Former Playstation boss reveals the dev cost of AAA games is almost double on PS5 compared to PS4

[GymratAmarillo]

xboxgreen said:

G2ThaUNiT said:

Which ultimately leads to less risk taking and innovation, and much more focus on safe bets. This will eventually collapse or we’ll only get like 1 or 2 games from AAA publishers.

We’ve seen what the indie and AA space is capable of. That’s where I’ll be spending most of my gaming time going forward.

Sony already only publishes 1 or 2 games a year (not counting MLB the show). 

This is also why Sony is putting their games on PC and soon Xbox. People don't realize how expensive games are to make and the risk you have to take.

Games published by year without The Show, remasters and games they don't publish on pc since the PS5 release:

2020, 4 games 

2021, 3 games

2022, 4 games

2023, 3 games 

2024, 6 games

2025, 2 games