I would be shocked that low revenue is the reason why Sony is pulling back from PC. I rather suspect it’s optics tied to brand value rather than purely dollar value from a second platform
The PC version of every single Sony title runs better than on original hardware. The reasons for this are numerous, but it looks pretty bad for hardware sales if the software you design, running on the hardware you designed is the inferior experience.
On top of that, it’s a cold reality that piracy is simply easier on PC than console. The numbers here are probably not enough to matter for purely accounting reasons, but execs like it if that number goes down.
In the Japanese domestic market, consoles are king by far. It’s better than when I came a decade ago, but PC Gaming is still an expensive, niche hobby here. I don’t know what percentage of their market and revenue are domestic vs. foreign and if that matters, but I can’t help but think they looked at the domestic market a lot when deciding to do this.
I would be shocked that low revenue is the reason why Sony is pulling back from PC. I rather suspect it’s optics tied to brand value rather than purely dollar value from a second platform
The PC version of every single Sony title runs better than on original hardware. The reasons for this are numerous, but it looks pretty bad for hardware sales if the software you design, running on the hardware you designed is the inferior experience.
On top of that, it’s a cold reality that piracy is simply easier on PC than console. The numbers here are probably not enough to matter for purely accounting reasons, but execs like it if that number goes down.
In the Japanese domestic market, consoles are king by far. It’s better than when I came a decade ago, but PC Gaming is still an expensive, niche hobby here. I don’t know what percentage of their market and revenue are domestic vs. foreign and if that matters, but I can’t help but think they looked at the domestic market a lot when deciding to do this.