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Ambar Jimenez
2020-07-29 11:33:15

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For the ninth generation of consoles of the PS5 and Xbox Series X, the state of platform-exclusive releases looks to be an exciting one.

For the ninth generation of consoles of the PS5 and Xbox Series X, the state of platform-exclusive releases looks to be an exciting one. There are still many questions about this side of the coming gaming experience, however, which we wish to address today. What has been announced so far from Sony and Microsoft, and what could we expect as the generation progresses?

Sony

Starting with Sony, it's apparent that platform exclusives are still a large part of their gaming plan. With series like Ratchet and Clank, God of War, and The Last of Us, the company has been hitting it out of the park in the eighth-gen with their AAA releases. Owing to this, relying on further exclusives is likely to remain the backbone of their move into the PS5. Normally, we might assume that such prior success could indicate their entire business model, but a couple of examples might indicate a potential change of pace.

Death Stranding and Horizon Zero Dawn were both assumed and initially stated to be PlayStation exclusives, but this changed in 2020 when the two saw updated versions hit the PC. As two of the PS4's biggest titles, these could potentially mark a pattern of timed PlayStation exclusives making a later jump to PC. We would hesitate to believe that these would ever make an additional jump to an Xbox console, but the move to PC is still very welcome.

Also of note is that there is a shared aspect between these two games, in that they both operate on the Decima game engine. This shared feature might have played an important part in why these two specific games came to PC while many other older PlayStation exclusives did not. Whatever real combination of business/technical decisions might have set the games apart, we need to consider that the translation of these games could have been based on the engine, rather than a greater multiplatform push by Sony.




Finally, Sony also holds some promise for PC gaming through PSNow. As a game streaming service, the PSNow system lets players run select PlayStation games like Spider-Man and Uncharted 4 directly on PCs, or even less powerful devices like mobile phones and tablets. The issue of latency which comes into play with game streaming can be a killer though, and might hamper maximum adoption potential.

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