Sony May Limit PC Ports Of Key PlayStation Games In Big Console Strategy Shift

Amidst drastic shifts from Xbox and the wider (PC) hardware market, Sony is reportedly considering a pivot away from its more recent strategy of eventually porting its single-player catalog to PC.

As-is, Sony first-party exclusives already trend toward a delay of at least a year before a PC port releases, making most titles merely timed exclusives for PlayStation consoles. Marvel's Spider-Man, Spider-Man: Miles Morales, and Spider-Man 2 have all seen delayed PC ports, as have Ghost of Tsushima, Death Stranding and its sequel, God of War (2014) and Ragnarok, Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart, The Last Of Us Part 1 and Part 2, and so on.

That's not always the case, though. Some single-player games under the PlayStation Studios umbrella have seen simultaneous PC releases, such as Lost Soul Aside. However, those are typically indie fare compared to PlayStation's staple AAA franchises.

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