Sony Feels Good About Horizon Forbidden West, Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart, and Returnal Launching in 2021 - News
by William D'Angelo , posted on 01 April 2021 / 1,837 ViewsSony Interactive Entertainment president and CEO Jim Ryan in an interview with GQ says he feels pretty good about Horizon Forbidden West, Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart, and Returnal launching in 2021.
"Yeah, we’re feeling pretty good about Returnal, Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart and Horizon Forbidden West, said Ryan. "And, you know, there are two approaches to this: you can either hold the date and put out the game irrespective of quality or you can ship it when it’s right. We have always taken the latter approach. There have been some fairly high-profile instances of publishers trying the former approach.
"It never works at the best of times. But I think in this world, where creative people are working remotely, you’ve just got to respect the fact that that development needs to take what it needs to take and to get the games right."
Returnal will launch on April 30 and Ratchet and Clank: Rift Apart will launch on June 11. Horizon Forbidden West does not have a release date yet.
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My guess is they dont feel very good about God Of War Ragnarok launching in 2021, like probably 99% of the rest of us.
But the wording "feeling good" about horizon isn't very descriptive. We know the other two are coming this year. God of war doesn't look good. But even horizon only has a greater than 50% given his statement.
Probably it will be this year, but he could have made a stronger statement such as being confident about 2021. And he already played defense about delaying a game. That seems like trying to soften the blow. I could be wrong.
I think he is telling us the God of War ain't coming out in 2021.
Even if GOW doesn't launch this year, that's still pretty solide if you ask me.
more than solid, that's a great year.
One of the better first years in PS history, if you ask me. Then again, I am biased. I love stuff like Nioh and Demon's Souls and Spider-Man and especially Ratchet & Clank. Plus there are high-profile new IPs like Kena and Returnal. which are always risks but it's nice to see them trying, and the last time they released a huge new IP with a tonne of backing we got Ghost of Tsushima. and before that, Horizon: Zero Dawn. The only other console that had a launch year this strong was The Switch. Most other consoles take a few years to build up steam, but the Switch and PS5 basically came out the gate running.
Yeah. I still don't think the switch has had a year as good as 2017. A consistent stream of good games since then. But 2017 was just crazy. Mario and Zelda released the same year was already great. Add in splatoon, kart deluxe, xenoblade, and third party games like doom.
Hopefully Sony has a lot cooking in the back. 2018 was a little light for the switch. So delaying a couple games could be to Sony's benefit.
Oh totally. that first year was CLEARLY just a matter of them going 'ah well, the WiiU is a bust, might as well delay a handful of games we could/should put on that console and put them on the new console", frontloading it in the process. Definitely the best year for Switch and honestly probably the best year for PS4 as well. I think 2017 was probably the single best year for gaming and Nintendo was the top of that pile.
I don't think Sony's first year of PS5 is going to do better than Nintendo's first year of Switch (Breath of the Wild and Mario Odyssey is a 1-2 punch that I don't think any company has ever come close to replicating in a single year), but I think Sony has a bit more variety and quanity. I mean, I'm not gonna lie, I put more time into Demon's Souls than I did Mario Odyssey, because as much as I like platformers I prefer soulslikes.
This is great :) I'm so hyped for the sequel (Horizon). Will have my console probably before that but this will be the main reason!
Interestingly no mention of God of War: Ragnarok. Wouldn't suprise me if that one gets delayed, but if it happens it happens.
After the last year, I'm glad the games are coming out as long as it wasn't detrimental to the developers, their safety should always be a priority.
More hyped for GoW:R than literally anything else so this is a bit of a bummer.
I would like to know how large PS5 hype would be if they announced their games like they seem to release. Only 2 large Games in 2020. In 2021 only 2-3 large Releases. Not even all exclusive to PS5. And we always hit on Nintendo for not releasing enough big games...
Still a pretty good launch lineup. Demons' Souls, Horizon 2, Returnal, and Ratchet. Now if only they could announce when these games are coming to PC. Why get a PS5 when you can get a PC?
Days Gone and Horizon Zero Dawn are the only 2 games released on PS4 that are on PC, both new IP’s. I can mention plenty of reasons to get a PS5 instead of a PC Gamer (I have one by the way), but not all PS games will be released on PC....for the moment.
You know it, I know it, most people know it but still they want to whinge about it.
I want games like Spider-Man, GoW, Uncharted, TLOU to release on PC just to see how much they sell. I think these franchises could be the biggest sellers out there barring Grand Theft Auto.
Build a PC instead. Most of these games will likely come to PC within 2-3 years.