Games
Sony have cancelled Fairgame$, once again reminding us that chasing live service big bucks basically never works
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More newsrooms than 85% of the past week’s 3531 stories, and number 28 of 275 in Games.Part of a bigger story
Sony: 3 developments since Wed 11 Nov.
1You know, I'm sure that Sony had every intention of following through on their intention to release 10 live service games by 2026, as they mentioned way back in 2022 . Well, as far as an intention that's designed to please shareholders can go, anyway. And now here we are, almost five years on from
In Rock Paper Shotgun’s words.2
The bigger story: Sony
3 developments since Wed 11 Nov. 2 more since this one.
Sony Cancels Fairgames After Years Of Silence
You’re here5 newsrooms
- Sony cancels another live service game ahead of release, but at least there won't be any layoffs this time
1 newsroom. Linked by Sony, cancel, service, layoff
- 'It Felt Like a PowerPoint Deck of Executive Ideas': Beta Testers Share Thoughts on PS5's Cancelled Fairgames
1 newsroom. Linked by Fairgames, cancelled
The story so far
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First with it: GameSpot, 7 min before anyone else.
Reported by 5 newsrooms.
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| Time | Newsroom | Total |
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| 7:43am AEDT | GameSpot | 1 |
| 7:49am AEDT | Kotaku | 2 |
| 8:00am AEDT | Push Square | 3 |
| 8:06am AEDT | The Verge | 4 |
| 8:28am AEDT | Rock Paper Shotgun | 5 |
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