P.T., one of the PlayStation 4's most memorable experiences to date, will be removed from the PlayStation Store next week. In a move no doubt orchestrated by Konami's clueless upper-executives, a message on the game's official website explains that the scare-fest's "distribution period will expire on Wednesday, 29th April". Assuming that you've "purchased" it in the past, you should still be able to see it in your download list beyond that point – so we'd recommend that everyone grabs it while they still can.
What this says about the future of Silent Hills, the sequel that it was designed to promote, remains to be seen – but with director Hideo Kojima on his way out, our confidence in this product is currently at rock bottom. And that's a shame, because we thought that this demo offered an outstanding hour of nail-biting entertainment – it even registered highly in our Game of the Year countdown. Sigh, what the heck is Konami doing?
[source konami.jp, via reddit.com]
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Disgusting. Please download this while you still have the chance. It's arguably the greatest example of survival horror I've ever experienced, and it should have remained on the PlayStation Store indefinitely.
I can't believe how poorly Konami is conducting itself right now.
Is Konami turning into the next EA or something?
@get2sammyb it makes sense to delist it if you're Konami. They've been removing Kojima's name off of everything, it was a matter of time before P.T. was gone, being that his name shows up at the end of the thing. It's stupid on Konami's part, but whatever.
I'm of the mind that Silent Hill(s) will still happen, but who knows what form/direction it will take now. My interest in the game has quickly evaporated, though I still like the franchise as a whole.
@BLPs "AAA" games do have a polish and a quality that indie games often (But not always) lack. The problem is that they are so low risk that they've all melted into being the same game. They see what people rate highly, and do that. And they try to save money through reuse, so they build on their previous engines..... So you end up with a thousand clones of open world sandbox games. I mean even the Witcher 3 is boasting that it will be an open world game where once you clear an area it becomes friendly... gahd.
@Mega-Gazz Do you have to climb towers to unlock the side missions? XD
LOL
@get2sammyb @Mega-Gazz While I understand your frustration, guys. Don't forget that MGSV is a sandbox =).
Also, if I remember correctly this is not the first scandal when Konami deletes something from PSN. Do you remeber Skullgirls? It looks that they have some thing for PSN deletions. Konami's secret strategy.... .
What is particularly worrying for me here is that I went through three PS3s and each time one died I had to re download everything I'd lost. Let's say my PS4 suffers a similar fate (it's a launch day model, so I'd wager there are bugs in there just waiting to kill it) - I'll not be able to download PT and it will be gone forever.
Big drawback of a digital era. I don't think anything should be removed from the store if it doesn't have a physical release as well.
Del toro had confirmed that Silent Hills is cancelled
konami just needs to stop. they need to look in the mirror and see the failure they have become. think about the fans they have disappointed and just close up shop. board the the place up....maybe burn it down. man........silent hills......we will always wonder. Kojima and del toro should do this without konami. just rename it. make a new IP.
Konami is tired of being in business, clearly. Just sell off all your IPs to people who respect the brand.
Del Toro confirmed it was cancelled at a panel at a convention. He said "It's not gonna happen and it breaks my greasy heart" apparently.
If you want to save the game, even though there is a high chance we can't, sign my petition and at least make our opinions public with this petition.
https://twitter.com/Linxbreth1700/status/592345895896743936
I've already downloaded it on the PSN store, not easy to find. So whenever the time is right to buy a PS4.
Yep, now I'm pretty concerned. I was looking forward to this game as well.
Will re- download, as it was an amazing tech demo.
RIP Silent Hill X Kojima X Del Toro
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