With the first round of PS5 game trailers now out in the wild many of the games shown look fantastic. Horizon Forbidden West is no exception, following Aloy’s story as she moves west to a dangerous frontier full of mysterious threats and awe-inspiring machines, while prompting questions about a potential PC release date.
Given how the original is currently available on Steam after its own period of PlayStation 4 exclusivity, it’s not unreasonable for us to wonder about whether we’ll hear about a Horizon Forbidden West PC release date at some point in the future.
Horizon Forbidden West PC Release Date
Sony is currently looking for more ways into the PC market, and so far has launched its version of Microsoft’s PC Game Pass in the form of PlayStation Now along with releasing games onto the Steam store.
We have high hopes they’ll continue with this business model, but they could also follow Microsoft even further and open their own PC store, cluttering our drives with yet another launcher. Either way, it seems clear that Sony is investing more and more into cross-platform availability.
- Horizon Forbidden West PC release date: Early 2024
Sony has largely stuck to bringing older exclusives to PC thus far, although Returnal making its way to us could suggest a slight change in approach.
In an interview from May 2023 with Famitsu, translated by ResetEra, Sony Interactive Entertainment CEO Jim Ryan suggested that, while PC ports remain part of the company’s strategy, they may continue to launch years after the PS5 versions.
“We also fully understand the importance of PS5 exclusive titles. As I mentioned earlier, PlayStation Studios’ main responsibility is to have people enjoy the game experience using the latest PS. We are increasing the number of PS5-exclusive titles and staggering the release of the PC version,” Ryan said.
“I often have the opportunity to ask game fans for their opinions, and when I ask them about the time lag, they say that selling the PC version two or three years after the release of the PS version is accepted favorably.”
In late September 2023, the publisher confirmed that Horizon Forbidden West’s PC release date is slated to occur at some point in early 2024.
That is what we know so far about Horizon Forbidden West’s PC release date.
Aside from a sprawling world to explore, Horizon Forbidden West brings some notable graphical improvements that are as close to next-gen as it got at the time of its launch.
For more on PlayStation titles that could and should come to PC, here’s what we know about whether or not we can expect God of War Ragnarok and the Demon’s Souls remake to make the jump soon.
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