Sony has created only 4 new franchises in 6 years of PlayStation 5's existence, two of which are already dead

Players suddenly noticed that in the 6 years since the launch of PlayStation 5, Sony has launched only 4 new franchises for its platform: Returnal, Saros, Concord, and Destruction AllStars.

At the same time, two of them have effectively ceased to exist: Concord was shut down shortly after a highly unsuccessful launch, and Destruction AllStars also failed to achieve significant success.

Moreover, players point out that Returnal and Saros were created by the same studio — Housemarque — and use a similar gameplay formula.

For comparison, throughout the PS4's lifecycle, Sony introduced about 21 new original intellectual properties, while the PS3 received 25 unique projects.

PlayStation 3:

1. Resistance
2. MotorStorm
3. Lair
4. Folklore
5. Uncharted
6. The Eye of Judgment
7. PAIN
8. LittleBigPlanet
9. Afrika
10. Demon's Souls
11. Flower
12. inFAMOUS
13. Fat Princess
14. MAG
15. ModNation Racers
16. Sports Champions
17. Sorcery
18. Journey
19. Tokyo Jungle
20. The Unfinished Swan
21. The Last of Us
22. Puppeteer
23. Rain
24. Beyond: Two Souls
25. Heavenly Sword

PlayStation 4:

1. Knack
2. Resogun
3. The Playroom / Astro Bot
4. Driveclub
5. The Order: 1886
6. Bloodborne
7. Until Dawn
8. Everybody's Gone to the Rapture
9. Helldivers
10. Guns Up!
11. Bound
12. The Tomorrow Children
13. Horizon
14. Matterfall
15. That's You!
16. Days Gone
17. Concrete Genie
18. Erica
19. Dreams
20. Ghost of Tsushima
21. Last Guardian