Big Shake-Up on Sony's Struggling Live Service as Marathon's Game Director Departs
Big Shake-Up on Sony's Struggling Live Service as Marathon's Game Director Departs
Big Shake-Up on Sony's Struggling Live Service as Marathon's Game Director Departs
… It’s clear the company is redoubling support for its live service shooter. …
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… But there was nothing about Fairgames, Horizon’s co-op spinoff, or any brand-new, live-service title from Sony. This shouldn’t be too much of a surprise. Sony’s live-service push, for the most part, hasn’t worked out, despite the company making it a key pillar of its strategy. …
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Following poor feedback from the playtesting, the plan now is to strip out the live-service component and turn it into more of a traditional co-op multiplayer game with a story mode and a far smaller scope. Not yet cance…
… However, we can pull some context from the section that the offhand reference to the Super Game is contained in, as the header for the slide is titled “Reviewed the strategic positioning of Games as a Service .” Although this was never confirmed by Sega, several reports over the past five years sug… …
… Games like Fortnite have been leading the live-service charge for nearly a decade now. However, the game has just recently begun to face its own struggles with player retention. …
… We've explicitly asked for them to be at the negotiating table, since we're often told: 'Oh no, that decision depends on NetEase, that's NetEase's budget…' Fine, then bring NetEase in!" Employees claim that it was NetEase who made the call to end development of Spellcasters Chronicles, while Quanti… …
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… Bungie released the extraction shooter Marathon in March, but the game has struggled amidst the general turmoil of the live-service space. …