Tuesday, June 22nd 2021
Sony - PS4 Exclusive Uncharted 4: A Thief's End to be Made Available on PC
At its IR Day 2021 Game & Network Services Segment, Sony themselves have spilled the cat out of the bag regarding ports from their first-party studios to the PC realm. Case in point: Uncharted 4: A Thief's End, developed by naughty Dog, will be releasing on the PC platform at some point in the future. The information is tucked away at page 26 of Sony's documentation. This comes as no surprise, considering other tidbits Sony shared regarding its PC initiative: the company achieved a 250% ROI (Return on Investment) with the port of Horizon: Zero Dawn to PC and more recently Days Gone, meaning that porting costs were more than recouped.
Of course, the ROI also has to take into account the potential decrease in value of the PlayStation brand with the relative loss of exclusivity, but this doesn't seem much different from Microsoft's strategy of delivering console exclusives that still make it onto the PC space (and the company has been doubling down on those efforts, and they surely wouldn't be doing so if they were losing money).
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DSO Gaming
Of course, the ROI also has to take into account the potential decrease in value of the PlayStation brand with the relative loss of exclusivity, but this doesn't seem much different from Microsoft's strategy of delivering console exclusives that still make it onto the PC space (and the company has been doubling down on those efforts, and they surely wouldn't be doing so if they were losing money).
6 Comments on Sony - PS4 Exclusive Uncharted 4: A Thief's End to be Made Available on PC
Sony's strategy is when the sales of a major Playstation exclusive falls to a flat, they release to PC afterwords to get more profit and convince PC audience to buy Playstations to play their next exclusives day one
uncharted 4 is a 5year old game..
only new games need exlclusivity, old games released as REMASTERED/ PC PORT are additional source of income.