PC gamers have been well-fed these past few years, with Sony placing a higher importance on bringing its once-exclusive games over to the market — a few years after their initial release. According to Bloomberg’s Jason Schreier, the Japanese conglomerate may be pulling away from this strategy, a move that could see fewer bid-budget single-player games like God of War Ragnarök and Spider-Man make the leap.
Sony’s feeling anti-PC
That doesn’t mean PC gamers would be left out in the cold entirely. Speaking on the Triple Click podcast, Schreier revealed that while single-player games may go back to being exclusive to the PlayStation ecosystem, Sony’s live-service multiplayer games could survive the shift. Yeah, because that worked out so well for Concord, right?
“I think the sense I’m getting is that they’re backing away from putting their exclusive console stuff, like traditional single-player titles, on PC,” he said, noting that Ghost of Yōtei could skip a PC launch, too. If that’s the case, PC gamers best start saving up for a PS5 if they’re serious about digging into Wolverine later this year.
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It wasn’t long before NateTheHate, another industry insider with a decent track record, corroborated Schreier’s comments, stating “Sony is shifting their PC strategy, absolutely.” Schreier later backed up his own comments while speaking on ResetEra: “I mean, it’s not speculation, but sometimes topics come up on the show before I’m quite ready to publish a story about them. More to come soon I’m sure.”
It’s unclear where Sony’s sudden interest in restoring its exclusive hierarchy came from, though the company likely saw its console sales dwindling in the wake of its decision to bring its exclusives to PC. The strategy has clearly worked for Nintendo in the past, boosting sales of the Switch 2 for continued (official) access to its IPs.
