How much money is Sony losing over these GaaS failures?

[IcaroRibeiro]

pokoko said:

What world are people living in where "gamers don't want GaaS"?

I keep seeing this repeated over and over and then I go to Steam see games killing it and making tons of money long, long after they're already paid for. Goodness, Sea of Thieves sure crashed hard on Playstation, huh? And that bomb, Helldivers 2. And Palword, and Ark, and The First Descendant doing well despite "the crowded marketplace". Deep Rock Galactic has sold over 8 million copies plus being on Game Pass.

Many, MANY gamers CLEARLY play GaaS titles.

Sony should have cut their losses with this game YEARS ago, even if it had been a single player title. The lesson here isn't to stop investing in GaaS, it's to stop investing in bad games.

I honestly only laugh when read this kind of thing. Gamers are the most delusional crowd of fans of any entertainment media I follow. People LOVE live services. Most of people like the familiarity of understanding the game mechanics and even more so interacting with other players instead of playing by themselves

Most of people don't have patience, time or interest in trying new games. If this industry was geared towards new ways of playing we would not have the same IPs from the 80s selling so much. What's the difference in playing every FIFA released every year and playing a game as service anyways? 

I don't play live services but I'm the ONLY gamer in my circle of friends who don't play any of them. All the others, my family, my boyfriend, my coworkers, all play at least one game as service