Sony has removed any mention of games coming to PC in its annual business environment and strategy report for PlayStation, but has added details on how it will utilise AI.
Sony plans to use AI to “unleash the creativity of studios and further enhance the PlayStation experience”, the report states, with the company aiming to “improve productivity through the use of AI powered tools” within its studios. This will allow developers to “reinvest their time into building richer worlds and gameplay experiences”, it said.
Sony also has plans to “leverage” AI in the PlayStation Store to “route transactions more efficiently”, and to “personalise and recommend” content for each individual user. “Sony also aims to push visual fidelity forward and deliver higher quality gameplay experiences through continued investments in AI and machine learning,” it said.
But, while this AI chatter is new for 2026, there is something missing that was there last year. In 2025, Sony’s report had a line which said the company was going to “continue its efforts to deploy its first-party titles to multiple platforms such as PC” (thanks, GameFile). However, this proclamation doesn’t feature in 2026’s version, and its omission is our first public confirmation (or admission) from Sony that PlayStation’s big ‘tentpole’ games will no longer be released on PC as well as console.
We had suspected this for a little while now, and in May, Bloomberg’s Jason Schrier reported that PlayStation exec Hermen Hulst had internally confirmed the company’s narrative single-player games will now be exclusive to its consoles. Before that, though, Bloomberg had reported Sony was considering no longer bringing its single-player games to PC, citing poor sales for PC versions of PS5 games, as well as Sony believing that spreading onto PC “risks damaging the console’s brand and will hurt sales of the PlayStation 5 and its successors”. This means to play any of PlayStation’s upcoming first-party games such as Naughty Dog’s Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophet or God of War Laufey from Sony Santa Monica, you will need a PS5.
Last year, former PlayStation exec Shuhei Yoshida shared his thoughts on bringing PlayStation-exclusive games to PC, saying the strategy was “almost like printing money”, and had many advantages. However, some of PlayStation’s PC debuts haven’t exactly set the platform alight, with 2022’s Uncharted: Legacy of Thieves collection only reaching a concurrent player peak of 10,851 on Steam.
This change from Sony comes as Valve is getting ready to launch its Steam Machine, which is on course for release “this summer”. The Steam Machine is a new console coming from Valve, which will allow you to play your PC games on your television.
