New PS5 games update could have big implications for next-gen Xbox and PS6

Although Sony has spent the last six years bringing its catalogue of single-player PS5 games to PC, a new report suggests that will no longer be the case moving forward. That’s according to Bloomberg’s Jason Schreier, who claims sources inside Sony have told him of a major shift in the company’s strategy.

“In recent weeks PlayStation scrapped plans to bring Ghost of Yotei and other internally developed games to PC,” the report reads. Sony had previously brought titles such as Marvel’s Spider-Man, God of War, and Horizon Zero Dawn to the PC platform.

Sony hasn’t commented on this strategy shift publicly, but there are a few major reasons why the change is being brought about – and it could have something to do with the next Xbox.

Microsoft has already announced that its next console in development under the working title of Project Helix. We know that it’s going to be a console/PC hybrid that can play both Xbox games and titles from your PC libraries, such as Steam or the Epic Games Store.

By extension, this means that if Sony were to continue publishing their PlayStation exclusive titles to PC, they’d also be publishing them on Xbox. From a PR and marketing standpoint, you can see why this messaging would be confusing for a company such as Sony which is usually such a stalwart when it comes to exclusive experiences.

It also throws up the potential for Sony’s games to look and run better on console hardware that isn’t their own since its PC games have the potential to push past the hardware limitations of the PlayStation 5 or potential future PlayStation 6.

As Schreier points out in his original report, it could also be that PC ports of PlayStation games just aren’t selling that well. While official sales numbers aren’t publicly available, GamesIndustry.biz reports that user share on Sony’s PC ports is significantly lower than expected, largely due to how long it takes for the ports to come to PC after their initial PlayStation launch.

There is some good news, though – it looks like this new strategy will only apply to single-player games. Multiplayer titles like Marathon and the upcoming Marvel Tokon will still see support across multiple platforms.

Titles already committed to PC will also still get a release, like the upcoming Kena: Scars of Kosmora. Death Stranding 2: On The Beach also saw a PC launch earlier this year in March.

That also means that any Sony games already available on PC will likely still be playable on Xbox when Project Helix launches, rumoured to be next year in 2027. However, if you were hoping to be playing Marvel’s Wolverine on an Xbox console, you might want to think again.