Why I think Sony needs to stop releasing PS5 games on PC Readers FeatureGameCentralPublished February 1, 2025 9:00am Marvels Spider-Man 2 is now available on PC (Sony Interactive Entertainment)A reader wishes Sony would give up on its policy of porting PS5 games to PC and argues its undermining the whole point of having a console.I have been watching with detached interest the reports about Xbox this week, about it being the biggest games company in the world, about how Call Of Duty has done little or nothing to improve Game Pass subscription numbers, and how more Xbox exclusives are now coming to PlayStation 5. I dont own an Xbox, and havent since the Xbox 360 era, so none of this affects me, but it is strange to see what used to be the PlayStations arch rivalry essentially go third party.As most sensible PlayStation owners will tell you, Sony needs strong opposition to keep them in check. Without it any company that ends up with a monopoly (just look at Nintendo during the NES era) will become anti-consumer, no matter what good intentions they had when they were challenging the previous incumbent.Every gamer knows that the bedrock of any format is its exclusive games; that is the primary reason why you buy a console. Removing that makes the Xbox completely irrelevant to most people, because why invest in a format that has no exclusives when that means missing out on the one that does. More than ever, exclusives are vital to PlayStation and thats why I think they should abandon the PC.Im not going to go over all the things Sony has been doing wrong this generation we all know what theyve been like but I think that, even more than the problem of not enough games, the biggest issue is their refusal to explain or communicate what theyre trying to do. Maybe theres a good reason why theyve released hardly anything in the last two years, but we can only guess because they never tell us.Likewise, theyve never said why they started porting PlayStation 5 games to the PC, even though it seems, on the face of it, to be a very bad idea. They just started a few years ago, I think the first one was Horizon Zero Dawn, and that was it: no explanation, no discussion, and no obvious point.Obviously, theyll make money from selling them but most of the games have been a flop. Until Dawn and Horizon Zero Dawn Remastered somehow managed to sell even less than Concord, while The Last Of Us did very poorly and I read today that Marvels Spider-Man 2 has also had a very weak start.So making money is clearly not working out as a reason for doing it. The big exception is Helldivers 2 but if Sony wants to release all their live service titles on PC thats fine, I dont care about that. What I do care about is their proper games being released on PC.Each game that loses its exclusivity is one more reason not to buy a PlayStation 5 and Im not sure why Sony dont see this. There have been some hints that theyre beginning to rethink but until they say something (fat chance!) or I see a change in policy Im going to assume not.Maybe Sony is happy to turn into a third party publisher like Microsoft. I assume not but if thats the case they are undermining the most important selling point of their console for no financial gain. It doesnt matter if its a minor game that nobody cares about, like Until Dawn, thats still one less exclusive for the console and another game having its name being dragged through the dirt.More TrendingI like consoles. I dont want to buy a PC and have to worry about upgrades and compatibility and driver updates. I want to turn on my console, select my game and thats it. That is the experience that has made PlayStation such a success for the last three decades and a I do not understand why they are throwing it away for absolutely no reason.By reader Gooch Is Sony undermining its own product? (Sony Interactive Entertainment)The readers features do not necessarily represent the views of GameCentral or Metro.You can submit your own 500 to 600-word reader feature at any time, which if used will be published in the next appropriate weekend slot. Just contact us at gamecentral@metro.co.uk or use our Submit Stuff page and you wont need to send an email.GameCentralSign up for exclusive analysis, latest releases, and bonus community content.This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply. Your information will be used in line with our Privacy Policy