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Samuel Tolbert

PlayStation's live service mishaps spotlight the one area Xbox is undeniably dominating its rival

The Last of Us Online key art showing a man and woman in post-apocalyptic San Francisco.

PlayStation was once aiming to have 12 first-party live service games all operating by 2026, with revenue from these games providing over half of Sony Interactive Entertainment's revenue.

Of course, Sony's thought process back in 2022 — the majority of its games are big and increasingly expensive single-player titles that don't generate recurring revenue, so shore up and invest to fortify the multiplayer side of things — is reasonable enough.

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