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Dallinor on 30 May 2021
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PotentHerbs said:
zero129 said:

But i have a question do you honestly believe that Sony wont port any of their PS5 games such as Horizon 2 etc to PC until the end of the ps5 life?. At the end of the day the is only so many PS3/PS4 games they can use before they need to start porting newer games in them IP's. I expect Horizon 2 to launch on PC 1.5-2 years after its PS5 release. And thats the release dates i expect for any PS5 game Sony plans on porting to PC going forward is between 1 and 2 years.

A PS5 port in 1 - 2 years is extremely optimistic, considering Sony has a large back catalog of PS4 games they can use, & the inconsistent time period before something actually gets ported. So far, they aren't even porting multiple first party games in a single year.

But even if Sony start porting 2 - 3+ titles starting in 2022, they have no reason to port PS5 exclusives until they exhaust their PS4 catalog [a catalog spanning 7 years], unless their console model gets disrupted in the near term. 

I know its speculation on everyone's part, but I'd bet against this time frame. It is incredibly optimistic.

The game would still be selling millions of copies in it's second year. It seems 2-3 + years is far more likely as the impact of the game on hardware sales would have slowed, with newer big hitting releases taking the spot. The title would also have had a chance to sell the majority of it's front loaded sales by then, and then it can be spun off to the PC for easy cash.

2-3 years would also put a franchise essentially an entry behind at PC level, if Sony's goal of faster development time for sequels develops.