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PlayStation officially confirms that single-player games will be exclusive

People are mis-reading it.

"The choice of platform has always been determined based on the characteristics of each title.
Certain games will be released on PC, depending on what they are.

If releasing a game on PC can maximize that title's gameplay experience, we will continue to consider it.
Maximising the title, by having more players, being an MP game.

At present, our primary policy is that for first-party single-player games, we want to further refine and enhance the unique value of the gameplay experience that can be delivered on PlayStation. On the other hand, for live-service games, we believe it is important that as many people as possible can enjoy them through online multiplayer, and therefore we will
continue to view releases on both PS5 and PC as the basic approach.
Reinforces the previous sentences, directly spelling out the approach.

Regardless of the platform, our decisions will be guided by the principle that players should receive the best possible experience—one that fully brings out the unique
strengths of each title."
Repeating the message.
 
People are mis-reading it.


Certain games will be released on PC, depending on what they are.


Maximising the title, by having more players, being an MP game.


Reinforces the previous sentences, directly spelling out the approach.


Repeating the message.

They are not misreading, they are twisting clear statements on purpose to cope better
 
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People are mis-reading it.


Certain games will be released on PC, depending on what they are.


Maximising the title, by having more players, being an MP game.


Reinforces the previous sentences, directly spelling out the approach.


Repeating the message.
Yeah so it's pretty clear that they will release some of those games on PC you've excellently broken it down and pointed out multiple points where they are seemingly open to releasing games beyond just Multiplayer on other platforms dependant on if it makes sense.

This is a pretty clear statement leaning against making a bold statement such as SP games are not coming to pc.
 
Yeah so it's pretty clear that they will release some of those games on PC you've excellently broken it down and pointed out multiple points where they are seemingly open to releasing games beyond just Multiplayer on other platforms dependant on if it makes sense.

This is a pretty clear statement leaning against making a bold statement such as SP games are not coming to pc.
There's only mention of MP games staying on PC. Read it again.
 
Good news for PS fans about single player exclusives. About GAAS , if Sony wants it to succeed, then make it beautiful characters. Not those ugly abominations from Concord and worse Horizon gathering which is reeking woke and dei and uglfied characters.
 
This thread really got under some people's skin. We've reached the point where some users are even questioning Schreier credibility.

Sony is really living rent-free in some minds.
 
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There's no mention of SP games not coming to PC , read it again.
I'll spell it out for you, the part you and others are thinking is ambiguous is this part right?

If releasing a game on PC can maximize that title's gameplay experience, we will continue to consider it.
Now tell me, how does "maximising the gameplay experience" work for SP games by releasing on PC?

What does releasing on PC do to amplify the gameplay of an SP game?

The answer is absolutely nothing, because he is referring to MP games having more players, which is directly spelt out in the following paragraph.
 
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Ok good for PlayStation owners
It would have been good if the games had been released on other platforms too. I mean, releasing a game on another system wouldn't have taken the games off the PlayStation system, unless PS users want to cry really loudly while stomping their little feet holding the games really hard with their Nutella stained hands.
 
It would have been good if the games had been released on other platforms too. I mean, releasing a game on another system wouldn't have taken the games off the PlayStation system, unless PS users want to cry really loudly while stomping their little feet holding the games really hard with their Nutella stained hands.

Microsoft: "When we all play, we all win®"

Also Microsoft : " Exclusives matter"

Pick one
 
I know you all hate these games but I'm all-in on Wolverine, (fem) God of War and Intergalatic. Day 1 buys for me. GTA6 too.

Don't think I can ditch my PS5 for PC and lose out on these games, even if I understand the appeal of the pc ecosystem
 
What do you mean "recently"?
Steam has been ahead of PSN in numbers for YEARS at this point.

Sony just loves to use different metrics ("MAU") to avoid the direct comparison where it matters (concurrent users).
Despite billions of people owning gaming capable PCs, they only have like 10M more MAU than Playstation but PSN still makes more revenue Steam.

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I'm always surprised by people who want for a game to stay exclusive to a console forever.
If you only look into consuming a product and never touching it again, I guess maybe it makes more sense, but for long term preservation, having a build of a game on PC is always the best possible outcome.

If a game doesn't release on PC, it will be stuck in that specific form forever (unless a remaster or whatever happens). You have less options, less settings, less scalability and customization. Mods often greatly improve games too, and no I'm not talking about adding Shrek or Thomas the train into a game, but real interesting mods that either fix various issues or add new meaningful content.
The number of games on PC that still have active communities sometimes decades later is a real proof of what. Plenty of games keep evolving and being a continuous existing thing when they exist on PC, they're not stuck in time.

Emulation will still be a thing for said games at some point in the future, but it's never as good as a proper PC port.

I don't know, I just really like how on PC a game can still be relevant forever, adaptable to more modern machines, being modified etc. Wanting for a game to stay closed forever is a strange concept to me.

I understand it as a business point of view, obviously, to try to sell consoles, but as a consumer, there's not any positive to that so it's surprising for me to see people rooting for that.
 
