Although we're still waiting on Sony's official announcement, the PS5 Pro seems to be all systems go behind the scenes. Following on from several leaks over the last few months, a new report from The Verge says that Sony is really starting to push its supercharged console, as it's currently asking development teams to make sure that their games are compatible with the new hardware — presumably ahead of its launch later in the year.
Horizon Forbidden West Off to a Sturdy Enough Start on PC | Push Square
31.03.2024 - 01:15 / pushsquare.com / Sony
There’s an argument that the novelty of Sony’s delayed single player PC ports has worn off, but Horizon Forbidden West is bucking that trend. The open world sequel, converted by Nixxes, has opened to a respectable peak of 35,168 concurrent users on Steam, making it the sixth biggest PS Studios launch on the platform to date – just a hair behind The Last of Us: Part 1. There’s a good chance it’ll overtake the Naughty Dog remake later in the weekend.
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Horizon Zero Dawn previously peaked at 55,557 concurrent users, but as alluded to above, there was more of a novelty factor surrounding these early PS Studios ports. By all accounts, the Horizon Forbidden West port is flawless, with none of the bugs or technical issues that have plagued some of Sony’s other conversions. Acquiring port specialists Nixxes was probably one of the platform holder’s smarter moves.
Helldivers 2 has been such a success on PC for Sony that the platform holder may need to reconsider its release strategy moving forwards, although there’s still enormous value for the PlayStation brand as a whole in ensuring tentpole single player titles have a period of console exclusivity. It’ll be interesting to see how it responds to market dynamics moving forwards. In the here and now, though, we can probably tag Horizon Forbidden West’s port as a success.
As the Editor of Push Square, Sammy has over 15 years of experience analysing the world of PlayStation, from PS3 through PS5 and everything in between. He’s an expert on PS Studios and industry matters, as well as sports games and simulators. He also enjoys RPGs when he has the time to dedicate to them, and is a bit of a gacha whale.
This reminds me, I still need to finish the first one.
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