Sony acquired Bungie largely for the Destiny developer’s live-service expertise. But if the two companies really launch 10 live-service games in the next four years, how many will succeed?

Sony expects to spend 49% of its PlayStation Studios development budget on live service games by the end of the year. By 2025, Sony plans to bump that to 55%, up from just 12% in 2019.

Sony has reconfirmed that Bungie is working on a new IP, and it’s likely going to be one of the major live-service pushes by PlayStation over the next few years.

Live-service mech shooter Steel Hunters will shut down in October, announced just three months after it entered early access.

Keep in mind that Sony's graph refers to fiscal years; fiscal year 2025 runs from April 2024 through March 2025, so it expects to achieve its goal of 12 live-service games by that March.

Sony's live-service hero shooter Concord launched on PC and PlayStation 5 last week, and the early numbers are looking grim. According to third-party data site SteamDB, Concord peaked at a ...

Sony has cancelled two more of its once-envisioned live service Playstation projects. Back in February 2022, Sony stated it aimed to launch over 10 new live service games over the coming years. A ...

Sony is now planning to launch more than 10 live service games before March 2026. The games will be made in close collaboration between Bungie and PlayStation Studios.

Sony has confirmed the cancelation of two previously unannounced live-service PlayStation games. This follows a round of canceled live-service games for the PlayStation 5, and it was also ...

Sony has canceled two more live-service games, one from its remake and remaster studio Bluepoint and another from Days Gone developer Bend Studio in Oregon, the company confirmed to Bloomberg.

The cancellations come as Sony’s big push into live-service gaming continues to struggle. Sony did have one big live-service hit in 2024, in the form of Helldivers 2.

PlatinumGames isn’t the only studio chasing the live service dream. Sony is doubling down even more. After acquiring Destiny developer Bungie, Sony Chief Financial Officetr Hiroki Totoki ...