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PlayStation Studios Removes Nearly All PC References From Websites

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Submitted ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩ by ⁨inclementimmigrant@lemmy.world⁩ to ⁨games@lemmy.world⁩

https://gameobserver.com/playstation-studios-removes-nearly-all-pc-references-from-websites/

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  • TheAlbatross@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Hey Sony, I am never gonna buy a PlayStation, but I will buy anything almost anything from Kojima Productions at full price for PC.

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    • Thatuserguy@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Regardless this is a dumb decision. I guarantee they were raking in free cash from the ports. If this is a move to try to move more hardware, they’re sorely mistaken if they think I’m just gonna go buy a PS5 or even the upcoming PS6 over this

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      • SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        It wasn’t free cash, since the ports cost money to make … but they are throwing money away, especially with all the money down the hole on Ghost of Yōtei.

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      • jackal@feddit.uk ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        It’s because the next Xbox is basically a PC and they’d rather turn away money than see PlayStation games on an Xbox.

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      • CriticalMiss@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        They just aren’t making money from them like they used to. You can’t expect to port a game to PC 2 years after it releases, spend $0 on advertising and then say “mhmm, this pc thing isn’t working out, no one’s buying our games”. Check the Steam charts for their last few ports, they’re resembling a flat line. If they dropped the game on PC day 1 they would’ve made more money on PC sales, which is a terrible precedent for them, as it means that the age of the console has come to an end. Luckily, some of Sony’s biggest partners already realized that:

        bloomberg.com/…/capcom-targets-smartphone-gamers

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      • Pika@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        I don’t think their intent is to have you go buy a PS5, I think their bigger intent is preventing it on Xbox hardware.

        I think Xbox’s claims that all PC games will be available on the new system is a big reason for them to not allow it on PC, they have been a firm “We don’t want this on Xbox”, and they can’t uphold that with Project Helix’s claims that it runs PC games.

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    • ampersandrew@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Well, I definitely wasn’t going to buy a PlayStation 5 when it was $500, but now that they’ve stopped putting out versions of their games on PC that run better than PlayStation versions, and now that the console costs $650, I’m definitely enticed to buy one!

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    • FartMaster69@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Maybe if they lowered prices instead of raised them…

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    • nfreak@lemmy.ml ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      My PS5 is just a Warframe box for the living room when I don’t feel like using my Deck, and I plan to essentially replace it with a Steam Machine down the road (sure I could just set up my own linux box there but the form factor is a huge motivator).

      I think I use the thing for other games like once every few years. Death Stranding 2 is the only one I bought that comes to mind, Yotei was a gift. This isn’t going to encourage me to buy more of their games because this console is going in the closet soon enough.

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      • cenariodantesco@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        i like your style, freak

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    • Cethin@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      I don’t remember, but I think KJP is independent. They just signed a contract with Sony for money for DS/DS2. I don’t know, but I somewhat doubt they’d agree to total PS exclusivity. I think their games do pretty well on PC.

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    • Regrettable_incident@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Yeah, I won’t be buying a playstation, but I’ll definitely buy the next naughty dog game if I have a device that can run it.

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    • rakzcs@piefed.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Damn how much Death Stranding sucks. Both games a waste of time. The second one less, but still flawed in many ways.

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  • scrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.tech ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    So, not defending them because it’s still a stupid choice, but their reasons were not because PC bad, but because Xbox announced their “Play PC games on the next Xbox”. Meaning Microsoft’s next console could play PS games now (if they bought the PC version). Sony doesn’t want their rival console to play their games, so they revoked it.

    I still think it’s stupid, exclusives are stupid, but that’s the actual reason before many more people claim that sony hates PC players. (I mean they do, but not for the reason you think)

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    • mushroommunk@lemmy.today ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Except do we actually know how the Xbox/PC thing will work? Are we sure it will be able to run all games and isn’t just their plan to push game streaming?

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      • scrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.tech ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        Nothing concrete, but their stated goal is to play any pc game on it, similar to what steam did with the deck. That was enough to scare off sony

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      • Bluegrass_Addict@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        does it matter? shouldn’t be giving money to these companies anyways. they don’t deserve it and will just screw you over again and again

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    • absquatulate@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      This would make sense if they hadn’t increased the price of their hardware twice in one year. To me it just looks like they started behaving like a monopoly (because they can, as xbox is in the shitter)

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      • garretble@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        Had the dumbshit U.S. president not shit out a bunch of tariffs along with every AI company buying up future stock of computer parts, I really don’t think Sony would have increased the price of these consoles.

