{"id":1848040,"date":"2026-03-26T09:31:49","date_gmt":"2026-03-26T06:31:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1848040"},"modified":"2026-03-26T09:31:49","modified_gmt":"2026-03-26T06:31:49","slug":"sony-takes-its-cancelling-spree-to-another-level-by-canning-its-playstation-remote-play-enabled-car-afeela-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1848040","title":{"rendered":"Sony takes its cancelling spree to another level by canning its PlayStation Remote Play-enabled car, Afeela 1"},"content":{"rendered":"<article class=\"article \" data-ads=\"true\" data-article-type=\"news\" data-article-group=\"news\" data-paywalled=\"false\" data-premium=\"false\" data-sponsored=\"false\" data-type=\"article\">\n<header class=\"article_header\" data-component=\"article-header\">\n<div class=\"breadcrumbs\">\n<nav class=\"nav_breadcrumbs\" data-component=\"nav-breadcrumbs\" aria-label=\"Breadcrumb\">\n<ul class=\"nav-links\">\n<li>\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/\" data-active=\"false\"><br \/>\n                      Home<br \/>\n                <\/a>\n            <\/li>\n<li>\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/news\" data-active=\"false\"><br \/>\n                      News<br \/>\n                <\/a>\n            <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/nav><\/div>\n<div class=\"headline_details\" id=\"main-content\">\n<h1 class=\"title\">Sony takes its cancelling spree to another level by canning its PlayStation Remote Play-enabled car, Afeela 1<\/h1>\n<p class=\"strapline\">My ana-Honda don&#8217;t want none unless you got buns, hun.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"headline_asset\">\n<figure class=\"headline_image_wrapper\">\n<p>        <img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"headline_image\" src=\"https:\/\/assetsio.gnwcdn.com\/photo-take-from-Sony-Honda's-Afeela-car-presentation-which-promised-a-custom-Astro-Bot-in-car-wallpaper.jpg?width=570&amp;quality=85&amp;format=jpg&amp;dpr=3&amp;auto=webp\" alt=\"photo take from Sony Honda's Afeela car presentation which promised a custom Astro Bot in car wallpaper\" loading=\"eager\" data-uri=\"photo-take-from-Sony-Honda's-Afeela-car-presentation-which-promised-a-custom-Astro-Bot-in-car-wallpaper.jpg\" data-lightbox width=\"570\" height=\"321\"><figcaption>\n          <span class=\"attribution\">Image credit: <cite>Sony Honda<\/cite><\/span><br \/>\n        <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"metadata\">\n<div class=\"avatar\">\n<p>    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Victoria Phillips Kennedy avatar\" src=\"https:\/\/assetsio.gnwcdn.com\/1644925423.jpg?width=2048&amp;height=2048&amp;fit=bounds&amp;quality=85&amp;format=jpg&amp;auto=webp\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1\" width=\"180\" height=\"179\"><\/p>\n<p>  <img alt=\"Victoria Phillips Kennedy avatar\" data-autosize=\"crop_lossy\" data-uri=\"1644925423.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1\" width=\"180\" height=\"179\">\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"text\">\n<div class=\"byline\">\n                  <span class=\"article_type\" data-slug=\"news\"><br \/>\n                    News<br \/>\n                  <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"by\">by<\/span> <span class=\"author\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/authors\/victoria-kennedy\">Victoria Phillips Kennedy<\/a><\/span>                    <span class=\"job_title\"><br \/>\n                      News Reporter<br \/>\n                    <\/span>\n            <\/div>\n<div class=\"published_at\">\nPublished on <time datetime=\"2026-03-26T09:31:49+00:00\">March 26, 2026<\/time>              <\/div>\n<div class=\"comments\">\n      <a class=\"comments__link comments-bubble\" href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/sony-takes-its-cancelling-spree-to-another-level-by-canning-its-playstation-remote-play-enabled-car-afeela-1?view=comments\" rel=\"nofollow\"><br \/>\n          14 comments<br \/>\n      <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"article_body\" data-component=\"article-content\">\n<div class=\"article_body_content article-styling\">\n<p>Turns out it is not just <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/sony-closes-acclaimed-demons-souls-and-shadow-of-the-colossus-remake-studio-bluepoint-despite-acknowledging-it-had-delivered-exceptional-experiences-for-the-playstation-community\">studios and live-service projects which are party to Sony&#8217;s cancellation spree<\/a>, as last night, it was announced that the PlayStation Remote Play-enabled car known as Afeela 1 has also been nixed.