PlayStation Generated $700M Revenue From 1st Party Releases On PC & Other Platforms During 2023

Sony generated nearly $700M revenue from the release of first party PlayStation titles on PC and other platforms during fiscal year 2023.

[PrinceOfAnger]

Good, this means more games coming to pc, can't wait for Ragnarok!

[VenomUK]

If you look at a game like Genshin Impact and it made over $5 Billion in revenue since launch for one game and it doesn’t risk the studio, so it gives an insight into why it’s so desired by Sony to go for that perpetual online game. I don’t think Sony should risk bringing its single player games to other consoles but bringing Hellblazer II to Xbox and Nintendo makes perfect sense.

[gleepot]

what is hellblazer 2

[Cacabunga]

Cool but then where are the PS5 games Sony? So far only 3rd party studios are lifting the console

[Knightofelemia]

@VenomUK

Sony has brought other titles to PC that are single player. And they seem to be doing good all though I still think Sony should have brought the first three Uncharted games to PC as well. Sony is just breathing new life into games that have done well on Playstation such as Uncharted, Horizon, my favorite Days Gone, Spiderman, God of War. Sony will eventually port Ragnarok and Spiderman 2 to PC as well and I think those two games will do well on PC. I don't see PC players bitching about the games Sony has brought over to PC so far. And Helldivers 2 is doing well on PC except for Sony's F up with having a Playstation account. As for Sony putting Helldivers 2 on Xbox who knows if Sony will or won't port it. As for Nintendo you would need the Switch 2 the current Switch can barely handle Arkham Knight. You call it risky but again I don't see PC player bitching about the games that Sony has ported over so far to PC. If anything it introduced players to games they have never played if they just stick to PC and don't want to buy a Playstation that's their choice.

[shadowknight203]

Hellblazer 1 released along the time that God of Flock released, however it was considering very much an Andie budget game, with a top down perspective twin stick shooter that it was. Then he'll blazers 2 released, in all its 3D glory and crossplay madness.

[neutralgamer1992]

Besides few core fanboys rest gamers understand the huge potential for PlayStation’s games on PC. Same applies for Xbox games on PlayStation. We as gamers may not like it or understand it but there are billions at stake. More money these companies generate the bigger budgets and resources they can allocate for future projects

[Crows90]

Yes...it never ceases to amaze me that so many don't understand.

PlayStation games benefit as an added source of revenue. As long as it is released not at the same time as on the console....because if it is...then there's no reason to buy a ps5. This means a loss in their ecosystem and more money lost through each sale on steam.

[JackBNimble]

What you're talking about could push a certain company out of the console side and make them strictly soft gaming company.
I can't be the only one who reconsidered buy their hardware because their games were going to ps5.

Edit: it's one thing for games to go to pc , and a completely different thing for games to go from xbox to ps5. That will stop people from buying a second console.

[neutralgamer1992]

Jack

MS don’t invest 100 billion to make few console warriors happy who would buy the Xbox branded console anyway. They want generate the revenue, which in return will generate more profits end of the day it’s all the spreadsheet and whether we like it or not just selling on Xbox is not going to help them on their spreadsheets

And I completely disagree with you. Why would someone not buy Xbox if their goal is game pass so they will get all those games one on that subscription while other consoles and platforms have to pay full price to pay the same games

[Angyobangyo]

The downvotes you’re getting shows how petty the Sony diehards are. Meanwhile Sony just made a good size change and will keep releasing on PC regardless.

[Crows90]

Nope. Yeah they made good size change....so did Gabe...that's where most seem to be perfectly content in remaining oblivious to reality.

It's an acceptable strategy if Sony doesn't release day and date. If they start doing that...those diehards would probably end up skipping consoles and heading to PC. It's only common sense.

[Number1TailzFan]

Yes, gamers who can't afford a decent midrange PC or higher will opt for console anyways.

PC players have a choice of better IQ & (usually) performance.

[babadivad]

Day and date is coming soon. I know people don't want to hear that but I believe that's where we're heading.

