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Horizon Zero Dawn Complete Edition Scrapped To Make Way For Remaster, Requiring a PSN Account

The Horizon Zero Dawn Complete Edition is now unable to be purchased on Steam, prompting players to purchase the remaster instead.

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Tacoboto206d ago

"...they looked ancient, like why would anybody play this?"

Jim Ryan's impact is still deep within PS Publishing. I don't know why they have this hatred for their legacy that they'd rather rebuild everything from before 2020 than simply honor it as it was.

Unless it's Bloodborne, that can stay a 30fps jitterfest.

gold_drake205d ago

yeh the Jim Ryan thing immediately came to mind.

Vits205d ago

Sony really seems intent on inflating their user numbers to look better for their shareholders, don’t they? The original version is DRM-free, available globally, and, based on comparisons, it’s not significantly worse than the remaster. Yet they still try to push the PSN nonsense on new buyers with quite literally gives nothing to the user and locks a good chunk of the market out of the game.

Tacoboto205d ago

Ironic huh?

Two years ago, people were spreading fud about Microsoft taking away games from other platforms.

Instead - the reality today is that Sony is taking away their own games from their own players.

Rude-ro205d ago

Microsoft was first to require pay to play online.
Microsoft was last to do crossplay.
Microsoft was first to force crossplay between their console players and pc players.
Microsoft was first to push a Microsoft account to play on pc.
Microsoft lead the third party contracts of exclusivity.

Sony… want a free account of psn to play their games, like an already existing standard of third party developers like ea, Ubisoft, Microsoft….
And they lost their way.

Must really suck being that blind.

Tacoboto205d ago (Edited 205d ago )

So what you're saying is... Sony's becoming more like the Microsoft and EA you claim. What a great prospect!

Edit: Forgot to add - Even all three of MS, EA and Ubisoft are learning not to force logins in their latest Steam releases.

PRIMORDUS205d ago

Can't take away torrents of games now can they LOL. Sorry but I'm not spending money on games that can be pulled from stores I'll just take it. I won't make a difference but I know my $$ is not going to them.

Christopher205d ago

Yeah, there's definitely no way both companies could do shit stuff. Only one.

Honestly, this generation has been a shit show from practically every major publisher.

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Rude-ro203d ago

@tacoboto

A person can not play on windows pc without a microsoft account. Period.
And Microsoft counts this as a Xbox gaming scenario.

It is in the code of their operating system and tied to steam.

They very much require you to sign up even though it is disguised.

It is 100% mandatory.

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Jingsing205d ago (Edited 205d ago )

Not about inflating PSN numbers, it is about piracy. Have you looked at how popular Sony games are on pirate flag waving sites? The number far outweighs what they sell on Steam or Epic. Will it lead to even more piracy? probably. But Sony dug this hole themselves.

Jingsing205d ago

@PRIMORDUS
"Can't take away torrents of games now can they LOL. Sorry but I'm not spending money on games that can be pulled from stores I'll just take it. I won't make a difference but I know my $$ is not going to them."

I basically stopped buying PS5 games early in this generation because of their PC strategy. Why am I going to pay $70 for a game if I can get them free on my PC. If a company can't protect a customers purchase then I'm not going to buy.

Vits204d ago

If this were about piracy, they would be adding Denuvo or some other form of powerful DRM, not a PSN requirement that is so flimsy in execution that people can mod it out.

This is 100% about inflating PSN numbers. PSN numbers are a known KPI reported to investors. You know what isn’t? Piracy conversion or avoidance. Sony is not a small operation; their focus lies in what their investors care about, and they care about growth.

isarai205d ago

God PlayStation is so lame compared to what it used to be. I really hope the change in leadership starts showing change in this kind of bs soon

badz149205d ago

Yeah. Releasing on PC is super lame!

MDTunkown204d ago

The new guy was hyping concord and was telling to buy the devs of that game

FinalFantasyFanatic204d ago

Back in the 90s, if you had told me that Playstation would turn out like this, I just wouldn't believe you, how the mighty have fallen!

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Bathyj205d ago

Is this not to avoid redundancy so anyone buying the game is getting the remaster? Seems like it to me. That's had better include Frozen Wilds but.

The psn account is a separate issue so cry about that if you want but seriously whining about not being able to buy a game you had 6 years to do so and didn't? Fkn gamers now days shit me

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Nitrowolf2204d ago (Edited 204d ago )

I mean, not all remakes/remasters are improvements, case and point, the Until Dawn Remake which is a buggy, broken mess on both PC and PS5.

