It was a secret to voices, but during the Games Onl of GamesCom 2021, the Delay of Horizon Forbidden West was confirmed, which confirmed release date for February 18, 2022. It is a fact that, without a doubt, returns the plans of PlayStation , who wanted to erect Aloy's adventures as the benchmark of PlayStation 5 to sell consoles in the Christmas period that is the most important for the financial market of any company in the sector. However, Sony remains without his Vendeconsolas for Christmas and this slightly trains the plans that had months ago.
There are many factors that justify this delay. It is obvious that the pandemic and the health situation has derived that many games have had to postpone their intentions due to the difficulties in being able to work on such ambitious developments as is the guerrilla title case. It is quite understandable and we must empathize with it. And if we review backgrounds from the sector, it is better to wait a few months, that workers do not suffer crunch and that the game does not launch full of bugs that blur an experience that promises to be memorable .
On the other hand, another collateral damage of the coronavirus is the scarcity of PlayStation 5 that is in the market. Many people are trying to get a new generation console of Sony and is impossible, because every time it is replaced, they evaporate. Despite this, PS5 is beating the records of its predecessors, and we can not imagine the barbarity of figures that could have achieved if the situation in the world was normal.
Here comes into play a determining factor when publishing an AAA that unites precisely what is mentioned above. There are games that, due to your investment, require that there is a console park established so that it bounces the investment of development. We can say that we have already reached approximately that dimension, since PS5, according to the latest data, has sold more than 10 million units around the world.
The original Horizon, if we also do reference to the latest official figures, exceeded 10 million in sales - without counting the PC version. A game of its caliber, which may be located a point below other sagas more references or Vendeconsolas As can be GTA or God of War, it is already within the margin to get to the stores, so Nor would it be too soon and this Christmas period would have been the perfect frame. But better to do things right: you will just be three months of waiting if, according to our calculations, it would have been launched in November.
The problem here is not that Horizon Forbidden West does not arrive this year, which is the minor evil. But yes, PS5 runs out of an important argument to boost sales and justify the generational leap , since a good part of the community was waiting for Aloy's game to do so.
PlayStation stays Without a benchmark to buy PS5 in Pack with it , and we have already seen how important it is to have an exclusive renown for those dates. In the coming months, games like Deathloop, Kena: Bridge of Spirits or Death Stranding Director's Cut, but you can not compare Horizon Forbidden West in terms of expectation.
We talk about PlayStation or exclusive productions. But in Sony they are intelligent and can nourish agreements with third parties. There is GTA V, with which they can seal agreements for content only for PS5. O SERVICES such as PS Plus with which they can take advantage of publishing a pilot or special promotion to compensate for the absence of Horizon. We must bear in mind that Xbox series goes with everything , since in December its main reference comes out, Halo Infinite , and in November Forza Horizon 5 , which has captivated with its visual spectacular .
But here, the good work that PlayStation has done since the arrival of PS5 also has to be assessed. There are several Titles of PlayStation Studios that are already available and that can compensate these months of waiting for Horizon. Some of them are exclusive to PS5 such as Demon's Souls, Rental or the Great Ratchet and Clank: A separate dimension.
Horizon's delay should not be used as an excuse to wait if you want ps5, especially with how difficult it is to catch a: equal in February is even more complicated. There is a lot to play. But it is also true that PlayStation needs a blow of effect to counteract the loss. We will see How have under the sleeve.
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