Sony has just confirmed some surprising news during a call with its investors. As the firm prepares to close its fiscal activity for the year 2023 – which ends at the end of March – it prefers to lay the foundations for the following year. No game from one of its major licenses is planned to be released during this entire period, at least until April 2025. This deadline is not really significant for the release of a project, it just means the beginning of the fiscal year 2025.
No Peter Parker, Aloy or Kratos
We understand through this announcement that no sequel will see the light of day for at least a year. We are talking here about a potential sequel to God of War Ragnarök, Marvel’s Spider-Man 3 or even Horizon. Hiroki Totoki, the boss of Sony Interactive Entertainment, declares:
“As for first-party software, we want to continue to focus on producing high-quality works and developing live games. However, while major projects are currently in development, we do not plan to release new titles from major existing franchises in the next fiscal year, such as God of War Ragnarok and Marvel’s Spider-Man 2.”
This means that no major games from players’ favorite franchises will be released, but Sony does intend to provide its users with exclusives. The PlayStation empire is made up of 18 different studios, acquired in previous years, in addition to collaborating with developers and studios around the world. This is the case for Square Enix and Kojima Productions, which do not belong to Sony, but have signed exclusivity agreements on several projects.
Many new franchises to catch up
PlayStation studios are not short of projects, especially when we see what awaits us. Wolverine is on the way at Insomniac Games, despite the difficulties related to the hack that occurred last year. We are also expecting several new franchises, including the controversial Rise of the Ronin expected on March 22, or Stellar Blade which will arrive on April 26. We don't have a look at the second half of the year yet, but projects are multiplying, even behind the scenes.
There's also room for all the remakes and remasters of these big existing franchises. None have been announced yet, but this is typically the kind of project that Sony doesn't reveal too much in advance, like the remaster of The Last of Us Part II, which was recently released. At least players know what to expect in the coming months.
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