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According to Bloomberg, Sony sent out an internal update earlier this week stating that its future first-party narrative-driven titles would no longer be launching on PC and will remain exclusive to PlayStation consoles. This likely means that while multiplayer titles like Helldivers 2 or Marathon will continue to be released and receive support on PC, any experience along the lines of Ghost of Yotei or the upcoming Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophet will be console through and through. This shift in strategy has been rumoured for some time after releases like Spider-Man 2 and Ratchet and Clan

In Brief: Sony went into detail on how it’s using AI in game creation during a corporate strategy presentation last week. PlayStation CEO Hideaki Nishino believes AI will lead to fresh experiences, better discovery and will lower the barriers to entry for making games. In terms of how the company uses AI, Nishino-san said AI is automating repetitive workloads, and accelerating areas like QA, 3D-modelling and animations. Studios such as Naughty Dog and San Diego Studio are already utilizing AI tools. What You Need To Know: Sony CEO and president Hiroki Totoki said that AI will allow the company

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PlayStation has been releasing many of its single-player games on PC a year or two after their initial release. This might appear to undermine the appeal of the console, but data shows that PC and console players can be quite different. 48% of spend on PC games is via microtransactions, and 29% of spend is on premium games (Newzoo data). The numbers are almost reversed on console, with 50% of spending going on premium games and 27% on microtransactions. Newzoo data shows that 75% of console revenue comes from $50+ games. On PC, the cheaper games perform better. The sub-$30 category accounts fo