-08-24T18:24:58+00:00\">Yesterday, 7:24pm<\/time><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<section class=\"text\">\n<p>@MFTWrecks You raise some very good points. Some of those IPs I mentioned started out small and grew due to their timeless appeal.<\/p>\n<p>The funny thing is, apparently Sony had such a monumental franchise with &#8220;K-Pop Demon Hunters&#8221; but they sold it to Netflix for $20 millions. They could have made a bunch of successful games, merchandise, etc. with auch an IP.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<ul class=\"ui-comment-tools\">\n<li class=\"likes first last\">1<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article class=\"comment\" id=\"comment8791774\" data-author=\"users\/356843\" data-subject=\"comments\/8791774\" data-dislikes=\"0\" data-id=\"8791774\">\n<p class=\"avatar\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"framed lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/images.pushsquare.com\/users\/356843\/avatar.jpg?v=1754835667\" width=\"80\" height=\"80\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"TrollOfWar\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"detail\">\n<ul class=\"info\">\n<li class=\" first\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"num\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"news\/2025\/08\/the-number-of-live-service-games-is-not-important-ps5-boss-gives-rare-insight-into-strategy#comment8791774\">55<\/a><\/li>\n<li>TrollOfWar<\/li>\n<li class=\" last\"><time data-days=\"5\" class=\"date age \" datetime=\"2025-08-24T18:26:44+00:00\">Yesterday, 7:26pm<\/time><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<section class=\"text\">\n<p>@LogicStrikesAgain That explains why Concord failed. The dressed-up characters weren&#8217;t attractive enough for the service. \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<ul class=\"ui-comment-tools\">\n<li class=\"likes first last\">0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article class=\"comment\" id=\"comment8791775\" data-author=\"users\/265956\" data-subject=\"comments\/8791775\" data-dislikes=\"0\" data-id=\"8791775\">\n<p class=\"avatar\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"framed lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/static.pushsquare.com\/themes\/base\/images\/avatar.svg\" width=\"80\" height=\"80\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"MFTWrecks\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"detail\">\n<ul class=\"info\">\n<li class=\" first\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"num\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"news\/2025\/08\/the-number-of-live-service-games-is-not-important-ps5-boss-gives-rare-insight-into-strategy#comment8791775\">56<\/a><\/li>\n<li>MFTWrecks<\/li>\n<li class=\" last\"><time data-days=\"5\" class=\"date age \" datetime=\"2025-08-24T18:27:57+00:00\">Yesterday, 7:27pm<\/time><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<section class=\"text\">\n<p>@LogicStrikesAgain &#8220;Consider&#8221; and &#8220;focus on&#8221; are two different things, though. And they seem to want to REQUIRE most properties be cross-media capable. That just puts a ton of undue pressure on their developers.<\/p>\n<p>Put out a great game. Build a fanbase. Develop things after that if the fans demand it.<\/p>\n<p>But don&#8217;t come out the gates as though every damn IP needs to storm the world.<\/p>\n<p>And let&#8217;s be clear, it&#8217;s not like Sony is even GOOD at this. They let Kpop Demon Hunters out the door and it cost them LOADS of the very money they&#8217;re chasing. If this is their strategy, they aren&#8217;t doing a good job of it.<\/p>\n<p>Even their &#8220;successes&#8221; like TLOU an GoW are themselves the byproduct of the more organic style of growth they seem to now be avoiding. It&#8217;s just odd and poorly thought out, imo.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<ul class=\"ui-comment-tools\">\n<li class=\"likes first last\">3<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article class=\"comment\" id=\"comment8791780\" data-author=\"users\/355238\" data-subject=\"comments\/8791780\" data-dislikes=\"0\" data-id=\"8791780\">\n<p class=\"avatar\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"framed lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/static.pushsquare.com\/themes\/base\/images\/avatar.svg\" width=\"80\" height=\"80\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Questionable_Duck\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"detail\">\n<ul class=\"info\">\n<li class=\" first\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"num\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"news\/2025\/08\/the-number-of-live-service-games-is-not-important-ps5-boss-gives-rare-insight-into-strategy#comment8791780\">57<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Questionable_Duck<\/li>\n<li class=\" last\"><time data-days=\"5\" class=\"date age \" datetime=\"2025-08-24T18:29:59+00:00\">Yesterday, 7:29pm<\/time><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<section class=\"text\">\n<p>@TrollOfWar What would a K-Pop Demon Hunters game look like? A Hi-Fi Rush style rhythm-action game with Hatsune Miku: Project DIVA-esque singing segments?<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<ul class=\"ui-comment-tools\">\n<li class=\"likes first last\">0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article class=\"comment\" id=\"comment8791786\" data-author=\"users\/344884\" data-subject=\"comments\/8791786\" data-dislikes=\"0\" data-id=\"8791786\">\n<p class=\"avatar\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"framed lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/static.pushsquare.com\/themes\/base\/images\/avatar.svg\" width=\"80\" height=\"80\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"LogicStrikesAgain\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"detail\">\n<ul class=\"info\">\n<li class=\" first\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"num\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"news\/2025\/08\/the-number-of-live-service-games-is-not-important-ps5-boss-gives-rare-insight-into-strategy#comment8791786\">58<\/a><\/li>\n<li>LogicStrikesAgain<\/li>\n<li class=\" last\"><time data-days=\"5\" class=\"date age \" datetime=\"2025-08-24T18:35:21+00:00\">Yesterday, 7:35pm<\/time><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<section class=\"text\">\n<p>@MFTWrecks<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;Consider&#8221; and &#8220;focus on&#8221; are two different things, though. And they seem to want to REQUIRE most properties be cross-media capable. That just puts a ton of undue pressure on their developers.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>I completely agree with you on that. But lets look at the quote Push Square highlighted:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cWe take a very intentional approach to IP creation [\u2026]\u2009understanding how a new concept can turn into an iconic franchise for PlayStation that can then again become a franchise for people beyond gaming.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>It doesnt actually say that theres a requirement though, they\u2019re just looking at understanding how new concept can be developed in to iconic franchises and reach audiences outside of gaming.<\/p>\n<p>There also seems to be a part missing, where two different sentences seem to be placed after another. So we\u2019re missing a bit of context, it seems. Sometimes these quotes are taken way out of context.