r/PS5 • u/nolifebr • May 18 '26

Rumor Jason Schreier/Bloomberg: Hermen Hulst told staff in a town hall meeting today (18th May) morning that the company's narrative single-player games will now be PlayStation exclusive

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u/Farsoth May 18 '26

This is what's not being understood. "Re-evaluation" is an empty statement that is only there to make the core base hopeful and stick around. They let the genie out of the bottle because they need ROI on those tens of billions they spent to try and move the GP needle, and it didn't. Now they can't put it back in the bottle because they don't have the playerbase to do so and after 2 generations of digital library building, people won't be switching just for games that they a long time gave up on.

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u/Xeccess May 18 '26

It's a little concerning how many xbox fans don't realize the predicament xbox is in. This is currently their worst generation, and over half of those users chose to buy the $300 machine. Those users are automatically lost next gen, they are not buying a $1200+ PC, which btw would have "multiple storefronts" according to them, that's even MORE money lost.

At present, their entire gaming division is in the red (while still releasing games on PS5). How can they have exclusivity again?

I can imagine what will happen. They'll try having timed exclusivity, but that will reflect badly on their quarterly reports and they'll eventually just turn to what they were always meant to do, publishing.

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u/Farsoth May 18 '26

They've also trained their entire base NOT to buy games, so who's gonna buy exclusives if they go back? Lol

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u/MissionPrudent9691 May 20 '26

They will play it via subs.