PlayStation Reportedly Shifting Away from PC Releases for Single-Player Games
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- PlayStation is reportedly ending PC releases for its major single-player games, according to Bloomberg's Jason Schreier.
- Hermen Hulst confirmed the strategy shift, though online games will still be multi-platform.
- Microsoft is also reevaluating Xbox exclusives.
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Warum es wichtig ist
PlayStation has recently released several major single-player games on PC, but a shift in strategy is now being reported. This follows previous reports in March about scrapped PC plans for specific titles. Microsoft is also reportedly reevaluating its own exclusive game strategy for Xbox.
PlayStation 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. Schreier had previously reported on the shift in March, saying that Sony scrapped plans to launch PC versions of last year’s Ghost of Yōtei and “other internally developed games.” Online games will still come to multiple platforms following this change in strategy, Schreier reported at the time.
In recent years, Sony has released many of its biggest games on PC, including Spider-Man 2, Ghost of Tsushima, both The Last of Us games, Horizon Zero Dawn Remastered, and multiplayer titles like Helldivers 2 and Marathon. Two years ago, Hulst committed to releasing PlayStation’s live service games “day and date” on PC and PS5, but its single-player PC releases have been less consistent, with Hulst saying that the company takes a “more strategic approach.”
Sony may not be the only one to go back to exclusives; Asha Sharma, Microsoft’s new Xbox chief, told staff that she is “reevaluating” exclusive games for the platform.
Offene Fragen
- Which specific single-player games will no longer be released on PC?
- What is the exact timeline for this strategy change?
- What are the primary reasons behind this strategic shift?
- How will this affect PlayStation's relationship with the PC gaming community?
