{"site":"Yomimono","license":"CC BY 4.0 (citation required)","generated_at":"2026-05-23T04:02:55.478Z","story":{"id":"r_d83413dd74454d7b8fee88f6","slug":"sie-tells-staff-single-player-games-will-be-playstation-exclusives-going-forward","url":"https://yomimono.id/sie-tells-staff-single-player-games-will-be-playstation-exclusives-going-forward","headline":"SIE Tells Staff Narrative Single-Player Games Will Be PlayStation Exclusives Going Forward","summary":"Sony Interactive Entertainment has reportedly told employees that its first-party narrative single-player games will be released exclusively on PlayStation hardware, reversing a multi-platform strategy that had seen titles like Horizon Forbidden West and God of War Ragnarok arrive on PC years after their console debuts. Bloomberg journalist Jason Schreier posted on Bluesky on May 19 that Hermen Hulst, CEO of PlayStation's studio business group, informed staff during a Monday morning town hall that narrative-driven single-player games will now be PlayStation exclusives. The post cites Schreier's own March Bloomberg report, which said SIE was reviewing its PC port plans and would cancel ports of major single-player titles such as Ghost of Yotei and Saros, keeping them as PS5 exclusives. Schreier's March report relied on anonymous sources; the May post adds that Hulst communicated the policy change directly to employees. The sources note that online-focused games, such as the upcoming extraction shooter Marathon, may still release on multiple platforms. In April, descriptions of PC development achievements were largely removed from PlayStation Studios' studio introduction website, which the sources connect to the same policy shift.","why_it_matters":"The shift moves Hulst's reported internal directive from an anonymous-source rumor to an on-the-record employee communication, significantly increasing the likelihood that SIE has formally ended the PC port pipeline for its single-player tentpoles.","published_at":"2026-05-19T17:00:54.000Z","source_count":4,"sources":["Denfaminicogamer","Game Spark","Inside","GameBusiness.jp"],"citations":[{"source":"Denfaminicogamer","title":"SIE to Make Future First-Party Single-Player Games PlayStation Exclusive, Overseas Reports Say; Studio CEO Reportedly Notified Employees","url":"https://news.denfaminicogamer.jp/news/260519b"},{"source":"Game Spark","title":"\"PlayStation's Single-Player Games Will Be PS Exclusive from Now On\" - SIE CEO Told Staff, Says Renowned Journalist in Social Media Post, Increasing Credibility of Previous Report?","url":"http://www.gamespark.jp/article/2026/05/19/166602.html"},{"source":"Inside","title":"\"PS Single-Player Games Will Be PlayStation Exclusive from Now On\" - SIE CEO Told Staff, Says Prominent Journalist in Social Media Post, Increasing Credibility of Previous Reports?","url":"https://www.inside-games.jp/article/2026/05/19/181538.html"},{"source":"GameBusiness.jp","title":"\"PlayStation's Single-Player Games Will Be PS Exclusive from Now On\" - SIE CEO Told Staff, Says Prominent Journalist in Social Media Post, Increasing Credibility of Earlier Reports?","url":"https://www.gamebusiness.jp/article/2026/05/19/26984.html"}],"license_url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/","entities":{"anime_titles":[],"manga_titles":[],"studios":[],"people":[],"type":"news","domain":"games","is_roundup":false}}}