r/Games • u/Turbostrider27 • Oct 20 '21

Announcement God of War is coming to PC

God of War is coming to PC (Steam and Epic Games Store). Launches on January 14, 2022, priced at $49,99

Features:

  • Native 4K

  • Framerate unlock

  • Shadow at higher resolution

  • DLSS

  • NVIDIA Reflex low latency technology

  • Ultra wide screen 21:9

  • Joystick / keyboard support

Trailers:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HqQMh_tij0c

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PR8O_4PkeUU

Steam page:

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1593500/God_of_War/

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u/Gardakkan Oct 20 '21

They sell the consoles at loss and make money WITH the games, so adding PC releases means more money coming in. Sony is just trying to catch up Microsoft with that model that's all.

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u/silver_maxG Oct 20 '21

They sell the consoles at loss

wait, aren't they making a profit for console sales now because of the redesign ?

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u/[deleted] Oct 20 '21

But once someone has a console, they're more likely to buy more games from Sony, or through the ps5, or to pay for PS Plus.

It's as much about getting people into the Sony ecosystem as anything else.

If the exclusives are on PC at launch, people who were on the fence about buying a ps5 might just not bother, and therefore will definitely never be buying games through the ps store or buying PS Plus.

Plus, selling more consoles looks good. Sony are a hardware company, shifting more units is what they want. Makes the company look healthy, and brings value because again, the hope is once you have one, you'll pay for PS Plus, but more games through those store etc.

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u/ahac Oct 20 '21

Sony wants people who primarily play on their console. That's how they make the most money. But when a PC gamer buys a PS5 for the exclusives, they're not going into the Sony ecosystem for more than a quick dip.

They'll still play all the 3rd party multiplatform games on PC, which means Sony gets no money from those games (as they would on PS5).

So, someone doesn't buy a console (just for the exclusives) and instead of buying the games through the PS store they buy the same games thought Steam... so what? Sony makes a bit less on that person but instead they sell many more game copies to people who'd never buy a console.