Days Gone, Death Stranding, and Horizon Zero Dawn are just three of the many former PlayStation exclusive titles that are now available on Windows.
Despite much of the PS4’s success coming from its fantastic selection of exclusive titles, Sony appears to have softened its stance on exclusivity a little in recent years. Plenty of once-exclusive titles have made their way over to Windows, with many more PC ports rumored to be coming soon.
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Whispers of a Bloodborne PC release have been circulating for what feels like an eternity now. It remains to be seen whether these rumors will ever come to fruition, but, even if they don’t, there are plenty of other former PlayStation exclusives that can now be played on PC.
Updated March 28, 2023, by Tom Bowen: 2022 was a huge year for PC gamers, with some of the biggest gaming IPs around making their way over to the platform. Throughout the course of the year, God of War, Marvel’s Spider-Man, Spider-Man: Miles Morales, Persona 5 Royal, and Uncharted 4 were all made available on Windows, with The Last of Us becoming the latest big-budget blockbuster title to make the leap in March of 2023. There are also strong rumors that Sony is planning to release Horizon Forbidden West on PC as well, suggesting that it’s fast becoming more a case of «when» rather than «if» a PlayStation exclusive gets released on PC.
When it comes to the best PlayStation exclusives, they really don’t come much bigger than The Last of Us. The Naughty Dog title is one of the most critically-acclaimed games of all time. In addition to the hugely successful tv show adaptation from HBO, the game has also sold millions of copies and been released across three different console generations.
It was the last of these releases, The Last of Us Part 1, which was made available on Steam, ensuring that PC players got the definitive version of the game. The 2022 title was remade from the ground up, helping to bring the game’s fantastic story to a whole new generation of players. Many will now be wondering when The Last of Us Part 2 will make its way to PC.
It took a surprisingly long time for Final Fantasy 7 Remake to make its way to PC, with the game eventually doing so some eighteen months on from its initial PS4 release. Given that just about every other Final Fantasy game is available on PC, a Windows port always did seem likely, but some had begun to wonder after the distinct lack of news in those first 12 months.
Final Fantasy 7 Remake is the first of a trilogy of games reimagining the story of the 1997 classic for the original PlayStation. Though the characters and many of the main story beats remain the same, there are some key differences, with Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth and the last of the three games each promising to further diverge from the original narrative.
Sony’s acquisition of the rights to Marvel’s Spider-Man IP has proven to be a stroke of genius, with the many movies and games released over the past decade or so having netted the company hundreds of millions of dollars. A significant portion of that can be attributed to Marvel’s Spider-Man, which many consider to be one of the best superhero games ever made.
The title started life as a PS4 exclusive, with a remastered version of the game later being made available with deluxe editions of Spider-Man: Miles Morales. It was this version of the game that was released for Windows in August of 2022, bringing with it incredible ray-tracing support and a host of other improvements.
It didn’t take too long after the PC release of Marvel’s Spider-Man for Spider-Man: Miles Morales to follow suit. In fact, just three months separated the two releases, further emphasizing the noticeable shift in Sony’s strategy when it comes to the Japanese giant releasing PlayStation-exclusive titles on PC.
For those unaware, Spider-Man: Miles Morales effectively serves as a standalone expansion, introducing players to a brand-new hero without straying from the familiar streets of New York City. The game also features its own story as well as a wide range of collectibles, making it a great option for fans of the original title.
Following the Windows release of Persona 4 Golden in mid-2020, many felt that it was only a matter of time until the series’ fifth installment followed suit and made its way onto PC. That it took more than two years for this to happen was actually a little bit surprising, though there is that old saying about good things coming to those who wait.