        They know it’s a bad look to do so. Microsoft also had to raise prices on their consoles last year.

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      • paraphrand@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        Neither the price increases or the fact that Microsoft is giving up on a pure console are Sony’s fault.

        It’s still unfortunate that this is happening. PC is no longer neutral ground.

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    • illi@piefed.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      I think there were rumors even before the Xbox announcement. People speculated it might be because of the Steam Machine, which could be considered a console.

      But yeah, I feel that Xbox cemented the decision.

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    • utjebe@reddthat.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      If that would be the case then they could have tried something funny like having their games running only on Linux.

      Of course power users would be able to get it running on Windows, but that would likely discourage Xbox folks.

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    • nutbutter@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      I think there must be other reasons. Death Stranding was released as PS exclusive but got an actual Xbox release some time after PC release. Also, Microsoft has also released many first party titles on PS5. Even the new Halo will be on PS5.

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      • paraphrand@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        I don’t think DS is first party? I might be wrong. It came to Macs and iPhones too.

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  • arcine@jlai.lu ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    If I can’t buy the games on PC I’m not gonna buy them at all. The PS5’s controller is cool I guess, except the only game using it correctly are Astro’s Playroom and Astro Bot… (which gives me flashbacks to Nintendo Land all over again)

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    • Rooster326@programming.dev ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      The controller is also D-Input and frankly - ruck that.

      Xinput has existed as the standard since 2005.

      I used to like their controllers but fuck that, I ain’t buying a set that only works on 1 console.

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      • arcine@jlai.lu ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        It works pretty well on Linux for me, but I’m really waiting for the Steam Controller because that trackpad is just kinda trash compared to what Valve makes x) also I need more back buttons, the DualSense Edge has only two and the placement isn’t great

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    • galbraith@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      I miss the days of playing Nintendo land with my college friends.

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      • arcine@jlai.lu ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        6-people on the Animal Crossing game is peak gaming (two on the gamepad) 😯

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    • iamthetot@piefed.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      using it correctly

      I’m not entirely sure what you mean here, as I think a lot of games use it well. I do wish more games would though. The adaptive triggers are so fucking cool.

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      • arcine@jlai.lu ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        Can you tell me which games so I can try them ? ☺️

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  • flux@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Sony was always the “exclusives” company. For the PS5 I believe they outsold the Xbox equivalent all most 2:1 but I think that is because more and more people have gaming PCs. I still can’t believe PS5 sold something like 90 million! I think Sony is fighting a losing battle now steam is pushing for agnostic hardware and I only see Sony continuing this business model with exclusives that will never come to PC. Right now they are doing the math to determine what it would take to get the average person to buy a new PlayStation vs how much they made from Sony pc sales. It’s going to get harder every year with less developers going totally exclusive and the component cost increased. I’m guessing they will use the same model for ps6. Sell the consoles based on excluses then wait a few years once the console sales dip and move them over to PC. Steam machine is a real wildcard here.

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    • SirIglooi@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Sony was always the “exclusives” company Cough cough nintendo cough cough

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    • nekusoul@lemmy.nekusoul.de ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Yeah, I really hope these are just the death throes of a slowly crumbling market segment (walled garden consoles).

      Not only has the Steam Deck already blown a small crack into the almost entirely propietary handheld market, so much so that there’s now even a (niche) market with a bunch of different devices competing, but I also wonder what happens once the Steam Machine and whatever is happening with the next Xbox.

      I’d usually be the last to root for Microsoft, but if their next device is really something more akin to a PC, then I wish them the best. That said, anything shipping with Linux, e.g. Steam Machines would still be my preferred choice of course.

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  • osaerisxero@kbin.melroy.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Yes, but see, it didn't make all of the money.

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    • scrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.tech ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      It was Xbox. Their “You can play anything on the next xbox” made Sony pissed, and that’s ultimately why they scaled it back.

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      • mycodesucks@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        “Next X-Box.”

        Imagine changing your business plans to react to the gas escaping from a bloated corpse.

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      • borari@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        Ah. This actually makes some sense of this decision. It seemed weird they would pivot so hard backwards, but yeah.

