Sony CEO Kenichiro Yoshida said that his company’s PlayStation games will become “ubiquitous” and appear on almost all platforms (except other consoles).
Some of the most popular video games of the past few years have been exclusive to the PlayStation, although years after they debuted on Sony’s consoles, they were released on other platforms as well. It looks like that trend will continue as Sony looks for revenue streams beyond the PlayStation 5. In a recent interview with investors, Sony CEO Kenichiro Yoshida said that PlayStation games will spread across “PC, mobile devices and the cloud.”
When asked “How do you see the future of gaming?”, Yoshida said:
In short, they will be everywhere. Wherever there are computers, users can play their favorite games without any problems. Gamers will be able to find a place to play in different spaces. While PlayStation will remain our core product, we will expand our gaming capabilities across PC, mobile and the cloud.”
This attitude seems to accurately reflect the state of the company’s portfolio. AAA games published or financed by Sony are first released on PlayStation 5 and then on PC, but so far in relatively small numbers. Sony also has some interest in game streaming, but it’s fragmented: users can stream games from a PlayStation console to a smartphone, tablet or PC. You can even stream over a remote connection, and stream a collection of old PlayStation Cloud console games to your PC or smartphone. Sony has also started selling the PlayStation Portal, its first portable game console since the PS Vita, but it is limited to a Wi-Fi connection to the PS5 console.
Horizon: Forbidden West, the sequel to the hit Horizon: Zero Dawn, is PlayStation Studios’ next big release, coming to PC early this year. PC gamers are also looking forward to the arrival of games such as Ghost of Tsushima and Bloodborne on this platform, but no plans have been confirmed for them yet.
When asked about the rise in popularity of subscription models like Microsoft’s Game Pass, Yoshida touched on PlayStation’s own Plus model. PlayStation Plus is required for most online multiplayer games on PlayStation and offers an online library of games starting at $15 per month. However, he does not see the prospect of moving to paid access to new games of the Netflix model.
“People usually play one game at a time,” he said, “so the type [подписки] “all you can eat” may not be as valuable compared to video streaming services.
Source: pcworld
