It's been a rough couple of years for PlayStation, as its grand live-service plans seem to have exploded in its face rather dramatically. Concord was an absolute disaster, Marathon looks like it's heading down the same path, and The Last of Us Factions 2 never even saw the light of day. Apart from Helldivers 2, PlayStation's live-service projects have been failures.
Is it worth taking another ride in the wilderness of Days Gone now it's come to PS5?
That's most likely why we've seen a slight pivot recently, with reports of live-service projects at multiple PlayStation first-party studios being cancelled. Days Gone developer Bend Studio was one such developer, which had an unannounced live-service game cancelled at the start of the year, and it has now recently had to start pitching new ideas to Sony.
It always sucks to see a project cancelled, mostly because of the human cost. Every time a high-profile title is cancelled, you can almost guarantee layoffs aren't far behind, and while it took almost five months, Bend Studio is reportedly another classic example.
According to Bloomberg reporter Jason Schreier, a new project is in the works at Bend...