[fsfsxii]

More port-begging inbound

[PrinceOfAnger]

I have seen the port-begging for these games on playstation, including Half-Life Alyx
🤣
https://i.ibb.co/FDyhF7F/20...

[fr0sty]

There is no need to port beg for that game anymore, now that they are making PS VR2 compatible with PC.

[itsmebryan]

"Port begging " really you guys are weird. Is that what was happening when Starfield came out? I never heard that term when people were "Port begging " for Starfield.

Sony had no first party releases till next year at the earliest. So, you won't have to worry about Port begging. I feel like I'm losing IQ points repeating that term. Smh

[VersusDMC]

Everyone port begs here...

Nintendo fans port begged for years to get persona 5. Xbox fans portbegged for Helldivers 2 and rebirth recently.

Even Phil Spencer got in on the Helldivers 2 exclusivity whining...

https://n4g.com/news/258546...

[Extermin8or3_]

Sony have concord due out later this year for starters ..

[Michiel1989]

trying to shame people for wanting to play good games, what the fuck even is this?

[SeTTriP]

It's because p.c players are cringe.

[Shiore2u]

@SeTTriP
Psychological projection coupled with inferiority complex and brand worship is the ultimate cringe

[fsfsxii]

Damn i triggered the port-begging race.

[ravens52]

That's it ?😏 /s.
But day and date is "needed"? I think not.

[Amplitude]

The revenue would be even higher if the games didn't launch 2 years later and could capitalize on the original launch's ads and hype.

Ghost of Tsushima came out for PC recently and I haven't heard a word about it. If it came out - say, 3 months after the PS5 version - it would sell like mad. In that sense, day and date is needed. Would be cheaper as well if PC versions were developed alongside the original games rather than outsourcing hit-or-miss port jobs later.

[Crows90]

That's where you're entirely wrong. The revenue wouldn't be as big. It would be offset by all the players just sticking to PC instead of bothering with buying anything on console....

Then sure....more sales on PC but steam takes a huge chunk whereas by leaving them on the console for a few years it forces players to buy in songs ecosystem which also gets them the most money.

[Amplitude]

Tell that to Sony after HellDivers and I think the personified company would roll it's eyes at you. Im confident you're overestimating the number of people who double dip, buying games on PS5 and re-buying them on PC. Obviously nobody knows - but one can assume that the number is extremely tiny.
I personally waited or am waiting for Horizon, God of War Ragnarok and Ghost of Tsushima to come to PC because i would rather play them there. At this point I'm waiting for a sale on Ghost - i've waited this long already and have lost interest with time.

Yet when Ratchet and Clank came out, i bought a PS5 for it and as such I have absolutely no interest in re-buying it for PC.

PC and console are very different markets. If somebody wants to play a game on their home theater system (like Ratchet), buy it on console. If somebody wants to play a big open world or multiplayer thing on their PC, buy it on PC.

The 30% Valve cut is the only actual reason to not release day-and-date, but a couple months would give all the benefits of the PS5 launch for people who REALLY want it day one, with patient people getting the game later but still in the "hype" cycle. (Or - god forbid - Sony launches their own PC storefront)

I really think we're going to see exactly that happening sooner than you think.

[anast]

They can drip feed that ecosystem and make bank.

[Levii_92]

Greed is a helluva thing, definitely my favourite sin.

[Eonjay]

I don't see it as greed. It just makes sense as the devs get more for their work. And for single player games with high production cost a risk i think this help secure these games for the future.

[dveio]

Either way, there is no rocket science behind.

As a company that's always been making billions out of the Playstation console and every subsequent income segment, it's all about balancing their first party games releases to ensure console hardware getting sold-through in the first place.

Sony shouldn't overthink it too much here.

IF internally their numbers show them the Playstation console's revenue stream is still well worth to release 1st party games time-shifted on console and then on PC, then they should continue making their decisions case by case.

Or, if they wanted it to put more costumer friendly, they could announce/create an official "first party program". Something like "PC releases will now subsequently follow 12/16/18 months after console release".

If they put their PR team behind it, they should come up with some ideas.

Ofc, it's awesome to see they are making healthy money from their PC strategy.

