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Sony Pulls Back From PlayStation Games on PC (www.bloomberg.com)
submitted 3 days ago by inclementimmigrant@lemmy.world to c/pcgaming@lemmy.ca
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Sony Group Corp. no longer plans to release its big PlayStation 5 games on PC, a major shift in strategy that sees the video-game maker returning to console exclusivity after six years of flirting with multi-platform releases, according to people familiar with the company’s plans.

Online games such as Marathon and Marvel Tokon will still be released across multiple platforms, but single-player titles such as last year’s samurai hit Ghost of Yotei and the upcoming action game Saros will remain exclusive to PlayStation 5, said the people, who asked not to be identified because they weren’t authorized to talk publicly about the company’s strategy.

Also Schreier's additional take:

One important piece of context here is that when someone buys a PlayStation, Sony doesn't just get their $500+. The company also gets 30% of everything they buy on the PlayStation Store. In other words, Sony makes the most money by getting as many people as possible on its console

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[–] Washedupcynic@lemmy.ca 28 points 3 days ago (3 children)

I've said it before, but it's worth repeating:

Refusing to release titles to the PC isn’t going to make me run out and purchase a console. There are tons of games on PC. My backlog is long enough that I can live happily without whatever kind of bullshit Nintendo, Sony, and Xbox are trying to peddle. Assuming I did care about a specific title, and it’s being gate locked by console exclusivity, I’ll fucking pirate it. That's what you get when you decide you don't want to sell to a specific market. Sony, Microslop, and Nintendo can all get fucked.

[–] inclementimmigrant@lemmy.world 11 points 3 days ago

I'm right there with you. I'm past the point of wanting to own a console for the exclusives, if they never get released and there's no emulator available, I'm absolutely okay with never playing them.

[–] timbuck2themoon@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I don't doubt your sincerity but I know people who do buy consoles for those reasons.

I would guess they've weighed it and see more of those people than more of people like you.

[–] mnemonicmonkeys@sh.itjust.works 0 points 2 days ago

and see more of those people than more of people like you.

Doubt.

Most likely, they think they'll see larger increase in sales from those people than lost sales on Steam

[–] k0e3@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 days ago

I'm the same. If a game's not available on the platform I have, I'm not going to go buy one just so I can play it.

That being said, I'm not as passionately against exclusives as some people are on the Internet because it's just a business decision — as short-sighted as it might be. I just think, "OK," and spend my money elsewhere.