SIE Tells Staff Narrative Single-Player Games Will Be PlayStation Exclusives Going Forward
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.
Reporting from 4 sources: Denfaminicogamer, GameBusiness.jp, Inside, Game Spark.
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.
Schreier's Bluesky post on May 19, 2026, includes a link to his own March Bloomberg article, which first reported the policy shift based on anonymous sources. The post frames the town hall announcement as a confirmation of that earlier reporting.
Multiple Japanese outlets covering the story note the same timeline: Bloomberg's March report, the April removal of PC development achievement descriptions from PlayStation Studios' studio introduction website, and now the direct employee communication. The sources describe the April website change as an "incident" where descriptions of PC development achievements were "almost entirely removed."
The sources also draw a distinction between single-player narrative games and multiplayer titles. They state that online-focused games "may still be released on multiple platforms," with the extraction shooter Marathon named as one example that could continue to see a PC release.
Schreier's post does not include a direct quote from Hulst beyond the policy statement. The sources note that while there is "uncertainty whether he actually said that," the fact that a prominent journalist like Schreier reported the detailed circumstances "increases credibility" compared to the anonymous sourcing of the March report.
Synthesized by Yomimono from the 4 cited sources below, including Japanese-language reporting where cited, then editorially reviewed before publishing.
Sources
- Denfaminicogamer SIE、今後は自社シングルプレイヤーゲームを「PlayStation独占」にするとの海外報道。スタジオCEOが従業員に通達か
- GameBusiness.jp 「PSのシングルプレイゲームは今後PS専用になる」―SIEのCEOが社内で伝えたと著名ジャーナリストがSNS投稿、以前の報道の信憑性が増す？
- Inside 「PSのシングルプレイゲームは今後PS専用になる」―SIEのCEOが社内で伝えたと著名ジャーナリストがSNS投稿、以前の報道の信憑性が増す？
- Game Spark 「PSのシングルプレイゲームは今後PS専用になる」―SIEのCEOが社内で伝えたと著名ジャーナリストがSNS投稿、以前の報道の信憑性が増す？ | Game*Spark - 国内・海外ゲーム情報サイト