5mo ago

Sony Delists Original Horizon Zero Dawn on PC, Forces PSN Requirement for Remaster

www.ign.com Sony Delists Original Horizon Zero Dawn on PC, Forces PSN Requirement for Remaster - IGN

Sony’s controversial PlayStation Network requirement for its PC games is once again in the spotlight after the company delisted the original Horizon Zero Dawn on Steam and the Epic Games Store and added the PSN requirement to the upcoming single-player remaster.

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5mo ago

Sony Delists Original Horizon Zero Dawn on PC, Forces PSN Requirement for Remaster

www.ign.com /articles/sony-delists-original-horizon-zero-dawn-on-pc-forces-psn-requirement-for-remaster

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Along with everything else, I find it so annoying that these games that totally didn't need a remaster get one, and so many great older games just begging for a remaster that woud rake in cash dont get one.
- Because those need work. These are easy to slightly polish up and push as new game.
  Ps5 has literally only one new exclusive after all these years?
  
  It has more than one... But it is incredibly lacking still.
  But it got Astrobot, Destruction All-stars are both new IPs. There is also Spider-Man 2 and ~~Ratchet and Clank Rift Apart~~ for first party. And you can throw in Stella Blade and FF7 Rebirth for now as well.
  I believe everything else is remakes or not exclusive to the PS5.
  Edit - ohhh scratch Ratchet and Clank off as well, that's on PC. I thought it was the PS4 one that came to PC, but it is Rift Apart.
- They did it so they can sell more data from requiring a PSN account, also just more money from people buying it, I guess.
- It's because those remakes take time to do a proper remake. I get the feeling Sony needed something fast for this one and Guerilla was able to turn it around without much effort on their part, at least compared to making a new game or remaking something older.
- Concord remaster when?
  
  Concord merch?
  
  give it another 7 to 8 years

EA
~~Ubisoft~~
~~Sony~~
- You forgot Nintendo.
  
  And Microsoft for that matter.
- Sad, I like them before
  
  Like my exes

Even if I was a bazillionaire, I'd still be pirating Sony games out of principle

Good thing I have the GOG offline installer already downloaded.
- Delisting it just means it isn't being sold to new customers.
  
  But it is, as a bundle.
  They're having one HZD listing, for both copies If you buy it in 6 months you can still play the original release with no PSN and no remake changes, they just package the remake with it now on the store.
- If you already bought you can still download it can't you? I have a bunch of other delisted games that still work fine
  
  I bloody hope so, I added it to the list of games I've purchased on steam but never played last week
- And you can actually still buy it there. Though for the now increased price.
- I have it too, and I was patiently waiting for Forbidden West to show up on GOG too, guess it's not gonna happen now, yo ho ho?

The Sony shit show continues.
Also if you bought the OG. You still can download and play it.
- It's funny that I could buy and play the original game, but not this remaster or the sequel. That's because Sony doesn't acknowledge that my country exists.

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Lol remastering a 2017 game, mega cash grab.
- Of all the games that could benefit from a remastering in 2024, Horizon Zero Dawn would be among the last of them. That game still looks utterly gorgeous, ffs.

- I checked GOG as soon as I saw this post. Hopefully they don't take that down, too.
  
  If Sony pulls it, they pull it. GOG wouldn’t have any options, it’s not theirs to sell, they are just a storefront.
- So basically if I get it on GOG and block it from accessing the net, I'm good?

This original was already a privacy nightmare, even on GOG, which is why I was hesitant to buy it. Looks like I'm definitely pirating it now if I wanna play it. But hey, at least now we know why sony insisted on "remastering" it.

Just pirate anything Sony puts out. This shit makes it clear that it's not worth giving them a single dollar. And if we're being really honest, all their games are super generic and very mid, you can just ignore them as a developer completely and you won't miss out on anything.
- HZD is anything but generic and mid.
  
  It actually is just another open-world action game with crafting elements, they may have been rare once but now they're a dime a dozen.
- Which website should I avoid to make sure I don't fall for the pirate scam?
- So then why go to the trouble of pirating it?

Wait. Does this mean that HZD will disappear fm my steam library?
- Delisting has never meant it is removed from your library for a paid game, in my memory. Just means you can't buy it anymore
- No, it just means people can't buy it anymore
- Historically when games are delisted they'll still be in your library.
- I hope they just mean for sale...

Do you smell the sweet scent of money made by amassing more data from you and selling it.
Hmmmmmmmmmm hmm!

This is not true in the literal sense.
You cannot redeem HZD keys, and buy it as part of a bundle with both versions. They stopped selling it standalone.
So you can get the upgrade for $10 if you already have it, or wait for a sale on the bundle.
But in either case you can still play the original release without the PSN requirement even if bought after the remaster release.
- For now
  
  Well they have structured the Remaster as a DLC upgrade that requires the base game license.
  So they would have to delist their new listing and create an entirely new release.
  Honestly 99% chance they did it this way to preserve the review history of the original game on the Remaster.

Guess what I won't be buying.

Guess what. Athletic Female with a spoon has it too
- ?

Shit game anyway get shafted sony
- Incorrect

this game is such fucking trash. who wants to play anyways

all they had to do was not force accounts. then they could join this club:
- You just had to brag about your achievements.
  
  it was more about showcasing my mental illness and how I can't help punishing myself by playing games like old kingdom or old bioshock, or both borderlands. I also tried to do ori but now I have work burnout and gaming burnout. I wouldn't actually feel inclined to double zero dawn as the game really is enough of a slog just to complete the main story and I really really don't want to suffer any more.
- Do you own only 2 skyrims? That's rookie numbers!
  
  I have 4 and haven’t even played it yet!
  That’s actually true.. I had it for 360 and forgot about it so bought it again for ps3 and promptly forgot about it, then got a copy for ps4 from a friend.. Played a bit, but it’s not the same as playing on PC, which is how I played morrowind and oblivion so never got into it, then I bought the ps4 vr version because it seemed like it was the perfect type of game for VR, being first person and all… nope that was a mistake, the texture in vr version makes me seriously motion sick.. can’t get past the intro scene.
  I’ll probably pirate a pc version at some point.. I’ve paid for it enough to not feel at all bad doing that (not that I would anyway). It’s just not great on console.
- Weird flex, but okay.