[RUMOR] PlayStation Reportedly Set To Launch PC Ports 6 Months After Release Moving Forward

Makes sense....
Primary platform release PS5
Secondary release PC 6 months later
Tertiary releases maybe 12-24 months later (streaming platforms, Nintendo, xbox, phones etc)

Similar model to what they do in movies, over time I imagine the window will shrink between the 3 tiers as their tooling gets better and their hardware business establishes itself with less reliance on their own titles as a differntiator.
 
sendit said:
Day one will dilute their platform and eventually killing it off.
Click to expand...
It will definitely have a negative effect, but if there is no Xbox, there may be a teeny tiny possibility that the net result turns out to be positive for them.

Xbox and PS are direct competitors in the console market. Nobody buys Nintendo to play 3rd party games, and not many can afford to / or willing to buy expensive PCs to play games.

If Xbox is no more, then all those people who want to play games on consoles will only have PS as an option. So they will buy it regardless if their games also launch day one on PC.

On the other hand, if Xbox is still active and PS games are also launching on PC/Xbox day one, then a lot of console-only gamers may just buy Xbox to play PS games there - which will dilute their platform value.
 
We all know what this means, right? Day and date will be next. Chasing slightly higher sales at the expense of everything else. In a way, this will be 🍿🍿 time. Seeing PlayStation act retarded and suffer the consequences. it's a win-win for chorizo, because the green army is like, "See? Phil was right, this was always the right strategy."

Sony backtracking or spiraling their games into irrelevance will make me chuckle either way.
 
It makes zero difference to me, other than Team ASOBI I have no interest in Sony's exclusives this gen, I mostly buy 3rd party games for my PS5.
 
So this is yet another rumour from a twitter account which has an appalling track record.

I can see why the OP was so eager to post it. With the misleading thread title to boot.
 
CashPrizes said:
This is such a bad move by them. I was totally happy to buy a PS5 because of exclusives. I will have nearly Zero incentive to buy a PS6 if this is the case.
Click to expand...

What are you gonna do, then?

I bet my money in you wouldn't switch to PC because of that, otherwise you would be already.

Also, how is it bad for the consumer that you don't need to buy the hardware to play their games?
 
It's hard for me to believe they would adopt 6 months as a blanket policy without even considering the title on a case-by-case basis.

I see no reason why a GaaS game wouldn't be day one, and a game like Astro-bot just never.
 
Don't forget the legacy titles besides the obvious souls stuff.. I'm still waiting for the Uncharted collection, damn I would love to replay those on PC.
 
The_Mike said:
I remember everyone on GAF had a high end pc when Xbox decided to release their games day one on pc
Click to expand...

You don't need a fucking high end PC to switch over. Like wtf to say no one will switch over because they haven't already is just mot true.

I just talked to a friend the other day who said they will drop Playstation and go to PC because sqaure said ff is fully multiplatform going forward and he isnt a forum fanboy or anything.

It will have an affect its remains to be seen in what way.
 
BlackTron said:
It's hard for me to believe they would adopt 6 months as a blanket policy without even considering the title on a case-by-case basis.

I see no reason why a GaaS game wouldn't be day one, and a game like Astro-bot just never.
Click to expand...

Exactly. It looks like a big deal as a headline, but as an actual business policy its totally nonsensical.

Also the way its presented indicates that this is a massive number of releases, when in actuality its only 2-3 launches in a busy year so there's basically no advantage to be gained from making it a blanket policy.

The only exception to that being at hardware launches, which will typically involves a larger number of titles in a short window of time, each with much longer exclusivity windows as the goal is to upsell the new product and accessories!
 
They should release it day one on PC, there PC releases get now zero marketing and sales because of it. Day 1 release would be far better for there IP's.
 
Admerer said:
Gaming development is becoming more and more expensive, if PC ports help bring in more profits to help justify larger game development budgets than fine with me.
As far as devaluing the Sony console ownership by porting previously exclusive games, Sony themselves probably decided the benefits outweigh the negatives, hence their decision.
Click to expand...
I think people are overlooking the fact that the death of Xbox as a platform-holder has automatically locked the demographics for the three remaining platforms (PS, Nintendo + PC), so there is no direct competitor to Playstation anymore.

All the "devalue"-talk is based on the old situation where PS still had a direct competitor.
 
Last edited:
Clear said:
The only exception to that being at hardware launches, which will typically involves a larger number of titles in a short window of time, each with much longer exclusivity windows as the goal is to upsell the new product and accessories!
Click to expand...

