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Sony Will No Longer Bring Its First-Party Games to PCs, Marking a Major Shift
Sony will keep single-player PS5 exclusives like Ghost of Yotei off PC due to poor Steam sales, while some multiplayer titles may still launch on Steam, Bloomberg reports.
- According to Bloomberg, Sony has reversed its multi-year plan and scrapped planned PC ports including Ghost of Yotei in recent weeks.
- Since 2020, Sony has ported major PlayStation 5 titles to PC, with games like God of War and The Last of Us setting an expectation that PS5 exclusives would reach PC over recent years.
- Housemarque's Saros is among the titles Bloomberg says will be pulled, while Kojima Productions' Death Stranding 2: On The Beach remains slated for PC, and Helldivers 2 has sold over 12.7 million copies.
- PC players will now have to purchase a PlayStation console to play upcoming single-player blockbusters such as Marvel's Wolverine and Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophet, shifting where players can access major releases.
- Declining PC sales in recent years and Spider-Man 2's poor Steam performance helped Sony executives reverse PC ports, contrasting with Microsoft's multiplatform pivot and concerns about the next Xbox.
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