Horizon Forbidden West proves you still don't need to buy a PS5
Those who played Horizon Forbidden West on a PS5 console will have noticed that the visually stunning game was clearly designed with the intention of showing off what Sony’s next-gen console can really do. But not everyone has been so lucky.
Despite being released more than 15 months ago, the PS5 still feels like a rare commodity. One of the few saving graces has been the fact that most PlayStation exclusives had side-by-side releases for both the PS5 and the PS4.
While there were some obvious exceptions, namely Returnal, Ratchet and Clank: Rift Apart, and Demon’s Souls, the lack of genuine PS5 exclusives has allowed those of us who haven’t yet been able to buy a PS5 to still enjoy next-gen gaming.
Similar to Marvel’s Spider-Man: Miles Morales, Horizon Forbidden West proves once again that the PS4 does a decent job handling next-gen titles. And it seems that gamers still have confidence in the older console too. According to GamesIndustry.biz, a third of Horizon Forbidden West sales were for the PS4 version of the game.
Before Forbidden West was released, a significant chunk of Guerilla Games’ marketing was used to reassure the public that the sequel would still be visually impressive to users using older hardware. Judging by the number of PS4 sales, this certainly seemed to do the trick in easing concerns of whether the older console would be able to run the visual aspects of the game without issues, and helped assuage fears of another Cyberpunk 2077-like disaster.
Naturally, I remained skeptical until I had a chance to play the game on both my original PS4 and the slightly newer PS4 Slim, given the PS4's significantly more dated graphical capabilities. And yet, having played through Horizon Forbidden West, I didn't find
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