Sony No Longer Wants “PlayStation Exclusive” Games to Get a PC Launch
Hermen Hulst said narrative PlayStation games will stay on PS5 as Sony shifts PC releases toward multiplayer and live-service titles.
- On Monday, PlayStation Studio Business CEO Hermen Hulst told staff in a town hall that the company's narrative single-player games will now be PlayStation exclusive, confirming Bloomberg's reporting from earlier this year.
- Sony previously released major exclusives like Spider-Man and The Last of Us on PC, though the strategy remained inconsistent as some titles arrived years after console launch while others skipped the platform entirely.
- Technical issues and PSN account controversies led to underperforming PC ports, prompting leadership to prioritize the brand's traditional blockbuster single-player exclusivity model to maintain its value.
- Future multiplayer and live-service games will continue to reach PC, but upcoming single-player titles including Ghost of Yotei and Saros are no longer planned for Steam releases.
- Microsoft Xbox chief Asha Sharma recently told staff she is reevaluating the company's exclusive game strategy, suggesting Sony may not be the only firm returning to platform-locked titles.
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