PlayStation is releasing two live service games during its current fiscal year, ending in March 2023.
It says Sony Interactive Entertainment President Jim Ryan, who said during a business briefing on Thursday that the company currently had what it considered to be a live service game in MLB The Show 22.
MLB The Shows Diamond Dynasty mode allows players to purchase random packs of cards to try to build a dream team, either by earning or buying in-game currency.
A slide shared during the briefing showed that the company plans to expand the number of service games by two during its current fiscal year, FY22.
Asked by an analyst whether the two additional titles were announced or included in a Destiny release from Bungie, the studio it is set to acquire, Ryan said: “Destiny is not included in the three games scheduled for FY22. two others have not yet been released. “
During the briefing, Ryan said that Sony considered live service titles as “endless games”. Sony plans to have released 12 such titles before fiscal year 2025, a slide shown during the briefing indicated where three arrive in FY23, four in FY24 and two more in FY25.
During the same briefing, Ryan suggested that at least some of the live service games it has under development are scheduled for PC.
PlayStation has become known for its blockbuster single-player games such as Spider-Man, The Last of Us and Ghost of Tsushima. But in May last year, Sony said it planned to “develop more service-led experiences” within its first-party list.
One of the planned live service games scheduled to release within the next 10 months could be Naughty Dog’s under-development The Last of Us multiplayer game.
Naughty Dog has been working on its “first standalone multiplayer game” for some time, which could be the result of The Last of Us Part 2’s delayed online mode being extended to its own title.
Horizon Forbidden West developer Guerrilla is also manning up for an online game, job ads have confirmed.
Another title that is understood to be under development is a reboot of the car racing series Twisted Metal, which could coincide with a planned TV series.
VGC reported for the first time earlier this year that UK-based Firesprite – which was acquired by Sony last year – had taken over an unannounced Twisted Metal project after an earlier version of Destruction All Stars studio Lucid stopped development.
Sony has also signed an original multiplayer project from Firewalk, a new studio founded by Bungie veterans, and will release the debut title from Deviation Games, a studio led by former Call of Duty veterans Dave Anthony and Jason Blundell.