On Thursday, Sony announced a convoluted and unpopular system for PlayStation 4 owners of the upcoming Horizon: Forbidden West to upgrade to the PlayStation 5 version of the game. Sony was only going to permit this if you bought the $80 digital deluxe edition or the even more expensive collector’s editions. If you bought the $60 base PS4 version, you wouldn’t be able to upgrade.
In an update to the PlayStation Blog post today, Sony Interactive Entertainment president and CEO Jim Ryan walked this back, instead promising a free upgrade path for everyone. He also noted that future cross-gen first-party PlayStation exclusives, including God of War: Ragnarok and Gran Turismo 7, will offer $10 digital upgrade options. He wrote:
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