News business PS5: Sony reveals its plans for its new franchises (and plans to invest a lot)
Published on 05/28/2022 at 15:52
Some will say that the new franchises represent the sinews of war: after all, they form part of the future and allow real renewal. Sony has understood this and in a specific document, the firm reports its future strategies on this subject.
A large pint of IP AAA
This week was particularly rich in information and in particular for l’univers PlayStation. Among other things, a document reserved for investors was disclosed and it allowed us to know much more about Sony’s plans in the video game: a particular focus was made on the investments of the Japanese giant with a very specific trend reversal.
In 2019, 77% of Sony’s investment in PlayStation Studios was devoted to existing franchises and only 23% to new ones. In the future, the manufacturer wants to bet much more on original IPs: 66% of the budget will be spent on sequels and 34% on all-new brands by the end of this year. And again, this is only the beginning sincein 2025, the split will be 50-50 between old licenses and brand new ones.
Information that echoes‘ Sony invests $300 million in PlayStation Studios a few weeks ago’, the group including companies like Insomniac Games, Santa Monica, Sucker Punch and many others.
Twelve service games over the next few years
Many new franchises are therefore planned and inevitably, this arouses great curiosity. A priori, Insomniac Games would already be working on a brand new IP which would also be a multiplayer game : nothing surprising, since Jim Ryan (head of Sony Interactive Entertainment) has confirmed in recent days that twelve service games are planned by 2025.
In the heap, two still unannounced will be released in 2022. One of them is rumored to be un jeu The Last of Usbut as for the other… no clues are given. So, we would not be surprised if it was a new license.
