Should it actually arrive this year, Concord would be the first of several first-party live service games in development at the company’s various teams – many of which were specifically acquired to make live service games.
Sony’s answer to this dilemma has been to invest heavily into live service games, and the first one of those is set for release this year.
2024 is looking especially light on first-party releases from PlayStation, so there’s certainly plenty of air in the room.
This is also the same market that convinced Sony to curtail its live service ambitions, going from planning to release 12 games by 2026 to delaying half of them.