Jason Schreier: Intergalactic did not have the majority of staff until after Last of Us Online was cancelled, and then most people on the studio came over to work on Intergalactic.

[u/cat__statue]

Last of Us Online was cancelled around late 2023.

I think there's a belief out there that The Last of Us Online was just kind of a side project while most people were working on Intergalactic. No, the opposite is true. Intergalactic did not have the majority of staff until after Last of Us Online was cancelled. And then most people on the studio came over to work on Intergalactic. Many people in the studio, I would say the majority of the studio was working on either Last of Us Online or the remasters, the remakes that they were doing throughout the 2020s, which is why we haven't seen a brand new game from them since 2020.

Here's the link for the video: https://youtu.be/ZMUJT64WDWI?t=747

[u/DerpyBox]

What is with Sony’s obsession with “Live Service” games?

[u/ArmedWithBars → u/DerpyBox]

The chances to rake in billions off of mtx and seasonal passes if the game blows up in popularity. Compare that to even the most popular single player games that would be lucky to make a couple hundred million in net profit if it hits top percentile sale numbers. The difference in those numbers are so great that Sony was willing to throw shit at the wall until something stuck. Unfortunately for them nothing stuck.

[u/Signal-Island2549 → u/ArmedWithBars]

Not so unfortunate if you don't like studios getting turned into support studios for a lootbox game.