{"id":1900253,"date":"2026-04-24T11:03:53","date_gmt":"2026-04-24T08:03:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1900253"},"modified":"2026-04-24T11:03:53","modified_gmt":"2026-04-24T08:03:53","slug":"former-playstation-exec-wonders-how-sony-will-maintain-investment-in-first-party-games-without-releasing-them-on-pc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1900253","title":{"rendered":"Former PlayStation Exec Wonders How Sony Will Maintain Investment in First-Party Games Without Releasing Them on PC"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Former PlayStation exec Shuhei Yoshida has suggested that Sony will struggle to recoup the huge budgets invested in its first-party games without porting them to PC.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Yoshida \u2014 who previously led Sony Interactive Entertainment Worldwide Studios \u2014 spoke at ALT. Games<\/u><\/a> earlier this month, reflecting on Sony’s reported recent decision to pull back from PC releases when games have never cost more to make. <\/p>\n

“In PS4 days still we are making AAA games with big budget,” Yoshida said (thanks, Respawn First<\/u><\/a>). “I somehow felt the bigger the budget, the safer in some strange way. Creating bigger, better-looking games that people are asking for. In the past it kind of worked, you know, business wise. But in the last five or so years, publishers and developers must have realized that model may not be sustainable.<\/p>\n

“Releasing games on PC after a couple of years must have helped recoup the investment of these big budget games and help[ed] the team and company to reinvest that money into their new games,” he added, “So, from a business standpoint, I think it made sense for me.<\/p>\n

“If they were releasing new AAA games day one on other platforms, I don\u2019t think that\u2019s a good strategy for [a] platform holder like PlayStation. I\u2019m not seeing any proof of them changing their strategy this generation, but if they are changing its going to be interesting how they are able to maintain the investment on the big budget games on the first-party side going forward.”<\/p>\n