Former Sony executives say PC transplant is like printing money: money is fast to help new work development

2025-02-20 19:36:31|Myriagame |source：minecraft skins

Sony has ported many old games to PCs in recent years, and some PlayStation fans want to know why?Although PC ported versions such as "Horizon: Dawn of Zero" and "God of War" sell well, players' sense of freshness about it has been declining.The recently released "Marvel Spider-Man 2" PC version performed very badly and had many problems.

Recently, Sony Interactive Entertainment President Shuhei Yoshida was interviewed by foreign media Sacred Symbols. He revealed that during his tenure, he had promoted the porting of more first-party games to PCs, but this was not Sony's business model at that time.After Sony's strategic vision expanded, it began to realize the potential of releasing games on PC platforms such as Steam.

"There are many benefits of posting games on PC, and it can attract new audiences without consoles - especially in areas where consoles are not as popular. The idea is that these people might become some kind of game series," said Shuihei Yoshida.Fans of the series may decide to buy a PlayStation console when new works are available."

"This also adds additional revenue, because it's much lower to transplant to a PC than to make an original game. So it's like printing money. It helps us get higher in the game costs.Invest in new games under the circumstances.”

Yoshida Shuhei emphasized that in some countries, PC games are more popular than console games.If your game doesn't log on to the PC platform, it's almost impossible to achieve greater success.He pointed out: "For example, China is one of the largest PC game markets in the world. The console game market is growing but has a limited scale. To gain an audience in a country like China, it is crucial to publish games on PC. Therefore, II believe that the PC version can indeed attract new audiences.”

But some PlayStation fans also believe that Sony releases a PC port version that may weaken the appeal of PlayStation.After all, if you can play all the games on Steam, why buy a PS5?

In response, Yoshida Shuhei explained that many Sony games will not be ported to the PC after they are released on the console for several years.Therefore, those players with consoles are likely to have played the game before it was ported to the PC.

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