Horizon Forbidden West returns and looks better than ever in its Burning Shores expansion. Here's Oliver with the visual breakdown from Digital Foundry.
As part of Sony’s legal assault on Tencent’s rip-off Light of Motiram title, the company’s revealed that Horizon’s franchise sales have topped 38 million units worldwide.
We last got word of the Guerrilla series’ commercial performance in April 2023, when the platform holder confirmed that the franchise had sold through 32.7 million units. This updated number means it’s added another five million units to its tally in the two years since.
and people wonder why sony wants to do a multiplayer title and released a lego game. the franchise is massive.
It's the SP games that got them to this. They let LEGO make a very lackluster game and are working on an MP game w/o news on future SP content. Companies shouldn't ignore how they got to be popular in the first place. Don't pull an Ubisoft.
Yeah. All they are doing is diluting the franchise so when the third main game comes out we'll be more fatigued.
They've done far too much with this franchise in such a short space of time, it should have just been the first game, a new IP, the second game, the new IPs sequel, the third game in the trilogy etc and when that's done THEN think of spin offs, TV shows, films, board games, VR titles and comics.
The core gameplay mechanics of horizon is really good so I can see this being a good MP game if done right.
I miss the days when MP were a part of the actual game. Now it's an either or situation 🫤
I think Lego was a big flop, which isn’t that bad.. i might try it when it releases on ps+
The second game was also given away for free one Christmas with every PS5 sold which inflated numbers. Horizon are good games if not the most generic when it comes to gameplay out of Sony's IPs
“Which inflated numbers” you don’t have evidence for that. At best, you’ve made a baseless assertion, as packaged in games don’t contribute a whole lot to overall sales anyway
Panic mechanic, of course either inflates numbers. Wii Sports is one of the most "sold" games of all time dispute being given as part of every Wii console sold. Every bundle game ever is considered a sold unit since forever.
Horizon is a polished, ubisoft game. If Sony didn't make it, no one would care. They are beautiful showcases with shallow gameplay.
VGChartz's Lee Mehr: "Whether in the form of free DLC (hello God of War Ragnarök: Valhalla) or long-awaited semi-sequels, expansions have blossomed into their own thing across every genre. A commercial & creative necessity for MMOs way back when is now a commonality everywhere. And there's great incentive behind it too; generally speaking, who wouldn't want to have the gameplay skeleton of their favorite titles utilized to explore new storylines and locations? In 2023, this comes with a cost for last-gen-only gamers in the form of Horizon Forbidden West and Cyberpunk 2077. Despite both titles having 8th-gen versions at their respective launches, Guerrilla Games and CD Projekt RED decided to forego the technologically-constraining PS4 and/or Xbox One consoles to fully realize their creative visions.
While that doesn't tell the full story of these four finalists, it's an intriguing factoid that marks 2023 as a turning point in cementing future titles or DLCs for only this current generation... and maybe Switch."
Good year for DLC. I’m at the last boss in Burning Shores and just wrapped the tower party subterfuge in Phantom Liberty. Chef’s kiss.
Even though it was a remake, Separate Ways was a great slice of DLC for me.
The RE4VR update also phenomenal.
VGChartz's Taneli Palola: "Another year in the rear-view mirror, another year of both good and bad to look back upon. The video game industry has once again played host to a number of significant events, releases, and other assorted happenings over the last 12 months. So, before we completely forget 2023 and move on to the new year, let's take a look at some of the things that happened, both the nice and the nasty. Here are my winners and losers of 2023 in the world of video games."
awww will skip this one, because is forbidden for sure :D
It's absolutely stunning. Impressive too - anybody wishing to see for themselves needs to jump on a Waterwing, fly it up above the clouds and then nose dive all the way down straight into the sea for a swim. It's breath-taking and I'm so glad it's PS5 only, as this would have set the PS4 on fire just trying it.
Can't wait for Horizon 3 which will finally fully take advantage of the PS5.
It's going to be jaw dropping for sure
game looks good but had a lot of pop in.
It does look amazing and i was addicted enough to do every task. Easy recomendation at 20 usd.