As an armchair CEO, why not use releases on PC as hype/marketing for new PS5 releases? When you are 3 months from releasing Ghost of Yotei, release Ghost of Tsushima. If you are 3 months from releasing a new GoW, then release the old one on PC.
You generate the PC revenue, but also possibly entice a PC player to pick up a PS5 that doesn't want to wait years to pick up the next one.
It needs to be years though, not a year. With many player's backlogs so large, waiting a year for a release is not much of an issue. Waiting 4-5 years or possibly forever is a different story. If gamers expect it to release on PC in a year, then why not wait?
@themcnoisy Thief was offered on PS3 PS+ on Feb 2015, DMC was offered on PS3 PS+ on Jan 2014, Sleeping Dogs was offered on PS3 on May 2013, BlazBlue: Continuum Shift Extend was offered on vita on May 2013 (US offerings).
I didn't write this comment to be snarky. I just wanted to provide the perspective, that a long time PS+ subscriber may be frustrated if they started recycling games they have already offered. I certainly don't like every game that is released, but I do find a tremendous value in the service.
Waiting for a game you want to purchase to be free on PS+ is futile. I try to just look at it like a loot crate for video games. Enjoy the surprises as they come along. One of my favorite games on my PS4 was given by PS+ (Rocket League). By the end of the year I have easily gotten my 50 bucks worth.
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Re: Sony Taking 'Very Measured' Approach to Picking Which PS5 Games Get PC Ports
As an armchair CEO, why not use releases on PC as hype/marketing for new PS5 releases? When you are 3 months from releasing Ghost of Yotei, release Ghost of Tsushima. If you are 3 months from releasing a new GoW, then release the old one on PC.
You generate the PC revenue, but also possibly entice a PC player to pick up a PS5 that doesn't want to wait years to pick up the next one.
It needs to be years though, not a year. With many player's backlogs so large, waiting a year for a release is not much of an issue. Waiting 4-5 years or possibly forever is a different story. If gamers expect it to release on PC in a year, then why not wait?
Re: December's Free PlayStation Plus Games Have Been Revealed
@themcnoisy Thief was offered on PS3 PS+ on Feb 2015, DMC was offered on PS3 PS+ on Jan 2014, Sleeping Dogs was offered on PS3 on May 2013, BlazBlue: Continuum Shift Extend was offered on vita on May 2013 (US offerings).
I didn't write this comment to be snarky. I just wanted to provide the perspective, that a long time PS+ subscriber may be frustrated if they started recycling games they have already offered. I certainly don't like every game that is released, but I do find a tremendous value in the service.
Waiting for a game you want to purchase to be free on PS+ is futile. I try to just look at it like a loot crate for video games. Enjoy the surprises as they come along. One of my favorite games on my PS4 was given by PS+ (Rocket League). By the end of the year I have easily gotten my 50 bucks worth.