The Last of Us Online has been cancelled

[the-pi-guy]

An Update on The Last of Us Online || Naughty Dog

To release and support The Last of Us Online we'd have to put all our studio resources behind supporting post launch content for years to come, severely impacting development on future single-player games. So, we had two paths in front of us: become a solely live service games studio or continue to focus on single-player narrative games that have defined Naughty Dog's heritage.
We are immensely proud of everyone at the studio that touched this project. The learnings and investments in technology from this game will carry into how we develop our projects and will be invaluable in the direction we are headed as a studio. We have more than one ambitious, brand new single player game that we're working on here at Naughty Dog, and we cannot wait to share more about what comes next when we're ready.

[Legend]

Wow. Sounds like the right move, but what a complete blunder.

[kitler53]

for the best.  glad to see Sony backing down on GaaS.  

they work when they work but it's not the future I want in gaming. 

[the-pi-guy]

[Legend]

I hope the game fully leaks. Wonder how finished it was.

[Dr. Pezus]

How many years did they spend on it? Jeez. I'm glad they didn't go through with it solely to release it though. Here's hoping they can actually make a new game this gen

[SWORDF1SH]

The way ND explained it, definitely the right decision.