| haxxiy said: Sony is obviously setting themselves up to remove their games from Steam if they want to at some point (if their strategy changes or something). Remember they are free to do so, even from those who have 'bought' them. |
What? How would they do that?
Why would they do that? It would tarnish all the rep they built up in the last few years. The reasoning they made when they started releasing games on PC was bullshit (The one where they said to entice players to PS5). They are looking into this long term and Spider-Man 2's announcement yesterday solidifies that (alongside The Last of Us Part 1) - both of which were announced/released less than a year from the PS5 release date. Something that did not happen years ago when they started the PC porting.
Doing this would damage their plan to expand. Development costs especially for Playstation Studios is astronomical and C-suite execs want bigger numbers which is why their branching out to releasing their games on outside of Playstation. The same reason why Microsoft is releasing their games on PC as well.
If anything, they'll want to open up PSN through those regions that dont have them to fix the issue. There's likely logistics and laws which they are probably looking into that is preventing them from opening doors automatically.
Edit: I dont see them removing the games completely off of steam, if there is a need to remove a game from Steam - it would probably be similar to what happened to Ape Escape on PS5 - where they removed it but will likely release a new version of the game.
Last edited by BasilZero - on 20 October 2024
