Sony is also planning to use Bungie to bolster its push into the live service gaming space.
Hot off the heels of announcing its intent to acquire Bungie, Sony already has some grand ambitions for its move into the live service space. In an investor call, the company stated that it plans to launch at least 10 live service games over the course of the next four years, by March 31, 2026. Sony’s plan to forcefully move towards live service games is grand but will be aided, at least in part, by Bungie. “The strategic significance of this acquisition lies not only in obtaining the highly successful Destiny franchise,” said Sony CFO Hiroki Totoki,” as well as a major new IP that Bungie is currently developing, but also in incorporating into the Sony Group the expertise and technology that Bungie has developed in the live game services space.