For years, consoles have stuck to the strategy that exclusives would be offered to help sell hardware, but that all changed when Microsoft and Sony started to bring their games to other platforms. Just a few years ago, PlayStation exclusives started getting PC ports, but they apparently don’t bring in enough of a return.
PlayStation exclusives had a short-lived lifespan on the PC platform via Steam. During that short lifespan, however, gamers were eating good with some of the PS4 and PS5’s best original games. Sony recently confirmed that it was pulling back on its PC port initiative and that it would be going back to console-exclusive offerings. A sad day for all PC gamers. Now it looks like there somewhat of an explanation as to why. Though it’s probably not the whole story.
PlayStation PC ports don’t bring in enough of a return on the investment, says SIE CEO
Plain and simple, the PC port versions of the PlayStation exclusives just don’t make enough money, the return on investment isn’t worth it to Sony. That’s according to Bloomberg’s Jason Schreier. Over on the gaming forum ResetEra, Schreier states that he can confirm Hulst had told this to employees in a townhall meeting recently.
So that’s the long and short of it. The PC ports, in Sony’s eyes, weren’t making enough money. Whether they actually weren’t making enough money to cover the cost of porting or just not as much money as Sony wanted doesn’t seem to be mentioned. Either way, Sony didn’t feel that the PC releases were bringing in the revenue they should have. Of course, it’s also said that SIE wants to keep their games aligned with their own platform. So, that’s the other part of it, it seems. Sony wants its PlayStation Studios games to be better aligned with the PlayStation platform. And that seems to mean PlayStation consoles.
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