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Sony's PS4 exclusive Horizon: Zero Dawn is coming to PC this year, sources tell Kotaku.
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"Kotaku of all things" lmao Jason Schrier is the most prominent American gaming journalist right now
Damn that's sick.
I may end up actually building a PC instead of buying into consoles next gen.
I may end up actually building a PC instead of buying into consoles next gen.
Not so awful, as this is a 3 year old game. Detroit Being Human and especially Death Stranding have much shorter turn arounds for pc release. All Sony has to do in the future is be consistent with the delay to PC, make it a 1 year delay or so. People who really want to play Spiderman 2 or FF7 Part 2 or whatever aren't going to want to wait that long to play. The main strategy that seems odd to me is Microsoft simultaneous release, except that they are all about pushing Game Pass instead of a platform.
I have no problem waiting several years for a game to release on PC.
There are already more PC exclusives coming out in 2020 than I can possibly handle.
If the PS5 is BC with PS4 then they wouldn't have the option to do a remaster for it, so they wouldn't gain any sales from it for PS5 since most people who wants to play it in a PS platform already have it (the game is actually bundled with the console). So releasing the PC version could expand its market.
Sony didn't "lose" anything.
The only correct way to think about this is "yay, more people get to play the game!".
Not until the PS consoles stop being released...I think Sony will adopt the Hollywood release sttucture: First on PS 5, exclusively. Then, after a year, transfer them to PS now. 2 years down the road: PC.
I bought the game this summer and still haven't got around to playing it on my Pro. At this point, I'll just wait for the PC release so that I can play at a higher FPS, since I know the PS4 version is capped at 30.
Right? And it is contradictory. We have things like "comfy couch, too much tinkering, driver issues, price, bad ports, hackers, don't like K/B" here on Era, but at the same time some people don't seem to grasp that quite a number would not go PC only and would still get most games on consoles.
Anyway. Nice surprise, hoping to be true.
Well, this will certainly set the cat out amongst the pigeons.
I have an enormous vat of popcorn here.
I have an enormous vat of popcorn here.
Funny how bringing exclusives to other hardware is pro-consumer all of a sudden. Good shit Sony keep it up.
I don't understand why anyone would think this is bad. More people can play a game now. H:ZD had its exclusive moment, its console selling pull. Now other people can enjoy the game. Which grows the IP and gives Sony a nice little extra income too.
Sure, I wish they would put the games on Steam too (as I think MS should put their games on the EGS too), but you can't have everything I guess.
Sure, I wish they would put the games on Steam too (as I think MS should put their games on the EGS too), but you can't have everything I guess.
Come on bruh. What a waste of money, don't forget all those subscriptions to play online for the whole gen too.
You could put that into a killer GPU. Or two. Upgrade more often etc. Don't need to have so many damn boxes and pro versions for the same thing.
If this is the way forward, this is fantastic. The consoles will still exist and be played by the masses.
This Horizon news got me unnecessary hyped for something that's most unlikely to happen, but... we have to dream. ):
PCs are expensive and most people have no need for them in their lives.
Enthusiasts, professionals doing real work. That is what PCs are for. Consoles were always about economic option and accessibility so much that we see a lot of comments even here about consoles being more than $500 would be a pass to a lot of people while that is like price of a single high end PC component.
The multi-storefront future is certainly better than the multi-console present. Just need streaming tech to improve a bit and for ISPs to stop holding us back.
it's not
any game published by a platform owner where they paid for it to be made and they have the IP (or licensed the IP) is called a first party game
whatever tho, it's not an interesting debate and it's unrelated to this thread
Awesome if true. I really dug the game but kind of drifted away and never really got back into it.
The thought of turning on my jet engine/toaster pro for more than an hour to actually play it didn't really help either. This should be good for all.
The thought of turning on my jet engine/toaster pro for more than an hour to actually play it didn't really help either. This should be good for all.
Maybe EGS exclusive?
Would love to see them do this. I adore Horizon.
Hopefully this will happen more and more with Sony.
Hopefully this will happen more and more with Sony.
I mean loosing core gamers will hurt their bases in a big way.
I can help everyone on my ps friendlist to build a pc and assisting with other stuff.
It's s no brainer with Xbox games on pc, ps games on pc and no +/live.
I would like to assume so yeah, makes too much sense. Would also allow them to offer PlayStation Now downloads on PC
Yeah unless the PS5 is some revelation, if this is the future, no reason to not get a PC.
It does make me wonder what Sony's strategy is here.
Will they throw out games at random to PC (like this), will they port games once the reach a certain age (2 years?) and have stopped selling, will they start releasing games on PC near or at launch? I'm sure even they don't really know yet, but it's making the decision to get a PS5 harder. Hopefully they go all in like MS and release day and date on PC however unlikely that is.
Will they throw out games at random to PC (like this), will they port games once the reach a certain age (2 years?) and have stopped selling, will they start releasing games on PC near or at launch? I'm sure even they don't really know yet, but it's making the decision to get a PS5 harder. Hopefully they go all in like MS and release day and date on PC however unlikely that is.