PlayStation Studios chief Hermen Hulst has informed staff during a town hall meeting that the company's narrative single-player games will remain exclusive to the PS5 console moving forward. This announcement, reported by Bloomberg's Jason Schreier, confirms earlier speculation from March that Sony had quietly shelved a planned PC port of Ghost of Yōtei and would not revisit that strategy.
No PC Release for Major Titles
This decision means that highly anticipated games such as Marvel's Wolverine, Saros, and Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophet will not see a Steam release. The only way to experience these titles will be on a PS5, which now retails at $599.99 following a recent price increase. Sony's shift marks a significant change in its approach to PC gaming.
Financial Reasons Behind the Decision
The move is driven by financial data. Analysts at Alinea Analytics noted in late 2025 that God of War Ragnarök and Marvel's Spider-Man 2 underperformed on Steam compared to their predecessors. The audience willing to purchase a sequel on PC had largely already bought a PlayStation console. PC gaming accounted for less than 2.5% of PlayStation's total revenue in the last fiscal year, a figure too small to justify the costs of porting games. Additionally, Sony's ports typically arrived one to two years after console launch, missing the peak hype and failing to benefit from meaningful discounts to drive volume.
Multiplayer Games Remain Multiplatform
Despite the exclusivity shift for single-player titles, online multiplayer games will continue to be released on multiple platforms. Marathon launched simultaneously on PC, PS5, and even Xbox, with an estimated 70% of its player base on PC. Marvel Tōkon: Fighting Souls, a fighting game by Arc System Works published by Sony, is also scheduled for a Steam release in August. The logic behind this distinction is clear: multiplayer games require large player pools to thrive, while single-player games are instrumental in selling hardware.
Upcoming Exceptions
Death Stranding 2 and Kena: Scars of Kosmora are expected to be the final Sony-published single-player titles to make the jump to PC, as both were confirmed before this strategic shift took effect. Meanwhile, across the competitive landscape, new Xbox chief Asha Sharma is reportedly reevaluating exclusivity for Microsoft's first-party games, suggesting that the console wars may be reignited.
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