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Sony Returns to Its Original Strategy of Keeping Narrative First-Party Games Off PC

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Sony is reeling in its push to bring major single‑player PlayStation games to PC. The company plans to keep its narrative‑driven first‑party titles on PlayStation 5 and to treat them as console exclusives, after almost six years of experimenting with delayed PC ports for games like Horizon Zero Dawn, God of War, and Marvel's Spider‑Man.

Those PC releases reportedly fell short of internal sales expectations, prompting Sony to worry they might dilute the value of owning a PS5, per a Bloomberg report from March. Now, the publication's top gaming industry reporter, Jason Schreier, says Sony's latest town hall confirmed Bloomberg's report, solidifying Sony's plans to make its biggest titles PlayStation exclusives.

Sony still plans to bring live‑service and multiplayer games to PC, like the all-new Bungie's Marathon, which the company has positioned as a cross‑platform option from the start. Reports say that some high‑profile third‑party collaborations closely associated with PlayStation...

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