Can Sony REALLY Convert PC Players To PS5? 

They converted me into a PC gamer. 🤷‍♂️

Sony converted me to PC and ive never been happier so fat chance

Sony actually did the opposite. I was mostly a console player up to the PS4, but shifted to PC and after experiencing gaming on PC, I would never go back.

This video could have been 5 seconds where you just say no

I had a PS5 until recently. All of the games from PlayStation I want to play are either on PC or coming soon. So 4 weeks ago I sold my PS5 and will be playing those great games on PC. I have no regrets at all and with regards to the sequels I believe PC gamers are patient and are happy to wait. I know I am. I’d rather spend the £500 another PS5 would cost me to upgrade my PC experience.

All i need is PC & Nintendo.

Its very simple. Do you think the majority of pc owners (who factually have less powerful specs than the PS5, according to steam public data) will update their PC spending over $1,000+ to game properly. Or will they get a $500 console? I think some will upgrade, but i think many will consider console as well. This economy is brutal.

No

Sony does not actually believe it’s going to convert lots of PC gamers into console buyers. They do however know that there is some overlap between PC users and console buyers, and they have no desire to stop giving those dual users a reason reason to buy a PS5, thus we have this waiting period for single player games. PC customers are quite simply less valuable customers. Valve takes a 30% cut from every game purchase, and Sony is in no hurry to give up that cut of day one sales for God of War or Spider-man.

There's literally no reason to move away from PC gaming other than that brief period where crypto mining was taking off again and destroyed the market of PC graphics cards.

Never going to happen for me. The high frames, visual quality and of course keyboard and mouse are too good to give up for a mediocre box. A switch and pc is the ultimate combination

So I’m a console gamer mainly for ease of use and price. I would like to game on PC but the price barrier to get a system that makes it feel worth it costs so much more than a PS5. I’m happy to stay on consoles at this point.

Steam surveys are optional and skewed towards people who are happy with their hardware. Most people with weaker hardware just ignore those steam surveys.

Recall makes the PC not really attractive anymore. If Linux is not able to support really all games, it will be a mess.

If they really want PC gamers to buy PS5, then they need to stop porting games to PC. Yes, there are PC gamers that would buy a home console just for exclusive games.

I'm a PC gamer because I can't afford the console ecosystem. My PC cost much more than a new generation console - but almost all the software I play on it is either indies, games I purchased on sale (just got Suicide Squad steam code for $20), MMOs or free-to-play. I can't afford $70-120 games.... so I certainly can't afford to pay another $500 + electronics tax + internet tax + state tax + shipping.... then be forced to deal with Sony or Microsofts' digital store fronts these days. I'm not going back to physical games, and I already have a massive library of things to play from 15 years on Steam and GOG. I've been a gamer since 1988, and this is the first generation were I did not own a console, and it's largely because the AAA industry have become too expensive for me to engage in that market... and playing video-games on console just keeps getting more expensive. Remember when PS5 RAISED their price two years into their console release? Sorry Sony, but a few exclusives (which will probably come to PC anyway), are not enough to make me cross that river again. I honestly do not even care about those big budget titles anymore, anyway. I'm playing things that are largely over a decade old, at this point. I'm happy using my PC, where I can get more longevity out of my hardware, and I can play games for very little money.

If you can install Windows or Linux on a PS5, then yes

Stating the obvious, PC players like to sit in front of a monitor with mouse and keyboard, console players like sitting on a couch with a joystick. You can do the same with a PC, but most PC players only use joystick for specific games...I also believe the majority of PC players would choose a 1080p 240hz screen over a 4k OLED TV these days. I'm more of a console player, I like to sit on my couch to play with my "favourite gaming box" on a huge 4k TV with good enough quality. Easy setup, relaxing and fun. Different audiences...

Not a chance. PC has a larger catalogue and is basically its own backwards compatability

I think the way the prices are going, and the way this economy is going, you'd more likely see more people switch from PC to console than $500 console to $2000+ PC. Most people already veer away from the complexity of building a PC. Add the GPU cost increases and it might start pricing people out as well.

If the shoddy PC releases we've been getting over the last few years continue then they may get more converts than one might expect. It's frustrating to see lots of games running smoother on consoles which are lower spec but that's becoming common these days.

