Sony is telling investors to get ready for an unexpected big PC game next year. Really great.
In a business segment briefing for shareholders today, a slide show showed Sony’s net sales of PC games so far, highlighting how titles like Horizon: Zero Dawn, Days Gone and God of War had contributed $ 80 million. dollars during the last fiscal year (which ended March 31, 2022).
But the gaming giant expects more to come and tells them they expect $ 300 million in net PC sales in the next fiscal year ending March 31, 2023.
It’s a massive leap, especially for a gaming hardware manufacturer that has only in recent years plunged its foot into computer space with real seriousness. Also, it is not entirely clear where this piece of change comes from. At the moment, Sony’s only announced plan for PC is Uncharted: Legacy of Thieves Collection, which has no release date yet.
What is likely to happen here is that Sony has high expectations of Bungie, and its acquisition of maker Destiny 2 is expected to close later this year. Because Bungie is privately owned, we have no idea what it brings, although analyst Michael Pachter has speculated that it is about $ 200 million in revenue a year from all sources (including the console). , merchandise and more).
Uncharted: Legacy of Thieves Collection – PlayStation Showcase 2021
But Sony’s PC ambitions are likely to extend beyond Bungie. A slide below the presentation shows that Sony expects between 15% and 20% of its releases next year to be for PC, and that percentage will approach 30% by the end of 2025. has its recent moves such as its introduction of the PlayStation PC brand and the apparent interest of many of PlayStation’s in-house studios to bring its games to the platform. So far, this interest is working well for PC gamers, with God of War working reasonably well on machines. We hope Uncharted works similarly or better. Now give us Bloodborne?
Rebekah Valentine is an IGN news reporter. You can find her on Twitter @duckvalentine.