Recently, Sony released its 2024 fiscal year financial report, announcing that PS5 sales actually exceeded the company's current fiscal year expectations.The new leadership will implement strict new policies to control the financial discipline of PlayStation's first-party studios.
CFO (Chief Financial Officer) Tao Lin said that the company has made two major changes in its strategy. First, it emphasizes monthly active users and player immersion rather than game sales data, and second, it strictly controls the expenditure of first-party studios.
The financial report also mentioned the revenue of first-party games transplanted to the PC platform.In fiscal 2024, first-party PlayStation games ported to other platforms, such as Marvel Spider-Man 2, MLB The Show, LEGO Horizon Adventure and The Last Survivor 2 Remake generated nearly $650 million on PC.
However, the revenue of PC platform accounts for a very small proportion of the total revenue of the PlayStation game department, with revenue generated through the PS5 and PS4 malls reaching US$16.5 billion, accounting for 50% of the total revenue.
On the other hand, Sony's PC ported version has been performing poorly for some time."The Last Survivor 1: Remake" has too many bugs, making it the game with the lowest rating of Naughty Dog; and the second ported version has even worse graphics performance on the PC configuration on the PC.