<\/p>\n<p>But hey, if there is such a requirement, yeah that would be pretty stupid<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<ul class=\"ui-comment-tools\">\n<li class=\"likes first last\">0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article class=\"comment is-supporter\" id=\"comment8791791\" data-author=\"users\/4271\" data-subject=\"comments\/8791791\" data-dislikes=\"0\" data-id=\"8791791\">\n<p class=\"avatar\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"framed lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/images.pushsquare.com\/users\/4271\/avatar.jpg?v=1529104267\" width=\"80\" height=\"80\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"get2sammyb\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"detail\">\n<ul class=\"info\">\n<li class=\" first\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"num\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"news\/2025\/08\/the-number-of-live-service-games-is-not-important-ps5-boss-gives-rare-insight-into-strategy#comment8791791\">59<\/a><\/li>\n<li>get2sammyb<span title=\"Push Square Supporter\" class=\"icon icon-hookshot supporter-badge\"><\/span> <span title=\"Push Square \/ Hookshot Staff\" class=\"icon icon-star user-admin\"><\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\" last\"><time data-days=\"5\" class=\"date age \" datetime=\"2025-08-24T18:39:27+00:00\">Yesterday, 7:39pm<\/time><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<section class=\"text\">\n<p>Oooft, Hermen Hulst has his work cut out, huh?<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<ul class=\"ui-comment-tools\">\n<li class=\"likes first last\">1<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article class=\"comment\" id=\"comment8791800\" data-author=\"users\/47587\" data-subject=\"comments\/8791800\" data-dislikes=\"0\" data-id=\"8791800\">\n<p class=\"avatar\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"framed lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/images.pushsquare.com\/users\/47587\/avatar.jpg?v=1418377746\" width=\"80\" height=\"80\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Dodoo\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"detail\">\n<ul class=\"info\">\n<li class=\" first\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"num\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"news\/2025\/08\/the-number-of-live-service-games-is-not-important-ps5-boss-gives-rare-insight-into-strategy#comment8791800\">60<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Dodoo<\/li>\n<li class=\" last\"><time data-days=\"5\" class=\"date age \" datetime=\"2025-08-24T18:47:10+00:00\">Yesterday, 7:47pm<\/time><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<section class=\"text\">\n<p>\u201cit\u2019s fostering a closer relationship between executives.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>How about also fostering a relationship with your fans again Herman?<\/p>\n<p>I want to believe in this guy but struggle to after his recent strategy and failure as a CEO.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<ul class=\"ui-comment-tools\">\n<li class=\"likes first last\">0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article class=\"comment\" id=\"comment8791803\" data-author=\"users\/356843\" data-subject=\"comments\/8791803\" data-dislikes=\"0\" data-id=\"8791803\">\n<p class=\"avatar\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"framed lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/images.pushsquare.com\/users\/356843\/avatar.jpg?v=1754835667\" width=\"80\" height=\"80\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"TrollOfWar\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"detail\">\n<ul class=\"info\">\n<li class=\" first\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"num\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"news\/2025\/08\/the-number-of-live-service-games-is-not-important-ps5-boss-gives-rare-insight-into-strategy#comment8791803\">61<\/a><\/li>\n<li>TrollOfWar<\/li>\n<li class=\" last\"><time data-days=\"5\" class=\"date age \" datetime=\"2025-08-24T18:47:47+00:00\">Yesterday, 7:47pm<\/time><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<section class=\"text\">\n<p>@Questionable_Duck To be honest, I am unfamiliar with K-Pop Demon Hunters so I don&#8217;t have a clue what it is about. I just remembered the headline.<\/p>\n<p>But I can imagine that the target audience is much younger than the average PlayStation players. Some action platfomer like Astro Bot \/ Crash Bandicoot mixed with rhythm based mini-games might be a first idea.<\/p>\n<p>A more successful approach would be something like Animal Crossing meets Persona 5, where you build and customize your house\/secret layer\/hangout-base and socialize with NPCs, and go into randomly generated dungeons to fight demons and gain materials or loot. This would allow players to stay engaged over a longer period of time. Maybe some gatcha mechanics like in Genshin Impact can be applied, probably to unlock new songs? It could be potentially very successful as a free-to-play game on mobile and all consoles.<\/p>\n<p>EDIT: Maybe some hero brawler (like Smash Bros) or a hero shooter (like Splatoon or Foam Stars) could work. Another idea would be a coop rogue-like dungeon crawler (like Hades). Often it seems enough to take some popular genre and combine it with a popular IP to succeed. The more I think about it, the more ideas I get. \ud83d\ude04<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<ul class=\"ui-comment-tools\">\n<li class=\"likes first last\">1<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article class=\"comment\" id=\"comment8791808\" data-author=\"users\/332621\" data-subject=\"comments\/8791808\" data-dislikes=\"0\" data-id=\"8791808\">\n<p class=\"avatar\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"framed lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/images.pushsquare.com\/users\/332621\/avatar.jpg?v=1754228315\" width=\"80\" height=\"80\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Ricky-Spanish\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"detail\">\n<ul class=\"info\">\n<li class=\" first\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"num\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"news\/2025\/08\/the-number-of-live-service-games-is-not-important-ps5-boss-gives-rare-insight-into-strategy#comment8791808\">62<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Ricky-Spanish<\/li>\n<li class=\" last\"><time data-days=\"5\" class=\"date age \" datetime=\"2025-08-24T18:51:44+00:00\">Yesterday, 7:51pm<\/time><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<section class=\"text\">\n<p>@Gremio108 It would be a bloody mess\ud83d\ude09\ud83e\udd13<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<ul class=\"ui-comment-tools\">\n<li class=\"likes first last\">1<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article class=\"comment\" id=\"comment8791810\" data-author=\"users\/192411\" data-subject=\"comments\/8791810\" data-dislikes=\"0\" data-id=\"8791810\">\n<p class=\"avatar\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"framed lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/images.pushsquare.com\/users\/192411\/avatar.jpg?v=1746536302\" width=\"80\" height=\"80\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"RBMango\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"detail\">\n<ul class=\"info\">\n<li class=\" first\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"num\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"news\/2025\/08\/the-number-of-live-service-games-is-not-important-ps5-boss-gives-rare-insight-into-strategy#comment8791810\">63<\/a><\/li>\n<li>RBMango<\/li>\n<li class=\" last\"><time data-days=\"5\" class=\"date age \" datetime=\"2025-08-24T18:59:40+00:00\">Yesterday, 7:59pm<\/time><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<section class=\"text\">\n<p>@LogicStrikesAgain You make some very true points. It&#8217;s definitely a complex business that&#8217;s always changing, and PlayStation has multiple subfactions of its player base that are shouting at them to make what they like. There is no denying that, and I don&#8217;t want what I wrote to give the impression that I&#8217;m dismissing that reality.