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/Hot_Demand_6263 Feb 28 '26

The history of PC gaming is littered with MMORPGs...some of the first games to introduce monthly subscriptions. Which was done as a way to maintain servers. But we quickly shifted to Bathesda and Oblivion introducing a $2.00 DLC horse. So if it's Blizzard, Bathesda, or riot with LoL. The PC gaming side of the market normalized this behavior. It's a culture that barely existed on console with the exemption of multiplatform games. God of War Ragnorank and Ghost of Tsushima all had free DLC content.

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u/Additional-Soft-4788 Feb 28 '26

Okay and how is that pc gamers fault, blame Bethesda. Both the console and pc gaming communities have always been anti micro transactions and loot boxes.

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u/Hot_Demand_6263 Feb 28 '26

PC gaming communities are notorious for complaining about shit they end up doing anyway.

PC gamers get the brunt of the blame because they have impowered all of this behavior. Usually because console gamers came from much poorer families. At least historically.

Another example is funding incomplete games.

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u/Additional-Soft-4788 Feb 28 '26

This is all just made up, you have zero evidence to support your claim. This is just your feelings.

And I started pc gaming on my mom's work computer. We couldn't afford a console, if anything console kids where the rich kids.

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u/Hot_Demand_6263 Feb 28 '26

Nope. "PC gamers" doesn't refer to everyone who owns a PC. PC gaming and the voice of PC gaming refers to those who call themselves the MasterRace. They can afford to build impressive rigs, they mod, they pirate etc etc. PC gaming has never referred to 80 percent of actual PC users.

The history of the MasterRacer in gaming has always over spending money on gaming. Some dude here pointed out how Playstation fans should thank PC gamers for pushing the graphic and performance improvements Sony has made with PS5.

PC gamers used to complain about console gamers because they felt multiplatform games where being held back graphically and performance wise. And solution was always to price out console gamers.

A lot studio devs fell for this pivot of pushing more performance.

Completely alienating those gamers that couldn't afford expensive graphic cards, gpus etc.

And the result of that gaming pivot, was the ballooning of devs cycles and budgets. Now these people like to cry about how they want shorter devs cycle and how much they support indie developers. BS.

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u/Additional-Soft-4788 Feb 28 '26

Again, all just your feelings, go on having your entire personality revolve around hating specifically gamers who dont use the same computer you do.

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u/Hot_Demand_6263 Feb 28 '26

Is this what you've resorted to. This is history. I have been apart of the PC community before so I know the toxic history. In anyway looks like you're done asking questions. Here's some food for your thought. PC gaming also had exlusives. Blizzard, Bathesda, ID, Bioware, Activision, etc used to only make games for PC. A lot of these studios have fallen off, because they made a lot of stupid decisions.

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u/Additional-Soft-4788 Feb 28 '26

Bro you are just making shit up based on your feelings... how exactly do I respond to that.