Sony has officially confirmed that it is shutting down Destruction AllStars, the PlayStation 5 exclusive released in February 2021. Launched as a major bet to encourage online gaming on the platform, the game faced an extremely cold reception, being criticized for its lack of content, the aggressiveness of its microtransactions, and the repetitiveness of its gameplay proposal.
A Game Bound for Disaster
According to information from Sony in an email sent to all users, it is no longer possible to purchase the game or virtual currency within the game since yesterday, May 26, 2026. Stating that “due to ongoing technical issues, the multiplayer services of Destruction AllStars for PlayStation 5 consoles will remain disabled and will no longer be available”, they emphasized that single-player modes will still be available until November 25, 2026, when the servers will close.
Destruction AllStars has always been surrounded by controversy. Announced as a premium game, it was set to be sold for €69.99 at a time when the standard for games was €59.99, leading to significant controversy. So much so that it would eventually be released as a free-to-play with free updates and micropayments for cosmetics and upgrades. This did not help alleviate an almost immediate failure.
Although this is not the only failure of Sony this generation with online games. The other great example is Concord, a game developed by Firewalk Studios that, due to unprecedented low sales, shut down its servers in two weeks. The difference compared to Destruction AllStars is that it was a premium game and not free-to-play, which is why they decided to kill it off sooner: it was giving them bad press. Even if the numbers were, by no means, worse than those of the game from Lucid Games.
