Sony Reportedly Revising PC Strategy, Delaying Major Single-Player Ports by Years
Shaheer Zahid
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- Insider says that Sony is rethinking its approach for first-party ports to PC.
- Live-service games will still release on desktops, but single-player games may never arrive, or even if they do, will be delayed by years.
- It is probable that this decision came after competition from Valve’s Steam Machine and the upcoming Xbox PC.
While the era of exclusivity was almost at an end, things have changed, possibly for the better. Valve has now decided to enter the AAA games market with a brand-new hardware called the Steam Machine, which aims to compete with consoles despite being a PC at its core.
Other than that, the next-gen Xbox is also said to be a Console-like PC and would let you play games from all publishers, eliminating the need to buy a console. As such, increased competition is now forcing Sony to rethink its strategy for porting first-party games to PC.
Why it matters: The console wars were already over, but Valve’s surprise entry changes things. Even though Xbox’s reign was already over, gamers were wondering what the future holds for PlayStation, and it will keep going the way it does.
As per Jez Corden, he stumbled across the news that PlayStation is ‘pulling back from PC‘. This part is mostly true for tentpole single-player games, as the gaming giant will still release live-service titles like the upcoming Marathon on PC.
However, for tentpole single-player games, they may not arrive on PC, or even if they do, releases will be delayed for years on end now, in contrast to the quick releases they’ve been given in recent times.
Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 was released on PC just a little over a year after its PS5 release, and the same was the case with Stellar Blade. However, as before, God of War (2018) took 3 years before eventually arriving on desktop systems.
Furthermore, the gaming giant’s sales on PC don’t even generate significant revenues for them. Previous issues like region restrictions have caused hiccups in performances, and releasing ports years after the game’s initial release also doesn’t help. As such, it makes sense why Sony would put up with this approach.
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