Earlier this year, Platinum Games made the decision to cease all updates to its beleaguered live service game Babylon’s Fall, and announced it would be “terminating the game’s service” on Tuesday, 28th February 2023. The game itself had received a poor reception across the board, with criticisms ranging from its monetisation model to its £60 price tag.
However, despite the fall of Babylon’s Fall, the developer is not taking its eyes off any future live service games.
In an interview with VGC, Platinum Games boss Atsushi Inaba said the team has “learned from this experience [with Babylon’s Fall]” and it had not “changed [its] future plans or outlook” because of it.
Inaba continued, “live service games are definitely something we do want to do and put our effort in moving forward… There are two pillars, so to speak, that we can look at internally for our development teams, that being the people within the same company.