More People Are Playing the Original Horizon Zero Dawn Than Its Remaster on PC | Push Square
The novelty is definitely waning for Sony’s strategy of porting PlayStation games to PC. While the company is still seeing some success converting its titles to Steam, it’s clear its latest releases generally aren’t selling anywhere near as well as its initial wave – with Helldivers 2 being the obvious exception.
Case in point: there are more people playing the original version of Horizon Zero Dawn on Steam than its all-new remaster. While this perhaps isn’t entirely unexpected – there’s been much more time for people to purchase the original version of the game – it’s a little concerning that Nixxes’ impressive upgrade hasn’t attracted more attention on PC.
The original game peaked at 2,588 concurrent players over the last 24 hours, while its remaster managed 2,251 players. So it’s close, then, but when you consider the original’s all-time high of 56,557 players compared to the remaster’s 2,538 players, it’s clear a lot of PC players have checked out.
It’s worth remembering that concurrents don’t reflect total sales numbers; they’re just the number of people playing a game at any given time. However, a higher number here does tend to correlate with better sales.
Aloy-al to the original, but better
But not as bad as Concord
Just like on PS5, Sony offered all existing owners of Horizon Zero Dawn on PC the opportunity to upgrade to the remaster for $10, but it appears not everyone wanted to take advantage of that. Last month, Until Dawn’s remaster also disappointed on Steam with an all-time high of 2,607 players – although the quality of its port was roundly criticised.
Sony seems to see PC as imperative to the future growth of its first-party games, but it’ll be interesting to see how Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 performs in January. The original game managed an all-time high of 66,436 players, but Miles Morales registered a significant drop-off, peaking at 13,539 players. We suspect the sequel will fall somewhere between the two.
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