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The PlayStation 4 exclusive Horizon: Zero Dawn will come to personal computers this year, sources tell Kotaku. It’s an unprecedented move for Sony that signals a future in which the publisher releases games on platforms beyond its own consoles.

This news comes from three people familiar with Sony’s plans, all speaking anonymously because they were not authorized to talk to press. Sony did not immediately respond to a request for comment.


Horizon: Zero Dawn, an open-world game set in a post-apocalyptic version of the United States that has been overrun by robot dinosaurs, launched for PS4 in February 2017. It was critically acclaimed and commercially successful for its developer, Guerrilla Games, which is owned and operated by Sony. And, like other Sony-published games over the past two decades, it was exclusive to a PlayStation console, helping drive sales of Sony’s hardware in addition to generating revenue on its own.

Now, three years later, Horizon will be on another platform for the first time. We expect to see the game on both Steam and the Epic Games Store when it launches (although that may not be finalized yet). It will be the first Guerrilla game on a non-PlayStation platform since Sony purchased the Netherlands-based studio in 2005. It will also be an opportunity for Guerrilla to show off its technical chops—Horizon: Zero Dawn, restrained by the PlayStation 4's hardware, was locked at a framerate of 30 frames per second. We expect the PC version to be more capable.



This will be the first big exclusive game from a Sony-owned developer to come to PC. Death Stranding, which launched for PS4 last November and will also arrive on PC later this year, was funded and published by Sony but developed by an independent studio, Kojima Productions. (In fact, the PC version of Death Stranding is published by a different company, 505 Games.) The French studio Quantic Dream, also independent, had a similar arrangement last year, self-publishing its games Heavy Rain, Beyond: Two Souls, and Detroit: Become Human on PC without Sony’s involvement.

One other thing Death Stranding and Horizon: Zero Dawn share is technology. Both games run on Guerrilla’s Decima Engine, a robust suite of tools and software for making open-world video games. Guerrilla and Kojima Productions have worked closely together in recent years.

For most publishers, the release of a game on PC would be no big deal. Most video game companies try to put their software on as many platforms as possible. But for Sony, this is a remarkable move. Since the launch of the PlayStation 1 in 1994, just about every game funded and developed by Sony has been exclusive to a PlayStation platform. (Sony’s PC-focused massively multiplayer online games, including EverQuest, are the main exception.) Sony’s strategy has always been to drive hardware sales with software and vice versa. One would expect them to take the same approach with future games on the PlayStation 5, which will launch this fall.

But, as analyst Mat Piscatella has smartly pointed out, the future of video games lies in ecosystems, not platforms. Sony’s biggest competitor, Microsoft, has been more upfront about its platform-agnostic strategy, with Xbox boss Phil Spencer talking frequently about wanting to get their games in as many hands as possible. For the past couple of years, Microsoft has released all of its Xbox games on PC as well. Will Sony follow suit with its own slate of PlayStation exclusives? This upcoming PC port of Horizon may be a telling sign.

 
Welp, time to sell the PS4 console..... Maybe I should just finish the Naughty Dog games quick

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Finally. Now I can get around to finishing the actual game :D
Game I am the 2nd most amped for for this year
 
STOKED!!!!!!!!!!

Going to look amazing on on proper kit
 
The first game is?

Funnily enough, the game I was most amped for is Monster Hunter Iceborne.
Nothing else this year really interests me.
FIrst would be Cyberpunk 2077, 3rd is Doom Eternal
 
STOKED!!!!!!!!!!

Going to look amazing on on proper kit
Yea will finally be able to actually run it in 4k...
My ps4 Pro could render 4k but barely reached 30fps and lagged like stupid on Horizon
 
Yea will finally be able to actually run it in 4k...
My ps4 Pro could render 4k but barely reached 30fps and lagged like stupid on Horizon
I dropped 100 hours on HZD PS4 Pro. Platted it. One of the very few games I thoroughly enjoyed at 30 frames. It's going to be insane eye candy on PC. Will replay it the way it should have been played from the start.
 
I dropped 100 hours on HZD PS4 Pro. Platted it. One of the very few games I thoroughly enjoyed at 30 frames. It's going to be insane eye candy on PC. Will replay it the way it should have been played from the start.
I only managed 30hours or so before I sold my ps4 to go back to pc.
Even those 30 hours was amazing a.f
 
Got a steam link for you guys
 
Do you think there will be a collectors edition for PC? I missed the PS collectors and it is one if the best games I've played on PS, would like to get a Collectors edition
 
One of the few games I platted on PS4. I haven't read up much on the PC version. I trust they will bring HDR to PC. HDR transported this game to a different dimension. Also, the DLC was EXCELLENT. Very well integrated into the game, I recommend buying it with the DLC if that's an option from launch. Edit: I see it's the Complete Edition on PC (y)
 
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Such a bargain at R269 on Steam. Nice to see them add dynamic foliage, better reflections and more options for PC.

I see in the vid they have graphics presets such as "Favor performance" , "Original" (I'm guessing PS4 equivalent ?), "Favor Quality" and "Ultimate". Keep to see how Ultimate runs.
 
Such a bargain at R269 on Steam. Nice to see them add dynamic foliage, better reflections and more options for PC.

I see in the vid they have graphics presets such as "Favor performance" , "Original" (I'm guessing PS4 equivalent ?), "Favor Quality" and "Ultimate". Keep to see how Ultimate runs.
WAIT ! R269 for the full game OOOOOOOOOOHHHHHHHH what a deal !
 
What a bloody deal
Such a bargain at R269 on Steam. Nice to see them add dynamic foliage, better reflections and more options for PC.

I see in the vid they have graphics presets such as "Favor performance" , "Original" (I'm guessing PS4 equivalent ?), "Favor Quality" and "Ultimate". Keep to see how Ultimate runs.
 
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Yep, R269. Here's the link, :

Epic Games store has it for $22 which is about R375, wonder if they will increase the price on Steam soon to be on par.
 
Yep, R269. Here's the link, :

Epic Games store has it for $22 which is about R375, wonder if they will increase the price on Steam soon to be on par.
I reckon its soo cheap because of steams fair regional pricing
 
I reckon its soo cheap because of steams fair regional pricing

I think it depends on the publisher, not on Steam..
Because Death Stranding published by 505 Games is releasing on the 14th at R999.
But F1 2020 published by Codemasters is releasing on the 10th for R329.
 
Was the same story for MotoGP 20 which was like R269 on steam before discount, but PS4/Xbone it costs like R1k.
 
I just got it for R234 because of steam summer sale xD

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