For næsten to måneder siden begyndte rapporter at dukke op, der hævdede, at Sony overvejede drastisk at skære ned på deres PC-udgivelser af PlayStation-spil. Frem for alt blev det sagt, at singleplayer-titler var i fare, men uanset hvordan man ser på det, betyder det færre potentielle købere og dermed muligvis lavere indtægter.
Nu kommenterer den tidligere Sony- og PlayStation-direktør Shuhei Yoshida, som forlod Sony i 2024 efter 31 år, denne beslutning, og han er ikke overbevist om, at det er den rigtige vej at gå. I et interview med Back Pocket siger han:
"When I was working on the game development side first party at PlayStation, from a strategy standpoint we were not allowed to bring our AAA games to other platforms like PC. But as game development scale and investment became larger and larger, it just made sense to me that in the PS5 generation they started to move their big games to PC."
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Selvom der måske har været klager fra fans, mener Yoshida ikke, at PC-spillene har påvirket PlayStation-salget overhovedet, og han mener, at de ekstra indtægter har hjulpet med at finansiere nye spil:
"Some vocal small number of consumers complain when they see PlayStation first party games are ported to PC, but I do not think that really affected adoption of PlayStation hardware like PS5 in any way. Releasing games on PC after a couple of years must have helped recoup the investment of these big budget games and helped the team and the company to reinvest that money into their new games. So from a business standpoint, I think it made sense."
Det skal bemærkes, at Sony selv ikke har meldt noget ud om at nedskalere PC-udgivelserne, selvom kilden er så pålidelig, som det kan blive i sådanne tilfælde, da Jason Schreier anses for at være meget troværdig og sjældent tager fejl.
Men hvis de vælger denne vej, siger Yoshida, "it's going to be interesting how they are able to maintain the investment on the big budget games on first party side."
Hvad er din holdning til det? Bør Sony skære ned på PC-spil, eller er det en win-win for alle?