Nixxes Responsible for Recent Horizon Zero Dawn PC Patches

It does sound completely obvious to say it in an article like this, but it is nice that a studio that would fly completely under the radar is getting recognition for their work. Somewhere back in 2019, SIE bought a studio that creates audio software called Audiokinetic, and while nobody will ever know them, they will hear the results on the PS5. So it's simply just great that people like Nixxes get a mention. 🙂

@Alduin Yes they will but only if you spend a lot more than a PS5 costs, oh and happy to wait years for the game to come out.

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Well, for now at least but I do suspect it won't be too long before an 'exclusive' is released day one on both PS and PC.

@Alduin That's what happens when a $3000 PC can run the games better. When the games eventually start coming day and date to PC they'll cost $70. I honestly wouldn't be surprised if they start coming to PC 1 year after release with a $70 price point.

@Alduin There is point. I have a ps5 and I love it. Great looking games are still great looking games. Opinion disguised as narrative. 🙄

Meanwhile in the forbidden west...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mYSwAtliAYI
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@Alduin In 2017, HDZ launched followed by GOW in 2018, and finally Death Stranding in 2019. Years later, they came to PC. If you're willing to wait years for a game to be released, own a powerful PC to play titles that run heavier on PC as ports with all the bells and whistles and that is preferable than getting a PS5 and enjoying the game on the day of release the I agree it's pointless to own a PS5. That is not the same as everyone owning a PS5 is "pointless" most people desire to play new releases right away on the hardware it was intended for. PC ports have been rocky performance wise aside from DS but then that game received a PS5 native port aswell. Sony is not forthcoming with PC Ports, and they are subjected to sporadic announcements. The business plan will always be to sell PS5s first and then add PCs afterwards, rather than selling to PC users and PS5 consumers that brought the pointless PS5.

Now Push Square had gone orange!!
What's going on??!!?

You don't need a 3000$ PC to get a superior experience over next gen consoles. If you are smart about the the hardware you buy(do you really need more than 1tb SSD? Do you really need a 3090?).

What most PC gamers have over console users is raw horse power and mods. Faster loading because of CPU and GPU overhead, easy 100hz+ by lowering shadows a bit, better upscaling tech for 4k etc.

@BeerIsAwesome - Nixxes have never flown under the radar, they were synonymous with Crystal Dynamics since the Dreamcast days.

@Bismarck

I agree but we live in a world where a 2070 Super (which the PS5 is roughly comparable to) costs twice it’s msrp. Going to a 3080 (which takes a dump on a PS5) will set you back the cost of two and a half PS5s at MSRP. And that’s before we deal with everything else needed on PC.

Right now, PC is hard to get into. And it’s expensive. And finding decent graphics cards are nearly as hard as finding PS5s.

I love the PC and I want to get back into it, but this market needs to stabilize.

As for consoles, I think the PS5 and Series X have reached a point where most of the PC’s key advantages aren’t as dramatic as they used to be. During the PS4 era PC load times were on an order of magnitude faster for SSD users. That alone was a good reason to go PC. Series and PS5 have narrowed that gap significantly.

@Shigurui They aren't exactly a household name though. When you think of a lot of games, you tend to think of the publisher. For example, the recent Family Feud game was published by Ubisoft, but was actually developed by a small indie studio called Snap Finger Click. The praise and the complaints will go to Ubisoft, but unless you closely follow that studio, you'd be none the wiser.

@Alduin That’s a weird statement to make. If you want to wait a year or more to play those exclusive games, sure - play them on PC.

I wonder when they will release PS5 patch. Sice its their main console i would expect bigger commitment

@BeerIsAwesome - My point is that Nixxes aren't some unknown studio plucked from obscurity by Sony. They're extremely well known. Boot up most titles from Eidos or Crystal Dynamics over the last 20 years and the Nixxes name is right there alongside theirs.