PlayStation pulls back on PC ports for single-player exclusives

PlayStation officially ended its PC port strategy for single-player, story-driven exclusives, according to a statement shared by Polygon. The company will continue releasing live-service and multiplayer titles on PC, but games like The Last of Us, God of War, and Spider-Man — the types that drove the original PC push — won't get PC versions going forward.

The shift reverses Sony's 2020–2024 strategy, which brought over a dozen marquee PlayStation titles to Steam. Those ports sold well — God of War moved 6 million copies on PC — but Sony's statement suggests the revenue didn't justify the day-and-date or even delayed release model for narrative games. Live-service titles like Helldivers 2 and Concord (pre-shutdown) launched simultaneously on PC and PlayStation, and that model will continue.

This is a net loss for PC-only gamers who don't want to buy a PlayStation 5 to play Uncharted or Horizon sequels. It also means fewer opportunities to benchmark those games on high-end hardware or push past the console's 60fps cap. If you've been holding out for a PC port of the next Ghost of Tsushima, you're out of luck.

If you're still playing the older PlayStation ports that did make it to PC, check BetterFPS for optimized settings to get the most out of your rig.