This and it will also offset high development cost for games as they become more expensive. Spiderman will be next.
The reason why Sony decided to tap into the PC Market
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This and it will also offset high development cost for games as they become more expensive. Spiderman will be next.
Gizmo_Duck
blathering blatherskite!
Give pc the stuff that doesn’t sell that well keep the big titles on PlayStation consoles
Spider-man sold over 20 million copies, i don’t see it happening
Spider-man sold over 20 million copies, i don’t see it happening
SymbolicOne09
All Star
I could see it happening 2 to 3 years after ps5 release... the games sell regardless
Makes sense. The average PS4/PS5 game cost more than a live action movie in Hollywood these days. The same reason why Square, Namco, and Capcom released their former Sony exclusive Ips to the Xbox 2008 onwards. Games with super high end graphics are literally bankrupting the studios
Jim Ryan interview.
PlayStation’s Jim Ryan: ‘We’re making a completely new VR format for PS5’
Fair enough. So releasing PlayStation games on PC was something that Sony PlayStation held back on for a long time. Now it sounds like you’re very much on that bandwagon. What changed?
I think a few things changed. 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.
Makes sense
PlayStation’s Jim Ryan: ‘We’re making a completely new VR format for PS5’
Fair enough. So releasing PlayStation games on PC was something that Sony PlayStation held back on for a long time. Now it sounds like you’re very much on that bandwagon. What changed?
I think a few things changed. 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.
Makes sense
Take It In Blood
Banned
I think another part of it is to promote an upcoming sequel by giving PC gamers the original in hopes that they'll cop a PS5 for the sequel
Gizmo_Duck
blathering blatherskite!
Yep, the same reason everyone is getting ratchet and clank for free
Yea I beat Ratchet and Clank last week...it was pretty damn fun and got me excited for the new game in June.
Gizmo_Duck
blathering blatherskite!
It’s honestly in my top 5 from last gen. I think people just needed a little more time to come back to the series after the long hiatus and the movie not being that great.