<\/p>\n<p>The scope and execution of their ambitions and their warped perceptions of sustainable success are what I take issue with. In theory, I have no problem with them pursuing a diverse portfolio of games, because I&#8217;ve wanted that for years. Undeniably, there&#8217;s a demand for more multiplayer games from them, but top-level PlayStation (Sony, in general, actually) doesn&#8217;t seem to have the culture anymore to approach this challenge from a unique perspective. They have treated this initiative like any bog-standard third-party publisher would: throwing stuff at the wall to see what sticks. That might have worked if they focused mainly on very small projects that became something bigger later, but a lot of these projects were big-budget games from mid to large studios in expensive areas around the world. It&#8217;s a very un-PlayStation-like execution of this whole thing, because they were notorious for thoughtful consideration for many years. Helldivers II and Marvel Tokon to me are way more in line with a &#8220;PlayStation approach&#8221; to live services: bizarre and stylish ideas that are fulfilling niche player desires.<\/p>\n<p>Regarding their warped perceptions of sustainable success, their continuing to roll the dice in the hopes of getting a Fortnite or Roblox is what I mean by &#8220;warped&#8221;. This is obviously what they want, but I firmly believe they will never get it. However, what they can get are multiple responsibly budgeted small to mid-sized live services that focus on fun over creating an endless money printer. As an example, it&#8217;s comically easy to grind for super credits in Helldivers II, yet their microtransactions make up 50%(!!) of its revenue. And that Halo: ODST warbond is going to sell like hotcakes. In my eyes, it&#8217;s far more sustainable financially and better for long-term goodwill to focus small, prioritize fun, and grow from there. Astro Bot did not light the world on fire sales-wise, but 1.5 million copies in two months after launch is a damn good start for something niche and with a possible $50-$70 million budget. It falls into the healthier (IMO) business mindset of starting small and nurturing from there instead of big bets to feed the AAA &#8220;prestige&#8221; beast they&#8217;ve created. Instead of looking at the 12 games\/services that make up most of the PS Store&#8217;s revenue, they need to use things like Nintendo and super popular indie darlings like Stardew Valley and Hollow Knight as their north stars for ideas and sustainability.<\/p>\n<p>EDIT: I would prefer PlayStation make more &#8220;love services&#8221; xD<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<ul class=\"ui-comment-tools\">\n<li class=\"likes first last\">5<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article class=\"comment is-supporter\" id=\"comment8791818\" data-author=\"users\/76297\" data-subject=\"comments\/8791818\" data-dislikes=\"0\" data-id=\"8791818\">\n<p class=\"avatar\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"framed lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/images.pushsquare.com\/users\/76297\/avatar.jpg?v=1650329794\" width=\"80\" height=\"80\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"AdamNovice\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"detail\">\n<ul class=\"info\">\n<li class=\" first\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"num\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"news\/2025\/08\/the-number-of-live-service-games-is-not-important-ps5-boss-gives-rare-insight-into-strategy#comment8791818\">64<\/a><\/li>\n<li>AdamNovice<\/li>\n<li class=\" last\"><time data-days=\"5\" class=\"date age \" datetime=\"2025-08-24T19:13:56+00:00\">Yesterday, 8:13pm<\/time><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<section class=\"text\">\n<p>@LogicStrikesAgain This is what I&#8217;ve been saying for a long time. Astro Bot by rights should have sold about 7 to 10m copies by now but sadly it hasn&#8217;t. And yet a lot of commenters on here think Sony should make only make those type of games as well pining for the PS1 days.<\/p>\n<p>@RBMango That&#8217;s what I was hoping Sony were going to do initially with the live service push, make more unique MP games that stand out. Hopefully that&#8217;s what they are doing now.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<ul class=\"ui-comment-tools\">\n<li class=\"likes first last\">3<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article class=\"comment\" id=\"comment8791830\" data-author=\"users\/192411\" data-subject=\"comments\/8791830\" data-dislikes=\"0\" data-id=\"8791830\">\n<p class=\"avatar\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"framed lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/images.pushsquare.com\/users\/192411\/avatar.jpg?v=1746536302\" width=\"80\" height=\"80\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"RBMango\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"detail\">\n<ul class=\"info\">\n<li class=\" first\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"num\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"news\/2025\/08\/the-number-of-live-service-games-is-not-important-ps5-boss-gives-rare-insight-into-strategy#comment8791830\">65<\/a><\/li>\n<li>RBMango<\/li>\n<li class=\" last\"><time data-days=\"5\" class=\"date age \" datetime=\"2025-08-24T19:30:08+00:00\">Yesterday, 8:30pm<\/time><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<section class=\"text\">\n<p>@AdamNovice For all of my pessimism, I genuinely hope the Horizon multiplayer project is good. That series makes a lot of sense as a PvE co-op game, and I&#8217;d be down to play it with some of my friends if it&#8217;s good.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<ul class=\"ui-comment-tools\">\n<li class=\"likes first last\">2<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article class=\"comment\" id=\"comment8791842\" data-author=\"users\/330996\" data-subject=\"comments\/8791842\" data-dislikes=\"0\" data-id=\"8791842\">\n<p class=\"avatar\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"framed lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/images.pushsquare.com\/users\/330996\/avatar.jpg?v=1689605068\" width=\"80\" height=\"80\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"DennisReynolds\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"detail\">\n<ul class=\"info\">\n<li class=\" first\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"num\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"news\/2025\/08\/the-number-of-live-service-games-is-not-important-ps5-boss-gives-rare-insight-into-strategy#comment8791842\">66<\/a><\/li>\n<li>DennisReynolds<\/li>\n<li class=\" last\"><time data-days=\"5\" class=\"date age \" datetime=\"2025-08-24T19:51:36+00:00\">Yesterday, 8:51pm<\/time><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<section class=\"text\">\n<p>Remember this is the guy that made Concord his baby.