It seems relevant that the company has scaled back its live service ambitions in recent months. https://www.ign.com/articles/sony-commits-to-launch-just-six-of

It seems relevant that the company has scaled back its live service ambitions in recent months. https://www.ign.com/articles/sony-commits-to-launch-just-six-of-playstations-12-live-service-games-by-march-2026 https://www.ign.com/articles/sony-commits-to-launch-just-six... It seems many game companies thought they could build the next Fortnite/Destiny, but 1) it’s hard to start with that goal and move backwards, and 2) attention is a scarce resource, with most people only having enough room in their lives for a single live service game. It's also very likely that live service revenue was unusually high starting in 2020, due to everyone stuck at home craving social interaction. So just like FAANG companies over-hiring during that period, the games industry was due for a correction.