Hermen Hulst from PlayStation Studios, confirmed that upcoming live-service games for PS4 and PS5 will be out on day one on PC. Hulst’s statements are part of a recent interview in which the executive reiterated the company’s intention to diversify PlayStation with continued expansion into the PC, Mobile and live-service games sectors.
Sony’s investment in PC gaming has been a bit slow compared to Microsoft’s, but it seems the company is betting everything on the platform. Over the past couple of years, major PlayStation exclusives like God of War, Horizon Zero Dawn and Marvel’s Spider-Man have launched on Steam and the Epic Games Store, and more titles are on the way. However, one obstacle to the enjoyment of PlayStation titles on PC was the delay between console and PC release. Most of the games that have received a PC version have arrived with an interval of several years since their initial launch on PlayStation. But that gap will narrow as Sony continues to invest in the PC platform.
As for PlayStation’s upcoming live-service games, the gap between console and PC versions will disappear. In a recent interview, Herman Hulst stated that the company’s 12 live-service games under development will all be launched on day one PC. While this is great news for PC gamers, it doesn’t mean single player games will follow the same trend. Hulst says live-service titles should be out on day one on PC due to the strength and engagement of the player base, but confirms that single-player games will arrive at least a year away from console releases.
The expansion of PlayStation into live-service games is a recent development for the company, which Hulst says has had little success in the past. Sony’s recent acquisition of Bungie shows that the company is serious about finding success in this space, and the number of players is critical to success.
PlayStation’s relationship with the PC platform is only getting stronger and it seems the company is starting to favor software sales over hardware, as it will continue to publish games on PC. In the past couple of years, big PS4 hits have come to PC, and now some big PS5 games are rumored to be on the way too, like Returnal and Horizon Forbidden West.
Source: Gamerant.
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