Linus Tech Tips Discussion

 Sony’s PlayStation PC Departure Is The Right Move For Them, Not Players Summary Sony Interactive Entertainment CEO Herman Hulst has reportedly sent out a message to the PlayStation crew that a decision had been made: first-party, single-player PlayStation games will no longer be heading to PC, whether that be on a weeks, months or years-long delay.   Quotes Quote Sony started this experiment in earnest in 2020 when it ported Horizon Zero Dawn to PC, over three years after its initial release. That spread to other big titles over time, including God of War, Marvel’s Spider-Man, The Last of Us Part I and II, Uncharted Legacy of Thieves, Ghost of Tsushima, Ratchet and Clank: Rift Apart, God of War Ragnarok and more. The games did decently enough, but were hardly monster releases on PC. The idea here is that Sony has not tapped into a large enough market to outweigh the potential dilution of its brand, and that its argument for continuing to sell PlayStation hardware is weakening. It has become increasingly difficult to convince players to buy video game hardware over the last year or two especially amid dramatic price hikes driven by global economic conditions, tariffs, and component shortages and costs, mainly due to AI. A PS5 Pro now costs a full $900.    My thoughts I Feel news of Valve's Steam Machine coming out has pushed this decision for Sony to no longer provide PC Ports of their games. Valve's Steam was the main source of PlayStation games being available a year or months after it was release on PlayStation.  Now that Valve is going to be a console competitor, I feel their decision's may have just wrecked it for PC gamers and now being forced to purchase a PlayStation if they want to play the new Spider-Man game or better yet the new Wolverine set to come out this year.  I feel if Valve wasn't coming out with their own console Sony would probably still provide PC ports of their games.   Sources  https://www.forbes.com/sites/paultassi/2026/05/19/sonys-playstation-pc-departure-is-the-right-move-for-them-not-players/