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Thanks for your article.

@get2sammyb said "I'm glad they reconsidered, and it’s good they’re listening, but too many backtracks this year from Sony.

Get it right first time."

Yes you are spot on about this.

@get2sammyb said "We don't live in a vacuum. If other companies can do it, so can Sony.

If this was an article about Call of Duty or FIFA, the tone would be totally different in here.

Sony can do no wrong apparently.

Fair enough! We'll still call out Sony when they make moves like this, because they deserve it. 🤷‍♀️"

Yes to love something such as PlayStation you must also be honest and upfront not to be afraid of stating the facts.

Your honesty and calling them out is to make PlayStation better for all. Love it and keep doing. We all love PlayStation and not be afraid to state dissatisfaction.

@get2sammyb said "Sadly, the only thing to understand here is that they think they can get extra cash out of people, and that's why they're doing it.

I know we're all PlayStation fans here so it's hard to come to terms with, and I do appreciate that Horizon is a high budget game, but this is nickel-and-diming."

Yes it is greed.

@get2sammyb said "

Just to update you all (because I don't think this is really worth adding to the article) Sony got back to me and pointed me to the FAQ.

So I think we can surmise from this, if you do buy Horizon's Standard or Special Edition on PS4, you'll have to buy it again to get the PS5 version.

I think they'll backtrack and offer an upgrade option, but it doesn't seem like they have one planned at the time of typing."

You thinking on backtracking turned out to happen and was my initial thoughts as well before they updated the official PS Blog post on preorders.

@get2sammyb said "Just so we're clear on this, because I see so many make the same mistake, Shawn Layden and Jim Ryan have totally different jobs.

Shawn Layden was never the overall boss of PlayStation like Jim Ryan now is. A lot of people seem to be mistaken by this."

Facts. Glad you posted this clarification.

@get2sammyb said "

Gaming industry is in a weird spot where, by and large, I observe dissatisfaction across the board:

8-hour single player game: Not worth the money.
Multiplayer focused game: Why not single player?
Game as a Service: Ewww, microtransactions.
Low-budget graphics: Looks crap.

It feels like you really can't win with the most vocal consumers on sites like this."

Couldn't agree more. Spot on.

@get2sammyb said "

It just reeks of nickel-and-diming to me. I do understand these games have exorbitant budgets, and I respect that, but I read Sony's financials every quarter and they're not exactly hurting for cash.

I understand they want to drive the market towards $70 games, so they will argue the $10 upgrade from PS4 to PS5 just brings things in line. But we live in an age of PCs and even the PS4 Pro, where it's expected that games scale with your hardware. No one buys a new graphics card and has to pay $10 to take advantage of it.

Honestly, if Sony thinks the games are worth $70, then just make the PS4 versions $70 as well and offer a free upgrade as part of the fee. If this is really the hill they want to die on, then so be it..."

Best reply for archival purposes.

@get2sammyb Couldn't have said better myself. That's I am requoting your entire comment for memory/archival purposes.

"SJBUK That's fair enough, but then you look at companies like 4A Games and what they did with Metro Exodus, and you're just like... Okay, what's your excuse Sony?"

@get2sammyb
Yes I agree.