Some people prefer the original over the new, other the new over the original. Some are limited by hardware, and whole they've had plenty of time to buy, may now be forced to upgrade because they can't play a version that could have worked on their system just fine.

Personally I think it's dumb to take options away, especially since the original was playable in basically every region Steam sold on, and now the remake isn't.

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New in-game content incentives coming to PlayStation games on PC

Playstation writes: "Starting with tomorrow’s release of Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 for PC, we’re working to add more benefits to playing with an account for PlayStation Network. The Last of Us Part II Remastered (coming April 3, 2025), in addition to God of War Ragnarök and Horizon Zero Dawn Remastered, will all soon be adding in-game content unlocks for PlayStation Network account users.

An account for PlayStation Network will become optional for these titles on PC. Players who still opt to sign into a PlayStation Network account will also enjoy added benefits like trophies and friend management."

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Sony is being Pro Consumer like MS!

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Best Remaster of 2024

VGChartz's Taneli Palola: "We're living in the era of remasters today, with seemingly every even remotely relevant title of yesteryear getting its second - or sometimes third - turn at the spotlight. Yet, many of these returning names end up back right where they came from, lost and forgotten amidst a sea of other remasters, remakes, and reimaginings. Not the case with these four titles, which were given a new lease on life in 2024, and made the most of that opportunity."

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Sony Announces Ghost of Tsushima Anime, Helldivers 2 and Horizon Zero Dawn Movies

Sony is hosting its press conference at the start of CES 2025 in Las Vegas. As usual, PlayStation took the spotlight during the presentation, but not in the way you'd expect.

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pwnmaster3000112d ago

I can’t even imagine a helldivers 2 movie.
Hopefully they do it good

Cacabunga112d ago

Next is Horizon card game… the milking is unreal

Grilla112d ago

Yeah but with terminator style bots and the Illuminate. More potential imo.

mkis007111d ago

They better not be afraid of leaning into it hard.

S2Killinit111d ago

Im most excited for the Ghost anime.

vTuro24111d ago

I was about to say, they can just copy Starship Troopers homework and change it up a bit so the teacher won't notice.

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SeTTriP110d ago

How when the game is literally inspired by a movie?

Goodguy01112d ago

Lmao, sony making more shows, films, and remasters this generation.

Lightning77112d ago

Yet let's ignore Ghost of Yotei, Intergalactic, wolverine and Santa Monica's New IP.

Yep all TV shows and remasters alright.....

Hereandthere111d ago

Ghost of Yotei looks like a ps 4 pro game at best, intergalactic only showed 4 seconds of in game footage, despite being in development for more than 4 years, wolverine might be good, Santa Monica's New IP was just for you to fill space and cover for sonys lack of 1st party games.

DarXyde111d ago

Remasters aren't games?

Didn't realize the same folks making games are also making films and shows (which Sony actually has been making before games, but ok).

Silly comment aside , Ghost of Tsushima as an anime sounds grand. Don't care too much about Horizon or Helldivers media, but it sounds cool to get more Jin.

Army_of_Darkness111d ago (Edited 111d ago )

You do realize Sony has a completely separate movies and tv series division right? They are simply catching on and actually taking advantage of their popular gaming ips

Redemption-64111d ago

Naaaaa, you are supposed to pretend they don't have a completely separate movie/TV division

Lightning77111d ago

@Here uh huh Right watch Ghost Of Yotei get the highest score on meta this year. ND doesn't miss so I expect Intergalactic to be a damn near Master piece, insomniac making Wolverine so you know they'll knock it out of the park. Santa Monica will probably announce their new IP this year and it'll be epic. It's about track record and all these studios have great track records. You wanna argue facts go ahead I'll win.

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Lightning77112d ago

I was hoping for live action Ghost but an anime will be just fine.

Grilla112d ago

Last I heard the guy that made the John Wick movies was working on it.

Lightning77112d ago

Now that's gonna freakin dope.

-Foxtrot112d ago

I really hope they get the guy who played Jinn to play him in the film.

Elda111d ago

If true then there's hope.

gigoran8112d ago

out of all the titles they could have chosen, those 3 could actually make decent movies.

-Foxtrot112d ago (Edited 112d ago )

They’ve tried a Horizon series and it fell apart, what makes them think a film is going to work with a shorter run time.

I was hoping the GoT series would focus on Jinn after the main game.

S2Killinit111d ago

Im not sure about the show or why it allegedly fell apart, but the story in Horizon is pretty cool. I can see people enjoying it.

Michiel1989109d ago

they probably recorded some footage for it and now want to make a quick buck out of the remnants. You know what they say: fail once, rip your audience off.

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