PlayStation admits its live service game is tough, acknowledging the “negative news” of the marathon

Sony's live service video game releases didn't have as successful as Helldivers 2, and Concord was a particularly compelling failure. “It didn't go completely smoothly” because it was related to on-site service, Sony's chief financial officer Lin Tao said in a company's revenue briefing this week. But Tao points out that Sony has come a long way in the past six decades.

“If I had watched it five years ago, the live-service games would hardly have PlayStation Studios.” As reported this week in video games. “It’s not entirely smooth in terms of transformation, but in the long run, if you look at the changes over the past five years, you’ll see that there’s certainly a change.”

Tao continued that Sony is still dealing with “many issues” while pursuing on-site service. “So we should learn lessons from our mistakes and make sure we introduce live service content with less waste and much smoother,” Tao said.

For now, Tao points out games like Helldivers 2, MLB Show 26, Gran Turismo 7 and Destiny 2, which are “on-site services that contribute to sales and profits in a stable way.”

One of Sony's upcoming live service projects is Bungie's marathonAnd, Tao admits, the recent game has “somewhat negative news” surrounding the game. Hands-on preview The game is not the vast majority, after that Discovered stolen artworkSony Delay marathon indefinitely. The game is still queued up at the end of March 2026, but Tao said “This is not a promise.”

Before that, Sony boss Hulster said Sony learned from Concord’s mistakes and guaranteed Marathons won't suffer the same fate. Concord was launched in August 2024 and is closed quickly, Developer Firewalk is closed.

Beyond the marathon, Sony also has live service games Fairgame $ Here comes, but Its studio head has recently left, and the game was reportedly delayed due to poor feedback on recent tests.

Sony has a grand plan in the field service department, once said There are more than a dozen on-site service projects in this work forward Cut this number in half. one of the The decentralized project is the last one we have online,and It is reported that the God of War who served on the spot was also laid off.

Sony's on-site service is Release on PC and PS5and Sony's expansion to the new platform continues Helldivers 2 comes to Xbox.