Over the last week, there have been a lot of news stories about Sony "pulling the plug on Steam sales," or at the very least, deciding that porting once-PS5-exclusive games to PC is no longer a viable option for them. I have obviously zero information from anyone inside the industry, but after having a couple of PS5 games on my Steam wishlist like Horizon Zero Dawn, Spider-Man 2, Stellar Blade, Until Dawn, and the two The Last of Us games, I have my own theories.
In the last couple of days, when I've seen articles about this, I just sort of brushed them off, but when I really looked at one last Wednesday afternoon from Polygon, the headline read, "PS5 games aren't selling well on PC - so Sony is pulling the plug." I haven't yet read the article, and I will after I finish this article (I guess to see if my speculation here is a rehash of what is in that article). I had speculated to myself that it might have to do with poor sales, but this was the first confirmation of the reasoning behind their decision. As I said, I've had several of the Sony Publishing LLC games on my radar (I have 16 on my Steam Wishlist), but since I am looking at prices on Steam, likely like a lot of people who play games through Steam, I'm waiting for some nice sales come the changing of the seasons, and I don't recall seeing many of the games having significant discounts.
That's the crux of my theory, which I'm going to check in real time as I write this article: that games released on Steam from Sony Publishing LLC have not had significant discounts during the years that Sony has been publishing games on the Steam storefront. What I mean by "significant discount" is ≥75% of the game's asking price. As of Wednesday, March 5th, there are 23 games published by Sony Publishing LLC currently available on Steam; Horizon Zero Dawn: Complete Edition was delisted when Forbidden Zero Dawn Remastered was released. All of the current price data will be pulled from Steam, and all sales data I will be pulling will be from SteamDB.info, a great site for checking the price history of games on Steam, as well as Steam Deck compatibility for games that Steam may list as Unsupported.
I'm listing the games in alphabetical order because that's just the way my brain works, and I justify it by making it easier to find specific games.
| Title | Base Price | Lowest Price | % Discount |
|---|---|---|---|
| Days Gone | $39.99 | $12.49 | 69% |
| Everybody's Gone to the Rapture | $19.99 | $4.99 | 75% |
| Ghost of Tsushima Director's Cut | $59.99 | $35.99 | 40% |
| God of War | $49.99 | $19.99 | 60% |
| God of War Ragnarok | $59.99 | $40.19 | 33% |
| Helldivers 2 | $39.99 | $29.99 | 25% |
| Helldivers Die Harder Edition | $19.99 | $3.99 | 80% |
| Horizon Forbidden West Complete Edition | $59.99 | $35.99 | 40% |
| Horizon Zero Dawn Remastered | $49.99 | $29.99 | 40% |
| LEGO Horizon Adventures | $39.99 | $19.99 | 50% |
| Lost Soul Aside | $59.99 | $40.19 | 33% |
| Marvel's Spider-Man 2 | $59.99 | $47.99 | 20% |
| Marvel's Spider-Man Remastered | $59.99 | $23.99 | 60% |
| Marvel's Spider-Man: Miles Morales | $49.99 | $19.99 | 60% |
| Midnight Murder Club | $9.99 | $7.99 | 20% |
| Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart | $59.99 | $23.99 | 60% |
| Returnal | $59.99 | $23.99 | 60% |
| Sackboy: A Big Adventure | $59.99 | $19.79 | 67% |
| Stellar Blade | $59.99 | $44.99 | 25% |
| The Last of Us Part 1 | $59.99 | $29.99 | 50% |
| The Last of Us Part 2 Remastered | $49.99 | $39.99 | 20% |
| Uncharted Legacy of Thieves Collection | $49.99 | $16.49 | 67% |
| Until Dawn | $59.99 | $39.99 | 33% |
| Name | Base Price | Lowest Price | % Discount | Steam Release Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Helldivers Die Harder Edition | $19.99 | $3.99 | 80% | 12/7/2015 |
| Everybody's Gone to the Rapture | $19.99 | $4.99 | 75% | 4/14/2016 |
| Days Gone | $39.99 | $12.49 | 69% | 5/17/2021 |
| God of War | $49.99 | $19.99 | 60% | 1/14/2022 |
| Marvel's Spider-Man Remastered | $59.99 | $23.99 | 60% | 8/12/2022 |
| Sackboy: A Big Adventure | $59.99 | $19.79 | 67% | 10/17/2022 |
| Uncharted Legacy of Thieves Collection | $49.99 | $16.49 | 67% | 10/19/2022 |
| Marvel's Spider-Man: Miles Morales | $49.99 | $19.99 | 60% | 11/18/2022 |
| Returnal | $59.99 | $23.99 | 60% | 2/15/2023 |
| The Last of Us Part 1 | $59.99 | $29.99 | 50% | 3/28/2023 |
| Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart | $59.99 | $23.99 | 60% | 7/26/2023 |
| Helldivers 2 | $39.99 | $29.99 | 25% | 2/8/2024 |
| Horizon Forbidden West Complete Edition | $59.99 | $35.99 | 40% | 3/21/2024 |
| Ghost of Tsushima Director's Cut | $59.99 | $35.99 | 40% | 5/16/2024 |
| God of War Ragnarok | $59.99 | $40.19 | 33% | 9/19/2024 |
| Until Dawn | $59.99 | $39.99 | 33% | 10/4/2024 |
| Horizon Zero Dawn Remastered | $49.99 | $29.99 | 40% | 10/31/2024 |
| LEGO Horizon Adventures | $39.99 | $19.99 | 50% | 11/14/2024 |
| Marvel's Spider-Man 2 | $59.99 | $47.99 | 20% | 1/30/2025 |
| The Last of Us Part 2 Remastered | $49.99 | $39.99 | 20% | 4/3/2025 |
| Stellar Blade | $59.99 | $44.99 | 25% | 6/11/2025 |
| Midnight Murder Club | $9.99 | $7.99 | 20% | 8/14/2025 |
| Lost Soul Aside | $59.99 | $40.19 | 33% | 8/28/2025 |
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