After the recent release of the two PlayStation 4 exclusives, Death Stranding and Horizon Zero Dawn, Sony has said that it plans to bring more PlayStation exclusive games on PC in the future.
In a full-year corporate report that was published, Sony talked about the profits the company has made in recent months, especially during the Covid-19 pandemic. The company has revealed that it has lost $876.3 million in just operation income because of the pandemic.
The decision to bring more exclusive games to PC makes sense now that the company has revealed its plans. To minimize losses in the current situation, Sony wants to target a growth in active users, which intents to do so by selling more Sony exclusive games on the PC platform.
Targeted outcomes include growth in active users, stronger retention and a shorter cash conversion cycle, from which expanded cash flow can be expected. We will explore expanding our 1st party titles to the PC platform, in order to promote further growth in our profitability.
What is interesting is that Sony has mentioned that it considers the PC market as its major competitor in the near term.
Competition from online PC games and players from other industries is expected to continue to intensify. The fundamental growth strategy will be to innovate and evolve the PlayStation Platform. To this end, SIE intends to make proactive investments to reinforce content IP, and work to raise brand value, foster communities and user engagement, while enhancing DTC services that get closer to users.
Although this may seem like very good news, it does not mean Sony will release any upcoming games immediately alongside with their next-gen console, the PlayStation 5. What it means is that they will explore into releasing the games on the PC platform after the games do their time on the console. However, there is another major PlayStation 4 title that is yet to come to PC, and it is God of War. Sony might already be working on the game to be ported on PC, but saying anything right is mere speculation.
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