God of War coming to PC January 14, 2022

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Kyuu said:

Sogreblute said:

Oh I know there will be a few people who actually do get a PS4/5 for the sequels, but the vast majority will not bother at all. And there are those who will just get PS games on PC and not bother getting a PS5 even though they've owned previous systems. My point is what Sony is doing will not affect console sales or it will be just a fraction that it's not noticeable. Instead what they will see is their software sales are up.

But what you forget is the casual market is by far the biggest market. They don't care about exclusives, and will still buy the consoles. Your mindset is about the "hardcore" gamers which is literally a fraction of the entire video game market. They don't care about games going to PC, they will still buy the consoles.

With Sony's new approach, the majority will stick to their platform of choice, no one argued otherwise. But putting their games on PC day and date should have a significant impact on console sales. At least a dozen million players would move to PC.

Sony's exclusives are huge now and are an undeniable driver for sales. Taking out exclusives off PS5 would hurt its sales potential. Exclusive deals wouldn't exist if they don't affect hardware or subscription sales.

Quite the contrary it won't have much, if any negative impact on consoles sales. If anything this might actually drive up sales in the long term due to them opening up the games to a larger audience and give the games/franchises more exposure. Like the people who don't currently have PS console to play it on now have the chance to experience the first GoW. And might want to get a PS4 or PS5 when the Ragnarok releases.

Like I'm a primarily a PC gamer and I still get consoles for the exclusives. I'm sure as hell not waiting years to enjoy my hobby. To each to their own, going to double dip on this too once price drops :P