Sony says “We don’t want PC gamer money”, PC gamers reply, “K.” and play something else.
Sony to no longer bring PlayStation narrative single-player games to PC
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Stern@lemmy.world 18 hours ago
warmaster@lemmy.world 13 hours ago
Seriously, everytime I caved to hype and downloaded a demo or purchased a Sony published game… it was for nothing, just cool graphics, and I ended up refunding it. As a 42 year old, I’ve played those kind of games countless times, graphics alone won’t grab my attention enough to keep me playing.
That said, if they ever published the shadow of the colossus remake on Steam, I would buy that in a heartbeat just to collect it. I’ve finished it multiple times, but I want to be able to comfortably play it whenever I please, with the touch of a button, for the rest of my life.
Stern@lemmy.world 13 hours ago
I’ve enjoyed the Sony PC games I played, though that’s Ghosts, God of War, and Spiderman, so only way they were gonna be bad is if the PC port was dogwater.
That said, is it just Colossus you like, or the gameplay loop? Cuz Praey for the Gods scratched the itch fairly well for me, and Motorslice is a recent one I’ll probably be grabbing aftet I finish my latest open world addiction.
9point6@lemmy.world 18 hours ago
Seriously I don’t think there’s any game that I’d want to play enough to just get a console at this point. Plus we know if we wait long enough they’ll decide they want money again
Newsteinleo@infosec.pub 14 hours ago
This was my thought right here. Also, didn’t they already try this once and back down?
rafoix@lemmy.zip 18 hours ago
Seems like Sony is no longer prioritizing the multi platform live service market expansion that only encourages people to buy less PlayStation consoles.
snooggums@piefed.world 14 hours ago
I thought Nintendo was the only one who made money on console sales, so it seems like selling on PC would be more profitable especially with higher sales.
tmyakal@infosec.pub 9 hours ago
The margins on PC are worse. They’re paying extra on porting, on additional marketing, and on customer service, and Steam is taking a huge cut for that privilege. Only releasing on PS5 means the software only needs to be optimized for one unchanging configuration, and any digital sales are run through their own store with less overhead.
Whether that difference in margin is enough to justify console exclusivity, no idea. But selling on PC isn’t as simple as just, “Look, more customers!”
rafoix@lemmy.zip 13 hours ago
They all make money on console sales. Not a lot of money.
Higher games sales is not a win if it encourages consumers to use a non-Sony device. Sony is thinking long term viability of their platform instead of trying to make half a dozen live service games that nobody wants.
ReluctantlyZen@ani.social 14 hours ago
No PS games for me anymore then I guess
pinball_wizard@lemmy.zip 13 hours ago
That’s cool. I’ll wait for the 12-pack “in case you missed it the first time” of these games, later.
Orcocracy@hexbear.net 13 hours ago
I think the last time any PlayStation game was re-released at a discount with the hits/platinum/best branding was back in the 2010s.
pinball_wizard@lemmy.zip 10 hours ago
Sure. It works out though, because I was just thinking about buying that one sometime when my game backlog gets lower, if it goes on sale.
calliope@piefed.blahaj.zone 14 hours ago
This is funny, given that I remember what a big deal people made about it.
Making PC ports was their strategy for a whole five years! They didn’t even make it an entire console generation.
rafoix@lemmy.zip 12 hours ago
They were just getting people primed for future live service games. Did Sony port game franchises that didn’t have some lsg in production?
wholookshere@lemmy.blahaj.zone 8 hours ago
Both god of war and horizon zero dawn?
_haha_oh_wow_@sh.itjust.works 11 hours ago
Ok, don’t take my money.
If I really want to play your game, I will wait for the emulator.
Gabadabs@lemmy.blahaj.zone 12 hours ago
I just… Don’t care. I bought horizon zero dawn, thought it wasn’t good, and never even finished it. I haven’t bothered with any of their other single player pc releases. There’s so many good games already out on PC.
illi@piefed.social 15 hours ago
At one point I was considering getting a used PS4 or something because God of War looked right up my alley. Never pulled the triger because of the cost and because I knew I couldn’t enjoy it as I could on a PC (I’m unable to play games like that on a controller).
So happy I could get it and experience it on a PC. And while I’m sad I won’t be able to get any sequels or the upcoming remake I’m now not buying a PS even harder.
belated_frog_pants@beehaw.org 9 hours ago
Ok, bye then. I have a ps5 but its collecting dust and i guess it will stay that way because this is stupid.
They are big mad about the steam machine
tanisnikana@lemmy.world 11 hours ago
Tanis to no longer bring good American currency to Sony
Delta_V@lemmy.world 14 hours ago
I wonder what the margins and volume are on console sales versus game sales? How many people actually buy a console for exclusive titles, and how many PC game sales would be needed to make the same profit?
tmyakal@infosec.pub 10 hours ago
I think the incentive to get into PC to begin with was live service revenue. The Last of Us and Spider-Man both had live service games in development, so Sony was trying to give consumers a taste of those worlds via the single player critical darlings. They also tried that stunt requiring a PSN account to play Helldivers.
Those live service games have since been cancelled, and the PSN requirements have been walked back. If they can’t make perpetual money on battle passes and PS+ subscriptions, why give Steam a cut of the game sales?
Not saying it’s right or wrong, but I can understand why they’d do it.
ordnance_qf_17_pounder@reddthat.com 18 hours ago
They can’t force PSN accounts on PC gamers so they’re dropping out. That’s how it looks to me. Good riddance.