The cancellation of PHYSINT and the transfer of Hideo Kojima's spy game to a competitor have once again ignited the discussion about the state of the PlayStation ecosystem. Players have tallied Sony's results for the current generation and arrived at disappointing conclusions.
Aside from the acclaimed Returnal and Saros, the list of new original intellectual properties looks modest. Destruction AllStars and Concord failed, after which the games were removed from digital sale or their servers were shut down. Marathon is also struggling to retain its audience.
The near future does not change the situation yet: the mysterious Intergalactic and the questionable Fairgame$ remain on the horizon. Players accuse Sony's management of the fact that the multi-year bet on games-as-a-service has hurt the creativity of internal studios. In their opinion, instead of new single-player adventures, the PS5 generation received many canceled or closed projects.