Ghost of Tsushima PC Is Now PlayStation's Biggest Single Player Launch on Steam

I know it's not an Assasin game, I've played it through to platinum which is rare for me, even Sly Cooper look which is a nice nod. But it's the best open world assassin game I've played, there are lots of developers that could learn from this absolute gem. Might even buy it for my Deck for next sea voyage.

This strategy appears to be successful for Sony so we should expect this to be the new norm.

As long as its not day 1 on PC, then I don't see the issue. Get a PS5 to play the exclusives earlier than PC.

Nice for PC gamers to enjoy the high quality gaming of (former) Playstation exclusives.
GoT is a great game, built with real love for the subject matter.

I absolutely loved Ghost of Tsushima when I played the Director’s Cut on PS5. Much like @Slippship, it’s one of the rare games that I enjoyed so much, I grabbed the platinum trophy. It really is such a great game, and I’m excitedly looking forward to seeing what Sucker Punch manage to do with a PS5 exclusive sequel.

When an open world doesn't have a place to rest and pass time and I'm supposed to believe my player is taking down outpost after outpost without resting or sleeping, it's a turnoff for me, kills immersion. You could skip all that in a linear game but not open world.

Beautiful game, art direction was very distinctive and colourful. Definitely down for a new gen sequel, if it looked that beautiful on PS4, just imagine...

@TheArt think of the meditation spots as sleep. Resting the mind and soul.

Keep them coming Sony...love playing PlayStation games on PC as they are the superior version of themselves.

@Elodin How to get to them is also another struggle. That reminds me how annoying navigation is, with the wind thing. My install got corrupted and haven't even bothered reinstalling, not even done with Iki Island. It's a nice game but these things kinda ruins it. I could easily call Bloodborne open world because you can easily retire to the Hunter's Dream, repair, upgrade weapons and relax. I mean you can easily relax anywhere by using the Sit Down gesture.

Hate to an an arse butnot sure you can call a single insallment a franchise. The Ben Hur franchise featured one film then?

@lindos you're technically correct. The best kind of correct.

@Netret0120 Why would it bother you if a game launched day one on PC?

@__jamiie

I'd have little incentive to have a PS5 then. I'd sell it and game on PC.

I'd have access to Steam / Gamepass & PS Exclusives Day 1. Why would I have a PS5?

@Netret0120 what’s the issue with it being day one on pc? Does that stop a game releasing on ps5? You can pay £350 for a ps5, or £700 for an equivalent pc. Really doesn’t seem like they’re the same market with those prices. Also, one is plug and play and more suitable for mass market, the other is more of an enthusiast device that require considerably more time investment and tinkering.

It will be an insignificant number of players that would switch to pc from ps5, the vast majority of their market would stay on PlayStation. It would also be far more efficient from a marketing standpoint if the game were to release simultaneously across pc and ps5. Especially given how much money is spent on that aspect of release.

@TheArt "You could skip all that in a linear game but not open world."

I think that kind of defies logic though, as in a linear game you know exactly what you are doing at all times, and in an open world game like GoT it's easy to assume he's taking breaks for sleep, eating, potty breaks, etc as he's on no set time schedule.

And that's besides the fact that you're just plain wrong about GoT. There are several villages that you liberate, sometimes in the dark, and then it's daylight and all of the dead bodies are gone and the village is populated by villagers again, meaning he had plenty of time to rest, maybe days even. He also has a couple of times drinking sake w/ people at night in cut scenes only to wake up in the morning. And sometimes he waits at a campfire until night to carry out a mission so he can get a power nap in then. And the chapter end scenes, regardless of what he has been doing, usually show him either leaning against his horse or sitting on the ground sleeping on his horse who is also sleeping. He also rests in hot springs. 🤷‍♂️

I'm about 3/4 through Iki island and the main game now so this is all fresh in my head, as I also wonder about these things, but SP did a decent job w/ it I think.

