Sony, no PC day and date til April 2027

[Etifilio]

That is how I always felt about the Sony PC strategy...

To be fair they need a PC launcher to get out of Steam ASAP.

absolutely, the PC launcher needs to be released this year, the PlayStation Overlay was a great start tho

 

[Jim Ryan]

Were safe...for now anyway

 

[Etifilio]

Bet you feel stupid now

? they just confirmed everything we've been saying, they won't cannibalize sales of their main system seller singleplayer games on their storefronts/consoles to release them on PC at launch, if you want these games, you'll have to wait 2 years to play them, and i hope, eventually, they increase the time to 4 years, cause Spiderman and Ghost Of Tsushima did absolutely great numbers being 4 year old ports

 

[Etifilio]

Were safe...for now anyway

til the end of this gen, now PS6 only lord knows, but i think they'll maintain the strategy cause they'll always want to move consoles

 

[Plextorage]

Herman said that GaaS games will be day and date, the single player games, NO

Pretty much. So, anyone who said that Jim and Hulst are idiots can calm down now.

Sony view PC as a place to recruit more console buyers. That is their view, whether you agree on it or not.

 

[Box]

? they just confirmed everything we've been saying, they won't cannibalize sales of their main system seller singleplayer games on their storefronts/consoles to release them on PC at launch, if you want these games, you'll have to wait 2 years to play them, and i hope, eventually, they increase the time to 4 years, cause Spiderman and Ghost Of Tsushima did absolutely great numbers being 4 year old ports

Try reading this

PlayStation sees PC releases as opportunities for growth, not cannabilization

Basically it means the PC ports don't cannibalise console sales, so they will continue them

 

[MiyazakiLovesKojima]

i don't like them either, specially the ones who want to play games made for CONSOLES without investing in them, i still think Sony will reconsider putting their tentpole singleplayer games on PC eventually, because again, these portable PCs + the next Xbox will run Steam/ESG, either they'll stop porting games to PC, or they'll release them exclusevly on the PS Launcher

I hope this happens as well because I still love PlayStation

 

[quest4441]

Yeah, Corporations have never lied before right?

Ah yes box with the conspiracy theory of an executive lying in an investor meeting and committing fiduciary fraud

 

[ethomaz]

Try reading this

PlayStation sees PC releases as opportunities for growth, not cannabilization

Basically it means the PC ports don't cannibalise console sales, so they will continue them

They way they are doing it... old releases ports will never cannibalise console sales.

 

[Plextorage]

Try reading this

PlayStation sees PC releases as opportunities for growth, not cannabilization

Basically it means the PC ports don't cannibalise console sales, so they will continue them

You ignore a fact that there won't be simultaneously release PC/PS with singleplayer games.

 

[Box]

Ah yes box with the conspiracy theory of an executive lying in an investor meeting and committing fiduciary fraud

According to you Phil Spencer has always been truthful?

 

[Nhomnhom]

You guys don't get it, they won't make a fuss about it, they'll just do it, just like they started releasing GaaS games day one on PC or announcing games as PS5/PC games like Until Dawn and TLoU Pt 1. I remember when Hermen Hulst outline the entire PC strategy years ago on a interview for their blog while people were still in denial.

Sony doesn't see any problem with their release on PC, they don't think there is cannibalization, they don't think piracy is a problem, they don't see Steam's cut as a problem, they don't see a problem with online/cloud saving being charged on PlayStation and not on PC, they don't see a problem with PlayStation games only being playable on the go negatively on devices like the Steam Deck . Stop coping and just face reality.

They think "best place to Play" is just a slogan and PlayStation doesn't actually need to even attempt to be the best place to play. It's not even the best place to play most PlayStation games.

 

[Etifilio]

full Hermen quote

 

[ethomaz]

You guys don't get it, they won't make a fuss about it, they'll just do it, just like they started releasing GaaS games day one on PC or announcing games as PS5/PC games like Until Dawn and TLoU Pt 1.

?

Until Dawn is a 9 years old game.
TLOU Pt 1 is a 11 years old game.

Just look at it... GoW is probably the best selling game on PC and Ragnarok is already 1.5 years old and no release date for PC yet.

 

[Etifilio]

You guys don't get it, they won't make a fuss about it, they'll just do it, just like they started releasing GaaS games day one on PC or announcing games as PS5/PC games like Until Dawn and TLoU Pt 1.

these games are remakes tho, these don't have the same impact as brand new games like Spiderman 2, or Wolverine, for example

 

[quest4441]

According to you Phil Spencer has always been truthful?

Phil Spencer lies to the "xbox playerbase" on interviews and podcasts genius, He doesn't lie in microsoft investor meetings behind closed doors.

Timmy from bumfuck, Utah who owns a series x can't sue Phil Spencer for lying about exclusive games but Wall Street Securities Firms can when he lies in investor meetings which he doesn't

 

[anonpuffs]

Yeah, Corporations have never lied before right?

They don't lie to shareholders. That would be a lawsuit.

 

[Box]

?

Until Dawn is a 9 years old game.
TLOU Pt 1 is a 11 years old game.

Just look at it... GoW is probably the best selling game on PC and Ragnarok is already 1.5 years old and no release date for PC yet.

I miss when PlayStation used to make new games instead of porting last gen ones

 

[AllBizness]

"Thoughtful investments in key innovation and growth areas"

aka PC day and date

"Continued expansion of the install base"

Doesn't sound like PC day and date to me.

 

[Etifilio]

Pretty much. So, anyone who said that Jim and Hulst are idiots can calm down now.

Sony view PC as a place to recruit more console buyers. That is their view, whether you agree on it or not.

yeah, of course the hardcore PC enthusiasts will wait, but people who play these franchises for the first time, youtubers, for example, that create content on these games for the first time on PC, and then see a sequel released exclusevly on PlayStation may feel inclined to buy a console to play the game at launch