«It made sense»: the former head of PlayStation spoke sharply about exclusive games
Виталий Гущинский
If PlayStation still refuses to release its games on PC, then this could be a serious blow to the company's finances. Giving up exclusivity helps pay for expensive projects. This was stated by the former head of PlayStation Studios Shuhei Yoshida.
Recently, there have been many rumors that Sony is planning to greatly reduce the release of its games on PC. We are most likely talking about single story projects. In a recent interview, Shuhei Yoshida expressed doubt about the correctness of this approach.
«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».
Yoshida believes that PC releases do not affect console sales. Moreover, the expansion of the audience brings PlayStation more money to create new games. At the same time, the former head of PlayStation Studios understands that some Sony fans don't like losing exclusives.
«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».
It is worth noting that Sony has not officially announced a reduction in PC releases, however, this was reported by reputable insider Jason Schreier. Shuhei Yoshida stressed that if Sony does decide to take such measures, «it's going to be interesting how they are able to maintain the investment on the big budget games on first party side».
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