At the end of 2022, during the presentation of The Game Awardswe could see the first advance of Burning Shoresthe DLC of Horizon Forbidden Westand we found out that we will not be able to play it on PS4 because it will exclusively come to PS5.
Now thanks to a post from the official PlayStation blogwe learned more details about it and the reason why it will not reach the last generation console.
Before continuing, we invite you to read our review of the PS4 version of the game and to see again the impressive trailer of the DLC.
why the dlc Burning Shores of Horizon Forbidden West It won’t come out for PS4 and it will be exclusive for PS5?
Game director Mathijs de Jonge explains that in the base game they couldn’t harness the full power of Sony’s latest console because for everything they added or augmented they had to have a plan to optimize it on PS4. By designing the Los Angeles ruins from the DLC without worrying about it, they were able to add levels of detail that require a great deal of processing power and fast streaming technology.
As examples, de Jonge mentions that one of the settlements is located in and around those detailed ruins and they were able to put a lot of activity into it. He also says that there is a specific combat scene that requires a lot of memory and processing power that simply would not have been possible on PS4.
El DLC Horizon Forbidden West: Burning Shores It will arrive exclusively on PS5 on April 19, 2023.
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Fuente: PlayStation Blog
