Sony Sees Bright Future For Live-Service Games, But It's All About Choice, Exec Says
PlayStation boss Jim Ryan has commented on the future of gaming, and he sees a lot of potential growth in the live-service category. This is not much of a surprise, as PlayStation has committed itself to releasing 10 live-service games in the next few years. At the same time, PlayStation believes single-player games like God of War and Ghost of Tsushima have a bright future at Sony.
Speaking to GI.biz, Ryan said live-service games are attractive from a publisher's point of view because people keep coming back again and again. The knock-on effect is greater engagement and potentially even more spending.
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«I think that trend towards live services will continue, and if you look for a model in our category of entertainment, which supports sustained engagement over a long period of time, live-service games arguably fit that bill better than a subscription service,» Ryan said.
Ryan went on to say that live-service games are tailored specifically to players who want to spend hours and hours in a game, month after month. «That phenomenon of the live-service game… that has, in a very large part, fueled the enormous growth in the gaming industry that we've seen over the last ten years,» Ryan said.
While PlayStation is definitely investing in live-service games, the company at the same time believes there is a bright future for single-player games and in the idea of choice in general.
«It's all about choice. There are
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