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Even though many PC players expected to start seeing all PlayStation Studios games on PC day one, Sony are not quite ready to start doing that, at least not right now.
Soon to be co-CEO of PlayStation Hermen Hulst stated in the recent strategy update livestream that Sony have a dual approach when it comes to PC releases. Live service games, like the recently announced Helldivers 2 will be launching simultaneously on PC and PlayStation.
However, Hulst implied that single-player narrative blockbusters like God of War, The Last of Us and Marvel's Spider-Man will stay exclusive to PlayStation 5 and will come to PC after some time.
"On the live service side we are releasing our titles day and date on PS5 and PC but our tentpole titles, our single-player narrative driven titles that are the backbone of what PlayStation Studios in recent years and our history, we take a more strategic approach," Hulst said. "We're finding new audiences that will potentially be interested in playing sequels on the PlayStation platform."
So this basically confirms that Sony's strategy did not change since they first announced plans for PC releases. The publisher's goal is still to entice PC players to buy PlayStation 5 and play a potential sequel rather than wait a year or two for the eventual PC port.
If this is indeed what PlayStation bosses think and not just some "I'm telling you what you want to hear" investor talk, then Hulst and the team are in for a rude awakening.
PC players on Steam are a weird bunch. They pretty much refuse to buy and play games on PC storefronts they don't like and would rather wait months or sometime even a year or two until the game arrives on Steam before they buy it.
So, yeah, Sony will have a very hard time convincing these players they should spend $500 on a PS5 just to play a sequel to a game they liked.
I think that it's probably only a matter of time before Sony start releasing every single game day and date on PC and PS5. It's just a matter of having the facilities to support the simultaneous development of two versions and that's pretty much it. Once they have that in place, I'm sure Sony won't think twice about leaving the exclusivity behind them for good.
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