Silent Hill 2 Remake Will be a PS5 Console Exclusive for At least 1 Year - News
by William D'Angelo , posted on 01 October 2024 / 10,623 Views
Publisher Konami and developer Bloober Team have released the immersion trailer for remake of Silent Hill 2 that reveals the PS5 console exclusive won't release on any other consoles until at least October 8, 2025. However, it is launching day one on PC.
View the immersion trailer below:
Silent Hill 2 remake will launch for the PlayStation 5 and PC via Steam on October 8.
A life-long and avid gamer, William D'Angelo was first introduced to VGChartz in 2007. After years of supporting the site, he was brought on in 2010 as a junior analyst, working his way up to lead analyst in 2012 and taking over the hardware estimates in 2017. He has expanded his involvement in the gaming community by producing content on his own YouTube channel and Twitch channel. You can contact the author on Twitter @TrunksWD.
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How much value is there in a 1 year console exclusive that releases on PC from day 1? It feels so pointless.
Yeah, a lot of gamers try to exclude PC gaming to be in its own area of not competing with consoles at all, but that's far from the truth. I'm planning on buying this game on PC, which is one less sale that could have gone Sony's way since Sony paid for a year of console exclusivity, but it isn't. Only Valve and Konami receive the benefit of me buying on PC. And that goes for any third-party game that's simultaneously sold on Console and PC. So 1 year of console exclusivity is a pretty pointless business model that I wish everyone dropped.
I wonder if Sony and Konami made this deal well beforehand where the market was still anybody's game between PS5 and XBSX.
I think the position Sony is in now they wouldn't need to make anymore timed or full exclusive deals. At least not for the PS5 anymore. All exclusive PS5 deals we see now were probably set in stone some time ago. But I can see Sony already trying to secure some form of exclusives for next gen games, but this gen Sony doesn't need to hand out any more payouts.
I'll still be picking this up for PS5 whether it was timed exclusive or not, but planned to wait for it to get cheaper anyways.
the sh2 bloober team remake with sony support was rumored and repeated ly leaked years before the announcement. sony likely got involved before the ps5 generation fully began.
Wheres the outcry when Stalker 2 or Palworld is console exclusive to the xbox, the console with lowest player base and reaching the least amount of gamers and copies sold? hmmm?
Dont know about stalker but in the case of palworld, the game is only exclusive because PS does not offer early access like XB does. which is why as the game leaves early access on XB for a full release, it will be coming to PS as expected.
Palworld is an early access title that PlayStation for the most part stays away from. Depending on how the lawsuit from Nintendo goes, Palworld will makes its way to PlayStation once it leaves early access. Stalker 2 though, I've read before that Microsoft funding the game is the whole reason why it's coming to consoles at all since it was a PC only franchise for the previous 3 entries. But I'm not sure if that's true or not.
So basically Palworld aside , its all a hear say to make excuses for Stalker 2 being timed exclusive to xbox but MS gets a free pass and don't get the same trashing when they do it. I could have easily named way more games instead of Palworld that Microsoft has gate kept to be timed exclusive (Scorn/The ascent/Deaths door/the medium etc) yet not a single person here have trashed MS and call out people to stop being a hypocrite crying when Sony does it.
What do you mean? What does Microsoft do these days that DOESN'T get trashed? And a lot of the times deservedly so lol. I want timed exclusivity deals to be done away with entirely either way.
Where? just the stalker 2 release date news posted here on VGC not a single person has ripped it to Microsoft for its time exclusivity https://www.vgchartz.com/article/461840/stalker-2-heart-of-chornobyl-delayed-to-november-20/
Your only source for your proof is a VGChartz article that had 3 total comments? 1 of which was trashing the Series S in general? Alright, I'm out xD I can see this isn't going to be a serious conversation. Go to Twitter, Reddit, or YouTube and you'll see all the trashing you can take.
VGChartz's biggest fanbase is Nintendo btw who wouldn't be getting Stalker 2 either way, so as you can see, the majority of this site doesn't care about Stalker 2.
OFC we are talking about the posters here in VGC that keep on crying about PS5 timed exclusive deals why would I bring in all those sites when we are talking about the people on this site?
Idk. To make an actually logical argument? Your only proof is a small website of what, a few hundred total users? Majority of which are Nintendo fans.
Either way, clearly the majority of this site just doesn't care about Stalker 2 and third party timed exclusives suck in general.
Valheim and Grim dawn is also exclusive to Xbox too. Trashing on Sony is what everyone on this site does, no-one likes them on here to the extent that they are willing to just hypocritically dog-pile on them. Sad but true, you just have to get used to it
You're missing some very important context on both games though. Valheim is an Early Access title that PC and Xbox support, but PlayStation hardly ever supports. Same thing with Palworld. Both games will come to PlayStation once both games leave Early Access.
