Horizon Zero Dawn Remastered flops on Steam

[VillaiN]

It ll onky get worse when xbix exit hardware or focus complwtely on software.

Expect day 1 on pc and switch versions for some games.

Hermen Moron pushes this crap while killzone 2, unchartes 2 re lwft in dark. They wont get money from me anything horizon. I
Or sony games in general. Skipped astrobot.

 

[Entropi]

Yeah, no surprises here.

 

[Thirty7ven]

Crashing on live service hopes and selling your nuts to Steam, when Valve doesn’t even support your console with their games and have an handheld that is a competitor to future PlayStation handheld plans is going to be the biggest mistake by Sony.

 

[anonpuffs]

It’s so insane how bad PS has perform this gen.

If it wasn’t for Xbox having brain dead leadership pushing PC for “expansion of new gamers” & pushing subscription & poor quality games & Nintendo Switch 1 not having 3rd party support PS is lucky they essentially pass by w no competition but that will certainly change w Switch 2 & Steamdeck/Steam continuing to get more support as Valve & Nintendo double down on there own platform/hardware/storefront.

It’s no surprise over 50% of PS playerbase is still on PS4 4 near 5 years in PS5 & that’s simply PS5 having no exclusive games or a library of exclusive game that was build upon through the gen. Instead PS releases a PS exclusive game then after 1-2 years they port to competing platform suppressing the library of PS only/exclusive games from first party.

Is PS5 really tracking behind PS4? Important to note the last 3 years of PS4 was a high where the middle to end of PS5 looks to be mediocre at best given Herman Hulst said he wanted a minimum of 1 PS first party game per year (output is embarrassing when you compare to Nintendo) Xbox comparing to One to Series S/X have taken over 50% near 75% cut in the hardware/storefront you can only imagine of Xbox was all in w exclusive & had Zenimax & ABK singleplayer games exclusive Gamepass would be over 50 million subscribers compared to the rumored 30 million & if Xbox made those games fully exclusive to Gamepass like Netflix they probably be at 75 million if they focus on quality

It's actually crazy how fast bad management can come in and ruin things lol

 

[CrackmanNL]

Concord, Until Dawn & Horizon Remaster.
Back to back excellent PC day one metrics for the suits

 

[Shmunter]

Such a sign of weakness as a platform holder to release 1st party on other platforms

Your weakness reeks of desperation and people move away

 

[Cool hand luke]

I think everyone is aligned against the PC menace and Sony's stupidity by now.

 

[MrAss]

Exactly.

They have literally flooded PC with their games.

Releases for frequent than even Playstation.

Absolute madness from Sony simply to impress the shareholders.

They will learn their lesson next gen when these stupid decisions will take full effect.

The full effect will start in the coming years even before ps6.
Console sales in the second half of the generation usually would be carried by a combination of:
1. Price cuts
2. A catalog of exclusives

Now they can only rely on price cuts.

Not a lot of people will buy a console because of one specific exclusive game (especially a timed exclusive). The importance of exclusives in it's catalog that was built for years. They basically eliminated it. It's a lot easier to wait for a port of one game if there're no other exclusive games on the platform.
And even IF they decide to go full exclusivity again it will take another generation to build a new catalog.

 

[DarkLordOtaku]

I think everyone is aligned against the PC menace and Sony's stupidity by now.

What if one is a PC gamer, and likes playing Sony games on PC? Are they too against the PC menace?

 

[Cool hand luke]

What if one is a PC gamer, and likes playing Sony games on PC? Are they too against the PC menace?

No, but the two dozen of them are what we call statistically insignificant

 

[DarkLordOtaku]

No, but the two dozen of them are what we call statistically insignificant

The existential fear upon realizing mine own statistical insignificance is to great a burden for one so lowly as I.

It was the dream of a fool to wish for a life among the noble PS folk, amidst their amber sea of games where award winning narrative adventures spring forth for harvest, like the waves crashing upon the shore.

I now return to the dark caves of the PC kin, twenty four strong having survived the last great famine. Though, inbred as we are from our time in the shadows, I fear we shall not survive the next. Yet, it seems this is the station allotted to me in this lifetime, and thus I feel naught but gratitude.

 

[Systemshock2023]

The thing is... the upgrade is not bad and properly priced. But who the hell asked for this? It's like they are deliberately misreading their target market asks both on PC and console.
Or this is just an ego stroking project by Hurst since horizon is his baby.

The game at original settings (PS4) adding just x16 AF could run easily at 1800p 30 FPS on an RX 580. The PS5 should do 60 at that resolution and the pro 4k 60.

No one in their right mind could say ewww this game looks and runs so bad I can't play it, please remaster it.

 

[Vertigo]

One of the dumbest releases ever. Didn’t this already have a pc port recently released? Should def be a free upgrade for pc users. They don’t deserve money from pc users after just being swerved into buying it earlier.

 

[SuperPotato]

It'll flop on PS5 too. No one asked for this.

 

[PropellerEar]

I guess for most of gaming forum dwellers and fanboys like us these remakes are pointless, we've already played these games and we want something new.

New joiners and those who haven't played, they don't know what the hell Horizon is and why should they play this 8y+ old game that has zero hype anymore.

 

[quest4441]

purty graphics will never make up for the brain dead lame story of borizon zero charm

 

[Gods&Monsters]

I guess for most of gaming forum dwellers and fanboys like us these remakes are pointless, we've already played these games and we want something new.

New joiners and those who haven't played, they don't know what the hell Horizon is and why should they play this 8y+ old game that has zero hype anymore.

You're right but the PC version already existed so the remastered became pointless on all the platforms. They should have kept it exclusive all these years ago and then launch a remastered in 2024 for PS5PRO. That would make more sense.

They are starting to see the damage these old ports did already for future releases. Zero hype and zero demand with people laughing and trolling about their IP.

It's number 210 on Steam. Bigger flop than Until Dawn

 

[Killer_Sakoman]

Who greenlit this?

Horizon Zero Dawn PC: August 2020
Horizon ZD Remaster PC : November 2024

Has there ever been a remaster released faster on PC?

Current Sony heads for the last 5 years has been retarded. Hermen should of been sacked before any other studio

CEO is the problem. You can kick Herman out. Nothing will change.

 

[Kokoloko]

CEO is the problem. You can kick Herman out. Nothing will change.

Yes, the core issues are at the top.
But I still think someone else in charge of the studios would do better, even Shuhei with his own shortcoming would be better.

Jim mentioned Hermen wanted fasted PC release and that he didnt. Im sure alot of the Horizon decisions wouldnt have been pushed as hard either if Hermen wasnt there

 

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7 million for the PC port of Spider-Man 3 in 2027 when the game is supposed to come out in 2028. Sounds like day and date to me.

Only blind ponies don't see this. The writing is on the wall. It is the exact xbox cycle. Day and date on PC/ other console, GaaS, subscriptions, wait till E3.