The Japanese giant, however, appears to be doubling down on the strategy. In response to ferocious feedback from PC players, it recently announced that it’ll make PSN logins optional in single player games, and incentivise the process by offering free content to those who connect their accounts.
Meanwhile, the PS Blog is filled with disgruntled fans who feel the existence of PC ports is devaluing the PS5, as the system has far fewer “true” exclusive games now compared to previous PlayStation platforms.
Sony, in response, has argued that in order to improve the reach of its titles, it needs to release them on PC. The theory is that it can continue to profit from costly software that’s already been successful on PS5, and hopefully pick up new fans along the way.
But even with specialist studio Nixxes on deck, the quality of its conversions has been inconsistent at best, and it is starting to feel like the “sloppy seconds” being served up on Steam are no longer having the same impact they initially had – even with dramatically shrinking turnaround times.
Should Sony continue to bring PS5 exclusives to PC? (330 votes)
- Yes, but it needs to improve the quality of its ports47%
- Maybe, I’m not really fussed either way25%
- No, this strategy is devaluing PS5 for very little gain28%
How quickly should Sony port its games to PC? (315 votes)
- They should be available day and date on PS5 and PC27%
- They should be exclusive to PS5 for at least a year35%
- They should be exclusive to PS5 for longer than a year17%
- Sony shouldn’t port its games to PC at all21%
[source store.steampowered.com, via steamdb.info]
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