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Update: It's Sony's 2nd biggest launch on Steam right now. Congrats to Nixxes and Sucker Punch Productions on this successful release!

Source 1 & 2

 

[winjer]

And it could be even bigger is Sony wasn't limiting access in so many regions.

 

[Punished Miku]

Sounds like no one is going to have trouble playing Sony games on PC for the foreseeable future.

 

[Skifi28]

But how does it compare in review bombing? Surely it could reach second place.

 

[violence]

Any stutter struggle?

 

[James Sawyer Ford]

And it could be even bigger is Sony wasn't limiting access in so many regions.

All 12 of them

 

[winjer]

All 12 of them

It's closer to 170 regions.

 

[James Sawyer Ford]

Sounds like no one is going to have trouble playing Sony games on PC for the foreseeable future.

The trouble is in the waiting

This is a 4 year old game

 

[Ass of Can Whooping]

Seeing that list breaks my heart

 

[Negotiator101]

And it could be even bigger is Sony wasn't limiting access in so many regions.

That would really turn you on.

 

[James Sawyer Ford]

It's closer to 170 regions.

Yeah but only 12 people

 

[Jaybe]

 

[Punished Miku]

The trouble is in the waiting

This is a 4 year old game

For sure. If you have to have it day one, so far that is best on their console.

 

[winjer]

Yeah but only 12 people

 

[James Sawyer Ford]

For sure. If you have to have it day one, so far that is best on their console.

But yeah ghost 2 probably won’t take 4 years

Seems like Sony has settled on a 2 year delay for most new releases

 

[Itchy Tickles]

After booting up the game, 4 seconds into the intro, the game hard crashed with no error messages. About an hour later I verified the files and no errors / broken files were found, so I booted it up again, and it worked perfectly for the short time I played it. No idea what the issue was or could be if it happens again. Many people in the forums had the same issue and they had a wide variety of pc configs.

Only saying as the number might be different if everyone could actually play (plus it unlocked at 4pm here, so people would be working or whatnot too). Some comments I've seen suggest there are people who can't even launch it. More were saying FSR3 was a broken mess but I personally didn't use it as I wanted to test raw performance out of curiosity.

 

[Tomi]

Great numbers

 

[SmokedMeat]

The trouble is in the waiting

This is a 4 year old game

Then tell your buddies to stop crying that the sky is falling.

 

[adamsapple]

Seeing that list breaks my heart

 

[SmokedMeat]

After booting up the game, 4 seconds into the intro, the game hard crashed with no error messages. About an hour later I verified the files and no errors / broken files were found, so I booted it up again, and it worked perfectly for the short time I played it. No idea what the issue was or could be if it happens again. Many people in the forums had the same issue and they had a wide variety of pc configs.

Only saying as the number might be different if everyone could actually play (plus it unlocked at 4pm here, so people would be working or whatnot too). Some comments I've seen suggest there are people who can't even launch it. More were saying FSR3 was a broken mess but I personally didn't use it as I wanted to test raw performance out of curiosity.

Are they using the latest drivers? I know AMD just released one with GoT support.

 

[James Sawyer Ford]

Then tell your buddies to stop crying that the sky is falling.

I got no problem with it coming to pc

I just think Sony shouldn’t half ass their pc strategy

- make a PlayStation store on PC

- day 1 PlayStation exclusives and third party games

- cross buy and cross save between console and pc for all games sold

- trophy support, etc

 

[Unknown?]

After booting up the game, 4 seconds into the intro, the game hard crashed with no error messages. About an hour later I verified the files and no errors / broken files were found, so I booted it up again, and it worked perfectly for the short time I played it. No idea what the issue was or could be if it happens again. Many people in the forums had the same issue and they had a wide variety of pc configs.

Only saying as the number might be different if everyone could actually play (plus it unlocked at 4pm here, so people would be working or whatnot too). Some comments I've seen suggest there are people who can't even launch it. More were saying FSR3 was a broken mess but I personally didn't use it as I wanted to test raw performance out of curiosity.

That's the Windows tax. Buggy OS!

 

[Skifi28]

- cross buy and cross save between console and pc for all games sold

That's the dream.

