Horizon Forbidden West: Despite the various controversies, 68% of players bought the most expensive version

Gaming News Horizon Forbidden West: Despite the various controversies, 68% of players bought the most expensive version

Forbidden West: 68% of games sold are PS5 versions

Horizon: Forbidden West’s early sales are down and they’re amazing. GamesIndustry is the first to publish them: With 68% of PlayStation 5 copies sold, Guerrilla Games’ game has had the second best start among Brits behind a certain Spider-Man: Miles Morales. Only 32% PS4 copies were distributed, despite the $10 discount for the same content (£59.99 instead of £69.99) as the update to the PS5 version is free.

However, these sales figures require clarification. They concern non-dematerialized products (which occupy an increasingly important market share) and only concern the United Kingdom. If they don’t act as absolute truth, they still make it possible to give a trend to shopping in Europe. On the French side, it is the Syndicate of Leisure Software Publishers that should give us recommendations in the coming weeks.

Sony had backed down on the upgrade

Such a success of the PS5 version at the expense of the PlayStation 4 is all the more surprising since many controversies follow about the prices of games from the PlayStation studios and the price of a PS4 to PS5 update. To mark the opening of Horizon Forbidden West pre-orders last September, Sony then made an upgrade between its two consoles impossible : To benefit from it you had to buy at least the digital deluxe edition for $89.99… or buy the game on PS5. The following week, Sony backtracked through its CEO Jim Ryan: the PS4 to PS5 update will be free for Horizon Forbidden West and you must take advantage of it. In fact, it will be the last title released on PS4 and PS5 (resp crossgen) that offer the upgrade for free. Whether it’s for Turismo 7 (released March 4th) or God of War: Ragnarok, players will have to pay $10 out of pocket to benefit from one Update.

Most recently, lawyer Richard Hoeg from the law firm Hoeg Law spoke. As a specialist in the legal issues surrounding the video game industry, he spoke about a publisher’s policies that he believes are misleading. He points out the versions offered on the site for a good reason: why highlight the PS5 version of the game that costs $ 79.99 when it is possible to acquire it for free via a free update of the PS4 game that is cheaper (69.99$)?

In any case, that hasn’t stopped Brits from turning to the physical PS5 version rather than the physical PS4 version. A choice that’s also doubly justified: the game boxes are a decorative element and it’s likely that some gamers will want to stock their PS5 toy library. On the other hand, buying the game in the PS5 version does not require a downloadable upgrade: GBs, which will probably have more impact on the balance than the additional $10 required, since not everyone can rest on their internet connection. Still, the numbers released in the coming days should help us see more clearly in this whole story. let’s wait and see.

Source : gaming industry