God of War Laufey and Wolverine are snubbing PC, as rumoured, but I bet they come crawling back sometime after the launch of PS6

Sony look to beryllium focusing connected "true exclusives", erstwhile again

In the precocious announced God Of War Laufey, you volition not measurement into the shoes of John Kratos's dearly departed woman Faye. You volition not embark connected a rollercoaster escapade done a syncretic, pick-and-mix "Everywhen" of dormant mythological figures that sounds suspiciously similar the backdrop for a aboriginal God Of War Smash Bros.

There volition beryllium nary "intimate, brutal combat", combining the fluidity and juggle imaginable of God of War's Ancient Greek epoch with the camera position and architectural stylings of the Norse instalments. You volition not get to punch radical truthful hard they sneeze their souls out, oregon lacerate them with a flippity-dippity ribbon sword. You volition not get to obliterate a Tibetan dharmapāla, oregon footwear soil successful the look of the Egyptian goddess of disease. You volition not get to acquisition this famously masculine bid done the eyes of a woman, and ne'er ever shall you befriend a cube of cosmic jelly.

While I've got you, don't spell moving astir reasoning you're Marvel's Wolverine, either. There is nary Wolverine successful your future, you oaf. Rest assured that connected 15th September 2026, you volition not beryllium poking cyborgs successful the thorax similar a antheral with a afloat bladder trying to unlock his ain beforehand doorway successful the dark. You volition not beryllium riding a motorbike until it explodes, and past warring connected apical of a lorry until that explodes.

Teaming up with Jean Gray to play telekinetic spikeball with assorted hoodlums? No, nary of that. Saving X-children from nefarious billionaires? Guess again. Getting truthful ticked disconnected that you regrow your full star plexus, aft bumping heads with a Gatling turret? Absolutely disconnected the menu. And nary bonus "reflective claws" erstwhile you preorder, either.

None of these things volition hap to you due to the fact that arsenic a devout Rock Paper Shotgun reader, you play games connected PC, and the supra games are badged "only connected PlayStation", contempt erstwhile God of War instalments and Insomniac-developed Marvel games gracing our desktops.

It corroborates an older study from Bloomberg that Sony aren't putting immoderate of their first-party singleplayer games connected PC, for the foreseeable future. The reasoning down this determination is simple: Sony Interactive Entertainment president Hideaki Nishino believes PCs are haunted. "A console with a rodent and keyboard?" helium is said to person said during a caller committee meeting. "Witchcraft!" When underlings pointed retired that astir videogame consoles and indeed, wristwatches, doorbells and brushed toys are functionally PCs these days, Nishino allegedly fled to the airplane washroom, demanding that helium beryllium fixed a scalpel successful bid to escaped himself of "the demon within".

I kid, I kid! As acold arsenic I tin tell, based connected Bloomberg and Jason Schreier's coverage, Sony's rationale for retreating to the sunny uplands of console exclusivity is fundamentally that they're going to denote the PS6 successful a twelvemonth oregon two, and that crap is going to outgo 2 cardinal dollars a unit, due to the fact that generative AI companies person eaten each the copper and the USA keeps blowing up the planetary economy. As such, it's precise important for PlayStation consoles successful wide to connection experiences you perfectly won't find elsewhere, and particularly not connected immoderate hypothetical aboriginal Xboxes that tally Windows.

The metallic lining for PC-based Goddess of Warlikers and Wolventhusiasts is that erstwhile the inevitable juiced-up PS6 editions are out, and assuming Sony isn't abruptly bankrupted by accumulation costs, we tin surely commencement the countdown till the belated uncover of PC ports. I springiness it a mates of years.

In the meantime, I volition play my sour grapes with the reflection that Sony's first-party blockbuster slate is beauteous boring, close now. Laufey whitethorn basal isolated for having a pistillate protagonist, but it inactive looks similar a crippled astir going into posh rooms and murdering assorted undead. Wolverine appears to beryllium the aforesaid but with much exposed ribcages. Naughty Dog's forthcoming Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophet is concern arsenic accustomed for that studio, going by the spot of footage astatine the extremity of the announcement trailer.

Yeah, we tin spend to beryllium this batch out. Do deliberation of america if you ever get circular to publishing Bloodborne 2, though, Sony.