When news broke about PlayStation's return to console exclusives, it was accompanied by a caveat that live service multiplayer games would continue to launch on multiple platforms, with Sony's Hedeaki Nishino stating that games would release on platforms that would enhance the gameplay experience. The executive has since conducted another interview with Famitsu, in which he both doubles down on this commitment and expands on Sony's plans for live service games. Despite the recent Destiny 2 debacle—which has resulted in layoffs of around 300 employees at Bungie—and lukewarm Marathon launch, Nishino says he believes that live service games attract users on a global level, and Sony will "continue to revitalize the market through first-party and third-party content." He continued, saying that PlayStation is looking to experiment within the live-service genre in the medium to long-term, and that the genre is still new and growing.

Nishino also spoke on the future of the gaming console, saying that Sony still sees a future in the console as a gaming format, and that you will continue to need a console to play some games. However, he mentioned that console hardware would need to adapt to the gamer's lifestyle, teasing that Sony is moving out of the living room, with future speakers and monitors planned for other use cases. He then went on to mention the PlayStation Portal as one of the ways Sony has attempted to address the changing lifestyle demands of a gamer, and said that he would like to continue to push that frontier to better match diversifying lifestyles. We've known for a while that Sony has been planning to launch a standalone PS6 Portable, with recent rumors claiming that the gaming handheld would launch with as much as 24 GB of GDDR7 VRAM as shared system and graphics memory.