A Returnal PC version has apparently turned up on SteamDB under the codename “Oregon.” Strings found by internet sleuths make reference to Tower of Sisyphus and Atropos, and the “bullet hell, rogue-like” tags used by the database are a dead giveaway. Returnal’s PC version was first outed by the big GeForce Now leak, which has been accurate thus far.
Returnal PC might release before Ghost of Tsushima
Fans have long speculated that Ghost of Tsushima will be the next PlayStation exclusive to make it to PC but it looks like Returnal will beat it to the punch. Some users have theorized that this is because it’s a more recent game built on Unreal Engine 4 that’s easier to port than the 2020 Sucker Punch hit, which was built on a propriety engine. Nevertheless, Sony is taking its PC business seriously, as indicated by its recent statements.
Yesterday, SIE CEO Jim Ryan delivered a presentation in which he revealed that Sony expects its PC revenue to more than triple within the next financial year. In FY 2020, Sony made $30 million in PC sales, which increased to $80 million in FY 2021. By the end of FY 2022, Sony projects raking in $300 million in PC sales. God of War, which released on PC in January this year, sold nearly a million units on the platform by the end of March. That’s pretty impressive for a four-year old game that was sold at full price. Horizon Zero Dawn, which was ported to PC in August 2020, has sold nearly 2.4 million units on PC as of March 2022, earning a revenue of $60 million alone. Needless to say, it behooves Sony to exploit this revenue stream.
In other news, fans are expecting a God of War Ragnarok release date announcement soon as the game has just received its first rating, and Sony has blamed its recent PS Plus upgrade pricing fiasco on a technical error.
