Former PlayStation executive Shuhei Yoshida explains his feelings regarding Sony's recent live-service video game push and its result.

Sony has canceled two unannounced live service games. According to Bloomberg, a Sony spokesperson confirmed that they were canceled "following a recent review”. They were in development at two PlayStation studios, Bend Studio and Bluepoint Games.

Just a week after Sony canceled two live service games, it seems another PlayStation property set to get a multiplayer spinoff has been canned. A massively multiplayer online version of PlayStation's Horizon Zero Dawn from South Korean developer NCSoft has reportedly been canceled following an internal review.

Sony reportedly shelves yet another one of its live-service games, marking its 11th such project cancellation in only three years.

Reports noted that two live service games being developed at Bend Studio and Bluepoint Games were scrapped, and the staff found out the day of.

PlayStation was once aiming to have 12 first-party live service games all operating by 2026, with revenue from these games providing over half of Sony Interactive Entertainment's revenue. Of course, Sony's thought process back in 2022 — the majority of its games are big and increasingly expensive single-player titles that don't generate recurring revenue,

The teams at Bend and Bluepoint reportedly found out their projects had been canceled at the same time as everyone else.