Während der PS5-Ära stoppte Sony zahlreiche ambitionierte First-Party-Projekte. Besonders die groß beworbene Live-Service-Offensive scheiterte bisher. Letzte Hoffnungen liegen nun auf Marathon und Fairgame$.
In der aktuellen Konsolengeneration verfolgte Sony eine klare Vision: Live-Service-Games sollten das First-Party-Portfolio langfristig erweitern und stabile Einnahmen sichern. Doch was als strategische Neuausrichtung begann, entwickelte sich zunehmend zu einer Serie von Rückzügen.
Wie der bekannte Insider NikTek zusammengetragen hat, wurden inzwischen zehn große First-Party-Projekte oder DLCs eingestellt - viele davon weit fortgeschritten und mit bekannten Marken verbunden.
https://2playerz.de/p/sony-setzt-auch-2026-starker-auf-live-service-als-auf-singleplayer-spiele-fur-ps5Besonders auffällig ist, dass nicht nur neue IPs, sondern auch absolute Aushängeschilder betroffen waren. Reihen wie Marvel’s Spider-Man, God of War oder The Last of Us galten lange als sichere Bank. Dennoch fielen auch sie den internen Neubewertungen zum Opfer. Die Vielzahl an Streichungen verdeutlicht, wie tiefgreifend die Umstrukturierungen innerhalb der PlayStation Studios in den letzten Jahren ausgefallen sind.
Here's a list of every first-party PlayStation game/DLC that was cancelled during the PlayStation 5 era (a thread)
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1. Marvel's Spider-Man: The Great Web - Live Service Game
This was intended to be an expansion of the Insomniac Spider-Man universe, although Insomniac never made… pic.twitter.com/WsmofjTqDz
2. The Last of Us Online - Live Service Game
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On December 14, 2023, Naughty Dog stated that they've made the decision to stop development of this game.
This decision was made because Naughty Dog would have to put all the studio resources behind supporting post launch content for… pic.twitter.com/NSUlks9QYB
3. Operation Payback from Bungie - Live Service Game
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Project Payback was designed as a third-person action-adventure spinoff set within the Destiny universe.
Fans have suggested that this was Destiny 3, but Schreier has confirmed that Payback was more of a spin-off, and was… pic.twitter.com/c5u1UFfyRZ
4.God of War - Live Service Game
— NikTek (@NikTek) December 27, 2025
In 2025 Bloomberg confirmed that Bluepoint had been working on a Live Service Game for the last couple of years.
Jason Schreier reported that it was a live-service God of War game and in October 2025 we got some pre-alpha screenshots of in-game… pic.twitter.com/GU9QD4C4E0
5. Marvel's Spider-Man 2 DLCs
— NikTek (@NikTek) December 27, 2025
These were the planned DLCs for Marvel's Spider-Man 2 that we knew Insomniac was going to work on after the massive 2023 leaks:
-Beetle Infestation
-Maximum Carnage
-Spider-Verse: Anomality
Insomniac later confirmed in 2024 that there would be no… pic.twitter.com/tp4cVMWBfx
6. Twisted Metal Live Service Game
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This was supposed to be a Battle Royale game, having out of vehicle combat in third-person which Sony cancelled in early 2024. pic.twitter.com/WHT8uGlbyj
7. Live Service Game from Deviation Games
— NikTek (@NikTek) December 27, 2025
In 2021 Deviation Games announced that it was partnering with PlayStation to develop a new live-service game.
This game never saw the light of day after Sony shut studio the shut down in March 9, 2024 pic.twitter.com/JRSWlTqWce
8. Live Service Game from Bend Studio
— NikTek (@NikTek) December 27, 2025
In 2022, Bend Studio initially announced that it was working on a new IP which would include multiplayer and would build upon the open-world systems of Days Gone
This live-service title was cancelled in 2025, following layoffs and a former… pic.twitter.com/goFXzl66Bk
9. Concord - Live Service Game
— NikTek (@NikTek) December 27, 2025
Even though this game technically came out in August 23, 2024. I think it deserves an honorable mention
Concord was such a catastrophical failure that Sony decided to shut down the entire game two weeks after launch, effectively cancelling the… pic.twitter.com/JXcYJZFppK
10. London Studio live-service game (now revived?)
— NikTek (@NikTek) December 27, 2025
In 2022 London Studio was in development of a live-service co-op game with a magic based Fantasy setting, however Sony shut down the studio in February 2024.
Following the Studio's closure, a new Studio Established in 2024 by… pic.twitter.com/A9BLCYGL5x
Mittlerweile hat Sony einen Großteil seiner Live-Service-Ambitionen zurückgefahren. Mehrere Studios wurden geschlossen oder grundlegend umstrukturiert. Zu den betroffenen Teams zählen unter anderem Japan Studio, Neon Koi, Firewalk Studios, London Studio und Deviation Games.
Die Ereignisse zeigen klar: Der Versuch, das klassische PlayStation-Portfolio massiv in Richtung Live-Service zu verschieben, ist fast gescheitert. Letzte Hoffnungsträger sind Marathon (turbulente Entwicklungsgeschichte), Fairgame$ (mehrfache Gerüchte über Einstellung) und Gummy Bears (noch in der Pre-Alpha).
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