Well even if I could afford a pc I don’t think I would change from console to pc !! I think In my opinion if the pc gamer , doesn’t want to wait for a game to come out on pc they have the option to buy a console if they wanted to . Exclusive for me is PlayStation !! Great video guys

70% of pc gamer are hasbeen, teams communicat the data, 70% pc have a old GPU 1060 or 2060 and play in 1080p. the ps5 prof cost 600€ it's not expensive. The gamer have to upgrade her configuration a pc cost 1500€ the ps5 prof is a good solution

I've just bought PS5 slim with disk drive, this is my first console ever in 33 years. Always a PC gamer. My last pc upgrade was replacing Ryzen 2400g with 3600 so I could play some fps like BF 5, HLL and SQUAD in 60 fps. I decided to stop putting my money in pc after finding, that my gtx 1060 is in min spec req. I rather buy console than only graphic card that will let me play games for 3 years and after that I would have to buy new processor, GPU and motherboard. I love RPG games, So console will serve me to play them.

What actually happened was that they made the PC the ultimate platform. And even games that weren't even released on the PC but only on the console now have unofficial ports on the PC, so you don't even have to wait for games from the PlayStation. I have a PlayStation, but what Sony does, for me it seems that people will switch to PC, it certainly didn't lure them to a PlayStation

Nope.

To bring up an analogy, would you buy a second pc as a complimentary purchase so you can open some niche version of PDF files while you cannot do anything else with it? 😆 Of course someone will eventually convert the file to normal PDF so you can read it on your current system..

They literally converted me to a PC player just built a pc two weeks ago and I’m in love

After so many consoles malfunctioning, digital store fronts closing down, and console makers charging an arm and leg for old games. PASS!!!

answer is no. I started with ps5 and then built a gaming pc. haven't touched my ps5 since.

I'm not locking myself up voluntarily.

John is slowly turning into a ball

I'm a PS4 player they can't even convert me to PS5.

I ended up buying a Series X at launch because it was more powerful than my gaming PC at the time.

From the steam server survey only 25% of PC players have a card that is better than the PS5. That's why many PC players have a ps5.

I gave the PS5 a chance last year, but I subsequently decided to return to being a PC-only gamer only a few months later.

I have nearly 2000 games (most bought at 75% to 95% off) on Steam. I have an RTX4090 with a 13900KF and 96GB 6000Mts of RAM. This is better than the PS5, will be better than the PS55 PRO, PS6 and PS6 Pro and maybe even PS7. I was all Playstation through and through all the way until the release of the PS5, but PC gaming is far more immersive for me.

I don't want to buy pc being a doctor. It is easier for me to play on ps5 than pc. Also with valorant coming on ps5 so not gonna miss pc side.

Without the temporary exclusive games, all they have is affordability compared to pc

Port Gran Turismo 7 to PC so we can use all of our high end sim racing gear!

Here's the short answer: No. Self-proclaimed "enthusiasts," such as myself, are so heavily invested in our own respective hardware that any additional costs for the sake of playing, "console exclusives" (sooner) would be an unnecessary expense. I have a 4090 in my system presently, so why would I be interested in spending $400 on Sony's plastic (and far less capable) box?

There are not enough games to justify buying in a PlayStation if you're a P.C.Gamer..and especially if one already has an X Box series X....

If you're a serious gamer you have both anyway

They should convert ps4 users to come to ps5 and not pc players, since there's only a small amount of them buying their games it doesn't even amount to how much they sell on console.

The Last Guardian PC

IF Sony can get most of their back catalogue updated to play at 4K/60FPS or close to it, then it would raise everyones expecations. It would benefit console and PC gamers. I wish they could do this with the PS5 but it seems like the PS5 Pro will be better able to unlock higher frame rates and resolutions automatically with their upscaling tech. Godddamit I just want to play RDR2 in 60 FPS mode. Its just not the same on the PC.

Buddy on the right is incapable of looking at things objectively. He has such a huge bias...lol

It is better to have both, however in my case i prefer PS for the single player games and trophy system (already platinumed FF16 & FF7Rebirth😅)

I own PC, Xbox Series X and Switch, and as long as Playstation games keep coming out on PC i wont buy a PS5, however theres 2 tiltles that do tempt me, Bloodborne and Uncharted Nathan Drake collection, i owned a PS4 and i really miss those games, come on sony remaster both!

