Sony does not recognize Microsoft as a direct threat to its games business.
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The company even went so far to sell their games on Steam, so it is even willing to share revenue with Valve and pay commission to get access to the biggest PC market.ģ. Sony has so much confidence in its PlayStation brand that it feels it can expand its sales boundaries beyond its line of consoles. Sony is not afraid to break the assumption that exclusivity will make or break a console launch. The huge market on the PC has not yet migrated to the PlayStation ecosystem or has no intention to, but is still very interested in playing Sony's first-party games, and Sony understood that.Ģ. These numbers tell us four important facts.ġ.
Recent news that Sony will release Spider-Man (a game from September 2018) and Spider-Man Miles Morales (November 2020) on PC is probably where it will expect to generate the bulk of that $300 million revenue. Keep in mind that near half a billion dollar revenue comes from games that are best categorized as "catalogue." For example, in the chart above the three games listed released on the PS5 in February 2017 (Horizon Zero Dawn), April 2018 (God of War) and April 2019 (Days Gone). That is almost half a billion dollars it otherwise would not have made if the company decided "for the benefit of the PlayStation brand" to keep their games exclusive to the PlayStation console. In the last three years, Sony will expect to make $415 million in PC game sales alone. Below is a chart from Sony which shows PlayStation game revenue on PC during the last three years. They say a picture paints a thousand words and nothing spells success than an upward trending sales graph. In the latest presentation to investors, Jim Ryan announced up to ten new live service games will be in development by the Spring 2026 - but it is with PC games that Sony have added some flesh to their financial modelling. Today Sony is looking to complement and, some may fear, supplement, first-party narrative games with more "live services" games. Apart from the fact keyboard and mouse was not supported, the quality of the streaming was sub-par even with a strong 30Mbs broadband download speed.
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Although PS Now had PC access via a streaming solution and games controlled with a PS4 controller, the addition of a PC solution was not ideal. Sony's PlayStation business strategy is changing.ĭuring the PS4 generation, Sony's strategy was to double down on releasing quality first-party narrative games and offering its customers access to catalogue games with its PlayStation Now service.
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