In a major report this morning courtesy of Jason Schreier for Bloomberg, it seems that PlayStation no longer plans to directly support PC as a platform for its games. This even includes Ghost of Yotei and upcoming release Saros which will reportedly be exclusive to the PS5.
According to sources, PlayStation will still release multiplayer titles such as Marathon on PC. But their single-player titles will no longer be ported:
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.
The people cautioned that things could change in the future due to the unpredictable nature of the video-game industry and that Sony’s plans are constantly shifting. But in recent weeks PlayStation scrapped plans to bring Ghost of Yotei and other internally developed games to PC. Two games made by external developers but published by PlayStation, Death Stranding 2 and the upcoming Kena: Scars of Kosmora, are still planned for release on PC this year.
Of course there are additional factors at play here as well. PlayStation’s timing for releases on PC was never clear, nor was their integration to PSN. And with rumors of the next Xbox being able to have Steam and Epic Games’ storefronts on it, maybe PlayStation didn’t like the idea of an Xbox console having access to their flagship titles.
Regardless, we’ll keep an eye on this breaking news and report when PlayStation offers an official word.
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