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Sony hopes to entice PC players to PS5 by releasing ‘tentpole’ games for console first
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this post was submitted on 31 May 2024
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What makes me think that the PS5 isn't growing how they need to is because they've admitted it with their words and actions. Their margins are thinner, they're not moving as many consoles as they'd expect to at this point in the generation, and they felt the need at all to put their games on PC when they never did before. "Struggling" is the wrong word, but the console business model as it's existed for decades no longer works like it once did.
I'm not talking about number of PCs compared to number of consoles. I'm saying the same game sells more on PC now when it used to sell way more on consoles. Maybe there are a few stragglers that still do better on consoles, but they're rare now. Your number of active users for PSN includes PS3 and PS4 users. I'm included in those PS4 users, and my PlayStation only plays Hulu these days.
The strategy I'm predicting they'll change, despite this PR statement is that PC releases will come out closer to the console version than they do now, and they'd be crazy to do anything else in the wake of Helldivers. Temporary management in the wake of Jim Ryan even said they were going to do this.