10 PlayStation Games Sony KILLED

10. SOCOM Confronation

A development team should be really confidant in a recognised IP before deciding to switch things up and turn a mainstream entry into an online multiplayer-focused game. 

And since SOCOM Confrontation was the first instalment in the military series that wouldn't contain a single-player campaign, this decision was risky. Having said that, Slant Six Games' franchise was impressively consistent, so this new direction had potential.

But due to the technical issues, constant lag, and game-crashing bugs, this PS3 tactical shooter was a major misfire. Many of these issues were resolved, but Confrontation never redeemed itself, due to its lack of maps, graphical limitations, and unambitious gameplay. Sitting with a score of 63% on MetaCritic, the underwhelming multiplayer title is the lowest-rated SOCOM yet.

A mere three years after launch, Confronation's servers were put to rest. The online services for the follow-up, SOCOM 4, came to a close on the same day.

The reason why Confrontation ranks so low on this list is because it's technically possible to still play it. In 2021, a die-hard fan called Thalhammer reverse-engineered the servers for defunct online games. Using a private connection, Confrontation found a way to live on (no thanks to Sony). That said, the aforementioned SOCOM 4 (in 2011) remains the last game in this now-buried franchise.