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<ul class=\"ui-comment-tools\">\n<li class=\"likes first last\">1<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article class=\"comment\" id=\"comment8791850\" data-author=\"users\/344884\" data-subject=\"comments\/8791850\" data-dislikes=\"0\" data-id=\"8791850\">\n<p class=\"avatar\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"framed lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/static.pushsquare.com\/themes\/base\/images\/avatar.svg\" width=\"80\" height=\"80\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"LogicStrikesAgain\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"detail\">\n<ul class=\"info\">\n<li class=\" first\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"num\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"news\/2025\/08\/the-number-of-live-service-games-is-not-important-ps5-boss-gives-rare-insight-into-strategy#comment8791850\">67<\/a><\/li>\n<li>LogicStrikesAgain<\/li>\n<li class=\" last\"><time data-days=\"5\" class=\"date age \" datetime=\"2025-08-24T20:06:31+00:00\">Yesterday, 9:06pm<\/time><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<section class=\"text\">\n<p>@RBMango This is going to be a brief response after such a well thoughout response, because i pretty much agree with everything you said. For the record, i also think their approach to live service was horrible. I also think their approach to Helldivers 2 and Marvel Tokon is more sustainable and more in line of what i expect and would like to see more of from Sony<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<ul class=\"ui-comment-tools\">\n<li class=\"likes first last\">1<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article class=\"comment\" id=\"comment8791868\" data-author=\"users\/278236\" data-subject=\"comments\/8791868\" data-dislikes=\"0\" data-id=\"8791868\">\n<p class=\"avatar\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"framed lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/images.pushsquare.com\/users\/278236\/avatar.jpg?v=1622147732\" width=\"80\" height=\"80\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"KundaliniRising333\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"detail\">\n<ul class=\"info\">\n<li class=\" first\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"num\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"news\/2025\/08\/the-number-of-live-service-games-is-not-important-ps5-boss-gives-rare-insight-into-strategy#comment8791868\">68<\/a><\/li>\n<li>KundaliniRising333<\/li>\n<li class=\" last\"><time data-days=\"5\" class=\"date age \" datetime=\"2025-08-24T20:33:28+00:00\">Yesterday, 9:33pm<\/time><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<section class=\"text\">\n<p>This is mostly a declaration that they haven&#8217;t learned much from their failures not just in gaming, but their overall business decisions as a whole.<\/p>\n<p>Milking old IPS as an avenue to incite revenue growth just isn&#8217;t as lucrative. They need new IP that gains popularity in its dedicated medium first. Most don&#8217;t want the milking and the rerelease of old content is even worse.<\/p>\n<p>A recent example of just terrible decision making is kpop demon hunters. It broke Netflix records and continues to do so, and just had a limited theatrical run because of its massive success that is estimated to have made nearly 20 million in 2 days. Sony sold the entire ip\/rights to it to Netflix for a mere 20 million. This is clearly a billion dollar property that they now have no means of reveling in its success as sequels and spinoff are fast tracked. Yet they overpaid for bungie by billions.<\/p>\n<p>The fact that marathon and fairgames are still going forward, also delusional when we here the speech directly to shareholders citing quality over quantity&#8230; .that&#8217;s an easy thing to say after investing in nearly a dozen and nearly all of them failing in one way or another.<\/p>\n<p>The bottom line here is that Sony gained fame in gaming for a reason. Attempting to feed into the endless growth model at the expense of what made them great is just insanity. The live service should have been an additional avenue. Instead they forced their talent to waste years and millions chasing that model and thus their output overall and losses compounded. The endless growth model in itself is unsustainable. They can just continue to raise prices and release gimicry hardware to fuel the pursuit of the myth forever.<\/p>\n<p>The same group of folks will defend Sony to their last breathe with cherry picked logic, but the truth is lots of diversity amongst games and other mediums can be achieved and profitable without having to blow 200 million to make them. So this idea that smaller and more focused additions to portfolios aren&#8217;t selling as much isn&#8217;t taking into account the profit margin that could be achieved with a smaller scope and thus smaller cost to produce.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s pretty interesting to see Sony as a whole hasn&#8217;t at the very least overcorrected to get their foundational output and decision making back on track.<\/p>\n<p>Netflix though, is damn sure happy they haven&#8217;t \ud83e\udd23<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<ul class=\"ui-comment-tools\">\n<li class=\"likes first last\">2<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article class=\"comment\" id=\"comment8791874\" data-author=\"users\/357038\" data-subject=\"comments\/8791874\" data-dislikes=\"0\" data-id=\"8791874\">\n<p class=\"avatar\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"framed lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/images.pushsquare.com\/users\/357038\/avatar.jpg?v=1754395904\" width=\"80\" height=\"80\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Bsb56\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"detail\">\n<ul class=\"info\">\n<li class=\" first\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"num\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"news\/2025\/08\/the-number-of-live-service-games-is-not-important-ps5-boss-gives-rare-insight-into-strategy#comment8791874\">69<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Bsb56<\/li>\n<li class=\" last\"><time data-days=\"5\" class=\"date age \" datetime=\"2025-08-24T20:42:29+00:00\">Yesterday, 9:42pm<\/time><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<section class=\"text\">\n<p>These single player fanatics cant keep there mouth shut<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<ul class=\"ui-comment-tools\">\n<li class=\"likes first last\">0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article class=\"comment\" id=\"comment8791900\" data-author=\"users\/8588\" data-subject=\"comments\/8791900\" data-dislikes=\"0\" data-id=\"8791900\">\n<p class=\"avatar\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"framed lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/images.pushsquare.com\/users\/8588\/avatar.jpg?v=1752944838\" width=\"80\" height=\"80\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Gamer83\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"detail\">\n<ul class=\"info\">\n<li class=\" first\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"num\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"news\/2025\/08\/the-number-of-live-service-games-is-not-important-ps5-boss-gives-rare-insight-into-strategy#comment8791900\">70<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Gamer83<\/li>\n<li class=\" last\"><time data-days=\"5\" class=\"date age \" datetime=\"2025-08-24T21:22:02+00:00\">Yesterday, 10:22pm<\/time><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<section class=\"text\">\n<p>@get2sammyb <br \/>I think you give Sony far too much credit. Heck, the whole &#8216;AAA&#8217; industry itself is a bit of a mess right now because they&#8217;re all chasing that mythical &#8216;never ending growth.