A year ago, PlayStation launched its hero shooter Concord, which it had pinned a lot of expectations onto. Not even a month into the game's existence, and Sony had to refund the scant few who had purchased it, and shut the entire game down, despite the massive amount of budget that had gone into its development and marketing. Sony Interactive Entertainment's CEO, Hermen Hulst, conducted an interview recently, reflecting on how PlayStation has changed its operating procedures since then, to avoid failures on the same level as Concord.

Speaking with outlet Financial Times, Hulst discussed how PlayStation has put focus on identifying troubled development or problematic projects earlier on in development. "I don't want teams to always play it safe, but I would like for us, when we fail, to fail early and cheaply." PlayStation had already canned a planned live service game as a likely reaction to Concord's failure, cancelling an upcoming The Last of Us online game. Ten other "live-service" games were also ended early in development, according to industry rumors.

Further elaborating, Hulst added that live-service games are still a priority for PlayStation, but, "The number [of live-service releases] is not so important. What is important to me is having a diverse set of player experiences and a set of communities."

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[Sonic Angel Knight]

It's easy, stop censoring everything, and stop making live service games for consoles. (Do it on mobile instead) Oh and lower PS5 Price. Still don't have new Little Big Planet Sony. But I guess astrobot took over.

You're welcome.

 

[Vixi]

I was actually interested in Concord. A game I could buy up front with no microtransactions sounded fantastic.

 

[SDA]

Hear me out Sony: you will fail again no matter what you're gonna do!

 

[Viri]

Imagine being one of the devs working on this video game.

Spoiler

Also, I'd rather play as the security guards.

EAT THE RICH! Also, pls buy our 800 dollar console with no disc drive, our 70 dollar game, filled with microtransactions! Also, ignore Norway's gov owning 2% of our owner's stock. :|

 

[Space_Goddess_Samus_Aran]

More Sony Forelli lmao.

 

[JaNDeRPeiCH]

They dont let learn from old mistakes like marathon and concord. They are su fucking stubborn and a lot of pride to admit any mistakes and good examples of this behavior are the next failures will be fairgames and ghost of yotei. If sony go with this route it will be the next game crashing company like atari from 1980.

 

[Dark_Ansem]

Hmmm truly a riddle for the ages. How about to stop letting corporate dictate game development and put it back in the hands of gamers?

 

[DragonMals]

Still gotta be one of the funniest fumbles Sony has ever done. I can't even imagine any of the other companies doing a huge mistake like this, lol.

 

[Xzi]

They waste an entire console generation with live service slop and they're still not gonna pivot? Actual insanity. The worst part is that it probably won't matter either, people will trample over each other to buy PS5 Pros and PS6s just for GTA6 alone.

 

[Axido]

Maybe try not getting rid of the staff that makes your games but the staff that makes your games bad. I'm not talking about developers, artists, sound designers or writers, if that wasn't clear enough already.

 

[K3Nv4]

Years of experience wasting against them to save a few dollars.

 

[MPRTwice]

Sony's failures from 0:36 to 0:50:

 

[Frexxos]

Nö one wants to hear but: dont go woke.

Wait before shit Storm me. I mean:a Do Not FORCE IT with Main Fokus on DEI.

You want interesing Charakter? Well instead of woke him, just write the Charakter interesing and for IT in the World. Nö one would bat an eye. Even of you make the Charakter what ever you want.

Games are for grown ups like me are escape into an interesting Worlds away from reality. Scify fantasy etc.
I want to enjoy good written characters, Storys, worlds, mechanics etc.

Look at expedition 33. What a blast.
The first game since decades where someone again focused on the Soundtrack through the whole game.

Stop focusing on things nö Player asked for and Focus on the things which made games interesting since always : setting, music, characters etc etc.

 

[MPRTwice]

Gameplay...important for a game to do well? What's next? A great story is considered important for a film?

 

[AndorfRequissa]

so basically hes saying they are going to release half finished games that are developed quickly so if they fail they havent spent money or time lol.

these guys are walking mouth pieces that only braindead idiots agree with.

i get to the point that i have to start calling people dumbasses because so many dumbasses want to let people fuck them over and are fine with it. sony ceo should be fired for his words imo.

there are ways to make an honest buck but even corporate places like sony seem to not remember some of the golden rules. tribalism here we come.

 

[x65943]

Now that ugly overwatch failed, perhaps there is a market for ugly Zelda or ugly GTA?

Imagine this, GTA, but you must play as a 600lb man in a motor scooter

 

[Exnor]

Here´s a tip from an old gamer: Give us games that we want, like sequels to your popular IPs like MotorStorm and Sly Cooper instead of copy cat generic fps full of micro transactions for "skins" and alike.

 

[MPRTwice]

so basically hes saying they are going to release half finished games that are developed quickly so if they fail they havent spent money or time lol.

these guys are walking mouth pieces that only braindead idiots agree with.

i get to the point that i have to start calling people dumbasses because so many dumbasses want to let people fuck them over and are fine with it. sony ceo should be fired for his words imo.

there are ways to make an honest buck but even corporate places like sony seem to not remember some of the golden rules. tribalism here we come.

I know how ya feel: a sociopath yesterday went on an attempted killing spree on the highway on recording. No one else mattered to him, and he was doing it on purpose, so I got my new car half off the road as he proceeded to use his like a game of bumper cars.

My car was not hit, but one other was.

Still, I try to avoid profanity. Even when he tempted me, I did not fall.

Not to worry though; I found out where he got his car serviced, so I had a flashback and "Whoops! Well, perhaps I was reminded of that driver you let go on the road like that; sorry to see your stuff got shattered as I had a brief flashback there and had no choice but to see my hand release that fragile object of yours on the floor that just broke as I was reminded of that man you let drive off the lot with that knowing full well he was unhinged, but no worries; I will take it easy. Not _my_ fault, after all."

Glad that place came to understanding. They certainly had nothing mean to say to me on the way out as that broken object was on the floor from my unintended flashback, that's for sure! (Though they gave me a mean look...hmm, why would that be?)

 

[Deleted member 706757]

Now that ugly overwatch failed, perhaps there is a market for ugly Zelda or ugly GTA?

Imagine this, GTA, but you must play as a 600lb man in a motor scooter

Honestly? I'd play it If the game let you commit motor scooter mayhem in every building's interior