Returnal was spotted in Steam’s database,

GamesRadar had a hell of a look browsing through the new entries of the Steam database through SteamDB : obviously, PlayStation is already preparing the release of Returnal on PC.

Although the game previewed in the database has clearly an alias “Oregon”some text strings leave little doubt about his true identity, such as ” Atropos »the name of the planet where the action takes place, or ” Tower of Sisyphus »a game mode recently brought by Housemarque in the original PlayStation 5 version.

So barely a year that Returnal is out on PlayStation 5. After Horizon: Zero Dawn, god of war, Days Gone and soon Uncharted: Legacy of Thieveswe are no longer really surprised to see PlayStation games ported to PCbut it must be admitted that setting up a reissue on Valve’s platform is relatively preventive compared to other titles, especially since Returnal is a next-gen exclusive.

It remains to be seen how the transition to the keyboard/mouse combo will happen, since rogue lite TPS worked wonders the capabilities of the DualSense controller.

This is just the beginning

According to Sony’s latest financial statement released yesterdaythe porting of PlayStation games to PC seems to have been a very good idea.

In effect, Gamekult reports that their re-release on Steam and the Epic Games Store have already brought in $80 millionand the manufacturer expects this turnover to reach the 300 million in the next fiscal year (before March 2023). Horizon: Zero Dawn elapsed at 2.4 million copies since its release on PC, while god of war has almost reached the million in just 2 months. It’s already more than Days Gone reissued in May 2021, but the port seems to have been more than profitable all the same with 850,000 sales.

With such good results, it’s a safe bet that Sony will continue to bring your games to PCand maybe to an ever-increasing pacealthough SIE President Jim Ryan has already affirmed several times that there will never be any question simultaneous outputs.