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  • commander@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Sony doesn’t even release that many games anymore. Games take half a decade plus to make and I’ve lost interest in Sony’s superhero movies with interactive elements

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  • SPRUNT@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    When you can’t compete, you restrict.

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  • Switorik@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Surely this won’t backfire. I’m happy I never bought a ps5 and now I know I won’t buy a ps6 out of principle.

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  • Ledivin@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    I haven’t played my PS5 in many months, and have no motivation to get a PS6 for $1000 or whatever they end up on. It’s sad to see Sony games go, because I have and absolutely would continue to get them on PC, but there’s literally no chance of me buying another one of their consoles.

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  • Axle182@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    The only PlayStation Studios games I’ve been interested in are the Spider-Man games.

    I have coworkers discussing exclusives in tones where they’re clearly trying to make me jealous, and I’m just fine with my games

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    • krisevol@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      I tell them they paid $800 to play a couple of games and that is crazy to me.

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    • vaultdweller013@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Also that argument isn’t really as great as it was in the PS3 or PS2 era where a lot of games either didn’t come out on PC, had weird versions, or ran like shit for no reason. Plus I can play a game released in 1996 one minute and then switch to a game released in 2026 since PC is basically universally backwards compatible.

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    • Damage@feddit.it ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Horizon Zero Dawn and Days Gone were quite good

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      • chris@l.roofo.cc ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        I’m still mad that they won’t do a sequelto days gone. I want closure!

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  • Whirling_Cloudburst@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Its a bad time to cut diversification when people will not be buying the new things like they used to because they cant afford them. I wish Sony the worst of luck.

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  • Onyxonblack@piefed.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Lol goodbye

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  • rljkeimig@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Sucks, I was excited for the eventual release of Wolverine for PC in a few years, but now i will literally never play it, and that is okay.

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  • IEatDaFeesh@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    My console money is for the Steam Frame so nothing of value was lost. Most of their games can be watched through a let’s play series anyway.

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  • Prove_your_argument@piefed.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    I skipped the switch 2 despite heavily using the switch 1 for many years, and i’m planning on skipping future iterations of playstations as well. PC has usurped consoles for me entirely.

    Even couch gaming on linux is better than a console. I’m all set. The deck or it’s equivalents handles any handheld gaming I want to do and it’s trivial to stream locally if I don’t want to have a gaming computer near my tv.

    Oh, and i’ve ditched microsoft controllers to. 3rd party quality is phenomenal nowadays and it’s not limited to any one brand. I have this flydigi and 8bitdo stuff that all feel amazing and are more reliable than microsoft’s own. It’s so nice not being dependent on overpriced garbage!

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  • kittenzrulz123@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Personally I don’t really care for PlayStation games

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    • nutbutter@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Please consider trying Death Stranding.

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      • TheAlbatross@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        Both Death Stranding games are way better then they have any business being and I love em

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      • Bluegrass_Addict@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        nah, I’ll still to indie devs on PC and not pander to a failing company that makes aaaaaa slop

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      • Agent_Karyo@piefed.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        Great game, but the PC port UI is comically bad and lazy. It so bad on 32 inch monitor.

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  • SCmSTR@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Never gonna get bloodbourne on pc now.

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    • GrantUsEyes@piefed.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      You can emulate it tho.

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      • SCmSTR@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        Is PS3 emulation good finally?

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    • psx_crab@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Someone probably are very close to getting Bloodborne on PC, Sony just have to do everything to stop it from happening.

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  • ParadoxSeahorse@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Love to see them come to steam (all platforms) instead

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  • TwinTitans@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Good. Should never have wasted the time doing it to begin with.

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    • andicraft@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      yeah!!! i’m so mad that more people are able to play these cool games! they should have never tried to have a bigger audience smh

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      • TwinTitans@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        They are a console manufacturer, a platform holder. It makes absolutely no sense to put your proprietary IPS on other platforms when you’re trying to sell your platform and system. It’s the entire reason that Nintendo still exists. Look at Microsoft, how many more nails in that coffin can possibly be put in it.

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  • Regrettable_incident@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    I think the next naughty dog game will be on playstation. I’ll be sorry to miss it, but not enough to buy the console.

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  • KingThrillgore@lemmy.ml ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Instead of “little money” they’re going for no money. Bold move.

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  • dunestorm@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Sony never learned that most PC gamers are not interested in consoles. It’s going to hurt Sony in the long run by cutting the player base that is able to purchase their games.

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