 

[Killjoy-NL]

I got no problem with it coming to pc

I just think Sony shouldn’t half ass their pc strategy

- make a PlayStation store on PC

- day 1 PlayStation exclusives and third party games

- cross buy and cross save between console and pc for all games sold

- trophy support, etc

Then again, maybe Sony's intention is to put minimal effort into PC, as the games will turn a profit regardless, and it will leave the best experience for their Playstation consoles.

Would make sense for the business and fall in line with their current strategy.

 

[BlazinAm]

More reflective of Sony's biggest strength in the premium gaming space right now. They have the brands and software that people actually want to play.

 

[Pop]

And it could be even bigger is Sony wasn't limiting access in so many regions.

Do you know why that is the case? Or just upset because

And how many actually people is this effecting in those 170 countries?

Internet just seems upset without knowing all the details

 

[James Sawyer Ford]

Then again, maybe Sony's intention is to put minimal effort into PC, as the games will turn a profit regardless, and it will leave the best experience for their Playstation consoles.

Would make sense for the business and fall in line with their current strategy.

I think Sony would have an opportunity to grow 1P and 3P sales on a PC store and grab a piece of that pie if they put a concerted effort into it.

 

[winjer]

Do you know why that is the case? Or just upset because

And how many actually people is this effecting in those 170 countries?

Internet just seems upset without knowing all the details

Of course we know why this is happening. Now Sony is forcing linking PSN to their PC ports.
But because PSN is not available in all regions, unlike Steam, that restricts many PC players.

 

[UltimaKilo]

Sony, put it on GeForceNow and add additional regions and push those sales higher!

 

[SmokedMeat]

I got no problem with it coming to pc

I just think Sony shouldn’t half ass their pc strategy

- make a PlayStation store on PC

- day 1 PlayStation exclusives and third party games

- cross buy and cross save between console and pc for all games sold

- trophy support, etc

They can do it if they want. I think they’d need a larger library to make it worthwhile though.

 

[Gaiff]

Then again, maybe Sony's intention is to put minimal effort into PC, as the games will turn a profit regardless, and it will leave the best experience for their Playstation consoles.

Would make sense for the business and fall in line with their current strategy.

The best experience is still on a capable gaming PC so no.

I got no problem with it coming to pc

I just think Sony shouldn’t half ass their pc strategy

- make a PlayStation store on PC

- day 1 PlayStation exclusives and third party games

- cross buy and cross save between console and pc for all games sold

- trophy support, etc

Oof, I don't know about that one.

 

[RoboFu]

How's that engagement metric now?

 

[nosoynadie22]

I think Sony would have an opportunity to grow 1P and 3P sales on a PC store and grab a piece of that pie if they put a concerted effort into it.

Sony already won the HD console war and they seem to be excited about the idea of growing with PC so it probably won't be long before they open a PC store and release their games on PC

 

[kruis]

It's closer to 170 regions.

170 countries and the vast majority of those are either tiny or poor. I don't think Sony is going to lose sleep over the idea that the good citizens of Vatican City, Liechtenstein, San Marino, Jersey, Andorra, the Isle of Man, Gibraltar, Kosovo, Monaco and North Macedonia don't have their own PSN store.

And there's nothing keeping these people from buying a Steam key from an unofficial key store and then create a PSN account on a Playstation store of their choosing. That's what every single person who bought a PS4 or PS5 in a non supported country was forced to do, too.

 

[Killjoy-NL]

170 countries and the vast majority of those are either tiny or poor. I don't think Sony is going to lose sleep over the idea that the good citizens of Vatican City, Liechtenstein, San Marino, Jersey, Andorra, the Isle of Man, Gibraltar, Kosovo, Monaco and North Macedonia don't have their own PSN store.

And there's nothing keeping these people from buying a Steam key from an unofficial key store and then create a PSN account on a Playstation store of their choosing. That's what every single person who bought a PS4 or PS5 in a non supported country was forced to do, too.

Do we even want residents of the Vatican playing with kids online?

