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| Sony to offer free Horizon Forbidden West PS4 to PS5 upgrade after criticism Posted: 04 Sep 2021 04:36 PM PDT  Sony is now planning to offer a free Horizon Forbidden West upgrade from PS4 to PS5. The U-turn follows widespread criticism after the company announced there would be no upgrade path for Horizon Forbidden West PS4 players, despite an original promise of a free upgrade to the PS5 version. "It's abundantly clear that the offerings we confirmed in our pre-order kickoff missed the mark," admits Jim Ryan, president and CEO of Sony Interactive Entertainment. "While the pandemic's profound impact pushed Forbidden West out of the launch window we initially envisioned, we will stand by our offer: Players who purchase Horizon Forbidden West on PlayStation 4 will be able to upgrade to the PlayStation 5 version for free." Sony had originally planned to force PS4 players of Horizon Forbidden West to purchase the $79.99 Digital Deluxe edition, $199.99 Collector's edition, or $259.99 Regalla edition to get access to both the PS4 and PS5 versions of Forbidden West. Sony is now also committing to a $10 digital upgrade option for both digital and physical versions of PlayStation first-party exclusive cross-gen titles. That means the next God of War, Gran Turismo 7, and other Sony first-party cross-gen games will have a $10 digital upgrade option for PS4 players wanting to move to the PS5 version of the games.  |
| Horizon Forbidden West was supposed to have a free upgrade from PS4 to PS5 Posted: 04 Sep 2021 10:11 AM PDT  UPDATE: Late Saturday, Sony reversed course and updated its blog, confirming that it will in fact offer a free Horizon Forbidden West upgrade from PS4 to PS5. Our original story continues below. On Thursday, Sony announced that its Horizon Forbidden West game, sequel to Horizon Zero Dawn, would be available for pre-order ahead of its February 2022 release date. But contrary to what Sony said last year (h/t Forbes), there's no upgrade path for the game from PlayStation 4 to PlayStation 5. In a September 2020 blog post, Sony said Horizon Forbidden West would be among the games to have a free upgrade from PS4 versions to the PS5 version:
And as Polygon points out, Jim Ryan, chief executive of Sony Interactive Entertainment, told the Washington Post's Launcher section last year that games for PS5 would be "built from the ground up." and that for games like Horizon Forbidden West and Spider-Man: Miles Morales, the company had "an upgrade path for PS4 users to get the PS5 versions for free." Ryan told the Post that "no one should be disappointed," adding that "It's about people having choice." But what Sony announced this week was... not that. Gamers who want to start playing Horizon Forbidden West on PS4 will have to buy the more expensive versions of the game that offer digital copies for both consoles: those packages are priced at $79.99 for the Digital Deluxe edition, $199.99 for the Collector's edition, and $259.99 for the Regalla edition. Otherwise, you can get the PS4 standard edition for $59.99 and buy an entirely new PS5 copy of the game later at its full price of $69.99. There are no plans for an upgrade in the future, according to the support page for Horizon Forbidden West.  |
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