PlayStation Nation |OT| Playing Astro Bot on the Horizon Until Dawn

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the-pi-guy said:

As of April 16, the Horizon franchise has sold through more than 32.7m units worldwide, of which Horizon Forbidden West has sold through over 8.4m units. Millions more have discovered Horizon thanks to PlayStation subscription and initiatives, including PS Plus & Play at Home.

— Guerrilla (@Guerrilla) May 9, 2023

Horizon 2 has sold 8.4 million.

Horizon 1 was around 7.6 million at 1 year, 10 million at 2 years. So tracking similarly.  

Kind of shows what a juggernaut God of War Ragnarok was. (11 million in 3 months)

I will say I certainly expected quite more, but since a lot of people held out on buying PS4 because they wanted to play it on PS5 there may still have plenty of potential for growth (DLC certainly may help it).

the-pi-guy said:

PlayStation India Heroes

Posted on the front page.

Sony funding India game development.

I certainly approve of this and have been saying that Sony should do even more on this front. Fund/nurture/open studio in more countries/continents so we can have more true diversity like a game as good as God of War, but based on some african religion on indigenous brazilian with gameplay and mechanics that would be different as well and other types of games as well. Also in PC it may be indiferent, but I think on PS the game having some co-development/funding/marketing from Sony may do a big difference for an Indie/AA game.

I would say MS would benefit even more on this approach on GP, would also help to market the service by fostering local communities.