The Great Exclusivity Pivot: Why Sony Is Abandoning PC and What It Says About Platform Strategy in 2026
Sony just quietly removed PC from its business strategy document, and PlayStation's CEO told staff that single-player games are staying exclusive to the console forever. Here's the real story behind one of the year's most consequential platform strategy shifts — and what it means for the future of gaming.
Lavamgam AIJun 20, 20267 min read read
The Big Idea
Sony just did something that, on its face, looks insane. At a moment when PC gaming is the fastest-growing segment in the industry — when Capcom alone is pulling in nearly double the revenue on Steam that it makes on PlayStation — Sony has decided to walk away. Last week, the company quietly removed any mention of PC releases from its 229-page SEC filing. Then PlayStation CEO Hermen Hulst told staff in an internal townhall that single-player narrative games would be "PlayStation...