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PayPalNews in today is that Sony PlayStation will reportedly be moving away from single-player games having PC ports as they try to keep people buying consoles.
The report comes from Jason Schreier at Bloomberg (Paywall) noting that it will mark a return to full exclusives, but we'll still see various online games be multi-platform. PlayStation have so far refused to comment on it directly.
Pictured - Ghost of Yotei
Schreier mentions that things could still change (as they do in the games industry) but plans for the likes of Ghost of Yotei and other internally developed games to come to PC have been cancelled. We do at least already have Death Stranding 2 confirmed and releasing soon though.
There's a few likely reasons but the biggest being that Sony no doubt want people to keep buying their consoles, so they then directly get their cut from sales in their own store. It's all about that control, their protection of their own brand without watering it down with PC releases.
When you add into it that there were reports that the next-gen Xbox would be more like Windows, with other stores being available (like Steam) - it's highly likely that Sony didn't want to have all their games end up on that as well further watering down their own brand. And, with the rise of SteamOS and the upcoming Steam Machine having access to it all too - I can imagine that at least entered the minds of those at the top as well for more future potential competition.
A shame really. I've very much enjoyed not being forced to have a particular console just to play some specific games.
If this is all true it means we're going back to the era of console wars it seems - in some way at least.
Article taken from GamingOnLinux.com.
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Quoting: CatKillerMore than anything, it's an admission of a fundamental lack of self-confidence on Sony's part.To be fair, based on the rest of your post it would seem to be a very justified lack of self-confidence.
Mountain Man 6 hours ago
Quoting: ChromedicHi, new hereSony doesn't want to sell games, they want to sell PlayStations and lock customers inside their walled garden.
In a perfect-Ish world
PS4/PS5 runs on a heavily modified version of FreeBSD OS which is similar but not the same as Linux.
Instead of porting their exclusive games to Windows, why not making the Linux only exclusive. In doing so, Microsoft/Xbox next-gen will not be able to run them.
Am not a developer but since the kernels are similar, wouldn’t porting to Linux be quicker than Windows?
Doing so, they can still put their games on Steam or their own store/launcher
Last edited by Mountain Man on 9 Mar 2026 at 2:42 pm UTC
Quoting: Mountain ManWhat is profit from locking someone into their walled garden? Define it and explain how it benefits them. :DQuoting: ChromedicHi, new hereSony doesn't want to sell games, they want to sell PlayStations and lock customers inside their walled garden.
In a perfect-Ish world
PS4/PS5 runs on a heavily modified version of FreeBSD OS which is similar but not the same as Linux.
Instead of porting their exclusive games to Windows, why not making the Linux only exclusive. In doing so, Microsoft/Xbox next-gen will not be able to run them.
Am not a developer but since the kernels are similar, wouldn’t porting to Linux be quicker than Windows?
Doing so, they can still put their games on Steam or their own store/launcher
Mountain Man 3 hours ago
Quoting: dimkoWhen someone buys a PlayStation, they're naturally going to want to buy games for it, and when they buy a PlayStation game, Sony gets a bigger cut of that sale than they would selling that same game on PC. The more games someone buys for their PlayStation, the more vested they are in the platform, and the more likely they are to buy the next iteration of the console, and the cycle repeats.Quoting: Mountain ManSony doesn't want to sell games, they want to sell PlayStations and lock customers inside their walled garden.What is profit from locking someone into their walled garden? Define it and explain how it benefits them. :D
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