The current president and CEO of Sony Interactive Entertainment, Jim Ryan, was recently interviewed in Famitsu. Fortunately, the magazine publication was translated and featured on Resetera, where we’re finding out that PC ports are still coming. It was an interesting and surprising move for Sony to dip their toes into the PC marketplace finally. We started to slowly see some of the past PlayStation exclusives land on PC, and that’s not changing anytime soon.
Sony’s moves into the PC marketplace are a bit more calculated than Microsoft’s. With Xbox, you’ll find exclusives launching both on the line of available Xbox consoles along with the PC platform. However, with Sony, they are staggering the releases. In the publication, it’s noted that Jim Ryan stated that it’s important for PlayStation Studios to deliver video games with thrilling experiences on the latest PlayStation. Jim Ryan went on to state that there is an increase in the number of PlayStation 5 exclusive titles being developed.
But they are not forgetting the PC platform. Jim Ryan has stated that they will continue to stagger these games’ release onto the PC platform. Apparently, Sony has found that releasing the games two or three years after the PlayStation 5 version launch is acceptable. So you have a slight window of time here to deal with when you see a PlayStation exclusive launch into the marketplace. But, of course, that could change down the road if Sony changes their strategy when it comes to the PC platform.
We also fully understand the importance of PS5 exclusive titles. As I mentioned earlier, PlayStation Studios’ main responsibility is to have people enjoy the game experience using the latest PS. We are increasing the number of PS5-exclusive
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