Back in March, a report from Bloomberg pointed to PlayStation moving away from bringing its first-party, narrative-driven single-player games like God of War, Ghost of Yotei, Saros, and Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophet to PC. Multiplayer games like Marathon and Helldivers 2 will still head to other platforms, but not single-player titles. Now, a new report from Bloomberg adds that today, in a town hall meeting, Herman Hulst, chief executive officer of studio businesses at PlayStation, told staff that single-player narrative games will be PlayStation console exclusive titles going forward.
It's the latest nail in the coffin of PlayStation's short-lived PC-PS5-parity-era, after we saw the following 16 single-player games make the jump to PC:
- God of War (2018)
- God of War Ragnarok
- Returnal
- Uncharted: Legacy of Thieves Collection
- The Last of Us Part I Remake
- The Last of Us Part II Remastered
- Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart
- Horizon Zero Dawn Remastered
- Horizon Forbidden West
- Marvel's Spider-Man 2
- Marvel's Spider-Man: Miles Morales
- Marvel's Spider-Man Remastered
- Days Gone
- Sackboy: A Big Adventure
- LEGO Horizon Adventures
- Ghost of Tsushima Director's Cut
This further confirms that the recently released Saros and Ghost of Yotei won't be making their way to PC. The same goes for Marvel's Wolverine and the aforementioned upcoming Naughty Dog release, Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophet.
Guerilla Games' upcoming Horizon Hunters Gathering will, of course, still come to PC, as will other third-party titles, both single-player and multiplayer. But the age of first-party single-player games coming to anything other than a PlayStation console is clearly over.
As to why this decision was made, previous reports have indicated that PlayStation simply wasn't seeing the commercial return it needed to keep making these ports. The first batch of PC ports did well, but the sales of each new title after the first few strong sellers kept dropping, and ultimately the juice wasn't worth the squeeze, at least in the eyes of PlayStation's leadership.
If PlayStation was willing to put its single-player games on PC and PS5 at the same time with day-and-date releases, that could've changed things, but it would've also devalued PlayStation consoles, since day-and-date releases like that mean there's no reason to have a PS5 (or eventually a PS6) if you can just play it on your PC as well.
But the company is clearly not willing to do that, so here we are, with the minimum price of playing the kinds of games PlayStation is known for currently standing at $599.99 as of this past April and the most recent PS5 console price hike.
About the author: David has been writing about videogames, technology, and culture since 2020, with a focus on reporting daily news across multiple publications, including GameDaily.Biz, GameSkinny, and PlayStation Universe before joining Wccftech in 2025. David started contributing as Canada/US reporter for Wccftech's gaming section in 2025. Besides being up-to-date on the industry's movements, he loves interviewing developers, reviewing games, and writing intricate essays about the symbolism and layered meanings to be found in rich narratives as he's done for publications like GamesIndustry.Biz, LostInCult, and others. Outside of games he loves movies, music, theatre, his hometown, and his family, though not necessarily in that order.
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