Sony plans to proceed supporting PC with its first-party video games, however it might take “a minimum of a yr” for the video games to launch for the platform.
That is in line with PlayStation Studios boss Hermen Hulst who added that the agency’s live-service video games could also be launched sooner than one yr publish launch.
Varied first-party titles have already been launched on PC, and these embody Days Gone, God of Struggle, and Marvel’s Spider-Man Remastered. Within the PC pipeline is Sackboy: A Huge Journey, Spider-Man: Miles Morales, and Uncharted: The Legacy Assortment.
Talking in an interview Julien Chieze (through VGC), Hulst mentioned it was “nice” for Sony’s studios to have their video games launched to PC because it has attracted extra gamers. However, whereas Sony is happy with how properly its video games are doing on the platform, it does not plan to launch its video games day and date on PC à la Xbox.
“I feel going ahead we’ll see a minimum of a yr between releases and on the PC platform, probably excluding live-service video games,” mentioned Hulst, noting that “dwell service video games are a little bit bit totally different,” as a result of they want a “robust group” and robust engagement from the second the sport goes dwell.
“So we would within the case of our dwell service choices go day and date with PC and the PlayStation platform,”: he mentioned.
Dwell service video games are one thing Sony is bullish on, as earlier this yr it mentioned it plans to launch 10 dwell service video games by 2026. In keeping with the corporate, the Bungie acquisition was partially made with a purpose to capitalize on the studio’s experience and applied sciences within the dwell service house.