&#8217; That&#8217;s why everything is safe, sanitized, boring bs.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<ul class=\"ui-comment-tools\">\n<li class=\"likes first last\">0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article class=\"comment is-supporter\" id=\"comment8791905\" data-author=\"users\/4271\" data-subject=\"comments\/8791905\" data-dislikes=\"0\" data-id=\"8791905\">\n<p class=\"avatar\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"framed lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/images.pushsquare.com\/users\/4271\/avatar.jpg?v=1529104267\" width=\"80\" height=\"80\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"get2sammyb\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"detail\">\n<ul class=\"info\">\n<li class=\" first\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"num\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"news\/2025\/08\/the-number-of-live-service-games-is-not-important-ps5-boss-gives-rare-insight-into-strategy#comment8791905\">71<\/a><\/li>\n<li>get2sammyb<span title=\"Push Square Supporter\" class=\"icon icon-hookshot supporter-badge\"><\/span> <span title=\"Push Square \/ Hookshot Staff\" class=\"icon icon-star user-admin\"><\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\" last\"><time data-days=\"5\" class=\"date age \" datetime=\"2025-08-24T21:34:22+00:00\">Yesterday, 10:34pm<\/time><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<section class=\"text\">\n<p>@Gamer83 Well, I don&#8217;t think it is all safe, sanitised, boring BS personally. I actually think there&#8217;s <em>too many<\/em> high quality games, which is also an issue.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<ul class=\"ui-comment-tools\">\n<li class=\"likes first last\">3<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article class=\"comment\" id=\"comment8791915\" data-author=\"users\/342707\" data-subject=\"comments\/8791915\" data-dislikes=\"0\" data-id=\"8791915\">\n<p class=\"avatar\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"framed lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/static.pushsquare.com\/themes\/base\/images\/avatar.svg\" width=\"80\" height=\"80\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Coffeeglitch\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"detail\">\n<ul class=\"info\">\n<li class=\" first\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"num\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"news\/2025\/08\/the-number-of-live-service-games-is-not-important-ps5-boss-gives-rare-insight-into-strategy#comment8791915\">72<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Coffeeglitch<\/li>\n<li class=\" last\"><time data-days=\"5\" class=\"date age \" datetime=\"2025-08-24T21:49:17+00:00\">Yesterday, 10:49pm<\/time><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<section class=\"text\">\n<p>The only thing with unending growth is Cancer.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<ul class=\"ui-comment-tools\">\n<li class=\"likes first last\">0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article class=\"comment\" id=\"comment8791917\" data-author=\"users\/276317\" data-subject=\"comments\/8791917\" data-dislikes=\"0\" data-id=\"8791917\">\n<p class=\"avatar\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"framed lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/images.pushsquare.com\/users\/276317\/avatar.jpg?v=1639051683\" width=\"80\" height=\"80\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"nomither6\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"detail\">\n<ul class=\"info\">\n<li class=\" first\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"num\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"news\/2025\/08\/the-number-of-live-service-games-is-not-important-ps5-boss-gives-rare-insight-into-strategy#comment8791917\">73<\/a><\/li>\n<li>nomither6<\/li>\n<li class=\" last\"><time data-days=\"5\" class=\"date age \" datetime=\"2025-08-24T21:51:10+00:00\">Yesterday, 10:51pm<\/time><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<section class=\"text\">\n<p>@get2sammyb \ud83e\udd26\u200d\u2642\ufe0f<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<ul class=\"ui-comment-tools\">\n<li class=\"likes first last\">0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article class=\"comment is-supporter\" id=\"comment8791918\" data-author=\"users\/4271\" data-subject=\"comments\/8791918\" data-dislikes=\"0\" data-id=\"8791918\">\n<p class=\"avatar\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"framed lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/images.pushsquare.com\/users\/4271\/avatar.jpg?v=1529104267\" width=\"80\" height=\"80\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"get2sammyb\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"detail\">\n<ul class=\"info\">\n<li class=\" first\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"num\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"news\/2025\/08\/the-number-of-live-service-games-is-not-important-ps5-boss-gives-rare-insight-into-strategy#comment8791918\">74<\/a><\/li>\n<li>get2sammyb<span title=\"Push Square Supporter\" class=\"icon icon-hookshot supporter-badge\"><\/span> <span title=\"Push Square \/ Hookshot Staff\" class=\"icon icon-star user-admin\"><\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\" last\"><time data-days=\"5\" class=\"date age \" datetime=\"2025-08-24T21:52:25+00:00\">Yesterday, 10:52pm<\/time><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<section class=\"text\">\n<p>@nomither6 You don&#8217;t think there&#8217;s too many games? Look at the release schedule for the next six weeks and come back.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<ul class=\"ui-comment-tools\">\n<li class=\"likes first last\">2<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article class=\"comment\" id=\"comment8791929\" data-author=\"users\/47587\" data-subject=\"comments\/8791929\" data-dislikes=\"0\" data-id=\"8791929\">\n<p class=\"avatar\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"framed lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/images.pushsquare.com\/users\/47587\/avatar.jpg?v=1418377746\" width=\"80\" height=\"80\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Dodoo\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"detail\">\n<ul class=\"info\">\n<li class=\" first\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"num\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"news\/2025\/08\/the-number-of-live-service-games-is-not-important-ps5-boss-gives-rare-insight-into-strategy#comment8791929\">75<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Dodoo<\/li>\n<li class=\" last\"><time data-days=\"5\" class=\"date age \" datetime=\"2025-08-24T22:17:40+00:00\">Yesterday, 11:17pm<\/time><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<section class=\"text\">\n<p>@KundaliniRising333 \u201cAttempting to feed into the endless growth model at the expense of what made them great is just insanity.