Not sure what they hope to achieve with that. They released their games a year or so after the Playstation version on PC so which PC gamer is supposed to buy a Playstation now without those games on PC anymore?

MS released their games day one on PC and on Playstation (also day one with some releases) which was obviously a sign for Xbox users that they can also play on PC or Playstation but those who play Playstation games on PC don't care too much about those franchises because they already have no problem to wait a year or more to play those Sony games. If they would be ultra fans they would already play on Playstation.

If there is enough games to play to yield a purchase, people will purchase. Not every PC gamer, but if like 5% of Steam users decide to invest in a console is already a huge win for Sony 

Good for Sony for making this decision. All gen long, people like to dunk on them for no exclusives and said they are ruining the value of their console.

Now that Sony made this decision, it should help create more console value for them. Then when they launch the handheld at some point they will get the portable player back as well in their ecosystem.

The data is in, people just are not buying enough of Sony's PC games. Time for a strategy shift.

At $30 a sale, which is a low ball, I am coming up with Sony making 1.2 billion from Steam...  not sure why that is consider "not buying."  Seems like some good money to me.  

Edit

Steam takes 30%, which I didnt factor in, given $30 per game is a highly conservative estimate.

Fordibben West sold nearly double than Zero Dawn? Doesn't sound likely. Where is this data from?

Google.  Hard to find a single site with numbers.  

I am skeptical of the numbers as well, I certainly wouldn't swear to the accuracy.  Especially spider man 2.  But either way, the point is Steam is providing Sony with a bare minimum of hundreds of millions.  

That 8.4M number was from PS5 first year, one year before it hit PC.

If it was selling 8.4M on PC Sony would hard pressed to never take it away from PC lol

Spiderman 2 sold 10M on PC?  FW at 8.4M? Where the hell are you getting this data?

Fair correction and the data is hard to find, but per Gamespot report:

"In total, the report said Sony's five top-selling PC releases on Steam have passed 43 million copies sold collectively. The gross revenue from these sales reportedly amounted to $1.5 billion. This includes $1.2 billion for Sony and Valve's cut of $350 million or more. "

I mean my overall point stands...  Sony is making over a billion from PC.  Which is why I don't trust this rumor tbh.  I would be shocked if Sony drops PC support, way too much in easy money.

I think those numbers are likely total sales, not just PC.  I can't find exact sales, at least not from sites I trust.  But there are tons of reports that Sony has made over a billion from Steam, so while the numbers lack accuracy, my point stands.