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- A major journalist expects PlayStation to fully embrace PC gaming very soon.
- Despite the current gap between PS5 and PC releases, he believes day one first-party PC releases from Sony are not too far away.
- This shift would bring the industry closer to a more open ecosystem, with Xbox doing the same over the past decade.
PlayStation has given the PC platform more importance over the last two years. Following surprise PC releases like Horizon Zero Dawn, the gaming giant has basically ported all of its biggest games to the platform.
This shift is reminiscent of Xbox’s decision to launch games on PC on day one. With Xbox now moving toward a fully third-party approach, a prominent journalist believes PlayStation’s PC strategy will soon mimic Xbox’s old approach.
Why it matters: PC releases like Stellar Blade show how much potential the platform holds for Sony. Day one titles on the platform would likely be even more beneficial for the gaming giant.
Ryan McCaffrey spoke about the future of console gaming and the move toward third-party releases on the latest Xbox Era podcast.
Discussing Xbox’s third-party approach, he stated that PlayStation should be shifting toward a day-and-date strategy for its PC releases soon. The journalist believes that this is a matter of when, not if, even if PlayStation does not go fully multiplatform like Xbox.
He pointed to factors like game development times, production budgets, and the current growth of the PC segment. Ryan McCaffrey noted that console growth has stagnated, but the same is not true of PC gaming, making it likely for PlayStation to embrace the platform fully in the near future.
I think they’re (Sony) gonna start inching closer to being day-and-date on PC.
For the time being, PlayStation is waiting anywhere from a year to two years to release games on PC. 2023’s Spider-Man 2 made its PC debut earlier this year, launching less than a year and a half after its original PS5 debut.
Going by the journalist’s prediction, the gap between a PS5 and PC release will only become narrower over time.
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