# Sony to invest nearly $2.13 billion in R&D focusing on Live service gaming

URL: https://technosports.co.in/sony-to-invest-in-live-service-gaming/  
Published: 2023-07-17  
Updated: 2023-07-17  
Author: Pavan Gunagi

Sony plans to ‘dump’ over $2.13 billion in financial resources into game research and development, according to a Nikkei article. That investment, which will reportedly be made before the conclusion of the current fiscal year (2024), will reportedly represent a stunning 40% of Sony’s total R&D expenditures.

Additionally, the Sony Group has stated a desire to change its business strategy to concentrate much more clearly on live service games, according to an article in Nikkei, noting that “Sony itself has yet to make a splash in live service games.”

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*credit:Sony R&D*
*credit:Sony R&D*

Until sequels are produced, of course, PlayStation’s mainstay has been its impressive single-player exclusives, which have dominated marketplaces globe but don’t often have much-staying power. That’s in part what prompted Sony to step in and acquire Bungie in 2022 for $3.7 billion, realizing that the developers of Destiny might have something special to offer in the rapidly expanding live service game sector.

## **For the fiscal year that ends in March 2026, Sony intends to devote a startling 60% of all PlayStation 5 development funds to live service games alone, according to a report from Nikkei.com.**

Another important objective was mentioned, which is to have twelve live service games in the PlayStation library by the end of the same period.

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*credit:Sony R&D*
*credit:Sony R&D*

It was also mentioned that Sony Group has ambitions to enter the metaverse in a far more significant way, looking into ‘extended reality’ routes and using studios all over the world to advance research and development in the area.

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[Source](https://wccftech.com/sony-playstation-invests-2-billion-record-game-dev-60-percent-live-service/)