Epic Games offered $200m deal to Sony for ‘up to 6’ PC PlayStation ports - Video Games Chronicle

May 08, 2021

According to the document, Epic Games was at one point targeting all three console platform holders for potential content deals for its PC games store.

Then earlier this year SIE’s president confirmed PlayStation will bring “a whole slate” of games to PC, starting with a Days Gone port set to release this month.

Speaking to GQ, SIE boss Jim Ryan said that the opportunity to bring PlayStation’s IPs to a wider audience, as well as an easier port process, meant that making more games for PC was now “a fairly straightforward decision” for the company.

Asked why SIE is now embracing PC, whereas before it was hesitant to bring its games to the platform, Ryan said: “I think a few things changed.

Particularly from the latter half of the PS4 cycle our studios made some wonderful, great games.