Death Stranding has had the experience of changing from a PS4 exclusive to join Google Stadia just before release, but Horizon has remained PlayStation only, setting Aloy on her way to becoming a modern Sony icon. Sony has been far less willing to embrace cross-play or join forces with PC in the way rivals Microsoft has; could this be them testing the waters?
Well, according to Kotaku reporter Jason Schreier, “three people familiar with Sony’s plans” have confirmed this.
As analyst Mat Piscatella has smartly pointed out, the future of video games lies in ecosystems, not platforms. Sony’s biggest competitor, Microsoft, has been more upfront about its platform-agnostic strategy, with Xbox boss Phil Spencer talking frequently about wanting to get their games in as many hands as possible.
Jason Schreier
Its clear Horizon is an important game for PlayStation and, if it did make the jump, it would be Sony’s only first-party game to do so.
Three years is a long time in gaming, and with Horizon readily available for around £15 on the preowned market, a PC release is not going to cut into Sony’s profits. It could be the perfect game to test the PC market and a slightly new direction more open to collaboration.
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