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>This x1000<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<ul class=\"ui-comment-tools\">\n<li class=\"likes first last\">1<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article class=\"comment\" id=\"comment8791936\" data-author=\"users\/276878\" data-subject=\"comments\/8791936\" data-dislikes=\"0\" data-id=\"8791936\">\n<p class=\"avatar\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"framed lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/images.pushsquare.com\/users\/276878\/avatar.jpg?v=1755816751\" width=\"80\" height=\"80\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"UltimateOtaku91\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"detail\">\n<ul class=\"info\">\n<li class=\" first\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"num\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"news\/2025\/08\/the-number-of-live-service-games-is-not-important-ps5-boss-gives-rare-insight-into-strategy#comment8791936\">76<\/a><\/li>\n<li>UltimateOtaku91<\/li>\n<li class=\" last\"><time data-days=\"5\" class=\"date age \" datetime=\"2025-08-24T22:30:03+00:00\">Yesterday, 11:30pm<\/time><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<section class=\"text\">\n<p>@get2sammyb Fully agree with your last comment, September to November is absolutely stacked full of great games across multiple platforms.<\/p>\n<p>To have Borderlands 4, Digimon Story, Trails in the Sky, Silent Hill F, Little Nightmares 3, Ghost of Yotei, Atelier Resleriana, Final Fantasy Tactics, Towa and the Guardians, Sonic Racing Cross worlds and Artic Awakening all release within the same 30 days is insane.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<ul class=\"ui-comment-tools\">\n<li class=\"likes first last\">0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article class=\"comment\" id=\"comment8791938\" data-author=\"users\/8588\" data-subject=\"comments\/8791938\" data-dislikes=\"0\" data-id=\"8791938\">\n<p class=\"avatar\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"framed lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/images.pushsquare.com\/users\/8588\/avatar.jpg?v=1752944838\" width=\"80\" height=\"80\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Gamer83\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"detail\">\n<ul class=\"info\">\n<li class=\" first\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"num\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"news\/2025\/08\/the-number-of-live-service-games-is-not-important-ps5-boss-gives-rare-insight-into-strategy#comment8791938\">77<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Gamer83<\/li>\n<li class=\" last\"><time data-days=\"5\" class=\"date age \" datetime=\"2025-08-24T22:32:15+00:00\">Yesterday, 11:32pm<\/time><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<section class=\"text\">\n<p>@get2sammyb <br \/>We&#8217;ll agree to disagree then. It&#8217;s all safe. Even the games I&#8217;m looking forward to. If they aren&#8217;t remasters or sequels they&#8217;re games that clearly rip off others in the genres I like and none of them have any &#8216;bite.&#8217; The least safe of all the ones I&#8217;m hyped for is probably Silent Hill f and even that is tame compared to games I used to play in the 90s to mid-00s.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<ul class=\"ui-comment-tools\">\n<li class=\"likes first last\">0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article class=\"comment\" id=\"comment8791965\" data-author=\"users\/318363\" data-subject=\"comments\/8791965\" data-dislikes=\"0\" data-id=\"8791965\">\n<p class=\"avatar\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"framed lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/static.pushsquare.com\/themes\/base\/images\/avatar.svg\" width=\"80\" height=\"80\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"SuntannedDuck2\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"detail\">\n<ul class=\"info\">\n<li class=\" first\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"num\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"news\/2025\/08\/the-number-of-live-service-games-is-not-important-ps5-boss-gives-rare-insight-into-strategy#comment8791965\">78<\/a><\/li>\n<li>SuntannedDuck2<\/li>\n<li class=\" last\"><time data-days=\"5\" class=\"date age \" datetime=\"2025-08-24T23:46:00+00:00\">12:46am<\/time><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<section class=\"text\">\n<p>We know, it&#8217;s called make 1 or a few land to have constant money. AAA\/AA have been safe, lack of ambition (for AAs it&#8217;s even more disappointing, some safe PS2 era ones worked, nowadays, not even close, minor ideas, but not enough to hook to sell a game at least to me gameplay wise, everyone else buys them for their appeal I don&#8217;t).<\/p>\n<p>I will barely even support Indies that are too safe\/nostalgic and &#8216;too inspired&#8217;. Very few actually start off well or have expanded of skill, ideas, their own ideas that isn&#8217;t a nostalgic or popular game waste of a purchase, good for them to get used to making a game, but that&#8217;s what fan games are for, yet they make fan games that &#8216;aren&#8217;t&#8217;, they really are that safe of purchases\/projects, very few have good ideas or a care to cover up their skill level at all with other animations\/artstyle\/worlds\/story\/etc., so many Indies just as safe as AAA garbage. The very few in some genres\/their teams minds, as it&#8217;s up to skill, ideas, mindset to make what they choose to make nostalgic or good enough spun off ideas of real objects to make something silly, or based off another game but tweaked enough versus not.<\/p>\n<p>Getting your start is one thing but even still. I want quality\/their ideas, not &#8216;we love Crash Bandicoot&#8217;, make another one, another one. I saw 2 in the last few days. Why would i support that? To learn from, sure, to get started sure, but for me I don&#8217;t want to see safe\/nostaglic\/weakly inspired to make your own take on something. I want your own take on something from the start.<\/p>\n<p>Sony&#8217;s singleplayer games cost too much to make and don&#8217;t need to if sequels have only enough changes here and there but depends on the scale of the differences they offer, new games, sure I get it, enough new assets, and universe rules to work around, gameplay, animation, effects, etc. but they need better management or direction to not over scale them even if it is better then most 3rd parties out there that are much worse.<\/p>\n<p>The problem is you keep messing up live service games yet seem to forget you had PS3 live service games, you have GT7\/Helldivers\/Fate GO, etc. you also could just understand not copy paste others like Concord\/Fairgames and have better teams with smarter ideas and appealing ideas, not safeness so weak it&#8217;s not effective, Destruction Allstars even was the most &#8216;we have Lucid make a game that&#8217;s not for the young audience yet make it for the young audience anyway&#8217; tell me Lucid\/Sony weren&#8217;t that stupid seriously, so not knowing your audiences, the market well enough and those already on the market how they stand out with their licensing, their skins, their solid gameplay not weak gameplay and weak management, and how they have captured enough of that audience and your games\/teams are just off the mark.