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/sony-and-hondas-new-vehicle-will-let-passengers-play-ps5-games-but-theres-a-catch\">Afeela 1 was a joint venture between Sony and Honda<\/a>, and would have allowed passengers to stream their PS4 and PS5 games on the go providing they had a console back at home. It was to be the first car from the joint venture known as Sony Honda Mobility, which was established to produce electric vehicles (EVs).<\/p>\n<p><!-- code from Primis - Eurogamer.net - eurogamer.net --><\/p>\n<div class=\"primis_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"primis_video\">\n<p><span class=\"embed_placeholder\" data-type=\"targeting\"><br \/>\n<span class=\"message\">To see this content please enable targeting cookies.<\/span><br \/>\n<button class=\"optanon-show-settings link\"><br \/>\nManage cookie settings<\/button><\/span> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- code from Primis --><\/p>\n<p>But, after some consideration, it appears that the two companies are not Afeela-ing too good about the car&#8217;s future, and so have ultimately decided to pull the plug on it (see what I did there).<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;As a result of Honda&#8217;s reassessment of its automobile electrification strategy announced on March 12, 2026 and factoring the changes to the EV market, the underlying assumptions of [Sony Honda Mobility&#8217;s] business operations such as the utilisation of certain technologies and assets planned to be provided by Honda were fundamentally altered, resulting in the announcement by [Sony Honda Mobility] today to discontinue the development and launch of its first model, Afeela 1, and its second model,&#8221; a <a href=\"https:\/\/global.honda\/en\/newsroom\/news\/2026\/c260325eng.html\">joint blog post on the Honda newsroom reads<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"injection_placeholder\" data-position=\"1\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>This latest update on Afeela 1 doesn&#8217;t mean it&#8217;s the end of Sony Honda Mobility, though. Sony and Honda will continue to discuss future business plans, the companies have said, and will &#8220;[take] into account the initial purpose of the JV establishment as well as the latest EV market environment&#8221;. So, stay tuned for more at some point down the road.<\/p>\n<figure>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Image showing a passenger in the back seat of a car playing a PlayStation game by engaging with a screen on the back of the driver's seat\" height=\"1800\" src=\"https:\/\/assetsio.gnwcdn.com\/Web_eyechach_SIE_2-(1).webp?width=2048&amp;height=2048&amp;fit=bounds&amp;quality=85&amp;format=jpg&amp;auto=webp\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1.7777777777777777\" width=\"3200\"><\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"Image showing a passenger in the back seat of a car playing a PlayStation game by engaging with a screen on the back of the driver's seat\" data-autosize=\"crop_lossy\" data-lightbox data-uri=\"Web_eyechach_SIE_2-(1).webp\" height=\"1800\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1.7777777777777777\" width=\"3200\"><figcaption><span class=\"attribution\">Image credit: <cite>Sony Honda Mobility<\/cite><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The Afeela 1 wasn&#8217;t the first time we&#8217;ve seen the idea of in-vehicle gaming floated about. Back in 2022,<a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/casual-games-will-be-playable-on-a-bmw-next-year\"> BMW announced it would begin offering casual gaming in its cars<\/a>, controlled using smartphones. That same year, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/tesla-rolling-out-steam-integration-in-cars\">Tesla announced in-vehicle Steam integration<\/a>, but <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/tesla-pulls-steam-from-new-vehicles-as-its-new-gaming-computer-is-no-longer-capable-of-playing-steam-games\">18 months later this idea was dropped<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"preferred-source\" data-component=\"preferred-source\">\nLove Eurogamer.net? Make us a <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\">Preferred Source on Google<\/a> and catch more of our coverage in your feeds.  <\/div>\n<\/article>\n<div class=\"article_body\" data-component=\"article-content\">\n<div class=\"article_body_content article-styling\">\n<p>Turns out it is not just <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/sony-closes-acclaimed-demons-souls-and-shadow-of-the-colossus-remake-studio-bluepoint-despite-acknowledging-it-had-delivered-exceptional-experiences-for-the-playstation-community\">studios and live-service projects which are party to Sony&#8217;s cancellation spree<\/a>, as last night, it was announced that the PlayStation Remote Play-enabled car known as Afeela 1 has also been nixed.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/sony-and-hondas-new-vehicle-will-let-passengers-play-ps5-games-but-theres-a-catch\">Afeela 1 was a joint venture between Sony and Honda<\/a>, and would have allowed passengers to stream their PS4 and PS5 games on the go providing they had a console back at home. It was to be the first car from the joint venture known as Sony Honda Mobility, which was established to produce electric vehicles (EVs).<\/p>\n<p><!-- code from Primis - Eurogamer.net - eurogamer.net --><\/p>\n<div class=\"primis_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"primis_video\">\n<p><span class=\"embed_placeholder\" data-type=\"targeting\"><br \/>\n<span class=\"message\">To see this content please enable targeting cookies.<\/span><br \/>\n<button class=\"optanon-show-settings link\"><br \/>\nManage cookie settings<\/button><\/span> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- code from Primis --><\/p>\n<p>But, after some consideration, it appears that the two companies are not Afeela-ing too good about the car&#8217;s future, and so have ultimately decided to pull the plug on it (see what I did there).<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;As a result of Honda&#8217;s reassessment of its automobile electrification strategy announced on March 12, 2026 and factoring the changes to the EV market, the underlying assumptions of [Sony Honda Mobility&#8217;s] business operations such as the utilisation of certain technologies and assets planned to be provided by Honda were fundamentally altered, resulting in the announcement by [Sony Honda Mobility] today to discontinue the development and launch of its first model, Afeela 1, and its second model,&#8221; a <a href=\"https:\/\/global.honda\/en\/newsroom\/news\/2026\/c260325eng.html\">joint blog post on the Honda newsroom reads<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"injection_placeholder\" data-position=\"1\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>This latest update on Afeela 1 doesn&#8217;t mean it&#8217;s the end of Sony Honda Mobility, though. Sony and Honda will continue to discuss future business plans, the companies have said, and will &#8220;[take] into account the initial purpose of the JV establishment as well as the latest EV market environment&#8221;. So, stay tuned for more at some point down the road.<\/p>\n<figure>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Image showing a passenger in the back seat of a car playing a PlayStation game by engaging with a screen on the back of the driver's seat\" height=\"1800\" src=\"https:\/\/assetsio.gnwcdn.com\/Web_eyechach_SIE_2-(1).webp?width=2048&amp;height=2048&amp;fit=bounds&amp;quality=85&amp;format=jpg&amp;auto=webp\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1.7777777777777777\" width=\"3200\"><\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"Image showing a passenger in the back seat of a car playing a PlayStation game by engaging with a screen on the back of the driver's seat\" data-autosize=\"crop_lossy\" data-lightbox data-uri=\"Web_eyechach_SIE_2-(1).webp\" height=\"1800\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1.7777777777777777\" width=\"3200\"><figcaption><span class=\"attribution\">Image credit: <cite>Sony Honda Mobility<\/cite><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The Afeela 1 wasn&#8217;t the first time we&#8217;ve seen the idea of in-vehicle gaming floated about. Back in 2022,<a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/casual-games-will-be-playable-on-a-bmw-next-year\"> BMW announced it would begin offering casual gaming in its cars<\/a>, controlled using smartphones. That same year, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/tesla-rolling-out-steam-integration-in-cars\">Tesla announced in-vehicle Steam integration<\/a>, but <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/tesla-pulls-steam-from-new-vehicles-as-its-new-gaming-computer-is-no-longer-capable-of-playing-steam-games\">18 months later this idea was dropped<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Home News Sony takes its cancelling spree to another level by canning its PlayStation Remote Play-enabled car, Afeela 1 My ana-Honda don&#8217;t want none unless you got buns, hun. 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