Overview
- Newzoo reports PlayStation games ported to PC after PS5 launch average about 13% of players in the first three months versus roughly 44% for simultaneous releases.
- The firm sees almost no difference between Sony first-party titles at 12% PC share and third-party PlayStation exclusives at 13%, pointing to timing rather than franchise demand.
- Earlier PC conversions performed better, with Horizon Zero Dawn at 22% and God of War (2018) at 14%, while recent ports fell to Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart at 8%, Horizon Forbidden West at 7%, God of War Ragnarök at 6%, and Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 at 5%.
- Live-service or day-and-date releases remain outliers, with Helldivers 2 highlighted for stronger PC engagement and Marathon cited as part of that pattern.
- Bloomberg previously reported Sony is scaling back or canceling first-party single-player PC releases, a move the company has not commented on, as Xbox signals more consistent multi-platform timing and a next console that plays PC games.