Sony Interactive Entertainment’s rumored shift in strategy will lead to fewer PlayStation first-party games on PC, it is claimed.
Known insider Nate the Hate recently took to Twitter/X to respond to a post seeking elaboration on Sony Interactive Entertainment’s rumored shift in plans for PC releases. In response, he stated that, based on the company’s new strategy, we’ll be seeing fewer single-player PlayStation first-party games arrive on PC.
According to Nate, the decision to shift away from supporting PC was made by Sony Interactive Entertainment last year. Though, he added that some single-player PlayStation first-party titles may still see the light of day on the platform, depending on how far along in development their ports are. However, as per him, PC no longer appears to be a priority for the console maker going forward.
During an interview on a recent episode of the Triple Click podcast, Bloomberg’s Jason Schreier mentioned that while Sony Interactive Entertainment’s live service titles will still appear on PC, its traditional, single-player exclusives may no longer be part of that strategy. “I think the sense I’m getting is that they’re backing away from putting their exclusive console stuff like traditional single-player stuff on PC,” he said. He also questioned how commercially impactful those PC releases were. “I’m not sure how super successful those PC releases were,” he said, later clarifying, “Yeah, like commercially successful.” He added, “I don’t think it was that successful in the first place. So I don’t know. It doesn’t seem like it’s going to be that big of a blow.”
Subsequently, Schreier s took to the gaming enthusiast ResetEra forums to clarify that his comments were not speculation. “It’s not speculation, but sometimes topics come up on the show before I’m quite ready to publish a story about them,” he said. He was subsequently corroborated by known insider Nate the Hate, who said, “Sony is shifting their PC strategy, absolutely.”
