Sony is reportedly testing a new feature called "Cross-Buy" that would allow games purchased for its proprietary PlayStation platform to also be added to a corresponding PC library. An independent inspection by X user @yAmethxst of PlayStation Network assets revealed that a "crossbuy" tag and "PS5 / PC" store assets were added in June 2025. This is not an ordinary feature addition or a legacy feature, as it is specifically designed for future release. A potential Cross-Buy option for PlayStation consoles would give gamers the option to run the same game on their PCs, which might be equipped with a powerful GPU. Much like Microsoft's approach with Xbox, Sony aims to keep its customers engaged with their PlayStation platforms by avoiding the need for separate game libraries.

However, some technicalities would need to be sorted out first. For example, since there is no unified PC storefront, where would Sony host these titles? Since Sony doesn't operate a PC storefront, it would have to either rely on Steam or Epic, or develop its own PC storefront port. Both options seem realistic, but managing things like entitlement servers, account linking, and cross-platform verification, all while maintaining existing DRM and store policies, is a very difficult task. So we are still in the dark about how the potential implementation of Cross-Buy would play out.