PlayStation’s future suddenly looks a lot more unpredictable following reports of a step away from PC ports. Despite the gaming giant porting big titles, including The Last of Us Part 2, Spider-Man 2, and Ghost of Tsushima, to PC, it seems future games won’t be receiving the same treatment.
Following recent reports, many have argued that this shift has come about due to PC ports potentially cannibalizing PS5 sales. According to an analyst, however, this is not the case at all.
As per Circana’s Mat Piscatella on BSKY, PlayStation’s new strategy won’t ultimately do much to move the needle for PS5 sales. He argues that Sony’s strategy to preserve higher margins on consoles won’t be enough to persuade PC players to migrate to consoles.
The analyst points out that over half of PS5 players in the US were engaged in Fortnite last year, and a major game like Spider-Man 2 only accounted for 10% of engagement in 2025. In Ghost of Yotei’s case, the title ended up just below the top 10 PS5 games last year despite its PS5 exclusivity status.
This was a strong result, so the assumption that the game would eventually land on PC did not hurt in any tangible manner. Mat Piscatella says that these statistics show console numbers never suffered much due to PC. He believes this change is ultimately about Sony attempting to get rid of the 30% revenue share lost on PC, as opposed to the belief that the company is hoping to maximize hardware sales.
“Sales of the console were never noticeably or significantly impacted by the PC releases existing.” -Mat Piscatella
Anyhow, the future will be quite interesting for both platforms. With the Steam Machine also on the horizon, perhaps PC gamers will flock towards Valve’s hardware to fulfill their console experience needs, even if the system does not support PlayStation titles in the future.
