Engadget Logo Engadget Japanese version PS4 "Horizon Zero Dawn" 60fps patch delivery on PS5. Encouraging (re-)registration for next year's new work

By : ilikephone / On : 21/12/2022

In line with the slight postponement of the new Horizon Forbidden West and the decision to release it in February 2022, Sony has released a patch that changes the previous PS4 version of Horizon: Zero Dawn to 60fps when running on PS5. bottom.

PS5 users will be able to enjoy the PS4 version of Horizon at 60 fps (60 frames per second), which is double the original smoothness, simply by applying a free software update.

Since the PS5 is hardware that inherits the PS4 architecture, the majority of PS4 games will work as is in backward compatibility mode, but the game needs to be updated to take full advantage of the PS5's performance. .

Some of the popular works of the PS4 era, especially games with the option of high image quality mode and high fps (performance) mode compatible with PS4 Pro, and games made at the end of the PS4 era, are already "PS5 A patch that makes the graphics gorgeous and smooth if you play with has already been distributed, but the first Horizon released in 2017 has not been distributed with a 60fps patch.

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Is there a reason why Horizon, which was the first game with its own engine, took a lot of time to make it 60fps? There was speculation that it would be bundled as a paid re-release, but PS5 will finally be able to play at 60fps in the form of a free patch.

Horizon Zero Dawn PC version will be released on August 7, 2020, complete edition with enhanced graphics with DLC included

Horizon Zero Dawn has already released a PC version in the summer of 2020, so it was able to run at 60fps there. However, save data cannot be transferred between PS and PC, so it is for enthusiastic fans who do not mind buying more from the beginning, or Horizon debut players who have not played the PS4 version.

This is good news for players who want to take over the existing PS4 version and play the previous work in preparation for the new work after getting a PS5.