Six years into the PlayStation 5's lifespan, Sony finds itself with only two surviving original franchises to show for the generation — a quiet but telling signal about how one of gaming's most storied platform holders is weighing creative risk against commercial certainty. Where previous console eras saw Sony's studios seeding new worlds with some regularity, the PS5 years have leaned heavily on the familiar, raising a question that haunts every creative institution: when does the comfort of the known begin to erode the foundation it was meant to protect?