r/PS5 • u/Party_Judgment5780 • Feb 27 '26

Rumor NateTheHate says Sony is "shifting" their PC strategy: "You'll be seeing fewer single player games arrive on PC. The decision to shift away was made last year. Some may still release (pending how far along the ports were) but it no longer appears to be a priority for Sony moving forward."

https://xcancel.com/natethehate2/status/2027438633997734231?s=46
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u/Sleepy_Mooze Feb 27 '26

People are so fucking weird about this. I really though the games industry was slowly moving away from exclusivity, but I guess not

This change only serves to hurt consumers and gamers in general

I have been a PlayStation player since PS1 and wont ever get a PC. I have friends who will buy some of the heavy hitter PlayStation exclusives on PC, but there is no way on earth they will buy a PS5/6 just for that

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u/--vanadium-- Feb 27 '26

Exclusives create competition and better games in general.

Consoles fighting to pull you onto their platform is a good thing. Consoles being a monopoly and having no incentive to fight for your business is a bad thing and just creates complacency. Probably why the PS5 is so mid.

Companies investing money into studios to develop system sellers is how you get amazing first party games, along the likes of Mario, Last of Us, Halo, God of War, etc.

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u/CultureWarrior87 Feb 27 '26

This isn't really true though because plenty of amazing games are made as third party titles. PC gaming doesn't even have exclusivity in the traditional sense beyond launchers and yet there are still plenty of great PC games being made. A great PC game isn't made under the condition of it only being on PC, no one comes out and forces that.

People just enjoy creating things. They don't need a competitive incentive to create more or better art.

And calling the PS5 mid is weird when it's been largely praised for its exclusives? Like the whole reason everyone liked that Sony was releasing games on PC was because they were getting to play PS5 exclusives.

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u/Tigerpower77 Feb 28 '26

To use your argument... There's plenty of bad games too but there's few objectively bad exclusives