PlayStation PC could bring the biggest exclusives to Windows

Kratos raging out in God of War, which is finally coming to the PC

(Image credit: Santa Monica Studio)

After years of being the make known for sectional games, it looks similar Sony's PlayStation is opening up to the world of PC gaming.

Initially flagged by eagle-eyed users on the Restera forum, then checked by me, PlayStation exclusive games that take been, and are being, ported over to the PC are at present published under the proper name/label of "PlayStation PC LLC" on Steam. This used to exist PlayStation Mobile.

Which all makes it seem like this is the start of a tide of PS4 sectional games coming to the PC. And I'g crossing my fingers tightly for a PC version of Bloodborne.

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Where once the idea of first-party PlayStation games appearing anywhere other than on PlayStation consoles seemed bars to the fever dreams of cross-platform advocates, nosotros are now in a situation where Sony seems a piffling happier to throw sectional PS4-era games towards the PC.

Nosotros've already seen Horizon Zero Dawn, a notable PS4 sectional, make its style to the PC terminal twelvemonth. And at present God of War, arguably one of the best PlayStation exclusives ever made and indeed one of the best games ever, is coming to PC on January fourteen, 2022, with Uncharted: Legacy of Thieves Collection set to follow at some signal next year.

Now the "PlayStation PC" label heavily suggests that this clutch of PlayStation games could only exist the offset of Sony's surge to PC. This might infuriate some dice-hard PlayStation fans who might believe the all-time PS4 games should remain locked to the console and the PS5'south backwards compatibility mode. But every bit much as both consoles hold a special place in my gaming heart, I call up this is splendid news.

As information technology stands, there aren't a neat bargain of PS4 games that have been optimized for the PS5. The Last United states 2 and God of War have both received 60 frames per second patches, and a few other games wait and run better on the PS5 than on the PS4. But the extent of this enhanced support pales in comparison to the comprehensive backwards compatibility and optimization the Xbox Serial 10 offers.

a screenshot showing God of War on Steam — (Image credit: Future)

I'g haven't been overly fussed by this, every bit I'1000 more keen on seeing Sony dedicate resources to making new games than improving older ones; after all, our all-time PS5 games list could do with more original titles. That was until I returned to playing Bloodborne.

It's one of my favorite games of all fourth dimension, even though I suck at it. Sadly, information technology would oft chug along on the PS4 and hasn't got a boost in operation on the PS5 either. While I'm still holding out on a PS5 patch, a PC version could solve this problem.

While finding powerful PC parts like the Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 might be a nightmare at the moment, even a gaming PC from a few years agone has enough of power to take a PS4 game by the scruff of its neck and drag it into the performance metrics we'd expect for 2021.

A fight scene in Bloodborne — (Image credit: PlayStation)

In the case of Bloodborne, this could mean running the game at 4K and hitting lx fps or more. Plus, imagine Bloodborne running at a frame rate that could accept advantage of a 144Hz brandish. While doing that might not mean access to reworked textures or graphical features, it would potentially open up Bloodborne to the PC game modding customs, who could work to give the game a chip of a shine (not that Bloodborne looks bad at all).

At that place's a chance that the finished version of Bloodborne has a few graphical concessions made to get information technology running on the PS4. And then a PC version could, theoretically, ship with graphical effects and settings that may accept been cut from the PS4 version, as the extra power of the PC could have care of the heavy lifting a PS4 would have struggled with.

This is all speculation from a guy who just wants to play Bloodborne at 60 fps and non suffer long loading times each fourth dimension he misses a contrivance and has an abhorrent beast carve his graphic symbol in two and send him dorsum to the last lamp — aka save point.

Atreus and Kratos in God of War — *Think of the PlayStation consoles as the younger siblings for the older PC territory that Sony'south jumping into.* (Image credit: SIE)

But we've seen Horizon Nada Dawn get specific PC settings. And so I run across no reason why the same couldn't be washed for other PlayStation games that become ported over to the PC, even if they require a seemingly disproportionate amount of power to run well.

In short, PlayStation games coming over to the PC may be an odd frontier for Sony, just it's an exciting one. And information technology ways people who don't want to betrayal themselves to the draining experience of finding a PS5 restock, won't necessarily exist left out in the cold when it comes to playing some of the best games around.

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Roland Moore-Colyer is U.K. Editor at Tom'south Guide with a focus on news, features and opinion articles. He oft writes most gaming, phones, laptops and other bits of hardware; he's likewise got an interest in cars. When non at his desk Roland tin can be found wandering around London, often with a look of marvel on his face up.