Last week, it was reported by various insiders that PlayStation appears to be changing its approach to handling PC ports of its first-party titles. Over the years, we've seen PlayStation games like God of War, Marvel's Spider-Man, The Last of Us, and many others, that didn't want to integrate themselves into the PlayStation ecosystem.
However, both reliable insider Net The Hate and Bloomberg reporter Jason Schrier have claimed that PlayStation has now changed its plans to keep its single-player titles only on its consoles. In a new report from the latter, Schreier claims that Ghost of Yotei and PlayStation titles planned for release in 2026, like Saros and Marvel's Wolverine, won't be coming to PC anytime soon.
The specter of a Yotei PC port has also been scrapped
According to the report, multiplayer games like Marvel Tokon and Marathon are expected to launch on multiple systems going forward, possibly due to the huge success of Helldivers 2. Titles already promised to be released on PC, such as Death Stranding 2 and the recently announced Kena: Scars of Kosmora, will still launch, but after that, only single-player titles from PlaySt will be owned.
Schreier then goes on to claim that Sony's plans are changing so constantly that plans for a Ghost in the Shell Yotei PC release were scrapped in recent weeks, along with other internally developed PlayStation games. This suggests that PlayStation's plans have recently changed, although exactly why is still a mystery.
With Bluepoint Games discontinued, I have officially lost all faith in PlayStation
Bluepoint Games has been discontinued since Sony acquired the studio several years ago.
One possibility is that PlayStation's single-player offerings haven't sold very well on Steam recently, with the innovation somewhat muted. Horizon Forbidden West and God of War: Ragnork sold much worse than their predecessors despite the very short gap between their PlayStation and PC releases.
It's possible that Sony doesn't think it's worth sacrificing the benefits of the revenue feature built into Steam, and according to Schrier, people inside PlayStation are worried that releasing exclusives on PC is starting to hurt the console's brand.
There is also another console to consider, the Xbox. It's been rumored for a while that Xbox's next big project is a system that essentially runs like a PC, allowing players to access multiple storefronts like Steam. If that's true, you could easily access PlayStation games by buying an Xbox, and that's probably not an idea that Sony is too keen on.
Whatever the reason, it's a shame that fewer people get to experience PlayStation games, because ultimately that's what exclusivity is all about. It's nice to get some of PlayStation's biggest blockbusters on Steam, and there's a chance Sony will change its mind, but for now, don't expect to play big, single-player PlayStation games on PC anytime soon.
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October 2, 2025
- ESRB
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Mature 17+ / Blood and gore, drug references, intense violence, language, partial nudity, use of alcohol
- Publisher(s)
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Sony Interactive Entertainment
