The timing of the decision makes sense when you look around the gaming landscape. Nintendo is an indirect competitor, and Xbox seems pretty much done for with Phil Spencer and Sarah Bond leaving the outfit. Sony has no real rival except for PC, and with a global component crisis , even that seems to have sorted itself out for now. Valve 's upcoming console-esque Steam Machine is not even in the same price bracket.
With the next-gen Xbox essentially being a PC , PlayStation wants to stand tall as the only option (left) in its class. It wouldn't be unreasonable to assume the Japanese giant doesn't want people on the Green Team easily playing its first-party exclusives, no matter the nuances of the platform. The PS5-PC "Cross-Buy" feature we reported on earlier also seems to have been cancelled now . In addition, Sony recently shut down Bluepoint Games, its in-house remaster/remake specialist.
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