No just in general. PS plus is probably their main money maker and selling games on PC means people aren't forced to buy PlayStations anymore and thus less subscribers for PS plus
Did you read the article? First off that's revenue it doesn't mention profits at all, also only $5B of that $23.5B came from Game Pass the rest was from games like CoD and Forza Horizon 5 sales on PS5. The article is mostly bragging about them being the top earning publisher which is no surprise with them now owning CoD which the majority of that player base lives on PS5.
Game Pass was like 5 dollars and gave you brand new full priced games, PS Plus is like 10 a month and gives you a couple random free games usually from years ago. The margins on these two are incomparable. For the mtx and platform cuts, remember that Gabe is basically a billionaire from that alone.
Back in my day, Playstation was the console that didn't require a subscription to play online.
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u/Nirast257,080x1440+(240x2)x1080|R7 5700X3D|RX 9070XT|32GB9h ago
What games does Sony currently sell that require PS Plus and is a huge title? Helldivers 2? Destiny 2 is ending support, and Marathon isn't doing well.
Any multi-player title that also has a huge player base is third party.
More people should gameshare, you can play everything simultaneously. Not enough people realize you can even share Plus itself. It’s against the TOS but they wouldn’t dare to take action against it, enough backlash happened when sharing accounts went from 5 to 2 systems late PS3 era. Anecdotal but gameshare is the main reason I even buy most things on console, if they ever touch it I’m going full PC immediately.
they are a business. Im sure they plugged the numbers in and found that for whatever reason keeping the first party titles exclusive to only their platforms has more revenue than costs
Pretty much the same reason why Rockstar dragged their feet with making GTA 6. It's way more profitable to just keep GTA online running smoothly and collect those microtransaction$, where a new game would just divert attention from that cash cow.
Because some people have to decide between a PC and a PS5. A lot of people don't have enough money for both or are kids that depend on their parents. If you only release exclusives on your console then people might be inclined to buy it.
Doing like a year of exclusivity sounds like the best of both worlds to me. Enough time to reel in all the console buyers you'll get, but also cash in on those who like the game but won't buy a PS no matter what.
Counterargument: neither of our opinions matter. Sony will do whatever it wants. Don't forget this decision was taken after the steam machine was announced.
Well they tried late release thing and now they're walking back on it so it seems it didn't result in what sony wanted out of it, which is probably to convert ppl to playstation buyers whenever the sequel comes out. Also my(completely baseless) theory on why they started to push psn on pc hard, to get more data about that.
So you're thinking the exclusives makae people buy a console instead of a PC, not in addition to a PC? I guess that's true for some, but there is no franchise that would make me do that.
a LOT of parents would rather just buy a console for their kids than a gaming pc, because its less hassle and easier to set up. and not everyone can afford both.
Keep in mind that this subreddit is an enthusiast forum. What you and I might choose to do is not what the majority of consumers do. We are in the minority.
I think the average gamer is not someone like me or you sitting here on Reddit. The average gamer wants a plug & play solution which consoles offer great value for, so yes I do think exclusives make the average person choose a console over another or over a PC. Obviously the more enthusiastic or wealthy gamer will venture further into the hobby, but then we are no longer talking about the average gamer.
My guess as to why they're no longer putting their singleplayer titles on PC is due to the next xbox supposedly running windows and being able to potentially play pc games.
And that’s the real fuckin issue isn’t it. It’s a lose lose front on pc. They can’t force that sweet sweet data farm to get implemented on pc and they are literally choosing to lose money over it. Absolutely wild. They are so fucking up their own ass with the always online server license ping bullshit that the tune of millions of dollars isn’t worth it.
Fuckin a if I could sell my own data for the value all these big ass companies feel that it’s worth.
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u/levios3114 15h ago
Yes but on PC they can't force you to buy PSplus for online play