I am embarrassed to admit that I did indeed buy a PS5 just to play GoW Ragnarok, Spiderman 2 and TLOU 2 just because I was to impatient to wait for it to come out on PC. Now that GoW Ragnarok is coming to PC in September which was way faster than I had expected, if I could go back I would have never bought a PS5. I never use it anymore and I am just considering selling it before the Pro comes out.

Nah, we will wait and get a content complete , hopefully technically competent, version a year or two down the line probably cheaper as well on a sale when it comes on Steam. Who in their right mind will play a game on pc at high settings, resolution and frame rate and then go on console for the sequel... Sony clearly doesn't know the pc audience and how spiteful we can be when it comes to stuff like that.

I don't think the problem is hardware per say. It is related to performance, but not really hardware. I do have a beefy PC, so a console would be a downgrade to me, but that's not really my issue (I have a Deck and I love it). My issue is choice. How I want to play this game. On PC i have choice. I can make sacrifices to run the game a 60fps on whatever resolution I want and I can't, I can settle for 40-45fps. On console you are locked to play however the developer wants and looking at DF's content, those modes are mostly garbage. FSR performance or ultra performance at 1440p to be able to get an unstable 60fps with serious graphics downgrade is a shame. Anything under Balanced and arguably Balanced should be illegal to use. There's also the flexibility of PC. I can play emulator, I can play old games native and I can MOD the hell out of games if I want to. Consoles I'm locked, can't do anything and when games have mods they are mostly cosmetic with the occasional 60fps mod for newer devices. In conclusion, I would never change my PC to a console and it's not really because of hardware. Nintendo is different because their hardware is different. I have a switch, but end up playing on emulator anyway because the Switch two needs to come out already

I am ashamed to say that Playstation's tactics of timed exclusives actually did make me buy a PS5, even though PC is still my main platform. I don't think the majority of PC players will be swayed though, especially with the very limited number of titles coming to the PS platform as true exclusives.

But would you buy a PS5, or would you upgrade your hardware? I would certainly not entertain myself with a secondary plaything when my primary one is subpar.

They wanted to gain some customers they never said people will drop their peecees and get a ps5 instead 🤦‍♂️

I converted from a PS5 to PC, if that helps?

Ha! Sony just made me buy a PC.

PC players don't even want to download the Epic Games launcher 🤣🤣

No

NOPE

Absolutely not. I'd sooner quit gaming than ever having a Pay$tation in my household again. Fuck censorship Fuck gatekeepers and more importantly Fuck Sony

Sony selling 1st party games on other platforms has always been a poor long term business decision. Sony’s golden goose is being the platform holder where they collect revenue through software licensing, PS Plus subscriptions, and selling accessories. Releasing 1st party software on PC is an existential threat because consumers don’t look at buying into the PlayStation platform as necessary.

Nope

I switched from PC to ps5 about a year ago. I got a ps5 and the convenience factor really won me over. Everything loads lightning fast and the UI is well thought out and convenient. Its not as fast as my 4070 PC but it's fast enough and I don't have to deal with bad PC ports. When I turn on my PC to play something there's always a small chance that something will screw up and I have to fix it and that really annoys me now when it didn't before.

No

As a PC enthusiast and Console owner, I can safely say that I can’t stand dealing with every iterative update in the Windows environment. I hate having to constantly learn about new services to disable. I hate updating drivers and keeping an archive of drivers because newer drivers can break older games. I hate OS bloat that slows the OS overtime so that i need to reimage my system. I hate other PC players that decide to cheat. With all that I hate doing I still love PC games but theres complete value in a console and not having to deal with this BS. Would be nice if Microsoft got a little more serious and made mechanics in their OS to assist with gaming. I mean 2000+ threads on a vanilla install of Windows.

Sony doesn't need to convince PC players to convert. 50+ million people bought A ps5 in the last 4 years and PCz have been around forever.

Wow, they actually have ears under their headsets!

