For more than two decades, PlayStation has been the main publishing platform for Japanese games, especially small game projects. However, recently, due to the PS5 supply restrictions in Japan, the sales of game software have also become a downward trend. A Japanese publisher executive who asked not to be named stated that Sony is gradually losing its game monopoly and that players are gradually turning to the PC side.
The Japanese publisher executive told Bloomberg that players who bought the PlayStation version of the game in the past are now gradually turning to the PC version. It is unclear whether he is referring to a local trend in Japan or a global trend, but more and more PlayStation exclusive games, such as the “Long” series, are turning to multiple platforms and are proving to be very popular on the PC, so this is not Not surprising. Hideo Kojima’s masterpiece “Death Stranding” was also bad news before logging on to the PC. Many players also said that they could not understand the content of the game and ridiculed it as a “delivery” game. Praise.
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Recently, Sony’s approach and attitude towards its local Japanese market have aroused many concerns among PlayStation fans. It’s like swapping the X and O button functions of the PS5 controller, especially when Sony closed its legendary Japan Studio in July this year. This approach reached a climax. However, whether Sony wants to compete for the market that once dominated is still open to question. After all, Sony is even now porting its own first-party games to the PC.