IN BRIEF: Sony is revising its position on PlayStation exclusives following months of speculation on the matter. While it's not a total shutout of competing platforms, the development will impact fans of a particular genre.
According to Bloomberg's Jason Schreier, Sony Interactive Entertainment Studio Business Group CEO Hermen Hulst recently told employees during a town hall meeting that the company will start restricting single-player narrative games to the PlayStation. It is unclear when the change will occur, and which upcoming games it might impact.
The good news is that multiplayer titles will still be eligible to be ported to other platforms. But for single-player, non-multiplayer games, it sounds like it will be PlayStation or nothing.
As Neowin highlights, multiple factors likely led to the decision. Sony reportedly has not been satisfied with PC game sales figures, and some inside the company believe the multi-platform strategy is harming the PlayStation brand and could hamper future hardware sales. The publication also notes that some games take a year or longer to find their way to the PC, and are often buggy at launch. Sony's requirement of a PlayStation Network account also rubbed some gamers the wrong way.
