New PlayStation Boss Pledges Support For Single-Player Games

John Kodera, who is took over as President and CEO of Sony Interactive Entertainment following Andrew House's departure, has pledged that Sony will continue to make single-player games. In a message posted on Twitter, Kodera said you don't have to worry about Sony going all-in on the increasingly popular "games-as-a-service" model.

"I will do my best to continue the excellent work done by [Andrew House]," he said (via GamesRadar). "About the issue of 'games as a service,' do not worry about it. PlayStation's vision is totally different."

The games-as-a-service model is popular in gaming today. What that means is a game is supported for months or years with regular content updates to keep players coming back. PUBG is an example of a games-as-a-service title, with the developer constantly updating and tweaking the game instead of moving on to PUBG 2. Psyonix's soccer-with-cars game Rocket League is another example of a games-as-a-service game.

At PlayStation Experience last year, Naughty Dog--the developers of Uncharted and The Last of Us--pledged to continue to make story-focused single-player games. "We will forever continue to make single-player, linear, narrative-based games," director Neil Druckmann said.

Sony has a number of high-profile single-player games in the works, including The Last of Us: Part II, God of War, Detroit: Become Human, and Spider-Man, among others. What do you make of Kodera's comments about single-player games? Let us know in the comments below!

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