It's going to end baldly whatever way it goes.

If they succeed with a GaaS most if not all of their studios will be relocated to make content for it. There is a reason why ABK has all their studios making COD, Rockstar has only made one game in years, Epic only has Fortnite etc. They need serious man power to succeed.

If they fail with GaaS games you can bet all of those studio they brought like Haven and Firewalk will be shutdown pretty quickly.

Well hopefully people speak with their wallets if they are shit

This is the classic "create an issue" hope an "opposite issue" comes up then jump on it and solve "the issue."

As long as the AAA single player games are of the best and highest quality on PS5, I have no problem with them doing live service. But if we have more showcases like we just had recently, then I will lose faith in SONY.

If they prioritize live service over AAA, then that'll be the downfall of PlayStation.

They bought like 3-4 live service Devs to make live service games. I don't see the problem with that.

Now if they got all there single player narrative studios to try and make the next Fortnite that's a problem.

hard to tell if its gonna be bad or not.

when u think about genshin impact, or fortnite, those definitely made bank.

we will see, and definitely judge. haha

All I am hearing is a lot of pessimism. At least let them release a couple of these games first before we judge the situation. As for Factions it seems like Bungie came in and dd their job by evaluating it and saying hey it needs to cook longer.

If Sony listened to the pessimistic crowd they wouldn’t have gone into the VR space. Now that Apple is set to announce VR, PSVR2 is going to sell even further because Apple will certainly being more mainstream exposure to VR.

Great companies in technology take great risks. If. ot they become dinosaurs.

VERY TRUE.

Why would we want Sony to start copying the Worst Gaming Companies on the Planet?

What worries me is the lack of announced single player experiences coming from PS Studios.

I understand they want to introduce Live Games based on new and existing IPs but it seems to be affecting other projects.

How come we know NOTHING about Naughty Dog's PS5 projects? Same with Bend, Blue Point, London Studio, Team Asobi, etc.....

Well so far not one of their big studios is focusing on it ..other than last of us multiplayer which was planned before the change.

This opinion piece is a massive reach. People with a working brain knows that one of the main reasons for sonys lack of ps5 1st party games on console is they just launched ps vr2 and are supporting that, next year it will be back to business on the home console front. Sony can coast because the competition is so lackluster.

Because MS failed Sony shouldn't try.

Spend massive money to chase after the live service coin. Problem is live service games are either a hit or a miss or they are here to day unpopular tomorrow. Stupid move Sony is making.

Everything has risk but it’s possible one of these games catch on and that would be worth it for them.

Even if they all failed they still have their great first party studios.

I do think it’s very possible one or two of these games catches on.

Marathon has a good chance.

I’m not into these games mostly but I’ll check one out of it looks good.

I definitely prefer single player games but some people love multiplayer and Sony should cater to those people as well.

I was more into MMO’s in the past so I’ll check that out if they make one. Marathon I may give a try. Even if I don’t like any of these games it’s good for Sony to branch out a little. They know what got them here but want to expand and that’s normal.
They are doing it the right way imo. They aren’t trying to buy up 3rd party games and say these are our games you have to come to us to play them.
They are trying to make their own and even if I don’t like the games that come from it I can appreciate that fact at minimum.

If one of the multiplayer games brings more players to PS5 that’s a good thing in the end for single player games too, imo.

I think it must be done. I believe that after Xbox showed their tactics, trying to control big seller games on PlayStation, Sony must be prepared for these kind of tactics and have their own live service games so Xbox can't come to try and steal or block games from the Playstation.

Nah, Sony can do no wrong, they are the best gaming company ever. ALL HAIL SONY!!!

Wow, the amount of people here for a company going GAAS is ridiculous. All because it's Sony. This website users seriously love it when Sony does stupid shit.

Sony is making all the wrong moves. The exitement of whats to come is gone.

Problem w gaas is people can generally only devote time to one, maybe two. Doing some quick math, looks like they are going to be cannibalizing their own sales.

Me personally, i dont touch gaas. I just hope they keep pumping money into their sp games. Im sure they will right?

While I don't mind GaaS games, I am more inclined to buy their single player content more

I ain’t supporting it, that’s for sure.

I do not want the norm for this industry to be GaaS games, not by a long-shot and it’s disturbing to me the amount they’re doubling down on in comparison to traditional AAA games.

I mean, what, they have 10 in the works? I mean… who wants to stick with a game that long, let alone 10 different ones. Loved how they didn’t show ANY gameplay. I have a feeling it’d be as well received as Suicide Squad if they did.

As Sony have stated they will still be pumping out single player games with the quality we all know and love and that single player games remain at the forefront for them even if 1 or 2 of there live service games take off this won’t change.