… Through this approach, Sony will keep its single‑player stories as PS5 system sellers and let ongoing online games and partner titles reach a wider audience on PC. Sony has not provided a clear public statement outlining its entire release strategy. …
… It's not the first time Yoshida has spoken out about the PC release strategy over at Sony: last year, he opined that the strategy was "almost like printing money" , and was a great way for Sony to generate income to reinvest in other projects around the company. …
Sony reportedly won’t release its major single-player PlayStation games on PC anymore. According to Bloomberg’s Jason Schreier, Hermen Hulst, who heads up PlayStation’s studios business, informed employees in a town hall on Monday about the change in strategy. …
… We see almost no difference between first-party PlayStation titles 12% PC share and third-party PlayStation exclusives 13% , suggesting the outcome is primarily driven by the staggered release strategy rather than franchise demand on PC." "When a PC version arrives years after the console launch, m… …
… It has been speculated that poor Steam sales are to blame, partly due to PC ports not arriving day and date with PS5 launches , but former SIE President Shuhei Yoshida argues that day and date releases aren't the solution. …
… The delayed strategy worked out here for Sony and Shift Up as Stellar Blade found renewed interest on PC. The same can’t be said for other PS5-console exclusives. In fact, Sony is seemingly shifting away from PC releases entirely as they just haven’t been selling well enough. …
… Time — Filled 0/36 Results 0 — More Games Sales of PlayStation's last few PC releases were reportedly lower than expected, which is likely one of the reasons that the company is backtracking on its multiplatform strategy. …
… While PlayStation have struggled with their PC releases, often due to a mixture of flat out bad ports, keeping that completely off the table does seem like a potentially odd move. …
… Despite the original hype, PC ports of PlayStation-exclusive titles usually landed a year or more after their console releases, often without any price adjustments. Titles also suffered major issues at launch on PC. …
… Games like Ghost of Yotei and the soon-to-be-released Saros , both with no PC port in sight , seem to have been unaffected in terms of scope for their respective genre, but it remains to be seen how these ballooning development budgets will be managed alongside players' expectations and the extra r… …
