Long essay I cba to read all of it. Firstly it means nixxes will be freed up to remaster and remake older games as they have already been doing of late also means they are able to support songs other studios more as well.

Ultimately clearly Sony dont think there is value in releasing on pc or at least they feel that the negatives outweigh the positives and see doing so as detrimental to their console business else they wouldn't be making these moves.

No one really cares if playing the game on ps5 is your first choice or if you would rather wait and get it on pc. That ^ is exactly what Sony will want to avoid. They make most of their money out of third party titles sold on their hardware. If someone can only afford one console/pc for gaming they want it to be PlayStation and this is the best way to ensure that. Also with hardware now costing alot back like it did in early 2000s and 1990s, that makes a subsidised console perfectly placed to actually compete with pc for market share.

@Extermin8or3_ there is a 50% chance that nixxes gets shut down now brother rather than freed up to do other projects, just ask bluepoint which was the actual remaster and remake studio, I don't know why you are repeating what sony think lol I also know that's the reason they are probably choosing not to release future games on PC, but how exactly is it benefiting me the gamer like that guy above said "good" ? It's like hoping for a game like GTA6 and saying "good I hope it does not get any enhancements on the PS5 pro" and sony only focus on the Ps5 base version, just like gamers are still wanting a read dead 2 patch on ps5, why exactly do you think gamers want a 60 fps patch? its performance right, thats exactly the same reason I wanted the games to come on PC as well to eventually experience them on future hardware like 6090, 7090 etc at crazy high resolutions/ray tracing etc with all the bells and whistles.
Also I just pointed out that ps5 has outsold the ps3, do you know how many exclusives the ps3 had, I used to be a big ps3 fanboy back in the day it had like 50-60 exclusives, think really hard and tell me how many ps5 exclusives there are currently available as in games that you cannot play without buying a ps5 ? from top of my head all I can think of in terms of the big AAA games are 1) ghost of yotei 2) demons souls 3) astrobot , its literally 3 true large scale exclusives that one absolutely needs a ps5 to experience, and yet it sold 92 million consoles.

It harms Sony as piracy is everywhere on PC, gives people less reason to buy their consoles, and (in games with cross platform support) PC players often come with cheats. If it were my company, I wouldn't see the benefits worth the risks. They count their beans at the end of the night, they know what they're working with and what this experiment has done to their bottom line. With Microsoft trying to pull the "We'll make Xbox PC compatible" card, Sony was wise to nip that in the bud years before it could even become an issue.

If you build a console and choose to release your exclusive games on PC, you get people waiting for the PC release. No matter if you wouldn't release it on PC eventually, unless you'd communicate it.

If you build a console and choose to release your games exclusively to it, you build the so called ecosystem. Revenue starts coming from hardware, software, subs, MTX. All through your store. You know that of course, so I don't wanna lecture about it.

Now - Sony did know that before. You're right. But the return wasn't worth it, obviously, especially knowing Steam Machine and Helix will be coming.

Theoretically speaking - knowing both systems are coming, especially Xbox still being the direct competitor (no matter their strategy), why would you, and I mean you, develop e.g. The Last of Us Part 3 for hundreds of millions of dollars and let your competition run it on their machine?

The risk of losing hardware revenue, especially with every revenue tied to after the purchase, is just too big. And quite understandable.

And again - Sony releasing their games exclusively on Playstation has always been the status quo for the biggest portion in their running history.

I reject any entitlement coming from the PC community demanding or phrasing it like Sony are taking away a given.

Because it's not.

The loss is from people like me who have bought games for PS1/2/3/4 at least about 100+ games for each console per generation, I've only bought 5 PS5 games and haven't turned it on in 3 years. Why? Because I didn't agree with them putting games on PC, especially when they got pirated for the most part and I'm subsidizing it. I'm not the only person who basically then went offline with their PS5 in response to this. They have clearly noticed.

I'm not even sure I'll buy a PS6 primarily because they broke trust over exclusive software in an underhand way and they might do it again.

Also putting "live service" games on PC when console users have to pay a subscription breaks trust with the consumer too. Unless they address that balance I'll never play any multiplayer games from them.

@Jingsing if piracy was such a concern why does any publishing company like capcom/bethesda/ea/ubisoft/seg a/activison even release on PC , You don't think they factor that into the total profit/loss? Best example was something like Helldivers 2 which released on the same date on pc and ps5 and sold more than double the ps5 numbers so Pc players buy games too correct.

Also why would you take it so personally if they release your games on a totally different system ? that makes you mad for what, that they might get it for free ? Same as the movie example, so lets stop selling 4k blu rays because it might get pirated so instead we will only be mailing out dvds that only certain dvd players can play.

Also if you dont agree with Sony putting games on Pc and you mentioned not turning on your ps5 in 3 years where exactly do you play your games or on what system ? did you totally quit gaming over such a small thing or something, and in all honesty they don't care if you leave or stay, they will sell 100 million consoles with or without you so that's why I was saying that sony did not even really lose anything so far and is on track to overtake the ps4 so there have not been drones of people abandoning playstation over this.

@baptist

«Where is the actual loss in hardware that sony has suffered?»

How would we, both of us, really know?

Yet I do claim that going forward, looking at recently released Ghost of Yōtei, upcoming Saros, Wolverine and Intergalactic (probably not so much their games already released on PC, but still), that these mentioned games actually do carry the potential of selling additional hardware.

And again, at least that's my view, the impact of Xbox Helix and Steam Machine can't be underlined enough (really don't know why you can't see it?):

Sony has never faced TWO competitors that, right out of the box, would be able to run Playstation Studios games.

From Playstation's perspective: explain to me why you wouldn't worry about it and keep releasing your heaviest hitters on PC? Why would you do that? For what purposes?

One (!) single hardware unit sold draws SO much additional revenue. Losing one hardware unit being sold to PC, and not just "the" PC, but two new competing machine brands for only a software cut of only 70%, is simply irrational. And, even worse, losing a customer to Game Pass, instead of that customer subscribing to PS+.

... and, sadly though, another perspective, at least currently: building/buying a PC has become so expensive today (and it will only get worse imo), that a PS5 or even PS6 in direct comparison have the edge in price. Consoles always had it, ofc, but that edge gets more distinct the higher the prices go up, even if console prices do rise, too.

And again-again, a fact that you keep avoiding to even acknowledge?, Playstation games were always exclusive to Playstation. Nintendo are doing the same, by the way.