Horizon Zero Dawn came out on the PC four days ago and according to Steamspy, it has sold between 200K-500K units. Moreover, Playtracker states that 35% of its owners on Steam have already played the game on PS4/PS4 Pro.
According to those that have access to specific Steamspy data, the game may have sold closer to 500K (426k to be exact). However, and as we’ve already said, Steamspy does not offer 100% accurate results. As such, it makes more sense to consider the lower value of its estimated results. Additionally, and if it did sell 426K, it will soon be listed as a game that has 500K-1 million sales).
35% of Horizon Zero Dawn owners on @Steam already played the game on @PlayStation.
This is a significantly higher "double dip" rate than usual even for delayed PC releases, rivaled only by Grand Theft Auto V. pic.twitter.com/1xQx5AlNDn
— PlayTracker (@PlayTrackerNet) August 11, 2020
PlayTracker’s stats are also interesting. It appears that the “double dippers” for Horizon Zero Dawn are higher than usual. In fact, only Grand Theft Auto 5 is able to rival the game’s double dip percentage. So, in a sense, Horizon Zero Dawn failed to attract a lot of PC-only gamers.
Now let’s not forget the state at which Horizon Zero Dawn released. The game currently has a lot of issues; from 30fps animations and the inability to use Anisotropic Filtering to the lack of the snow deformation effects and Aloy’s hair bug. Guerrila Games is looking into addressing some of them, however, the game should had never released in that state. I’m also certain that the word of mouth (and Steam’s reviews) prevented a lot of gamers from purchasing it. Sony dropped the ball on this one and its sales numbers are a direct result of the questionable PC port.
Some users have also reported framepacing and stuttering issues, as well as crashes. If you have a lot of stutters, you may want to give Special K Mod a go.
Lastly, you can also read our PC Performance Analysis for Horizon Zero Dawn!
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so much for denuvo.
it doesn’t have denuvo
exactly
you can pirate it . it dont have denuvo . but the game so sh*t its not worth even pirate it …
yet it sells
The last of us 2 also sels good . Is it good?
good, should have been the best selling game on ps4 and sold meh.
Hmmm, I wonder why that is ?
Hmmm, I wonder why that is ?
Last of Us 2 was fun as hell. Graphic violence was crazy awesome! 10 out of 10!
Who said anything about being good this article is about the game selling well without denuvo.
Your opinion is not a fact.
If its good why a streamer cut in half live on stream a disc after he finished the game? Whas it that good? Huh?
His opinion isn’t a fact either. Different people like different things. A concept so simple, but apparently some people can’t understand it.
Because he’s not a very intelligent person.
Yes, it is.
The game is amazing. The port is bad.
“Playtracker states that 35% of its owners on Steam have already played the game on PS4/PS4 Pro.”
How can they possible know that?
Yeah, despite the poor grammar of the tweet, they claim they have a social platform where people can connect multiple libraries, and that is where they’re seeing the overlap. I suspect the userbase is not huge, so take the numbers with a grain of salt.
Horizon Zero Dawn unoptimalized edition .
F off sony .
i pirate it next year when they fix the F game
You can do it now cause this thing is going to be broken forever.
Force the AF on the driver and be happy.
Or not, the game is not that good.
Good. If it sells really well, it might prompt Sony to release some other PS exclusive titles on PC.
Good that you have your crystal ball, but I recall somebody telling me a couple of years ago that Horizon would never ever come to PC.
Profits come from the software not hardware, to convince gamers on the PC to acquire PS5, it will not achieve the goal as selling exclusive games for PC.
Profits come from convincing people to purchase software on their hardware. A few million sony exclusives sold on PC mean nothing to them compared to getting 30% of every 3rd party game sale on their hardware.
Third party is always a priority to play on PC, anyone who has a gaming computer will not buy a console for third party games, console only for exclusive.
Agreed except I am on PC and I will not be buying either console period and I have a backlog of great games so deep I could never play them all in my lifetime and I still plan on buying more. Games are so much cheaper on PC it is rediculous and I don’t have to pay anything to play online.
I don’t know if anyone else already posted here, but the frame pacing and stuttering issues are more related to the drivers than the game itself. All 451.XX from Nvidia have this in many games, including the hotfix 451.85. I been playing HZR with driver 446.14 and have no stuttering or frame pacing problem. However, the game keeps giving warnings about the “incorrect” driver version and still crash sometimes.
