A multiplatform future?
With the upcoming release of Helldivers 2, Sony is bringing its first PlayStation published title to Xbox platforms – and since then, we’ve heard rumours that the Japanese firm is mulling over more multi-platform ports in the future. Now, an official comment from Sony’s Senior Vice President has given us a major pointer towards the future of PlayStation on other platforms.
Talking in a new Sony investor meeting, SVP Sadahiko Hayakawa hints that the PlayStation owner is changing strategy; moving away from being fully focused on its own hardware. Here’s that comment, transcribed over on Twitter by Genki_JPN (with a little extra context as a follow-up):
“In the gaming business, we are moving away from a hardware centric business model more to a platform business that expands the community and increases engagement.”
Naturally, this sort of comment leads to questions about the future of PlayStation Studios titles, and whether we can expect to see more of those games launch on Xbox. “Expands the community and increases engagement” certainly sounds like we can expect more live service games to move over – but as for the core single-player games that Sony is known for, well, only time will tell on that front.
Even so, this is a very open comment from a Sony exec, and one that definitely hints at an evolving industry as companies try and squeeze as much revenue as possible out of their big releases. In the meantime, Xbox players can go hands on with their first PlayStation Publishing title — that being Helldivers 2 — on August 26th, 2025.
Thoughts on this new Sony comment, folks? Talk to us about it all down below.
[source irwebmeeting.com]
Ben is a News Writer at Pure Xbox, and is a fan of action, racing and straight-up shootin’ in any Xbox game he can get his hands on. When he’s not clutching an Xbox controller like his life depends on it, Ben spends his time listening to music that’s far too old for him, watching football on the telly and probably eating somewhere.