Excellent game!! Bravo SUCKER PUNCH

@Netret0120 Well surely that would be better for you then? As you said, you wouldn't need to buy a PS5 at all. You as a gamer and consumer would benefit massively.

It almost sounds as if you want Sony to force you to buy a PS5.

@rjejr I want to take the breaks and pass time myself not some automated version. Maybe some day I'll do another playthrough and see if it clicks with me better.

@TheArt Well we all want things in our games that we want to do, doesn't mean the game doesn't have an equivalent, even if we don't like it. I mean I don't know a lot of games where men take time to uh enjoy their own company but ask any teenage male and it's basically a daily occurrence. 😂

I did just say to my wife, she's been watching me play video games for like the past 25 years, so she knows a few things about game design, that the next game GoT 2, needs to have fishing. Not that fishing is ever needed in a videogame, but I think it gets to what you want, having a side distraction. GoT has no fun. Oh sure you can play a flute, but I've never stopped to do that. They could have used a sake drinking campfire hub, I agree w/ you there.

No more gwent though. My kid started playing FF7R Interlude, Intermission, the Yuffie dlc, whatever it's called, and as soon as it starts BAM mandatory board game. And now the map and compass is littered w/ characters who want to waste my time w/ that nonsense. If I wanted to play Clash of Clans I'd play CoC. 🤷‍♂️

@Netret0120 exactly. That's why I gave up on playstation. Sony is ripping us off. In the next few years I'm sure games will release on both simultaneously

@__jamiie @Netret0120 TBF I don't think the console mfrs care if you get their console for exclusives anymore. The value of exclusives is to make people chose their platform and therefore buy all their games with a licensing fee to them. If you're otherwise gaming on PC but buying a PS just to play their exclusives on, they're pretty much making no more money from you, and possibly less, actually if subsidizing hardware, than if they just sell you their exclusives on PC. If you're not buying most of your games with a PS license fee attached, they don't really care if you have their box, you're not profitable. The box is for people not buying the rest of their games on PC, so that all their games are bought with a licensing fee.

@naruball @lindos In modern media, the sequels are silent but implied.

@__jamiie

If I didn't already have a PS5, I'd agree with you. I would play on PC. Better for the consumer and more variety / free online play etc.

Yet I do have one and have spent £500-£1000 on hardware. If for example, PS exclusives came day 1 on PC, instead of buying PS stuff, i'd build a nice rig with that money instead which allows me to play nearly everything except Nintendo games.

These companies aren't our friends. They want our money. I'm well aware. I'll game where its most convenient to do so, in the above scenario, a gaming PC would be far more economical with more variety (Steam /Gamepass /PS)

@8bitOG

The writing is on the wall. If they do that with PS6, will simply game on a PC instead and not buy the PS hardware.

@NEStalgia

You could be right. As a consumer, my only interest is whether the PS is a worthwhile investment for me. Whether me playing Sony exclusives alone doesn't benefit them, that's their issue. I saw their product and got it for my own reasons. It would be up to them to convince me to play other multiplat games on their hardware (sales / dlcs etc)

@rjejr I'm so used to having homes or rented rooms and side activities in Rockstar, Bethesda games that when an open world doesn't have it, it doesn't feel immersive enough.

@TheArt I enjoyed the wind element. Thought it was quite unique. Not for everyone though.

Wow, PC gamers really love PlayStation games.

I bounced off the Tsushima combat, but now that I've finished GoW:R and Jedi:Survivor, I think it might be time to return now that my action combat skills are a little better. Beautiful game

@themightyant Not exactly niche when 99% open worlds have that mechanic.

@Netret0120 Yeah, I agree. My point was really more that I think the platform holders have evolved into being publishers in their own right due to costs, and aren't really using their games purely to get people to buy the box just to play the exclusives when they could just meet those pc players where they are and not have to subsidize console hardware for them that isn't going to capture their spend away. They'll use the timed exclusives for the fomo crowd though.