Mine didn’t crash once (played for little more than 2 hours), but I use AMD and just like you I see a warning about the drivers, which I ignore cause I don’t give a shiet about it.
And had to force AF in the driver as well.
Does this mean it was financially succefull?
I really hope so, because its success is just going to show sony that there is a huge market on pc that they are missing out on.
They dont care. This is on pc only to lure pc gamers to ps5
And you think there’s nobody there that KNOWS they’ll sell good on PC?
You think companies are runned by a bunch of 12yo?
The thing is that they need to have exclusives, so they can sell their product.
Their value (as a brand) is directly chained to it’s good exclusives. See Nintendo as an example of what I’m saying.
I mean sure.
And yet, here we are, a Sony Exclusive on PC.
All I’m saying, is that financially success is the only factor that will motivate Sony to port more of their games to the PC.
And so it begins lol.
https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2020-08-30-sony-says-expect-more-of-its-first-party-playstation-games-on-pc
How do they even know who has previously played it? As for double dipping… I double dipped. Totally worth it. Really enjoying the game on pc!
“Now let’s not forget the state at which Horizon Zero Dawn released. The game currently has a lot of issues; from 30fps animations and the inability to use Anisotropic Filtering to the lack of the snow deformation effects and Aloy’s hair bug” https://media2.giphy.com/media/XDXGgx4zfjyJoFbEUy/giphy.gif
in every article he writes same thing, its angry he didnt got a free copy https://media2.giphy.com/media/xT0GqhT8SulsK6DHmo/giphy-downsized-medium.gif
in every article he writes same thing, its angry he didnt got a free copy https://media2.giphy.com/media/xT0GqhT8SulsK6DHmo/giphy-downsized-medium.gif
“Now let’s not forget the state at which Horizon Zero Dawn released. The game currently has a lot of issues; from 30fps animations and the inability to use Anisotropic Filtering to the lack of the snow deformation effects and Aloy’s hair bug” https://media2.giphy.com/media/XDXGgx4zfjyJoFbEUy/giphy.gif
One WORD = K I I L L Z O N E Franchise On PC
Now that’s a great idea. I liked 2’s mp, but if they just wanna skip to 3, I’m okay with that.
F*king SJW’s Ruin everything!
Rather play BOTW on Cemu
I am one of those 35% who has played this on PS4 Pro and even in its unoptimized buggy state, the PC version is 1000 times better. This once again shows how garbage consoles are and I was 100% done with them for good after what they did with The Last of Us Part II. I am now PC Only forever and if Sony, Microsoft and Nintendo want to shove their agenda down my throat they better do it in the form of a PC version.
Last of Us 2 was fun as hell. But that is just my opinion
Yep. Played it on the PS4 pro. Would have been better on PC sure, but it will probably never come to PC so I’ll play it the only way I can. Rather amazing game. Still convinced those who hate it have never touched it.
if you don’t mid the propaganda probably
Yeah, a lot of outlet that criticize it only on story and character development side that seems like push or force some agenda. Graphical and gameplay I think still very much competent.
What agenda ?
I know right. I was playing on 4K with ultra settings and for the most part, it ran really well. It had places that were going to 5-15 fps, but usually ran pretty well and above 30. On G sync it looks very smooth. I hope all console makers start releasing games on the PC. We are not part of their console wars, we are neutral. They should just sell all of their games to us xD
I will pay for this game. Rebate + patch + time = happy customer. See you in 6 months once all the shyte is fixed. If not, see you in 1 year, if not see you never lmao.
The fact someone bought this garbage overpriced game is beyond me..
idiots
The game is really good.
Not surprising at all, the game is good, not great, but good. So it’s quite normal that pesants that liked it would buy it again to see its real beauty.
Doesn’t worth the price, though.
Perhaps avoid releasing a stutter mess and the numbers will be higher
And so it begins.
Sony says expect more of its first-party PlayStation games on PC
https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2020-08-30-sony-says-expect-more-of-its-first-party-playstation-games-on-pc
Okay fanboys what do you have to say now lol.
These games sell way better on PC then they ever did on their respective consoles there is a huge PC player base much bigger then both the consoles combined and neither company wants to miss out on that market. They mostly sell their consoles at a loss anyways the money is then recouped selling the games.