Sony says its PlayStation games won’t release on PC for “at least a year”

PlayStation Studios head Hermen Hulst has revealed Sony’s first-party PlayStation releases will likely take “at least a year” to make the jump to PC, although live-service games might come sooner.

Sony confirmed it was exploring bringing its first-party PlayStation exclusives to PC in March 2020, announcing that Horizon: Zero Dawn would lead the charge – although Hulst noted at the time that “releasing one first-party AAA title to PC doesn’t necessarily mean that every game now will come to PC” and that it didn’t have plans to follow Xbox’s lead with day-and-date PC releases.”

Since then, following the successful launch of Horizon: Zero Dawn on PC, the number of titles joining the platform has continued to grow. Days Gone, God of War, and Marvel’s Spider-Man Remastered have already made the jump, with Spider-Man: Miles Morales, Uncharted: The Legacy Collection, and Sackboy: A Big Adventure all confirmed to be on the way.

Despite that steady increase of releases, there’s been no indication that Sony intended to change its initial stance on day-and-date PC launches for its first-party PlayStation titles, and Hulst has now shared a little more information on the company’s thinking in this regard.

In an interview with Julien Chièze shared on YouTube (thanks VGC), Hulst explained, “It’s been really great for the teams to see their wonderful creations also being released on PC… there are more players and that’s really helpful.” But as for the expected timeframe for launches between platforms, Hulst said, “I think going forward we’ll see at least a year between releases on [Playstation] and on the PC platform, possibly with the exception of live-service games”.

Earlier this year, Sony said it planned to release 10 live-service games by the fiscal year ending March 2026. While specifics weren’t shared at the time, these are likely to include Bungie’s new franchise, code-named Matter, Naughty Dog’s The Last of Us multiplayer project, Deviation Games on its new PlayStation-exclusive IP, the new title from Jade Raymond’s Sony-owned Haven Studios, and the rumoured Horizon Zero Dawn multiplayer title.

How may of these will make the jump to PC remains to be seen, but earlier this year, Sony said it expects PC and mobile games will make up almost half of PlayStation’s overall game releases by 2025.