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Sony is reportedly pulling the plug on future PC ports of highly-rated PlayStation games, starting with Ghost of Yotei.
Sony no longer plans to bring current and future single-player games to personal computers, according to Bloomberg. The report specifically names last year’s Ghost of Yotei and the soon-to-be-released Returnal successor, Saros, as games whose PC plans have been canceled. Some multiplayer and third-party titles will still reach PCs, however.
According to reports, Sony are pivoting away from PlayStation games on PC and returning to the simpler days of console exclusivity.
A report from Bloomberg claims that PlayStation has internally decided to move away from the philosophy that saw games like Marvel’s Spider-Man, The Last of Us Part 2, and Ghost of Tsushima launch on PC in recent years. The report cites weak sales for PS5 games on PC and general concerns about harming the PS5 brand.
Even after Monster Hunter Wilds sales stagnated and its games ran into performance woes, Capcom's PC efforts clearly haven't gone unnoticed.
Capcom's latest earnings results show sales unit growth, particularly on PC, where the publisher has sold nearly 20 million games in just 9 months.
Sony is reportedly changing its strategy regarding PlayStation ports on PC, and it has cancelled the PC version of the PS5 exclusive Ghost of Yotei.
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