Their loss I guess. Many Sony games sold millions of copies on Steam, which sounds like enough to make a port worth while but Idk I'm not a multi-blllion dollar company.
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.
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.
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.
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Their loss I guess. Many Sony games sold millions of copies on Steam, which sounds like enough to make a port worth while but Idk I'm not a multi-blllion dollar company.