Not in a million years. They can get ponies to buy PC in order to buy their games AGAIN on a different platform as well, but they'll never get PCMR to downgrade! LOL

LOL... no. I sell quite a few PC's locally and I can tell you that 99.9% of the people I sell to are younger and they're ditching their PS5 or X-Box for the PC. I've gotten so many trade offers for consoles on my listings. And exclusives aren't going to do it. All games come to PC at some point or another and they're only kidding themselves. And the people playing down on those lower end systems on the Steam survey aren't generally playing AAA titles that Sony is trying to entice them with anyways. They're playing games that probably aren't even available on the PS5 and they're probably playing a lot of free titles as well. Also, I used to buy pretty much every console, as I game on both... but I just don't see the point anymore and have zero interest in the new PlayStation or X-Box and won't care about the next either.

YES, they already did. I was a PC gamer myself and now i'm very happy with PS.

I just went back from a game store, and was laughing that it got overstocked with used PS5, literally this system went from Scalped to Uninteresting for a lot of people in only half it's life-time. Anyway, not in a billion years I'd switch from PC to Console.

Everyone in the same room makes a big difference and makes the discussion more interesting!

Lifes short stop acting like PC players are ok waiting years for Ps games and Gta 6 and even when they get them like everybody has moved on from those games

Being a PC player has basically removed my desire to grab a Microsoft console, I get all of those games one way or another. But, I have been continuing my trend of picking up Playstation and Nintendo consoles.

As a pc player i will Never go to a Playstation everything is better on PC! Ill just wait till ps exclusives hit pc!!

I'll Break it down for yall: Sony is saying they don't care about PC and if just 1 person buys a PS5 from this strategy 👍 Look at the Downfall of Xbox since they went day and date everyone who doesn't have GP just pirates the games..🤣

No. Next question? Why would I play games at reduced quality on my TV, when I can run an HDMI cable to it and get a glorious experience?

⁠I have a PS4 and a GTX1080 PC from 2017-2022. And I game on the PS4 so much more despite people keep saying it is so much weaker. The experience on the PS4 is just so much better, the suspend and resume feature makes it very easy to turn it on for a short session whenever I have some time, framerate and resolution is overated, and the popularity of Switch reinforces that. In the end I barely turn on that PC, most of the stuff that I need to do on PC I use my laptop. The Desktop is literally collecting dust. I play games, not hardware

Yes. Outside of the online community I bet lots of pc gamers outside of social media and the Internet. Have all systems including ps5. That's for sure. Not everyone uses the internet and social media you know.

I was a PC "main" for like 20+ years. My last console was a PS2 in the early 2000's. I bought Horizon Zero Dawn and Spider-Man remaster for Steam and I loved them (especially Horizon)! Then came God of War 2018 and omg, I fell in love with that game. When I heard that God of War Ragnarök is coming already, I bought a used PS4 Pro, because I HAD to play it... I didn't want to wait years and it's impossible to avoid spoilers. Mean people are everywhere. Since then, I completely stopped playing single player games on PC (I still play Valorant, and Overwatch on PC, so it's my multiplayer "console" now). Laters I tried PS5 at my friend, and the DualSense is so awesome! Ghostwire Tokio was an experience, I never had with a game. Astro's Playroom??? Damn, you can feel the whole game in your hands... It's the true "next gen" experience. I wanted a PS5, so when prices went down to normal, I switched to it. No more annoying shader compilation stutters, no more trash AMD drivers, no more freezes, crashes in every game. It's just a lot better, and smoother experience. Oh, and I don't have to wait years to get a good game. :)

As an ex PC have, yes... Once you have kids , job etc, you don't have time or money to spend fiddling around with the settings and updating your PC to latest Titan to spend more time on the menu screen than play the actual game