As for Grim Dawn, the developer reached out to Sony and Microsoft about console ports, but communication with Sony broke down and the devs even went so far as to say that Sony didn't show much interest in the game coming to PlayStation as Sony hardly ever replied.
There's a BIG difference between money hatting a game, such as Silent Hill 2 on PS5 or Stalker 2 on Xbox, and there being circumstances where a developer prioritizes what platform to put their game on based on the hand they've been dealt.
I didn't realise Valheim was still in early access after all these years so I'll drop my argument on that one.
Grim dawn, Just because that's what the devs said doesn't automatically make it the truth. Grim dawns last sales update, said it had sold over 7 million copies. You truly believe Sony wouldn't be interested in a game that sold over 7 million copies?
I mean, who else are we supposed to believe other than the devs? This was their exact quote, mind you they were asked about PS and the Switch:
“A big part of it is that it’s easier to port from PC to the Xbox. It helped that Microsoft was very interested in the port and helped us get set up initially. Sony contacted us initially, but communication broke down so we prioritized the Xbox.”
We obviously will never know what happened, but that’s all we have. They’re a small team that still hasn’t been able to make a native Series X/S port yet. I hope the game makes it to PS5 one day because it’s a lot better than Diablo is these days.
- Scorn is currently playable on PS5, XBox and PC
- The Ascent is currently playable on PS5, XBox and PC
- Deaths Door is currently playable on PS5, XBox and PC
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The Medium is currently playable on PS5, XBox and PC
The same cannot be said for FFVII, FFXVI, Forspoken and other games that do not have a release date for XBox. XBox makes temporary exclusivity contracts and, since 2018, I have not seen a third party exclusive with exclusivity longer than 1 year.
In my opinion, I am against third party exclusives, as this restricts the competitiveness of consoles for an IP that is not owned by XBox or Playstation. The purchase of exclusivity is based on the concept of sales estimates, so both XBox and Playstation cover those lost sales on the competing console, and it makes sense that XBox always needs to pay more for exclusivity.
Currently, yes but all games came out on Xbox a year or less before PS5. NoLimitVito's point isn't the time limit on the deals but that people moan about Sony when MS also do it, even if it's time limited but they seemingly get less flak for it. In the case of Silent Hill 2 Remake, this deal is similar to those so are good comparison.
Sony is currently choosing to invest is getting exclusives, MS is investing on day 1 GP releases. Both are spending a lot of money to make their platform/service look more appealing.
Stalker 2 is a paid for 3 month timed exclusive, it was revealed from the Developers financial releases.
MS actually had a lot of timed exclusives this generation, most also being day one on gamepass, that were never acknowledged or had any timeframes released. I think more than 20+ with some examples being Tunic, Deaths Door, The Medium, 12 minutes, Nobody Saves the world, citizen Sleeper
Yeah I figured that was the case with Stalker 2.
3rd party hatting is shit overall. Many people just get more upset from Sony's AAA hats, such as FF or in this case, Silent Hill 2, compared to indie or AA timed hats MS most of the time does. Neither benefit gamers.
this is interesting... its like Sony has moved from remastering games to remastering some of their strategy from the past as well. I mean paying for exclusives (timed/full) is something they did a lot of during the PS2 generation. And this game is a remaster from one during that time so why not remaster the timed exclusivity in the process?
Really? Which ps2 game they paid i wonder
Seems unnecessary, hopefully it has PS5 Pro support.
Cool. I'll wait for Game Pass
Maybe it has something to do with the fact that they have to make it run somewhat "well" on the Series S, which has made some games get delayed because of this "downgrade"
Konami continuing to make the dumbest decisions.
Not really. Depending on how much Sony paid for this, it probably works well enough for them. This is a bad decision on Sony's part. They only really gain an """exclusive""" for a year, and I'm not sure how big would this game be on the XBXS anyway. All while annoying many gamers for continuing the timed exclusives trend.
Well now we'll never know... by the time this game comes to PC/Xbox the hype will have looooong past and we'll be on to other games
I have a PS5... but if I didn't I definitely wouldn't be paying full price for a game a year+ after it came out elsewhere
It IS coming to PC day one, though. The only console that gets it late is the XBXS, since I imagine they never really thought of porting it to the Switch (and any potential Switch 2 port would invariably have to be a wayyyy late port). And I don't see the XBXS moving that many copies of it anyway.
Yeah but even you said yourself in your own comment that you feel the deal is pointless, so I'm a bit confused as to why you're entertaining the idea as to why the deal exists in the first place.
You and me both know it's stupid, so why not call it for what it is?.
It is stupid, sure, it's just a different degree of stupid. Konami probably assumes that the sales on the XBox won't be that affected by the 1 year delay, either due to fans prefering the PS5 anyway or many XBox players waiting for the game to go to GamePass to play it. Thus they took the safe money from Sony (and it's not like they won't sell the game on XBox, it's just they took the quick route). Definitely not the smart move to repare all the bridges they have burned over the years, but from a financial sense, it is probably worth it for them.
