Despite leaking around 12 hours earlier than expected, Horizon Steel Frontiers’ announcement trailer has now topped 2.5 million views on YouTube, three days after it debuted. Meanwhile, its gameplay trailer has managed a further 217k views.
We expect some of these views have been generated by pre-roll ads, but it’s still an impressive debut from the NCSOFT effort, which will launch first and foremost on mobile, as well as on PC via the South Korean company’s proprietary Purple emulator.
While the comments are mostly negative – largely criticising “predatory” monetisation mechanics which haven’t even been announced yet, as well as the lack of a PS5 version – the estimated Like/Dislike meter shown using Google Chrome’s extension leans more positive overall.
Ultimately, we think Sony made a mistake by not announcing Guerrilla’s own presumably PS5-bound multiplayer effort alongside this.
Clearly there’s a sentiment among PlayStation’s most hardcore players that they’re being ignored here, but we have to imagine there’s method in the madness, and that NCSOFT’s own game will sit snugly alongside whatever the Amsterdam studio is also working on.
Either way, the South Korean dev has indicated it’s interested in bringing Horizon Steel Frontiers to the console, and with mobile games like Genshin Impact and Honkai: Star Rail proving already hugely popular on the platform, we wouldn’t be surprised if it ended up getting the green light.
But the key thing for this project is clearly reaching a previously untapped audience, and looking at the trailer engagement, it’s already off to a good start. This will be a project to keep an eye on for sure.
[source youtube.com]
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As the Editor of Push Square, Sammy has over 15 years of experience analysing the world of PlayStation, from PS3 through PS5 and everything in between. He’s an expert on PS Studios and industry matters, as well as sports games and simulators. He also enjoys RPGs when he has the time to dedicate to them, and is a bit of a gacha whale.