PushSquare: Remember to Buy Horizon Forbidden West on PS4, And Not PS5

Friendly reminder that you can get around the PS5 $10 premium by buying the PS4 version then downloading the PS5 update/version.

https://www.pushsquare.com/news/2022/02/remember-to-buy-horizon-forbidden-west-on-ps4-and-not-ps5

With Horizon Forbidden West two weeks away from launch, you may be beginning to think about pre-ordering the title. If that’s the case, then here’s a swift reminder to buy the game on the PlayStation 4 and not on the PS5. That’s because, after some backtracking, Sony announced that it will honour the release’s free PS4 to PS5 upgrade, which can save you a few bucks.

It doesn’t matter whether you’re buying physically or digitally. Currently, on the PS Store, Aloy’s sophomore adventure costs £59.99/$59.99 to pre-order on the PS4 and £69.99/$69.99 to pre-order on the PS5. But if you buy the PS4 version, which is £10/$10 less, you’ll still be able to download the PS5 edition for free. There’s no catch here – you’ll get the full next-gen release at a lower price.

If you are looking to buy digitally, remember to do so with your Internet browser and not your console, as it’s been pointed out that the PS4 version of Horizon Forbidden West may not show in search results on your PS5 console. Again, you’ll still get access to the full next-gen version at a discount, despite Sony’s attempts to charge you extra.

So, Sony has a $10 premium for no other reason but to con gamers.

Keep in mind though if you try auto-upgrading to PS5 with PS4 disc be prepared to download the entire game. If that matters, maybe the extra $10 will be worth it to you if your ISP bandwidth is a data drizzle.

I will be paying full price because I want to support the devs. Only thing stopping me would be if it surprisingly gets crappy reviews.

No thanks, I won’t support such greedy practices. I’ll buy it in a few months when it’s super cheap.

Or they can just sell it for $60.😮

Or, they could just not charge an extra $10 if they're gonna let you upgrade for free anyway.

You own a Playstation 4/5!!! Always thought you were anti Sony

I'll probably wait for a PC release.

I don't really have a desire to play a game like that at the moment, and I don't feel like fucking around with a console.

I'm also reeealy good at avoiding spoilers. I still don't know how Game of Thrones ended and I'm not even sure I'll ever watch the last season - it's unlikely at this point.

@Pedro: I'm not defending $70 games. Just thinking for some $10 extortion might be a neceessiry that outweighs the principle. If people want to be principled though by all means, just stop buying Sony games until they go back to $60 for PS5 games will probably send a stronger message. Paying for a PS4 copy and just to get the PS5 version just signals complacency and I would guess it's maybe the last time they're going to do it, the only reason they're doing this now is because they explicitly said they would in past but then tried to back out on that promise and had their armed twisted into it. Since they explicitly said upgrades would be free for HFW but not for other games I'd say fat chance we'd see this happen again.

I am purchasing it via their internal store, so this practice doesn't affect me but I do think they can keep the process simple and fair for gamers.

How can Sony charge $10 more knowing this can be done? Are they stupid or something?

It's the dumbest policy.

Sony painted themselves into a corner.

$70 dollars for a video game will always be a scam.

@Zero_epyon: "It's the dumbest policy"

$70 PS5 games is a policy. The $10 upgrade from PS4 to PS5 is standard to that policy. The free upgrade to Horizon Forbidden West was done because a while back Sony explicitly said Horizon Forbidden West would get a free next gen upgrade (I am guessing to counter MS's bolstering of Smart Delivery being a unique feature to its ecosystem). But don't worry, because the free upgrade for this probably won't be a common practice going forward, they'll be back to the $70 PS5 games and $10 upgrades from PS4 versions going forward, just like they have been doing since the start of the generation, just like gamers have been contently complacent about reinforcing. And it'll probably stay that way unless the gaming community lights a match under Sony's ass, until gamers use the leverage of their wallets to speaks volumes. And right now what the collective is saying is they're okay with this (or annoyed but not detered by it), the PS5 is selling better than their chief competitor and their users are okay to pay $70 for their games and sing praises about the experiences with the explosively orgasmic glee one gets when showering with Herbal Essences.

I'll wait for it to be sub $20 for the complete game like I did Horizon Dawn. I don't understand anyone happily supporting paying an extra $10 for a game. Sony is super profitable with games selling at $60. This is pure corporate greed, knowing fans will just say okay and even defend the practice.

You cannot buy ps4 version on your part, you will need to use the web store or app, Sony 100% knows what they are doing lol

@SolidGame_basic: "I will be paying full price because I want to support the devs."

lol

So PS5 all digital users are screwed once again?

