We are just a few weeks away from the debut of the long-awaited remake of Silent Hill 2The new version of the Konami classic, developed by Bloober Team, will debut on October 8 on PS5 and PC, and will also be available on the PS5 Pro once the new console hits the market in November.
While it was known that the remake of Silent Hill 2 would only be coming to the PS5, it was unknown to what extent this special treatment would extend to consoles. That is, whether the exclusivity would be temporary or permanent.
In the last few hours, the PlayStation account on YouTube shared a video showing the benefits of the remake of Silent Hill 2 on PS5. The game will take special advantage of the DualSense controller to provide a more immersive experience, and will also offer support for 3D audio. And in that same clip it was confirmed that the title will only be available on consoles through the Japanese platform for a year.
At the end of the video, a plaque indicates that the Silent Hill 2 remake is exclusive to PS5 on consoles, with an asterisk. In small print, the clarification reads: “Also available on PC. Not available on other formats until October 8, 2025”.
The remake of Silent Hill 2 It will be exclusive to the PS5 until October 2025
Be careful, the remake of Silent Hill 2 being a PS5 exclusive until October next year does not necessarily confirm that it will be released on the Xbox Series X|S or, why not, the Nintendo Switch 2 after that date. However, everything indicates that it could be a possibility.
It is worth remembering that at the time Microsoft accused PlayStation of preventing the remake of Silent Hill 2 coming to Xbox. At the end of 2022, when the tension between those from Redmond and Sony over the purchase of Activision Blizzard and the future of Call of Duty was at its most heated, the Americans called their rivals hypocrites.
At the time, PlayStation argued that the purchase of Activision should be blocked by the US Federal Trade Commission, and said it feared that if CoD fell into the hands of Xbox, it would become exclusive to that platform and undermine the competition. Microsoft refuted that position, arguing that Sony had a very strong catalog of its own exclusives. But it was also pursuing agreements with third parties to excluir a Xbox the release of certain games.
“In addition to having entirely exclusive content, Sony has also entered into agreements with third-party publishers that require the exclusion of Xbox from the set of platforms on which these publishers can distribute their games. Some notable examples of these agreements include Final Fantasy VII Remake (Square Enix), Bloodborne (From Software), the next Final Fantasy XVI (Square Enix) and the recently announced remake of Silent Hill 2 (Bloober Team)”, they said.
Silent Hill 2 was released in September 2001 on the PS2, and months later on the original Xbox. The game was an immediate success and became one of the great references of the psychological horror genre. The remake of Silent Hill 2 It was announced in October 2022, although news about its development was practically non-existent for quite some time. It was only in January of this year that a new trailer was shown with gameplayalthough at that time its release date was not yet known.
Bloober Team’s title will arrive next October 8th PS5 and PC, and the public’s expectations are sky-high. For the rest of the platforms, there is no other option but to wait at least another year to see if Konami decides to expand its availability.
