i dunno about that. GG made a massive transition from KZ to H:ZD. and that was very well received. same with GoW. I think transitions can be fine.Guerrilla move was good but it shouldn't be the norm, most studios have found what they're best at now. God of War wasn't too much of a transition either.
...but getting into new genres should necessarily come as the expense of have a high quality studio keep doing their great work. my problem with sony right now is if you list their top games this generation:
- uncharted
- TLoU
- horizon
- GoW
- days gone
- GoT
- spider man
...you see a lot of third person open world games. it's a great genre to be working in but i feel like it's over represented in sony's first party. they need a bit more variety.
Yes you do see a lot of similar games which was exactly my point and I see that as a good thing. People know Sony are the best at these games, if its a completely different genre then the guarantee is lost.
Also you are missing GT7 & Driveclub as top racing games, R&C, Astro Bot and LBP/Sackboy as platformers. Also an action adventure Uncharted is very different to a game like Ghost of Tsushima. The Last of Us and Spider-Man have very little in common.
Any RPG and FPS games from their current studios would be a bad move, imo. We're seeing some fresh stuff with their upcoming next gen lineup but they're still sticking with their strengths, I think its the right strategy.