Sony, on the other hand, has paid a 1 year """exclusive""" that was going to sell much better on the PS5 anyway, annoying gamers at a time when they got the PR blows of both Concord and the 800€ PS5 Pro.
Sony is the one who is taking the bigger L out of the two.
They made this deal like 2 years ago though
That is also something to think about, though I'm not sure it's confirmed. It would make the most sense, I imagine Sony would not spend their money into this kind of exclusive now that they have a massive edge over XBox.
Sony paid big bucks for this,
So much for Sony not having any "exclusives" lol
I’m getting it on PC. Not my definition of exclusive.
You would think after square literally just posted disappointing sales on its mainline titles and started to realise exclusivity doesn’t pay the bill you would think Konami would have had the sense to let a niece game like this realise on everything under the sun to at least give it a fighting chance. Oo well maybe the bag of money Sony gave them was a nice big one to at least make it make sense
SH2 being exclusive is old news. The deal between Sony and Konami for this would've been done years ago. Square's issues with recent FF sales would most definitely not have factored into this at all.
It's launching on PC day one. Not only that but exclusivity doesn't have anything to do with FFVII Rebirth selling half of what what VII Remake did in a similar launch window... Both were exclusives.
The deal was signed over 2 years ago, and it's PC day one as well.
a game for the PS5 pro? nope.
Complaining about the Pro is pointless. Especially in articles that has nothing to do with the PS5 Pro
Tbf, you tend to do the same thing. Just recently you were for some reason complaining about Xbox in the PS5 Pro announcement article when Xbox had nothing to do with the article lol, but I still see your point here. I'm sure SH2 will still have a Pro update though. Game looks visually gorgeous.
Well I was just using the Xbox price as a reference. I don't feel the need to complain about the XBSX 2TB or it's 600$ pricepoint because it's an expensive console to manufacture. Always has been
Fair point!
this would have been a perfect game to bundle with the pro!
If it does make it to an Xbox console after a year, then we can blame Xbox gamers for not buying it in large numbers. They should be hugely forgiving and not care about being shat on for a year and should carry hype and excitement for over a year.
We can blame Xbox gamers... for not even having the option to buy games in large numbers?
Who the heck wants to buy multi year old ports on Xbox at full price?
Your reasoning is ridiculous
Keep that same energy with Final Fantasy since SE obviously feels that PS5 owners aren't buying enough
I'm glad your awake to it. I was just calling it a year in advance.
Do you keep the same intense hate energy towards Microsoft for keeping Stalker 2 time exclusive on xbox instead of the game reaching a bigger player base with PS5? hmmm?
Why does there have to be an intense hate energy? Geez, are we forgetting we're talking about VIDEO GAMES! Like, grow up. I can see why so many on the outside view gamers as childish. Because gamers have a tendency to throw childish tantrums.
Meaning Sony has the option to keep writing checks to keep it off PC and Xbox... Just like they did with FF7 Remake
It is available on PC as well. That's why they're stressing "console" exclusive.
Ahh my bad, thanks for the correction
Sony is beating Xbox but they can't lift the boot off the neck until all Xbox games launch on PS5 day one. We got Indiana Jones just 3 months later. There's room for improvement there
Its a bit ridiculous that the leader in the market gets first pick (and often cheaper) on every exclusive.
I own every platform, but I honestly would have preferred to play this on my X rather than my PS5
Ridiculous? They're competitors. It's their job to out-do the other every possible way they can
I mean....yeah. It is a bit ridiculous. Your comment seems to be defending the individual business, whereas HMH is pointing out a systemic issue. Do you not believe capitilaism should have some regulatory checks in place so as to avoid allowing competitors to "run away from the competition" and eventually form a monopoly?
(There is a right answer and a wrong answer: Keep in mind that Microsoft -- the wealthiest company in the world -- could literally purchase exclusivity rights to GTAVI and all third-party developers if they so desire under such a system.)
It's not about defending any corporation it's about being realistic. We will keep seeing Sony target exclusives coming to their console until MS admits defeat
Sony could light Brenner's Children Hospital on fire and everyone here on VGChartz knows Hardstruck will defend their reasoning.
LOL that is funny. How about the people that have acted like Sony releasing a pro at 700$ is as bad as burning down a children's hospital though. Seems worse to me
you genuinely just said ppl attacking Sony for price gouging is worse than defending the burning down of a children’s hospital wtf lol
I'm obviously talking about me giving the impression that I would defend Sony if they burned down a hospital. Not a literal burning of a hospital. Geez there was no need to go there man
Boot off the neck, really, we're going with that?.
Both are just as bad as each other.
