- The financial director of Sony, Lin Tao, has admitted that his current live service strategy “is not completely fine”
- Tao said that, despite Concord’s closure and marathon delay, he still believes in Sony’s strategy, but he will learn from his mistakes
- Live service games represented 40% of Sony’s first part of Sony in the first quarter, but “for the whole year it is a little less, probably between 20 and 30%”
Sony has admitted that its current live service strategy “is not becoming completely without problems” after the disastrous launch of ConcordBut he says he will continue with his plan and learn from his mistakes.
During a recent question and answer session after the company’s latest financial results (through VGC), a person who called asked the executive panel for an update on the PlayStation’s live service strategy in the middle of the delay of the delay of Marathon And after closing Concord.
In response, Sony’s financial director, Lin Tao, said she still believes in live service games, despite the recent negativity, explaining that other games such as 2 and Destination 2 They have managed to produce a stable income flow that did not exist five years ago.
“Last year Concord [shut down]And this year Marathon He was postponed, so negative news has come out, “said Tao (through an interpreter).
“But if we look at the last five years, five years ago, live service games were almost non -existent for PlayStation Studios. 1754585078 have 2, Mlb the show, and Gran Turismo 7and Bungie’s Destination 2So we have these four live services that contribute to sales and profits in a stable way. “
During the presentation, it was revealed that live service games represented 40% of the first -part software income for Q1 and “for the whole year it is a little less, probably between 20 and 30%.”
“Then, in terms of the transformation, it does not go completely without problems, but from a longer term perspective, if you observe the changes for five years, you see that there has definitely there has been a change,” Tao added.
“Of course, we recognize that there are still many problems, so we must learn the lessons of errors and make sure to introduce live service content where there is less waste and is softer.”
Concord It closed only two weeks after its launch due to bad sales and a low players count.
At that time, game director Ryan Ellis said Firewalk Studios was exploring options, had ceased the sale of Concordand offered reimbursements to all PS5 and PC players.
While this live service game has an overwhelmingly lower performance, PlayStation’s 2 It was a great success, selling 12 million copies in its first 12 weeks for sale. The game was so popular in the launch that Arrowhead was forced to increase its concurrent player to 700,000 after it went beyond 450,000.
Developer Arrowhead Game Studios also recently announced that the game published in Sony will be launched on Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S on August 26, 2025.
