Sony has doubled the price of PlayStation 4 game Horizon: Zero Dawn after unveiling the PS5 remaster.
Eurogamer It spotted prices rising in the UK (from £15.99 to £34.99) but the price also rose in the US, jumping from $19.99 to $39.99 on PlayStation Store.
Horizon: Zero Dawn has remained at its previous price point for years as part of the PlayStation Hits Collection, and other entries like God of War and The Last of Us Remastered have remained at their typical price of $19.99.
The price hike comes just days after Sony announced a remaster of the seven-year-old game in its 2024 State of Play broadcast along with a convenient upgrade price of $9.99 for those who already own it. The game costs $49.99, so the price hike is mainly to prevent players from buying it for $19.99 on PS4 and paying another $9.99 to upgrade.
This comes after Sony pulled Horizon: Zero Dawn from the PlayStation Plus Extra Games catalog in May. Thus, the 2017 game has gone from free for subscribers to $19.99 and now $39.99 in the past four months, or $49.99 for those who want the best version.
The PS5 version of Horizon: Zero Dawn arrives on October 31 with 10 hours of re-recorded dialogue and visual improvements.
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