PS5 upgrade costs extra: Horizon Forbidden West upset fans

Horizon Forbidden West is one of the most anticipated PS5 games. While the release is still a bit of a while, the game can now be pre-ordered. An aspect of the versions makes the fans very angry.

Horizon Forbidden West: Who wants to upgrade, must pay

Horizon Forbidden West is intended to continue the masterpiece Horizon Zero Dawn for AMAZONE ALOY in the PostaApokalypse after five years. Even if the release for PS4 and PS5 was postponed Coronabeding Next Year - the fans are hot on Horizon Forbidden West, to which developer Guerrilla Games showed first gameplay in May, which you can view below.

However, as far as the versions for PS4 and PS5, the developer reaps criticism. The PS5 upgrade, which is a free self-evident in many other games, costs at the Hype game extra .

As is on the official FAQ page, there will be no free PS5 upgrade for buyers of the PS4 version . The PS4 version costs 69.99 euros, the PS5 version 79.99 euros and who wants to upgrade in between, must once again at least 10 euros or more online **.

UM Both the PS4 and the PS5 versions of Horizon Forbidden West have to buy the Digital Deluxe, Collector's or Regalla Editions.

Given the PS5 scarcity a hard decision: On Reddit, the fans and throw both the developer and Sony before, made a retractor or lied directly . Last year in September, the PlayStation CEO Jim Ryan still announced that Horizon Forbidden West should get a free PS5 upgrade (Source: Washington Post). Reddit User Itelsemariowski is very disappointed and writes:

ES only seems to be a twilight tactic to bring people to buy the console as soon as possible. You also also sell games for the PS4 consoles. You do not want to lose anything, you want to win at all fronts and the customer gets in the middle of it (xxxx) .

It's not the first time that Sony drives a gorge between PS4 and PS5 and would like to make money in addition. Last year, Sony announced that the Spider-Man Remaster will not appear as a free upgrade, but that players can only buy it for a surcharge or in the Spider-Man: Miles Morales -Ultimate Edition. Also then the announcement ensured a lot of anger, it remains to be seen whether and like Sony and Guerilla Games will respond to the current reviews.

Horizon Forbidden West should appear exclusively for PS4 and PS5 on February 18th of February 2022. If you want to upgrade from your PS4 to PS5, looks into the tube - or must grab one of the more expensive editions.