Don't Worry, Sony's Most Recognisable Studios Are Still Focused on Single Player PS5 Games | Push Square

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As part of its business segment meeting overnight, Sony categorised all of its first-party studios based on the type of content they’ll be delivering. It divided its teams into four segments: Single Player Narrative Focus, Partner Studios, Evolving and Multi Genre, and Live Service Focus. Here’s how it divided its portfolio up:

While there are few surprises here, there are some meaningful observations we can make. For example, Guerrilla Games is listed within the Evolving and Multi-Genre category, confirming it’s working on more than just the next mainline Horizon game (which we assume will be a single player adventure). Rumour has it there are multiple adaptations of the series on the way, including an MMO and multiplayer spin-off.

It's also interesting to see Bend Studio in the Evolving and Multi-Genre category, too. We know that it plans to build upon the foundations it formed with Days Gone, but it’s probably safe to assume there’ll be more to its new intellectual property than just open world action. We could see it developing some kind of online, shared world-type survival experience.

And one other notable inclusion here is Neon Koi, the little-known German mobile developer that Sony snapped up a while ago. We know that the Japanese giant wants to release more smartphone software, and it’s possible whatever it’s working on will deploy on PS5, PC, and mobile. A live service business model is not entirely unexpected, then – let’s see wait and see what it has in store.

As the Editor of Push Square, Sammy has over 15 years of experience analysing the world of PlayStation, from PS3 through PS5 and everything in between. He’s 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.

What is it mean for «partner studios» for Bluepoint? I thought they also working on single player games.

But this list really looks smaller after Japan Studio and