PlayStation Boss Reveals Why Sony Doesn’t Release Most PS5 Games On PC Day-And-Date [Video]

Repeating what he originally said in 2022, PlayStation boss Hermen Hulst said during Sony’s latest business update briefing that Sony will not launch most of its first-party “tentpole” titles to PC at the same time as they come to PlayStation 5. The exception here is for live-service titles, which is something Hulst also made clear years ago. Microsoft, on the other hand, launches many of its first-party games on Xbox and PC at the same time, and also as day-one releases on Game Pass.

“We have a dual approach here. On the live-service side, we are releasing our titles simultaneously, so day-and-date on PlayStation 5 and PC. But with our tentpole titles–our single-player, narrative-driven titles that are the backbone of what PlayStation Studios has delivered in recent years and in our history–we take a more strategic approach,” Hulst, the new co-CEO of Sony Interactive Entertainment, …