One of the benefits of how their games perform on console is that they've built up a culture of those games tied to the console and its brand for decades. I think they looked at some PC data that could've turned out to be fluffed numbers. I guess what I'm trying to say is, and I've said it a few times in the past already but, Sony should probably take a different approach with the porting of the marquee single-player games to PC. Three years later, for just the first season to a physical format in a market where Apple isn't paying a platform holder 30% of all sales. For All Mankind Season 1 went to Blu-Ray November last year, but the show's first season premiered on Apple TV November 2019. Sony says they want to be the Apple of gaming, right? Do you see Apple bringing their Apple Arcade games to Google Play, or even consoles like the Switch (which could theoretically run them)? No, because Apple Arcade is built on a subscription model that brings Apple a crap-ton of money, they don't need to release those games on a console that can jeopardize their current model even if it's "effectively" free money releasing the games on that console.ĭo you see Apple bringing their Apple TV shows to Netflix or releasing the shows to Blu-Ray? Actually they do, but they have a very clear cadence with it. I don't think the strategy makes sense for the marquee releases that define the brand and drive prestige and engagement with PlayStation. And I think it still makes sense for the live-service titles, or at least most of them (TLOU2 Factions, MLB The Show if that hasn't gone PC yet.actually Sony would be smart to make a MLB Manager-kind of game for PC in that case the Football Manager games do really well on that platform). When they couldn't produce enough PS5s to meet demand, the PC ports of what were either older releases or cross-gen games anyway made sense. Honestly the PC porting strategy always seemed like it was, IMO, a temporary thing due to the console shortages. They’ve even purchased Nixxes Software, a Dutch studio with renowned PC porting capabilities.That's kind of the question though.haven't the recent games been performing less and less? We probably won’t be seeing day and date releases anytime soon, since Sony’s exclusives are some of the biggest reasons the PlayStation console has such strong recognition, especially with upcoming titles like Spider-Man 2 and Marvel’s Wolverine. A few months ago, Days Gone brought the horde over and next year, the Uncharted: Legacy of Thieves Collection and God of War will also be gracing PC gamers with their presence. Sony started releasing their exclusives last year, bannered by Horizon Zero Dawn and Death Stranding. Although this might seem like a simple name change to many, this shows Sony’s commitment to reaching more audiences from their previous stance on exclusivity. Steam users have noticed the change just a few days ago, when the publisher section of the Steam entries of the games changed to “PlayStation PC LLC”. Sony is certainly taking its efforts into releasing more of its blockbuster exclusives on the PC by establishing PlayStation PC, which is a good sign for PC gamers looking to experience these titles for the first time.
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