Imagine new hardware and just telling us all the games will go PC in 6 months. No need to even guess or speculate anymore against the FOMO. Even CaliSony can't be that dumb.
 
DeepSpace5D said:
Not a bad example in my opinion. Because while you are correct, the publishing of the PC port 8 months was done by 505 games iirc. Unless I'm misunderstanding this rumor, it should be Sony themselves publishing on PC 6 months from original release. The article reporting this is specifically citing a source from Nixxes which is owned by Sony. So I think it's fair to see if Sony publishes Death Stranding 2 on PC by December.
Click to expand...
We don't know anything about a PC version of DS2 and it's not first party developed so I don't see it as a good example, Kojima might've signed a deal so it comes after 3 months.

The real confirmation that anything is changing here will come from first party developed games. Ghost of Yotei is the real test, everything else is already out or was released longer than 6 months ago.
 
According to Detective Seeds,
Click to expand...
qAk1VcN.png
 
Detective Seeds is an awful source, but what he's saying doesn't really take a genius to figure out.

3P companies have started to largely stop giving 1P players meaningful exclusives, so why should these massive 1P players give them free reign to make money uncontested on the other platforms?

Look at how much money EA made on Jedi Fallen Order on PC, same goes for WB and Hogwarts Legacy/Batman Arkham, why should Sony be letting them have a free hit at the singleplayer story market over there when they're not entirely playing ball over here anymore?
 
I believe that this will happen, even if this particular source is invalid.

Admerer said:
Gaming development is becoming more and more expensive, if PC ports help bring in more profits to help justify larger game development budgets than fine with me.
Click to expand...
That's what Microsoft said. That's also what Sony has said to justify multimedia nonsense, remake and remaster galore for games on a console the PS5 is backwards compatible with, and the entire live service initiative.

You will notice that in each case, the method has not just been unproductive, but counterintuitive to the supposed intended goal. That's because the entire thing was a sham. A shell game.

They just want easy fucking money. The PeeSea ports have done shit thus far and the revenue from this year doesn't even constitute 1% of PS earnings. The only people who have won from this are the Phil and Satya equivalents at Sony: Hulst and Totoki. Who will fuck off and retire after destroying PS with their millions. Stop buying into this nonsense.

Killjoy-NL said:
I think people are overlooking the fact that the death of Xbox as a platform-holder has automatically locked the demographics for the three remaining platforms (PS, Nintendo + PC), so there is no direct competitor to Playstation anymore.

All the "devalue"-talk is based on the old situation where PS still had a direct competitor.
Click to expand...
I think you lack the imagination to consider that if both Xbox and PS are lame enough, people will just walk away from core gaming entirely. There's a lot of stuff demanding our money and our time. If enough damage is done to consoles on a consumer and producer strategy front, core gaming will lose the remnants of the infrastructure left over from the last 30 years that even allow for new, mass market appealing games to be made in the first place.

The domino effect, people. 2nd and 3rd order impacts. The butterfly effect. There are lot of small dents being made in the integrity of core gaming; this kind of strategic orientation just makes the whole thing crumble.
 
Last edited:
Heisenberg007 said:
If Xbox goes away - which they are - PlayStation can do day-1 PC without much negative repurcussions.
Click to expand...
Bargaining phase started…

But what negative repercussions would come through Xbox if Sony would go day 1 on PC?

I don't see how they relate unless you mean that Xbox is merging with PC, but at that point it's odd to think Xbox is going away when the merge is ramping up.

Either way, Sony should focus on themselves and solve how to boost sales outside of PlayStation now.

And that is done through day 1 access.
A late release will decrease hype and sales.
A day 1 release will increase hype and sales.

Easy fix.
Make a PlayStation PC store and launcher.
Do day 1 there, exclusive content, PS account login, save sync and trophies from PS, PS+ library, friends list, everything.
Keep the delays on Steam, or increase them.

1. Keep some exclusivity power for the brand.
2. More money from no 30% cut to Valve.
3. More money from extra day 1 sales/hype.
4. Use Steam for mass reach, later.
5. No problem if Xbox have Steam access.
 
Last edited:
Three said:
Incorrect, Demon's souls. Not just GT7 and Astrobot. We'll see what happens with DS2 but Kojima owns the IP so...likely.
Click to expand...

Eh Demons Souls is just a remaster, granted at least it's not a PS4 title at least.

DS2 isn't a Sony studio either, we'll see an xbox release after the timed period. I hate timed periods across both consoles.
 
Seems like someone's fishing for clicks from the pissed off PS fans.