<\/p>\n<p>While the singleplayer audience you do know about well enough and the rest of us that don&#8217;t care for your singleplayer games anymore because you just turned us away, went to Nintendo or retro\/still have a PlayStation due to 3rd parties on it. XD<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<ul class=\"ui-comment-tools\">\n<li class=\"likes first last\">0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article class=\"comment\" id=\"comment8791990\" data-author=\"users\/231618\" data-subject=\"comments\/8791990\" data-dislikes=\"0\" data-id=\"8791990\">\n<p class=\"avatar\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"framed lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/images.pushsquare.com\/users\/231618\/avatar.jpg?v=1554204730\" width=\"80\" height=\"80\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Robocod\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"detail\">\n<ul class=\"info\">\n<li class=\" first\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"num\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"news\/2025\/08\/the-number-of-live-service-games-is-not-important-ps5-boss-gives-rare-insight-into-strategy#comment8791990\">79<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Robocod<\/li>\n<li class=\" last\"><time data-days=\"5\" class=\"date age \" datetime=\"2025-08-25T01:10:15+00:00\">2:10am<\/time><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<section class=\"text\">\n<p>@LogicStrikesAgain Whilst I can&#8217;t recall exact timings &amp; names,just recall snippets\/mentions of veteran departures &amp; then of the occasional ex-guerilla person moving from there to join Hulst,&amp; feeling like it was more like concentrating his powerbase with like minded colleagues. Though Shuhei Yoshida made light of his shift by Jim Ryan to revive their Indies initiative, still think of his quote he might\u2019ve pushed back a bit on some of Ryan&#8217;s ideas as telling&#8230;would he have been so keen on Bungie? Can&#8217;t help but doubt it!<\/p>\n<p>@Get2sammyb Can only assume Herman still has his position after throwing so many others onto the proverbial train tracks,by fast talking Hiroki Totoki on this &#8220;multimedia&#8221; big game strategy!\ud83d\ude44<br \/>As others have noted,unlike Hulst&#8217;s obsession with creating a first party fortnite, hits can come from small ideas that evolve\/grow on their own&#8230;.&amp; even the likes of AAA IP&#8217;s like Uncharted,or The Last of Us,(keeping in mind Bruce Straley is the forgotten half of it&#8217;s creation),creations during a difficult phase for Playstation first &amp; second parties wrestling with the Playstation 3&#8217;s technology &amp; certainly not worried if their game was adaptable to movie spin-offs!\ud83d\ude44<\/p>\n<p>Looking for some multiplayer mix in the Playstation offerings was fine. But one only has to look at the mass cancellations, lay-offs, closures or &#8220;repivots&#8221;, to see an executive out of his depth. Sadly with the departure of so many notable management whether the likes of Shawn Layden,Shu Yoshida, or even ND or Insomniac etc.,in recent years you wonder who can help Playstation find their creative mojo again.\ud83d\ude15<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<ul class=\"ui-comment-tools\">\n<li class=\"likes first last\">0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article class=\"comment\" id=\"comment8792022\" data-author=\"users\/337403\" data-subject=\"comments\/8792022\" data-dislikes=\"0\" data-id=\"8792022\">\n<p class=\"avatar\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"framed lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/images.pushsquare.com\/users\/337403\/avatar.jpg?v=1705299668\" width=\"80\" height=\"80\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Lavishturtle\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"detail\">\n<ul class=\"info\">\n<li class=\" first\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"num\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"news\/2025\/08\/the-number-of-live-service-games-is-not-important-ps5-boss-gives-rare-insight-into-strategy#comment8792022\">80<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Lavishturtle<\/li>\n<li class=\" last\"><time data-days=\"5\" class=\"date age \" datetime=\"2025-08-25T02:11:40+00:00\">3:11am<\/time><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<section class=\"text\">\n<p>The Hulst dumpster will continue to grow. At this rate, I&#8217;ll run out of marshmellows. I think delusional, arrogant and full of it must be on your resume to get hired at Playstation.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<ul class=\"ui-comment-tools\">\n<li class=\"likes first last\">1<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article class=\"comment\" id=\"comment8792025\" data-author=\"users\/117994\" data-subject=\"comments\/8792025\" data-dislikes=\"0\" data-id=\"8792025\">\n<p class=\"avatar\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"framed lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/images.pushsquare.com\/users\/117994\/avatar.jpg?v=1426107667\" width=\"80\" height=\"80\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"sonicmeerkat\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"detail\">\n<ul class=\"info\">\n<li class=\" first\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"num\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"news\/2025\/08\/the-number-of-live-service-games-is-not-important-ps5-boss-gives-rare-insight-into-strategy#comment8792025\">81<\/a><\/li>\n<li>sonicmeerkat<\/li>\n<li class=\" last\"><time data-days=\"5\" class=\"date age \" datetime=\"2025-08-25T02:23:56+00:00\">3:23am<\/time><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<section class=\"text\">\n<p>Maybe they should remaster The Last of Us again? That would be a creative move.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<ul class=\"ui-comment-tools\">\n<li class=\"likes first last\">1<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article class=\"comment\" id=\"comment8792038\" data-author=\"users\/324429\" data-subject=\"comments\/8792038\" data-dislikes=\"0\" data-id=\"8792038\">\n<p class=\"avatar\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"framed lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/images.pushsquare.com\/users\/324429\/avatar.jpg?v=1677288447\" width=\"80\" height=\"80\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"MidnightDragonDX\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"detail\">\n<ul class=\"info\">\n<li class=\" first\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"num\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"news\/2025\/08\/the-number-of-live-service-games-is-not-important-ps5-boss-gives-rare-insight-into-strategy#comment8792038\">82<\/a><\/li>\n<li>MidnightDragonDX<\/li>\n<li class=\" last\"><time data-days=\"5\" class=\"date age \" datetime=\"2025-08-25T03:01:39+00:00\">4:01am<\/time><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<section class=\"text\">\n<p>We\u2019ll see if he\u2019s singing the same tune if (when?) Marathon fails.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<ul class=\"ui-comment-tools\">\n<li class=\"likes first last\">0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article class=\"comment\" id=\"comment8792050\" data-author=\"users\/132609\" data-subject=\"comments\/8792050\" data-dislikes=\"0\" data-id=\"8792050\">\n<p class=\"avatar\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"framed lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/images.pushsquare.com\/users\/132609\/avatar.jpg?v=1449258083\" width=\"80\" height=\"80\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Flaming_Kaiser\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"detail\">\n<ul class=\"info\">\n<li class=\" first\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"num\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"news\/2025\/08\/the-number-of-live-service-games-is-not-important-ps5-boss-gives-rare-insight-into-strategy#comment8792050\">83<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Flaming_Kaiser<\/li>\n<li class=\" last\"><time data-days=\"5\" class=\"date age \" datetime=\"2025-08-25T04:08:59+00:00\">14m ago<\/time><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<section class=\"text\">\n<p>@PaperAlien It also shows that everything has gotten so big and expensive That there are no other ways to keep afloat. Good games sont mean you stay alive with buyouts. It shows that when things get to big investors are called in and they want one thing and thats profit at all costs.