If you’ve been on the Internet today, you may have seen some rumors swirling that Sony’s PS4-exclusiveHorizon Zero Dawncould be coming to PC next year. While that sounds all well and good though, it’s a rumor I wouldn’t put much stock in.
The rumors all stem from aRussian YouTuber by the name of Anton Logvinovwho claims thatHorizon Zero Dawnis set to hit PC in February 2020. Logvinov has some credibility his name because he previously also reported that Kojima Productions' recent release ofDeath Strandingwould come to PC as well. That was later confirmed to be happening and will bepublished on PC next year thanks to 505 Games.
The main problem with Logvinov’s report here withHorizon Zero Dawnis that there’s really no precedent whatsoever for Sony to bring its games to the PC platform. Sure,Death Strandingis coming to PC, but Kojima Productions also isn’t owned by Sony and planned to release that game on the platform from the beginning. The same can be said for Quantic Dream and games likeHeavy Rain,Beyond: Two Souls, andDetroit: Become Human. Because both of these studios are second-party devs that worked with Sony, it allowed them to eventually bring their titles to another platform.
Guerrilla Games, however, is a first-party studio and is directly owned by Sony. No first-party titles in the PS4 generation have ended up then coming to another platform other than the PS4 itself. WhileDeath Strandingruns on the same engine (Decima) asHorizon Zero Dawn, again, there’s no precedent whatsoever to see a first-party Sony-owned studio bring a game to any other platform. Why would that change here?
IfHorizon Zero Dawndoes end up coming to PC, it’d mark a drastic shift in how Sony releases its games and may signal bigger things that could be happeningmoving forward with the PS5. I also personally think that PC owners getting to play a remarkable game likeHorizon Zero Dawnwould be wonderful, so this would actually be pretty cool to see happen. But until Sony announces something formally, I remain extremely skeptical of this rumor and I think you should too.