@ralizah @trickydicky99 @neonpizza You guys are all more connected to modern PC gaming than I am and the later two with an eye toward vr on PC. Im in the middle of debating whether to continue with xb whatever may come as my main 3rd party box (cost, convenience etc) or make the jump back to PC. Undecided yet though I just got a Legion go to test the waters and am getting along well with it but obviously a couch PC is a much bigger pita without a touch screen.

Anyway, was curious what you guys think of the prospect at this point of new am5 pc builds while the whole ARM revolution and NPU ai processors things are happening, is a new traditional build just wasted money at this point that will need to be replaced with something arm/npu enabled with even consoles likely to make the arm jump next Gen? Wait a few years for the dust to settle

And on the vr side of things, I know clock is more important than cores, but I don't know what range is viable. And idk if 4060, 4070, 4070 ti etc is viable? Not interested in a $3k super rig so mostly interested in being choosy with cost effective parts at least somewhat better than console. And if what I want isn't really to cost viable (no $1k gpus. Not happening.)

All theoretical for now, may not bother, but want to consider what I'm looking for as I get jaded by consoles.

So far my thinking is am5, 7600x, 4060 or 4070. Maaaayve stretch to 4070 to super but I'd honestly rather not, and have to consider quest 3 maybe in that total price. Would rather not spend it but want to know where that idea stands and if with the upheaval in hardware that seems to be happening, ANY of that is a foolish direction now

@NEStalgia
Not entirely sure if I'm going the PC Route anymore. I just don't like the idea of spending thousands of dollars on a stupidly niche platform strictly when it comes to VR. Mind you, i just don't play enough modern 3rd party releases outside of switch to justify spending that much for a 4090 either. The only two real players in town are Quest 3 & PSVR2. And the former seriously needs wired(And wireless) connectivity to XSX. Or if Sony broadened out the PSVR2 beyond PC compatibility, and allowed Quest 3 to work in tandem with every single title in PSVR2's library. That would solve Q3's PS2.5+ tablet graphics.

I'll gladly make a sacrifice to black levels, colours, HDR, Haptics & Adaptive triggers just to gain all of the benefits of Q3.
Besides, Q3 Pro is landing sometime in 2025 with a micro-OLED display. That solves the black levels and lack luster colour of Q3 if you're willing to pony up 2 grand US.

But ya. There's just too many first person derivative low budget indie games that are motion control focused, and not enough actual 3rd party support from the likes of capcom(etc). Looking forward to Subside and Aliens but they're a ways off, and Metro Awakening still doesn't have a release date.

@NeonPizza Surprising, but yeah, interesting to hear you're in the same place regarding costs on that route. You were bent on the "sky is the limit" route that I was never going for. 4080/90 were totally off the table from the start for me. Never (ever) going into $1k (or even $800) for a GPU that'll be obsolete in years.

For me I'd be interested in no more than $1500, though I'd really be interested in less than that if realistic. And IDK if that's viable or not for the world of VR. Love PSVR2 for what it is, but I don't expect there to be a PSVR3, so IDK if the future of VR is PC-only, or if it's tablet gfx only.

The PC build angle is more centered around the uncertainty of the future of the XB platform (they'll make hardware for a while yet, but how well supported, etc) which is my "main" third party platform, and debating if I should be replacing it with PC, and also the uncertainty of VR anywhere but on PC. But I don't want to start spending multiples in hardware over what I do just to stay exactly where I was or behind it but don't want to end up with a trapped library (or lack of VR.)

I bought a Lenovo Legion Go to mess with modern PC (Last time I was in PC I was buying physical PC games lol!) and honestly I'm liking it. Though I'd also miss console convenience of no keyboard, much more reliable suspend/quick resume (that's a big one) etc.

Plus with all the ARM/NPU changes happening in PC, not sure it's wise to spend on it now. But I keep debating.

It's hard to make the math work on the costs though, that's the issue. I still don't know that the savings on subs and games really recovers what you end up overspending on hardware.