It seems the future of PlayStation we have a ton of multiplayer investment. For someone who hates most multiplayer games and didn't get I to Starhawk, Resistance, Killzone and etc this is quite dissapointing.
We have the following based on official announcements, leaks and rumours
Deviation FPS game - Devs of Black Ops
FireWalk FPS game - Devs of Titanfall
Horizon multiplayer game
Guerilla Games 2nd project to be multiplayer - could be the same Horizon multiplayer game or something else
FireSprite Multiplayer game - Based on job positions
Factions - became its own thing and more ambitious so more resources put into this
Arrowhead next game - Sony published their previous game so likely to invest in this
Twisted Metal F2P - rumoured to be in development by Lucid
London Studio multiplayer game - they are hiring for a online game
inSomniac multiplayer game - they are hiring for a online game
That's a ton of investment for online games and I would have oreffered the resources to be double down on AAA singleplayer games. We already had Destruction Allstars which flopped. Sony has had issues previously creating a big online presence in a game where servers are shut or community is dead, just look at Starhawk, Twisted Metal, Resistance 3, Killzone 3 and etc. We are at a time where only a few online games succeed as the competition is strong and people don't have time to focus on a few online games at a time which leaves many online games being abandoned. There are some positives I'm glad Gran Turismo 7 is bringing back a decent singplelayer campaign. Ragnarok, Wolverine and etc all will be great singleplayer games. But with VR and multiplayer games which are 2 things I'm not interested in it seems the big singplelayer AAA games will be few and far between from eachother. And Sony could have upped the investment in more singplelayer games instead of multiplayer games which history has shown usually flop and get abandoned.
Eh, I can't disagree with you, but I also would argue that Sony's focus on western "cinematic" titles and graphics over substance is a bigger problem for me personally. The reason I love PlayStation was the mix of western and japanese games that ran the gamut of genres, styles, and gameplay experiences. Sadly it seems that Sony is more focused, ever since they had moved their HQs to California back in 2016, to repeat the same style of title and cut the charm and diversity of its lineup (either by forcing draconian levels of censorship or pissing off japanese game devs).
Its become a bit of a meme for Sony at this point too. When you look at their first party line up, you can be assured that the title will be primarily a third person action-adventure title, narratively focused, with high graphical fidelity and... not much else. Even Ratchet and Clank Rift Apart seemed to have sadly fallen into this rut. A series normally full of charm with witty humor and memorable characters has become this generic, trope filled story with locales that blended together. Technically it is a great game. Controls are fantastic, music... functions, and the cast does what it needs to do - but it doesn't go above and beyond.
I miss the days where we could see games like Fat Princess, Puppeteer, and Rain. alongside Uncharted, God of War, and Twisted Metal. Xbox and Nintendo had similar issues for years where you pretty much only saw the same 3 to 4 ips with very little variety in art direction or presentation.
But hey, some people may like this line up and I am glad that they have these kinds of games to look forward to. For me, it has just been disappointing to see.
As for Multiplayer, I just don't care. MP has been dead outside of MMOs and Fighting Games for me for a long while. They are filled with MTX battle passes, mindless broken progression systems, and unbalanced gameplay. I would rather have a fun, complete experience like I had back with Quake 3 Arena, Unreal Tournament, or Halo 3. Not... whatever the hell MP has become because of mindless whales.