Horizon Zero Dawn, a PlayStation 4 exclusive when it was released in 2017, is coming to Windows PC,.Developer by Guerrilla Games and published by Sony Interactive Entertainment, is a critically acclaimed action role-playing game set in a world with hulking robot creatures. Guerrilla Games is owned by Sony, and its games have been exclusive to PlayStation platforms.Kotaku reported Horizon Zero Dawn will be released on PC this year, the first time it’s on a platform outside of PlayStation. The report said it’ll be on “both Steam and the Epic Games Store,” though it “may not be finalized yet.”Polygon reached out to Sony Interactive Entertainment for comment but did not immediately receive a response.While Horizon Zero Dawn’s possible release on PC is surprising, things have been trending in this direction. Sony’s PlayStation Now streaming service is available on PC, making it already possible to play Horizon Zero Dawn on PC through the service. The Sony-published Death Stranding (which is based on Guerrilla’s game engine) is. And Sony Interactive Entertainment, the company’s PlayStation division, for PC last year.In December 2019, Sony and Major League Baseball to develop MLB The Show — but announced the game will no longer be a PlayStation exclusive. MLB The Show is expected to be released “beyond PlayStation platforms as early as 2021,” but the announcement didn’t specify where, exactly, it’s heading.
The long standing rumors are confirmed – Guerrilla Games’ 2017 PS4 award-winning exclusive title “Horizon Zero Dawn” will finally be coming to the PC this Summer and a Steam page for it is.
Are you looking longingly at the glowing reviews for the new PlayStation 4 exclusive Horizon Zero Dawnon Metacritic and wondering whether it'll ever come to Xbox One and PC? We've got bad news: It's not going to happen.
It all has to do with Horizon Zero Dawn developer Guerrilla Games' status as a first-party studio. Let us explain.
Horizon Zero Dawn Xbox One and PC release date: What's a first-party studio?
Guerrilla Games, the company that developed Horizon Zero Dawn, is 'wholly owned' by Sony Computer Entertainment Europe, which means the studio's whole purpose is to create cool games exclusive to PlayStation platforms. The casual term for this type of studio is a 'first-party' studio. Another example is 343 Industries, which makes the Xbox-exclusive Halo games.
If you're shaking your fists wondering, 'Why, god, why? Why does it have to be this way?' the answer is simple: capitalism.
In the competitive world of console gaming, companies try to develop compelling platform-exclusive games to entice customers to purchase its consoles. It's as simple as that.
So, if you want to play Horizon Zero Dawn, you'll need to own a PS4. Because that's exactly how Sony wants it to be. Sorry.
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