The fact this is required just shows how money hungry non gamer friendly Sony are.

you can buy the ps4 version through browser/mobile app, just not using the console

Oh I see, like that.

I once had to go through my browser to get Doom Eternal on PC steam.

I had already bought the two DLC packs before, and it wouldn't let me buy the base campaign afterwards.

that's strange as steam pretty much only has one version, first time I'm hearing of that lol

So on ps5 I can buy the PS4 version and claim the upgrade for free.

Not sure if I'm buying the game at or near launch yet myself, but for those that want it day one on PS5 the ease of access is worth the $10. Faster loading, no complete install, smaller install at that, no compatibility issues, etc. I'm not saying I think it's a good thing, just saying I'd pay the $10 extra and not worry about it if I wanted in day one.

@PSP107: why is that funny? I'm buying it fill price because I want to and supporting the developers. Wow gamers treat developers like shit. That want everything for free or handed to them. Heck there to lazy to go to a store and buy a game now.

Digitally lazy ass gamers lol.

@WitIsWisdom: yup it pretty sad how many of them complain about 10 bucks. Games been 60 on the nes in 1985 that are less than hour long.

Hzd2 30 plus hours for 70. Surprised games have not gone up in price way before ps5. Sony makes games longer than most games. They put that extra 10 bucks in there games just saying. No micro transactions like halo.

Stop being a shill man. Sony does not make games longer than most games in the same category. Sony charges $10 more than others and they are even charging $10 more for the same game. Halo, is a free to play game that you strangely believe relates to the context of discussion. Again, stop being a shill.

??? you are playing the ps5 version after you upgrade(you do not even need to install the ps4 version), so no you wont get faster loading, smaller install, compatibility issues by saving 10bucks

While you shouldn't have to install the PS4 version I have several games that immediately que the PS4 version download each and every time I start a PS5 version game off a PS4 version disc. Perhaps it's just a bug, but it happens on a consistent basis with a few of the games I own and have upgraded. This forces me to delete the other version or stop the download each and every time I play that game. I would call that a compatibility issue even if it's a bug.

Many other games, most notably Warzone and other CoD games, have immense issues connecting players to chat or syncing into games together. Why? I have no idea, but someone suggested I download the PS4 version of the games to see if the problems still existed in a room full of my PS4 friends and the issues vanish... Which sucks since I want to play the PS5 versions. I got Vanguard as a gift and it was the PS4 version that I upgraded to PS5 for better visuals and framerate and I had nothing but problems, but I bought myself the PS5 version and since then the issues have resolved. Say what you will about there not being compatibility issues and issues with file sizes and bugs but for me it's been a nightmare and the native games load a lot faster/better on the PS5 for some reason.

I'm not saying that it happens on every game (most notably because I haven't played every game), but it is certainly an ongoing issue and I have spent hours in forums reading, posting, and trying to problem solve these issues with a lot of other people that have had similar issues.

Perhaps one of these days things will get buttoned down and work as intended without the bugs/glitches and incompatibility issues, but until then for me personally the extra $10 is a no brainer just so I don't have to deal with that bs.

@Pedro: yes halo first ever halo that was not 60 bucks but the first to have micro transactions that makes you feel you need to grind for hours just to unlock one item if you don't buy the content. Third party started charging 70 bucks to. But because I'm willing to spend more on quality titles like hzd2 I'm a Sony chill? Once Sony makes game free and make it have micro transactions to I'm done gaming pretty much. My son loves fortnite and I hate it. I have spent hundreds and I mean hundreds just to look different. Yet the games I want you can unlock everything in the game but it's 60 or 70 bucks. Another reason I'm not happy with third party lately. Say asscreed 60 bucks then grind and grind to get items you can just buy in the shop. But the grinding is so long you lose interest. So you buy it. I don't mind spending extra for dlc to get more of a game I like. But once they make grind like choir just to trap you I'm done.

Games like ghost,hzd2,gow,Spiderman,uncharted, ratchet and clank you pay 60 or 70 with no hidden fees or painfully grinding.

@warmblur: ow but making you spend 20 for a skin is better? At least these 70 bucks games have everything you can unlock in the game with out the feel of a painful grind to make you buy a sword from the asscreed shop.

It's more painful for these company's to ask for 60 then pay extra for special armor or content.

So if developerment is going up say wages etc I rather them charge me 10 bucks more and keep everything unlockable.

Please take the time to articulate your ideas man. I should not be trying so hard to decipher what you are communicating. Halo Infinite the single player game and Halo Infinite the multiplayer are two different games. One is a free to play game and the other is a paid game. Neither is relevant to the discussion because one is $60 and the other is free to play. This makes your comparison just silly and reaching.

