Sony's new and expanded PlayStation Plus is a more effective competitor to Microsoft's Game , but it is still almost entirely exclusive to consoles, except for the highest tier's inclusion of cloud-based streaming to PC. PlayStation Plus' Extra and subscription tiers will offer the same major draw as Game , an extensive catalog of games available for at no extra cost, but Microsoft's service is more widely functional. The PC gaming market is a dedicated and constantly growing demographic, but will Sony eventually seek to further expand its revamped PS+?
Since its inception and up until the new price points take over in June, PlayStation Plus has long been a direct competitor to Xbox Live Gold. PS+ has been required for online play since the PS4 released, with the added benefit of subscribers being gifted a few free games every month. The new PS+ will include classic PlayStation games alongside more recent titles, while still retaining its original purpose. It will be possible to stream games on PC through PS+, but that is so far the platform's only functionality with the service. At launch, a significant portion of the new PS+ catalog will be first-party exclusives, which may be the best indicator of difficulties Sony would have in bringing the service more concretely to PC.
Only recently have PlayStation exclusives began receiving PC ports, and they remain few and far between. Days Gone, Death Stranding (and the Director's Cut), God of War, Horizon Zero Dawn, and Uncharted: Legacy of Thieves Collection are the only games developed by teams under the PlayStation Studios umbrella to have made the jump to PC. Sony's exclusives, available for no extra cost, is one of the primary selling points of the new PS+ model. There are still plenty of big PS4 exclusives not on PC, and there has so far been no indication that Sony will prioritize ports at a higher rate.
Sony's New PS+ Wouldn't Have A Foothold In The PC Market
It's not impossible that the new PlayStation Plus comes to PC, but it seems very unlikely, at least in the foreseeable future. Sony's strategy with the PlayStation brand over the last decade hasn't positioned the company to effectively rival Microsoft in the PC gaming space. Microsoft opted to cast a wide net with Xbox and Game , promoting easy access to first-party titles regardless of an individual player's preference for console or PC. Sony has kept its PlayStation ecosystem rather insular, curating an impressive collection of exclusive series and games to attract customers to its proprietary hardware.
Most of the PS4 and PS5 exclusives on the new PS+ are still only able on those consoles, the exceptions being those PC ports discussed above (not including Uncharted: Legacy of Thieves, which isn't in the new PS+ launch catalog). A main attraction of the new PS+ tiers - easy access to Sony's able exclusive library - simply wouldn't be as compelling if the service was on PC. PS+ on the platform wouldn't have much to offer compared to Game on PC, which has Xbox's first-party exclusives on launch day. Microsoft has long had a greater investment in the home computing market, and its subscription gaming service reflects that. If the new PlayStation Plus model turns out to be a resounding success, it may very well fully come to PC at some point, but Sony would need to port more of its games first.
