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Gamers are already stressing over the prospect of spending $seventy or $80 on Horizon Forbidden West (depending on which edition they program to get) next week, only that'due south nothing compared to the price people have to pay for the PC port of Horizon Zero Dawn effectually the earth. Sony has tripled the regional prices of Guerilla Games' 2022 blockbuster on Steam to match the exorbitant prices of other PlayStation games.

Resetera user AshenOne shared a nautical chart from SteamDB Friday showing that the price for Horizon Naught Dawn has doubled in some countries, and fifty-fifty tripled in others. In the US, for example, the price doubled from $24.99 to $49.99, while in Ukraine the toll almost tripled from 354₴ (Ukrainian Hryvnia) to 999₴.

"This was the get-go and merely Sony game on PC to feature well washed regional pricing by the company on STEAM only now it's over the moon at present regionally," AshenOne said. "If y'all're from these other regions and hadn't purchased Zero Dawn till now then your luck just ran out."

Commenters balked at the price increases for the game in the countries afflicted, with some maxim that Sony'southward anti-consumer practice volition increase piracy in developing countries. "The price for Argentina is ridiculous, and there'southward a 65% extra on top of that in taxes," said Marker Information technology Zero!

Horizon Zero Dawn is not the only PlayStation game to experience the regional price hike, however. Curve Studios' Days Gone has seen more or less the same increase in regional pricing to match other games such as God of War and Ratchet and Clank: Rift Apart.

Near games usually become cheaper over a year after release in gild to incentivize people who couldn't beget them at launch to give them a try. Sony appears to be doing the opposite with five-year-erstwhile Horizon Cipher Dawn, making it more expensive for players living in regions with a higher cost of living.