PS5 and PC Cross-Buy Leak Signals Sony’s Answer to Xbox Play Anywhere

File this under: believable, but unconfirmed. A dataminer may have just spotted Sony laying the groundwork for buy-once, play-on-both with a PS5/PC Crossbuy label tucked inside PlayStation 5 assets. If it pans out, this would be a big swing toward connecting Sony’s console and PC worlds. Until Sony says something, though, keep the salt nearby.

What the dataminer says they found

• Dataminer Amethxst uncovered a new icon labeled PS5/PC Crossbuy inside PS5 system files
• The icon uses Sony’s own interface font glyphs, mapped to codepoints EF5B through EF61
• It appears on PS5, not on PS4
• They posted screenshots and a follow-up video, and pointed people to search for their ID 'yAmethxst' to see the symbols in the wild
• The post took off after being amplified alongside @Zuby_Tech, and it was shared on November 4, 2025

'The screen is real.'

The implication is obvious: Sony might be testing a cross-buy setup where one purchase covers both PS5 and PC. That would mirror the spirit of Microsoft’s Xbox Play Anywhere, which lets you buy once and play on Xbox and Windows PC. We do not know Sony’s exact rules or scope here — just that the icon exists in PS5 files, and that’s fueling the speculation.

Why this tracks with Sony’s recent moves

Even if this ends up being a test that never ships, it fits the direction Sony’s been pushing on PC. The company has leaned hard on PSN account sign-ins for its PC releases lately — think Helldivers 2 and Ghost of Tsushima — and has been nudging players into a single account ecosystem across platforms.

If Sony really wants PS5/PC Crossbuy to work, the cleanest version is a proper PlayStation storefront on PC that ties purchases and saves to your PSN account automatically. That would make ownership simple, encourage more logins (yes, more user data), and give Sony tighter control of its growing PC audience. Microsoft already requires an Xbox account for Play Anywhere; Sony could mirror that without reinventing the wheel.

Tempering expectations

This is still a leak. Sony has not confirmed any of it — the same way they have not weighed in on that recent low-power mode chatter. For now, the PS5/PC Crossbuy icon is intriguing, but unofficial.

The bottom line

On paper, PS5/PC Crossbuy makes both technical and business sense, and it lines up with Sony’s current PC and PSN strategy. Whether it becomes a real, consumer-facing feature or just a prototype that never ships is the part we are all waiting on.

Would you use cross-buy if Sony rolled it out, or do you think they will stick to stricter platform walls? I am curious where you land.