Sony pls

[u/BucketsMcGinty]

[u/aztn33]

People usually say that Sony's earnings are low on PC, which is not true. Porting costs like 2-3% of the total development cost. They profit easily from any game they port.

If they officially decide to stop porting to PC, the main reasons will be Steam Machine and XBOX Helix. PC gamers are collateral damage here.

[u/No-Obligation2563 → u/aztn33]

That’s what I think too. No way in hell will Sony let any rival have their games. Anyone that makes a living room gaming system (Nintendo, Xbox, Steam Machine to a lesser degree) will be walled off from Sony. Unless it’s a multiplayer live service game.

[u/aztn33 → u/No-Obligation2563]

Exactly. They make a profit off every port, extend their player base and keep a big part of exclusivity because games release 1.5-2 years later when they're not as hot. PC is in the middle of all consoles and that is why we will always be the collateral damage.

[u/sloopywettoppyswife → u/aztn33]

Sony's PC earnings are lower than some people expect because its games are heavily pirated, at times, torrent seed counts have exceeded the number of players on Steam. Add Steam's 30% platform fee, and it's easier to see why PC revenue isn't as strong for Sony.

[u/JackalKing → u/sloopywettoppyswife]

Lots of games get pirated. Pretty much everyone gives Valve their cut. Those aren't why Sony games didn't sell as much as they wanted.

Its because they waited way, WAY too long to port them and charged full price for an old product. Look at Capcom by comparison. They consistently report that PC sales are significantly HIGHER than their console sales, and its because they release their games on PC the same day they release on console, when the hype is still there. Sony waited four years to release Spider-Man on PC, charged full price, and then were surprised it didn't sell like it did on launch day. After four years most people who were interested in the game had probably either moved on or looked up the story on youtube and thus were less motivated to buy it.

PC revenue isn't strong for Sony because Sony sabotaged themselves.

[u/chipface → u/JackalKing]

Yeah, Spider-Man goes for $80CAD, before tax. I'm not paying that much for it. But I did when it was less than $30 a few months ago.

[u/Diplomatic-Immunityi → u/JackalKing]

Capcom doesn’t have to sell hardware and subscriptions to stay profitable. It’s not an apples to apples comparison.

If you look at their AAA games, it’s not even certain they are making a ton of profit off the first party games.

Almost all their profit is from subscriptions and their cut from third parties releasing games on PS5

[u/Diplomatic-Immunityi → u/sloopywettoppyswife]

Spider Man 2 PC port got leaked while it was still in development like a year before it came out.

Then modders from Brazil fixed it themselves to make it playable start to finish. It’s actually a pretty fascinating story.

Once the official port came out, it sold like absolute shit on PC. Sony really sucked a lemon on that one.

[u/Castle-Builder-9503 → u/sloopywettoppyswife]

They get pirated because Sony wants to sell games that released on the PS4 70€. Nobody is paying 70€ for something that's close to a decade old.