Sony is smart with its approach towards adding first-party games to PS+ and it's making people wait a long time. I don't think they'd make a drastic move like that now. 6 months would be nothing and console sales would surely take a big hit.
 
Seems like since yesterday everyone is fishing for clicks based on a transcript that wasn't even fully well translated.
I guess talking about Playstation still generates clicks.
 
Oh no, is playstation dead?
Anyways, this wouldn't be a surprise, companies never were so desperate for money. Games are getting more expensive by the day, and if you think that Naughty Dog next game will turn big profit or if any on PS5 alone, I doubt you.
 
ProtoByte said:
I think you lack the imagination to consider that if both Xbox and PS are lame enough, people will just walk away from core gaming entirely. There's a lot of stuff demanding our money and our time. If enough damage is done to consoles on a consumer and producer strategy front, core gaming will lose the remnants of the infrastructure left over from the last 30 years that even allow for new, mass market appealing games to be made in the first place.

The domino effect, people. 2nd and 3rd order impacts. The butterfly effect. There are lot of small dents being made in the integrity of core gaming; this kind of strategic orientation just makes the whole thing crumble.
Click to expand...
Cool story, but is anyone here really convinced that Playstation, Nintendo and PC are an existential threat to eachother?

That was only the case when it was PS vs Xbox.

At some point Nintendo as well, but they have the handheld-market to rely on (case in point Switch).

Anyone thinking console-gamers will move onto PC (or vice-versa) is delusional.
Same goes for PS vs Nintendo.
 
Guaranted 6 months till pc release for all playstation exclusives would be diseastrous for the brand and hardware sales, to not look far we can always look what happened to xbox series hardware sales, they are much worse even from xbox one and that was terrible already.
 
ProtoByte ProtoByte

Instead of placing petty emojis, feel free to describe a realistic scenario where Playstation will absolutely crash like Xbox because the vast majority of it's installbase will move onto PC and Nintendo.

That's truly wishfull thinking.
 
Killjoy-NL said:
Instead of placing petty emojis, feel free to describe a realistic scenario where Playstation will absolutely crash like Xbox because the vast majority of it's installbase will move onto PC and Nintendo.
Click to expand...

XBox PC? A console that gets all of Sony's games plus Free MP.

It's going to be fun watching Playstation implode.
 
Last edited:
asdasdasdbb said:
XBox PC? A console that gets all of Sony's games plus Free MP.

It's going to be fun watching Playstation implode.
Click to expand...
Xbox is dead. Even an Xbox PC won't be a threat.

At best, it will do as terrible as SteamBox*.

*or whatever that dumb PC-console thing was called years ago.

Edit: Steam Machine
 
Last edited:
ProtoByte said:
I believe that this will happen, even if this particular source is invalid.


That's what Microsoft said. That's also what Sony has said to justify multimedia nonsense, remake and remaster galore for games on a console the PS5 is backwards compatible with, and the entire live service initiative.

You will notice that in each case, the method has not just been unproductive, but counterintuitive to the supposed intended goal. That's because the entire thing was a sham. A shell game.

They just want easy fucking money. The PeeSea ports have done shit thus far and the revenue from this year doesn't even constitute 1% of PS earnings. The only people who have won from this are the Phil and Satya equivalents at Sony: Hulst and Totoki. Who will fuck off and retire after destroying PS with their millions. Stop buying into this nonsense.


I think you lack the imagination to consider that if both Xbox and PS are lame enough, people will just walk away from core gaming entirely. There's a lot of stuff demanding our money and our time. If enough damage is done to consoles on a consumer and producer strategy front, core gaming will lose the remnants of the infrastructure left over from the last 30 years that even allow for new, mass market appealing games to be made in the first place.

The domino effect, people. 2nd and 3rd order impacts. The butterfly effect. There are lot of small dents being made in the integrity of core gaming; this kind of strategic orientation just makes the whole thing crumble.
Click to expand...
Nothing will happen.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.

Similar threads

Xbox reportedly moving away from Physical Media
Rumor Platform  2 3 4 5 6
267
2K
Signalis replied
Rumor: PlayStation Exclusive(s) Reportedly Coming to Nintendo Switch 2 (Rumor from Veteran Arab Journalist)
2 3
102
1K
Karim replied
so when is Playstation PC launcher releasing
2 3
121
1K
Mibu no ookami replied
Square Enix Reportedly Developing Dragon Quest VII Remake, Planned for Release in 2026
Rumor  2
73
728
Sorcerer replied
ARC Raiders hinted for 6/6 release?
11
451
Jinzo Prime replied
Top Bottom