Sony: Hinweise auf einen PlayStation Launcher für den PC aufgetaucht

Sony may be working on its own PC game launcher

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Sony has been wading into the sweet waters of PC gaming with real intent over the past few years with some very good ports of previously PlayStation-sectional hits including Horizon Zero Dawn, God of War, and—coming soon—Uncharted. It may exist getting ready to go deeper with its own sectional game launcher: VGC (opens in new tab) reports that references to a "PlayStation PC launcher" take been institute in the files of the recently-released PC version of Curiosity's Spider-Human being.

Currently, Sony'south PC releases get where you'd look them to: Steam and the Epic Games Store. But the reference to a carve up PlayStation launcher opens the possibility that Sony could follow in the steps of Activision and Bethesda by offering its games in its own walled garden. Given that PlayStation'southward games are already on Steam, my guess is that Sony will introduce an intermediary launcher not dissimilar Ubisoft's Ubisoft Connect, which contains a separate user profile and appears whenever you lot launch ane of its games from Steam or Epic.

The discovery of a reference to a PC launcher follows presently backside a report of a similar finding indicating that Sony could be preparing to let PC gamers link PlayStation Network accounts (opens in new tab) to its games, with in-game bonuses on offer for those who do then. This over again would be in-line with the kind of incentives Ubisoft offers through Ubisoft Connect.

Sony has established a stronger foothold on PC later on releasing five first-party exclusives in the final two years:

Horizon Zip Dawn Complete Edition (Aug vii, 2020)
Days Gone (May 18, 2021)
Predator: Hunting Grounds (April 29, 2021)
God of War (January 14, 2022)
Marvel'due south Spider-Man Remastered (Aug 12, 2022)

Moving to a proprietary platform would potentially let PlayStation to brand more money from fewer sales, as the publisher has to fork over a 30% cut to Valve on all Steam sales (reducing to 25% later $10M earned, and twenty% after $50M; and a somewhat less onerous 12% to Ballsy for EGS sales). And we're not talking about couch alter here: Sony predicted in May that it will earn $300 million in PC game sales (opens in new tab) in 2022, a huge jump from the $80 one thousand thousand it earned in 2021, and $35 million in 2020. Even with its own launcher in play, I strongly suspect that the vast majority of PlayStation PC sales would continue to be made through Steam. Only a standalone launcher could simplify the process of integrating PlayStation Network functionality into its games, for instance, and possibly even gamer-friendly features similar to Play Anywhere on Xbox, which grants multi-platform admission to games regardless of which platform they're actually purchased for.

Interestingly, this isn't the commencement time that a possible PlayStation PC launcher has come up up: XboxEra Podcast co-host Nick Baker referenced a rumor about a PlayStation PC launcher back in Feb. "I've been told that they are going to have a PC launcher, and I believe they're looking into implementing cross-buy with that," Baker said. "So if y'all go a PlayStation version, you lot get the PC—just like Microsoft has Play Anywhere."

Uh…I talked near the PlayStation PC launcher 6 months ago lolhttps://t.co/Q7Ki23tvwcAugust 16, 2022

I've reached out to Sony for comment on the PlayStation PC launcher discovery, and volition update if I receive a reply.

Andy has been gaming on PCs from the very beginning, starting as a youngster with text adventures and primitive action games on a cassette-based TRS80. From there he graduated to the celebrity days of Sierra Online adventures and Microprose sims, ran a local BBS, learned how to build PCs, and developed a longstanding dearest of RPGs, immersive sims, and shooters. He began writing videogame news in 2007 for The Escapist and somehow managed to avert getting fired until 2014, when he joined the storied ranks of PC Gamer. He covers all aspects of the industry, from new game announcements and patch notes to legal disputes, Twitch beefs, esports, and Henry Cavill. Lots of Henry Cavill.

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