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Sony Pulls Back From PlayStation Games on PC

(Wednesday March 04, 2026 @05:00PM (BeauHD) from the fun-while-it-lasted dept.)


Sony is reportedly abandoning its recent push to bring major PlayStation games to PC and will instead [1]keep most single-player titles exclusive to the PlayStation 5 . According to Bloomberg, the shift back toward console exclusivity may be driven by weaker PC sales and concerns about diluting the PlayStation brand. From the report:

> 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.

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> 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.



[1] https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-03-04/sony-pulls-back-from-playstation-games-on-pc


Fine. (Score:3)

by AgTiger ( 458268 )

I'll just continue to purchase games from GOG on sale. My "to be played" backlog is already crushingly large, I'm not at a loss for something to play.

Also, SONY? I still remember that rootkit you and BMG hit people with. Sucks when your customers have long memories, doesn't it?

Sony: "I don't like money" (Score:2)

by Berkyjay ( 1225604 )

Also Sony: "Our stock price needs a bump so we're laying off 5,000 workers."

Which games is it about (Score:2)

by Luckyo ( 1726890 )

Problem with "we sell on PC a long time after game is sold on consoles" means unless the game being sold like this is good, you don't get many additional sales.

Because if the game is average or bad, people have many other games to play. If the game is exceptional however, it will generate a lot more sales because people will believe it being worth their time and money.

Ghost of X series is likely a good example here. Ghost of Tsushima was an amazing game. Ghost of Yotei rode on its coattails and sold ok on P

Re: (Score:2)

by thegarbz ( 1787294 )

How do you define good? Helldivers 2 *DOMINATED* on PC. It sold more than twice as many units on Steam after it's PC release (6 months after the PS release) than it did on console. 13million sales vs 5.2million on the Playstation.

It's kind of hard to gatekeep in that way.

Re: (Score:2)

by UnknowingFool ( 672806 )

> Those sorts of games have done very, very badly on PC lately.

What I find is more of the trend is full priced AAA games have done very badly recently. Lower priced indie games like Silksong have done way better than these games.

Sounds right. (Score:2)

by Petersko ( 564140 )

Cost of development + cost of support + cost of dilution of hardware sales made on the basis of exclusivity...it's not cheap. There has to be a good reason to do the cross platform thing. Unless you trapped yourself into it justifying a major acquisition you need to make the case for it, rather than against.

The more things change, the more they'll never be the same again.