 

[winjer]

170 countries and the vast majority of those are either tiny or poor. I don't think Sony is going to lose sleep over the idea that the good citizens of Vatican City, Liechtenstein, San Marino, Jersey, Andorra, the Isle of Man, Gibraltar, Kosovo, Monaco and North Macedonia don't have their own PSN store.

And there's nothing keeping these people from buying a Steam key from an unofficial key store and then create a PSN account on a Playstation store of their choosing. That's what every single person who bought a PS4 or PS5 in a non supported country was forced to do, too.

It's regions. Some are countries, some are Principates, or unincorporated territories, etc.
You do realize that there are still gamers in those regions that want to play this game but can't because of the PSN restriction.
The way you talk, it's something that does not affect you. Admittedly, it does not affect me, because I'm in the EU.
But I'm not self centered to think that there are not other gamers outside the Eu and USA.

 

[Little Chicken]

 

[squidilix]

Ubisoft doing the best marketing for Ghost of Tsushima.

 

[James Sawyer Ford]

The best experience is still on a capable gaming PC so no.

Oof, I don't know about that one.

What’s wrong with cross buy?

 

[tmlDan]

It's regions. Some are countries, some are Principates, or unincorporated territories, etc.
You do realize that there are still gamers in those regions that want to play this game but can't because of the PSN restriction.
The way you talk, it's something that does not affect you. Admittedly, it does not affect me, because I'm in the EU.
But I'm not self centered to think that there are not other gamers outside the Eu and USA.

why do you care about things that don't affect you? seems like they should stick up for themselves if there are so many of them.

 

[Gaiff]

What’s wrong with cross buy?

Nothing wrong but I can't imagine this is what Sony wants. They'd rather catch double-dippers like Rockstar does. This really seems to be the optimal strategy. Release a console version. Wait 1-2 years and then release an enhanced PC version.

 

[winjer]

why do you care about things that don't affect you? seems like they should stick up for themselves if there are so many of them.

Because, unlike you, I'm not complexly self-centered.
Besides, maybe one day, this will affect you or me. But if people only care about themselves, when such happens, no one will help you.

 

[adamsapple]

What’s wrong with cross buy?

Nothing wrong with it, Sony is never gonna allow that. They need that playstation games money.

 

[Jigsaah]

Just got my copy. Will be looking forward to how it looks on PC. Should be in for a treat.

 

[bender]

I got no problem with it coming to pc

I just think Sony shouldn’t half ass their pc strategy

- make a PlayStation store on PC

- day 1 PlayStation exclusives and third party games

- cross buy and cross save between console and pc for all games sold

- trophy support, etc

I doubt many, if any, 3rd parties would sign up for this. Cross buy is nice in theory but getting someone to use a non-Steam storefront is a fools errand and would be a colossal waste of resources. That's not to say Sony will not try, but I know I wouldn't. The only way it might gain some traction is if Sony offers their PS+ equivalent of Game Pass on PC, but even then, I don't see them making inroads.

 

[tmlDan]

Because, unlike you, I'm not complexly self-centered.
Besides, maybe one day, this will affect you or me. But if people only care about themselves, when such happens, no one will help you.

most people are self centered or have some sort of agenda. I bet if i cared enough to look at your posts on this site i would see that from you as well.

I'm just not in denial

 

[James Sawyer Ford]

I doubt many, if any, 3rd parties would sign up for this.

If Sony decides to give 3P’s a better royalty arrangement, they would. That’s how you get them to comply

 

[bender]

If Sony decides to give 3P’s a better royalty arrangement, they would. That’s how you get them to comply

Or they can stick with getting 70% on and 70% on Steam.

 

[Punished Miku]

If MS gets all past purchases on PC, it'll be without explicit permission from 3rd parties. Real similar to their BC program stuff. They just found a way to make it run themselves, which is why not all games are BC compatible. Rockstar doesn't want RDR1 to be BC, but MS just made it work. They are re-selling it to everyone else. I think they will do something similar again. I don't see anyone else really doing this. MS is also almost the only company making their 1st party stuff dual-entitlement. It's pretty rare, sadly.

 

[James Sawyer Ford]

Or they can stick with getting 70% on and 70% on Steam.

Not as lucrative in comparison, since this would allow them to grow their base