Saros is almost upon us, but beyond its imminent PlayStation 5 launch, plenty of players are asking whether Housemarque’s new game will eventually make its way to PC. Gregory Louden has now addressed that question, although not in a way that clears much of anything up.

The next major PlayStation exclusive is now right around the corner. Saros is set to launch on April 30 after a delay of just one month, and while the PS5 release is fast approaching, another question has started to dominate the conversation: will it also come to PC? That is hardly an unreasonable thing to ask, especially after a February rumor suggested that Sony might scale back PC versions of its exclusives after several ports reportedly failed to generate the profits the company had hoped for.

With many players still looking at how much Returnal benefited from its PC release, the same question was inevitably put to Saros director Gregory Louden during Game Informer’s visit to Helsinki. His answer, however, was about as noncommittal as it gets. “We’re only going to talk about Saros on PS5,” he said. That is not a denial, but it is certainly not the kind of response that sounds like a quiet confirmation either.

Sony’s Current PC Strategy Looks Increasingly Unclear

The issue matters because Housemarque’s previous title, Returnal, did receive a PC version, while recent signs suggest Sony may no longer be as enthusiastic about continuing that policy across the board. Bloomberg journalist Jason Schreier previously reported that the company was beginning to move away from the approach it had followed over the last few years, one that gradually brought more first-party titles to PC. The new direction would supposedly focus more narrowly on multiplayer releases, such as Helldivers 2, where a broader platform reach makes more obvious business sense.

Schreier also claimed that both Saros and Ghost of Yotei had PC versions planned at one point before those plans were later dropped. If that turns out to be accurate, it would strongly suggest that Sony is once again becoming more protective of certain titles within its own ecosystem. Under that interpretation, Death Stranding 2: On the Beach could even end up being the last major PlayStation release to still make the jump to PC.

For the time being, though, neither a PC version of Saros nor Sony’s supposed gradual retreat from the platform has been confirmed. What does seem increasingly obvious is that the company sees its console as the main priority, and everything else comes second. For anyone hoping to play Saros on PC, there is not much solid ground to stand on right now – only one carefully worded answer that sounds designed to reveal as little as possible.

Source: 3DJuegos