Sony Group Corp.’s PlayStation has canceled beforehand unannounced video games at two of its prime subsidiaries, the corporate stated Thursday.
The video games, at Oregon-based Bend Studio and Texas-based Bluepoint Video games, have been each “dwell service” tasks designed to attract recurring income from gamers.
An organization spokesperson confirmed the cancellations. In a press release, the spokesperson stated the 2 video games have been canceled “following a current evaluate” and that PlayStation will proceed making each on-line and single-player video games.
Neither studio will probably be shuttered. “Bend and Bluepoint are extremely completed groups who’re valued members of the PlayStation Studios household, and we’re working intently with every studio to find out what are the subsequent tasks,” the spokesperson stated.
Over the previous few years, PlayStation has invested huge in live-service video games, that are usually multiplayer video games with microtransactions and different methods to get cash out of gamers for months and years after they launch. These video games are dangerous ventures, however could be profitable after they’re profitable.
For Sony, the technique has led to at least one hit in 2024’s Helldivers II and several other flops together with Harmony, which was faraway from sale lower than two weeks after it was launched. The corporate has additionally canceled a number of different live-service video games over the previous few years, together with one based mostly on Spider-Man, Bloomberg has reported.
Sony did not say if the cancellations will result in job cuts. In a memo to workers reviewed by Bloomberg, the corporate stated it is “working intently with Bend and Bluepoint to find out what are the subsequent tasks and plan to do every part we will to make sure there’s minimal enterprise affect.”
The final two years have been troublesome for the online game business, which has seen tens of 1000’s lose their jobs within the wake of unhealthy bets and slower development.
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