Sony is working on 10 live service games over the next 4 years. This is not a matter of once Sony makes live service games as if it is a pipedream or an unlikely scenario. They are making.

You spending hundreds to look different in Fortnite is a you problem and has absolutely nothing to do with the up charge of $10 for the PS5 version of the identical $60 game on the PS4.

I have not purchased anything beyond the entrance price for any Assassin's Creed game. If you want to buckle to pay more, that is your choice. Your argument was that Sony was the exception to having long games which is false. Now you are moving the goalpost to something else.

@Pedro: Halo might be free, but it's also incomplete and as bare bones as you can get. Kinda just a trolls stance you're trying to make here once again.

So, you are trying to argue that Halo Infinite free to play is the same as paid games? That is your angle?🤔

It should be optional period some people don't care about extra skins ect... For me if I want to spend more money on a title give me a good DLC story down the road.

Would rather have the PS5 disc. Just a better look in the collection.

Phony, knows what their fan base loves. lol :P

so your saying you have not seen anyone in here complaining how much more they need to grind in these games? gamers complain so much that game prices stayed the same while everything else has gone up in price around us. heck I paid 60 for back to the future nes game and was mad so mad back in the day.

while wages has gone up ect. why you think these company's are adding all this micro transations to there game? because 60 is not cutting it any more. cost to much to produce.

why you think indie games don't make huge graphically high production cost games. because 60 is not enough to warrant the cost if it doesn't sell enough.

what is live service games? is it subscription psnow game or is it a live tv show you get to control what person does like heavy rain?

sony has longer games to warrant that 60 or 70 price tag. they are finished games day one.

not sea of thieves or no man sky type games were it takes a few months to a year before it feels like a finished game. halo is like this as well. if I was a xbox player (will be soon enough) I would wait to play these games like sea of thieves until months later when they add more content and feel finished. that was everyone complaint last gen with service games.

I want smaller titles on psnow and leave the high production cost games like ghost, hzd2 and the rest alone to purchase as long there are no micro transitions or extra cost unless its dlc.

sorry but sony games are top shelf games that feel finished day one that score 9 and wins awards year after year. are they not? ghost 9, hzd 9, gow 9, last of us 1 and 2 9, returnal 9, ratchet and clank 9. should I go on?

fact is xbox will be great but its not here yet. they still fall back on gears,halo,forza.

xbox has produced zero new games to get hyped for sequels. i hope fable feels finished day one and not screw it up but I know it going to be like sea of thieves.

yup i like a good dlc that is 30 bucks like ghost or witcher 3 blood and wine what ever it is. but there should not be extra cost for sword or armor you can't get unless you buy it. or grind for hours for one item.

neat little loop around. good for those who want the game.

it means people are sick of service games that don't feel complete at launch. look at sea of thieves by the time that felt finished people moved on already.

I take a finished game with all its content in the game day one for 70 bucks than a free game that you need to pay 60 for the other half that feels like he said bare bones. then months later they add more content to feel complete and hide it behind micro transactions.

YOU KNOW WHY BECAUSE 60 IS NOT ENOUGH TO COVER THE COST OF THESE GAMES ANYMORE. THEY KNOW IT AND THIRD PARTY KNOWS IT. whiles gamers cry to mommy from the basement lol. just kidding. but really why you think third party is doing this? adding extra cost or adding shop on the games.

so sony and some third party are just adding 10 bucks instead of adding microtransactions or shops in the game.

but its the gamers that are complaining and rather have the cheap service gamepass and now sony has to start to follow suit.

XBOX FANS feel that the games are free.

heck I see gamers starting to complain about 60 bucks now that they have gamepass.

gamepass is making gamers even lazier and cheaper.

You are comparing a free to play game to a paid game as some sort of justification to a $10 premium for the same game.

There are many games that are $60 that are complete. You are falsely associating complete games as a Sony thing when it simply is not. There are many profitable games for the price of $60. Sony is selling the game for $60 on the PS4 and is inflating the price for the same game for $10. There are immensely more third party games for $60 than their are $70. Don't pretend or lie about this.

Not sure how this became a Gamepass thing. Sony is charging $10 extra for the same game and for some reason you are blaming Gamepass. Stop being a shill.

why stop at 70$ if you want to support them, buy the deluxe? buy 10 copies?

Sadly, the devs ARE Sony, so I won't be supporting them for this scam. I will also do the PS4 to PS5 free upgrade.

I would be paying half price meanwhile Sony fannies would be paying full price.😂

I think some of them would pay twice the price and still love paying it under some misguided notion they're helping out the dev's.

You know they would too, not even jokingly.