Sony is reportedly done publishing its biggest PlayStation 5 single-player games on PC, apparently starting with Ghost of Yōtei and Saros.
This comes from Bloomberg journalist Jason Schreier, who stated on social media today that PlayStation studio business CEO Hermen Hulst told staff today in a town hall that PlayStation first-party single-player narrative games will be PlayStation-exclusive going forward. This seemingly confirms Bloomberg‘s reporting from March, which stated that online games like Marathon and Marvel Tokon would still be multi-platform, but games like Ghost of Yōtei and Saros, which might have hoped for PC releases months or even a year or two after their launches this year, won’t. Nor will future releases.
Though this move has been rumored for months now, it’s nonetheless a sharp veering away from Sony’s recent strategy, which seemed almost willing to discard the idea of exclusives altogether. In recent years we’ve seen major PlayStation games including Horizon Zero Dawn, God of War, Ghost of Tsushima, and Days Gone show up on PC, while Helldivers 2 also came to Xbox and Lego Horizon Adventures is also on the Nintendo Switch. The success of these releases on other platforms has been variable, with analysts suggesting the lack of simultaneous launches with PlayStation was reducing demand.
Taking a look at Sony’s upcoming lineup, I’d hazard a guess we also won’t see Marvel’s Wolverine or Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophet ever cross over to PC, even months after launch, if this is truly Sony digging in its heels. The multiplayer shooter Fairgames and other games like it will, and the more story-focused Kena: Scars of Kosmora has already been announced for PC, but as Xbox continues to proudly embrace PC alongside its own console, it sounds like Sony’s multi-platform strategy days are over.
