Remedy has decided to delay the PlayStation 5 version of Control: Ultimate Edition to early 2021 as the studio wants to improve the final quality of the product. This in turn means the developer wants more time for polish and production. It needs no introduction, however, as the re-release of Control caused controversy a few months back as it was confirmed owners of the base version would not be granted a free upgrade to the PS5 edition. That even includes those who own all DLC — effectively meaning they own the exact same content that Ultimate Edition purchasers do. This situation worsened when some PS4 players were accidentally upgraded to the latest version automatically. That's something Remedy said would not be possible.
In a statement on Twitter, Remedy said: "We want the final quality of the game to be awesome, and so we need a bit more time to work on it. Thank you for your understanding and patience!" This now means that Control will only be playable via backwards compatibility on PS5 for the first few months, no matter which version you own.
Had you been looking forward to playing this controversial PS5 upgrade later this year? For more information on PS4 to PS5: All Games with Confirmed Free Upgrades, head on through the link. Let us know what you think of this sticky situation in the comments below.
[source twitter.com, via videogameschronicle.com]
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I actually had this as on my wishlist as one of the first games to play on PS5 since the price is good and the upgrades sounds significant.
Have they actually stated what improvements will be made yet?
I'm expecting the normal bump in resolution and frame rate, but wasn't sure if there was anything else.
It is nor fair but that is that, nothing can do about it. I own the complete version but I am not gonna buy it again. 👎
Now the question is: if there wasn't a backlash, would they still delay this? Guess we'll never know. I'll get it on PS5 eventually when it's on sale.
Is there going to be a native PS5 version as well as the BC version upgraded?
Was going to buy the ultimate edition on PS4 and then wait to play on my PS5 (feel my base PS4 console is on it's knees).
Also crazy that I had no interest in this game until I played the 10min trial through Nintendo Switch's cloud version! xD
@Perryg92 Yes, the native PS5 version is what this entire article discusses.
They can have my middle finger. Sorry...
If this is controversial then it’s just as controversial as the Spider-Man one. Actually it’s less controversial because at least you can buy this separately.
@LiamCroft Thanks! Sorry! I look a total muppet there!
I skimmed and misread it whilst working.
My mindset immediately thought both PS5 and BC was pushed back.
Cool! I'll wait till early 2021 and might pick it up, unless Ratchet & Clank releases nearby of which my focus will be entirely on that.
@nessisonett There's a couple of differences between the two though. Sony exclusive and Spider-Man fanboys.
Terrible practises by 505 Games, and in all honesty not that amazing of a title in Control.
I'm sure the majority will be fine with this delay!
Why do people now demand free upgrades if a game crosses over into other generations. This shouldn't be considered controversial at all. If you don't want to buy the PS5 version then don't but the developer isn't obliged to give you things for free.
£10 upgrade fee for season pass holders.
Problem solved.
Otherwise I'm going to wait until it's £10 in a future sale.
The longer I wait, the nearer the top of my shame pile my PS4 version reaches, and if I play PS4 version first, then I doubt I will bother with Ultimate edition at all, and wait for PS+ to serve it up to me in 3 or 4 years time.
Remedy are onto a real loser here, especially after the infamous store slip up that blew their marketing lies out the water.
I wouldn't expect a free upgrade for any game, and those that are doing it are being very generous (Doom Eternal free upgrade news was a welcome surprise), but to charge full price again for those who have already supported them by buying all current content is a shameful.
You can see I'm rather annoyed by this topic.
To improve financial quality. For them.
Owner of the base game + DLC, not going to buy same again for PS5. Not the same for Spiderman, your getting Miles + previous game and all content. We are not getting Control 2 with Control + DLC as a bonus. End of the day it's their choice, but it's also mine. Short term gain at the expense of their next title 😬
To take this path of upgrade, when no other major publisher is doing this, looks horribly for Remedy. This is greed pure and simple. They had a choice and decided to go against the majority. Suffer the bad publicity, go bankrupt, don’t care anymore.
I might get it second hand when I see it for a tenner. I got shafted buying the original version for £25 a week or so before the Ultimate Edition announcement and now I have a useless copy of the game I don't want to play anymore cause everyone says it's a chugging mess and I would prefer to wait for the better version if at all. I seriously think they need to consider offering some kind of goodwill gesture.
The game, developer and publisher have created a sizeable black cloud around this title and it's going to stick for any future titles if they're not careful. There's no way I'd consider buying a game from them on release now, it's clear that it's better to wait until they're done and get games from them when the dust settles.
F*ck them.... I'll never buy from them again. Greedy slimy *****
Yet they want switch owners to trust them with their iffy small third party cloud streaming service for full price.....
My debate isn't about if I will buy Control. It's about of I'll ever buy a 505 game at all.
Just means I'll be waiting even longer for a $20 sale .
I liked Alan Wake, but not enough to spend even $40 on Control with all it's DLC.
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