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Sony Just Doubled the Price of Horizon: Zero Dawn on PS4 Following PS5 Remaster Reveal - IGN (www.ign.com)
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Sony has doubled the price of PlayStation 4 game Horizon: Zero Dawn following the reveal of its PS5 remaster.

Eurogamer spotted the price rise in the UK (from £15.99 to £34.99) but the price also rose in the U.S., jumping from $19.99 to $39.99 on the PlayStation Store.

Horizon: Zero Dawn has been at the previous price point for years as part of the PlayStation Hits collection, and other entries such as God of War and The Last of Us Remastered have remained at the typical $19.99 price.

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[–] radix 82 points 2 months ago (5 children)

Out of all the boardroom discussions, raising the price was actually the most consumer-friendly suggestion from Sony. Others included:

  • Deleting the original version from users' libraries.
  • Re-printing the original on disc, but including a rootkit.
  • Compiling a list of original version owners and leaving their personal details in plaintext on the web until they upgrade.
  • Downgrading the original to 480p, telling users the original graphics were just a bug, and selling the higher-res upgrade.
[–] Astronauticaldb 18 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I don't like how I didn't catch this was satire until the third bullet point

[–] barsquid 9 points 2 months ago

I'm still on the fence if they're doing satire or were in a boardroom meeting.

[–] beebarfbadger 16 points 2 months ago

"Okay, but I don't see why we can't revisit my suggestion to send the Pinkertons to all owners of the original version and have them break their kneecaps if they don't give us all the money they have."

"With all due respect sir, that is... Have you read the brief that Legal sent you on that matter?"

"I skimmed it... but I'm not convinced."

[–] SandySocks 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Have any more info on that last one? I hadn't heard that one before

[–] radix 6 points 2 months ago

A rather obtuse reference to removing the OtherOS feature well after purchase. I tried to adapt it to game terms, but admit it's a stretch.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)
  • Make a new sequel instead of a remaster nobody asked for
[–] barsquid 5 points 2 months ago

That's the guy who is thrown out of the window in the meme.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

Are you joking or are there really psychopaths on this board?

[–] Prox 11 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I honestly don't understand why they didn't go the other direction and make this game free with a PS5 Pro purchase. It's super old and the remaster could be a great tech demo.

I guess people will buy it anyways, so there we go.

[–] Nuke_the_whales 1 points 2 months ago

I already have it free from a psplus monthly, same with the sequel. They've given these games away to subscribers before so I don't s how raising the price will bring in new players

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 months ago

So my physical version must surely have gone up I'm value too then. What an investment

/s

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Thank god for physical and PC, you can get it for about £7 used £14 new on ebay funny how they're trying to get of physical...

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Surprising, however they announced existing owners can upgrade for $10, so perhaps the move is to raise the price for new buyers to make it equivalent to buying the full price remaster, while making it cheap to existing owners.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

So...arbitrary.

[–] Kelly 2 points 2 months ago

In Australia they've bumped it from au$25 (with periodic discounts to au$12.50) to au$60.

Thats a 140% increase!