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<ul class=\"ui-comment-tools\">\n<li class=\"likes first last\">0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article class=\"comment\" id=\"comment8792051\" data-author=\"users\/341664\" data-subject=\"comments\/8792051\" data-dislikes=\"0\" data-id=\"8792051\">\n<p class=\"avatar\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"framed lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/images.pushsquare.com\/users\/341664\/avatar.jpg?v=1755618524\" width=\"80\" height=\"80\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"PuppetMaster\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"detail\">\n<ul class=\"info\">\n<li class=\" first\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"num\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"news\/2025\/08\/the-number-of-live-service-games-is-not-important-ps5-boss-gives-rare-insight-into-strategy#comment8792051\">84<\/a><\/li>\n<li>PuppetMaster<\/li>\n<li class=\" last\"><time data-days=\"5\" class=\"date age \" datetime=\"2025-08-25T04:10:34+00:00\">12m ago<\/time><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<section class=\"text\">\n<p>@Nyne11Tyme &#8220;The fact that these huge brands think that creating a Hollow Knight, Stardew Valley, Balatro, Fez&#8230;I think you all get my point- isn&#8217;t a financial lucrative option&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m pretty sure Sony are well aware of how some indies sold a lot. It&#8217;s one of the reason why Sony initiated China, India, and MENA Hero Projects. These indie devs has potential and could produce the next indie sensation with low budget. I think some games from China Hero Project did quite well like Anno Mutationem (350K copies), Hardcore Mecha, and F.I.S.T although i don&#8217;t know how much the numbers for the last two games.<\/p>\n<p>Sony also published \/ support indie or AA devs outside the Hero Projects like Helldivers 2 (sold 15 million copies), Stellar Blade (sold 3 million copies), Kena Bridge of Spirits (sold around 1-2 million copies), etc.<\/p>\n<p>The things is it&#8217;s not that easy to replicate Balatro, Stardew Valley, Fez, or Hollow Knight success. You can&#8217;t just ask some devs to make a copycat of those 4 games and then boom! jobs done.<\/p>\n<p>And as much as we didn&#8217;t like live service games, they can produced tons of revenue \/ profits more than whatever indies like Hollow Knight, Stardew Valley, Fez, and Balatro can do. iirc, Genshin Impact alone generate more than $1 Billion revenue for Playstation back in 2021+2022.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;at least one of the 4 titles I named has sold more than any Playstation franchise except GT and thats a 30 year old IP&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>I believe Stardew Valley sold 41 million copies, which didn&#8217;t outsold God of War (66 million copies), Insomniac Spiderman (50 million copies), and Uncharted (41 million copies). And other Sony franchise such as Ratchet &amp; Clank (40 million copies), Horizon (38 million copies), and TloU (37 million copies) could surpass Stardew Valley maybe in the next 2-3 years.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<ul class=\"ui-comment-tools\">\n<li class=\"likes first last\">0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article class=\"comment\" id=\"comment8792053\" data-author=\"users\/132609\" data-subject=\"comments\/8792053\" data-dislikes=\"0\" data-id=\"8792053\">\n<p class=\"avatar\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"framed lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/images.pushsquare.com\/users\/132609\/avatar.jpg?v=1449258083\" width=\"80\" height=\"80\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Flaming_Kaiser\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"detail\">\n<ul class=\"info\">\n<li class=\" first\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"num\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"news\/2025\/08\/the-number-of-live-service-games-is-not-important-ps5-boss-gives-rare-insight-into-strategy#comment8792053\">85<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Flaming_Kaiser<\/li>\n<li class=\" last\"><time data-days=\"5\" class=\"date age \" datetime=\"2025-08-25T04:12:23+00:00\">10m ago<\/time><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<section class=\"text\">\n<p>@UltimateOtaku91 Its like its to much there are games bound to fail even when they are good. Its such a pity but even for me i caan get them all the ones i like.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<ul class=\"ui-comment-tools\">\n<li class=\"likes first last\">0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p class=\"empty\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"ui-load-comments ui-cta-button\" onclick=\"this.innerHTML = 'Please Wait...'; this.classList.add('loading'); return false\" href=\"news\/2025\/08\/the-number-of-live-service-games-is-not-important-ps5-boss-gives-rare-insight-into-strategy#comments\"><span class=\"icon icon-comments\"><\/span> Show Comments<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"reply\" class=\"block comments\">\n<header class=\"widget-header\">\n<p>Leave A Comment<\/p>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"body\">\n<p class=\"empty\">Hold on there, you need to login to post a comment&#8230;<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"related-group optional\">\n<div class=\"insert centered block with-label lazyload for-mobile lazyload\">\n<div id=\"PS_MPU_X_G68ABE52DD9F86\" style=\"min-width:300px; min-height:250px\" data-dfp-id=\"pushsquare\/mobile_web_display\/article\" data-dfp-sizes=\"300x250\" data-dfp-targeting=\"pos=1,gto=false,experiment=nl-article-after-comments\" class=\"lazyload\" data-dfp-refresh-direct=\"true\" data-prebid-config=\"Lazy_Load_HP_MPU\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- cache: html:pushsquare.com\/ssl\/ps5\/related\/articles\/industry,ps5,sony @ 1756070858 --><\/p>\n<div class=\"related-articles\">\n<h2 class=\"heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Related_Articles-2\"><\/span>Related Articles<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"item\">\n<p class=\"image\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/images.pushsquare.com\/63cc5fb1df945\/75x75.jpg\" width=\"75\" height=\"75\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"New He-Man Beat-'Em-Up Is the Retro-Style PS5 Game of Your Dreams\"><\/p>\n<p class=\"heading\">New He-Man Beat-&#8216;Em-Up Is the Retro-Style PS5 Game of Your Dreams<\/p>\n<p class=\"description\">By the power of Grayskull<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"item\">\n<p class=\"image\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/images.pushsquare.com\/c558f33e76a3f\/75x75.jpg\" width=\"75\" height=\"75\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Last Chance to Get These 15+ PS5, PS4 Games in PS Store's Weekend Offer\"><\/p>\n<p class=\"heading\">Last Chance to Get These 15+ PS5, PS4 Games in PS Store&#8217;s Weekend Offer<\/p>\n<p class=\"description\">Some more must-have PS5 and PS4 recommendations<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"item\">\n<p class=\"image\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/images.pushsquare.com\/258bde15212e4\/75x75.jpg\" width=\"75\" height=\"75\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Preview: Masters of the Brawliverse! 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