Sony no longer plans to release its big PlayStation 5 games on PC: report
Sony is reversing course on its multi-year experiment to bring major PlayStation games to PC, opting instead to keep its biggest single-player titles exclusive to the PlayStation 5 console, Bloomberg reports.
The shift marks a significant pivot for the Japanese company, which began aggressively porting its first-party exclusives to PC starting around 2020 with titles like Horizon Zero Dawn.
Over the past six years, the company has released delayed PC versions of acclaimed single-player hits, including God of War (2018), Marvel’s Spider-Man Remastered, God of War Ragnarok, The Last of Us Part II, and others – often arriving on platforms like Steam months or years after their console debuts.
This strategy aimed to expand revenue streams beyond hardware sales and tap into the large PC gaming audience.
But according to people familiar with the matter who spoke to Bloomberg on condition of anonymity, Sony no longer plans to bring its flagship “big” PlayStation 5 games to PC. The change returns the company to a model of strict console exclusivity for its core single-player experiences.
Specific examples cited in the report include last year’s samurai-themed hit Ghost of Yotei, which will not receive a PC port, as well as the upcoming action game Saros.
By comparison, online and live-service titles – such as Marathon and Marvel Tokon – will continue to launch across multiple platforms, likely including PC, to support their multiplayer player-base needs.
The report does not detail explicit reasons for the reversal, but the timing aligns with broader industry discussions around the value of PC ports for Sony’s tentpole narrative-driven games. Previous PC releases have generated additional revenue, but some observers have noted that sales on the platform have not always met expectations relative to the effort involved in porting and supporting them.
The move could help reinforce the perceived value of owning a PlayStation 5, especially as Sony competes in a market where Microsoft has embraced a more multi-platform approach with Xbox titles available on PC day-and-date.