Most PC gamers gravitate towards PC as a long term thing be it for the better value of games, the ability to play games years after release without worrying about backwards compatibility, modding, and freedom PC offers just in general. 12 years ago I built my first PC, though I have used PCs most of my life. Before and after that I still used consoles. I still tend to prefer PC and go back to it. That CEO was spouting pure cope though. I wouldn't buy a console strictly for one or two games. There has to be something more for it to be worth it. The Switch I would argue used to have enough to make it worth going for. It can be played anywhere, it can hook up to a tv and has pretty good third party controller support. And if you modify it you can run a lot of older games on it, including games not on their subscription service. Even then, PC gamers often run Switch games on a PC and get much better performance and visuals. And Nintendo not putting their games on PC is them potentially leaving a lot of money on the table. Whether they like it or not, many PC gamers will not buy a Switch for one or two games. And despite this, they will still find a way to play the few switch exclusives even if they have to use emulation to do so. Overall in the past 12 years I realized how much better PC was, at least for me. Prices on PC are typically cheaper. Since there are far more stores, even when just counting ones that sell Steam keys. Consoles have their subscription services, but I have not been satisfied with any of them. NSO is 50 dollars for a bunch of older games, or 20 for a smaller selection. NSO could be a good deal if you can get otherrs to split the 80 dollar family price with you, but that relies on you others around you wanting to pay for NSO in the first place. I prefer the Steam Deck here anyway. Gamepass sounds like a great deal on paper. But I found that I prefer building a library to play from rather than pay for access to a rotating set of games. I also don't like feeling pressured to play a game asap before it is gone. Especially if it is fighting for time with a game that I actually spent money on to specifically buy. PS+ base has the problem that typically the games given out each month are ones I already owned either on Playstation or PC. There have been a couple of games I got into because of it, but overall I feel like they got more out of me than I got out of it. So I no longer pay for PS+. The more expensive tiers seem even less of a good deal. They just seem like a worse version off both gamepass and NSO. I will say that even if Sony never ported a single new game to PC, I would just deal with it. I'm not hurting for games. I have over 1600 games on my Steam account, and PC is great for emulation and modding. The Steam Deck is also a great companion to a desktop PC imo. Since getting it, I have been playing a lot of my games on it, and since it's a PC, I don't have to re-buy any games like I would on the Switch.

no. pc gamers love gamepass.

Probably not the types who watch these videos, but they are just a very vocal minority. The majority do not have near the allegiance to a platform, and will go where the games they want are, what is cheaper, where friends are, and what is convenient. Many have PCs weaker than a PS5, so the switch could be very tempting.

Nope, why would i choose one store with no competition and forced online fees for basic multiplayer per year?

The true purpose of all exclusives is not direct profit from its sales, that is just a 2ndary benefit. The real purpose is magnetizing buyers to an ecosystem, then marketing that expanded ecosystem to 3rd party pubs, then getting a 30% kickback from 3rd party pubs per copy of their games sold within the ecosystem. Once the exclusives has exhausted its true purpose, there's no harm for it to be ported to other platforms.

Factually yes. The problem is you and pc fanboys think they mean a mass exodus to buy a ps5. Say 2 million ppl buy Ragnarok and 50k buy a ps5 for a sequel thats a win

It would take a special kind of stupid for a PC gamer to convert to console let alone PS5

I refuse to play on any device that wants me to use a controller. I suspect I am not alone in this view.

This was said, but Sony doesn't really believe PC players are going to PS5. It's clear that console player numbers have stagnated, while PC players have grown substantially. So what's happening is PS5 players are converting to PC gamers, at least that's what's happening if you look at the numbers.

In an ideal world I'd have all 3 platforms but the world is not ideal so for now I have my PC and yes, if I ever get into a financial position where I can justify buying a console in addition to keeping my PC up and running and upgraded with relatively modern hardware it would be a Playstation first.

Interesting that Steam just said that you cant pass on a library in a will

I moved to consoles when I saw it was cheaper than upgrading my GPU....and being a father I dont have much time for troubleshooting either.

Retro gamer here, I'm getting a PS3 since I missed out on the fun during that generation. I'm also pretty satisfied with my PS1, PS2 & PS4. I'll get a PS5 when the when PS6 or 7 comes out.

PC players dont even want to make a PSN free account, imagine buy a playstation Playstation games on PC is a very dumb move

Just own them all… nice PC as the primary platform, but also a PS5 and Switch for exclusives or significantly delayed exclusives. XSX is pretty redundant if you have a PC, but I still have one of those too.

Absolutely not

No

There will definitely be PC gamer GTA fans that buy a current gen console just for GTA 6. We've already been waiting over a decade and still have to wait another year and a half. You really think GTA fans on PC will hold out through the hype another 1.5 years after release waiting for a port? Maybe the ones that just can't afford a console but I think many will find a way.