Ngonyaka odlule, u-Sony uthathe indlela entsha yokukhishwa kwe-PC, okubone inkampani iletha eminye yemidlalo yayo emikhulu ku-PC eminyakeni eminingana ngemuva kokwethulwa kwayo kokuqala. Umphathi we-PlayStation uJim Ryan uchaze ukuthi konke kumayelana ngifuna ukuthatha ithuba "lokuveza leyo midlalo emihle kubabukeli abaningi", futhi kanjalo, ukuthandwa kwe I-Horizon Zero Dawn futhi Izinsuku Zihambe zikhiphe i-PC, ngenkathi 4 Uncharted ngokusobala okulandelayo.
Kuyindlela ehluke kakhulu kuleyo iMicrosoft ebe nayo iminyaka eminingana manje, ebabona bephatha i-Xbox ne-PC njengamapulatifomu alinganayo. Cishe yonke iminikelo yabo yephathi yokuqala yethulwa i-Xbox ne-PC ngasikhathi sinye, futhi iyatholakala mahhala kubabhalisi be-Xbox Game Pass kuzo zombili izinkundla. Esithangamini sabezindaba sakamuva, umphathi we-Xbox u-Phil Spencer usheshe waveza lowo mehluko, egxeka inqubomgomo yakwaSony yokuletha imidlalo yabo ku-PC eminyakeni embalwa ngemuva kokwethulwa, kanye “nokuwakhokhisa kabili”.
"Njengamanje, yithina kuphela imidlalo yokuthumela yesikhulumi ku-console, i-PC kanye nefu ngasikhathi sinye," kusho uSpencer (nge- I-VGC). “Abanye baletha imidlalo ye-console ku-PC eminyakeni edlule, abagcini ngokwenza abantu bathenge i-hardware yabo ngaphambili, kodwa bese bebakhokhisa okwesibili ukuze badlale ku-PC. Futhi-ke, yonke imidlalo yethu isosukwini lwethu lokuqala lwenkonzo yokubhalisela, kufakwe inkundla egcwele. ”
"Sinethuba elikhulu lokukhula ku-PC," eqhubeka. “Sinwebele ekuthumeleni ngasikhathi sinye imidlalo yethu yeqembu lokuqala kukho kokubili ikhonsoli ne-PC. Futhi ngonyaka odlule saphinda kabili ukuthengiswa kwemidlalo yethu yokuthengisa yeqembu lokuqala ku-PC. Futhi singomunye wabashicileli abakhulu beqembu lesithathu kuSteam. "
U-Sony ugcizelele ukuthi njengoba kubukeka sengathi iletha imidlalo yayo eminingi ku-PC, i-PlayStation izohlale iphambili kakhulu- ngakho-ke noma ngabe lokho kuyashintsha noma cha futhi basebenzisa indlela efana kakhulu nezinsalela zeMicrosoft okufanele zibonakale. Zombili izinkampani zinamasu kanye nemibono ehluke kakhulu, ngakho-ke okwamanje, kubonakala kungenakwenzeka.
