--- title: Sales data indicates Sony's PS5 ports are increasingly... description: Newzoo analysis reveals that Sony's PS5 ports are capturing smaller PC audience shares not due to lack of demand, but because of staggered release timing.... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/sales-data-indicates-sony-s-ps5-ports-are-increasingly-losing-audience-share-on-pc-but-only-because-f9dcdxwpt twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Sales data indicates Sony's PS5 ports are increasingly losing audience share on PC, but only because of release timing | daily.dev og:description: Newzoo analysis reveals that Sony's PS5 ports are capturing smaller PC audience shares not due to lack of demand, but because of staggered release timing.... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/sales-data-indicates-sony-s-ps5-ports-are-increasingly-losing-audience-share-on-pc-but-only-because-f9dcdxwpt og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/F9DCDXWPT.png og:image:alt: Sales data indicates Sony's PS5 ports are increasingly losing audience share on PC, but only because of release timing og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Sales data indicates Sony's PS5 ports are increasingly losing audience share on PC, but only because of release timing **[GamesIndustry.biz](https://daily.dev/sources/gamesindustry)** · 3 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Newzoo analysis reveals that Sony's PS5 ports are capturing smaller PC audience shares not due to lack of demand, but because of staggered release timing. Games launched simultaneously on PC and console capture ~44% PC player share in the first three months, while delayed ports average only ~13%. Earlier Sony ports like Horizon Zero Dawn (22% PC share) performed better than recent ones like Marvel's Spider-Man 2 (5%). The data suggests the declining PC performance is a release strategy problem, not a franchise demand problem. This context comes amid reports that Sony is pulling back from PC ports entirely, while Xbox moves toward simultaneous multi-platform launches. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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