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

[EricHiggin]

BraLoD said:

EricHiggin said:

I'm not saying port every PS5 game to PS4 at this point. I'm saying for the cross gen titles that exist, offer cross buy. If you own the PS5 version, you automatically get the PS4 version, and vice versa, plus the PC version. Basically you get the game no matter what platform it's on. That specific game and only that version of that game. You don't get the Complete edition with all the DLC later, and you don't get the remake or remaster, eventually. XB has something like this already does it not?

Next gen may very well end up with many cross gen titles, potentially for the entire length of the gen, so cross buy in that case would make a ton of sense. Buying either the PS5 or PS6 version should get you both, plus the PC version, assuming they exist. I wouldn't expect there to be a PS4 version next gen, but if for whatever reason there was, like perhaps for a PS GAAS game that finally hits it so big that maybe it warrants a PS4 version, who knows, then that version should be included with the PS5, PS6, and PC version.

It already exists on some games, and that is up to the devs choose if they wanted it or not. Sony themselves choose to allow $10 upgrade for their games if you bought the PS4 version based on the price increase over their generations. Early on their games were crossbuy for no additional cost, but they moved on from that in 2022. A widespread crossbuy adoption in 2025 is just sadly pointless for them, we have more active PS5 than PS4 users since some time now, too.

Also, even Genshin Impact already abandoned the PS4, it will become unplayable mid 2026 but you already can't download it there anymore if you never did before.

I agree that it makes a lot of sense for the PS5 and PS6 gen, as I do expect the crossplatform period to be the actual full generation aside from some very specific games here and there later on. That also means if PS6 games prices are raised, so are for the PS5, because if they don't, you'll have to buy the upgrade patch for the price difference like it was since 2022 for this gen.

I'm only talking about SNY due to the PC cross buy leak, not third party developers/publishers for PS consoles.

Do PS5 games cost the same on PC as they do for console? Usually PC is cheaper is it not? More expensive PS5 versions next gen don't really make sense then.

Unless SNY does what some are suggesting and are making their own PC launcher with a PS Store. Then SNY might try and charge one sole price for a game next gen and that game just works on whatever platforms SNY has decided to support it on.