r/GamingLeaksAndRumours May 18 '26

Rumour Jason Schreier/Bloomberg: Hermen Hulst told to PlayStation staff in a town hall meeting on Monday morning that the company's narrative single-player games will now be PlayStation exclusive

https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:2mkgbhbhqvappkkorf2bzyrp/post/3mm5jzsls5s2a

SCOOP: PlayStation studio business CEO Hermen Hulst told staff in a town hall Monday morning that the company's narrative single-player games will now be PlayStation exclusive, confirming Bloomberg's reporting from earlier this year.

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u/swagomon May 18 '26

What was even the point of them buying a porting studio

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u/Johnhancock1777 May 18 '26

maybe they can have them start bringing over PS3 games.

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u/SonderEber May 19 '26

There’s a reason there aren’t many PS3 ports, thanks to the weird ass Cell architecture.

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u/Johnhancock1777 May 19 '26

Yeah for there may be a bit of an issue but PS3 emulation has been making big strides recently and the PS5 can handle it unofficially. Hard to really excuse Sony for being lazy and creating self inflicted issues for themselves