Sony’s live service pivot “may not pay off the way Jim Ryan had once hoped”, says industry insider

September 30, 2023
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Sony is reportedly “uncomfortable” about outgoing PlayStation boss Jim Ryan’s pivot to games as a service.

That’s according to Bloomberg‘s Jason Schreier, who reported yesterday that “even Bungie’s expertise has not yet been able to turn PlayStation Studios into a service-game factory”.

Just days after announcing its $3.6bn Bungie buyout bid, Sony announced back in April 2022 that it would launch more than 10 new live service games over the next four years, with the hope that Destiny developer Bungie would aid PlayStation in this major expansion of live service game development.

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