It COULD be even more worth releasing on PC AND console at the same time.

But it's a gamble, right?

[Extermin8or3_]

It's definitely not worth more. As soon as Microsoft, went day and date on pc their next generation of hardware sales have halved, the reduction might even be more than 50%. Sony don't appear to have gained those players so it's safe to say they probably went pc only or pc and ps only. Sony's main income is from a 30% cut on games sold on the psn store. Lose 50% of your player base and you lose alot of sales not to mention you lose the double sales from all the people that double dip on their exclusives. Only live service titles make sense to release date and date on pc too.

[Michiel1989]

I'm not sure if you can blame that on them releasing pc games day 1, they already did that for some of their 1st party games at the time I think? What killed their hardware sales was forcing kinect onto their players, no one asked for it and no one wanted it. They tried to take a piece of nintendo's pie and failed miserably.

[The_Hooligan]

According to some ppl on here revenue means profit so with their logic Sony made $700M profit lol

[dveio]

Ofc it's not the same.

But also: without revenue, there is no profit.

[The_Hooligan]

Agreed 💯

[purple101]

Though, in this case it is almost ALL profit as these were ports of existing games so the expenses already got paid years ago

This is 700m in (almost) all profit

Just pay nixxies team and keep feeding them content, they will keep churning out pc ports

[SimpleDad]

I believe other platforms take 30% of that revenue. Also, it doesn't include expenses, so... I wouldn't call it "almost" all profit.

[TheColbertinator]

They should bring some retro Playstation games to PC. The classic God of War games, Ratchet and Clank or Rogue Galaxy would be nice on Steam.

[Extermin8or3_]

Those would require more work to port and this cost more money.

[neomahi]

That's not gonna be the case when Xbox folds, then revenue on PlayStation consoles will go way up

[CantThinkOfAUsername]

Release Bloodborne and watch the money flow.

[Skuletor]

They couldn't even be bothered releasing a PS4 Pro patch for that game. Maybe because they're working on a remaster/remake behind the scenes or some other reason we might never know.

[_Decadent_Descent]

I don't see Sony forever sitting on such a beloved title that they have sole rights to, especially in the era where Fromsoft's formula is more popular than ever. It just seems like too much of a missed opportunity if they were to. I suspect they might have plans to remake it for the PS6, just like they did with DeS on the 5.

[SPEAKxTHExTRUTH]

How long do you guys think Sony will hold out dropping day and date? A lot of Sony fanboys are going to be in for a rude awakening sooner or later. Gaming is changing like it or not. Sony will eventually join MS when it comes to day on games on PC. There was a time when some of you said Sony would never put their games on PC. Personally I don’t see the problem because it gives your favorite plastic box maker more money to develop more games for us.

[Eonjay]

Sony should start releasing as close to day and date as possible as long as it doesn't cause delay on console.

I don't think it will disturb PS5 sales for two reasons:

First unlike the Xbox people want the buy PlayStation.

Second you can tell with the Pro that Sony wants to makes sure gamers on console can get super high end experiences for far less than higher end PC prices.

This should help keep people I their ecosystem that may be tempted by PC performance that go above the standard PS5

And to gamers that only game on PC, they will buy good games... and Sony make really good games.

Sony needs to make sure that they are giving options to every kind of consumer and they will be fine.

I think releasing on PC will also help protect devs by bringing in more money.

[UltimateOwnage]

Glad to hear it. They do awesome ports to PC with enhanced features. I've been double dipping on some games I already had on PS5 because I like to be able to play on my SteamDeck on the go as well. Good time to be a gamer.

[PhillyDonJawn]

Seems the age of console exclusives is coming to an end.

[sagapo]

I don’t see Zelda on PC anytime soon tho.

[Doomeduk]

The port begging for day 1 pc release wheres your self respect gone ?
Look at the Ghost of Tsushima articles over the past week posts gloating how they pirated it and other sites showing links to torrent sites it would have been unthinkable to boast of pirating games years ago now they get likes
So screw day one PC releases and let the cksuckers wait a minimum of 12 months
It's not like anyone wanted to sign up to PSN anyway