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Goomba on 08 March 2026

Sony didnt like its games on PC because by implication the next Xbox will also run PlayStation games, so Sony doesnt like the perspective "Why would I buy a PlayStation when I can buy a PC or Xbox that will run all the games?"



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Chrkeller on 08 March 2026

Yeah, if the next xbox supports Steam then putting Sony games on Steam would be awful.



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-Adonis- on 08 March 2026

Make sense.



twintail on 08 March 2026
Sogreblute said:

Day one releases will slightly hurt their console sales, but it's made up with the profits of their PC ports. If anything it will benefit Sony more. Lets say a small percent will buy a PS5 for the few exclusives it has, Sony would lose more money because that person wouldn't buy anything else on the system and not subscribe to PS+, no 3rd party sales, no microtransactions, etc. If Sony did day one releases and those people won't buy a PS5 anymore they still will get their money through their PC ports, and be able to sell to the millions of PC gamers that refused to buy a PS5. 

I don't think this is the demo that is important: it's the demo that moves away because they can get the exclusive day 1 on PC alongside their MP games, which provide a larger portion of the gaming pie. 

For Q325 financials, Sony made more money off mtx and services on console alone than they did physical and digital sales on console + everything from non Sony consoles. If exclusives sell to these MP folk (which they most obviously do), then keeping them is more important than losing them for a PC market (where they don't make anywhere near the same from mtx and services as they would their own hardware and ecosystem.