Why would people buy games from a Sony PC store? Exclusive games, exclusive features like cross game save, 3rd party trophies, potentially cheaper games, PS+, Crunchyroll if sony was smart and bundled it with PS+.
There aren't going to be PC PS Store exclusive games, and if they're cheaper than Steam (which is already cheaper than the PS console versions when those release), that's just a further kick in the crotch to dedicated console owners.
Also any PC store/launcher from Sony means they will be doing Day 1 PC for non-GAAS and GAAS titles, to add value proposition to the launcher. Which just also means further conflict with the console's value proposition, at least in standing with the traditional business model.
Statements like this really reveal a lack of understanding and nuance.
Does Warner and Disney have the same strategy when it comes to their movie releases?
They release in theaters and then they release on streaming, but some warner media ends up on other streaming services rather than just HBO Max.
Why doesn't Netflix do more theatrical releases and why don't HBO and Disney go almost purely streaming?
MS didn't do Day 1 for all games right from the jump; it took them roughly 4 years to fully implement that. In a similar 4-year time frame, we went from Sony going "it's just going to be a small sampling of games ported" to now only having six 1P games remaining console exclusive only midway through the PS5 gen, before the PS5 Pro even launches.
Certain ports, being as short as six months, BTW. And you can bet they are debating right now (or have already decided) if they should bring non-GAAS titles to PC Day 1 to replicate the performance of Helldivers 2.
Is Wolverine coming to PC Day 1?
It's already there, Day -730 (and then some)
They've had more announcements related to PC on their blog because PC is an emerging market for them. Consoles are matured, hence there is more to announce for PC.
It's the optics of it all; like Microsoft, there's been an increasing amount of "tell, don't show" from Sony when it comes to showing their console is still the priority. You can't just say it's the priority and then do little to continuously show that to be the case. Many announcements from Sony over the past year or so have given the impression they are taking certain things for granted.
The PHYSINT announcement was nice because that was actually them showing console and Japanese partnerships still being important to them...but PHYSINT isn't for PS5. It's a PS6 game.
And who knows how their business operations will look like by the time PHYSINT releases (in like 2030).
Announcing Ghost of Tsushima on PC which is already on PS5 and has been for more than 2 years, doesn't take away from a lack of equivalent announcement on PS5. That anyone thinks that that is how business works is really telling. It's not a zero sum game, nor does it reflect which platform has their focus.
I don't give two shits about "how business works" at this point of the conversation, because it appears for me to understand "how business works", I have to be a brown-nosing Yes-man to whatever market agenda corporate suits want to push along. I've seen what that has done to Xbox fans, I'm not letting myself go down that same path.
I can only consider what's "business-wise" to an extent before it begins to conflict with my own personal interests from a customer POV, and a hobbyist POV. From the POV of someone who has been a big fan of previous efforts with prior generations of the brand and feels that so many things are being untapped on the console front now simply because of penny-pinchers and shareholders who want stupid infinite "growth" at all costs.
Sony is about to release a brand new PlayStation console this year.
Good luck to them with that.
Wolverine is going to be one of the biggest games released next year.
Didn't you read the hacks/leaks? Wolverine's 2026, buddy. It would have been 2025 if a PC version weren't in simultaneous development with console though
GTA6 is going to push more PlayStation consoles than maybe any game in PlayStation history.
So what? GTA6 isn't what defines me as a gamer or a fan of the hobby. How many PlayStations Sony can sell doesn't matter so much to me, if I feel there are things being done which don't align with my personal preferences as a gamer.
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