Sony Reverses Course On PC Ports For Big First‑Party PlayStation Games

Sony is stepping away from its recent PC push for major first-party PlayStation titles, effectively returning to a PS5-exclusive strategy for its flagship single-player games, according to reporting from Bloomberg’s Jason Schreier.

The shift marks a reversal of the approach Sony adopted in 2020, when it started bringing some of its most recognizable PlayStation games to PC via platforms like Steam.

Sony’s modern PC experiment began in earnest when Horizon Zero Dawn arrived on Steam in 2020. That was followed by several high-profile ports, including:

• The Last of Us Part I
• Ghost of Tsushima
• God of War Ragnarök
• The Marvel’s Spider-Man games

Those releases suggested that Sony was steadily embracing a multi-platform strategy, at least on a delay, treating PC as a secondary home for its biggest franchises after a period of console exclusivity.

That trajectory now appears to be changing. According to Bloomberg’s report, upcoming first-party single-player titles such as Ghost of Yotei and Housemarque’s Saros are planned to launch only on PS5, with no PC versions announced.

Bloomberg’s sources indicate that this shift is specifically aimed at what have become PlayStation’s tentpole single-player epics – the kind of prestige, story-driven games that have defined the brand since the PS4 generation. Going forward, those blockbuster titles are described as unlikely to receive PC ports.

This doesn’t mean every Sony-backed game is being locked to PS5. Anonymous sources told Bloomberg that Sony-published online and live-service titles will stay multi-platform as planned. That includes:

• Marvel Tokon
• Bungie’s imminent Marathon

In addition, Hideo Kojima’s Death Stranding 2 which launched last year as a PS5 exclusive is still expected to come to PC in 2026, as previously planned.

Behind the scenes, several factors are said to be driving Sony’s change of course:

• Underwhelming PC sales performance: Ports of PS5 games have generally arrived on PC at least a year after their console debut, and Bloomberg reports that sales on PC have been poor overall. That undermines the business case for continuing to invest heavily in delayed ports of big-budget single-player titles.
• Brand and hardware worries: Some people inside PlayStation told Bloomberg they fear that bringing PS5 games to PC could weaken the PlayStation brand and potentially hurt sales of future consoles.

The decision also stands in contrast to Microsoft’s current strategy. Later this year, Microsoft plans to launch first-party games like Fable and Forza Horizon 6 simultaneously on Xbox, PC and PS5. Sony’s move effectively puts it closer to Nintendo’s long-standing model, where blockbuster franchises such as Mario, Zelda and Pokémon remain tightly bound to Nintendo hardware.

Bloomberg’s report further notes strategic concerns around the next generation of Xbox hardware. The next Xbox is expected to be a Windows-powered PC-style machine, which could be able to run Steam and other PC launchers. One implication: if Sony’s games continued arriving on PC, some future Xbox owners might be able to play PlayStation titles on rival hardware via those PC storefronts. The report suggests Sony may be acting now to prevent that scenario.

There is already some frustration within Sony, according to Bloomberg’s account, that players can run existing Steam-based PlayStation ports on Windows devices branded under the Xbox umbrella, such as the ROG Ally X handheld.

For now, Sony has not publicly confirmed or detailed this policy shift. A PlayStation spokesperson declined Bloomberg’s request for comment.

Bloomberg notes that Sony could change its mind again, but at this point, the company’s big-budget, narrative-driven PS5 exclusives appear set to remain just that exclusive to PS5 while online-focused titles and select projects like Death Stranding 2 continue to reach PC.