Definitely valid points and of course I don’t see Sony abandoning all their single player games especially the big sellers, but I do think a shift could happen if these GAAS do truly succeed and make a lot of money for Sony. I’m just saying it wouldn’t surprise me if Sony decided to focus much more on multiplayer and GAAS experiences with other franchises that don’t sell millions of units in the future. I’m also looking at the direction the games industry is heading in.
but that is and will always be based on a game by game basis.
If those IP don't sell millions of units in the future, of course Sony will move on, but that is for any genre. Single Player, MP, Racing, RPG, it doesn't matter. You couldn't say Sony hates racing games cause Driveclub didn't do well anymore then we can say Sony now hates single player cause Order 1886 didn't do well any more then we can say Sony hates Japanese's games cause The Last Guardian didn't move 20 mill
Too many examples show those shifts are based on those sole titles that didn't do well, not based on an entire genre, region or some weird shit like that. The direction of the game industry is moving is still based on ideas of business that have always exist in gaming. Make what is trending, support established, proven concepts to make a varied portfolio. The industry once moved in that motion shit, where is that today? The industry moved with that music junk like Guitar Hero, Rockband lol We will have trends that come and go and I'm sure the publishers know to cut their loses when things slow down in some trend. The issue is simply that GAAS literally is just "online", thats it.
I don't see Sony never doing online titles cause a few flopped anymore then I don't see Sony not doing some Single players cause some flopped, it means they'll just focus on the teams that are proven in those individual genres. No matter how great some GAAS might be, it would never make sense to not have a God Of War, Spiderman, Uncharted etc, Sony wants the whole pie, not a slice.
If you own Sony, we just give it to you, are you leaving millions on the table even knowing you literally own the studios to do both? So Sony has never went all in on any idea, genre, trend etc. They have always had some balanced amount of genres to get the widest scope, as Walmart isn't just going to solely sell Soda, Milk and Chips JUST cause that is the best selling item in their stores, they are at the top cause the sell everything, thats how I see this business wise as companies like this never just put all eggs in the basket. Look at Netflix, look at the number 1 most viewed thing, there is a reason why Netflix doesn't just have 100x of that exact genre, or show type.