Sony has doubled the price of PlayStation 4 game Horizon: Zero Dawn following the reveal of its PS5 remaster.
Eurogamer spotted the price rise in the UK (from £15.99 to £34.99) but the price also rose in the U.S., jumping from $19.99 to $39.99 on the PlayStation Store.
Horizon: Zero Dawn has been at the previous price point for years as part of the PlayStation Hits collection, and other entries such as God of War and The Last of Us Remastered have remained at the typical $19.99 price.
Out of all the boardroom discussions, raising the price was actually the most consumer-friendly suggestion from Sony. Others included:
- Deleting the original version from users’ libraries.
- Re-printing the original on disc, but including a rootkit.
- Compiling a list of original version owners and leaving their personal details in plaintext on the web until they upgrade.
- Downgrading the original to 480p, telling users the original graphics were just a bug, and selling the higher-res upgrade.
I don’t like how I didn’t catch this was satire until the third bullet point
“Okay, but I don’t see why we can’t revisit my suggestion to send the Pinkertons to all owners of the original version and have them break their kneecaps if they don’t give us all the money they have.”
“With all due respect sir, that is… Have you read the brief that Legal sent you on that matter?”
“I skimmed it… but I’m not convinced.”
Surprising, however they announced existing owners can upgrade for $10, so perhaps the move is to raise the price for new buyers to make it equivalent to buying the full price remaster, while making it cheap to existing owners.
I honestly don’t understand why they didn’t go the other direction and make this game free with a PS5 Pro purchase. It’s super old and the remaster could be a great tech demo.
I guess people will buy it anyways, so there we go.
So my physical version must surely have gone up I’m value too then. What an investment
/s
Thank god for physical and PC, you can get it for about £7 used £14 new on ebay funny how they’re trying to get of physical…