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A line from 2025 that stated "Sony plans to continue its efforts to deploy its first-party titles to multiple platforms such as PC" had been cut from the 2026 version. That appears to be Sony's admission by omission that it has backed off releasing its biggest games on PC. Bloomberg's Jason Schreier reported in March and again in May that Sony's big single-player marquee games are no longer planned for time-delayed release on PC.1
https://www.gamefile.news/p/sony-annual-report-fine-print
 
Nishino: We've always determined platform selection based on the characteristics of each title. If releasing a title on PC would maximize the gaming experience, we'll continue to consider that option. Our current main policy is that, for single-player games developed in-house, we will further refine the value of the gaming experience that PlayStation can offer. At the same time, we believe it is important for live-service games to reach a wider audience through online multiplayer, so we continue to view releases on both PS5 and PC as the standard. Regardless of the platform, we will make decisions based on the principle of delivering the best possible gaming experience that maximizes each title's unique features.


So a nothing statement. It's case by case still.




They are not misreading, they are twisting clear statements on purpose to cope better
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I mean it makes sense for them. I skip most Sony exclusives but it was nice having the few that i did play available on my preferred platform.
 
They confirmed this by not announcing a port of Yotei, Wolverine or Saros.
This actually sounds like a backtrack or at least them leaving the door open to single player PC ports in the future.
 
YES!!!

Sony, as long as your games are fully exclusive (never coming to PC), I will buy them.

same, i think i didn't buy PS 1st party game anymore for past couple of years since they gone for steam, neither GOW, horizon or ghost of yotei, i just play them when they make them into PS+ list, get 2 down and waiting for yotei now, i think a lot of dude has same mindset as me on this matter
 
People were still doubting this? The port of Yotei was scrapped and GOT was one of the better sellers on PC.
 
same, i think i didn't buy PS 1st party game anymore for past couple of years since they gone for steam, neither GOW, horizon or ghost of yotei, i just play them when they make them into PS+ list, get 2 down and waiting for yotei now, i think a lot of dude has same mindset as me on this matter
So you don't actually like those games? You play them only because they're exclusive to a platform?
 
So you don't actually like those games? You play them only because they're exclusive to a platform?
nah, i like those game, especially GOW, since i play these from PS2, but i also have my purchase preference, it might feel weird when it overlapse sometime, but i learn to live with it
 
nah, i like those game, especially GOW, since i play these from PS2, but i also have my purchase preference, it might feel weird when it overlapse sometime, but i learn to live with it
I don't get it. You bought them on Steam then?
 
People were still doubting this? The port of Yotei was scrapped and GOT was one of the better sellers on PC.
People are holding on to the fact that he dosent speak like a retard MS exec

"we will never ever release our SP games on pc, I mean really really never .. did I say never ? Ok never"
 
Selling elsewhere did help them aprox. double their yearly first party game revenue, plus made new fans there.

Some of which joined their ecosystem, which now has the biggest active userbase any console brand ever had.

Their ecosystem is more than fine, but many of their AAA games have budgets of around $300M and they work in over two dozen of them at the same time, so the first party games are a very risk bet, so they need to generate as much revenue as possible to compensate those who tank, get cancelled etc. (always there has been and there will be games that tank or get cancelled).

I don't think this is true, actually.
 
I don't get it. You bought them on Steam then?
i don't get you either, what the point of get into people private matter, human emotion is complicate to explain, and it's not likely i go on any social media and making a competition asking people doen't buy the game, infact idgaf, i just don't want to get into it
 
i don't get you either, what the point of get into people private matter, human emotion is complicate to explain, and it's not likely i go on any social media and making a competition asking people doen't buy the game, infact idgaf, i just don't want to get into it
No, it isn't complicated. You like a game, you buy it and play it. Sounds like if it ain't exclusive, you're not gonna buy it and this is just incredibly dumb.
 
The last SP game I bought from Sony was Astro Bot. My PS5 is all about 3rd party games this gen.

Me too.
Theres no need to buy Sony games anymore. You can own a PS5 and buy all 3rd party games, mostly from east. Nothing of value gonna be lost ignoring them, and I say that as a PS5 owner. Astrobot might have being the only Sony title in a very long time, and I don't think Sony portifolio will ever change that.
 
Me too.
Theres no need to buy Sony games anymore. You can own a PS5 and buy all 3rd party games, mostly from east. Nothing of value gonna be lost ignoring them, and I say that as a PS5 owner. Astrobot might have being the only Sony title in a very long time, and I don't think Sony portifolio will ever change that.
PC is way better for eastern gaming than a PS5 at this point. They are getting every game from Japanese AAA third party studios. They get all the third party Korean and Chinese studios and the AA and indie scene from all three countries is blowing up on steam. Emulation just opens up pretty much every Eastern made game from the past.
 
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MP games are not exclusive because they massively depends on active playerbase, the more people play them, the better
SP games don't have this issue

Uhh.. What?

More multiplayer players =... More $$$?

But more singleplayer players = less $$$?

I know what you're going to say. PS5 games don't sell well on PC.

But it's pretty clear PS5 singleplayer sales are down across the board. And PC ports were always released later after PS5.

Anyway, it doesn't matter if I'm right or wrong. Time will tell.
 
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