PlayStation has every right to decide where its games go. These are Sony’s studios, Sony’s games, and Sony’s platform. But the conversation around PlayStation pulling back from PC has become exhausting, mostly because PlayStation itself hasn’t said anything officially. No PlayStation Blog post. No investor call confirmation. No statement from leadership. Just reports that have snowballed into people acting as if Sony already confirmed it’s done with PC entirely.
Here’s the thing though. I think PlayStation walking away from PC would be a mistake, and not because of platform loyalty. Because the strategy was flawed from the start.
Outside of Helldivers 2, which exploded on PC and PS5 simultaneously, several ports underperformed expectations. But look at how they were released. Horizon Zero Dawn launched in February 2017 and didn’t hit PC until August 2020. God of War took nearly four years. Marvel’s Spider-Man Remastered arrived almost four years after its original release. By the time these games reached PC, there were spoilers were everywhere, the hype had died down and players who were interested had either bought a PlayStation or stopped caring.
Then the ports themselves were a problem. Let’s take The Last of Us Part I for...
