Sony is planning to bring more of its PlayStation games to PC. First up will be Days Gone this spring, Sony president and chief executive officer Jim Ryan told British GQ. Developer Bend Studio also confirmed the news via Twitter, adding: “Stay tuned for more details.”
Ryan explained to GQ that the decision to bring more PlayStation exclusives to PC was “fairly straightforward”, noting the appetite for the company’s first-party content on PC.
Ryan said, “We find ourselves now in early 2021 with our development studios and the games that they make in better shape than they’ve ever been before. Particularly from the latter half of the PS4 cycle our studios made some wonderful, great games. There’s an opportunity to expose those great games to a wider audience and recognise the economics of game development, which are not always straightforward. The cost of making games goes up with each cycle, as the calibre of the IP has improved. Also, our ease of making it available to non-console owners has grown. So it’s a fairly straightforward decision for us to make.”
As for the Horizon Zero Dawn launch, Ryan said there wasn’t a “massive adverse reaction” from PlayStation fans to seeing the game on PC, and it seems to have done well there, though Ryan didn’t offer any specifics. Ryan added it’s easier as well to make PS games available to non-console owners, making it “a fairly straightforward decision for us to make.”
It’s still unclear which other PlayStation titles might make the jump to PC.
