{"id":1524569,"date":"2026-03-12T15:59:02","date_gmt":"2026-03-12T15:59:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/9RoiST72mJQnw2yatZpiwa"},"modified":"2026-03-12T15:59:02","modified_gmt":"2026-03-12T15:59:02","slug":"bluepoint-tech-boss-suggests-sonys-scared-of-valve-not-microsoft-and-thats-why-its-pulling-back-from-pc-it-would-be-quite-ironic-if-valve-ultimately-ended-up-winning-the-console-war","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/bluepoint-tech-boss-suggests-sonys-scared-of-valve-not-microsoft-and-thats-why-its-pulling-back-from-pc-it-would-be-quite-ironic-if-valve-ultimately-ended-up-winning-the-console-war\/","title":{"rendered":"Bluepoint tech boss suggests Sony&#8217;s scared of Valve, not Microsoft, and that&#8217;s why it&#8217;s pulling back from PC: &#8216;It would be quite ironic if Valve ultimately ended up winning the console war&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<article>\n<p>Our six-year stint of feeling very smug about getting pretty much every game on PC (excluding Nintendo, which will forever be Nintendo about it) came to an end last week, when a report from Bloomberg said that Sony has decided to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/gaming-industry\/kiss-goodbye-to-ghost-of-yotei-on-pc-sony-is-u-turning-on-its-lets-put-our-games-on-pc-strategy-and-bunkering-back-down-with-console-exclusives-says-bloomberg\/\">pull back<\/a> from its strategy of releasing its console exclusives\u2014after a suitable delay\u2014on PC.<\/p>\n<p>Theories flew as to what had prompted Sony to make the move. Do its PC ports not make money anymore? Do they weaken the brand? Was the corporation scared off by Microsoft&#8217;s Project Helix\u2014its next-gen console that will, it says, play both Xbox and PC games?<\/p>\n<p>Maybe, maybe not, but here&#8217;s a new theory for the pile, courtesy of Bluepoint Games&#8217; (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/gaming-industry\/bluepoint-games-sonys-famed-remaster-studio-is-being-closed-as-the-fallout-from-playstations-disastrous-pivot-to-live-service-continues\/\">RIP<\/a>) head of technology Peter Dalton. What if Sony&#8217;s actually scared of <em>Valve<\/em>, not Microsoft?<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Some people frame [Sony&#8217;s PC pullback] as a response to Xbox, but I\u2019m not convinced that\u2019s the real driver,&#8221; wrote Dalton on <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/peter_dalton\/status\/2031079427619143912\" target=\"_blank\">X<\/a>. &#8220;A more interesting possibility is the rise of a Steam-based console ecosystem.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>After all, why do people buy consoles instead of PCs? They&#8217;re (usually) cheaper, easier to figure out, and low-maintenance. But now Valve&#8217;s come along with devices like the Steam Deck and Steam Machine and started blurring those lines. Dalton continues: &#8220;If Valve releases a new Steam console that provides a console-like experience while still giving players access to the entire PC game library, that could become a very compelling option.<\/p>\n<div class=\"see-more see-more--clipped\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet hawk-ignore\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I read an interesting take on why Sony may be pulling back from pushing PC releases and instead focusing more heavily on exclusives. Some people frame this as a response to Xbox, but I\u2019m not convinced that\u2019s the real driver.A more interesting possibility is the rise of a\u2026<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/cantworkitout\/status\/2031079427619143912\">March 9, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<div class=\"see-more__filter\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&#8220;If Sony were releasing all of its games day-and-date on PC, the Steam console could effectively offer the best of all worlds: console simplicity with the full breadth of PC gaming.&#8221; Which <em>is<\/em> rather tasty, isn&#8217;t it? In fact, speaking from personal experience, more than a few people close to me\u2014who up to now have been console-only\u2014have reached out to ask me about the Steam Machine, and suggested it might be what they upgrade to next.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It would be quite ironic if, after decades of traditional console competition, Valve ultimately ended up winning the console war.&#8221; Of course, to do that, it has to actually, you know, release all that cool hardware it unveiled last year, a prospect which <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/hardware\/valve-quickly-updates-its-own-steam-machine-update-recommitting-to-a-2026-launch-despite-ai-woes-nothings-really-changed-on-our-end\/\">seems to get harder<\/a> every single day that the RAM crisis continues.<\/p>\n<div class=\"product\"><a data-dimension112=\"9a60efa8-2b37-428d-be42-5bdf53b4af4a\" data-action=\"Deal Block\" data-label=\"Steam Frame\" data-dimension48=\"Steam Frame\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><\/p>\n<figure class=\"van-image-figure \" >\n<div class='image-full-width-wrapper'>\n<div class='image-widthsetter' style=\"max-width:1080px;\">\n<p class=\"vanilla-image-block\" style=\"padding-top:100.00%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"wwHuy8RyrjLvYgmstp9zvA\" name=\"1762872366.jpg\" caption=\"\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/bluepoint-tech-boss-suggests-sonys-scared-of-valve-not-microsoft-and-thats-why-its-pulling-back-from-pc-it-would-be-quite-ironic-if-valve-ultimately-ended-up-winning-the-console-war.jpg\" mos=\"\" align=\"middle\" fullscreen=\"\" width=\"1080\" height=\"1080\" attribution=\"\" endorsement=\"\" credit=\"\" class=\"\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/hardware\/vr-hardware\/steam-frame-specs-availability\" target=\"_blank\" data-dimension112=\"9a60efa8-2b37-428d-be42-5bdf53b4af4a\" data-action=\"Deal Block\" data-label=\"Steam Frame\" data-dimension48=\"Steam Frame\" data-dimension25=\"\"><strong>Steam Frame<\/strong><\/a>: Valve&#8217;s new wireless VR headset<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/hardware\/gaming-pcs\/steam-machine-specs-availability\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Steam Machine<\/strong><\/a>: Compact living room gaming box<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/hardware\/controllers\/steam-controller-specs-availability-hands-on\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Steam Controller<\/strong><\/a>: A controller to replace your mouse<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/software\/platforms\/bluepoint-tech-boss-suggests-sonys-scared-of-valve-not-microsoft-and-thats-why-its-pulling-back-from-pc-it-would-be-quite-ironic-if-valve-ultimately-ended-up-winning-the-console-war\/\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Our six-year stint of feeling very smug about getting pretty much every game on PC (excluding Nintendo, which will forever be Nintendo about it) came to an end last week, when a report from Bloomberg said that Sony has decided to pull back from its strategy of releasing its console exclusives\u2014after a suitable delay\u2014on PC. Theories flew as to what had prompted Sony to make the move. Do its PC ports not make money anymore? Do they weaken the brand? Was the corporation scared off by Microsoft&#8217;s Project Helix\u2014its next-gen console that will, it says, play both Xbox and PC games? Maybe, maybe not, but here&#8217;s a new theory for the pile, courtesy of Bluepoint Games&#8217; (RIP) head of technology Peter Dalton. What if Sony&#8217;s&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"excerpt-more\"><a class=\"blog-excerpt button\" href=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/bluepoint-tech-boss-suggests-sonys-scared-of-valve-not-microsoft-and-thats-why-its-pulling-back-from-pc-it-would-be-quite-ironic-if-valve-ultimately-ended-up-winning-the-console-war\/\">Read More&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1524570,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[336],"tags":[10488,1622],"class_list":["post-1524569","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pc-gamer","tag-platforms","tag-software"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Bluepoint tech boss suggests Sony&#039;s scared of Valve, not Microsoft, and that&#039;s why it&#039;s pulling back from PC: &#039;It 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