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Sony remains committed to "diverse and resilient" live service games, including forthcoming Marathon and Fairgames, despite high profile failures


Sony lists Marathon and Farigames as 'diverse and resilient' live service titles before they're even released.

During an annual Sony business presentation, CEO Hermen Hulst stated the company remains committed to building "a diverse and resilient" portfolio of live service games, which includes the unreleased Marathon and Fairgames. While much of what Hulst said about Helldivers 2 is true - the game has managed to remain a fantastic success story for the industry giant - Marathon has found itself on the receiving end of some exceptional problems. According to Raymond in a 2022 Gamesindustry.biz article, "more than 30 percent of the studio is currently working on machine learning, artificial intelligence, and cloud-based dev tools", technology that has proven divisive in recent years.

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